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slightly off topic here but:
As we all agree the one thing that annoys us the most is the fact that we are very inconsistant, so I decided to check out when was the last time we actually won 5 games in a row and I had to go back as far as November 1985 when we finished second in the premier league behind Rovers of coarse!
hughsie the stalwart united fan mentioned that to me alright in rathbane,
lets hope it continues. Young cooke done really well last night as well when he came on. carter and foley are not exactly cultured midfielders, foley kept giving the ball away again yet he done trojan ball retrieving work last nite, but add in russell with his football brain and they have the makings of a strong unit
A splendid result - roll on Rovers. It will be a night to savour in Terryland and that hasn't happened for a while. I wouldn't have envisaged when we limped past Kildare five games ago that we'd go on and win the next four as well - fair play to all concerned.
Great to see John Russell back - he has rare class at this level when it all falls into place.
Terry i asked that question on the bus yesterday.When was the last time we won five ina row?Nobody knew!
Yesterday was probably the best GUFC experience all year!
4 goals in 5 minutes was phenomenal-we actually couldn't believe what we we're seeing!:D
Only downside was the performance form some quarters left alot to be desired!!You wouldn't have known Lims had ten men for nearly the entire game!
Still when people open the Sentinel or whatever on Tuesday and see Limerick 1 UTD 5 terryland is guaranteed a bumper crowd next friday!:)
"BRING ON THE ROVERS!!!!"
Unreal, it will go down as one of greatest away trips ever. we were far from impressive before the first goal went in but that hardly matters now.we hadnt stopped celebrating the 1st when we scored again and again and again............. Great craic in little Brazil on the way up and fibbers after.Sore heads all round this morning I'd say.BRING ON THE ROVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to David O'Dowd, who wrote himself into the United history book with the quickest hatrick by a United player, a record unlikely to be broken. Congrats to Tony Cousins for making things happen, unlike other managers who wait for them to happen, by changing formation and "emptying out" the bench. It was smart move to change to a 3-5-2 formation for the second half after Limerick had a player sent off . It didn't look like it was going to work and it seemed to cause confusion among the Utd players with Derek O'Brien at one stage playing at centre half. There was a sigh of relief among Utd fans when Gethins equalised then Cousins introduced Russell for Foley and everything changed utterly. Murphy and Russell took control of midfield and Utd started playing the ball through the centre of the Limerick defence.
Congrats to the young United supporters with their continental stlye chanting and drumming. It certainly impressed the Limerick supporters standing near me. It was only right that the players and manager went over at the end of the game to applaud them for their efforts. It was very hard trying to send text messages as United went on their goal scoring spree.
United were unlucky to go in one nil down at half time. Gethins was unlucky when he had a shot cleared off the line and Derek and Cretaro went close with their efforts.
ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE RESULT LAST NIGHT. Was in Hogan Park and i have never ever felt so happy at a galway united match or anywhere else for that matter. UNREAL. lets hope we can make it 6 wins on the trot next week.
BRING ON THE ROVERS
EIRCOM LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION SEP 30
........................P W D L F A Pts
Galway Utd .......29 14 11 4 42 20 53
Dundalk ............29 16 5 8 43 28 53
Shamrock R .......27 14 11 2 35 10 50
Cobh Rmbls .......28 12 9 7 39 25 45
Limerick FC .......28 12 4 12 31 37 40
Finn Harps ......28 9 9 10 43 35 36
Kildare Co .........28 9 8 11 28 41 35
Athlone Tn ........28 9 6 13 19 29 33
Monaghan U ......29 5 8 16 26 53 23
Kilkenny C .........29 3 7 19 19 46 16
here is the updated table after dundalk beat cobh this evening 3-2 in cobh. Dundalk could yet turn out to be our main rivals for the title? The pressure is now on rovers to convert the games in hand into points.
that league table looks sweet now but how much sweeter will it look if we can beat the rovers on friday. this is going to be the biggest game in terryland in quite some time. should be a sell-out after limerick.
got there and couldnt believe the turnout from the locals so poor - hardly 200 there
the ground and the area around it has so much potential and it would be great for the league if there was a strong team in the city
anyway the match - united had total control once they had there man sent off - and once again we couldnt punish them for twenty minutes it was long range efforts
limerick in fairness to them, took the ball down and passed it nicely when they did have it - with all efforts going forwards it was no surprise they hit us on the break
united then started to go more long ball - with probably the shortest strike fore in the league - sickening stuff - like they were panicking with the half ending
then tony went 3-5-2 again we dominated but no end product - and we got the deflected cross for the first goal a bit of luck
russell came on the passes flowed and the chances came - absolute delierium never seen anything like it in a football game:D
was raf injured or just knackered - fran had one of his worst games - couldnt get control of the ball at all and foley misplaced passes all over the place
mick looks sluggish - frawley poor poor poor decision making
could have been very different but limerick were that bad in the match we got away with it
a lot sharper tighter and composed for the rovers - what a hat trick o dowd chased everything down thoroughly deserved it :cool:
Ya agree thought Fran and Nigel had abysmal matches.Mick was out of position so you can't criticise him too much but the goal did come from his side....limerick player had an eternity to head it into the net!
perfomance wasnt great but the 3pts is all that dat matters. I thought Cookie did really well when he came on along with Russell who pulled the strings for the last 10 minutes. Raf played well,he deserved a rest. great atmosphere lst nite and roll on the Rovers on friday!!!:) :D
yea should have said that - cookie did very well up the wing with possesion and cut backs when he came on
were talking to a limerick fan after - giving out complete stink against the chairman there in limerick
giving us a warning bout the rovers coming to galway the next day - as were the boys in the pub beforehand - spotted dog (great guinness) not the steering wheel :eek:
seems they caused a right bit of trouble when they went to hogan park last time
then again thats just the limerick version. all the limerick fans are going to say rovers started it and the rovers fans will say it was the limerick fans. rovers fans were sound last time in galway and i've no idea why that wouldnt be the case again
jesus dont get me wrong - im not trying to stir it up at all - just thought it was strange that both groups made a point about telling us about the rovers boys
im sure these guys were a minority :ball:
anybody care to give an estimate for the attendance last friday?
around 200-250, seriously small crowd
as i said earlier - hardly 200
there was thirty across the pitch - about 20 dugout side and then utd fans and the local spare change in the stand
250 with around 60-80 Galway fans.Noticed alot of randomers along the far side...good to see!
there was nothing random about us on the far side!
You know what i meant!:)
:d !!!!
Genuine question for Galway fans...... Fran Carter AND Ciaran Foley in the centre of the same promotion chasing midfield, have ye ever wondered why??? :eek:
they were terrible the other night that goes without question - but sometimes they do work well together - youd be surprised
I can definitely see their merits when it comes to breaking up play and hacking and such but surely twould be better to play one of them alongside someone with even the tiniest modicum of culture and technique?? :ball:Quote:
Originally Posted by corbyeire
alright foley is a fairly direct player - what you see is what you get - hard tackles high work rate and lays off the ball well - in normal circumstances
but fran can be the mercurial one! from time to time - seems to create bucket loads of time for himself and never seems to be under pressure no matter how many hoofs are hacking at him - that was the funny thing the last day - he had the yips and his touch was sh!te with no one near him!
good to nick a goal on set pieces aswell
admittadley the introduction of russell brought a major change the last day so maybe he is worth the nod - but again not a lot of match practice
Have you heard there's an Athlone version now too? At least according to the Star (which is a tabloid rag etc etc for sure)... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by GUISAUltra
As for the other night I felt sick by the end to be honest. Fair play to ye and all that too for sticking at it and not panicking but it was a pretty low point personally in my Limerick memory.
look theres no point in trying to keep on convince people that everything that happened in limerick was the rovers fans fault. obviously there is a pocket of them who are not angels but ye're not all saints down there either so can we just stop blaming the other sections of fans and forget about it