A goal, a goal, my kingdom for a goal!
I've no idea what's going on with us this season. And to add insult to injury a forward who didn't score at all for us last season scores against us...
This could be a long season.
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A goal, a goal, my kingdom for a goal!
I've no idea what's going on with us this season. And to add insult to injury a forward who didn't score at all for us last season scores against us...
This could be a long season.
A forward Stu who despite being top scorer the previous year, was mysteriously banished to the bench for the whole season. The have been strange glongs on at the Bowl for more than a few seasons when it comes to players being banished for no known reasons! All goes back to the culture in the club 'upstairs', zero accountability and an awful lot of cover ups!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Good entertainment in Dundalk tonight. Scrappy at times but it was a decent game. Both keepers pulled off a couple of worldies, by holy jaysis Harps will need to be getting a goalkeeper out of somewhere as Aziaya couldn't catch a cold. He's unbelievable at shot-stopping, but put the ball up in the air and he either flaps at it, or misses the ball completely.
Harps youngsters doing themselves no harm at all. Equaliser scored by 18 year old Aaron McLaughlin, just returned from injury. Had 17 year old Josh Cullen at left back, 16 year old Gavin McAteer at centre mid, 20 year old keeper, 20 year old winger, 21 year old striker, and a further two 19 year olds off the bench.
The kids are alright.
A good game at Tolka today, and another great goal by Dyer in Dublin. Wonderful spirit shown by the Galway players, to come back twice and after a terrible start. As well as 4 goals Burns and Hickey both hit the bar, Chapman did the same for Shels and there was a lot of close calls for both sides. Add in the D.J. playing in the closed stand before the game, it was great value for the tickets.
Shelbourne have improved from last year and I thing they are very much in contention for the league. The effort and no little skill from the Galway players, while we are used to it now, was great to see.
And who is upstairs ???!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bowler
Enjoyable game at Tolka. Overall I think a point was probably a fair result. Our lads showed a lot of fight and heart to come from behind twice. Shels owned the ball, but in terms of gilt-edged chances, we were about even enough I think. We hit the bar in either half and Shels also hit the bar before our first half leveller.
In Moses Dyer it already looks like we have picked up a very good frontman, he took both of goals brilliantly and troubled Shels throughout.
Normally full on board with being frustrated by the state of the pitch first and foremost, but just didn't think the mentality approached it with set us up for any kind of success. The commentator mentioned that some of the staff were complaining at the length of grass and the lack of watering of it, you had the likes of Forrester pulling out of tackles as well. It's definitely a leveller but don't think Pats helped themselves too much all the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Why is Raggett not starting. Was he caught cheating on an exam?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Not sure why pats fans are whinging about the pitch for? Looked absolutely fine for me.. Ref was horrendous again and gave pats lots of soft frees.. Stone wall peno on Warren Davis not given.
302 minutes and one goal.
A similar record to last season (2094 minutes/7 goals) when he was starting more.
I'm not sure it'd make a massive difference
Absolutely dreadful game of football. I’ve been to mass that was more entertaining.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Good team performance from Harps in Dundalk , they again snatched a point from a losing position which they have done 4 or 5 time now of late. Dundalk probably the better of the two and had more of the chances but Harps had a handful themselves especially in the first 10-15 min of 2nd half. Thought it was over when Dundalk score on 80 min but we kept at them and McLaughlin pounced on on a bit of hesitancy by Dundalk and just nipped it round the advancing Cherrie and it very slowly crossed the goal line of the post.
All in all delighted with a good team performance and to snatch a point in Oriel Park which has never really been kind to us was great. Up in the playoff spots now with two massive games up next for Harp away to Cobh then Treaty at home
Funny game last night. Dundalk battered us with corners which poor Aziaya couldn't handle at all. Dundalk could have scored 3 or 4 from. They created very little from open play. We created very little but had the games best two chances early in both halfs. Delighted for Aaron to get the goal. The forgotten man somewhat in the last year. Good pre match display from Dundalk fans tbf to them. This season has surpressed expectations by some distance for me
Pathetic capitulation by Rovers and not the first time they've barely turned up against Bohs. Bradley seems exempt from criticism though. The other top half results limited the damage though.
For a team that had a reputation for winning games with late goals, albeit a few years ago now, we're a team that concedes a lot of late goals now. Last season too.
It felt like a win in Tolka yesterday having come from behind twice. Great to have Clarke back in goals, Dyer was very good and Kerrigan had a superb cameo.
After the other results, Fridays match at home to Drogheda feels huge now.
What absolute waffle. While people might rightfully say our ground is a kip, our pitch regularly gets plaudits across the league. There’s a 5 minute interview with Kenny on loi tv after the match and he didn’t mention the pitch once.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
On the match, it was 2 points lost for us. Was disappointing not to get 3 points and the ref was terrible. Giving a free out and booking keeley in the second half while his back was to play was comical.
At the start of season I thought rovers and pats would be the top 2. Still think that, but shels have been the best team I’ve seen so far this season
As someone whose out on that pitch regular it's always in top condition.
I feel if Shels had a proper defence available those Drogheda and Galway games could have been easily 6 points, our makeshift backline got exposed in both games particularly yesterday we looked vulnerable against Galway's effective attacks despite our ball domination, Ledwidge now going off at half-time yesterday is another massive worry ahead of the Rovers game
The ball was bobbling a lot. It may well be a good pitch, but it wasnt good yesterday. Not sour grapes here, Drogheda were better in every aspect and we were lucky to get a point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmo
Moses Dyer's performances recently will have him in the conversation for the league's best finisher. He's exactly the signing we thought we needed in the off-season. Someone who might only get a couple of chances in a game who you'd back to finish them. The only problem is that we are no where near the invincible defensive machine we were for so much of last year.
Our 0-0s have turned into 2-2s all of a sudden. The 9 goals in our last 2 games is near 15% of the total goals GUFC fans would have witnessed last season.
Well blame your commentator then hahaha, I'm only relaying what he said had been a complaint.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmo
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Originally Posted by desaintsno.12
Sounds like sour grapes to me. Tbf to Kenny afterwards, he didn’t mention the pitch being below par at all.
Pats overall play was very poor.
Maybe if your lads kicked the ball properly, it mightn’t have bobbled
To say the playing surface was an issue is absolute waffle, whoever said it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
That's fair Stu, the stats don't lie. The only mitigating factor to the stats I suppose is that the 7 goals came in the top flight, and there is a huge gulf in the quality of defender you are up against in First Division. I think most of his limited mins last season came off the bench. Now he hasn't exactly set the goalscoring world alight at Bray either, so I'm talking myself out of my original point :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
In a weekend that threatened the possibility of one team pushing out in front with a decent lead of their own, all that’s happened in reality is we have even more sides even closer to the top now! Drogs, Pats, Shels all only picking up 2 points out of 6, Rovers and Galway picking up 1 from 6, while Derry and dare I say Bohs have entered that wider group of teams in and around the European picture with their 6 point weekends. Derry now only 3 points off top after their sluggish start points to the lack of consistency across every club in the league. If anyone had that they’d be a decent gap ahead of the rest even at this point
Derry 3-0 Sligo
Sligo Supporters Trust already thinking who's fault it is this week
That's Mikey Raggett, not DanúQuote:
Originally Posted by The Bowler
Danú did drop off last season after a half-decent run in the Premier the year before. But I think Monday was his first Bray goal? So there may have been a good reason others were fancied ahead of him alright
Mullen caught the ball for the first goal so that’s an easy one. Second and third goals were awful ones to concede from our point of view. Derry looked a lot better then a few weeks ago.
I did think about that watching the goals back, no complaints with 2nd and 3rd though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Hopefully start putting a run together now.
Did wonder why the Sligo lads were giving off for the first. Maybe the arm was in a 'natural position', but couldn't have complained if it was given as a free out. Did think the referee, Marc Lynch, had a decent game. Even gave a foul throw against Ronan Boyce. Correct decision, but you just never see them.Quote:
Originally Posted by DCSIL
The first goal probably didn't influence the overall result, mind. We were good, and Sligo were poor. I can see how they have the potential to create chances, but the end product was poor.
Our second by Whyte was just lovely. The pace on him, and the balls to go and beat Doyle-Hayes was brilliant. Our most entertaining goal this season. We questioned it in real-time, should Doyle-Hayes have brought him down and taken the red?
Third goal killed it, and game pettered out. No issues with that, we've Waterford away in 70 hours time.
Six goals in two games for us now. Scoring from play too. Encouraging stuff, even if we remain so ropey at the back. I think we need to sign two more centre halves.
Fair play to the Sligo fans. Best away crowd of the season so far. Yes, it's the closest, but a Tuesday night match isn't the handiest.
Pretty sure the first goal of a match is hugely influential on deciding a result. It seems 70 % of the time the team that scored first in the premier league went on to win the game according to this.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
https://help.smarkets.com/hc/en-gb/a...al-in-football
Now different levels of football would probably bring a bit of variance into this but I'd still be comfortable enough saying the first goal would have a massive impact on a game regardless of if you won 1-0 or 3-0. Anecdotally every fan has been at a game where their team just can't score in spite of having a multitude of chances, in some cases even open goals!
Don’t think he should have taken him down tbh. Already a goal behind and certainly would have been game over if we had gone down to 10 and then he’d be missing the Cork game as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Well they cant blame tradition...but Derry wohooo they're going to win the league!!Quote:
Originally Posted by DCSIL
Read somewhere that a couple of dirtbags were arrested last week and charged in Derry for causing a broken arm and neck injuries to visiting fans so good job by the PSNI, not sure which away fan incident not that it matters.
(From 19 April)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
"Police in Derry, investigating a serious assault reported to have occurred in the city during a football match at the weekend, have charged two men.
Two males, aged 16 and 18 years old, have been charged with various offences including disorderly behaviour, grievous bodily harm and attempted criminal damage."
https://www.derrynow.com/news/local-...all-match.html
Also this:
Two males were arrested in the city earlier today, (Thursday, April 17) both on suspicion of offences, including grievous bodily harm, and both remain in custody at this time.
Sergeant Walsh from the City Centre Neighbourhood Policing Team said: "This was a serious assault on a man that took place adjacent to turnstile I/J at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium just before 9.20pm.
"The victim sustained a number of injuries including a broken arm and neck injuries.
https://www.derrynow.com/news/local-...l-stadium.html
GBH can sometimes carry a hefty prison sentence.
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve said on here that something like that was waiting to happen unless the people in charge of Derry City FC decide to actually make a proper attempt to stamp it out. The likelihood is that they’ll continue as is, as they have done after countless attacks on away fans in recent years, so it probably won’t be the last incident like this either. Hope the victim that was attacked is okQuote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
I'm normally the first to criticise the club over their lack of action on stuff going on at the Brandy, and for a certain section of our support for their violence in the past, but in this case, on hearing the sequence of events, I've no issue with the handling of things.
The event in question happened outside the ground during the match. It didn't involve an away fan, as far as I know, either.
Suppose we can't say much else at this stage, but I'd be interested to see how it plays out.
Fair enough, but here's an incident from last July, only come to Court and being reported now:Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Derry City FC ban man from three matches following headbutting incident
Derry Magistrates' Court heard today that a man who headbutted another man in the Brandywell Stadium had been banned for three matches by Derry City football club.
Daniel McClintock (28), of Benvarden Avenue in Derry, admitted two charges of disorderly behaviour, one of them inside the Brandywell and one outside on July 18 last year.
The court heard that police on patrol saw a man being ejected from the football stadium by stewards and they said he had headbutted another man inside.
McClintock was told to leave the area but as he was going he started singing 'oh ah up the RA' in front of some tourists.
A short time later the defendant was observed outside the Brandywell and gave police the middle finger as they passed.
When police approached him he made 'offensive comments ' and called police 'black b******s'.
CCTV from inside the ground showed McClintock headbutting another man but the victim could not be identified.
(More here: https://www.derrynow.com/news/home/1...-incident.html
Three game ban? I'd have thought three years might have been more appropriate, if the club is to disassociate itself properly from tramps like that.
Life time ban!!! Though sounds like this person is known and a 'character' 'round a club. Banjaxed drunk by the sound also. As for justifications made further above, I dont think there are any regardless of what the backstory is. Let police and club officials deal with whatever and if things are taken in to ones own hands and a crime is committed then you face the law also - a choice has been made and suffer the consequences. Im saying that knowing that there are people that deserve an arm or 2 broken.