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Nice to get a not-a-defeat thing tonight. Had forgotten what they're like.
We're actually half decent at home, but wojus away, which isn't ideal with trips to Shels and Harps coming up.
Dundalk are very very ordinary, even when they had 11 on the pitch. Don't know how they've only lost twice this season
Rovers were excellent this evening how they only scored 3 goals i will never know i would say the Harps keepers Gloves will have surgically removed as they must be baked into his hands from the amount of shots they stopped. I have seen every game Rovers have played this season and the only one in which they should have been beaten was the presidents cup final. They do however need to get better at is putting teams away that they are so obviously better than.
A million miles better from Pats tonight. Drogheda back 4 couldn’t cope with the front 3 of King, Doyle and Burns. 16 year old Sam Curtis was excellent at right back on his first start and Kyle Robinson with a goal on his league debut with his first touch, happy days!
Safe to say we were beaten off the park there. Could/should have been 8. More than a suspicion of offside with a couple of them but credit were credits due shams were brilliant tonight. Some of their play was great to watch. Gaffney was brilliant in the first half, we had no idea how to handle him or mandroiu in particular. Thankfully poor finishing/good keeping and last ditch defending kept the score respectable. It's all about next week for us though
That was Dundalk's worst performance of the season by a margin tonight, dreadful all over the park, not even sure we deserved to be 2-0 up either, shocking display and just about deserved a draw.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Mackey out?Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
Absolute muck from us tonight. Should've been beaten by a very poor Athlone side. On the flip side, winning a match that you definitely are undeserving of is definitely a good sign.
we've said that a bit too much since wexford away. big improvement needed , very hard to see performances like that keeping us top of the table.Quote:
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Comfortable win for Waterford over a poor Bray side at the Carlisle Grounds. Phoenix Patterson got a great goal to liven up the game after a slow start. Shane Griffin made it 2 midway through 2nd half and looked game over as Wanderers didn't threaten much. Bray got 1 back with a header from corner to make it a bit nervy but 2 similar well taken goals from Louis Britton made the game safe. Good away support there.
Whelan looked razor sharp tonight, first goal was really excellent, when he gets into a team that isn't lumping long balls at him and gets decent service, he's going to be the real deal. Unfortunately for the students, only 4 games left for him and Kerrigan, and they could go pointless fir the entire season when are gone. Poor Dara Keane looks like he came off injured first game back having shown how much he has been missed in the 1st half. Still looked shaky as hell at the back. Yoro has got plaudits early season for no obvious reason, got caught badly for the pen and just kicks it away every time he gets it, he was awful at 19s, quite the mystery why some people think he's good, he's a very poor defender. For all Dundalk weren't great, think they'd have held on comfortably with 11 men.Quote:
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I don't think it's fair to say Yoro just kicks the ball away every time it comes near him.
Sometimes he fresh-air kicks too.
Two first half bookings for bohs players and no cards for Derry players for similar if not worse fouls, but the chips and battered sausages were good
Listened on Radio, Struggled to get into the game. Seen the Peno, dubious but we will take it. Another hard game on Monday, not convinced that 4-0 down in Inchicore is something to go by.
I still think yous will get the win on Monday night but last nights performance from Pats was chalk and cheese to the previous week against Derry. A lot will depend on which Pats show upQuote:
Originally Posted by DCSIL
Felt sorry for Aidomo Harps keeper pulled off a super save to deny him and then smashes one off the inside of the post which i was up celebrating before realising it had come back out. Looked incredibly sharp hopefully we will see a lot more of him.
Should be 7 wins in a row except for the stupid draw in Sligo where we should have been 2 or 3 up before they equalised.
If we can keep rolling like this we look very good. Two huge games now , Monday chance to put things right against Sligo and then a massive 6 pointer against Derry
Big improvement in performance from Shels last night to get a much needed win at Tolka, I think we have found our best starting XI now
Quite confusing to see how poor Sligo have been in both games against us after them looking ok against Rovers on the TV last week and how good Harps were against us, but Sligo are above both us and Harps in the table, alot more unpredictability in the Premier Division this season which is only good
Great to see Kyle Robinson score with his first touch. What I liked was his confidence in making the run and pointing to where he wanted the ball.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Lot happier with that displayQuote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
We were very poor in the first half, Bohs dominated and for large parts, we couldn't get out of our own half.Quote:
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Lucky to get in at HT level. Thought it was a penalty at the time, but having seen the replay, well, were we fortunate to get it.
Played a lot better in the second half, but the goal just wouldn't come. As we've said before, we need to be more clinical.
Both teams had chances to win the game, and a draw was a fair enough result. Decent sized crowd up from Dublin for it. Fair play to the Bohs fans.
Can't imagine we'll be winning by four against Pat's again tonight, but will be interesting to see how it's approached.
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Looking forward to tonight, Can Sligo take points off us for the third time ??? If they do we may have to get a exorcist in as we are cursed against them this season.
I fancy Pats to get something tonight , pride alone must make it a match they will be desperate to give a good showing in after the debacle in Richmond.
Great idea pulling these matches forward for the teams playing in Europe and with all 4 playing each other again next Friday (Rovers/Derry, Pats/Sligo) there is a big chance for teams to get their heads out in front.