Possibly Sligo shaded the game, but Hoban missed two huge chances in each half, skimmed and hit the post. In saying that, Sligo should have gone 2-1 up before HT.
Decent game, happy with the point, lots of work to do, learn and move on.
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Possibly Sligo shaded the game, but Hoban missed two huge chances in each half, skimmed and hit the post. In saying that, Sligo should have gone 2-1 up before HT.
Decent game, happy with the point, lots of work to do, learn and move on.
Absolutely no suspicion it was offside, an awful sin to take a good goal from the kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by CorribsideSteve
Great start for us,, from what I saw we looked solid and carried a threat when we had the chance, we've added well to the squad and look to have a bit of depth , interesting season ahead....
Why didn’t Pats hold onto Gibson?Quote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
I was surprised to see him leave. It’s only a guess but perhaps he was in limbo with us for a contract and Bucko was able to nab him. He certainly looked a player worth keeping.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Up the Harps.
Bohs carrying too many passengers :)
Bohs came up to Finn Park expecting Harps to play a different game, expected a bog of a pitch, and Long and Crolly got their entire game plan completely wrong.
Harps marshalled the game well, and while it wasn't the most spectacular game of football, Ollie got it spot on once again.
Heard Stephen Alkin suggesting the pitch was a 'different kind of bobbly, a good kind of bobbly'..which made absolutely no sense.
Adam Foley wasn't even expected to start, so I'm delighted he's picked up where he left off last season. Few lads not up to full fitness for Harps and may struggle to get into the side once they're ready to play.
Agree with this, they all looked knackered in the last 5 minsQuote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
Plenty of interesting talking points in the Sligo Rovers v Dundalk game. But one that stands out for me is the number of academy players on Rovers team. 6 Showground Academy players finished the game, all 21 or under and two are teenagers. Played with no fear and ran a very good Dundalk team ragged at times.
Dundalk kicked off the game with a plan believe it or not.All was going well until Sligo started getting good.We held out for the main part but too many of our starting players went on the missing list.Quote:
Originally Posted by redobit
Sligo celebrating like it's 2012 after a 1-1 draw against the 3rd club from last year:eek: funny as fcuk!! #Scences
I'll be back with this routine and naming your team in a score-draw against Dundalk soon so stay tuned:rolleyes:;)
Touhe Jack. A Double decker bus full.!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
Cant see where goals are going to come from.
Finn Park not the ideal testing site for playing the four smallest players in the country in midfield
Very happy with round 1, Harps were very composed & contained Bohs well. Foley snatched onto a mistake and was cool,calm and collected in the finish, which is what you want from a forward. Big game next friday again with a trip to Dundalk
Only thing Im celebrating from last night is having 6 of our academy players playing in our team. 5 of which started the game. Really pleasing to see the academy producing and the young players getting their chance and performing against a very talented Dundalk side.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado
It shows we are doing something right. Be interested to see stats on academy players in teams for 1st round of games.
'Deserved' is more often than not, a term that's contrary to reality in football, and results in general, but with all the work Sligo have done in the past 10-15 years, on a consistent basis, it's hard to see who deserves a League more. Might it be this year? Additionally, having looked at more pictures of the late disallowed goal for offside, the LOI deserves better refereeing also.Quote:
Originally Posted by redobit
As a result of this decision several people on the LOI Facebook group seem to think the FAI "should bring in VAR here". I don't even know where to start with that but maybe they're just kids who don't know any better.
Not surprising in a country where the most pertinent question for an expert of the current health crisis was the FA cup final.Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
https://youtu.be/A8AeNGl9CUA
1st game of the season and Ollie is talking about relegation, He is brilliant!
i did smile at that " these 3 points wont keep us up, we will need many times that" having just deservedly beaten the team who finished second last year.
Its not really a surprise though as apparently Bohs climate protection officer made them all cycle up and its a long old cycle and then have to play a match.
Must have been a pretty depressing cycle home but at least it was mostly downhill on the way back.
Derry are in serious trouble
They were awful last night. We should have scored a couple more. But I wouldn't get too carried away one way or another just yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by DCWA
well said Ollie :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
A bit silly to write any team off after the first game of the season ? Just like it would be silly to get carried away with the chances of any team for a surprise result.Quote:
Originally Posted by DCWA
Hesitant to read too much into the first week but am convinced Bolger will be brilliant for Sligo. Despite the fact he's frequently acknowledged as one of the best in his position in the league I still find that he's criminally underrated for the most part. Would have killed to have him back at Pats.
Similarly on the note of not wanting to get carried away from such a small sample size I hope that goals aren't going to be hard to come by again this time around. Seems to have been the most widespread concern across the opening weekend that we're all worried about our sides' lack of chances.
Absolutely. I'm surprised Bradley let him go and I'm even more surprised Dundalk didn't sing him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
Considering it was a continution of the abject performances of last year and against Longford who were clear favourites to finish bottom of the table not a bit silly imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
I didn’t expect us to be any great shakes this year but i did say to a few mates on Saturday if we struggle this evening it does not bode well at all.
I think given our performance lacked basically everything that you need to have any chance of winning a game of football I have no need to be sitting on the fence.
We are in trouble.
Be interesting to see how this plays out for Pats. Coughlan will score goals but is he a 10/15 goal man a season, unlikely unless he improves his finishing. I think the Pats move needed to happen for him, things had become stale and he wasn't the fully committed, flying into tackles and chasing down lost causes player that started in the Showgrounds with us. Our fans took to him cause of how he held the ball up and is work rate, but he wasn't scoring many goals. Compare that to someone like Corcoran who wouldn't do a tap of work, which drove fans mad, but he still scored goals. If Coughlan could finish he'd be playing at a much higher level cause the rest of his game is strong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
Awful pity no fans at games. There would have been great crowds for the first round of fixtures. Big loss on revenue for clubs too.
He was saving his energy for his GAA matches that year sure ;). Wasn’t aware that was the case while he was with Sligo but it was definitely the same when he joined Pats the following year, 1 goal in all competitions which came in an 8-0 win over Pike Rovers in the cup and that’s just about the only thing he did for usQuote:
Originally Posted by redobit
Not good enough. He definitely has a bit of talent but nine times out of ten it takes him into a dead end. He may get past the first player but he tries to beat the second and loses the ball. Finishing not great either. He can certainly look very good in the occasional game but he's not going to deliver for you over the course of a season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
He has been replaced by Matty Smith who looks a far superior player, and we also have a very promising young prospect for the same position in Darragh Burns.
Hard to come by any strikers in this league who can actually put up totals like that to be fair, I think the main thing for us was putting together a more functioning forward line in general because never mind strikers nobody has been able to score for us remotely consistently in the past few seasons. Even if Coughlan can manage around 10 that'll be grand if he can also click and link with the likes of Smith and King for them to also chip in themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by redobit
Interesting. Been excellent for us in the 3 games I’ve seen.Quote:
Originally Posted by patsdad
For what it's worth I thought he was decent but ultimately replaceable. Hard to get too much of a read on him given both the short time he played for us and how blunt we were in general, but on his debut against Dundalk he looked a real find when playing as a lone striker and he blew hot and cold thereafter. Fantastic energy and always pressed well from the front but the quality wasn't always there to go with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Maybe the soccer team can take a leaf from the rugby teams book and rise to the occasion. Here's hoping for a result like last Saturday
After the cup final HT antics ? I don't think so Charlie, plus he didn't cover himself in glory in the spell before, around 2010, seemed to be injured a lot, possibly only one season stint.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Ah sure we signed Finn back after he made a point of celebrating goals for Dundalk in front of our fans. Bolger is a good pro who will give his all wherever he goes.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
If anyone wants a digi copy of the DFC v FH match programme tonight, send me a PM on this, and I`ll send the link. I got permission from the Editor.
It was sent to all members and ST holders earlier today, nice touch.