Staying up!
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Staying up!
Very clinical performance from Drogheda today. Longford weren't bad at all especially in the 1st half. We just managed to take our chances. We are very solid at the back and with Gary Deegan in front we are tough to break down. Dylan Grimes looks a tidy player for Longford.
Joe Manley was very poor for us. Aodh Dervin was very quiet for us too. I think Warfeild and Dean Byrne were massive losses.
Stick to the script. 10 points won’t keep ye up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Finlay Harp
Lot of good play in our game from both sides until it came to creating anything. We’re a bit toothless upfront.
Looking forward to the game that Harps mathematically avoid relegation with games to spare this season. I can picture Ollie coming out with something along the lines of "Sure it's all well and good staying up this season but 2022 is going to be a very difficult job for us to compete with these sides again"Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Great result again for Harps. Foley is on fire, great find from Ollie
Looking at 2019 and 2018 final tables it looks like 30 or more points will leave a side safe from playoffs. Not that I’m counting ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Harps are a good side full stop.
Could they do a Leicester ???
He’s clearly offside from Bolgers shotQuote:
Originally Posted by redarmyfaction
Every dog has their day, Dundalk a few of them, maybe its Harps turn, and when Derry are floundering.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
I’ve been following Harps for nearly 30 years. More bad days than good. Always looked on with envy at other clubs playing in European competition. The camaraderie and stories of away trips always entertained me. I would die a happy man to go and watch us somewhere in Europe. I’d take 3rd place now if you offered it.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Ollie would take ninth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Finlay Harp
Would love to see Harps get into Europe, just to see the look on the opposition managers face when Ollie turns up in his tracksuit. From a personal experience European away trips really are the best away days ever, and with Rovers I've been really lucky to experience a load of them over the years.
Whilst I'm still confident that Rovers will be in Europe next year, Im not exactly hugely confident that we'll get there in the champions league, based on last night's game against sligo.
As others have pointed out, based on squad depth, we should win the league, but its clearly not going to be at a canter.
Bradley needs to figure out his best team, especially in midfield and up front.
It's still early days I suppose but the fanatic in me is impatient for him to get it sorted.
We should beat Derry on Tuesday as they seem poor this season but the sharp incisive play upfront is still missing in my view.
1. Rovers
2. Pats
3. Harps
Another defeat to Finn Harps for Waterford. Looked like we had done enough for a decent away point when our former player Dave Webster scored in injury time after a corner broke to him. 2nd time already this season we have lost a game to a late goal.
Enjoyable game in The Showgrounds and I thought we were going to see the first nil - nil of the season in the Premier. Four rounds of games and most games with two or more goals.
8 points from 4 games, last season we had zero. Im sure Derry will be looking at that and hoping they can do a repeat of what we did.
Does Bradley even know how to be gracious. Thinks they should have won comfortably with enough chances to win two games.
After 4 or 5 rounds you'd normally see things settle down a bit but this season is nuts. Looking forward to it even if it is on a tv screen.
I just reread the law, Its the deliberate save clause of the rule that makes him offside, if the ball had come to Fugeria from a clearance or I think a deflection from a non goal bound ball, he was on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Great to continue our good start and nice to win it like we did, can't beat a last minute winner, we look solid at the back so far but can definitely improve going forward, final ball often let us down, saying that Adam Foley has 4 in 4 so can't ask much more from him, quality finish yesterday as well!
Just looking at the Longford /Drogheda game not sure if Longford were missing a centre half but some really soft goals from crosses into the box, they'll get ate up in this league if they defend like that....
Paul Hegartys celebration for the second is just wonderful. Extra angles make things much better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtkIs9H6OwI
At least this time it was a former player and not a current player.Quote:
Originally Posted by trevy
Good grief .. I just saw Sligo’s goal vs Shamrock Rovers ... felt sorry for the keeper ... ouch
Great piece Nigel some celebration from Paul Hegarty. Didnt realise that he went to celebrate with his players.Who was doing commentary with Des Curran?
Ollie will give the sack if he get too enthusiastic!Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Kevin McHugh was on co-comms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
Could be one of those years, where everyone is waiting for them to run out of steam and they just don’t. Don’t honestly expect them to win it, though no one will want to visit Ballybofey. If they were to make Europe (at the risk of getting ahead of ourselves :beauty::D:) they surely wouldn’t be able to play in Finn Park. The Brandywell or the Showgrounds I guess ?)Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Tallaght stadium sell out roared on by s combined rovers harps crowd.
Finn harps v ac Milan.....
... and Ollie sent to the stand after 5 minutes ...
it is a unique skill to roar on a team while patronising them and their fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Tell that to your hipster fan base.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
What's so patronising? Plenty of Rovers fans have a big affinity for Harps for lots of reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
for instance
a) Harps supported us when we needed it in the past
b) Harps welcome Rovers fans to Ballybofey and treat us like humans.
Harps would get a big genuine support if they played in Tallaght.
You know well we would somehow draw Institute.Quote:
Originally Posted by Finlay Harp
And lose.
Well, they are the best team in the city at the moment!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Yeah, I recognise the codependency. It would be an interesting Psychological study. A companion piece would be the more recent Bohs /Hipster urban legendQuote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
SDCC looking for a new tenant? They obviously only want the champions!Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Yeah, Shels/Bohs would be an interesting one too! A companion piece could be on if 'you cant sell your home twice move the neighbours in (and sell their home)'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
Every body needs good neighbours...with a little understanding etc.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
The plastic bucket codependency might be another coming down the Great Northern Railway track soon enough?
You could well be right - how far down the track has always been the question!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
Only 4 shots on target for Drogheda. Four out of four? Can this be true? Zero shots off-target. That's reported on ScoreAxis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Flashscore reports 5 shots on target, 1 off.
2 nil at half time, Rovers always looked comfortable but Derry had one chance at nil nil and hit the post.
Good to see O Neil , Murphy and Gaffney and Watts all starting .
Hard to see Derry coming back now but they did come back from 2 nil down in Tallaght the season before last
Derry have plenty of the ball in the closing minutes but not really making Rovers worry to much. It looks like its a long year ahead for DC.