And on that night faith was tempted....how many times this season have Mons won it in the last 10 minsQuote:
Originally Posted by micls
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And on that night faith was tempted....how many times this season have Mons won it in the last 10 minsQuote:
Originally Posted by micls
Boh's only 4 points off the top. I wouldn't have expected that at this stage of the season after the turmoil of the winter. I hope their good form can carry over into Europe.
Derry have the makings of a quality team there. I think a few of the absentees will have a tough time getting back in the team if they keep playing like that.
If you'd told me after 70 minutes that we'd go away disappointed to only lose by a goal I'd have laughed at you. Rovers only turned up for the last 20 minutes when Derry started to tire (partly due to Finn and Turner getting their passing game going in midfield) and created a few really good chances. Doherty was an absolute behemoth - that performance should go down in LOI folklore, not for the volume of saves but for the quality of the 4 he had to make. Fully deserved win for Derry - worthy title contenders.
Really getting exciting now in the title race, Sligo to go top tomorrow at home to Drogheda and Pats have the chance to go top again on Sunday. Derry are looking well capable of mounting a serious challenge also.
7 points clear with a game in hand. Still think Harps can do it!
Great game. I was driving past the stadium around halftime and the wee hoods were standing at the bottom of the cemetery, so I await to hear if there has been any trouble. Going off topic but I was reading another forum earlier, and one Shams fan claims one of your buses had the engine stolen during a game at the Brandy about 10 years ago. Can anyone verify if such a thing happened or am I right assuming its just b*ll*x?
I can't believe you actually posted that. I assume you're from Derry, so do you not think you would have heard about it by now, IF IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!Quote:
Originally Posted by horton
after all the hype on the media, websites,, etc,the DERRY v ROVERS game had everthing a game between two top teams have to offer,end to end stuff,v entertaining ,long may it last.:ball:
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Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Match in Tolka was one of the best games I've ever seen. Terrific, heart stopping stuff.
Ironic. The first Shels match I ever saw was against Waterford in Tolka and it ended 2-1 as well.
Harps will destroy Shels next week
It's happened a few times this season where Rovers have only picked it up when behind. Should really have got an equaliser in the end that one the first hour was never deserved. But Derry were pinned back when Rovers at last went for it with Turner, Kelly and O'Donnell pushing on. There's no reason why Rovers shouldn't have had that urgency and conviction right from the start.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
The reason is because Derry were playing better football.Quote:
Originally Posted by dfx-
Nah, Derry were playing better football because of the lack of urgency not the other way aroundQuote:
Originally Posted by Predator
Why would Derry playing the better football make Rovers less urgent anyway? It's not like Oman and Sives they were sitting down and applauding.
The point I was trying to make is that Rovers were simply stifled throughout the game. I'm sure the urgency to play was there*, but Derry were the better team on the day. Only when Derry took the lead with that fluke, we backed off more which, combined with Rovers' heightened urgency to equalise, allowed Rovers to dominate the midfield in the final minutes. Even then Derry had some decent counter attacks.
*Saying that, there was an awful lot of hoofball by both sides.
I don't really get this hoofball stuff. The way football seems to be going people think you're either Barcelona or some industrial outfit like Blackburn. I thought Derry played intelligent long balls, but if you have players like McClean and McLaughlin on the wings why wouldn't you? Plus having that option creates space in the middle and that's where Derry made most of their chance from. Rovers did it to great effect against Pats, opening up the room for the 16-pass goal. Sligo do it too even though their fans probably won't admit it. Derry, Rovers and Sligo all play better football than your average English team.
A picture from his slideshow...Quote:
Originally Posted by sullanefc
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again do u think i have nothing better to do
Gas 1 tonight for Willie John Kiely who decided to celebrate his 16th minute goal taunting the Shels fans as if he'd just scored a 90th minute winner against a team who give him constant abuse. Ah sure worked well for him in the end.
U left 1 ,but who care,s.Quote:
Originally Posted by nosebleds
Post of the month!Quote:
Originally Posted by nosebleds
:cat:nite allQuote:
Originally Posted by nosebleds
I'm lost. :confused:
In other news, I heard Worthington was actually in the Brandywell earlier to keep an eye on Mannus. Doherty, McClean and the likes are sure to have given him some food for thought.
Po,st of the m%nth
Shams were unlucky not to draw, I think they had one over the line when Kelly I think forced the double save. Derry sat off them the last 20 mins and let them back in; performance wise I think that the is as good as Shams are while Derry will improve.
still a right See You Next TuesdayQuote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Because the free-kick was indirect, was it a Mannus own goal??
I thought you Shams had money, buy the poor guy a razor ffs!
No sign of him in the Glentoran Stand.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
NI management team tend to get a nose bleed if they go west of the Bann.
Shams were deserved losers in my eyes last night. For the players at their disposal it is typical of them to hope to get a draw or scrape a one nil win. Instead of this why do they not try attacking for a change? nice guy and all as Turner is he is a far better footballer than that water carrier Ricer who gives the ball away constantly.
Derry are a fine side, with even more youngsters than Bohs (yes nutsy) so it shows what can be done. Play great stuff as well. If we don't push on and win the league I hope that they do.
Derry deserved to win but I think Turner made a huge difference for Rovers when he came on, could have ended differently if he'd started. Rice was anonymous.
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Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Definitely something brewing.
He was behaving very oddly last time he crossed the Bann: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVjBXVmd52YQuote:
Originally Posted by MariborKev
"The North of Ireland" is the official IFA term now, apparently.
Urgh, I went to that school that they interviewed Worthington in. Theres about a dozen huge paintings of former Bishops/School Presidents etc. on the walls in the canteen and they always creeped the heck out of me. *shivers*
Went there myself. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by horton
Or maybe that should be a :(
It was as if each and every one of them in the paintings were all casting their eyes down on you as you ate your luncheon, lest you committed the cardinal sin of gluttony. But how anyone could get near committing gluttony with the sh*te that canteen served up is beyond me!
A sunt?Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
So, Harps are one up against Longford.
3-2 Longford in flancare now. Kevin McHugh scoring what could be possibly goal of the season apparently for Harps.
Sounds like Cowan's was a screamer too. Cracking game by the sounds of things.
Finished 3-2. Couple of good goals, a sending off, 5 goals. Sounded like an excellent game. Pity to have missed it.
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