I was at the match and was it difficult to know what happened but have been told he twisted his ankle as he spun away to celebrate Clearys goal.Freak incident.Quote:
Originally Posted by CorribsideSteve
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I was at the match and was it difficult to know what happened but have been told he twisted his ankle as he spun away to celebrate Clearys goal.Freak incident.Quote:
Originally Posted by CorribsideSteve
Cracking game at Dalymount, Bohs were excellent and probably deserved win (especially on first half display) but Dundalk were always in it at 1-0 and had chances especially late on (both before and after the equalizer). Speed, power and Fitness levels of Dundalk make them such an exceptional LOI side.
Excellent game to watch and a more than decent crowd make it another great night at Dalymount. Bohs, Dundalk and both sets of supporters put on a great advertisement for Irish football.
Derry looked like the season couldn't end quick enough for them. Started brightly enough but once it started to go against them the game was over.
Good way to end the season for us, did well to finish 5th in the end although I don't think that says much for the rest of the league given how frequently we underperformed. Looking forward to next season already, going to be a weird one without Bucko and Conan but encouraging signs that we've already got a few lads signed up for the next couple of years. Think we're only a couple of additions off properly challenging for Europe (assuming Waterford and Rovers don't drastically improve themselves).
And ye've qualified to turn down the Scottish Cup again :)
Would leave Bohs and Sligo again as the two next in line.
Europe or winning a cup, yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcgonigle
1-0 to Harps at h-t(McCourt Pen)
Lims have had chances as well.
Anyone got a stream to the match(SkorLive don't seem to have it)or will i just have to stick with the radio commentary?
Still have a chance to save things at home. With the form we've been in that's as much as I hoped for.
Result now.
Harps will have wanted more from the home leg I'm sure
We are very fortunate to be going down with a lead, limerick the better side
We had more of the ball but Harps were happy enough to let us have it and just keep their shape, as we struggled to create anything at all.
Sent countless crosses into the box, all dealt with fairly comfortably.
I'd imagine the second leg will look pretty similar.
We paid Limerick to much respect I think ,whos only tactic seemed to be lump it into the box,poor poor game to watch,all to play for!
Shout out to the Limerick fan who threw a banger at Kavanagh,always one who ruins it for the 99% who were very vocal and supported well.
Disgusted to see a Limerick fan throw a pyrotechnic onto the pitch at John Kavanagh. Could have seriously injured him, or Danny Morrisey (who pretty stupidly tried to kick it off the pitch just as it was about to explode).
On the match, it was a pretty poor game. Harps afforded too much respect to Limerick, we made too many changes, albeit a few enforced with Timlin, Coyle and Gallagher all big losses to us. Dropping Jacob Borg into centre half killed a lot of our midfield creativity and steel too.
Nice for Paddy McCourt to score the winning goal on his final home game for the club, even if he had a pretty poor game otherwise.
Throw Harps fans mocking a young player being stretchered off the pitch in the list of things to be disgusted at while you're there.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
I genuinely can't say I heard anything other than a big round of applause all round the ground when he was being taken off the pitch. I would indeed be disgusted if there were any mocking of him being taken off injured though.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy
Anything to say on the pyro?
He was getting a lot of stick from the moment he went down which I found odd as we were the ones behind. Big cheer and laughter went up from a section when he was on stretcher before as you rightly point out the majority of the crowd applauded him off.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Whoever thought it was a good idea to bring them bangers to a football game in the first place is a complete and utter moron and even more so for throwing them on the pitch whether it was near a player or not. Brain dead clowns entertained by a loud bang.
I would guess you're on about the section behind the goals? They'd be well known across the league for giving goalkeepers stick. Robert Birdsall, then of Waterford, tweeted jokingly in 2015 something along the lines that he'd rather be subjected to a night in Syria than have to face another 45 minutes of standing in the town end of Finn Park.
Genuinely didn't hear any sort of mocking from them though tonight.
The bangers were supposedly passed through the fence. So they went to some lengths to actually get them into the ground. As John Kavanagh went to take a throw, one of those aforementioned morons threw one and hit him in the back of the leg. Danny Morrissey tried to kick it off the pitch and it blew up as he was about to kick it and got a nice bang to the face.
And Harps will be the ones left with a fine from it.
Doubt they were passed through the fence not a single Limerick fan was checked coming in garbage with flags bags of confetti and other bags carried in without even being looked at so could have easily just walked in with em. I was putting flags up at the fence anyway before the game and saw nothing being handed in. Was surprised how lax it was with regard searches tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
What Danny was doing going anywhere near if is beyond me.
I think Horgan is just a pretty conservative manager, and from his perspective, he had the lead, and he was going to protect it. Harps gave away a lot of territory and possession but defended their box pretty comfortably for the most part. I'd say he is fairly pleased with it, and will adopt a fairly similar set up on Friday.
I can imagine some frustration from Harps fans though, given how 'there for the taking' Limerick have been all season.
From a Limerick perspective, it's just hard to see where we will score from. We are just so toothless up front.
The state of that defending knew it was as stupid decision from Brouder lastnight looks worse from that angle.
So just the one squib was it that was thrown?
lol
Amatuer scumbags! Lets see how our seasoned ones get on on Sunday eh TT?:rolleyes:
match in limerick delayed to a 1955 k/o due to crowd congestion
Talk about sentences I thought I'd never read!
Yeah, think they didn't have enough staff in the ticket sheds.
Poor game here. Harps the better side, Limerick look fairly neutered going forward. Haven't a clue what Barrett is going to do now.
Gwan the harps.
A welcome addition to the premier League.
2-0 Harps. Provisional congrats to Nigel, and Mr A and all the other Harps supporters. Ye had a great run for the last part of the season and have earned your promotion, should it turn out that way!
Sack everyone.
Congrats to Harps on their return to the Premier division,serious run of form last few months.:cool:
job done, yes!!
Congrats Harps
Ollie doing his magic again 👍
If only we could get s decent manager in Galway 😡
I echo that - congratz guys.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado
Congrats all harps fans on here. Unfortunate losing a Munster team but hopefully next season I'll get my first visit to ballybofey
Congrats to Harps - time to bring back Conor Gethins now that they are back in the big time
Congrats Harps, well worth the win. Managed the game very well, we could be there all week and not score.
Horrible season ends without a whimper.
That went rather well.
Gotta hand it to Ollie and the Harps..class performance,good tactics.well organised.We on the other hand were a shambles ,a reflection of what we have been all season on and off the pitch.The flak that players and the board have got and will get is well deserved however maybe the ...fans and our local media ..will start looking at who has,n been touched by such flak given that the buck stops with him,Tommy Barrett totally out of his depth.We have listened to it all this season...resources,budgets,referee decisions,bizzare interviews ..its been an abject failure ,budget cut or not midway through the season the team have been poorly managed and coached.Great to see the big crowd present but once again the usual few let us down ,appalling behaviour.
My first game at home in a while, and what a mess. Team played like they had never played together before. Save for a five minute period after the break when they made a few chances (and should have had a penalty) they never looked like scoring. Harps passed the ball and pressed better, and took their chances when they came. Limerick were just dreadful, save maybe Duggan (I'd bet some lower half PD team will take him on if interested). Too young, too crocked, too inexperienced, badly coached (Barrett can't be excused any more). The second half was an exercise in waiting for the killer blow.
A mass clear out is needed here. Barrett, Boland, O'Sullivan, et al. Whatever value POS has placed on the club is too much. Too many bad appointments, too much money misspent, and now a second relegation within a few years (and you better believe we won't be easing to promotion next year like we did in 2016). Something has to change. This snakes and ladders game while Waterford go into Europe is unacceptable.
Edit: 180 minutes against an FD team, and no goals! We should have gone down last year.
Caption this photo.
:note:YOU AND ME BABE,HOW ABOUT IT?:note:
OR
"Where are you getting your hair done these days,Ollie?"
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DrCBdnNXQAIIRUJ.jpg
Congrats harps. Looking forward to the trip already