mcglade deserved his sending off. he completely lost the head. so much for sully being reserved in his celebrating. we played too much into shels hands imo.. mulhall was very poor for us tonight. tbh I think its going to be a long season..
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mcglade deserved his sending off. he completely lost the head. so much for sully being reserved in his celebrating. we played too much into shels hands imo.. mulhall was very poor for us tonight. tbh I think its going to be a long season..
Bit of an OTT reaction. Stupid defensive mistakes need to be eliminated but we were the better side for long spells in the game. We’ll be there or thereabouts for the play offs. McGlade’s sending off was stupid and unnecessary.
I am disgusted with that.
Fenn clearly changed something at half time because we were pathetic after the break. Play it a bit around the back and then hoof. Zambra saps us of any good play and often takes the pace out of it. I like Verdon, but his head seems to be somewhere else alot.
O'Connor caught again for the first penalty. Both full backs rinsed all night, but Elworthy was good going forward.
Mulhall could do nothing with what was being played behind him. Hadn't a prayer at all.
It's going to be a very up and down season, with no consistency. We'll probably make the playoffs but go out in the first round.
Jaysus lads I’m usually the one going lakes on here, I agree with longfordian its a bit OTT. Throwing away 2-0 against Cobh was awful and we shluldve learned from that, that annoys me. We knew we were up against nothing last week so played Gung Ho and yes we were nearly caught out a few times, we carried that into last night. We basically played 424, way way too open and as LTFC said zambra isn’t good enough, that’s where we need a Salmon or rice. McGlade totally lost the rag but Fenn can see the problems and I’m certain he will solve them. I’ve never enjoyed watching Longford more than under him, we are playing the right way after years of tripe under cousins and Mathews. Yes we need to find the balance but if we do this is a hell of a team. Lack of options on bench worry me tho. Mulhall was fairly cat last night and no experienced striker to bring on. That’s my 2 cents on it.
You're a media man now, so more on-the-fence than outspoken
Not at all, I think anyone that knows me will say one thing is I call it as I see it. You’ve pointed out the major flaws In Fenn’s tactics and I totally agree but I know from speaking to him that he’s aware of them and knows if they arent fixed quickly Wel achieve nothing this season. He’s not like Tony cousins who had his head so far up his own arse he couldn’t see these things or was just too stubborn to change them.Quote:
Originally Posted by hollocaine
Fenn will Be on the podcast tonight lads and I’ll be putting your criticism’s too him. Be sure to take a listen.
He came across very well I must say. Although that’s never been his problem. Let’s hope we show better game management over the next few weeks
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Watched the highlights of the Athlone game earlier. Jesus they’re bad, we were just walking through their defensive line. We missed so many chances too, Dean Byrne looked lively though. I like the look of him so far.
Would love to see him in the 10 behind Mulhall, probably too attacking to do that against Galway but against the likes of Cabinteely, Wexford, Athlone he’d do damage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Completely flattering scoreline and a poor performance, but fair play to the lads who all put in a good effort which is all we can ask. Good to get another clean sheet too. For a guy that signed late on in pre-season from the LSL, Mick McDonnell has been excellent so far. Him and Adam O'Connor had to deal with a lot tonight, as once again, central midfield provides not enough protection for the back 4. Great strike by Hopkins. Looking forward to seeing that one again.
What's the story with Shane O'Connor?
aint he injured.. thought cabo were extremely dirty tonight. hopefully Daniel O'Reilly wont be too long out as hes key for us! thought that Peter Hopkins goal was superb.. I thought at times that we were lucky to win the way we did as Cabo missed some sitters. Bring on Drogheda...Quote:
Originally Posted by hollocaine
What's the story with McGlade? Did Fenn run him after the Shel's game or did he get a longer suspension than Verdon?
longer suspension. Seen it on one of the loi websites. he should be back for Drogheda match as he got a three match suspension.Quote:
Originally Posted by Town Legend
Excellent goals from Hopkins and Byrne. With these two along with McDonnell, Neale Fenn is certainly demonstrating an ability to spot a player.
thought that Hopkins was MOM for us. Dean Byrne was immense for us yet again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
I am certainly concerned that we are only scoring at the end of the game, and we could easily been behind looking at the highlights. Drogheda will be a big test.
Crap game last night but just watched Fenn’s post match interview and he’s saying everything you’d want to hear from him. He acknowledged it was a poor performance but we played fantastic in Galway and should’ve won only for missed sitters so it was our turn tonight for a bit of luck. Big Mick Kelly has been superb since he’s coming in as has McDonnell. Big Dean Byrne fan think he offers far more than Mulhall in games like this, been very disappointed with Mulhall. Hopkins has been a huge loss with injury so great to see him back and scoring a goal very similar to the one he got against Sligo. Another point next week is more than fine.
Disappointed with the result, but we were far better than them. Aodh Dervin is simply unreal. Where he is from is irrelevant, I am glad he is from Longford, but what a performance from him. His head for the game is exceptional - close control and passing is sublime. Zambra could learn so much from him.
Chambers did very well but nearly filled the togs with losing the ball close to our own goal.
Cut out the mistakes and Wel be right up there. Seen every team bar UCD and Harps now and we are better than everyone we’ve played.
if we have to achieve our ambition we simply have to get our best players back.. McDonnell and Kehoe are huge losses for us.. Kelly yet again was immense for us.. I don't know why we ever signed Mulhall as he does nothing upfront.. As for that loser Skinner don't get me started! Aodh Dervan yet again was immense and isn't afraid to scold any of his teammates! he will be captain one day whether it will be achieved whilst with us I am not sure..
Last night was our worst performance of the season, if not of Fenn’s reign. Totally flat, felt like I was watching a friendly, starting to think we are better off playing away from home the atmosphere is that flat at home. On the pitch Aodh Dervin was the only one who put a shift in so not great to to see a few of his team mates having a go at him. Mulhall is a waste up front, offers nothing. Dean Byrne made a few good runs but was pushed off it to easy. UCD are the best team I’ve seen so far, unreal under pressure on the ball.
I am very demoralised after seeing that defeat. we have no end product, rely on Mick Kelly to save us from harm way too much. Mulhall deserves the bad press he gets from us. He doesn't bother his hole. I am that concerned that I can see us dropping down the table like Cobh. Yet again Aodh was everywhere if only the other town players had the same passion and commitment he possesses. A lot more to do I am afraid.
This UCD side will easily win the first division this season. They know how to press at the right times and Georgie Kelly is something else. That's the sort of striker I would love to see play for us!
All of a sudden that's a lot of pressure on us to deliver against Harps as they haven't started well either.
Harps game is huge. They’ve had an awful start but have the attackers to tear apart a back 4 that has an off day. Lose that and all of a sudden we look in trouble.
They've been very poor. I think we could easily stick 4 past them on the night. Although I agree it could be 4-1 or may be even 4-2?Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
What a win last night, brave performance from the lads and fair play to Danny for sealing it at the death. Bradley surely can't last too much longer there. Not a bad draw for us in the next round either, not bad at all. Huge confidence boost ahead of Saturday night.
What a performance from us last night. It was aodh dervans best ever game for us. How jack brady made those saves I never know. This was definitely our best performance under NF.
NF reminds me so much of SK. I have not seen such a unity between the fans and players since 2000/01 season.
Had a great chat with PH on luas coming back to city. He will be back in two weeks time and he said more than likely AOC will have to quit due to work related issues which explains his lack of playin time with us.
bring on harps is all I say!
Think you’ve got a bit over excited saying it was our best game ever under Fenn Marty. Yes we played well but could’ve just as easily lost it as won it. The win over Sligo was probably bigger in fairness. Huge game Saturday
Put four past the best defence in the division? We've not been good going forward, but we've not been bad at the back. Our defensive record would be better yet if it weren't for a couple of individual errors rather than collective bad defending.Quote:
Originally Posted by 4DeTownRnB98
Starting early yea?Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
yeah whats the story with the rescheduled fixture being a 5 pm KO? wont have a hope of making it.Quote:
Originally Posted by L.T.F.C.
I got itQuote:
Originally Posted by L.T.F.C.
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Originally Posted by L.T.F.C.
It's a bank holiday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
maybe I might make it so but I will be heading back to Dublin after that so I don't know what will be the best way to travel back?Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Can anyone tell me what Chris Mulhall offers this team? Also, Mick Kelly bounced back so well from his mistake against Harps but he was absolutely useless last night. Nearly cost us the game and the goal came from his mistake. If Jack doesn’t play next week he’s going to totally lose interest.
Isn't Mulhall Longford's top scorer?
Scoring 30% of a team's goals is definitely offering something, I'd have thought.
That’s an indication of our biggest problem, we aren’t scoring enough goals.
if Dean Byrne played more from the start I think our goals scored would greatly increase imo..Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Fair enough, but sounds more like other players' faults then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian