Rovers giving Pat's a hammering. They like their midweek 3 nils at Tallaght. Pats haven't turned up at all.
Hilariously ironic that Rovers fans are singing 'You're f***ing sh*t' to a Pat's team sitting above them in the table though.
Printable View
Rovers giving Pat's a hammering. They like their midweek 3 nils at Tallaght. Pats haven't turned up at all.
Hilariously ironic that Rovers fans are singing 'You're f***ing sh*t' to a Pat's team sitting above them in the table though.
Tough night at the office for our esteemed fan Ezeikial, think he said he was heading to this to sit with the Rovers fans.
Take it easy, remember it's a school nightQuote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Quote:
Originally Posted by micls
Absolutely brilliant. (Pats were pants)
Au contraire, it's a total delight to chat with and listen to some totally deluded football fanatics (I think I even saw a spaceship)Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
Could have been 5 or 6. Dr jeckyl turned up hopefully it won't be Mr Hyde on Friday :) .
Bolger and Finn were excellent.
I really don't understand this team. Pats were pretty awful - looked worn out. We eased off at 3-0 when we probably should have got more.
That is a real setback for St Pats. It seems that the heralded improvements from last year have been quite minimal. For Shamrocks it is a big boast for Friday at Dalymount, the old ground should sell out for the clash of Dublin's big two. Crowd looked very small at Tallaght from the stream.
Biggest attendance we've had for a midweek game this season - over 3000 announced and looked about right to me. We got less than 2000 for Cork a few weeks ago according to ET.Quote:
Originally Posted by wonder88
minimal ? you might want to rethink that. We have nearly surpassed our points tally for last year already and have scored far more and conceded far less. Massive improvements. Young in-experienced side that is going to take a beating every now and again this season, unfortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by wonder88
Those early week fixtures are really hammering the clubs with limited squad numbers and with part time trained players.Quote:
Originally Posted by desaintsno.12
I think Bohs have lost all our Monday and Tuesday fixtures?.
Having seen Pats a few times I thought they were only marginally better than last year .Rovers will finish well ahead of them and will finish ahead of Derry.
It's inevitable that people will make a judgement on the relative merits of different teams largely on the basis of how they have performed in the matches against their team. On that basis Shamrock Rovers are a more impressive side than St Pats; they also played far better than Cork in Oriel Park, but the facts are that they currently in the lower half of the table. There is a reason for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
If they play to their potential they can easily finish ahead of St Pats and Derry and maybe even challenge Waterford. If they continue the results that they have achieved over the last 10 or 11 league games they could be fending off Limerick or Sligo in the relegation play-off area. The next couple of league matches will be interesting - Bohs on Friday and then Dundalk in Tallaght
Is it time for a Bradley Out Thread yet....! or will I get my coat! :o
We were awful last night worst performance since early part of last season hopefully it was due to fatigue if it wasn't then I don't know where it came from as it was so bad I was waiting for Jeremy Beadle to pop out in the away end telling us it was all just a joke.
Anyway Friday will require a huge improvement but the talent is there in the team and I expect us to play well Friday at home.
Rovers weren't exactly great I thought they were very average to be honest. Got the 2nd and third goals at the perfect times last kick of first half to make a tough task almost impossible then the third 6 minutes after we started 2nd half with a little pressure to totally kill it the were very comfortable all night though to be fair.
We should have had a peno at 2-0 and perhaps that might have led to a bit of a better showing but we got what we deserved last night and had Rovers not just coasted to the win they might have got a few more.
Frustrating night but its been a far better season than last year and were still at the right end of the table.
For what? I can't remember any peno calls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Couch Potato
From the free kick that we almost scored from early in the second half Toner was dragged back by the shirt on the back post which stopped him getting to the ball.Quote:
Originally Posted by Asterix
It was stone wall but lino was on the wrong side to see it and I'm guessing the ref couldn't see it through the bodies in the box.
It probably wouldn't have made a blind bit of difference to the result as we were awful.
Most of the Pats player went straight to ref protesting it.
Genuinely thought the closest penalty call was for Rovers, second half Sam Bone was clearly pulled back right in front of the ref (it happened directly in front of us in the East stand), it wasn't even debatable. Granted it was 3-0 at the time but if the game had been closer it would have been a shocking decision by the ref.
Can't say I remember the Pats penalty shout TBH. I actually don't really remember Pats getting anywhere near threatening the goal until late in the second half when they had one effort blocked near the line. Not saying it didn't happen but I certainly don't remember at any stage seeing something that had me worried we might give one away. From your vantage point you'd probably say the same for the one i mentioned above though. FWIW I thought the ref was awful anyway.
Thankfully you did it could have been 5 or 6 if you kept going.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Bad night at the office for us, we'll have nights like that with such a young team, they looked shattered, goal right on half time killed us, could have gone 10 ahead of Rovers and killed their European hopes with a win, only 4 now.
Anyway, bring on Cork.
Rovers are consistent in their inconsistency.
Bring on the boez, where any manner of result is likely.
If your drinking is already a problem don't read Emmett Malone's Irish Times piece on Roverz and Bradzer unless you have the phone number for the RutlandQuote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soc...mpression=true
Yawn ..and another pint to the game :)
The league is so strange.Quote:
Originally Posted by PartySaint
Watching the game last night it is hard to believe you beat us a few weeks ago and watching Cork in Tallaght a few weeks ago it is hard to believe they are top of the league (if they win their game in hand).
The home v away form of most of the top teams in the league is mad.....with Rovers the most nutty of them all.
Genuinely have no idea how to call your game against Cork...
That`s a measured enough piece from Emmet Malone. I would have thought that barring a heavy defeat to Bohs on Friday ( very unlikely, given our poor goalscoring record at home, other than against Rovers) and a subsequent drift into the fringes of relegation territory, Bradley will survive and Rovers will probably improve as the season goes on. not least because they will have a good keeper in Mc Manus, who will organise his defence a lot better away from home than they have been capable of to date.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
Bradley will also survive because the hangers on like Mc Phail, Robinson and Co , know that any new manager worth his salt would run them out of Tallaght as soon as he was appointed,.
So they will continue to support Bradley and keep themselves a nice little earner.
Anyway, role on Friday, As Placid C says above, any score is possible, but we are about due a drubbing from them. Hopefully the great unwashed of Wrexham FC and the Brexiters of Cardiff FC, stay in Wales for this one.
Funnily enough Cardiff were one of the (if not the only) parts of Wales that voted to remain in the EU.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
Like many of his fans, he has been a little quiet of late.
Non-controversial post match interview after the 3-0 win
https://soundcloud.com/shamrock-rove...erview-22-5-18
(Note: No names have been mentioned in this post, in order to protect the health of anyone with drinking predilections)
Your ok EZ, I've changed my game rules I'm going to deduct a drink for every post by you about dundalk and add one foor posts about rovers. Should keep me well topped up :)
You could end up in a mess.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
You realise Rovers are playing Dundalk on Friday week?
I think we'll struggle tbh. I don't agree that we haven't improved a good deal from last season, the table alone belies that. We're capable of playing some good stuff and are more defensively solid (most weeks). Our midfield is a bit lightweight though, in the absence of Killian Brennan and Owen Garvan. Those two haven't started a game together this year, and I think we'd be stronger with them in the team. Rovers over ran us in midfield last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa