Shamrock Rovers II now just two points off Shels. When they do get most of their first team back it will be game over.
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Shamrock Rovers II now just two points off Shels. When they do get most of their first team back it will be game over.
Not sure on this to be honest. Tidy little player but our second string made him look very ordinary tonight. Maybe full time training would help but a full time team would likely have signed him by now if that was the case?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmo
Believe he would definitely be playing for a full-time team if he wanted to, the interest has been there from the likes of Bohs and Sligo but he's got a job he's not willing to give up so playing for Drogs suits his situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by ontheotherhand
Definitely don't think he'd walk into any team in the league though. He's always been a lovely player but equally lacks physicality and ultimately end product, especially for an attacking player.
thought it was a dive at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
looking at it since I came home it’s barely contact if any, if there is any it causes him to trip over. The Drogs defence seemed to be that there was cover rather than not a foul?
Need to emphasis that the loss by Drogheda was agaist an injury ravaged, second string and kids Rovers side that have shown little form or cutting edge until this evening. Big dent to confidence for what was a bogey side and long may that continue!
I think last night's game may have exposed the weakness in Drogs having a part time team and playing 2 games in 4 days.
That was by a significant margin the weakest Drogs against Rovers performance I've seen in a long time. I wouldn't say Rovers were spellbinding by any manner of means but I think they got a rocket up the hole from Bradley after Friday's game.
Burns is our best player so far this year,but I'm quietly impressed by Nugent's emergence as a strong young man in a man's league, playing against grizzled aul fellahs like Deegan and holding his own.
Boez game on friday will be a test for Noonan and the other youngster's but you can only learn to keep your head above water when you're in the deep end so we'll see what happens.
Droghesa V Dundalk next Monday is going to be massive. I think if we can manage 4 or 6 points off Shels and Drogheda we will be fine relegation wiseQuote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
Fail too pick up a win in either and trouble looms
Not sure there Nesta. Before the draws to Galway and Shels we took Derry and Sligo apart. The loss to Pats before that was a weird one. We should have won that. Inconsistency in the final third would be my concern but we've been in control of most games which usually means we win the majority. Pretty happy with the way we are playing despite the injuries. Great to see the likes of Nugent and Noonan step in and show they are well capable. Noonan is a really special talent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Drogs were very poor though. Maybe a season too far for Deegan?
Their keeper looks useful but aside from that they looked like they've had a serious regression from previous years. Maybe it's just the 2 game weekend taking it's toll.
Its all about a battered confidence! No need for a Drogheda backlash and go on a streak of picking up points. I still feel that a significant element of us getting away from relegation will be others not picking up points and us just making up fine margins. I dont think we will battle out of the current situation by suddenly being good enough to go and win games agasint tabletoppers weekly and climb the table. If we do actually string wins together we had better rack up all available points between now and July as 2 of our better performers in High and Johnson are due to return to their parent club and Keane wont shake off his injury too quickly by the looks of it.
Actually think you'll be fine. Need to find a way to score simpler goals but you looked a better side than a few ahead of you to me. I laughed (a lot) when you appointed King but he may actually be just the stodgy auld dinosaur to get you back to basics and keep you safe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Now take all that with a huge pinch of salt. I thought Sligo were the second coming of Barcelona at their peak there last season.
Re. the Jack Keaney incident, nice to see Johnny Kenny grab the referee's attention and admit there was no contact - thus avoiding the innocent centre-half being sent off. At 3-0 up. coasting to a victory with twenty minutes to go against a team you've totally outclassed, it was a nice gesture.
Both are not confirmed as going back though, plus as we saw in the case before with Lewis Macari and one or two others, often it suits both clubs and the player to remain for the full season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
And they will have the same bill of fayre this weekend as they are away to Pats, then home to us in the lunchtime derby on Monday. I expect Pats will beat them on Fri, but last season was a one off for us, winning both games away to Drogs, this has always been a tough old place to visit.Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
Anyway need to primarily focus on our own games, starting with trying to get a second home win on the trot v Shels this friday, very tough two games for us this weekend.
Hopefully they will stay but we also need to be plannng for them to be recalled.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
I actually think having watched it back a bunch of times that there was contact of the ankle tap variety, probably accidently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Straightstory
Drogs i believe are appealing and theyh will have access to slowed down replays etc so if the complaint is denyed then we will know.
I cant see why Kenny goes down otherwise...he is through on goals and not even in the box (if he was in the box a dive would make sense i suppose).
If people think there was no contact then they have to believe he dived to get a free kick when through on goals with no guarantee the guy would be even sent off....i just dont see it.
And keep in mind its not a partizan viewpoint i couldnt give a fiddlers realy we were winning 3 nil and i am not a big fan of Kennys
It was a league game, not a charity match. Christ on a bike.Quote:
Originally Posted by Straightstory
3 days until Harps vs Treaty, KO time unknown.
Surely the KO time can't be TBC this close to matchday when the visiting side are travelling 4 hours and have to take half/full days off work.
I thought there was 3 top flight games last night as the Sun had a preview for 3 yesterday or did I miss out on somethin?
It could have been last weeks paper
It's 7:45pm or 7pm. It's not like its going to be several hours difference. Calm down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
Ah in fairness, it's pretty amateur stuff if there's a game on Friday that doesn't have a kickoff time confirmed.
What time are the Treaty players knocking off work to meet for the trip up for example? What time is the bus company to be hired from? What time is the pre-match meal at?
It impacts all these things. It's ridiculous
Come off it Nigel will ya.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Put the shoe on the other foot and Harps were travelling 3/4s the length of the country on a Friday night for a game that the kick-off time wasn't confirmed for yet, I'm not sure you'd have the same attitude towards the situation. Especially considering the floodlight issue has been known for about a month at this stage. Not exactly something that's just popped up this week out of nowhere.
Harps were due to get delivery of bulbs last Friday, if they did, I'm assuming they are working on getting them fitted to have a better KO time but yes, some sort of update should be issued by now.
Considering Harps do not have tickets online at present, are they sure the game is even going ahead?Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Are we in to the realms of awarding the result, not being able ensure fulfillment of the fixture or seek a timely reversal? Were du an asterick with judicial reviews if Harps or Treaty needed the points to secure a play-off in October...
I won't stand for all this anti-Harps sentiment and you all should be docked points.
The game is set for 7:45 on Friday. Its simple enough.
Finn Harps confirm 7:45PM kick-off, all in good notice.
Confirmed after the mere mention of the dreaded asterick and judicial review!!Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Looking forward to seeing the relieved thousands of Limerick supporters traveling up now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
More concerned about players taking time off work and knowing when the match would be more than anything. At least when a Harps player was bawling to the media recently about how hard his life is he knew when the games were on.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Harps fans are well able to **** and moan about anything and everything, including banging on about the facilities of an intermediate club recently despite the game taking place nearly a year ago.
There will be little to no fans there, a good few will travel to the women's game on Saturday instead. You might enter that league in time too.
You'd swear they were traveling to the North Pole ffs..
Ah in fairness Nigel, you're on to a loser on this one.
If Harps only confirmed kick-off time today, that's amateur stuff. No two ways about it.
Stop digging and move on like
New bulbs in place but touch a tempermental old system and floodlight failure is very possible*, Id still have gone for a 7pm ko.
Floodlights in Oriel went out during the meeting of the giants of Irish football in the 1st Division, not long after some work had been done. A former player and coach was a spark and was sent in to sort the problem in an emergency, the solution was to wedge something under the trip switch to stop it from tripping so a certain fan and unsung hero pinched the groundsman's long handled spade for repurposing to get the game finished!
Im going to quote this the next time Harps are scheduled to be away from home twice in one week when its not Derry or Sligo involved and the inevitable moan about it!Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
I wouldn't have it any other way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
John Caulfield banned for 3 extra games for not adhering to the one match ban at Sligo,I remember and laugh at Ollie during his frequent touch line bans at Harps standing up in the video gantry roaring at anything that moved,not exactly adhering!!!!!
Think we were more concerned with our safety at that intermediate ground. A few of us were attacked on the way outQuote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
We should have a senior woman's team in a couple of years. Our underage teams are going really well you'll be delighted to know
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He did worse and got less for kicking off the melee in Waterford that landed him on his ars€.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
I always laughed at how Ollie took these things in his stride. Its probably not that unusual but one of the most LoI things I ever saw (saying something) was Martin Murray getting sent off as manager of Dundalk in Limerick*, not a moment of protest as he left the bench, opened a gate to let himself out on to the terrace and continued coaching - I presume you must be 'x' metres away from the technical area if red carded as the ref took exception to his continued coaching, stopped the game and proceeded out through the gate to pace out the distance outside the perimeter wall of the pitch Murray was to stand. Aside from Murray being damn all distance from where he was carded and the sight of a ref setting a distance on a terrace (pity there was no spray those days) Murray then had to stand in amongst the coaching excellece of the travelling fans...not sure he coached much there after!!
*cant recall if it was Rathbane or Jackman but you could look out over the ground while pishing in to fascia guttering in the toilets, and run the gauntlet to the bus with little scuts firing stones at ye? I think it was Rathbane!?
Lads, don’t be ****ing Nigel off. Remember, he updates the beloved attendance excel!Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Haven’t been to Richmond in about 15yrs but getting there tomorrow - appreciate suggestions on good places to park? Thx