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or you could say if you lose to cork and draw one and cork win one from there cork just have to match you and they win the league. I think....open to correction if i've got something wrong along the lines somewhereQuote:
Originally Posted by dundalkfc10
Cork are 5/2 rovers are 3 points behind them (admittedly with a game more played) and they are 50 to 1 ?? That's value.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
For it to be value, there has to be some realistic chance of winning.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Even Stuey Byrne hasn't tipped Rovers yet
Time to extend the league season! I dont see any reason why not!! :p
Realistic no ...50 to 1 still valueQuote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
I think that's usually the point where it changes from a football bet to a novelty bet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
If cork somehow manage to mess up winning the league this year it'll be the funniest LoI moment since Dan Murray's pay for our bus telethon on red fm.
Dundalk, with their fixture pile up, have sent the league title down to leeside all wrapped up in a nice package. John Caulfield is currently running with the scissors to open it.
Seriously though cork fans if you fail this time - for the love of John o Flynn allow a tiny little bit of common sense to sink in and put that man in a rocket and launch him at the centre of the Sun.
Do you know the bin in the bookies for the free Friday draw?............Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
:D
Your optimism is refreshingQuote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Even less realistic now but then without optimism Rovers wouldn't be around and neither would Dundalk !
Are Dundalk going to play the Sunday after the Europa League games do we think / know / any announcements?
We'll send him up to you instead & you can have Tina back as well :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Fixture scheduling hasn't been good enough this year. Teams with massive gaps between home games then a load piled in together, fixtures moved at short notice, massive pile ups for Cork and especially Dundalk and all a bit chaotic- and all this in a year when the weather hasn't given any bother!
Clubs in Europe should not automatically get their league matches postponed- either pull them forward or play them on the weekend they're due. If these clubs want away fixture rescheduled they should have to compensate the home clubs.
Its not that complicated to sort out the fixtures for the teams that play in Europe. I would suggest either moving the 2-week summer break from June to July (even extend it to 3 weeks maybe?) or have the teams that are playing in Europe play each other. We know right now that 3 teams will play in Q1 in EL next year, you think those in charge of the league know this too.
That's an excellent idea....Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBoss
That's an excellent idea....we could start the season a wk later to even up the split if needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBoss
Maybe schedule top 4 to play each other home and away either side of the break to gI've more room and minimise European disruption for teams not involved in europe.
The root cause of this is the tight schedule that the league has to try to fit the games in. Trying to condense 3 domestic competitions into a 40 week period.
If any team started making 3 rounds in Europe there was always going to be issues if the insistence is that league games must finish by 28th october.
Wexford fans may be ****ed off at dundalk over their bohs games being rescheduled but the truth is that dundalk need games to play and are running out of time in which to get this completed.
This issue wouldn't of happen if cork didn't decide to cancel the dundalk game at the last minute by losing 2 players out of a squad of 25 to international duty.
That's not Wexford's problem, it's Dundalk's. Dundalk could, along with the other teams in Europe, have played some games well in advance. Plenty of spare Mondays in March and April. Alternatively, Dundalk could play three games in some weeks. Not ideal, but they'll deal with it. Instead, Wexford get shafted. Disgraceful stuff from the FAI.Quote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
It wasn't last minute, it was announced as soon as the U21 squad came out. Cork are perfectly entitled to call the Dundalk and Harps games off. Cork don't need to take any criticism over that.Quote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
Jesus, this argument between you lads and Cork is getting very tired. You've both been very well-treated by the league and other clubs in accommodating your need to have games moved. As we were in 2011. The sniping between each other was funny to start but it's just a bit tiresome now.Quote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
The sniping seems to be coming from Dundalk tbf. I think the city fans here have just been pointing out what fans of most other clubs have, i.e. read the rules. We can agree surely all agree that the club just exercised its right, but if you don't agree with the rule as it is, then I must ask that at what point do you think the rule should kick in, if at all?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
FWIW, Oriel, City v Dundalk, 31 January 1988 was abandoned due to weather conditions and subsequently played on Wednesday 9 March.
CCFC has always sought postponements as per league rule whenever two players have been called into the Ireland Under-21 squad, every single time, including earlier this season v Shams. So it's probably fair to say there was no attempt at massaging the fixture list by CCFC.
Cork fans were delighted that this postponement would cause havoc to Dundalk. Don't try to pretend otherwise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pablo Escobar
They were equally gutted when it backfired on them and explains their faux sympathy for Wexford.
Cork fans were worried the game woudlnt be postponed and we would have to play without two of our better players. We thought the fact that it might cause problems for Dundalk would be an added bonus but was not our primary goal. It didnt work out that way, no big deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
The sympathy for Wexford is not faux. Interesting that only Dundalk fans, and a few Bohs fans, don't see the fixture movement as unfair to Wexford. The Wexford fans on here aren't happy either.
Just think how you would feel if one of your fixtures was moved to make way for another teams game.
Several Dundalk fans have posted that the Wexford game shouldn't have been moved unless agreed to by Wexford.Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
Your post doesn't acknowledge this and gives a misleading view of the opinion of Dundalk fans.
It wasn't last minute. As soon as the squad was announced Cork City asked for the games to be postponed which was their right.Quote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
There's no argument, just some Dundalk folk trying to pass the blame for Wexford getting shafted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Even Kenny's got in the act complaining that Cork get more penalties than Dundalk. Sounds like a worried man to me :D
He said it to get into Cork's heads. If Ferguson, Mourinho etc... said this, they would be called masters of the mind games!Quote:
Originally Posted by disgruntled
Kennys knew what he was at, and judging by response of Corks fans (and everyone else) it has worked.
Whats odds we get a peno tonight?
I can not understand the BS around this fixture change , Cork had a choice , play Dundalk in a match that if they lose will probably kill their chances of winning the league without two of their better players....as said above..or postpone the match....Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
They postponed the match what a surprise !., if I was a Cork supporter I would have done my nut if they had played it lost narrowly and ****ed away the league...
OR Cork are in Kenny's head so much that he's worried about them even when he's previewing the Bohs gameQuote:
Originally Posted by dundalkfc10
Cork fans were pretty much all delighted about his comments last night
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The truth is all the whinging/mind games don't matter a ****. The best team wins the league, and managerial comments from either side won't play a part in it at all. If they did, Cork would win everything as Caulfield is the biggest whinger of them all.
According to today's Indo , Dundalk now looking to have league season extended by 48 hours so their final match can be played on the Monday evening , think if that is sanctioned they then have a Europa league match that Thurs away to Zenit followed (potentially) by cup final on the Sunday, will be interesting to see reaction if the FAI agrees especially if the league match in question is the game against Cork.
Is 48 hours not Sunday? ???
Indeed it isQuote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
Did you see the full interview. He was asked about Cork never just brought them up!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
I'm afraid that is a re-occuring issue. Trolls regularly misrepresent stuff, for example:Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
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Originally Posted by disgruntled
It happens every year with the cup semi finalsQuote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
I think Dundalk should definitely have made better use of mid week dates in May and tried to bring forward at least one game from later in the season. I'm sure with proper notice, the clubs in question would have had no problems agreeing to, and especially for the other clubs in Europe as it would have cleared their date also.
The Rovers home match would have been one example, both knew their Euro dates in advance, the July fixture could have been brought forward.
With the first leg of the play-off final on the Monday. Simply can't be done. (unless everyone else finishes on the Friday, but I assume everyone has to play the final match at the same time)Quote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
Sean Maguire scored a penalty for Ireland tonight. Don't tell Stephen Kenny!
Do Cork get any points for it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pablo Escobar
Unfortunately not. I'm just glad we got the game called off. Who else would have had to take all our penalties?Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse