Hoare, farrugia and Kenny will be back for sligo if needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingswood Rover
Towell will have 2 more games. Not sure about Finner is he 3 or 1 .
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Hoare, farrugia and Kenny will be back for sligo if needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingswood Rover
Towell will have 2 more games. Not sure about Finner is he 3 or 1 .
Two howlers in recent games didn't really matter - both came in injury time and the games were lost already. This one could cost us, though. Terrible decision - and the lad went past him with no challenge at all. Disappointing for Drogs. They'd started to score goals in last two games, but the old problems returned last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
The preview the club released before the match said he was a doubt with his ankle, no reason to risk him with how comfortable things were last night I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philosophizer
Thanks for the heads up for that one I checked out the highlights of it on youtube it didn't disappoint lolQuote:
Originally Posted by joey B
I think we'll do okay with a couple of additions to the team. Should be five or six changes to the squad in this transfer window. Fixing problems at the back is paramount. One or two not good enough and panic hoofing the ball, and others should just retire gracefully before it gets embarrassing for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Finlay Harp
It's weird - it's like he just gave up on it before the attacker had even reached the ballQuote:
Originally Posted by total hoofball
There's been lots of terrible goalkeeping this season - I don't think it's the worst, but it's pretty bad alright
I just watched that myself, after the heads up on here.Quote:
Originally Posted by total hoofball
What. In. The. Name. Of. God.. was that keeper doing..??!?
Easy win for Pats at UCD last night. Three corners, three headed goals, and Ben McCormack somehow managed to hit the post from inside the six yard box with an open goal ! We didn’t really have to break sweat to be honest. Another defender off injured though ! We’re really getting down to the bare bones.
Just saw the clearance by Wilson in Derry. Unreal.
Shels seemed to create a few?
can see this being relatively close to the end. Bohs hanging in, Pats playing well again. With `Shels hanging in and Sligo / Dundalk up and down, be some battle for aEurope
I think the relegation playoff fight will be interesting too. Cork have found form, which has brought Drogheda and Sligo into the mix. I can't see Waterford messing up again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knocklyonhoop
Winning the First Division is the best route for promotion. Cork, Drogheda or Sligo will be a tough opponent. Waterford have a mountain to climb to catch Galway. Waterford could be looking at another year in the First Division.
I currently wouldn't be confident on getting through the promotion playoff as I have found the premier league clubs to be a lot quicker on the ball and more creative compared to ourselves, maybe the transfer window will help to bridge the gap.
Waterford were a better team last season than they are this season.
They could improve in the 2nd half of the season as there are a lot of new players in their team but I would favour Cork/Sligo/Drogheda to beat them.
In saying that in a one-off game anything can happen.
We're in a dodgy position at the moment with injuries in defence, have done well in recent weeks despite them but they're now mounting and Derry tomorrow are a different proposition to UCD.
Redmond, Grivosti, Sjoberg already out, McGrath went off on Friday so he'll presumably be missing also. Harry Brockbank while not great at all is at least a defender so with him back we should at least be able to field an uninspiring backline that features him and goal machine Noah Lewis.
I'm surprised clubs haven't pushed for a return to two legs. Waterford played Galway in Limerick and UCD in Dublin when those rounds over two legs could have provided Waterford with the boost of two high profile home games last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by JC_GUFC
Similarly for Galway last year, instead of going to Limerick, if Waterford were in Galway, it would have been a high profile home game. High profile home games are a better promotion activity for the league. No gimmicks required.
I absolutely can see Waterford messing up again. They were shambolic against UCD in each of the last two play off finals, and their track record is none from 7 I think in playoffs. No doubt they will have some sort of Waterfordesque drama between now and then. I wouldn't back them with your money Stu !Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Our lad Lorcan Healy did his bit for the bad goalkeeping club on Friday. Pats had clearly worked out we were vulnerable and delivered perfectly executed corners time after time. The disappointing part more than anything was the naivety to be done 3 times by the same ball. 12 points off the pace now, sure there is no chance of us picking up 12 more this season in total. We are barely threatening the goal week in week out. Danu got a nice snapshot finish late on, but it's a painful watch game after game. The 9th place playoff spot going to be a great fight now.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
And if it is Galway & Waterford up next season it’ll be very interesting at the bottom next season!
Waterford 1/33 away to Kerry today,must be a pretty unusual price for an away team the LOI…..
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Not alone that, but would worry about whatever attendance figure might be announced this afternoon - Bank Holiday Monday, and the beaches will likely be packed across the county ...Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Fair play - no equivocation in that statement.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Kerry were doing ok until an absolute howler from their keeper….
Ronan Coughlan with his 20th, 21st and 22nd goals of the last 13 games.
That has to be some sort of record?
Edit - has scored again; 23 goals in 13 games now
Make that 23! Has there ever been such a gap between the top 2 and the rest in the First divison? Harps getting embarassed in Galway aswell,4 goals conceeded in the first 20 minutes......Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Coughlan had it handy today, he looked half arsed and yet still scored for fun.
Galway and Waterford again.. are just way ahead of the rest, it's difficult to imagine that Waterford may not get promoted this season!
The gulf in budget, standard, and all in between on show in Galway.
Fairly drab affair In Turners Cross so far. Pitch looks dry as a bone which is detracting from the spectacle
2004 springs to mind, when Harps and UCD lost five games between us (Galway and Waterford have lost four so far). UCD broke the First Division points record but still only came second.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
But both Galway and Waterford are on track for 100 goals and that really sets it apart from 2004 I think, when neither of us managed two goals per game on average (and actually Bray, ten points behind us in third place, outscored Harps)
There was also the Premier season when Cork and Pat's both started with something like eight wins in a row; early 2000s. But again, the goals didn't roll in like here
Just to add on Coughlan - he's already scored enough goals to be top scorer in all bar five First Division seasons -
24 - Kevin McHugh (2004, Harps)
24 - Graham Cummins (2011, Cork)
27 - Kevin McHugh (2001/02, Harps)
29 - Andy Myler (2000/01, Athlone)
30 - Danny Furlong (2015, Wexford)
I think that Myler haul in 01/02 included Athlone, under Buckley, completely collapsing in the run in and blowing a double digit points lead!?
Something like that, yep
Then they lost a playoff on penalties against UCD, who'd started the season in Europe
You were saying....Quote:
Originally Posted by Bohtastic
Galway scored 6 this evening and didn’t get out of second gear,a dismal Harps team just…..
Toxic performance from us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Criminal to concede so quickly after the equaliser.
Have to say Cork v Bohs for 60 mins looked like second bottom v third, after 60 mins a complete turnaround looked like third v second bottom. Bohs weren't ruthless enough when they were in control and paid the price
4 wins on the spin now for Cork,Bucko working his magic!!
Drogheda drop into the playoffs; I reckon Waterford would be happy if it stayed that way tbh
Nothing at all for us to play for now the second half of the season, which has to be dangerous really.
Pats 1 up with a 25 yarder from a center half,questionable defending and goalkeeping though….
It would be terrible for the game if the footballing public are denied a Munster showdown! Drogheda are a better side than Cork, well the pre Buckley version, so it will be some battle and others are more than capable of being pulled in to it also. I dunno, if I were a Waterford fan I think Cork are the better option, Drogheda are a beligerent lot and should be at least 6 points better off - I wouldnt be too sure of meeting them in a playoff if they do end up in that slot. It adds to Fridays game as Dundalk have flirted the dreaded relegation rut so to lose Friday and its a momentum switch.