This might be the last chance to see De Town at home this season, lets hope there is a hugh turn out, lets face it the team need all the support they can get. Needless to say a must win game (again)
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This might be the last chance to see De Town at home this season, lets hope there is a hugh turn out, lets face it the team need all the support they can get. Needless to say a must win game (again)
With everything going on at the moment we'd be lucky to get 200 this weekend. Wexford are without doubt one of the worst teams in the country and I expect them to come and sit with 2 banks of 4, kick us like the hackers they are, frustrate us in the process and try and do us on the break. I won't give a prediction because I have no confidence in us with TC in charge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darklordsbane
id say there will be a very poor crowd, people dont have confidence in the team anymore.. hopefully mervue slip up tonight as our players havent stepped up their game when it was need this season!
After the results last night I hope we play some football but I doubt it more long balls from the keeper all night I expect
the only positive form that game is we got 3 points... brutal performance ...
Have to agree with you about the performance, another week closer to agony or ectasy
There's not a hope of us beating a Premier Division team over two legs. Waterford or Mervue won't either.
Pure luck that we got the win but maybe that's the luck we need, then again we've said that a lot this season. Good to see the whole stand on their feet at the end singing stand up if your Longford town, the loyal fans deserve a big performance in athlone next week.
very true about De Town supporters at the end, But you have to agree the 3 Wexford supports were brilliant they sang their hearts out all night long, they are a credit to their team and club
Absolutely awful performance alright, Wexford were absolute muck aswell but we still looked like we were under serious pressure for a lot of the second half. Having said that things havnt been going our way and that little bit of luck towards the end could spur the lads on for next week.
Just one more thing on our captain fantastic last night Chris Deans. The man is an absolute clown, giving it the big man the entire game when the only reason he is even on the pitch is because we are missing almost all of our backs. Just before we scored our second, the ball went out and the ref called it a throw for Wexford when it looked like it was ours, Deans spent the next 2-3 mins just abusing the ref when he was right beside him, the decision had been long made and Wexford were about to take their throw, we were in desperate need of a goal with 5 mins to play and this ****** is standing their abusing the ref yards away from him, the ref could have easily stopped the game and booked him and wasted more valuable time. Then after we scored, we were given a free out from just outside our own box, O'Neill ran over to get the ball at the sideline and Deans just screams at him two or three times to leave it with the ref again standing yards away. I've no problem with the players trying to slow down play but blatantly screaming it with the ref beside you is retarded. Sure enough when Bennion went over to get the ball and came back with it he was booked for time wasting...not that he was even doing it blatantly but the ref had obviously made his mind up after hearing Deans shout. Then lastly, the final whistle goes and while some of the other players are clapping the fans Deans is off fighting with one of the Wexford coaches, our back four is in tatters and this idiot is giving the officials plenty of reasons to send him off or at least book him.
Whatever happens at the end of this season I hope he's the first one out the door.
He and Bennion were having a shouting match at one stage in the first half. Bennion didn't come for a cross that he could have and they got a shot in which went wide. Deans started mouthing at him and Bennion was having none of it, you could hear him roaring "shut the **** up!" at Deans, he looked like he wanted to hit him.
Deans shat himself when bennion told him to shut the #### up, it was absolutely brilliant haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
My nominee for player of the year is Chris Bennion.. you could hear the shouts from wexford plyrs that it was goin in and somehow benno made a superb save.. he has saved us so many times this season. I know Sully is the main choice but I think Chris is timin it perfectly esp if we go up..
Agree with Deans.. WTF is Cousins having him as a coach hes useless!
as for the win a draw was the fair result..youths were superb..
btw big thumbs up for sullys crew who were beside us durin the first half and put sect o hat to shame by singin.. its the first match that I cant remember a atmosphere in Sect O in ages but I think the disappointment after disappointment has effected our spirit and voices.. I hope we will resume normal service in Athlone!
I don't know who player of the year should be, I will agree with you that Bennion is brilliant when it's a split second reaction save, but I think he is very poor at everything else a keeper should be good at, I can't be the only one who thinks this look how many clubs he has had, I would let him go at the end of the season on a free transfer but wouldn't say no to a few € either
Bennion is a good shot stopper but he was extremely questionable at the weekend with his cross claiming and kicking and I think that's been the story all season. Without sully we'd be closer to harps than we are athlone, not even an argument for player of the year in my eyes.
player of the year has to be sully.. id say his shoulders are broke up from carrying us.. young player of the year(if we have one) has to be josh!
Can't see how anyone could look beyond Sully, to be honest.
Has he a contract beyond this year? Does it seem likely he will stay?
Think he's out of contract at the end of the season. If we somehow got up he'd stay, otherwise I can't see it unless we offer him more than he would get elsewhere. Depends what offers he has I suppose, he's bound to have a few.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
If their is a young player of the year award surely Rhys will run Josh close, I think Rhys has scored 5 goals now and Josh 6, Rhys has at least the same amount of assists, (some to Josh) not bad for a holding midfielder, both very good players may the best man win, Josh will probably get goal of the seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by fitzpatrick10
If there isn't a young player of the year award, there should be, it would be great for whoever wins it, and also might help to get them to stay with De Town next season
The team next year imo should be given a serious overhaul and built around the young lads