FAI Cup

anyone up for taking in a mooathon in the morning?

You've got to go through Derry to win the thing anyway. I say you may as well catch them slap bang in the middle of their fixture glut. It's the tie of the round so I hope it gets TV coverage. If we can even hold them to a replay, it'll cause a fixture nightmare for them. This should also help the bank account with half the helpings to a good gate receipt.

Pineapple Stu got what he wanted anyway:D.

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Originally Posted by lefty

I want Bray at home next round. Weve a bloody great chance of winning it, and most of the other teams will be thinking that aswel. As long as we avoid Derry away in the next round we can win it. Just avoid that and we have a great chance. I feel we have enough players to pull out all the stops in this cup adventure that weve started. We are good enough to draw away with any team left in the competition (bar Derry) and i think we can scalp anyone who steps into Fortress Belfield

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Ill re-iterate what i felt on the 30th of May

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Originally Posted by sligoman

Pineapple Stu got what he wanted anyway:D.

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

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Sorry, it was Poor Student:o. Ye students all look the same:p.

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Originally Posted by Schumi

****. A repeat of Sunday is probably too much to ask...

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I'd be inclined to agree with that, especially without Crowley and Finn. I'd say it will be the same team that started against Cork, except with McWalter in for Byrne in the hole behind Sammon. With Derry playing 3 in midfield I think that 4-5-1 would be the best formation though. That could mean Hurley coming in, with Podge/Kav on the right. The biggest concern is Daz Ryan vs Paddy McCourt.:eek:

Hopefully Derry will go to extra time with PSG (winning in the end of course!) further tiring them. Unfortunately Kenny will expect us to crowd the midfield again so he can make contingency for it. I'd still go for the five across the middle and try and get it to the replay or snatch a win on the break. I'd go with Podge on the right as he's a lot stronger than Kavanagh. We're missing Crowley and Finn but I think Hurley's best position is in central midfield and I think a McDonnell/Hurley/Dicker centre could be quite strong. Sammon is just the man to play the lone role. Ok, his heading skills are not too great but if it comes to his chest or feet he can hold it up excellently. He also has decent pace and ball control.

I'd agree on Kavanagh for this game. He's most likely to be useful as an impact sub.

Is this game on TV please??

No. Pats v Longford and Athlone v Rovers are the ones on TV.

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Originally Posted by Burnsie

Is this game on TV please??

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No slacking, Burns. Get yourself up to Derry.;)

the radio even?

unfortunately with a match of my own to play on sunday afternoon, and exams starting on wednesday, it's not really feasible for me to make it up this time...

Do Radio Foyle stream live?

May be live updates on the Derry site too.

http://www.highlandradio.com/

So the dream ends for another year. 3 quarter-finals in a row has to be looked at has a good thing. If we can hold on to most of our squad and avoid the big boys early on, we can go further for sure.

DManD

You have a point on one level. However if we don't make the semis next year I'd rather go out in the First Round. You have to make a breakthrough sometime. And do we just choke in Quarter-finals? Like you said on another thread the heads dropped after the penalty. However I watched Eircom League Weekly a few minutes ago and the papers missed our two chances to score in the First half whereas the Cameras didn't. So that added to Conan Byrne's meant we had three chances to score. In The Brandywell if you get 3 chances to score you need to take one, because the odds are you will concede a penalty on at least one visit there per season.

I disagree. I'd rather get knocked out in the quarters than in the First (Second really) round. The bit of excitement as each draw comes up, the hope that you might just go all the way this time - you'd miss it all if you got knocked out early.

Plus, it's ten years since we were knocked out at the first hurdle, which is a nice streak.

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Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie

DManD

You have a point on one level. However if we don't make the semis next year I'd rather go out in the First Round. You have to make a breakthrough sometime. And do we just choke in Quarter-finals? Like you said on another thread the heads dropped after the penalty. However I watched Eircom League Weekly a few minutes ago and the papers missed our two chances to score in the First half whereas the Cameras didn't. So that added to Conan Byrne's meant we had three chances to score. In The Brandywell if you get 3 chances to score you need to take one, because the odds are you will concede a penalty on at least one visit there per season.

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Serioulsy what are you on about? The only way we're going to make the breakthrough is if we keep improving and making more progress in the competition. So you'd rather see us lose then win is what you're basically saying?:confused: :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

I disagree. I'd rather get knocked out in the quarters than in the First (Second really) round. The bit of excitement as each draw comes up, the hope that you might just go all the way this time - you'd miss it all if you got knocked out early.

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Exactly. It's what being a fan is all about. I wouldn't give it up for anything.

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Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie

because the odds are you will concede a penalty on at least one visit there per season.

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:eek: UCD or teams in general? Thats a crazy statistic to come up with.