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An absolutely fantastic away day, what a lovely group of people up in Castlebar, gave us such a warm welcome and their fans loved the banter, they said they'd never seen a group of fans like Longford before with all the different chants and colour and flags.
On the game, pure mental, was nervy until we finally got in front with 15 minutes to go. We'll need a cushy draw if we're to get any further. Hopefully Kerry at home or salthill at home.
I agree we need a cushy draw. Which is why I'm hoping we get Cork City
Is there anything to be said for another mass...............Quote:
Originally Posted by MoydowMonty
So Bray Saturday. They are in good form, 4 wins on the spin including beating Dundalk, and in the hunt for the title to cant afford to drop points to us. We have been ok with points in 5 of the last 6, but would be doing well to get something out of it.
Looks like we've signed Alex Dunne from Kerry. Right full I think.
On the Bray game, I think we're more than capable of getting something out of it. We were unlucky to lose to them on the opening night, and should have been leading at HT up in Bray after a couple of missed sitters before a 2nd half collapse. Their league position is very impressive for a relatively young squad, particularly in attacking areas. If we defend like we did last week, we'll likely be beaten but if we return to our more solid look of the previous few weeks then we've got a chance I'd say.
Our next 4 league games are against the current top 4, all of which have beaten us handily at least once each. I know we're in good form at the moment, but if ya offered me 4 points out of 12 there I'd take that and run. Just hope the effort is put in and don't get bent over the counter in any of them. Playoff race is over I reckon, so aim for 6th or 7th at this stage
Funny how the fixtures fall. Could be a very hard few weeks for us with those games, followed by Rovers away in Cup.
We'll be well tuned up to beat Rovers so
FAI Connect: Kyle Robinson signs after leaving Athlone. Could be a very good signing. I'd take a couple more lads from their team if they were going.
And Jack McCarthy has departed. He was probably gonna drop to 3rd choice anyway. Can't say I blame him
Probably be 2 more weeks before they bother announcing either of those on the socials
A sickening defeat tonight that was totally undeserved. Started slowly but we were much the better team after the first 20 minutes or so. O'Neill a serious talent for them to be fair. A real sucker punch to take, and now a double away header next weekend against the top 2 not ideal. Can't fault the effort anyway.
Sickened with that cuz we played some lovely stuff at times. A complaint I had earlier in season was that we took almost no shots. This game we played well and tokk shots but unfortunately a lot of them straight at Corcorran. Still, least we played well and the effort was there. Better than can be said for most our defeats this year. Cobh away next will be a tough test
That was a real sign of how far we've come tonight, outplayed one of the best teams in the division for large periods but an absolutely sickening way to lose.
Not sure why Harry was taking a free kick that far outside his area to start, he boots it straight into the bray keepers hands who immediately sees Halwax is out of nets so launches it long, we win it back but Topcu plays an insane pass and then we allow Billie O'Neill to saunter in, he's got to he dragged down there. A collection of errors that cost us dear.
Thought it was our best performance of the season. Robinson looks lively, a couple of the subs didn't have the desired effect which was frustrating.
Alex Dunne isn't showing as signed for De Town in FAI Connect anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by De Town
Deadline is up tonight
Agbo Babatunde signing from Athlone. My head went to the wrong player at first (Noe Baba) but it's a different player, appeared a handful of times for Athlone. Not as much profile as Robinson, see how he gets on
Assuming you saw that on fai connect? Alex Dunne was listed as a Longford player on that but isn't anymore. No idea what's going on with player announcements tbhQuote:
Originally Posted by MoydowMonty