Benson, Boyle, Mountney, Elliot all injured and a couple of our starters carrying injuries too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calcio Jack
Tulloch and Williams gone back from loan spells.
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Benson, Boyle, Mountney, Elliot all injured and a couple of our starters carrying injuries too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calcio Jack
Tulloch and Williams gone back from loan spells.
Rovers bullied at Oriel tonight. Without Jack Byrne, they are very average. Every team is missing players and the Rovers 11 is still as experienced as it gets in this league, (apart from maybe Pohls). Rovers have spent a lot of money on those players tonight over the last few windows, yet they look pretty dross. Best players were Gaffney amd Towell, two lads coming into the their mid 30s.
One of those games for Dundalk were you question were was that performance for the past couple of months. Hoban bossed the Rover three center halfs, and really pressed well as a team.
Guess there is a title race now with Pats and Rovers, only 4 points, but I wonder how much the gap has closed since Daly took over.
Terrible weekend for Bohs and Derry. Both are falling off their respective season aims at the moment.
Dundalk fans are getting a bit carried away but they won so I don't blame them.
Realistically both teams were pretty bad. Rovers had more of the ball, more shots, more passes etc but Dundalk were clinical with their 2 on target and we decided to be offside all night. Felt like it was either gonna be 0-0 or 1-0 via a scrappy goal for either team but I was never feeling like we were under much pressure despite playing poorly. It was an awful game of football either side could have handed the other.
Missed the game as I'm in Lisbon eating great food which is really cheap and dancing in the streets to pimba music whilst drinking dirt cheap cocktails.
Checked my phone to see the Rovers score and people around me wondering why I'm ****ing myself laughing at the media reports on dundalk putting a dent in Rovers chances of winning the league... ????
I think the job Daly is doing deserves great credit because despite being assistant previously he is night and day from Clancy...but that was extremely rough from UCD tonight. Feel like on a normal day a team keeps it respectable against them but we had young lads wanting to fill their boots out there and that made things even more ugly.
Dundalk were happy to sit deep and try quick transitions when winning the ball back. Felt there was only going to be one winner in the game. First time I seen a flat 5 formation in a game with competitve teams, but it worked well. O'Donnell is anything but wielded to his formations.Quote:
Originally Posted by ontheotherhand
Rovers took a lot of pot-shots from way out that weren't going to trouble anyone. I think the post above shows how stats can hide a story of a game. Rovers can move the ball quickly in midfield though, but yeah it lack of discipline with offsides hurt them. Yous were marked better when Gaffney came on. But it is surprising how quickly Rovers ran out of ideas in the game, hence the long range shots. Cleary and Hoare were terrible.
That's lovely, hopefully you've convinced yourself that you're not fuming with the result.Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
I'll agree with you though it's still Rovers league as there is nothing to challenge them, league is dross (worst standard in years?).
Mistake from Bradley to bench Gaffney.
Rovers better hope they get their main man back before Europe. A shock on the cards in the land of ice and fire?
Wasn't expecting that tonight from Dundalk ! Yes up against a depleted Rovers side but we lost Boyle before KO, and Benson, Mountney, Elliott all injured and Aflie Lewis only back on the bench so it was hard earned.
Well deserved too I think, that's 13 points from the last 15 on offer, some run when that includes Pats and Rovers.
Should be good prep for Dundalk going into europe after the Bohs game next week.
I think you're getting a bit blinded by the scoreline Kiki. Fair enough I suppose but it was far more even than that. Scores can hide the story of a game as well but I'd rather have them than the stats in my favour. We had the ball in the net in the first half but Gannon must have been worried about pigs head flying and decided to drift offside for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa
Definitely better when Gaffney came on all the same and I'd agree on Cleary if not Hoare. Worst I've seen Cleary play. He looked completely lost and his decision making was abysmal.
On the bright side, its a lovely city PC, was there once for long w/e in 2017, one of my fav short break jobs.Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
Have a Super Bock on us !
An enjoyable game of football to watch even if the result and performance were disappointing. Can’t have any arguments about the result. Only positive is that it increase the gap between Bohs and a European spot!
with a massive euro match coming up, really need Farrugia and O’Neill back . I don’t think anyone would have expected Rovers to win by the gap the Icelandics did. Far from an easy draw
Nice one Oriel, yeah it's mad being in a city that has nightlife running all night, relatively free of drunken aggressive tw#ts, food and drink are dirt cheap, women are tanned and beautiful, and no blokes have ****ty 80's era taxi driver moustaches. It's like the complete polar opposite of dublin.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
The result tonight in OP is the result, I've had my heart broken enough times there in 40 years for it to be like water off a ducks back.
Baxia is a nice district, central, also you probably have been on it but the tourist yellow or red maybe tram is the business, jump on and off job. A Portuguese colleague at work at the time told us the hidden gems, all the best bars / bistros are off the main streets in the almost hidden side streets.
If interested get a taxi out to the now 'athletics' stadium where Celtic won the 1967 EC, I`m told the taxi drivers are well versed, I just said 'Celtic Euro' ..........yes jump in. Nice to see it all the same.
I also did the same in Melbourne in 99 on the then unused stadium where Ronnie Delaney won gold for Ireland in the Olympics.
Bizarre post really, but there you go !
Enjoy
Clearly and Hoare were absolutely DIRE but what's new. It will be individual mistakes in the back 3 again that haunt Rovers in Europe. They are weak links no matter how much people continue to hype them up. Better opposition will expose them.
Couldn't agree more. First time I ever got culture shock was wondering why nobody was fighting on a night out in Vienna.Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
27 goals for Coughlan in the league so far so even better.
Think it was cause players on loan wouldn’t have been able to play on July 1st. And then they weren’t available.Quote:
Originally Posted by RealJohn91
Good win. Badly needed. Pats showing how bad last weekends result was.
I had to check them stats as thought there was no way that Rovers had more possesion. LiveScore and FlashScore both have Dundalk with more possesion so obviously a mistake with where Google is scraping that data.Quote:
Originally Posted by ontheotherhand
For me last night ( as discussed on a previous thread) was just yet another example of a team raising their game against Rovers , and then subsequently reverting to type.
The Dundalk commentators even mentioned how this was the best they’ve played all year …. Must be strange to follow a team that operates with such an inferiority mindset then again that’s the joy of being a Rovers fan we never feel that way…. So for Dundalk it’s understandable as they are the poster boy for such behaviour literally ( we won it in Talaght) ?
Next up Drogheda who are undefeated against us in last five
UCD collapsed in the second half last night, but truthfully they were dire in the first too. Keaney interrupting any run of passes they got going to, and taking over any frees they won, only to hoof balls up to young lads that they couldn't hope to win. Not sure what they've done to Michael Gallagher but he looked lost in central midfield. He's in a different place every time I see them. I'd love an update from The Bowler.
hoare has never ever been a euro level player, even with dundalk. hes been getting exposed for years in the quals. rovers badly need a bit of fresh blood in over the window. still think they are a bit one paced in midfield even with farruiga. defence isnt the quickest either, pico is a good defender but hes not quick. should look into a new cb in the window if they want to make a run at ECL groups againQuote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
In fairness, Dublin post covid in has become a vermin infested dystopia, like a Shams away section writ large, that said I got followed around the Alto one night by a squad of Cape Verdians making throat slashing gestures in my direction so it's not all good in Lisbon either.Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
Barrio Alto has its fair share of drunken ****s too. It’s like a Portuguese temple bar. But generally Lisbon is wonderful. Alfama is particularly lovely.Quote:
Originally Posted by redarmyfaction
You’re right about Dublin post covid though - it’s become an even worse hell hole. I had dinner yesterday eve on Capel st and had to endure 4 junkies shouting and screaming at each other on the street just a few feet from my table. Not to mention the groups of menacing teens roaming the north inner city. It’s always been bad but post covid its shockin!
Portugal has taken progressive steps towards harm reduction in relation to hard drug use, when any such moves even towards decriminalization of cannabis are proposed here we have the usual pearl clutchers from the usual drug charities having a conniption on RTE, subtext; how dare you threaten our well paid jobs, meaning the only injection center in Dublin is saving the home support at Itchycore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philosophizer
Defund the NGOs.
pats sign another keeper. odumosu/rodgers leaving?
Talk of Rogers to Cork.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
Tiernan Brooks is signing for Cork City.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
Even enough affair between Treaty and Bray. Shane Hallahan with some big saves when called upon.
9 of the matchday squad were from the locality too.
That's the thing though it's not meant to be even, when you compare the squads Rovers are meant to be fair stronger and superior to Dundalk. Yes Rovers are missing key players but so are Dundalk that's why we are so pleased with the result and performance. We shouldn't be competing with Rovers and winning but we did.Quote:
Originally Posted by ontheotherhand
You're taking the result well I see ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Calcio Jack
It's not so long ago the shoe was on the other foot and Rovers fans enthusiastically celebrated the odd result against Dundalk despite it meaning little in the grand scheme of things. Football is a game of boom and bust even more so in the LOI, don't forget it
Pats really put UCD to the sword last night. Good to see them so ruthless, and still trying to score right to the whistle. Not so pretty if you’re UCD, and hard to take much from it in the overall context of the league. Great night though. Don’t think I’ve seen us score 7 before.
I was in Lisbon for a few days last year and it was terrific, for all the reasons quoted in previous posts.Quote:
Originally Posted by redarmyfaction
But my g/f was a bit apprehensive, since the only other time we had both been there together was in the mid 80's, and it was very disappointing. From the moment we got off the train at Central Station, it seemed full of junkies, homeless and dodgy street traders etc, with the whole place being very poor and down-at-heel. Though tbf, it wasn't that long since they'd emerged from a military dictatorship (1974), but before EU money started pouring in.
I should say that we found some ok places, but in the end, we were glad to get the train up to Oporto, which then, as now, was a great place.
With that kind of attitude I'm not in the least surprised there were people making that gesture towards you.Quote:
Originally Posted by redarmyfaction
Ar€eholes tend to stand out irrespective of the location.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Calcio Jack
We certainly didnt raise for the last visit of Rovers, 0-4 ! Besides its only to be accepted sides raising their games (in most cases) v the league leaders and champions, a lot of clubs did to Dundalk from 2015-2019 (CorK City also had it in 2017).
That said I would still agree it was the best performance of the season, all of our players played for each other, Daniel Kelly was one, often singled out by the ever critical main stand, he had a great game, gave it 100%, Malley possibly another, not sure we saw him perform so consistently against a top 3 club yet this season, Pats maybe on Monday but he was superb in middle of MF.
Finally, to quote the great John Murphy on Dundalk FM, co-com asked him once why he has so much to say against Rovers 'I just don't like them, never had'
As a mate said to me last night at the game 'There is always a mistake in Hoare and sometimes a big one' (he almost scored a classic OG first half with mix up on GK).Quote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
I heard they decriminalised drugs some years back all right.Quote:
Originally Posted by redarmyfaction
Maybe that’s why I was constantly being offered drugs whenever I walked alone in the city centre. It was ridiculous how often it happened.
It’s not perfect tho. I happened to meet a young couple there who said it’s impossible for locals to survive in Lisbon because local wages are so low and foreigners are driving prices up. The poor creatures were thinking of moving to Dublin, god love them. I set them straight tho and advised a properly run city like Vienna, Oslo, Brussels.
The performance sums up the mood in Belfield. Disinterested players, but also sub standard group, playing for a manager that isn't liked at any level. UCD 19s have been poor now for years, so complete reliance on what they get coming to the college each September. UCD have been a long ball team for 3 years now, make no effort to play, it's just lump it long and hope for the best. Todd single handedly kept us up last year, along with an awful Harps team, and a Waterford team that of course imploded in the play off final. Keaney is about as bad a footballer I've seen wear the armband at UCD, slow, awful touch, immobile and can't defend - he has the lot ? Gallagher is a full back, being asked to do a job elsewhere because of injuries, but he's always had a hit and miss relationship with Myler anyway. Some new players due in, rumours I heard were Clancy from Sligo, Brennan back from Drogs having not kicked a ball and fallen out with the manager, Verdon back from Longford, and a couple more names i didnt immediately recognise. Myler will be gone end of season I expect, and if his sidekick O'Connor takes over, God help us all. His arrival and Ian Ryan's departure saw the end of cultured football at the Bowl. Hopefully we get back to playing football again, will be a few years before we trouble the 1st Division promotion race I expect, but as always, we will accidentally land on a bunch of talent at some stage, and the cycle will repeat.Quote:
Originally Posted by cláirseach
Good point for Treaty at the MF as Bray dominated most of the game especially second half, both goals from terrible errors though Currans finish to level it was class and very similar to his goal in Athlone.Very poor conditions didnt help the quality of the game which at times was....muck,small crowd about 300 id say and given what has been served up recently you can see why.
You're a fully professional club competing in the same league with league winners and probably the leagues best striker in your team. You should absolutely be competitive at home on that pitch. But yeah I get why you'd be pleased given how the previous encounters went. Certainly the best you've played against us and you deserved the win for taking your chances.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcgonigle
We are completely switched off right now. Expecting to lose to Drogs again as well to be honest. Europe is going to be rough unless we figure out how to play with zero pace at wingback.
One thing that stood out for me about UCD last night is that there was no player playing that I was thinking that I'd want at Pats next season. Normally there would be a few players where you could see the potential to play at one of the top of the table clubs. There wasn't anything like that last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bowler