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It's really surprising how poor you were tonight. Not sure what way Clancy wants you playing. Don't think we played our best tonight tbh, second goal tops the Sligo winner for defensive ineptitude Will Kelleher pull the plug?Quote:
Originally Posted by kksaints
[QUOTE=Nesta99;2140742]Such belief is laudable PC and I agree in that it will be far too early to concede a league even if 13 points adrift in round 1.
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More laughable than laudable to be honest Nesta. Absolutely dire from Rovers tonight albeit playing against a team who seemed to be using kicking for touch as a tactic.
At least ucd, drogs and Cork try and play football. If duff ever becomes Rovers manager he won't last long with that anti football..
No surprise…Quote:
Originally Posted by dundalkfc10
Think he wants crosses from wing backs and quick ball up to the forwards when the ball is recovered. But we don't have enough players in the box for crosses as the midfield is terribly set up with it too deep to provide support for the attack but not deep enough so that teams can find space in front of the backline. And when we recover the ball we're too deep so that backlines have a field day winning headers and recovering second balls. It's both ineffective and not great to watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bohtastic
The saying "whoever finishes above Shamrock Rovers will win the league" might need to be amended this season.
We were so poor, particularly in the second half.
Only one home team scored tonight.
But they outscored every other team in the league 9-8
Defences on top in Ballybofey,neither did enough truth be told but plenty of effort and endeavour,decent crowd again considering away crowds are nearly non existent,will need a win soon to keep them though….
Hardly a vintage performance from Bohs tonight but showed a lot of effort and perseverance that was missing in games the previous 2 seasons. Last year we would have found a way to lose that game even though Pats only had 1 effort of note from a corner which drew a great save from Talbot.
Pats are a strange team. They have some very nice players and good individuals but they don't seem to be working well together. Defensively they looked poor and I'd say they looked worse attacking. Do Pats fans think Clancy will last much longer?
[QUOTE=placid casual;2140805]Never expected to hear any sane hoops fan imagine the bluffer as a future manager. Kerry, maybe when they cotton on to crying Billy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
https://twitter.com/LeagueofIreland/...xRw8aTerQ&s=19
Good to see Pats fans celebrate Bohs winner with some toilet roll
Hello darkness my old friend.
That must be one of the easier visits to Inchicore I can remember. We looked like the home side for large parts of the match. Devine has players who looked hopeless last season playing like world beaters. We seem like we have goals in us but the worry was always the defence. Tonight’s clean sheet was one of the really enjoyable aspects of the win. Clancy could be a goner. Imagine Long took over.
This isn't based on any good authority but I'm quite sure Clancy will be gone by no later than the Rovers game and Long will be in.
This is no disrespect to any of Dundalk, Sligo or Bohs but all three were made to look so much better than they probably are this last week in the sense that they totally controlled things against a side they're meant to be competing with, and in most quarters were less favoured than going into the season. Clancy has had a disaster and I've wanted to warm to him more than most.
Shocking stuff from Rovers, no urgency , no penetrative against a woeful shelbourne. I've never seen a team actually kicking for touch from free kicks. Duff should be ashamed of himself. We are running out of excuses for being terrible.
Difficult night for Kerry in ED Park tonight, they probably should have set up more defensively and things like conceding right on the half-time whistle didn't help. The full-time fitness showed towards the end as well. I recall an 8-1 against Sligo not that long ago, so for Kerry folk, keep at it and keep the faith.
Bray v LTFC was a tough watch. And not just because of the terrible (I assume) Pixelot cameras randomly zooming in and out and missing the ball on several occasions. Not an awful result but we're going to struggle to score goals.
Students in big trouble already 5 games in. Pitch was a disgrace tonight, embarrassing for a premier division game to be played on a pitch covered in bare patches destroyed by rugby scrummaging
Not sure Long would be a great solution to the problems I saw for Pats. In the end he struggled to get the team motivated on a week to week basis, had the team set up poorly and conceded many silly goals to snatch a loss or a draw from the jaws of victory and struggled to get the best out of some talented players.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
There's only a finite amount of coaches to go around in this league so as much as you may be correct, at the same time I also wonder if he may just be the best available option. Baraclough could be an interesting one if he hasn't now moved beyond the league, but otherwise there isn't exactly heaps of obvious candidates.Quote:
Originally Posted by Another Bohemia
Randomly got talking to a few folk that work in and around Bohs tonight that were absolutely raving about Long and said they'd almost be wary of how good of a job he'd do for us, but they may well have just been taking pity on our current plight when speaking to me.
Watching the highlights now and the pitch is looking pretty rough alright.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bowler
5 games in 1 goal from open play for pats which was a pure wonder strike from Forrester out of nothing in Sligo. Not sure where the next goal is going to come from let alone next win. Grim stuff
Pats are so so ****e so far this year. Things are already so bad their own fans celebrated Bohs 2nd goal tonight by throwing toilet rolls on the pitch. (They may have been bohs fans in the home end given their huge support base)
Huge difference in mentality at Bohs this year. Fair play to Devine for ****ing out the players with the poisonous attitudes in the club (Aka Liam Burt amongst others) At least this year the club has players who want to play for the club
Dundalk excellent last night and Andy Boyle was Motm imo.
Coulda/Shoulda have won. Hopefully now bob benson is back we can start winning games that we draw or lose. -
Greg Sloggett another for a good mention,was excellent AGAIN.
Derry without Duffy look very blunt.
Yep, agree with that. Bohs worth the win and I must say Neil Doyle had a great game. Got every major decision right.Quote:
Originally Posted by kksaints
Pats look lost, really not playing to the sum of their parts. There must be a change coming soon?
What would be the Saints' fans views be on Long?
A result like last night was waiting to happen. Being competitive in the first three games brought a false sense that everything was ok. It's all well and good wanting to play attacking football but the defensive structure has a be right. Especially against opponents like Galway.Quote:
Originally Posted by wonder88
Yeah Kerry were totally naive in the way they set up tonight. It's ok against some of the lesser teams in the Division but so far this season we look like a full-time mid Premier Division outfit. I don't think it's any problem to go more defensive in certain games.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Some of the goals were absolutely terrible to concede. The first goal where the keeper palmed in a cross, the set piece where we had a free header from about 4 yards, Lomboto's goal was a counter attack from your corner, ok that happened to Rovers against Derry I guess. The goal from a throw-in by the corner flag where your defence was asleep, the one the keeper dived over. A lot were down to individual errors but the way you were set up any individual error led to a chance for us.
Yeah very true on coach availability and with a rookie there is inevitable teething pains that can be avoided by bringing in someone who has experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
Listen you'll have no trouble finding people who remember Longs time at Bohs very fondly. There are some who even believe he should have been given more time. From what I've heard removing him from his position was not a unanimous decision either but we were a mess last season. We didn't even have a set captain from the start of the season to the end. Don't get me wrong there were good memories in there as well but it was the right decision to get rid of Long. Just look at the turn around of individual players within the Bohs squad like Coote and Flores. I would've been happy to see the back of them at the end of last season
Normally I would be very critical of the refs, but I agree Doyle had a great game and let it flow as best he could. Some very meaty but fair tackles that other refs would have blew up for and dished out cards. He handled the game very well.Quote:
Originally Posted by David BOHie
From Galway's opening results and Kerry's competitiveness in the opening games, there was as I said a false sense of security. I was looking at the correct score odds pre-game to try and work out what the bookies were predicting. Last night was a harsh lesson for the Kerry management and squad to learn from but it was coming. Kerry as you say will have to go more defensive in certain games and there is nothing wrong with that. It's pointless hoping to draw a Shamrock Rovers at home in the FAI Cup if the defensive setup isn't there to at least compete as best as possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by JC_GUFC
Suppose the weather and the late go-ahead for the match (working on it till 5pm) can't have helped in fairness)Quote:
Originally Posted by bohsmug
Dundalk barely got out of their own half practically the whole of the 2nd half. Agree that Derry didn't create as many clear cut chances as they should have but to say that Dundalk shoulda won is nonsense.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado
Sloggett was lucky not to get a 2nd yellow on a number of occasions. Ref was very lenient with him.
https://youtu.be/sVTeXN8TOpQ?t=383
happy to see the ref getting some praise at Richmond but the officials really dropped a clanger in the lead-up to Bohs' second goal. You can't be offside from a corner kick
lino :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Burnsie
That's a great spot!
Nice of Pat's to return the ball so quickly. Very sporting.
Rolling ball too.
You must have been watching a totally different game than everyone else.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado
Derry dominated the match especially in the 2nd half when Dundalk couldn't put 2 passes together.
I heard a Dundalk fan on the way out of the ground after the match saying how did we (Dundalk)get out of there with a point.
That could easily have been me you heard! I would have taken a point before the game but after the game I was very happy with it. We played well enough in the first half but most of the second half was a very good rearguard action. Derry had most of the ball and spent a lot of time around our box but lacked a clinical edge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Candystripe
Say what you want about good old Limerick FC (and who here among us hasnt?) but at least on the regular occasions we were **** it was nearly always with at least a smattering of local players dammit!
Outside looking in treaty united is not good.
Any suggestions what local players we should sign, I'm all ears.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Did Pat's also have a goal ruled out in the 2nd minute because of an offside from a corner?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burnsie
LAW 11: OFFSIDE
3. No offence
There is no offside offence if a player receives the ball directly from:
a goal kick
a throw-in
a corner kick