Mr A, the 2nd was a brilliant piece of defending.
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Mr A, the 2nd was a brilliant piece of defending.
What the story with ballboys throwing extra balls on the pitch?
Well no matter what,it'll be an easy win for Sligo or Rovers in the final. Drogheda had an hour with 2 extra men and were woeful. I thought we deserved a draw out of it.
I've not felt so deflated after a defeat for a long time. The first red was a silly challenge but it was a joke for the second, shields won the ball brilliantly.
Where you getting that number from? Not a bitter mind I hope!Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
As I understand it the game was as good as sold out on saturday night. Capacity was 2,400. Most of the crowd on the home side were standing on the terracing at the back of the stand, avoiding the rain soaked seats further down.
Home side was at least 1/3 empty. The terrace area you mention must be included in the capacity figures.Quote:
Originally Posted by WindmillWarrior
Anyway, good luck in the final. It is not Drogheda's fault that the ref ruined the game.
No way was the 2nd red a sending off.
Dundalk can feel hard done by in the way they went out. But to be fair to them they put in a decent effort given they had 9 men.
1st was a red card defo but second wasn't even a foul, poor decision. Stephen kenny and Stephen o Donnell could be in hot water also for the comments during and after the game.
Congrats to Drogheda on making the final!
All kicking off now.
Very disappointing result, but of course this is not Drogs fault.
Just a pity the game was not allowed to continue as a fair contest, but Buthead saw to that. I watched the pen a few times, Shields got the ball, contact was made with O'Brien, but after the ball was won. Another mistake was the red, there was another defender infront of Shields.
Shocking display by Buthead as felt we would have got a replay with even 10 men on, and a cup final appearance would have been a decent reward for this seasons efforts.
Good luck to the teams left, Drogs and looking like Sligo.
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Originally Posted by oriel
Before the sendings off it was anyone's game as neither side created anything of interest. At the time I felt both where sendings off but on watching replays when I got him I think the first was a red (dangerous tackle leading with studds). Second I think would always be given as a penalty but he didn't look like last man back so not a sending off IMO . Of course ppl can analyse slow motion replays and argue he brushed the ball etc but in live time IMO these kinds of tackles result in a penalty.
Hard to know who would have won if there where no sendings off as I believe till then neither side dominated .
Hard to breakdown a concentrated defence (as Dundalk was in second half) and when Dundalk came out in the last five mins drogs got two great chances and wasted them (although Dundalk keeper did make a great save). I think drogs did find it difficult to break down the packed defence and where too cautious but they got the result .
Overall strange game due to the decisions.
All in all I am of course over the moon to be in the final .
I Guess Croly is still happy with the two cups Shams won then this season:eek:
Even considering the dodgy ref decisions, the conduct of some of the Dundalk supporters and their chairman in particular was nothing short of a disgrace. Absolutely disgraceful way for the leader of the club to behave at half time. Actually embarrassing!Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
I didn't realise that you had to have a large support in order to qualify for cup finals either?
Third final of the year! For a club with less 1000 supporters! :-)
Congrats to Sligo as well for making the final!
It seems nobody's afraid of the big bad wolf anymore.
I take it you're done with LOI so.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
Fair play to Mick Cooke for coming over to a group of Dundalk fans and saying we were robbed. No wonder he is being thrown out of Drogheda. He has too much class.Quote:
Originally Posted by MiniMourinho
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Originally Posted by White Horse
ROFL ... I believe you .... Many might think you just made that up but I believe you :)
On Cooke isn't it amazing 3 cup finals and he is being let go ! Seriously if it is just a clash of personalities you would think someone would bang heads together and bring both parties together ... Amazing stuff altogether.
Watching Sligo on tv ...... Tough game for us coming up .
Its not just a clash of personalities though. The board clarified that much. More more serious than that.
All the Mick Cooke contract stuff aside, and I know were in a third final and its hard to argue with results, but we are awful this year. There was no football at all played by us today. Most Drogs fans were delighted with the result today, but embarrassed by the football.
Hopefully, getting to a third final will knock some sense into the powers that be.Quote:
Originally Posted by SeanDrog
So, are Dundalk the "Champions" yet?
What is a Pats fan doing on a FAI cup thread?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibs4Ever
Fairly clear to see that something more than just the crap what's happening on the pitch going on at Rovers - will be interesting to see is Croly now sacrificed by the Rovers Board to distract away from their own 'performances' over the last two seasons
Well done to Sligo - from 10 mins on it was clear they were in control.
You're right everybody should of kept quiet and accepted the decisions and applauded Buttimer off at the end for his match winning performance, it's not as if 9 months of hard work was taken away by one man!Quote:
Originally Posted by MiniMourinho
I'd be more worried if nobody was upset by Buttimers performance, would show a serious lack of passion.
Despite your troling, good luck in the final, I think you will need another Buttimer or Connolly not to lose 3 in a season.
Genuinely no trolling on my behalf! I never said you shouldn't be upset or outraged. We'd feel just as hard done by if it was us in your position. And we were so bad today it want funny! But a female fan striking a steward and the chairman of your club actually having to be held back because he was trying to throw a punch, was really embarrassing. On the decisions, the first was a straight red. The second was a really questionable penalty and definitely not a sending off. So the way I see it Dundalk only had the one Chris Shields decision against them wrongly.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcgonigle
At half time who was the Dundalk official giving the ref an earful till Kenny had to come on to advise him to walk away?
If he walked away, I don't know who it was. If he was pushed away by security and guards, it was the chairman Mr. Bond.Quote:
Originally Posted by SeanDrog
First sending off was no better than Killers sending off against Dundalk earlier in the season, and Dundalk said that was defo a sending off.
Second one was harsh.
I thought Sligo played well, hopefully they rest a few players for next week ;)
Brennan tried to do the player, big difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by danthesaint
Then anyone who only thinks Shields perfectly timed tackle was just "harsh" is obviously trolling.
Well I'll have to take your word for it, I'm not condoning it but if Buttimer was put in front of me now it would take all my strength not to smack him, there would be plenty of four letter words anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by MiniMourinho
I think the Shields one was really two wrong decisions in the one passage of play, first it wasn't a foul so no penalty, second there was cover so not a red, he couldn't have gotten it anymore wrong! I've seen the mennan one again and can see why he went however I think a good ref would have booked him and had a word given the importance of the game.
Having seen how Drogheda played against 9 I think we would have got something at 0-0 with 10 men. Anyway no changing it now, time to look forward!
15 minutes, ye were on top till then, but McCabe aside and he didn't have ablinder does any other player actually gives.a particular fc.ukQuote:
Originally Posted by Calcio Jack
Quite.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcgonigle
Drogheda have a final to look forward to. We have to make sure we come back better next season.
Smashing performance from The BitoRed today - full of passion and effort and Shams just didn't look like they wanted to know when they went one behind. There's too many good players at that club to be able to maintain a happy camp (Zayed wasn't even on the bench today) and now I'm hearing that Gary Rogers is joining them next season.
If Gary Rogers joins I'm going to give this **** up and concentrate on golf.
Reckon they should go for it - that "signing Sligo Rovers' best players" tactic was a resounding success this season.
Nobody ever came to sign Danny Ventre but he has been central to our story the last 6 or so seasons and for better and for worse he gave his pound of flesh and the blood above his contract for our club.
How anybody claims Meehan shouldnt have been sent off is boggling ,the second was a peno but never a red that can be Kennys only gripe.
Everyone is saying Chris Shields got the ball. Nobody is looking at his other foot. Just before he gets the ball with his right foot he clips Fabios ankle with his left foot. Literally milliseconds in it but I'm sure that's what Buttimer will say he saw! Penalty but no red card for sure.
The Meenan challenge isn't even debatable.
Who's afraid of the Big Bad Shams?
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Comedian.Quote:
Originally Posted by MiniMourinho