I predicted Sligo would get relegated that s year.
Nothing I saw last night changed my mind. A run of the mill exercise for the Hoops.Brando us the one jewel we possess
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I predicted Sligo would get relegated that s year.
Nothing I saw last night changed my mind. A run of the mill exercise for the Hoops.Brando us the one jewel we possess
Bray warned all patrons to attend early. Obviously to busy skulling pints before the game. We were in at 7.10. Wouldn't have been an issue if they have Q'd up when they arrived at the ground first.
I was in the que at 715 exactly and there was probably 200 in the que at that point, the problem was the lack of planning by Bray with only 2 selling tickets from the hatches. One club member was doing his best walking up and down the que offering to sell tickets for exact change only, but overall this was poorly managed when they knew a large away support would be going.
Next time I go I'll be getting my tickets at least 45 mins before ko if I arrive that early, but the traffic into the town was dreadful, took 20 -30 mins at least to get to the ground from the outskirts.
Are you for real , so fans should scuttle along like nice little customers at the behest of Bray Wanderers. I don't know about you but going to games is a social occasion and people are entitled to have a pint before hand as if they went just for the entertainment provided they wouldn't come back. The lack of proper organisation is systemic in the league , clubs whinge about poor crowds & then can't handle them when they do come.Its not just bray at fault for this either but the vast majority of clubs.Quote:
Originally Posted by KR's Post
If we're getting relegated on that performance then ye must be a mid table side.Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
Very encouraged by that performance considering it was a 2 goal defeat and we ended up with 2 lads sent off! Feared for us at half time but much the better team when it was 10 v 11. Shams were always going to grab a second on the break at the and as we still kept pushing forward trying to get an equaliser.
Good crowd and big turnout of that lot. As well behaved as always.
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Originally Posted by oriel
Dundalk arrived with 4 bus loads of supporters at around 6.30 and stopped right outside the ticket office, nobody went to buy tickets at this time, instead they all went for pints. Ticket office was open for business but nobody thought of planning ahead. .
Including Bray, no excuses for em to be honest it's terrible planning on the clubs part.Quote:
Originally Posted by greywanderer
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Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy
Bray had staff in place for people to purchase tickets in time to gain entry, but other's decided to go to the pub instead. . All it took was one person from each bus to buy 20 tickets at 6.30. .
What utter nonscience are you talking. I was on one of those buses and about 80 percent of us did queue up when the buses landed. It took nearly 30 mins to get a ticket as only two lads were selling them. One couldn't count and kept mischanging people. There were bray fans also queuing at this ticket office so yes bray are to mostly blame for this.Quote:
Originally Posted by greywanderer
Is this the Airtricity league or the temperance league.In Ireland people go to the pub before sporting events this causes a late surge so clubs should be prepared.Im not saying that some small delays can't happen in certain circumstance but missing the first fifteen minutes of a game is unacceptable , I'm not picking on Bray as there were delays in Richmond on Friday aswell.
I can't believe what I'm reading. Is the LOI so flush with fans and support that the onus is on fans to organise tickets for games?Quote:
Originally Posted by greywanderer
This happened to us last year too for the FAI cup semi final. Even though there were 2 people selling, it still seemed to move incredibly slowly.
Nice video put together by Jungleview Derry supporters from the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv0HXYwG98E
Dave Scully goal 1-0
Ryan Currans goal 2-0
Unlike said support who are mere criminals, up to their usual unpleasantness last night, but fair play to them it wasn't them who gave eugenics a bad name even if they made the phrase Shamrock Rover's scum a tautology.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Smart fella.Quote:
Originally Posted by redarmyfaction
Rovers were decent enough,Sligo will do ok but won't finish with 11 too often.I normally defend Rover support but to see one of their former directors getting battered by his own "supporters" needs to be dealt with.
I have no idea how to imbed them here but for those who want to be entertained the goals from First Division Champions 2016 Limerick FCs win v UCD are up on the club's Facebook page.
The club have apologised for the fact that it's only the goals but the video of the chances First Division Champions 2016 Limerick FC created was much much too large to upload.
That pitch is an affront to God.Quote:
Originally Posted by ATFC-1887
Clubs already resorting to underhanded gardening tactics to stop First Division Champions 2016 Limerick playing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Heard Cabinteely even have a rugby team playing on theirsQuote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Roddy Collins was seen out on the RSC pitch this morning with a shovel and three of his piebald ponies.
Not that unusual in the LOI. There has been a rugby team playing in Turners Cross for years now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
I hear they are trying to start up a football team there this season.
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Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Nice fine for these.
http://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_f..._330/image.jpg
Decent strike but the keeper looks like he'd struggle to stop a 46A outside the ground, what deaf huck was he atQuote:
Originally Posted by ATFC-1887
Seeing different reports on social media about Rovers causing trouble in Sligo in regards to banners & other antisocial behaviour any truth in it ?
I have to ask a question here, you 'normally defend Rover support to see one of their former directors getting battered by his own "supporters" needs to be dealt with.', so you condone OAP's being assaulted in O Neiil's on Churchill (as reported on this thread,) by Rover support, but make a distinction when one of your own is battered by the slack jaws. There appears to be types associated with your outfit.Quote:
Originally Posted by codology
(1) The Shavs, offensive to ear and eye, wearing expressions of puzzled stupidity, like animals in pain, faces smeared with white powder of dubious provenance as they embarrass the league , Ireland and humanity.
(2) The Shavvie Pointers, those who seek to justify or rationalise the Shav's behaviour, out of some sense of exceptionalism.
The only distinction I make is that Rovers are responsible for the behaviour of their fans in grounds,there really is very little they can do to police outside grounds and in case there is any doubt,I would throw away the key for any fu.... r who behaves like a neanderthal.Quote:
Originally Posted by redarmyfaction
Can only really comment on what I saw in the groundQuote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
Seat thrown onto the pitch pre game.
Someone removed by the Gardai in the first half.
Looked over at one stage and they were burning a flag of some sort
Another time they were trying to break off one half of an advertising hoarding. When I looked back again it has been removed but not sure if this was precautionary or they had managed to break it off.
There was a huge crowd of them there and I'm not saying they're all involved in this but it's a regular occurrence whenever they turn up.
They had a banner saying something like Shame on Sligo for hiring a War Criminal as well but I think stuff like that is going to be happening a lot.
I must be getting de-sensitised to hooliganism from Shamrock Rovers fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
After witnessing Rovers "fans" attacking a house where people were holding a wake, I find these events less than shocking.
By the way, I had an interesting conversation with a Rovers fan in the middle of the away crowd in Bray on Saturday night. I asked him what he was doing there and he said that he loves LOI football but can't stand being associated with Rovers away fans so decided on a short trip to Bray rather than going to Sligo.
Sure didn't Dev himself score a penalty at the Box in a rugby game once upon a time. So the famous table quiz question goes. "Which former President scored a penalty at Turners Cross?"Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Not defending any of the actions of Rovers fans at all (don't even have a clear picture of what happened to be honest) but is anyone suggesting there was a problem with the banner? While its probably a little over the top, any former Royal Marine coming to work in football in Ireland must know what to expect?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
I didn't know that. I must be a nerd, I love these little bits of history.Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner...ium%29#HistoryQuote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
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Cork Constitution, then a rugby and cricket club, was the first club to lease the Turners Cross grounds in 1897. (A once popular trivia question was "Which President of Ireland scored a penalty at Turner's Cross?" The answer is Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) who in his early years played rugby for Rockwell. The penalty in question was during a Rockwell vs Cork Constitution rugby match in the Munster Cup.)
Nope no one has a problem with the banner that I'm aware of. Just put it in as an aside. It's going to be happening in most games like I said.Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
Like I said I'm only commenting on what I saw in the ground. There's a few of stories of their usual antics away from the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Fair enough, saw it grouped in discussion with the other stuff on social media as well and was surprised. Perhaps its just because of everything else and its easy to group it together.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
It will be interesting to see Derrys reaction to him.
Saturday night, from a Rovers perspective.
We played ok,not spectacular,but we got the job done,Sligo look as if they will cause alot of problems for clubs this season,they are very physical and will finish alot of games with less players than they started with.
on the off the field events,some of our so called fans who dismantled advertising hoarding,threw bins and seats onto the field and at one stage had a sheet of plywood from somewhere, should be banned from attending Rovers games but that wont ever happen imo.
the garda,when asked why they weren't doing anything just grunted back at us.If they had of done there job and started lifting lads maybe it wouldnt of been so bad.
As for the " Robertson war criminal,Shame on sligo,TAL" banner, if people got offended by that then id hate to see the reaction to the reception he'll get when he visits the brandywell.
KOH
Must have been Dundalk fans!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Could anyone watch the games in Bwin or any other place? I could only wath Saint Patrick's - Galway
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Kenny Shiels doesn't make excuses, except for the greatest excuse for defeat I've ever heard.
"The dugout is placed at a disadvantage to us halfway into their half".
Obviously, in Finn Park, the teams don't switch around at half time either.
For a man who doesn't make excuses, all he's done is blame everything possible except for his teams dire performance on Friday night. I'd be embarrassed to be a Derry fan listening to him.