2-0, Patterson. Cheerio, Jason.
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2-0, Patterson. Cheerio, Jason.
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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
As long as there is improvement and progress, don't worry if it is a tad slow!Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
**** you, I was coming back to quote myself!
The Brandywell is a tough place to go when you have 11 players. Getting a player sent off, especially a centre half, was always going to cause a problem.
To be fair, there's an argument to be made we were playing with 10 players with or without McGuinness.
Derry again...
Hope he is not shafted again like he was when Alan Manus arrived. Time for the clear out, Nutsy. Another year without European football awaits.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Come on Derry for the cup. Would love Pats to break their hoodoo but that would put rovers in Europe and for the model club to miss out on Europe for 3 consecutive seasons is hilarious.
Rovers can you feel it slip away lol.
He better not be. While he's obviously not Buffon, if there's one area of the team that doesn't need to be addressed it's goalkeeper, plus he's one of the few real Hoops. The budget needs to be directed towards making the outfield team decent again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sligo Hoops.
What's a real hoop? Ffs it's not whether they are hoops or not it's whether they are good enough and for the club with one of the biggest budgets in the country your just not good enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
In all fairness apart from a bad last 10 mins from us in the quarters rovers should of been dead and buried by HT in Oriel park
I wasn't at it but it looked from the coverage like Dundalk should have buried it. The only thing counting against Murphy is his height, but then again if he was taller he might not have the reflexes he does.Quote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
I almost didn't put in the Hoop thing because I figured somebody would take issue with it. Everybody likes having fans in the team, I'm sure Dundalk like when they have local lads in the team too (I don't know which current players are locals but I'm sure there are some). Obviously if there was a better goalkeeper I'd want him to play, but it's nice to have lads like Nutsy and Marty around who grew up supporting the club.
Obviously the current squad isn't good enough but Murphy is the one player nobody could make that charge against.
If Fenlon put a man on the far post at corners, Rovers may well have won the EA Sports Cup and now be in the cup final.Quote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
If Croly or Kenny made those tactical blunders, people would be talking about it for years.
One who knew it was folly to get rid of Stephen Kenny. As for Barry Murphy, he represents the ego-less side of the club. How many of the team actually give a ****e on that bus back from the Brandywell ?Quote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
Em, Rovers and Dundalk fans, could you please get out of our thread?
Derry for the cup!Quote:
Originally Posted by PartySaint
What's this "our" business? Derry just won the cup, we should all probably just let them celebrate in peace.Quote:
Originally Posted by PartySaint
Cork for the league.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
Should be a good final. I hope it attracts plenty of neutrals. I'll definitely go.
You spelled Drivefor26 wrong. The Cup Specialists have not won the Cup since Derry entered the league. One League Cup in that time. Derry on the other hand have 5 and 10, with a final against Pats to come.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Too many fouls, that's our problem. Well one is too many, really.Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v...type=2&theater
Rovers fans at it again! Surely its time for their club to put a stop to this!
Agreed, Rovers should be eliminated from the FAI Cup 2014 immediately :)
If only you had the virtue of Cork City.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
I hear Steve Bruce was undecided on Brian Lenihan until he was informed the young lad had gone 19 years without committing a foul. Now he's a senior international :pQuote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
Best night in the Brandywell in years. Place was rocking in a way it hasn't been in a long time. Brilliant stuff.
First half was very tight, scrappy, tentative. Poor football from both sides. If anything Rovers shaded it. I saw some evidence of what others mentioned, that they play a bit better away from home. Having said that, they played very direct balls into into Waters and Kelly. Very little came through Brennan, McPhail and Cregg.
Second half was a different story. Right from the whistle, the Derry players pushed further up, played at a better tempo. By the time of the penalty, and McGuinness sending off, Patterson had a penalty shout, Michael Duffy almost scored and McEleney almost turned in a free kick.
I was far away from the sending off, all I saw was a number of bodies go down in the box. The linesman flagged immediately though. I presume McGuinness was pushing/pulling.
After Patterson missed, I was certain it was for penalties (shades of being two men up against Drogs at United Park). Thankfully Mickey Duffy put his goal nightmare on Sunday behind him. And Patterson's second was a great strike, after he'd appeared to have lost the head a bit post-peno.
Can't wait for the cup final. Derry vs Pats - the trilogy capper. I put us as fairly heavy underdogs but we wern't far off that the last time either. But it's a great run, and testament to how Peter Hutton has gotten the team playing football again after the Showaddroddy circus rolled out of town.
You only came to see the Rovers :pQuote:
Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton
Seriously speaking, it's great to see a good crowd in Derry. A strong Derry is good for the league (particularly when it's full of Derrymen) and another strong club will drive us all on to be better.
Rovers play better away from home because for three years we've been set up to be reactive and the players don't have the training to play positive football at home. It's no secret we score more goals away than at home. That will hopefully change next season.
I was on a late shift this eve so was relying on updates via phone, but it sounded like it was a great night in the Brandywell and well-deserved for City. Could have been a few more goals by the sounds of things with the big penalty shout after half-time and the one that was awarded, of course, missed. In fairness, Murphy has long impressed as one of the top keepers in the league.
Just looking at the match stats again from the game in Tallaght and the crucial ones recorded (bar the even scoreline) favoured Derry quite a bit more than I'd originally thought:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...a21f311e697ca4
Is there a possession stat from Sunday or any stats available from the Brandywell?
Shams won the first 2 FAI Cups Derry played inQuote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
We also won the cup with Derry, managed by McLaughlin, and the spine of the team including Brady, Neville, Doolin, Coady & Larkin. Hoops in CandystripesQuote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Doolin and Brady ex Bohs, Neville ex Drogs(?) Larkin ex Athlone. Coady is the only Hoop in that rogues gallery,Quote:
Originally Posted by Sligo Hoops.
Sure coady is ex Chelsea!!!! 😜
He almost didn't want him due to the 70 red Cards Padraig Sutton had given him but John Caulfield explained that Sutton is out to get Cork City and none of those were actually fouls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
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I was far away from the sending off........ QUOTE]
Even when you're close you're far from any action in the Brandywell
Highlights from the Brandywell last night: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152773385103523
Derry will be the 'home' team for the FAI.
Does that mean the south stand?
I think it does. You have a season ticket for that end right?Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Not unless they've changed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
We were the away team last year and in 2011 for sure (we wore white both days) and ended up with the South Stand both times.
We've been the home and away side and still been in the south stand. Its up to the FAI as far as I knowQuote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Still don't know south or North after 20+ years of Lansdowne but in 2012 Derry were home team and got the small end
Derry Fans at it again!! Surely it's time for their club to put a stop to this!!Quote:
Originally Posted by dundalkfc10
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-30649428.html
Just for balance there :)