24th/25th rounds LOI August 15th - 18th

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19/08/2014, 9:51 AM
PartySaint

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Originally Posted by CityRebel

We spent the best part of that hour watching Bray players lie down off the ball with mystery (head) injuries to stop play, probably the most unsportsmanlike performance I've ever seen, I'd be embarrassed if City players behaved like that. I brought a neutral to the game and even they left infuriated by it, why would you pay €15 to watch grown men spend the best part of an hour feigning injury? Having said that, we only have ourselves to blame for not winning.

Awwww bless, did the bad men waste time and get their team a very good result?

Crowd last night was 911 not 711 as stated above, point still stands tho, crap crowd.
19/08/2014, 9:54 AM
Straightstory

Looking at the picture of the penalty spot again, it seems bizarre to call the game off. Presumably it was in the same condition for the Bohs v Drogs game on Friday (three days before). Should that game have been played? Should the points now be awarded to Drogheda!!!!?
19/08/2014, 10:12 AM
White Horse

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Originally Posted by Straightstory

Looking at the picture of the penalty spot again, it seems bizarre to call the game off. Presumably it was in the same condition for the Bohs v Drogs game on Friday (three days before). Should that game have been played? Should the points now be awarded to Drogheda!!!!?

Buttimer (who else) requested repairs to be carried and Bohs decided to perform remedial work three hours before the game. The remedial works seems to have entailed resurfacing several areas of the pitch. They would have been better leaving well enough alone rather than hacking into the sod at such a late stage.
19/08/2014, 10:23 AM
Mr A

Love this from the Dundalk twitter account:
https://twitter.com/DundalkFC/status/501436044643168256
19/08/2014, 10:31 AM
CityRebel

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Originally Posted by PartySaint

Awwww bless, did the bad men waste time and get their team a very good result?

Crowd last night was 911 not 711 as stated above, point still stands tho, crap crowd.

Credit to them for getting a point, and I understand completely why they'd waste time, but the manner in which they did that was disgraceful. As I said, if City players behaved like that our own fans shouting at them to get up and cop on. Our manager wouldn't tolerate it either.
19/08/2014, 10:35 AM
Nesta99

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Originally Posted by desaintsno.12

not a lot of buzz about the team/club at the moment. the feeling of disappointment is massive. One of the best sides we have had in a long time and they havent clicked for an entire game once all year. between injuries, suspensions, red cards, defeats, early european exit , etc etc, its just been a horrible season. The crowd was poor last night and you could feel the lack of energy from the fans which probably spreads to the players.

Thats it ye have done it now..you're going to win the cup!!
19/08/2014, 10:50 AM
desaintsno.12

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Originally Posted by Nesta99

Thats it ye have done it now..you're going to win the cup!!

the sooner we get that agony over with the better
19/08/2014, 10:51 AM
desaintsno.12

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Originally Posted by CityRebel

if City players behaved like that our own fans shouting at them to get up and cop on. Our manager wouldn't tolerate it either.

HA ... brilliant. of course ya's would
19/08/2014, 10:51 AM
White Horse

Will Bohs be able to stage another game at Dalymount this season? The ref mentioned 8 weeks for the botched repair to work?
19/08/2014, 10:52 AM
desaintsno.12

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Originally Posted by White Horse

Will Bohs be able to stage another game at Dalymount this season? The ref mentioned 8 weeks for the botched repair to work?

the ref isnt a groundsman to be fair, so not sure what sort of an authority he'd be to make that call
19/08/2014, 10:58 AM
White Horse

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Originally Posted by desaintsno.12

the ref isnt a groundsman to be fair, so not sure what sort of an authority he'd be to make that call

Apparently, 8 days was quoted not 8 weeks.
19/08/2014, 11:21 AM
CityRebel

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Originally Posted by desaintsno.12

HA ... brilliant. of course ya's would

Yeah, we would.
19/08/2014, 11:49 AM
PartySaint

Cork City once again saving the morals in football

Praise the Lord.
19/08/2014, 12:13 PM
patrickccfc

I can see why bray would time waste they are desperate for points but was just ridiculous staying down for 2-3 minutes and then jumping up like nothing happened.. and also if I'm not mistaken a team can play on when an opposition player is down unless it is a head injury? Well that didn't happen last night as whenever a bray player went down the ref stopped play.. ah well no point moaning over it.. very frustrating knowing dundalk were dropping points that we couldn't get the win.. hit the crossbar and the post and if Danny Morrissey was more clinical he could of scored at least 2.. only upside is we didn't lose any ground on dundalk and pats lost
19/08/2014, 12:14 PM
Charlie Darwin

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Originally Posted by desaintsno.12

not a lot of buzz about the team/club at the moment. the feeling of disappointment is massive. One of the best sides we have had in a long time and they havent clicked for an entire game once all year. between injuries, suspensions, red cards, defeats, early european exit , etc etc, its just been a horrible season. The crowd was poor last night and you could feel the lack of energy from the fans which probably spreads to the players.

There weren't any more people there at the start of the season either.

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Originally Posted by sidcon

The pitch was playable last night, while it was not great it was playable. rob Rogers pictures (4th official) were taken after the sods had been removed to show Connolly what had been done. Rodgers photos are very biased.
Bohs took to the pitch afterwards and done a full training session on it afterwards and even play match on it themselves in training.
This is Connolly making a name for himself. When players, managers, garda, and everyone else wants them game to go ahead there is something wrong with the person making the decision.

Players and managers always want the game to go ahead. The Gards wanted it to go ahead because otherwise thought there'd be a riot like they've seen on TV3. The only person who matters is the referee and he decided it wasn't worth the risk to players' safety.

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Originally Posted by desaintsno.12

the ref isnt a groundsman to be fair, so not sure what sort of an authority he'd be to make that call

The groundsman allegedly told him sand would take eight days to bed in, which sounds like total waffle from whatever volunteer Bohs had appointed to talk to him. It was a shambles from start to finish.
19/08/2014, 12:44 PM
oriel

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Originally Posted by patrickccfc

only upside is we didn't lose any ground on dundalk and pats lost

Well thats true, but with us having the much harder game, and especially after your impressive away win in Derry, this was certainly two points dropped by Cork. That could be costly with only 7 games to go before the final game away in Dundalk. We will need to lose two games and Cork win same two for them to go ahead.

However a 4 point lead (5 really with the GD) is by no means out of sight stuff with 8 games to go. A lot could still happen.
19/08/2014, 1:12 PM
patrickccfc

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Originally Posted by oriel

Well thats true, but with us having the much harder game, and especially after your impressive away win in Derry, this was certainly two points dropped by Cork. That could be costly with only 7 games to go before the final game away in Dundalk. We will need to lose two games and Cork win same two for them to go ahead.

However a 4 point lead (5 really with the GD) is by no means out of sight stuff with 8 games to go. A lot could still happen.

oh definitely 2 points dropped by us especially being a man up for an hour, more composure in front of goal and we would of won for sure.. wouldn't necessarily need ye to lose 2 games even one or two draws with us capitalizing would reel ye back in.. a lot can happen but whatever does happen it's been a fantastic season and one which we can build on for next year
19/08/2014, 1:17 PM
CityRebel

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Originally Posted by PartySaint

Cork City once again saving the morals in football

Praise the Lord.

If Pats concentrated on playing football with the players ye have instead of the amateur theatrics ye might get more than 900 through the gate.
19/08/2014, 1:19 PM
Charlie Darwin

Exceptional.
19/08/2014, 2:12 PM
Nesta99

Yeah right, I can see Cork last day of the season taking the lead and rushing around keeping play quick to ensure Dundalk have every chance possible to get a result that could lose Cork the title.........
19/08/2014, 2:15 PM
Charlie Darwin

Sure they'll probably bring their own ball boys to keep things moving.
19/08/2014, 2:35 PM
PartySaint

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Originally Posted by Nesta99

Yeah right, I can see Cork last day of the season taking the lead and rushing around keeping play quick to ensure Dundalk have every chance possible to get a result that could lose Cork the title.........

Even taking the lead would be against the spirit of the game, a team of Corks moral superiority wouldn't do that to bring the game into disrepute
19/08/2014, 2:41 PM
CityRebel

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Originally Posted by Nesta99

Yeah right, I can see Cork last day of the season taking the lead and rushing around keeping play quick to ensure Dundalk have every chance possible to get a result that could lose Cork the title.........

If we ever "perform" where our players continuously collapse to the floor off the ball holding their heads to stop the play, I won't hesitate to condemn it, even if it's in the last game of the season against Dundalk. Some people can't seem to read, I don't blame Bray for wasting time, I completely understand that, the manner in which they did it though was disgraceful.
19/08/2014, 2:43 PM
Charlie Darwin

What would have been a more moral way to waste time?
19/08/2014, 2:46 PM
CityRebel

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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

What would have been a more moral way to waste time?

Running it into the corners (which they didn't even attempt once), taking time over set pieces (which they did at goal kicks).
19/08/2014, 2:53 PM
desaintsno.12

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Originally Posted by CityRebel

Running it into the corners (which they didn't even attempt once), taking time over set pieces (which they did at goal kicks).

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Originally Posted by CityRebel

If Pats concentrated on playing football with the players ye have instead of the amateur theatrics ye might get more than 900 through the gate.

brilliant.

Please don't ever change.
19/08/2014, 2:56 PM
pineapple stu

Cork players, of course, would never kick lumps out of opposition players and then put ten men behind the ball for an hour with no ambition other than to hold out for an away win. Nor would Cork fans view ever their players' actions subjectively rather than objectively .
19/08/2014, 3:00 PM
CityRebel

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Cork players, of course, would never kick lumps out of opposition players and then put ten men behind the ball for an hour with no ambition other than to hold out for an away win. Nor would Cork fans view ever their players' actions subjectively rather than objectively .

We didn't have players continuously falling down off the ball holding their heads trying to stop the play. Your post is completely irrelevant.
19/08/2014, 3:02 PM
PartySaint

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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

What would have been a more moral way to waste time?

Kick lumps out of other teams players so they actually get injured, that way they're not wasting time on purpose when they're on the ground.
19/08/2014, 3:04 PM
NeverFeltBetter

There is nothing more moral about any of that. In the first its actively denying any kind of play to be possible, and in the second its pretending you need more time to take a set-piece than you really need. The first is bad sportsmanship (and always has been) and the second is dishonest.

Teams do this. And they pretend to have injuries when they don't. And I can presume, without much cause for doubt, that Cork have done all of them at some point or another. You're frustrated over a result, but please do not sit there and pretend your team is an exception.
19/08/2014, 3:05 PM
CityRebel

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Originally Posted by PartySaint

Kick lumps out of other teams players so they actually get injured, that way they're not wasting time on purpose when they're on the ground.

Like Quigley hacking Mark O'Sullivan and getting sent off a week or two ago? The opposition physio has rarely had to come onto the field in our games.
19/08/2014, 3:06 PM
Charlie Darwin

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Originally Posted by CityRebel

Like Quigley hacking Mark O'Sullivan and getting sent off a week or two ago? The opposition physio has rarely had to come onto the field in our games.

Except when you play in Dublin.
19/08/2014, 3:07 PM
CityRebel

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Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter

There is nothing more moral about any of that. In the first its actively denying any kind of play to be possible, and in the second its pretending you need more time to take a set-piece than you really need. The first is bad sportsmanship (and always has been) and the second is dishonest.

Teams do this. And they pretend to have injuries when they don't. And I can presume, without much cause for doubt, that Cork have done all of them at some point or another. You're frustrated over a result, but please do not sit there and pretend your team is an exception.

If a Cork City player continuously falls to the ground off the ball holding his head pretending to be injured in order to stop the game and waste time, he can **** off because he's not interested in playing football. I have never seen us or any other team in the league play quite as cynically as Bray did last night.
19/08/2014, 3:18 PM
razor

Cannot question Brays actions and while they were a tad more exceptional at the time wasting than any other team I've ever seen, I'm sure if we did take the lead in Oriel then it would be carpet burns all round.

What I did notice was the Bray goalkeeping coach sat in the Derrynane stand giving out orders to goalkeeper and players, (mostly go down, hold your head etc etc) but is it allowed for someone to coach from anywhere other than the dugout/technical area?
19/08/2014, 3:50 PM
PartySaint

Not sure where to put this but a nice mention for Dundalk on the Guardians website, have them included in the 'Top 20 team goals of all time' category here.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...celona-arsenal
19/08/2014, 5:13 PM
Overthemoon

Nice one thanks for putting it up
19/08/2014, 5:46 PM
ATFC-1887

Bloody students :(
19/08/2014, 5:49 PM
pineapple stu

Bloody Town more like! :p

Or maybe we're just as bad as each other?
19/08/2014, 6:14 PM
Ezeikial

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Originally Posted by PartySaint

Not sure where to put this but a nice mention for Dundalk on the Guardians website, have them included in the 'Top 20 team goals of all time' category here.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...celona-arsenal

Bah! Sure what would the Guardian know.

If you ask a connoisseur of passing football only 2 of dem 36 passes were incisive
19/08/2014, 6:17 PM
Ezeikial

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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

What would have been a more moral way to waste time?

Mick O'Brien - Athlone Town V Finn Harps, FAI Cup Semi-final

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