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Originally Posted by Longfordian
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Originally Posted by gordongekko
Going slightly of topic here, but Devon are now in serious do-do. With revenue down drastically from the all-weather pitches and players leaving from all age groups, now the junior team have been relegated from the top division in the G&DL. A lot of their members are now asking the directors what lays ahead for the club and have informed me that they will be seeking for a swift return of one club representing Galway in the LOI, a club that doesn't involve their own club.
If that's true and they are looking to leave the LoI, will Salthill join the CSL?
Yes thats why its been set up both salthill and mervue will be playing in CSLQuote:
Originally Posted by legendz
It'd be fairly strange to see Mervue drop out of the league if they manage to hold onto a playoff spot. Salthill I can understand leaving thou seeing as they have a poorer record and smaller crowds, don't suppose there's much chance of GUST taking Salthills spot but Mervue hanging on in?
How could Mervue play in the top tier though, if they did get there, with that level of support and that ground?
I wouldn't expect them to get promoted I highly doubt they ever will, I still think they'll do well to come 3rd. However, there's no reason why they can't be a decent outlet for local talent to play in the 1st division. Having both themselves and Salthill is overkill obviously but I don't necessarily think having one amateur club from galway in the league will hurt GUST long term, they aren't even really competing for the same fan base anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
Its not like I'm saying anything new here, but earrah why not..
This time it will be a blu-ray.Quote:
Originally Posted by gordongekko
My own prediction is that they will finish 5th. Promotion talk will persist for a good while yet, with them playing Salthill again after Athlone.
I'm not saying they will get promoted, but I do think it's a realistic possibility.Quote:
Originally Posted by gufcfan
The first division has already had a full series of fixtures (shockingly!) so they've played everyone and they're second. There's no standout team bar maybe Longford.
The FD is poor, but I don't see Mervue sustaining this form over the season. A full round has been played already, but there are only 3 points between where Mervue are currently and Cobh/Athlone in 4th/5th. I'm not predicting a collapse, I'm just saying that over what's left of the season, the teams immediately below them will earn 3 or 4 points more than Mervue at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by adamd164
I'd agree with that as well. The urban counties, i.e. those with the cities Cork, Galway and Limerick able to have 2 clubs, where one is probably lower fanbase in the first division. Cork have with Cobh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Acornvilla
Mervue have every chance of remaining in the playoff places in what is a terribly poor first division. Longford are pulling away and should easily get promoted. Mervue have at least as good a team as any of Athlone, Harps, Cobh or Waterford and are ahead of Salthill and Wexford.
However even if Mervue were to get to and win the playoff between the 2nd and 3rd placed first division teams then I couldn't see them beating the second from bottom premier division team. Last season Dundalk were muck in the premier but yet comfortably overcame what was a very strong, compared to this season, Waterford team.
Longford were in much the same position this time last year, and collapsed late on. There's anyone of four teams I'd still say is capable of winning automatic promotion.
True though I don't think any of the others this year have the relative depth Limerick had last year whilst we've definitely strengthened in key areas. We haven't hit top form yet mind you and an injury to O'Sullivan for any length of time would be a big concern.
Well at least this time if something happens to him, we have Purdy and Shaw to fall back on, as well as a few other decent attackers at this level, last year we had Purdy and Shaw with absolutely nothing worth mentioning behind them, when both got injured we were goosed.
I know that friendlies are not exactly the best way to measure the strength of a team, but Mervue Utd and UCD (currently their most likely opponent) actually played against each other in the pre-season, and Mervue won deservedly. UCD, Bray and Shelbourne seem to be much weaker than last year's Dundalk. Wouldn't rule out Mervue, Finn Harps or anyone else beating one of these three teams.Quote:
Originally Posted by galwayhoop
I think (hope and pray) we've more depth to the squad this year - injuries did for us last season. This season we've already had a good few out and kept going. But time will tell.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
Really not seeing the 1st being any poorer than other years tbh. It was skewed the last few years with a few clubs with essentially premier division squads, but the general standard is about the same imo. Couldn't give a toss once we escape this hell hole though.
To me it looks like Mervue should be able to secure a play-off place at least. There is a lot of ex-Galway Utd players in their squad, who were not good enough for the premier divison as seen when Monaghan relegated them, but are good enough for the standard that isin the 1st divison these days. Having seen Shelbourne this season, I don't think they could beat them over two legs, and they are way behind Bohs in terms the standard of soccer they play. Have not yet watched Bray or UCD, but if they are similiar to Shels in playing ability I think Mervue would be outsiders in any play-off.
Mervue may well yet finish in a promotion or a playoff spot, but I wouldn't bet on anything certain in the FD. After the first series there are 4 points seperating second top with second bottom. And even though Longford are 6 points clrear, they don't look significantly better than the chasing pack. The results are very erratic, and I expect everyone will beat everyone else throughout the season. Literally impossible to predict accurately.
Yeah. Wexford and Cobh especially, I've noticed, seem to swing wildly between good and bad results week to week.
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Originally Posted by luiz
Pfft, Harps beat Dundalk in pre season, and drew with Sligo. Doesn't mean diddly squat. Unfortunately we haven't quite performed since that.
The whole division is up and down. Strangely, Mervue seem to be the most consistently performing team so far. Longford by all accounts have been up and down too, but are getting the results, which at the end of the day, I suppose, matters most.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
Nah we've been consistently rubbish so far. Played ok against Athlone for some periods of the game, apart from that we've been poor.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Have to say I thought we were brilliant down in Wexford....when we went down to 10 men. Maybe that might be an option for Tony to look into!!
We were yeah, set ourselves up very well given the circumstances, but our football was hardly free flowing. We should have been 3-0 down by half time that night too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Town Legend
Oh yeah totally agree on before we went down to 10, but when we did we played brilliantly and could of scored 2 or 3 more after we went 1 up. Last season that would of been a game we would of lost in the circumstances but the lads buckled down and got the 3 points even though I would of been delighted to get a point at half time.
What do we think of the Galway el-Classico this weekend?
Thinking of backing Mervue and/or Mervue -1.
Usually very tight between those two. Mervue by a goal I reckon.
draw (1-1)
Draw isn't completely out of the question, but I fancy Mervue to take it 2-1.
Score to be 1-1 at some stage and Mervue to win 3-1.
As you can see, we're actually being carried on a wave of positivity.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Mervue and Harps close the gap at the top.
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What's the story with Waterford? I would have expected them to be in the top 3 challenging for the division 1 title.
The next four games before the June break will give a good idea of where the First Division is going this year. In my opinion, Waterford will come back into it yet, Mervue will start slipping up, and the top four going into the break will be Longford, Harps, Waterford, Mervue.
we havent played very well so far this season. the only thing that has saved us is that we score goals late on.. it worked until last night.. if we dont buck our act together I would expect Mervue and Harps to overtake us for now!
It's been a disappointing season so far. Seanie Maguire and Gary Dempsey were two huge losses as it would be very difficult to replace two of the best players in the first division. Midfield is weak and we lack a cutting edge up front. I've been to 3 home games this season and haven't seen us win yet. There are a lot of doubts about the manager too and a lot of fans don't think he is up to it. Mervue have beaten us 4 times in a row now and a lot of fans are fed up.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
I know that feel, bra.Quote:
Originally Posted by trevy