waterford were robbed.
ref was a tosser with some of the decisions he made.
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waterford were robbed.
ref was a tosser with some of the decisions he made.
Dont think we robbed.
Ref was poor, but i'll hold judgement on a few decisions til i see the replys, the peno and the elbow incident, but every decision seemed to go bohs way. Also appointing a dublin ref was stupid!
Really showed the difference in full time and part time teams, bohs much better on the ball, creating the space, and movement without the ball was outstanding.
Was happy that we fought back in the second half and didnt get hammered, and played very well. showed we are able to play some decent football. Dont know why ndo got motm, keegan was much better too.
Anyway, well done bohs.
For a good period towards the end the difference was hard to spotQuote:
Really showed the difference in full time and part time teams, bohs much better on the ball, creating the space, and movement without the ball was outstanding.
Hard luck Waterford
It looked as if Bohs really enjoyed winning that 'minnow cup' :)
Very true, we looked decent toward the end.
I've seen the peno incident, it was very harsh but probably a penalty.
The handball for the free kick for brennans goal was pretty harsh too, no way it was intentional.
As for the elbow, Powell should have been sent off, no question about it, discraceful.
The ref was bad for both teams though, bottled the elbow incident, even gave bohs the free for it :confused: Dont see why he was appointed when he wouldnt even be considered as one of the top refs!
Also shows what a rat liar Fenlon is...some under20 side then!
EDIT: Fair play to the bohs fans too, made a good atmosphere there this evening!
What kind of crowd was at this?
new stand is 1700 looked bout 700-800 bohs at it ^^ I wasn't expecting a sell out but we just about got it ^^
i couldnt magine bohs getting in trouble for fielding a shadow team? if u have a squad u have a right to use all the players?
There's a rule in just about every Cup Competition run around the world - which goes something like:
I'd imagine the FAI have something similar in place - seeing as they love slapping on the fines...Quote:
Each Club shall play its full available strength in all matches. The Board will from time to time issue a policy as to what constitutes ‘full available strength’. Any Club failing to meet this requirement will be required to pay a fine of up to £5,000."
hmm.. but who are they to say which players are more capable they have no right
they are the governing body of the league - they can, as they have shown numerous times already, decide whatever they like.
oh, and thanks for all the congrats on the cup win lads.... i can smell the annoyance from here! :D
Wouldn`t have thought that the usual poor standard of refereeing had any effect on the result. Bohs won the game in the first half and knocked the ball about at their leisure until Keegan went off and Waterford had a fifteen minute spell.
V. good promotion of the game around the city, flags etc. Huge probs getting tickets for the Bohs side , scheisters on the turnstile were selling concession tickets marked 10 Euro for 20 Euro while claiming that Bohs were not allocated any concession tickets!!
Surprised at the size of the Bohs crowd, 700 easily.
Was that the biggest crowd for a domestic fixture in the RSC?
It was the biggest crowd at the RSC for a domestic game since the new stand went in 2 years ago and it was good to see that. Bohs dominated the game with some very good passing although the Dublin ref seemed to give every 50/50 decision their way including a soft penalty and the game was over at half time after a terrible mistake by Devine for the 3rd goal. We finished the game strongly and still have the promotion race and FAI Cup to look forward to.
3000 is a bit dissapointing. Waterford did a great job promoting the game in the local media and around the local area and then only approx 2200/2300 locals to turn up isn't great really. But hopefully word of the style of football being played will spread and....;)
even with bohs been the home team waterford supporters out numbered them 4 to 1 :D
Tomney is a Pats fan so there is no advantage to us.
I'm tempted to type this in capitals for the hard of thinking around here: three things:
1) There are 4 big clubs in Dublin, so, even if a ref supports a LoI team (not necessarily the case), there's a three to one chance -at least - that he won't support the Dublin team on the pitch.
2) Dublin is a big city, so, unlike all you sad provincials, we Dubs are not automatically 'up for' each other. We don't have that inferiority thing you guys have where we feel we have to 'stick together' because you know in your hearts you're not good enough on your own.
3) We don't have it in for you - most of the time, we don't even know you're there. (and LoI supporters are exceptional among metropolitans in actually occasionally interacting politely with you lot in your native habitats*)
*Outside of scummy 'nite' clubs in the basements of hotels and the Garda club - or the pubs around Croke Park.
The first goal from the free kick was never a free. To be fair you could only help and fell robbed after the ref giving that. It was complete ball to hand, and the player didn't know anything about it.
And for the penalty Ndo was in the box before Brennan kicked the ball, should have been retaken!
Despite being peeved at many of the decisions, there is nothing to be gained by harping on about this, and Leejo is right. Time to move on, and let the game be in the past. We were poorer in the first half. One can argue that we were cowed by the free kick, but that is as maybe. If an objection is lodged, then it might spin on a while, but I can not see any objection retrospectively being worthwhile except about the ref, and that is an as maybe. Otherwise, time to consign last Saturday to the past, and move on. Bohs won the League Cup in 2009. End of story.
Sligo - 17,000 people live there - only 2 surnames - no wonder it's sometimes known as "The Norfolk of Ireland"
Must be an absolute bugger on Fathers Day...