I think Bray will beat Galway. Waterford will beat Monaghan. Waterford will beat Galway over the two legs.
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I think Bray will beat Galway. Waterford will beat Monaghan. Waterford will beat Galway over the two legs.
Agreed.
I think Galway will beat Bray..
On the evidence at Tolka, Waterford would beat both
I reckon the Premier Div side will stay up. The first division is of a fooking rubbish standard this season.
It's been one of the best seasons in division one. The two clubs that finished 4th and 5th missing the play-offs last season have kicked on in the division this season to take 2nd and 3rd. They've gone above Shel's in the process and have pushed a good Derry side all the way. Like last season, the Division One side should edge it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy
Would love to see Waterford up.
Would love to see Waterford up also! I think well beat Mons! But there's a very tough game against bray/Galway to follow! Both have some excellent individuals who can hurt at any time! But we will believe and hopefully we will prevail!
Week long session in Waterford if we do!
Just on the mons game: how many fans are ye expecting to bring down?
Expect bray to (just about) beat Galway on recent from and Waterford to win the first Div game. Would love to see Mons win to end a great season for them but think waterford will nick it.
well nigh impossible to call but would just edge Galway to win playoff game (great news for waterford/ons given my tipping record :confused:)
I'd like to see Monaghan get out of our division so that'll be 2 of the longest trips eliminated for next season.
And I like Monaghan, in so far as it's possible to 'like' a rival club.
Whether they could overcome Galway (or Bray) I'm not so sure based on recent form.
Waterford ticket prices set at €10, hope they get a big crowd down there tomorrow night.
This is up on Extratime.ie and doesn't look right.
Tuesday, 2nd November
Cobh Ramblers v Salthill Devon St. Colman’s Park 7.45 pm
Galway United v Bray Wanderers Terryland Park 7.45 pm (Match A)
Waterford United v Monaghan United R.S.C. 7.45 pm (Match B)
Friday, 5th November
Winner Match B v Loser Match A TBC 7.45 pm
Saturday, 6th November
Salthill Devon v Cobh Ramblers Drom 7.45 pm
Monday, 8th November
Loser Match A v Winner Match B TBC 7.45 pm
Why is the loser of Match A playing the winner of Match B and why would the winner of Match A play the loser of Match B. Is it not just the Winner of Match A vs the Winner of Match B?
The winner of the premier division game stays up and the loser is penalised by having to play another match to try to stay up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
Because why woukd Galway or Bray try win if it meant the had to playoff to get relegated. Loser of Match A is the team who goes into the final showdown to be relegated wouldnt make much sense to have the winner do it :P
Sorry ya my mistake, was reading it completely wrong. I was thinking lets say Bray win the play-off with Galway that they where playing the loser of the first division one in a nothing game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schumi
I don't agree with the play-off of 8th vs 9th but I suppose it has kept things interesting. Premier 8th and First Division 2nd have a good and fair advantage playing at home.
The gap between us and Bray is bigger than the one between 1st and 5th (Rovers and Pat's)!Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
There's a reason why the gap between Galway and Bray is bigger, our squad was set up for the 1st division and we had no time before the season to bring in more experienced players.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Maroon
When the window opened back up we could bring in Premier quality players i'd say we have close on the same amount of points as Galway amassed from July/August onwards.
The last meetings between the clubs also showed a massive gap between clubs, Galway came into the game unbeaten in 7+ games but we destroyed you, could have been 7 or 8 nil
True but Galway with a few weeks to go still could have looked at aiming for 7th. Anyways I don't agree with the format as I say, it might have more of a place in a 16 team league. Finishing 8th of 10 and facing a relegation play-off is a bit much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Maroon
That doesn't improve the standard though.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Our budget at the start of the season was smaller than most First Division clubs and it got reduced during the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roo69
You probably did pick up more points than us in the latter part of the season but the bottom line is that we finished a long way ahead of you over the whole season.
We were only unbeaten in 3 games before that game. We were absolutely awful that night though. Worst performance of the season. Fair enough, you destroyed us that night but the time before that we won and kept a clean sheet with a full back in goals.
Have to agree with legendz I would not be a fan of current play-off system, typically stupid decision from FAI, should have been a straight shoot-out between 9th Prem and 2nd in First Div, to think Galway could be relegated after finishing so far ahead of us must be gut-wrenching, by the way we didn't have the "messiah" when you beat us with no goalkeeper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Maroon
Hopefully it will be a good game and won by the best team on the night and I hope we get a decent following from Bray .
:good: I'm looking forward to it but very nervous as well. I'm going to be a bag of nerves all day tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain2007
Come on cobh ! Dont let those wasters salthill back in the league, does anyone have any attendances from cobh when they were in the premier and first divisions ?
Did anyone notice the voice of the FAI saying what a great idea play offs are on MNS?
As a matter I interest will the playoffs be on mns next week?
Yeah the show is at 11.30 (I think) next Monday so that they can fit the second leg into their coverage
How are they 'wasters'?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ciaran W
Any refs announced for the playoffs?
Haven't seen any for ours?
Knowing the FAI, it will prob be the first eejit to volunteer that day!Quote:
Originally Posted by gufcfan
Pick me! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dillonman
Damien Hancock is that eejit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dillonman
god help ye!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Maroon
Him being right probably cant be spotted amidst the never relegated one's insane mutterings..Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
What's a budget? We had by FAR the smallest budget in the Premier Division and i know for a fact that some of our players we not being paid for playing with us, they were doing it for free !Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Maroon
If we had of been treated fairly at the start of the season the same way every other team had been things would be a whole lot different so i think saying "bottom line is that we finished a long way ahead of you over the whole season." without taking into consideration what we had to deal with at the start of the season is a bit blinkered.
The games between the 2 said have been very close this season, 2nd game of the season we should have taken a point form Terryland but for some quality saves from Ryan, 2nd game of the season you beat us and we were awful, 3rd game we should have beaten you but it ended in a draw and last game we hammered you.
It will be a very tight, tense affair tonight, and i'm ****TING myself already :D
I'm not sure if you could have had a far smaller budget than us to be honest (emphasis on the "far"; I know what your start-of-season position was, but our budget this year was the same as last year).Quote:
Originally Posted by Roo69
To be honest, I've long given up believing that year after year, Galway have the smallest budget in the league and yet still manage to run out of money by June.
See that the ref for the Waterford Monaghan game is.......wait for it...........P McLaughlin...........wait for it.........from Monaghan!!!!!
Three matches on this evening and they can't find neutral refs!!!
I think he's actually from Burt in Donegal and is just based in Monaghan. Apparently he used to go to Derry games. Didn't stop him being given the Harps Derry game though.Quote:
Originally Posted by mediahack
WHAAAAAAATTTT???? are they for real? Am I dreaming this?!?
It's been lashing it down all day here. There was a pitch inspection at 1pm and our groundsman is confident the match will go ahead.
So it was smaller than Athlones, Salthills, Mervues, Wexfords, Longfords, Harps and Limericks??Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Maroon
Do you mean smaller than most of the First Division clubs combined??