Really was a brilliant goal. Didn't think it was on, but he done well to get in by the line and smash it in from a tight angle. We've started very well.
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Really was a brilliant goal. Didn't think it was on, but he done well to get in by the line and smash it in from a tight angle. We've started very well.
Bohs v Drogheda first half, Bohs sh1t3 Drogheda not much better but deservedly winning. Talbot very suspect from a free (AGAIN) and a lot of flapping about, Bohs defence playing some lovely football across the half way line, how the Bohs defender let Oluwa turn to score is beyond me. Roll on the second half. SMoF
Not a red for me in the Pats game. Pretty much killed it for us. Some question marks over the first peno too although very hard to tell watching the screen.
Weird that the ref (presumably?) deferred to his lino for the pen and changed his mind from yellow to red for the sending off.
Aside from that, we played some tidy stuff without creating very much and the penos came from two defensive meltdowns (particularly the first) so it's not like we shouldn't look at ourselves, but if you go to Inchicore and don't get anything going your way you're always going to struggle.
Editing to mention that Johnny Mc is the worst comms in LOITV, good lord he is diabolical.
Really poor from Rovers…. No urgency etc and conceded two poor goals… third season in a row we’ve started poorly with this being the worst
Derry look in real trouble.
Started well tonight. Losing Seani and then missing a glorious chance to go 2 up was a damaging period coupled with Bolger going off. Was always going to be a struggle after the red and Waterford eventually got their winner.
Bottom of the table with the biggest budget. 2nd in a league no one wanted to win last year..Europe papered over the cracks.
Bohs are in the doldrums. I would honestly start choradska instead of Talbot. In the second half we created nothing. We had a free kick on the edge of the box and chipped it over the bar. Drogheda hit our bar from a free as did Cork and Derry scored from one. I can go up the main street of my village and find someone in a bar to chip a ball over the bar. We need a win soon to stop the rut.
Not even close to being the biggest budget.wake upQuote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
100% biggest last year and I'd be fairly confident this year as well but we will see in time I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
Bottom the table budget?
Good stuff from Pats tonight vs the Brandywell Over 75s. Played to the situation given we had no midfield, tried to isolate the likes of Connolly (who was bullied by Keena) and pick our moments. They huffed and puffed, looked good initially but didn't actually create anything of note even 11 v 11.
Hard to tell re: the red card having only seen it live. It didn't look great in the moment, especially as you could hear the noise of it. Northern Ireland 2018 were generally targeting Melia it felt like so I wouldn't be surprised if that played into the referee's thinking.
Frustrating one from Shels on what was unsurprisingly a difficult watch against a tough physical Galway team in heavy enough wind on an awful Eamon Deacy Park surface. We were playing patient football up until scoring early in the 2nd half with a nice diving header from Caffrey but immediately at the resumption we completely shat the bed for the next 5 minutes endlessly giving Galway possession and corners before scoring an own goal from a corner which the linesman initially ruled out before Rob Hennessy overruled the linesman to give the goal. I didn't see anything wrong with Galway goal but I would still like to know what the linesman thought he saw it seemed that it was explained to Duff after the final whistle
Like with Rovers on Friday I felt we had enough to take 3 points but we are still unbeaten got some rotation done tonight and Lewis Temple looks like he has the chops for this level so it's a positive start to the season
Nobody will ever 100% exact know budgets but I really think this awful Derry team could be top of that league this seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
I thought yeer keeper was poor for both the first goal and the disallowed one, where did ye get him from?Quote:
Originally Posted by Calcio Jack
Now that is seriously good forecasting. Almost perfect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomas
Agree on all this. Pats had plenty of chances to kill it off earlier but to no joy, so thankfully Brian Maher is allergic to saving penalties so they were 2 free shots at an open goal from 12 yards as all penalties Derry face are. Derry play good football without doing much at all with it in the final third. They seem to struggle to get the balance right between defence and attack, regularly not getting men forward when needed, or piling bodies forward at the wrong time and being picked off on the counter as we saw for the first goal. A great weekends work and couldn’t have asked for much more with how the results elsewhere went over the weekendQuote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
I’ve received some feedback from friends watching on the telly and from twitter on the red. From the view in the main stand it looked a clear red , one of the journalists behind me put up that from the same view it looked a definite red but on second viewing online he had doubts. As for the penos is a similar situation they both looked stonewallers on first glance but I got a glance of the first one in the pub and not as sure on the second viewing. As for the game in general, Derry started the much stronger side and actually played some nice stuff but goals change games. It cant be stated how important Forrester is to us he was immense. Then there is Keena who is just like a man possessed in front of goal. A special mention has to go to McClelland did an excellent job.Quote:
Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton
I will say Drogheda may not be overly good in possession, but out of possession they are extremely well coached and disciplinedQuote:
Originally Posted by patsdad
I've only seen them in the first game of the season against Pats but that sums them up perfectly. They’ll be very hard to beat or even draw against this year in games they take the lead inQuote:
Originally Posted by Shinkicker
I can confirm it most definitely was not windy in the slightest.Quote:
Originally Posted by total hoofball