Some result tonight against the 2017 League Champions
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Some result tonight against the 2017 League Champions
Last thing Derry will want is to have to go Chopin and changing a winning sideQuote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Enjoy it while you can as the 2018 First Division champions will take ye down a peg or two on FridayQuote:
Originally Posted by ger121
Super comeback and result for Derry tonight. Sava had a nightmare in goals for Dundalk. Failure to get his hands on a new keeper will cost Stephen Kenny; the goalkeeping position has been Dundalk's Achilles heel for a while now.
Nevertheless, Derry's impressive start to the season continues. Two away wins in Dublin and a convincing home win against the champions out of three games is the form of potential title contenders.
Bohs keeper was outstanding and got MOTM saved them on 6 or 7 occasions limerick finishing very poor tonight had enough chances to win 3 games free headers one on ones with the keeper all saved
To you to 😘Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
Finn Harps won.
That'll do.
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Originally Posted by ger121
Not a chance you'll beat the LSC 2016 Champions. Unless of course you beat us.Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy
Came out of the cauldron that is the Markets Field with a famous victory.Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
In all seriousness though while not offering anything really in attack Bohs got their tactics absolutely spot on and in the end our lads were like headless chickens. Hopefully we learn from this game, especially the new lads to the league.
Followed the radio live stream. Those 2 lads are excellent by the way. No doubt we rode our luck a fair bit but I felt fairly comfortable listening after the goal. Still a massive win for us all the same. It's a mad League as usual.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
Picking a goalkeeper from the opposing team as man of the match as a way to try and justify a crap performance was so pathetic. time up sunday for Russell if he doesnt get a win against harps.
Pats beat ourselves really. Awful stuff. We are in such serious trouble. Three defeats out of four, and we haven't played any of the top teams yet. Hard to see where a win is coming from.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Apart from Harps.Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
Touché. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Barry McNamee's missed chance after 14 seconds for Derry against Rovers didn't look as bad or as clear-cut on Soccer Republic as it did in the flesh. He could and should have done better, but forgivable nevertheless.
Miele had a free-kick on target for Rovers in the first-half. I hadn't recalled that until I saw it again on Soccer Republic there, but that was their only shot on target all night.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Not a great game in Cork tonight. We were much the better team in the first half but couldn't find the final ball. Sligo came south with a game plan and it worked for the most part. From the first moment their plan was to disrupt us and frustrate us. Lots of professional fouls as we broke through midfield. The ref let it go for a while and was slow to bring out the yellow cards and the game threatened to spill over as the fouls evolved from merely cynical to dirty. Thankfully no one was injured.
Second half they started strong, but after 5 or 10 minutes retreated back into their own half, I think at one point they won the ball in midfield and only 3 of their players crossed the half way line as they started to break.
They scored from a breakaway, nice finish from Sadlier I think. I understand they have had a tough start to the season and a result away in Cork would have been huge, but the celebration seemed way over the top. It upset many, I was more bemused. I think this was the turning point, it got the crowd, and the team going and we scored almost right away, a long ball flicked down by Campion for a cracking first time volley from Beattie (two ex Sligo players).
I turned to my friends a few minutes later and said "We're grand, Seanie hasn't scored yet".
Solid three points in a game we might have lost last year. Naivety from Sligo in riling up the crowd and players possibly cost them the points.
So the ref or linesman did not see the handball from Shaw before his second goal for Shamrock R. I was about 50-60 yards away in the old stand and did not spot it but most of the Galway players did and complained. Having the officials give a team the benefit of the doubt can be a vital edge in a tight game and this young Shamrock R team are certainly having it this season.
ps.Agree fully with Alan Crawley on Soccer Republic re the set up of the Rovers midfield. Also Murray had a great 2nd half, and looks a good player and a leader from what I have seen of him.
Great win for us in Inchicore,watched it on the stream thingy and we hung on a bit in the end but we looked good in the first half from what I could see,Houston is our most important player and again finished wonderfully for our equaliser a real underrated player in our league.
Just one more thing has there been a falling out between Fagan and Bucko? seems madness to leave a player of his quality out when the team is really struggling??
That's the spirit.Quote:
Originally Posted by gael353
Nope, not a shot on target. Derry weren't great but you were the away side so nobody would expect you to dominate. On balance, the game was headed for a draw except we gifted you a goal.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Decent performance tonight. Gary Shaw is a big gain for the side as he's a proper modern centre forward who can do a little of everything rather than Boyd and O'Connor who are still learning. With Burke back we should have a bit of variety up front now.
We'll do well to finish fourth again but some signs of optimism in Tallaght for once, and the crowds are coming out for the time being, so can't be too downhearted.
Great win for Derry at home to Dundalk - going to be very competitive among the top three if Derry can keep their squad fit.
Never change, Limerick fans :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gael353
The ultimate insult in Cork, where there hasn't been a foul committed by the home team since the 1990s.Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
I think we actually got a yellow card last night!Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
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Originally Posted by El-Pietro
Appeal it
Miele had a free-kick on target in the first-half (at 28m14s in Soccer Republic) that landed straight into Doherty's hands in the centre of the goal, but yous created nothing on target from general play. You're right though; the game had "draw" written all over it until a fairly scrappy goal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
We were chatting about that right before our second, saying it would be worth hitting a few longer-range shots, as Sava probably wouldn't deal with them well. Spot on. Looking at the replay, I'm not even certain that McBride scored our third goal, it may have been an OG by Sava. Hard to tell.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
We didn't start particularly well, which Shiels admitted, and I was fairly worried after Dundalk took the lead. We seemed to settle after that, passing better, and the goal before half time was deserved.
We looked sharper than Friday, which we needed to be. Dundalk had some decent passages of play, but failed to create a lot of real chances.
After taking the lead we were content to hit Dundalk on the break, who seemed to be a bit tired. The third goal was lovely to get, but wasn't really an entirely fair reflection of the game, I don't think.
Duffy was very quiet last night, expected more from him. Dundalk seemed a bit more cynical than last year, Gartland was fairly heavy in his tackles, to put it mildly, Nathan Boyle is bound to be some this morning. Kilduff was diving a fair whack (which he was booked for, in fairness), and seemed to be a in an angry mood all night, for whatever reason. The team in generally wasn't as entertaining to watch as last season either. May it was just an off-night?
Still expect them to win the league, it's hard not to admire the quality they have at their disposal.
Great start to the season for us. Whilst I don't see us finishing in the top two, wins like last night will go a long way to helping us get third.
Ha, I'd forgotten about that free kick, which sort of sums up the game. You could argue it was an accidental pass more than an actual shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
So 3 years isn't enough time to judge no?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Same. 'Twas only Soccer Republic's highlights that reminded me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
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Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy
You won the league going away last year and you want to sack him after 4 matches !!
In fairness to us Rovers fans who have a rep for impatience you are making us look good :)
Stop will ya me or you or any poster on this forum would have won the league last year if we were in charge we played a proper team 3 times last year and were destroyed twice. As nice as it was to win it how we did it was a nothing season. Only reason we were in a position to do what we did last year is cos Russell played a big part in getting us relegated in the first place.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Now I don't actually want Russell sacked now or anything but the whole ws are only 3 games in thing is stupid too we aren't 3 games into Russells time here and if he loses Saturday I will definitely be a lot closer to wanting him gone.
I have been saying Martin Russell isn't good enough for about 2 and a half years, and their late surge in 2015 and walking of the first division in 2016 did nothing to persuade me otherwise. In fact I saw further evidence in both cases that he was not the man to get the most of that team.
Russell plays the game the right way but is tactically lacking
And you are spot on tbh. A manager who's team have the exact same weaknesses 3 years in has questions to answer.Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
Thought we actually started well, your goal was against the run of play and it was only after that you came into it. Second goal was an absolute gift (mind you, in fairness, so was ours.)Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
On Fagan, I'm not sure what the story is. He hasn't exactly hit the heights, but he hasn't had much service. Does seem a bit mad to leave him out. Bucko might think he needs a bit more physical presence up front in O'Hanlon if we can't pass the ball as well as we used to.
Highlights from Waterfords 2-0 win over UCD https://youtu.be/HpJyhTqv2sU
Derry's highlights from the 1-0 win over Rovers in Tallaght: https://www.facebook.com/derrycityfc...5820738323906/
Derry's highlights from the 3-1 win against Dundalk in Maginn Park: https://www.facebook.com/derrycityfc...5831043493906/