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It was a lovely goal hallelujah ! We have played well overall but have to maintain it in the second half. There was a thing at half time about floodlights going off , who organised it. I took it as suicide prevention campaign on first look.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Derry must be kicking themselves they were a couple of minutes away from being a point off a euro place (proabaly) and seeing pats win and shoot up the table just rubs salt in.
Delighted with that win. The performance was a vast improvement from our recent games. I think if we can avoid defeat against Cork & Harps then we will be ok for a mid stable spot. If Dundalk want Georgie Kelly back for their fixture back log then they are more than welcome. The best performances tonight came from Forester & Benson id give Benson man of the match.
Shelbourne look the team ourselves and Cork will be aiming for to avoid the bottom 2,needless to say tomorrows game will go a long way to seeing if its possible.......
Hopefully a decent game tonight between Rovers and dundalk, irrespective of the starting line ups.
A win for Rovers should cement the title, but a draw wouldn't change much.
It's a Rovers team expecting to win tonight which should bode well for an open game. dundalk are hardly going to sit back. Shields Vs Byrne again and whomever wins that battle will probably determine the result.
If cork lose tonight they will drop through the trapdoor, and may never return, in their current guise anyway.
Will Fenn be given an almost indefinite opportunity to rebuild even if relegated or is he likely to be on notice if relegated. It will be financially damaging to the club if relegated even if crowds were allowed back at games. It seemed to be the strong attendances that boosted Corks financial clout but if in the 1st Division? They will still have the largest average support in the division but its an ever decreasing circle situation and tbh the 1st Division has no shortage of seasoned promotion battlers currently so no easy task in bouncing back. How do you get out of it unless a manager shows that rebuildng on a budget is something they can do - and Fenn hasnt shown anything special in that regard yet. Or an injection of money to buy out of the cycle, and Cork are prudent on that, bar giving in to Caulfields demands which kicked off the slide and not likely to be repeated.
From double winners to foot of the table in a few season - should ground supporters who gloat to the extreme when top of the heap as clubs may not be too far from a fall off the perch!
Well, largest average support is no use if all the games are behind closed doors. Will that be lifted by the start of next season? It's still six months away, but the signs aren't great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
I know I've said before that there's no point singling out any club for trouble in the covid period, but Cork are losing out on more than most (high gate receipts and ancillary match income, and no European money to tide things along), so they can't be in a good place at the moment.
Shocking miss from the Cork forward there. Great chance missed.
McGinley is a quality keeper. Cork should have been a couple of goals up
Yeah, I agree. Made a cracking save in the 1st half. Cork just gone 1 up now. Deservedly so.
The first bit of football that Harps have played and they equalise through their tub of curry. McGlade looks the only guy interested in actually playing football, but it's an intriguing game nonetheless.
Our keeper was man of the match and we made Cork look good (they're not!) sums that up from a Harps perspective,we still have to play all of the current top 4 and I wouldn't be very optimistic ..........
Maybe some of these Dundalk players should have had some more games this season judging by tonight's game so far. They've done well. Oops, jinxed that.
Must have improved since he was at Belfield; always thought he was a bit dodgy. I guess a couple of years of senior GAA can't have hurt?Quote:
Originally Posted by DCSIL
Jaysus. I don't think you'll be allowed post about Dundalk again :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Dundalk blitzed in the space of less than 10 minutes.
Oduwa exciting enough going forward, a bit erratic, but offering zero defensive cover to Dummigan. He's getting destroyed.
I saw some comparisons made a few months ago of Dundalk signing Will Patching and Rovers having Jack Byrne. Looks a terrible shout. Patching has been dreadful in the first half, lost his man for the second goal, then gives away a penalty for the third. Looks overweight, which is something you don't associate with Dundalk players.
Despite it being Dundalk's second team, there's a lot of absolute garbage signed that seems below their usual level: Journeymen like Oduwa, Josh Gatt?! Patching.
Made ten changes from Thursday apparently. Just left Shields, who's suspended. I know Thursday's important, but LoI sides - especially the fully-pro ones - surely need to be able to play Fri-Thurs-Sun? You'd have thought a match against Rovers would be better prep for Thursday than a training session too
Dundalk didn’t get their request to have tonight’s match postponed , so response is To act like a petulant child and field a weakened team , whilst understandable from their financial perspective , assume like any other league FAI will hit them with a substantial fine for deliberately fielding a weakened team, otherwise the integrity of the league will be damaged.... and we all know from their earlier bleating about the shortened league that Dundalk take that very seriously .... cue the usual ****e from the usual suspects plus a few from Bohs who’ll moan that this is costing them the leagueQuote:
Originally Posted by CorribsideSteve
Rovers hit Waterford at about the same time in the game last week. Could be 5 up by 55 mins, if this keeps up. Mad season for Dundalk.
Yes, apologies to Dundalk fans but this one doesn't really matter anyway. I certainly won't post anything about the game on Thursday until afterwards, if at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Harps were very poor against Cork this evening. Didn't get to grips with the game at all. Still managed to miss a handful of decent chances.
What a goal from Jack Byrne!
Nice comfortable win against a mid table club. Another step closer to the title.
Dundalk fans have told us their second string would be able to challenge for the league but I think tonight has shown just how poor their recruitment has been the last few years.
Rovers looked like world beaters against Dundalk's reserves, pity they hadn't the stamina to stay in European competition a bit longer.
Only one fall to the ground for Shields from a ghost push tonight, instead of the usual ten. Wonders never cease :)
That's an emphatic win for Rovers and they deserve great credit for how they played - irrespective of whether it was against a first choice or a second choice line up.
Rovers played much better than I anticipated and Dundalk were much weaker.
Just as it was before the match started - there remains bigger fish to fry on Thursday
Judging by that game if you're a dundalk fan you'd have to hope they don't get many injuries prior to their game on Thursday cos their 2nd team ain't up to it
Rovers can only beat what's in front of them, and they did that emphatically.
There's no substitute for hard work.
Onto sligo at home next Friday and hopefully another hard working, dominant performance can get us the win.
Hi OllieQuote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Now that is done and dusted. Who will will the PD in 2021?
''Dont shtart''Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Even with the stoppage for covid to go a full year undefeated domestically is incrediblw
Keith long has a good shout at it , have to feel a bit sorry for Giovanni though not getting a crack T a full seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by ger121
Dundalk were dead right to play their reserves. Thursday’s game is their biggest game in years. They are going to finish 2nd or 3rd anyway so why risk player unnecessarily for a pretty meaningless league gameQuote:
Originally Posted by Calcio Jack
Don't agree on that tbh , if they had won last night they would have been 6 points behind (if win their games in hand) with 5 games to go.
That is not a foregone conclusion.
Good luck to them on Thursday anyway.
Impetulant children, mid table side, ghost shoves (maybe it was a shadow of a ghost?!) substantial fines, integrity of league damaged...
well at least it is unusual sh!te from the usual suspects! For a good old hammering of a reserve side there is some small bit of satisfaction at the gloating and hand wringing apparent - hardly surprising that years of frustration is bubbling to the surface in fairness.
Oduwa needs a whole lot of coaching to fulfill any of his potential, not coaching flair out of him just some proper work ethic in working back. Considering Dummigan has barely gotten in to double digits in appearances and was a first game since injury he needed help - a miss by the coaching staff maybe not to ensure that he got cover. Gatt as a signing that has been contentious. Not a reflection on his ability but that he may have been a boardroom signing. I'm not sure Kelly is a starter yet either rather than an impact sub. He is young and bags of potential but can be infuriating with his 1st instinct to 'trip over'. Patching has somthing to prove for sure but hasnt had games to do so. U19s got a serious lesson in the level they need to get to and how much hard work is needed to cut it at senior level so some value to their time on the pitch.
I thought last nights team selection was a chance for some players to stake a claim, some did and some will be gone at seasons end. I felt myself that this was going to be a chastening game if the manager wrung the changes with Thursday in mind. Financially it made sense, not easy to concede a title though, however unlikely it was that the outstanding team of the season would be reeled in.
I fully understand why they played a weakened team.... my point is that pre the restart they came out with statements protesting against having a shortened league and saying the integrity of the league would be damaged- but yesterday having not managed to get a postponement they put out a weakened team which IMO damages the integrity of the league,Quote:
Originally Posted by wexfordned
So just calling out their dual set of interchangeable principals.
Clubs' calling for what best suits themselves at any particular time? Shocker!!
Touche😄Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
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Originally Posted by wexfordned
MMM, wouldn't be too certain after yesterday, but suppose we still have 2 games in hand on Waterford (who are 3 points ahead), and also 2 games in hand and 1 ahead of Pats and Sligo who are chasing. I would think 3rd place is the highest we can realistically achieve, given the gap and with our without group stage qualification. If we mess that up, hangover could see us slip further, if we make it, extra games to squeeze in.
Now just on the group stages, if that can be achieved thats it for playing the back up lads in league games, at least 4-5 of them based on last night are way off the mark, and need to be released, so we'll need our best choice.
Odawu, Gatt, just not sure they have the ability, albeit they did try, Flores and Patching - both offered nothing last night, McMillan, can't see him being offered an extension, thats 5 straight away, but Patching is under contract.
Also worth noting we will have to make up points ground in next few weeks too, as two group stage games are during the league season, IF we make it.
22/10/2020 Matchday 1
29/10/2020 Matchday 2
Finally, I`m not having the 'Only 18 games to win the league' It was the same for all clubs, and I repeated this point, we were only 3 points behind Rovers at the end of July, so only ourselves to blame for not challenging.
On last night, probably both teams were right to play their first and second string, priorities.