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Have Shels ever brought more than the usual 40 odd kids and grandads?
By the way there's good and bad news on the team front for Saturday for Shels...
Good news: Jason Byrne is out for them
Bad news: Glen Fitzpatrick is also out.
What are the bets on a 4-5-1 from Shels on Sturday?
1-23 I'd say.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neil
They're sure to come down to Leeside looking to "contain" us and snatch something on the break. We've already seen that they can contain teams who play a European style game like ours.
i think last nights game begs to differ but we will still beat them sat night.byrne is out aswell but i think city have to concentrate on there own game.locked after game and into the big smoke at reasonable time. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
Nuttsy is no fool.In the interview after the game, he said that the City game is a bigger game for them than last night. "We will hardly win the Champions League but we can win the league" were his words. $h£l$ will be seriously fired up for Saturday, and we will need to be at our absolute best to beat them.
Never mind about winning the league, or keeping the title race open, its about time for us to walk the walk instead of talking the talk, and 3 points is the way to demonstrate that all our talk has substance. To be serious contenders, over the course of a season, we must be able to beat $h£l$ at least once at home.
moore and byrne picked up knocks,houlihan looked wrecked too :cool:
Looked like a 4-5-1 to me????Quote:
Originally Posted by Flynninio
*EDIT*
Quote from Depor manager, Javier Irureta.
“We will respect Shelbourne in the second leg. They’re five-man midfield and one up front caused us problems and I think they will play counter attacking football.”
it was 4-1-4-1
I think so too. Lots of Dubs will probably have the interest to travel, especially those who find the cost of the trip to la Coruna out of reach.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flynninio
That'll be 50 fans the so ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fair_play_boy
Remember, every Shellsea fan at the cross = another €5 into the club coffers. We keep 50% of the gate receipts AFAIK.Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
we keep 100% of the gate reciepts! what gave you that idea its not the cup like??????Quote:
Originally Posted by Fair_play_boy
I'd be shocked if there's more than 100 Shels fans there on Saturday which is still pathetic considering we've had well over 200 at nearly all our league games in Dublin this season (not counting Dublin City and Rovers) and we've got to travel much more frequently.
I'll be very interested to see how many they bring to La Coruna, anything less than 500 would be a disgrace.
Judging by the amount of barstoolers and first-timers at the game last night I find it hard to believe that any of the 'new' shels fans will travel to Cork on Saturday.
I reckon they might bring down more than they normally do though because of the fact that it's a saturday game and people may not be working
Feels like a cup final!!! Can't wait. I am bringing two from my estate who never went to a soccer game in their lives.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pablo
A lot of those so-called 'new' Shellsea fans are supporters from other clubs. The RTE commentator made a comment about it before the game. Hopefully if this floating vote turns up at the Cross, they will be supporting City.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric
Yeah if any more than usual turn up it will be because of the Saturday factor more than anything else. We played on bank holiday last time though and they still had less than 100.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric
To be fair lads, Shels have had the best (Dub team) away crowd in the Cross this season, on the Easter monday game, where they had a bout 150.
As for how many they will bring, well, a trip to the Riazor isnt exactly going to be cheap,and a once in a lifetime trip.
As for the game itself, well City/Shels is always a good game, with plenty incident. I see us shading it by the odd goal in what will be a tight match.
Not too hopeful of a big crowd though :(
I wouldn't say there was quite 150 but it was the most any Dub team brought this season. Still though if 200 City fans can travel to Dublin on a FRIDAY every few weeks, you'd think that Shels could bring more than that for their bi-annual trip to Cork on a BANK HOLIDAY. Don't make excuses for them, their support is pathetic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary
A trip to Malmo/Copenhagen, Nijmegen or Nantes isn't exactly cheap either but the Rebel Army travelling in huge numbers to all three destinations.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary
I wonder will some of the Irish people holidaying in Spain go to the game to boost Shels numbers? They'll need them I'd say!
Galicia is pretty far from el Costa, maybe if it was v Betis or MallorcaQuote:
Originally Posted by Colm
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Originally Posted by Eric
I'd say its more like people may not be in school!
shels had about 70-80 down here on the bank holiday monday ....no more than that....hopefully they will bring more this time...it adds to the occasion when there is a big away support...