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Having slept on it I remember when we last played Salt hill, it was a hard fought 1 all draw even allowing for Salt hills penalty in the last couple of mins and the ref being totally biased towards them,
last night was a far better performance especially the last 20 mins fair play to Cousins the subs came on at the right time and made a big difference, Cousins doesn't always get it right but he got it mostly right last night, goal difference a lot better this morning than it was yesterday,
With FAI Cup next week, and Waterford in the league afterwards, when's the Finn Harps game being scheduled for?
according to Extratime.ie it's on the 8th September which is a Sunday
That'd be 2 games in the one weekend...Quote:
Originally Posted by Darklordsbane
TBC, according to Finn Harps website.
http://www.finnharps.com/site/index....437&Itemid=155
To be honest I wasn't impressed with us at all last night. We missed 3 or 4 easy chances and as a result we were almost punished when Salthill missed an open goal from about a yard out. We looked weak at the back especially Treacy. We couldn't pass for the life of us. It was just an awful performance, no communication whatsoever. Salthill could have scored 2 or 3 from set pieces alone we let them win every header, this has been a reoccurring thing since Coffey left. Only when we got the 3rd did the lads start to talk and look like a team at the top end of the league. I don't want to sound like I'm being critical for the sake of it but there's no way in hell we will beat any team playing like that especially Drogheda, Waterford or even Harps!Quote:
Originally Posted by Darklordsbane
We were lucky to not be 1-0 down before we got the penalty decision, not sure how the salthill player missed it.
It's true we rode our luck last night big time, but we have had plenty of bad luck lately, so maybe it's starting to even itself out, I agree very mixed performances all over the pitch, but isn't it better than losing or drawing and the goal difference is now 4 who knows whats going to happen, all we need is Athlone to get beaten and De Town to win and it's game on again, sounds simple eh
Maybe our fortunes could be turning. Injuries and suspensions in our defence didn't help our cause during the bad run. Maybe now with Athlone getting 2 lads sent off it could be there turn to suffer like us!! Especially with Skinner missing at least 2 and maybe more after he apparently struck a Mervue player.
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Originally Posted by Pauro 76
I do believe Longford v Finn Harps will be on Saturday 7th September. Open to correction though.
To be honest, that was way OTT for me. They had that chance where they should've scored in the first, but once we were ahead I really didn't see us losing. They were muck, we won 4 nil, job done.Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
They has quite a few chances from set pieces which was quite worrying as we can't seem to defend set pieces at the moment. All I'm saying is if the was Waterford united we wouldn't have won at all never mind 4-0. We need to play a full 90 minutes down in Waterford which we are yet to do this season bar the 5-1 win against Cobh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
Have to agree about not playing for the full 90 as I said a while ago it has to be the training or lack of, De Town seem to hit a flat sport for 20 minutes every game the subs always make a big difference regardless who they are
That's why I'm thinking will he now see Josh as an impact sub, it's a horrible role that no player wants but his pace against tired defences is invaluable, Gary Shaw wouldnt offer that same pace from the bench.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darklordsbane
Its pretty common for much better teams to come down to the level of the opposition and do just enough to win. If 4 nil even counts as "just enough".
There's enough rope been given, no need to be quite so negative at this stage IMO.
Josh has really gone to the fore recently and could be our surprise weapon in the next few games if match fit.. what a signing he turned out to be even though it wasnt TC who spotted him!
Only gettin around to seeing this now, surprised somewhat by the negativity. We havnt been scoring in recent weeks, yet we score 4 and clean sheet and some not happy. Yes, they had chances they should have scored, and yes we were sloppy at times in the first half BUT without doubt I would take results over performances from now til the end of the season
Results over performances has been the problem the last 2 seasons. We were blinded by results and when things finally turned against us we only realised how poor we had been in games. We need to play a full 90 minutes week in week out between now and the end of the season that's the only way we will win this league.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cabs88
I think most people realise that we havnt been playing well this year and that Sully's goals have been masking things. no team, athlone included will put in 6 complete 90 minute performances where the other team won't have chances and be on top of the other for spells