Games 4th - 6th April

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Originally Posted by Another Bohemia

On Rennie specifically Bohs last league win in Dalymount was nearly a year ago. That's insane.

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Didn’t ye beat Rovers 2-1 in the league in Dalymount in September? 7 months ago, not a year ago?

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Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa

The thing is, all 10 squads are decent, but someone has to go down.

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I know it feels like this gets said every year, but yeah, every team in the division looks great, like proper football teams.

I still reckon St Pats will kick on at some point and win comfortably, but every other team I look at them and think "hmm, yeah, fancy them to finish somewhere between 2nd and 10th, not sure where."

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Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy

Didn’t ye beat Rovers 2-1 in the league in Dalymount in September? 7 months ago, not a year ago?

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We did indeed. I forgot about that win such is the rut we are in when we play in Dalymount. I suppose we're due a win now tonight :D

The Paul Marney affair! have to feel sorry for Paul after his few brief appearances for St Pats to be remembered all these years later! Think Kerry could do with the services of the great Ollie Byrne who was a master of the rulebook!

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Originally Posted by Another Bohemia

Is there ever a good time to sack a manager? You do it in the off season there is a very limited talent pool as any coach/manager out side the LOI worth their salt will be employed and in the middle of their season and any available LOI managers will either just have been sacked or underwhelming to the fan base. Mid season just swap Inside and outside LOI options.

On Rennie specifically Bohs last league win in Dalymount was nearly a year ago. That's insane. In the last calendar year Drogheda have more league wins in Dalymount than Bohs. Sligo can pass us on that front tonight. It's gone under the radar just how poor the results from Rennie have been which is amazing considering the amount of column inches the commercial side of the club generates. To his credit he has built a good squad that is more than capable of winning games but he doesn't seem to be able to put the pieces in the right place to generate results. Against yourselves (and for the past few weeks) our right back has been one of our most attacking players but that means he's liable to get caught on the counter, as happened for your first goal (still could've done better imo). We seem to have an obsession with playing as many central midfielders as possible and that is to the detriment of the team, add to that the frequent chopping and changing of the back 4 (sometimes by injury other times by choice) its no wonder we can't keep a clean sheet. Especially since Talbot is returning to his prone to error self which was a frequent sight prior to his break at the start of last season. It's past getting toxic in the stands and now there's a growing sense of apathy which is worse than toxicity imo. So a change needs to be made sooner rather than later

On the game itself I'll say what I said about the game against yourselves last week. If Sligo show up tonight with a plan to be solid defensively they can easily win by 1 or 2 goals.

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We’ve conceded 15 goals in 7 games and are struggling to get an 11 together so there’s no chance we’ll be solid defensively

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Originally Posted by Martinho II

The Paul Marney affair! have to feel sorry for Paul after his few brief appearances for St Pats to be remembered all these years later! Think Kerry could do with the services of the great Ollie Byrne who was a master of the rulebook!

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Wexford's statement is virtually identical to Kerry's, so either we've both simultaneously screwed up, or the FAI have made a hames of registration:

https://wexfordfc.ie/club-statement-points-deduction/

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Originally Posted by placid casual

Think tonight could be a significant pointer to how the season will pan out.
If Pats can overcome shels it's will give them massive confidence that they can take the title this season,if Shels were to win I think duffer would use that as ammunition to say to all and sundry that there'll still the team to beat this season.
You'd have to think if bohs lose at home to sligo that rennie will finally get the hook, and sligo will believe they can escape the relegation trapdoor.
Drogs could go top if results go their way and maybe Doherty could get hunted for a possible vacant bohs job.
Galway are hard working but I can't see them breaking into the title challengers ,but I think they'll have too much for a Rovers side that looks stuck in aspic,waiting for the inevitable break up of the squad.
So draws all round then..:)

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Pats will still struggle breaking down a well drilled defensive setup, theyre not just there yet i feel but they will get at sides more through the centre rather than just playing across the front of them and pinging in crosses. It is an early litmus test more for Shels. If Rovers beat Galway away it will be as tough as it gets so something to build on. Galway will qualify for Europe but wont be winners unless better sides are just sloppy again, Shels excluded. Lot of pressure on for the wrong reasons around the league.

Stuey Byrne was on about the great Ollie Byrne in a paper today - he was doing a Delaney before Delaney and his pouncing on questionable errors in registration was for the pay day of champions league, Shel being on the brink of meldown, not maintaining the integrity of the league. Who trawls through another clubs player registrations looking for problems - Shels and Waterford did or Ollie and JD, not much great abut either. We need a Stuey tv rant update, pity that league title wasnt exunged after receivership!

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Originally Posted by Shearer

I'm not sure what you're on about.

Away fans will be in the ground. The temporary away stand was condemned, though.

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Your initial comment I thought that the coach of visiting fans were not being allowed in due to there not being an 'away stand' rather than just the stand bng closed. It reminded me of coaches of Dundalk fans being refused entry by Monaghan United pointlessly.

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Originally Posted by Jolly Red Giant

This Bohs squad is a good squad - currently achieving well below their potential - the team are in a rut and the question is whether Reynolds can get them out of the funk. So far he has shown no evidence that he can.

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I suppose one question I'd ask is are the team really that good?
Dawson Devoy and Ross Tierney are being rated on their previous spell at Bohs - maybe they'll never get to those levels again. Colm Whelan of course could be one of the best strikers in the league but he's gone an awful long time without playing regularly.

I know someone mentioned about the chopping and changing at the back - that definitely won't help for sure - and as was pointed out the right back, think it was Liam Smith, was poor for our first goal. Initially he actually wasn't too far our of position - but for some reason he ran away from our player and gave him the ball in acres of space and then was too slow to cut out the cross.

It didn't strike me at all last week that the players weren't playing for the manager, which is really when you need a change, so maybe it's just that Bohs are standing still while every other team is improving.

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Originally Posted by Nesta99

Pats will still struggle breaking down a well drilled defensive setup, theyre not just there yet i feel but they will get at sides more through the centre rather than just playing across the front of them and pinging in crosses. It is an early litmus test more for Shels. If Rovers beat Galway away it will be as tough as it gets so something to build on. Galway will qualify for Europe but wont be winners unless better sides are just sloppy again, Shels excluded. Lot of pressure on for the wrong reasons around the league.

Stuey Byrne was on about the great Ollie Byrne in a paper today - he was doing a Delaney before Delaney and his pouncing on questionable errors in registration was for the pay day of champions league, Shel being on the brink of meldown, not maintaining the integrity of the league. Who trawls through another clubs player registrations looking for problems - Shels and Waterford did or Ollie and JD, not much great abut either. We need a Stuey tv rant update, pity that league title wasnt exunged after receivership!

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I do agree that if teams sit in against Pats we may find it difficult to break them down (last Friday against Waterford being an example) We’re more suited to hitting teams on the break, where Elbouzedi and Mulraney can do their thing. Forrestor still huge for us creatively, and Brandon Kavanagh is also well able to contribute in that regard.

On the Ollie Byrne/2002 issue, rumour at the time was that he had a little inside help from someone on the Pats board.

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Originally Posted by culloty82

Wexford's statement is virtually identical to Kerry's, so either we've both simultaneously screwed up, or the FAI have made a hames of registration:

https://wexfordfc.ie/club-statement-points-deduction/

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Probably both things can be true.

I think the FAI have to apply the points deductions here but hopefully there will be some sort of arbitration where the clubs do get the points back. The onus is on the clubs but they also all appear to have legitimate cases in thinking the players were registered, however if the FAI allow them away with this they're surely opening themselves up to challenges from other clubs at the end of the season who miss out on playoffs because the deductions weren't implemented. You can be 100% sure the FAI didn't want this sh**show to be going on.

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Originally Posted by JC_GUFC

Probably both things can be true.

I think the FAI have to apply the points deductions here but hopefully there will be some sort of arbitration where the clubs do get the points back. The onus is on the clubs but they also all appear to have legitimate cases in thinking the players were registered, however if the FAI allow them away with this they're surely opening themselves up to challenges from other clubs at the end of the season who miss out on playoffs because the deductions weren't implemented. You can be 100% sure the FAI didn't want this sh**show to be going on.

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As a Kerry FC supporter and relatively new to the LOI, how can you have a system that has flaws governed by an incompetent governing body, blaming everyone but themselves for making an absolute balls of it all.

Based on Wexfords statements and Finn Harps, seems they tried to keep all clubs quiet, gave them no voice hoping that would be the end of it.

For play to all 3. Finn Harps gained the most, +2 goals back and 1 euro fine!!!! Yet they still are appealing tells you all you need to know.

Lee Devitt penalty saved by Hiemer.

The UCD pitch is an embarrassment to the league.

It's actually improved slightly since Monday, believe it or not

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

It's actually improved slightly since Monday, believe it or not

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Looks a bit better alright, but the amount of sand on it makes it look like a game of beach football.

Very frustrating defeat. A bad goalkeeping error has cost us the game. Gaffney getting one of the easiest goals of his entire career. A very bright first half that we could have gone in front before the break, followed by a fairly blunt second half showing filled with sloppy passing. Credit to Rovers though, they know how to see out games very well. Eventually one day we'll actually manage to get the better of Rovers, and there must be dozens of times where we've lost by a single goal to them. Lovely to see Terryland sold out once again.

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Originally Posted by JC_GUFC

I suppose one question I'd ask is are the team really that good?
Dawson Devoy and Ross Tierney are being rated on their previous spell at Bohs - maybe they'll never get to those levels again. Colm Whelan of course could be one of the best strikers in the league but he's gone an awful long time without playing regularly.

I know someone mentioned about the chopping and changing at the back - that definitely won't help for sure - and as was pointed out the right back, think it was Liam Smith, was poor for our first goal. Initially he actually wasn't too far our of position - but for some reason he ran away from our player and gave him the ball in acres of space and then was too slow to cut out the cross.

It didn't strike me at all last week that the players weren't playing for the manager, which is really when you need a change, so maybe it's just that Bohs are standing still while every other team is improving.

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Re Devoy and Tierney. I think you stand corrected tonight my friend

keating injured along with maguire. we are on our way back down.

Ye'll be doing well to catch Sligo in fairness. Only consolation for them is Drogheda were this bad first half of last season and recovered spectacularly the second half