I was at the game (6-0), could have been 10-0 but I couldn’t judge our level as tbh Athlone were dire. We beat them but I need to see us against better opposition before I can judge properly.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
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I was at the game (6-0), could have been 10-0 but I couldn’t judge our level as tbh Athlone were dire. We beat them but I need to see us against better opposition before I can judge properly.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Sligo have had a schooligan problem for a few years now. The club have been made more than aware of it on social media, everyone in the town knows who they are and I’m just shocked they haven’t had their heads kicked in yet. This is the sort of crap that happens when clubs don’t take action against repeated trouble makersQuote:
Originally Posted by bluemovie
Big game down here tonight. Rovers coming down off the back of a brilliant result on Friday and us needing to shake off that poor performance and defeat against Dundalk. Big performance needed tonight, even at this early stage it's important not to lose 2 games in a row.
Another game that feels bigger than 3 points tonight, i'll have to remind myself about that after the match win lose or draw.
This might sound a bit silly but even though we won 6-0 against Bray and 6-1 against Derry both games were nip and tuck until half time, I'm hopeful rather than confident about tonight, I'd take a point and the hope that comes with it :)
Two pretty poor teams in Dalymount on Friday night, neither will be pushing for Europe come the end of the season but both good enough to avoid relegation.
Poor JC whinging again about how Dundalk "targetted" Conor McCormack and that he had to be taken off after 21 minutes as a result.
Its not clear if that was Dundalk players feigning being fouled that led to this or whether it was the Dundalk crowd being unpleasant to him, or whether the ref remembered his red card history. It's obviously nothing to do with Conor McCormack's multiple fouling or losing the head with all around him, including his own team mates
I hope that none of the nasty Rovers folk upset him tonight, taking advantage of his delicate stateQuote:
McCormack was replaced after just 21 minutes in the 1-0 defeat to the Lilywhites at Oriel Park, and Caulfield admits he feared the Louth man would be sent off.
“Conor is a phenomenal player, he loves it here, and we love him. The problem you have is he was targeted,” the Cork City boss said yesterday. “In his history, he was sent off three times previously against Dundalk with other clubs, so it’s one of those situations where he’s on his last warning with 70 or 80 minutes of the match to play.
“It’s a very hard decision to make. you don’t want to do it but you are aware the next tackle he’s going to go because it was that kind of hostile atmosphere. It was difficult but there’s no issue with Conor.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/...ck-468194.html
I think I might send Conor a bunch of flowers and a nice snowflake card to cheer him up
Fascinating tie in Turners Cross tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
A lot depends on whether Bennett plays. Cork desperately need him. Cork are dangerous through Sadlier and Sheppard. Sadlier will be a big test for Boyle, but I would expect Clarke to be able to deal with Sheppard.
Cork's back four will struggle to contain Burke, Miele, Finn, and Kavanagh.
I'd say Boyle will be out he looked pretty hobbled when he came off Friday, so Joey O Brien might make his debut tonight.
Bolger is still down as doubtful but i don't see Bradser rushing him back in. He didn't play Finn against Dundalk or Bray rather than risk him being out for longer.
Absolutely fascinatingQuote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Cork's defeat at Oriel is bad news for Rovers as they are likely to be really fired up.
Cork are very powerful in midfield and incisive in the wide positions; Rovers could struggle to contain them on the flanks. Boyle appears to be doubtful, but if he plays he will need a lot of help to deal with Sadlier.
Bennett playing is almost essential for Cork - otherwise Shaw should dominate Aaron Barry and Conor McCarthy. Centre back and centre forward are areas of weakness in this Cork team from what I have seen of them
Midfield is likely to be no place for the faint-hearted tonight. Bradley says Rovers are disciplined this season (despite the 2 red cards in pre-season) - I doubt it and will not be surprised if there is a red card or two!
I don't agree with the narrative that Cork played badly on Friday - I think that did as well as what they were allowed. If Rovers have the right tactics and attitude they could get something from this game
Memo to travelling Rovers fans - please be respectful and quiet when Snowflake is on the ball
You got there before me. Hilarious stuff from Caulfield. Poor shy, intimidated Conor forced into multiple fouls by the Dundalk bullies! At one stage he looked like he was going to deck Beattie. He had lost the plot completely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
The Pats match will be interesting as well , hard to know how good Pats are , their results are a bit all over the place.
Dundalk should have to much for them all over the Park but they will be up for it as a result tonight will give them a great start to the season.
Rather Hilariously I see JC quoted as calling for a "passionate and hostile" atmosphere tonight in a "massive game".
I hope none of our lads are upset :)
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Originally Posted by Ezeikial
The only memo anyone from Dundalk should be issuing to travelling fans is a health warning about the away end in Oriel.
I'm not that hopeful really. Dandork (copyright Ger Canning) are obviously better than us on paper, but we gave Cork a decent game, so who knows. As you say, our results are a bit up and down so far. Still we appear to be better than last year, so at least there is progress. I like Garvan in the middle, and Clarke up front looks decent too. Conan Byrne is still a class act too.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
As we speak the letters are being prepared for the visiting Waterford fans on Friday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosshead
In the meantime, it is reasonable to express concern for the well-being of your captain - if he was not already traumatised by events last Friday, his managers comments must be causing him all sorts of anxiety.
I see from the Examiner article that to help him recover JC has given him a guarantee that he will play every match this season
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/...ck-468194.htmlQuote:
He’ll be in the team tomorrow and every week from now on. Hopefully tomorrow we will see a totally different performance.”
Nowhere in that Examiner piece does it suggest JC says McCormack was targetted by fans, and he clearly means being targetted by players looking to draw another yellow out of him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
But I suppose if my club's sorry excuse for a ground was the scene of embarrassment due to either the facilities or some of the attendees, I might look for a handy deflection too.
To be fair no dundalk fan is deflecting attention from what happened post game. Everyone I have spoken to have been disgusted by one or two people's actions and we hope the perpetrators are caught and dealt with. If this happened on the steet people would be calling for them to be locked up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosshead
There is at least one Dundalk poster who is consistently deflecting on this issue, both here and on OW.
On the other hand I don't think I've seen any city fans deflecting from the poor performance, nor do I see JC giving excuses. He is usually quite magnanimous in defeat.
Some people saying that he was unhappy with the hostile atmosphere but then hypocritically calling for the same tonight at TX. I don't think hes being hypocritical, I think he is saying that the occasion/atmosphere unsettled/unfocused McCormack and that contributed to a poor performance from us. I don't think he was saying that the Dundalk fans should be quiet.
We just need Dundalk to get a few lads sent off.Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
I reckon they're going to give us a hammering tonight
No one had to draw a yellow card out of McCormack, he was the creator of his own problems. I thought he was going to hit Buckley at one point. Caulfield is just trying to deflect attention away from a headless display by his captain, by hinting that he was "targeted" by Dundalk. Anyone who saw the game, and has seen McCormack playing Dundalk before, knows that McCormack was wound up too tight from the start of the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosshead
The incident after the game is a separate issue. It is being dealt with by the club. This is not an isolated incident in Oriel Park, or in the LOI in general. It is about time clubs, including Dundalk, stamped out yobbish behaviour.
Interesting that they updated the press release to spread the blame to Cork City fans though. Not the first bizarre press release from your club after a Cork City game though.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Yes, the update was very odd. I'm not aware of any allegation that Cork fans were anything other than the target of yobbish behaviour.Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
Whatever about the deficiencies of the statement, it is important that the club stamps out this behaviour by removing these individuals.
I agree with other comments that stewarding could be better, but the fundamental problem is a number of louts who have should not be allowed in the ground.
Cant make to Cork tonight but the team are improving and who knows, Pity it was not on this Friday we would have brought 500 plus, anyway come on Rovers.
Big honor for Ronan Hale, scoring first goal at the new Brandywell. Nice also in a historic way, that his grandfather used to be a Derry striker back in the 60's.
Live commentary of Derry v Limerick on Radio Foyle.
Bray 1-2 Sligo
Cork 1-0 Rovers
Derry 5-0 Limerick
St. Pats 0-0 Dundalk
Waterford 1-0 Bohs
Another away tonking for Limerick. Race to the bottom with Bray.
Interesting that bar the Derry hammering, all the big scores have been the Monday/Tuesday games. Also interesting that Rovers have as many points as Limerick. They were poor tonight. One nil flattered them in the way our one nil loss Friday apparently flattered us (I did not get to see it as I was out of the country)
IronicQuote:
Originally Posted by Crosshead
Great point for Pats tonight. Defended manfully (two cleared off the line) Dandork also hit the bar from a free kick. Gritty performance though. Last year we would have shipped a bit of a hiding in that game.Quote:
Originally Posted by PartySaint
Didn't think we were flattered at all by 1 nil but I suppose everyone sees it from there own perspective. Will be interested to see the peno. Looked very harsh but guess it doesn't matter anyway. Next 4 matches against limericks Sligo pats and Waterford will be interesting.
I thought we completely dominated the second half. We weren't anyway clinical enough, and should have put it to bed early in the second half.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Thought rovers offered very little in attack, against a very inexperienced defense. I was surprised, I expected ye to score a few given ye're recent results.
Weird league. Great result for us and very impressive performance, especially from a couple of the younger lads. Need to finish more chances though.
Derry tonked 6-1 on Friday, win 5-0 on the Monday. It’s a mad League this season, even by LOI standards.
Didn't play as well as we have done but still could have scored a couple, lost to a dubious (time will tell) peno. It's a league where points will be dropped, are Waterford good ? Are limericks that bad? How did we manage to lose to bohs....... big game on Friday against pats.Quote:
Originally Posted by micls
Pats defo deserved the point.Dundalk on top 1st half and looked likely to score and you'd be thinking they defo will 2nd half.Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
But Pats dug in 2nd half,Dundalk got it hard to build anything and their usual set-piece routines werwe awful.Hard to name anyone player that played well for us in what was a pretty awful game of ball.
Sooner S o'd and Mounts come back for us the better.
Good win for Derry tonight and badly-needed after a number of poor results. Crucial to get off to a good start in the Brandywell too.
A fitting night in the Brandy - the kind of night that makes you love football again. :)
Derry wern't as good as the scoreline suggested, although there was some very nice goals in there. Limerick folded up completely after the second, they were already halfway home mentally by the time the fourth went in.
That result will do a world of good for a team clearly still finding its feet with a cache of relatively young players new to the league. We also look capable of conceding from nowhere at almost any moment. But the new pitch is lush and zippy, the players largely like to get on the ball and I'd be optimistic we'll become very, very good at home once we properly start to gel and our back four gets a bit more stable.
Good also for the future - he's the first of a large batch of teenage Irish strikers who have been scoring regularly at underage level in England. After a great year in Birmingham's U18s, he seems to have struggled a bit over the last year or so to adjust to u23 level (albeit partially as a result of injury, I believe). But if he can keep this up at senior LOI level, it will really be a great boost to his confidence and will hopefully get his career back on the fast track. Of course, as a Cork City fan, I hope he only does it in, say, 75% of games and not against us:pQuote:
Originally Posted by wonder88
Absolutely delighted with the result, there seems to be a bit of steel and determination with this Pats side that we haven't had in a few years, Toner, Desmond and Madden excellent at the back, Garvan and Markey great with the ball.Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
Even though it was a 0-0 Dundalk are a class above anyone else inn the league