2015 FAI Senior Cup

Was at the game tonight, that was the best performance I've seen from any side this season. Sherrif YC totally deserved their victory and it would have been a travesty had they lost they were so so good on the night.

The entire team are so composed on the ball, there was one move in extra time that started across the back four, back to the keeper, back into the back four and twenty plus passed later it was in athlones area and sherrif's number 9 missed the target, best passing move I've ever seen live.

Athlone are absolutely chronic and id nearly rather play them than Sherrif because if we underestimate them at all they will turn us over. Their number 11 needs to be singed by a LOI club immediately he is total quality. John Lester pinging passes 40 yards for fun too, such a footballing brain on him making up for the total lack of mobility about him.

Superb hyping up of your next opponents in the cup there TC

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Originally Posted by outspoken

Was at the game tonight, that was the best performance I've seen from any side this season. Sherrif YC totally deserved their victory and it would have been a travesty had they lost they were so so good on the night.

The entire team are so composed on the ball, there was one move in extra time that started across the back four, back to the keeper, back into the back four and twenty plus passed later it was in athlones area and sherrif's number 9 missed the target, best passing move I've ever seen live.

Athlone are absolutely chronic and id nearly rather play them than Sherrif because if we underestimate them at all they will turn us over. Their number 11 needs to be singed by a LOI club immediately he is total quality. John Lester pinging passes 40 yards for fun too, such a footballing brain on him making up for the total lack of mobility about him.

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So -

Sheriff played the best you'd seen all season
Played some of the best stuff you've ever seen live
It would have been a travesty had they lost
Athlone were "chronic"

And yet the final score was 0-0...?

How's that stack up?

Think Sheriff need to make contingency plans for bringing Fairview park up to Cat 1. -minimum requirement for Europa league football.

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

So -

Sheriff played the best you'd seen all season
Played some of the best stuff you've ever seen live
It would have been a travesty had they lost
Athlone were "chronic"

And yet the final score was 0-0...?

How's that stack up?

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They simply didn't have a striker to finish off the chances up front. Their number 9 missed a tap in after a 20 plus pass move and while their two wingers missed some great one on one chances. Obviously Sherrif stood out against weaker opposition but in terms of just watching a one off match it was the best performance I've seen from any team this season the way they played if you get what I'm trying to say.

Not being able to score sounds like a fairly fundamental flaw in a football team.

On that basis, it could hardly have been a travesty if Athlone (not a great side, I'm sure even they'll admit) had scored and won as a result.

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Not being able to score sounds like a fairly fundamental flaw in a football team.

On that basis, it could hardly have been a travesty if Athlone (not a great side, I'm sure even they'll admit) had scored and won as a result.

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Anyone at the game would have mistaken Sherrif as the league of Ireland team, no surprise a large majority of Athlone fans stayed back to applaud them after the game

So they can play a bit.

Scoring goals is still a fairly important part of football. I think your original post had a rather large anomaly as a result.

Outplaying a ****e team doesn't necessarily make the victors any good, it just means the other team are crap and made it easy to play against in all likelyhood.

Bit of a blow for Athlone and Longford considering the draw and the potential crowd as a result. Sheriff could be a right banana skin for Longford whereas they'd have been expected to go through v Athlone.

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Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid

Think Sheriff need to make contingency plans for bringing Fairview park up to Cat 1. -minimum requirement for Europa league football.

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sherrif dont play in fairview park

Think your all reading way too much into my OP, what I was trying to get across is they played fantastic football against a poor Athlone team and the performance on the night in a one off instance (forgetting the fact they were playing a poor Athlone team etc) was the best I've seen this season in terms of passing football. They will give Longford an incredibly tough game. It's almost like we shouldn't praise a non league team on here!

Had that Tolka Rovers keeper ever played in goals before?

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Originally Posted by outspoken

Think your all reading way too much into my OP, what I was trying to get across is they played fantastic football against a poor Athlone team and the performance on the night in a one off instance (forgetting the fact they were playing a poor Athlone team etc) was the best I've seen this season in terms of passing football. They will give Longford an incredibly tough game. It's almost like we shouldn't praise a non league team on here!

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No one said you can't praise them. People are just pointing out that you said it was the best performance you've seen this year, against a team you've described as poison, when it finished 0-0

Can you not see why that hyperbole is funny?

Can we all just get over the fact that we are ****e :D

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Originally Posted by ATFC-1887

Can we all just get over the fact that we are ****e :D

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Surely questions are being asked of Mathews after this result? He's taken you further away from the play offs and your money men just missed out on the split of a potential bumper cup crowd in the next round. He hasn't improved ye at all.

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Surely questions are being asked of Mathews after this result? He's taken you further away from the play offs and your money men just missed out on the split of a potential bumper cup crowd in the next round. He hasn't improved ye at all.

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I'm really hoping hes not there next year but from what im hearing he will be. He doesn't look interested in the dugout. Shouts maybe once or twice per game. But i think the problem isn't just with him. Some of the players don't look interested. Going to be massive changes at the end of the season anyways, if we even have a club to support that is.
Big changes needed on and off the pitch. It wont happen though because nobody seems to want to get involved in the club after numerous efforts made to attract potential club members.

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Originally Posted by ATFC-1887

I'm really hoping hes not there next year but from what im hearing he will be. He doesn't look interested in the dugout. Shouts maybe once or twice per game. But i think the problem isn't just with him. Some of the players don't look interested. Going to be massive changes at the end of the season anyways, if we even have a club to support that is.
Big changes needed on and off the pitch. It wont happen though because nobody seems to want to get involved in the club after numerous efforts made to attract potential club members.

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The lack of buzz at the game the other night was scary, a cup qtr final against your local rivals the prize and only a couple of hundred show up and don't create any atmosphere. The club seems to have at least got a few new sponsors on board this season but how long will they Hang around if ye are just lingering in the bottom half of the FD? Worrying times for ATFC. I agree with you the majority of those players aren't good enough which is shocking because I thought athlone would walk the division at the start of the year. Very poor management from those over the club it looks from an outsiders view at least.

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Originally Posted by outspoken

Surely questions are being asked of Mathews after this result?

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Not until Roddy turns up to a game!

(regardless of his enthusiasm at Waterford)

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Originally Posted by ATFC-1887

I'm really hoping hes not there next year but from what im hearing he will be. He doesn't look interested in the dugout. Shouts maybe once or twice per game. But i think the problem isn't just with him. Some of the players don't look interested. Going to be massive changes at the end of the season anyways, if we even have a club to support that is.
Big changes needed on and off the pitch. It wont happen though because nobody seems to want to get involved in the club after numerous efforts made to attract potential club members.

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Im pretty sure you would find similar comments on here from Dundalk fans circa 2004 or so when a pub and then a taxi company were shirt sponsors and they only came about as the owners or influential employees were already supporters; no company wanted to feature in the same sentence as 'Dundalk FC' and feck all wanted the burden of being a board member! Cue the fire sale of the training ground to pay off debts and the installation of a magic plastic pitch....the rest as they say is history:confused: