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I wonder who’s unhappier,Harps,Pats or Sligo fans?
Totally agree - until a quite extraordinary twist at the end which came out of nowhere. Amazing stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by mackend6
No reason UCD can't finish ahead of this joke of a harps team
How did the drinks go sbgawa ? Sorry love just nipping to the jacks, 'live score.......great 1-0 Dundalk..........then 2-1...............treat yourseves to a curry chip on the way home !Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Dundalk actually extended the lead in 3rd, this is good stuff, Benson goal was outstanding, serious shift by Hoban with the late winner, and John Martin too for his assist.
Is this the weirdest league in a long time?
Shels when they lose look awful it seems, yet they win away to Sligo, Pat's and Derry.
That's not a good Dundalk team but they've only lost twice and are on a great run of form lately (I think they got 9 points and six draws from their first eight games? So that's 19 points from the next eight). And one of those defeats was against Drogheda.
Sligo, Bohs and Pat's seem incapable of any consistency, which is strange given how well they've been performing the last couple of seasons.
UCD and Harps have plenty of consistency and it's hard to see either of us stay up. Drogheda seem crap too but they're winning the games that matter.
Third to seventh is going to be a hell of a scrap for the last Euro spots
Last time I saw that was the 2019 cup final.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Thanks for helping Derry with their wobble. I have a screenshot somewhere around here for DCWA if he turns up.
I am unhappier than all Harps and Sligo fans added together after that tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
And Derry now only 9 points from last 8 gamesQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Actually maybe not in the case of Harps, that looks pretty horrific on paper.
Yeah. I’m fuming. That was a disgrace tonight from Pats tonight. It’s one thing getting spanked by Derry, and that’s bad enough, but this was totally unacceptable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
harps collapse doesnt look good for horgan. 1-0 up and cruising vs 11 , drogs down to 10 and the game turns in their favour and they score 3. madness.
cork absymal again, galways league to lose.
I wouldnt say its not a good Dundalk side, but not yet a Dundalk side that were dominating. Its a better side than many over the years and should not have lost to Drogheda or coughed up a 2 nil lead at UCD. Definitely better than those results and even 4 points, as would have been expected, and yer on the coat tails of top spot.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Not even half ways through the league so I still think the Derry will push Rovers more than others have the last few years. If Dundalk keep ticking over we really could get among things during others' rigours in Europe, Im enjoying the inconsistencies of this season which will of course be declared the worst standard league ever! It is important for Dundalk to qualify for Europe 2023 while our coefficient can still make a difference before falling away.
Good spot; I didn't realise their form was so bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calcio Jack
That includes 11 goals in a week as well!
Super win of course by Dundalk, thought we might get something but didn't think it would be a win, incredible to think first away win and there of all places. Prob not far off Derry doing same in one of the Kenny years at Dundalk.
Increased our lead in 3rd, but nothing changes from my hopes, to qualify for europe by any method = excellent season.
Pineapple - what you saw last Fri was the probably the worst from Dundalk all season, I think UCD probably would have seen themselves unlucky not to have won, you were the better side last 45.
#Weirdest League indeed
I really hate football sometimes.
Clearly, so do the Finn Harps squad.
Well Galway United have won 7 games in a row for only the second time ever. We’ve also scored in our first 15 games of the League season for the first time ever.
We can set a new club record by beating Cork next weekend, which would also mean we’d have gone through this series of games having beaten every other side in the Division.
It’s also the first time we’ve been top all season, which of course will change next week should we lose.
Next week should see a massive crowd, hopefully over 4k, there’s a real buzz about the place now.
I dunno why everyone's giving out about the league this year, I think it's goin really well so far! 😁
Well that's fair - everyone will have different views of clubs when they only see them once or twice. And yeah, to have lost three games, of which two were against Drogheda and UCD, would have been even weirder!Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
I think though the comments at the start of the season were that Dundalk had a good 1-11, but no real strength in depth and had a couple of players who were maybe on their last legs (McMillan and Gartland for example). In that regard, to be potentially a point off second, having lost twice in the opening half of the season, is an amazing outcome. If nothing else, I think in previous years one of Pat's/Bohs/Sligo (and let's not forget Cork!) would be doing ok and would be ahead of ye.
I think one thing we can definitely conclude is that O'Donnell has half an idea what he's doing.
Drinks went well and the scores coming in helped to turn it into a very good night indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
7 points clear is a great lead, cant believe the Derry team who turned up in Tallaght have 9 points from last 8 games.
Dundalk confuse me they looked dreadful in Tallaght and i have no idea how they draw with UCD from 2 nil up... but if they win their game in hand they are a point off second. ..SOD doing a great job based on points.
IF Derry are in the title race then so are Dundalk so the truce is over i hate you lot again :D
Bohs beating Sligo was also good as it keeps the Long/Lambert duo in place for longer, think about the bees.
Seeing what Harps managed to throw away yesterday actually made me thankful that Galway are first division. Obviously you want to be playing in the division which actually matters but there is something to be said for watching you team win most weeks.
Would have to worry for Harps after those last 2 results. But it does seem like UCD won't be able to pick up enough points and Harps will be eyeing up the play off from months out.
Galway have won 12 of their first 15 games and have only now been able to go top of the table. Incredible consistency from the top 2 in the first division. Hopefully the game matches the occasion next week in Galway.
https://mobile.twitter.com/FinnHarps...83394767896576
Shame to see Ethan Boyle racially abused in Drogheda last night,empty heads everywhere unfortunately…..
Yup, not on at all. Person removed from the ground and banned apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
https://twitter.com/DroghedaUnited/s...XAzOCAi_Q&s=19
First time I've heard of a racist incident at a Drogheda game, but not the first anti social (for want of a better term) incident this year. Hopefully the club and the fans as a group nip this stuff in the bud before it becomes part and parcel of match night.
Acting swiftly, no excuses, no messing about, no finger pointing - Job well done by Drogheda. It's also testament to the anti-racist efforts across the league that such incidents are very rare now and that there is disgust across the board on any such incident.
An own goal as bad or worse than the howler of an og earlier in the season for Longford has Waterford 1-0 up
Brilliant win last night for Dundalk last night at a bonkers Brandywell.
Some goal from Bob and with Hoban then getting on the score sheet with 10 to go it felt like old days.
O'Donnell has brought some nuggets to the club so far,John Martin,Paul Doyle and Nathan Sheppard have have all been brilliant since coming in.Few more i should mention but no time rn.
Great to see O'Donnell and a few more Dundalk heads boiling the pish of the BW faithful after Hoban scored :D:D
Btw
Rob Harvey is the new Anthony Buttimer.
Peter Enckelman springs to mind with that one!Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Waterford back in the race for automatic promotion anyway,seem to have turned things around…good win for them tonight …
Although it wouldn’t of take much to better aimless long balls to the opposite keepers. We’ve really uppered our game and performance levels. 5 wins on the bounce now. Two really tough games coming up which will dictate whether we’ll be in the race for automatic promotion or a play off place. It’ll be interesting to see if we’ll make the temporary management team permanent or will we still bring someone else in.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
What's the story here Kiki?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa
Dundalk were great, best performance of an away side at the Brandy this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
We didn't play particularly well, or with our usual intensity, but I reckon a lot of that is down to Dundalk's management of the game. We weren't allowed to play it our way.
Cracking goal by Benson for the first, even if we allowed him more space than I'd have liked. From then until our goal, we had a few chances, but nothing really clear cut. Dundalk had the middle of the park sown up, and we didn't go wide early enough.
Noticed that after we scored, Dundalk didn't attempt to time-waste or slow things down. Commented at the time that they were looking to win the game. Mistake from Kavanagh gave Hoban the goal, but most other teams wouldn't have been pressing us at that stage of the game.
Of course, could nearly have got a last minute equaliser from Patching's free kick, but we wouldn't have deserved it.
That's a poor run we're on now. Lots to work on before Sligo tomorrow.
We sure were that night, made no attempt to win it Benson was injured, think Connolly suspended, Hoban and McMillan didn't start but still a dreadful display, that said Dundalk should have beaten Rovers at home 0-0 game, Hoban missed what looked like a certain goal in 93rd min.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Anyway for this season def going better than expected, 3rd and on merit, long way to go and FH away always tricky, but our position there looks safe at the minute, as we have taken 13 points from the last 15 on offer. Pats are in poor form and 3 points behind with a game more played, Bohs are hot and cold and Sligo on the slip and manager gone.
I started off this season having realistic hopes of 4th, I think I'd be disappointed now if its less than 3rd, coming second would be almost like winning the league given what happened in half of 2020 and most of 2021, but I am still sticking to my view of qualifying for europe by any method is a fantastic recovery and achievement for Dundalk.
Fair play for that post BE, decent of you. I didn't make this game was but good few of us stayed over in Derry twice in 2019, a League game and LC Final, love the wee bars on the way to the ground, great craic there with the locals (is one called Mary B?) and in the city later that night, the Bentley Bar was excellent for food and drink late afternoon in the city. Hope the curry chips at the ground still to that excellent standard**, they were a welcome addition on a freezing night, think it was for the league game, March 2019.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
**Come to think of it Cork City curry chips another worth of mention - very footy scran this, that twitter feed.
We were shocking bad last nite. No game plan no nothing.We have a very weak bench too. Think that GC is completely the wrong person to have in charge I didnt hear him animated on the bench once. Think a long spell in the first division rebuilding awaits us. Aodh Dervin a huge loss to us in midfield. We have no leaders on the pitch at all. Fair play to Waterford they were by far the better side.
Being realistic Longfords target going into the season would have been a play off place. Longford sit 4th with a 9 point lead on 6th. If anything Longford are probably doing better then what was expected in preseason. It would be incredible harsh to sack the manager. What benefit would it be to Longford? They’ll probably achieve the play offs and go into the play offs as underdogs, which is exactly what the current manager is on the road to doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
Animation on the sideline is no indication of a good manager either. There's probably a thread in taking a trip down memory lane focussing on the rogues gallery of loud incompetents who have somehow found their way into various dugouts over the years.
Martin Russell was great like that. No histrionics ever; he'd just quietly tell the linesman he was wrong and he might give us the next call, and make a few constructive comments to players on the pitch. Nothing much more than that really.
I actually thought that they would have problems getting back into a pattern of play after being so negative for the previous hour. If Dundalk had've went for a 2nd at any stage before we equalised I believe they would have run riot.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Just seen our starting XI. Bohs will win.
Maybe youse should just play Tunde more😀!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B