I reckon if ye keep the squad together with one or two additions ye should be challenging to win the first division next season.
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Cobh's record against the bottom 4 teams is very good (W9 D3 L1) but against the top 3 not so good (W1 D2 L7) could go either way for them next season depending if the standard at the top of the division drops further or if the likes of Waterford & Shels start performing
Play was stopped due to an injury caused by a shocking bad tackle which was 'missed' by the ref. The ref told Bohs not to contest it, why the hell would they not contest it otherwise ?
Ask your players before spouting rubbish. Dundalk broke no rules, no question of that but goal did leave a sour taste and should have been avoided.
On the match itself Dundalk were excellent first half and could/should have been more than one up at the break. once Kurtis pulled a goal back (and we played a second striker) Bohs had the better of the last quarter.the loss of Akinade and Dundalks excellent play left Byrne very isolated up front and the introduction of kelly changed us for the better. Good game and a good crowd with both teams going for it. Poor reffing throughout but thats unfortunately the norm in this League.
The whingeing of some Bohs fans on twitter about the second Dundalk is hilarious.
If a Bohs player had not clattered O'Donnell there would have been no free kick. Any confusion over the refs instructions about restarting play is a red herring.
This debate is a distraction from a very good game and an excellent Kurtis Byrne goal.
I treat every misfortune that befalls bohs as a direct consequence of them signing akinade. :good:
You guys really need to get your story straight.
Your fellow Bohs fan, Daryl Geraghy writing on leagueofireland.ie says
He goes on to sayQuote:
Then, after telling the players to compete for the drop ball, the ball was thrown in the direction of the visitors, assuming the ball would go back to the keeper to restart, but Dundalk played on from the midfield.
Whatever about Bohs players being naive, it was the stupidity of Prendergast to give away a needless free that resulted in the goalQuote:
some might say it was naïve from Bohs not to react
If McMilan took advantage and was "unsporting" as per the RTE report, so what? Not sure why Dundalk fans are being so defensive about it?
Are Dundalk fans under attack?
kksaints asked what happened, and got a number of versions of it. Some of them were pure fantasy.
The RTE reporter is entitled to his/her opinion too. Soccer Republic should clarify for those who were not there. Maybe even for those who were there wearing blinkers
OK then.
https://mobile.twitter.com/DMcM88/st...28368870211585
https://mobile.twitter.com/DMcM88/st...28610449674240
Oh and that sour taste is the sour grapes you've been sucking on since last night.
David O'Sullivan back for Town tonight. Really fancy us to do it tonight
Stephen O'Donnell:
https://medium.com/@McLaughlinGavin/...7f0#.5fizdffgvQuote:
“They don’t know what is happening up in the stands,” said O’Donnell. “We had the ball, they wouldn’t kick it back and the ref said ‘contest it’. We weren’t going to kick it back to Bohs so….end of story.“I think I’m fair and I’m a sportsman but if the ref says ‘contest it’ and nobody does anything then you just play on,” he added. “They can have no qualms about it. I’d feel bad if I was out of order but I wasn’t out of order.”
The league champions beat a mid table team. There was a seemingly questionable call on the pitch. Social media drama. Shocker.
I though it was a great game to watch. One of the best nil all's I've seen in a while. The standard wasn't amazing but both teams went out to win and tried to play good football for the most part. Really wish we had kept O'Malley but hindsight is a great thing. Also about your first post id say around 2,000-2,500 there which considering it was on tv, Leinster were playing, EP is on and there was a game on tuesday isn't bad
Longford VS Bray looking like it could be called off because of the rain, kick off is delayed for pitch inspection
EDIT: It's off!
Sligo vs Harps abandoned.
Dundalk or Cork to blame for these shenagininans ? :D
Limerick 4-0 Waterford coming towards the end.
So Limerick down to needing 19 goals from 5 games to hit the ton. Today's match was the bare minimum they needed to keep on track.
Game should never have started at the Showgrounds.
Lot of surface water from heavy rain all evening.