LoI Matches Friday 7th October - Sunday 9th October 2022.

Pats have the harder run in, and we are still a point ahead, but we are terrible form really since Mid August.

Momentum is everything, which we don't have, also don't have any striker in form, Hoban out for rest of the season, has been since Mid-August (note from drops), Martin has been so disappointing, should have ceased the opportunity with being first choice. Also McMillan is just 'done' at this level I`m afraid, but what a fantastic servant he was, 2016 EL and 2020 cup final, great memories.

I don't think we will finish 3rd, but insurance spot of 4th prob in the bag, need one more point for that, then Derry City, you know what to do guys !

Shels 1 up in Tallaght,tough looking conditions….

2-1 Shels now

Rovers doing their best to make a title run out of this

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

2-1 Shels now

Rovers doing their best to make a title run out of this

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First goal looked way off side ?? Second goal a wonder strike ?. Aside from that Shels did nothing but manage to lead ?. Awful conditions for trying to play football but perfect conditions for a team to dig in and defend?..

Cleary can?t defend worth a **** but he sure knows how to find the back of the onion sack.

That felt inevitable.

Mmmm winner coming five minutes into four minutes injury time , I?d love to hear duffers ?chat ? with the ref!!

Some naive defending from Shels towards the end gave Rovers that win, Negru a very young defender in devlopment with potential you can forgive for one corner given away but for the winning goal you cannot fail to react to leave Gaffney unmarked with all that space similar issues all season with another player. Small margins suck at this level

That's why we're Champions folks, and that's why we're going to keep on being Champions. Enjoy the rest of your evening folks.

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Mmmm winner coming five minutes into four minutes injury time , I?d love to hear duffers ?chat ? with the ref!!

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If Duff hadn't made that last substitution :-(

https://twitter.com/shelsfc/status/1...9cBV9OiJQ&s=19

Just seen the above now, great stuff. Duff's interview should he a good one.

Emotional Shels fans and same for other clubs with their emotional fans need to get off running the twitter account on match days. Two unnecessary bad goals to concede late on killed us from getting at least a deserved point, not any FAI/Rovers corruption

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https://twitter.com/shelsfc/status/1...9cBV9OiJQ&s=19

Just seen the above now, great stuff. Duff's interview should he a good one.

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Duff gave a class interview in how to whinge and passive aggression towards an interviewer ? think Brian Kerr?s position as the leading whinger in Irish football is in jeopardy .

Such a pity as Duff and His coaching staff deserve huge kudos for how well organised and competitive the team were ?. Could see them ( if they play like that ) with an outside chance of winning the cup

Huge win and 100% deserved. Rovers dominated every stat in the match.
We shouldn't have made it so hard but 3 points tonight is huge. Big game next Sunday away to Drogs as I can't imagine bradser resting players for the home match against molde.

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That's why we're Champions folks, and that's why we're going to keep on being Champions. Enjoy the rest of your evening folks.

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It's also why we were ****e in Molde to be fair. We needed every single ounce of gas in the tank for this.

What a game. Thought Shels would have been better off trying to go for a 3rd instead of sitting in. Conditions were so bad anything could have happened so coughing up that much possession was inviting trouble.

Pico was immense when he came on. We've missed him badly. Rory Gaffney is one of the most efficient footballers I've seen in the league.

UCD performance on Friday was really poor. They were slower than sligo and some really bad passing led to the two goals. It's strange because at the start of the season fitness and passing were two good areas. Not sure what Myler was sent off for but it's hardly going to be helpful in the last few games getting banned. Worrying that we haven't scored a goal in 3 games. Don't seem to have recovered from getting thumped by Treaty in the cup.