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Clarke was in and out of the game. Did well tracking back but was caught flat footed a few times up front. Kelly looked more comfortable in defence than in midfield, won a lot more headers from there. I think he should be starting right full ahead of Boyle. Boyle is a winger not a defender and is struggling. Tracey had one of his poorest games and the game just seemed to pass him by at times. Kavanagh needs to pick up him performance too. Was impressed with Judge the last two games, he looks composed on the ball.

If Cahill is out injured for next week I think we should be starting with Kelly, White, Purcell and Deady at the back. Kavanagh, Hughes, Judge, Tracey in midfield with Clarke and Tierney up front.

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Originally Posted by see's it

your either kelly or his father..
the subs made lastnight were terrible.whats worse is hughes and kelliher were not even brought on.down to 10 men in 1st half and only 2 subs used when it was clear palyers were struggling.anybody know who picks man of the match? white,tierney and judge were alot better then clarke

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Deserved a point from last night, starte way too slowly and looked very nervous at the back, the goal we conceded was very soft and despite looking good on the counter for the rest of the first half we never got enough men in the box We lost so its hard to pick out layers that did well, White played well after a poor start, Judge showed great skill all night as did Kavanagh in patches, the two up font ran themself stupid, Tierney needs to learn though when to release th ball keeps his head down too much whereas Clarke held up ball and went looking for it again after passing it off. He was everywhere last night tackling back alot in second half. We need them to start scorng goals, thought Kelliher would have offered alot in lat 15 mins but Scully obviously doesn't have huge faith in him, think though we showed enough to beat Longford next week

heard Purcell failed late fitness test and may not make it for next weekend either.Deedy had a mare of a game,pulled out of every challenge and his passing was woeful,was hoping scully would drop Treacy back there and take off Deedy.Anyone know how long till Molan is fit? While Robbie has worked hard off season he's no better than Clarke/Tierney. With Yellow suspended for next few games we might get to see Jason,which is no bad thing. Overall last night was not so bad and potentially there's a very good team there.getting a few breaks on the luck side would change a lot and give the players confidence.That said a win is a must next week - no excuses!

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Originally Posted by see's it

your either kelly or his father..

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Neither

Just thought we were lost in the middle and needed some composure......maybe I'm giving him more credit then he deserves

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Originally Posted by harpin

Tierney was better than Clarke last night

Kelly should have started

Definite red and definite penalty

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Are you serious he did nothing last week and nothing when he came on.

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Originally Posted by Candystripe

It's a pity I didn't come back in here and read about the car parking as with-in 20 mins of me parking the bus across from the ground the side door was broke by a couple of wee hoods and only for the teams bus driver they would have gained entry.

Obviously not Limerick FC fans,but still a nuisance as I had to open the door everytime we needed to stop on the way back up here.

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Oh boo hoo hoo.

Any word on the cheap Fred Perry imitation wearing scumbag from your bus that tried to rob a flag last night?? (And that was from your own ultras that he was on the 89ers bus, apparently all the scum travel on it.)

Now I'm not that pushed, he didn't get the flag, all we saw was the yellow streak on his cheaply clothed back as he ran out of the ground after being chased, typical child casual, hilarious stuff.

Now fair dues if he wasn't on your bus i'm only going by what I was told by Derry fans but isn't it a shame that Derry come down, aren't segregated because they're known as a good football crowd, and bring cowardly filth like that??

LTID,

I'd apologise for them, but they aren't even worth the effort. They were banned by the last board, after their antics last night, I'd imagine the next board may have to repeat the trick.

Yeese defo deserved a point last night.

Big and strong without too much football being played.

Poor turnout form their fans considering their a "big club"

Cant take a joke. (ok maybe some of the songs were a little close to the bone i'll admit that)

Have a small section of cowardly casuals who run faster than a greyhound going round the Brandywell.

Now Id usually just laugh at these fellas however when they try and rob a flag its a different matter, Cobh, Shamrock Rovers and now Derry have tried and failed to do so, but the main issue here is that a genuine City fan nearly got seriously hurt because he was seen with the would be flag robber.

Other than that we could do with Superman and Moleman back asap, get rid of Kelly (not even trying at times last night) and pull a striker out of our holes somewhere.

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Originally Posted by Candystripe

It's a pity I didn't come back in here and read about the car parking as with-in 20 mins of me parking the bus across from the ground the side door was broke by a couple of wee hoods and only for the teams bus driver they would have gained entry.

Obviously not Limerick FC fans,but still a nuisance as I had to open the door everytime we needed to stop on the way back up here.

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have to take you to task here CS, limerick stewards turned back some derry fans at the gate as they tried to bring bottled beer into the ground. These same fans were hanging around your buses all through the second half so if they say they saw local scum then they should have notified the guards.....however i find the local angle to be unrealistic as the said derry fans were walking around the buses and the general street, ****ing on the street and in peoples gardens.

Inside the ground some derry lads (with white blood comming from their noses) wondered around drunk and later tried to run off with a flag while shouting "pikies" at the limerick fans.

hope you made it home safe but id say the biggest worry was the ****e on your bus

Tierney needs to learn though when to release th ball keeps his head down too much whereas Clarke held up ball and went looking for it again after passing it off. He was everywhere last night tackling back alot in second half. We need them to start scorng goals,

i dunno wat game u were at tiernney was our brightest while clarke was a mile off d pase last nite!

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Originally Posted by rooney10

Tierney needs to learn though when to release th ball keeps his head down too much whereas Clarke held up ball and went looking for it again after passing it off. He was everywhere last night tackling back alot in second half. We need them to start scorng goals,

i dunno wat game u were at tiernney was our brightest while clarke was a mile off d pase last nite!

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Clarkey could do with a bit of service to be fair he got nothing .

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Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy

Clarkey could do with a bit of service to be fair he got nothing .

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dont get me wrong clarke will come good have no doubt bout it.....he got plenty of service last nite for a goal or two!!!

what was the attendance last night?

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Originally Posted by limunlim

what was the attendance last night?

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how many derry fans turned up in the end?

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Originally Posted by gael353

have to take you to task here CS, limerick stewards turned back some derry fans at the gate as they tried to bring bottled beer into the ground. These same fans were hanging around your buses all through the second half so if they say they saw local scum then they should have notified the guards.....however i find the local angle to be unrealistic as the said derry fans were walking around the buses and the general street, ****ing on the street and in peoples gardens.

Inside the ground some derry lads (with white blood comming from their noses) wondered around drunk and later tried to run off with a flag while shouting "pikies" at the limerick fans.

hope you made it home safe but id say the biggest worry was the ****e on your bus

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The bus I was driving was damaged between 6.45pm and 7.35pm.

I stood outside with the team's bus driver and myself taking turns at times during the game, so even though you thought it was people who were on the bus I was driving,it wasn't as the teams bus driver said they had local accents and ran up the street.The guards were phoned and they did patrol the area during the game.

The two guys you are talking about had no interest in football and it wasn't them who came out at half-time to get a can of beer.If they did I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have gained entry back in for the 2nd half.

During the 2nd half I was standing near the exit gate just beside the stand,I know that obviously something happened as a few lads on the bus were calling the guy you're talking about a di*khead etc,I seriously didn't see what it was as I was at the bus seconds after the final whistle.I had given them a seperate alarm tag to open the bus with myself holding on to the ignition key.

I have been asked to drive buses from most supporters clubs since 1990 and if it gives me the chance to earn some money and also get to watch Derry City I will continue to do that.

A silly argument anyway as most clubs including your own obviously have people who don't mind starting trouble,although stealing flags is not nice pulling weapons should not be classed as exactly the same wind up crime.

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Originally Posted by Martinho II

how many derry fans turned up in the end?

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80 and most were spread through out the ground and not behind the dugouts.

really poor first half performance,molloy ran the show and derry the better team though clarke did miss a great chance.lyons attempted....tackle was cowardly to say the least,deserved to be off.2nd efforts were excellent coupled with derry,s fragile mental state left us a great chance to get something from game,should have scored from at least one of deadys setpieces,which lets face it is the only reason you,d have him in the team.peno looked stonewall to me both linesman and ref bottled it.defo need purcell back cahill not up to it though willing,thought judge looked promising but knocked off possession too easy,tierney again excellent technically good ,worked hard as did clarke but these lads wont score enough goals.and before we cast assertions on our derry supporter friends we should look to home first,plenty of our own had bottles inthe ground .btw the chants in the shed were a disgrace.

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Originally Posted by da bishop

the chants in the shed were a disgrace.

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The pro or anti ones? next time come up and have a word with those involved if your so upset, nothing ever got done by hiding behind a keyboard.

Its called a wind up. if it upset you then job done in my opinion.

Thank you and goodnight.

Wind up yes...and it doesn't bother me. There were a few extra family punters in the crowd Friday night though and I noticed a few of them being a little put off. Pro or anti is not a big deal I think, more the profane chants. Just might not help to bring as many of them back as possible. Having said that, when the ref is clearly a little rotund and behaving like he has no father, its hard not to have a certain something communicated in song. The shed do some great singing and have a lot of good chants....some even clever & funny! And the lady punters do like a good chuckle.

so, can anyone tell me the attendance please??