so Bohs twice in four days, thoughts ?
Assume we will be giving lads a run in the EA sports cup so not too pushed
As for the league on friday, hopefully push on and pick up another point as bohs are in great form at the moment!
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so Bohs twice in four days, thoughts ?
Assume we will be giving lads a run in the EA sports cup so not too pushed
As for the league on friday, hopefully push on and pick up another point as bohs are in great form at the moment!
This forum really does seem to be drying up of late im afraid to say, suppose that's the social media aspect taking its toll. Don't give 2 sh1tes about tonight's game even though I will be driving up. It's all about Friday and as Mister X said a point would be a super result, just keep the tally ticking over and Wel be fine.
Going tonight and will go Friday. Dublin games suit me! Not too worried about tonight but it's nice weather for a game and hopefully we'll get a better look at some of the players that haven't played much. Ben Mohamed for one hopefully as he looks a real talent.
Most of us chatted about the last matches on the main forum, so I'd imagine that's why it's quieter in the Town section, no need repeating oneself!
Re tonight, I'd love if we got through, we have a lot of subs getting feck all game time, so the longer we stay in cups like this and the LSC the better.
Entertaining game but mainly because both back 4's were carved open with ease every time the opposition went forward. Plenty of positives to take from an attacking sense for us but fck me we are finally seeing the state of our goalkeeping situation with Paul Skinner making an absolute howler for Bohs 2nd and after that it was always going to be hard to win the game. Only other worrying aspect is the amount of chances (and relatively easy ones) that sully and shaw are missing but at least we are creating them. Come July the SOS could really do with a back up striker to take the weight off their shoulders while we really do need to address the keeping situation. Confident with a strong mentality and solid set up we can take a point on Friday and the good news is Don Cowan looks like he won't be out for very long at all. CMON de town.
Forgot to mention Ben Mohamed's amazing strike tonight he looks a player and a half.
Settle down re Bohs second. It took a massive bounce up on that mountain range they call a pitch. I would be happier if Shaw was more clinical but he has scored two important goals as has Sully. We'll be fine.
2-0, and we were lucky to get nil. Embarrassing to watch at times. Defensively shambolic. Big improvement needed for Friday. Flynn and Cowan badly missed
What about Dennis's performance last night? Bohs showed there class when he was enciting the crowd. And when pointed out to the three stewards all they did was laugh at him. Bad form from them, a bad winner is worse than a bad loser and that left a sour taste in a lot of Town fans mouths. Maybe a nice 'return of the favour' shoul be in place for Bohs when they come to Town.
Forget the g1mp in the suit, that was a dreadful performance last night and it leaves us needed massive improvement to even stay in the game against a poor Sligo team. Hunt is spreading nerves and uncertainly throughout the entire team with his refusal to come off the line and clean through a few men for the ball and his kicking is nothing short of laughable.
At the back we are getting turned time after time by aimless long balls which shows something we already knew, we lack pace massively and although Wel have Flynn back next week that won't solve that problem but we should be a lot more solid with Flynn and sully alongside each other. Powell needs to go he's out of position every time and in every game we are being destroyed down that side and teams know he is the weak link, Deady has been poor when he's played this season but that's been on the wing and when he did play LB in the LSC against Drogs he was MOTM, he needs a chance there but don't think Tony will give him one.
In midfield, Kevin O'Connor is been run like a donkey out wide when he should be in the centre and maybe with rice injured and salmo out of form he might get that chance now. Mohamed looks a class act it Must be said.
Up top Sully and Shaw were awful last night and Simon clearly isn't up to this level which shows why we were all calling out for a 3rd choice in the off-season but I've no doubt the SOS will return to their best very very soon.
I wasnt impressed with what was on show last nite.. I am extremely disillusioned so am not goin to go into details only that I agree with what the lads say!
Yeah, not much to say after that really. I wouldn't be too hard on Sully and Shaw though they never got a decent ball all night. Bohs are a good side though it must be said. Better than I would have thought at the start of the season, Long is doing a good job with them so far. Cowan should be back in two weeks apparently, he was badly missed.
Outspoken, I think you're been a bit harsh on Kaleem Simon. He impressed me when he came on against Pats and set up Ben Mohammed for his shot that smacked the crossbar and won quite a few flick ons as well. From reports on the League Cup game he was our best player. And in all fairness, who actually had a good game on Friday? He's only 19 I think so his best years are ahead of him. But I do agree we do need another experienced striker because it's unfair on a 19 year old to be thrown in to get an equaliser or winner.
Yeah but to say he's not cut out for this level of football is ridiculous. He's only 19 and starting out in his career. Sure if you looked at it your way, jamie mulhall was ripped to pieces the other night. So is he not good enough either? I don't know if Simon played premier ball with UCD but to write him off after roughly 35 mins of premier ball for us is a bit mad!
Well said
I'm basing it off what I've seen in pre season in the cup games and in the league, he doesn't look up to it, I hope he proves me wrong.
How many pre season half games did he play in 2, maybe 3 max. He only played in around 35 mins of league football for us. He was an unused sub in the one Leinster cup game we've played. And in the one league cup game we played an extratime quote 'consistently excellent Kaleem Simon'! Maybe you rate him on how he warms up and on what seat he takes on the bench! But for me, he hasn't had much game time to impress and as I said he's only 19. Even Pat Flynn said he along with Ben Mohammed are the two most skilful players in the squad. And I'm sure Flynner knows a lot more than both you and I.