Not this season I don't think.
Looking forward to it anyway.
Phenomenal crowd 6500 great to see it.
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Not this season I don't think.
Looking forward to it anyway.
Phenomenal crowd 6500 great to see it.
Re Friday - Bradley just finished an interview on Eir sport and I quote what he said re Friday’s game “... great game to bounce back on we go up there and win the game....”Quote:
Originally Posted by mcgonigle
That quote should be enough to send the usual suspects into an apoplexy meltdown.
Have to say being a great league so far fir entertainment - proves yet again the League needs a strong Rovers
Don't kid yourself - Bradley would be understandably content to play for a draw no matter who was available.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
No point having a discussion with you EZ.
So to break it down Clarke was sent off when he wasn't last man back, Grace was booked in the third minute and an identical foul for Bohs went without a booking ten minutes later, Grace was then sent off for heading the ball putting rovers down to 9 men and giving Bohs a penalty and Bohs still needed a rebound off said penalty to look like scoring.
Supple saying he's blocking his head from the ref but if the ball at that power and distance hits your arm your arm is going backwards, Grace's arm doesn't but his head does, that alone shows it didn't hit his arm. Don't even get me started on Buckley getting away with gesturing for a card which is a bookable offence itself.
That's your call, but it does not take any great insight to realise that coming out of Friday night with a draw and maintaining a 7 point lead over Dundalk would be a strong position.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Bradley has already demonstrated his cautious instincts in the first fixture in Tallaght
its a game dundalk have to win. Rovers dont.
Have no fears of Rovers going up to oriel on friday-get dan carr in the team and he'll run monkey Gartland into the ground,
sendings off killed the game tonight - 1st one looked a peno as he was inside the box, ref $hit himself realising he'd made a mistake and sent off clarke to even it up( in his own frenzied brain)
2nd one wasnt even a penalty, corcoran misses the peno, lunges with 2 feet into mannus to score- nothing again from the ref. this fixture needs competent refs from outside the league as they seem to get caught up in the raw emotion of the game and lose control
bohs wont finish ahead of Rovers, dundalk or Derry at seasons end as they are toothless up front, even with a tidy midfield. they'll end up hoping Rovers win the cup just to get them a little jaunt to Europe.
Rovers fans were brilliant tonight and backed the team nonstop- I heard more noise out of the 150 waterford fans in tallaght than the 1100 boez fans- sitting on their hands hoping they dont mess up their 2 man advantage.
Hoops are Top of the League!
No its not. Rovers seem to think they are running away with the league. They are getting ahead of themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
Oh dear you’re even more delusional than you accuse Bradley of being , hopefully over the coming days you’ll spare us your usual boring conjecture that you seem to think is fact just because you say it is...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
EZ on his usual hobby horse...bradser...yawnQuote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
This is irrelevant though and isn't actually in the laws of football.Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
You're a hoot PC.
Great atmosphere.Rovers did well to keep their shape with 9 men.Carr excellent again..
11 v 11 was a top class game.
Yeah Bohs will have a huge task to finish above Rovers Derry or Dundalk, but we will enjoy pushing them all the way.
Agree with that even a draw would leave you 4 points behind if u win your game in hand...Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Nothing in it
That's the unfortunate bit but it was a magnificent spectacle record crowd both teams going for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
Can't wait for the next one.
Law of averages :)
Carlsberg don’t do wins over Rovers...Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
It can't be a "clear goal scoring opportunity" if you still have a defender and the keeper to beat so yeah it sort of isQuote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
If positions were reversed I'd be happy enough to take a draw Friday and maintain the gap. Rovers fans should not want your thinking to be similar to Bradley as there are key moments in a season that need consolidation and not gung ho football trying to prove title challange credentials!Quote:
Originally Posted by Calcio Jack
Without grace and Clarke I'm inclined to agree with you.
I was confident of getting at least a draw based on how we have been playing but now I'd take a draw and run
By that logic a clear goalscoring opportunity only exists if a player has an open goal in front of him. Grant is bearing down on goal and likely to shoot before Lopes can realistically cover the ground, the fact that Clarke even makes such a cynical foul in the first place is an indicator in itself as he's surely not doing that if he's safe in the knowledge that Grant is going to be faced with the impossible task of having a defender near him AND a goalkeeper being in goal.Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
It's as clear a goalscoring opportunity as you are a Rovers fan for even debating the fact that Clarke denied an obvious goalscoring opportunity.
Rovers can count themselves very unfortunate otherwise but the ref got the free and red card call completely spot on.
It was a clear goal scoring opportunity. Tackle was outside the box.Lopes wasn’t going to get across in time to intercept. Red card the correct decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
That one didn't matter in the end, it was the grace header and the peno that made the difference.
At the risk of getting all sentimental 20 mins in I was thinking wow this league is really starting to go somewhere 6500 people on a Tuesday night and radio stations all day promoting the loi even with English matches on.
I think I've just given myself brain damage from excessive eye-rollingQuote:
Originally Posted by Calcio Jack
Would anyone notice...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by DFCForever
Plenty of crowds of that size down this way over the last 5 years. Means nothing now. You are reading too much into it just because its in front of your eyes right now. The league is no better or worse off than its been in the past, just with different teams near the top of the table.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
You're own wording even says is. A red card is given when there's a clear goalscoring opportunity, you can't assume a player is going to to get to the ball first you have to know they're getting there first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
All this is ignoring the fact if a touch like that can cause a player to fall over and another to be sent off we should just pack it all in the games gone beyond soft.
Ha. That's exactly how it works mate. You assume it's a goalscoring opportunity! Take your salt!Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
Here. endeth. The. Lesson. - on and off the pitch 😂😂😂😂😂Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
Keep deluding yourself, it makes it even funnier for everyone else 😁Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
How many games is that now that Bohs have been “lucky” against shams ?
It's not actually that unusual a run for either team.
When does Bohs beating Rovers become a tradition and not a trend??
1st red card was an obvious professional foul and the ref was spot on.
Also FAO Placid Casual it wasn't Dinny that slid in two footed to take out Mannus after the penalty save. It was actually Joey O'Brien who buried him going in with both feet!! Should have been sent off for such a shocking challenge. Dont know how he didn't break his ribs
Dinny was the one playing the ball to score the goal.
When does Bohs beating Rovers become a tradition and not a trend??
1st red card was an obvious professional foul and the ref was spot on.
Also FAO Placid Casual it wasn't Dinny that slid in two footed to take out Mannus after the penalty save. It was actually Joey O'Brien who buried him going in with both feet!! Should have been sent off for such a shocking challenge. Dont know how he didn't break his ribs
Dinny was the one playing the ball to score the goal.
You can say that again
6 wins and a draw in 7 ? Just as well you “don’t care” about the derby 😆Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
....time to go back telling us how Shels are going to get us relegated, that was a classic 😎
Here is my thoughts, first of all the pride i felt seeing the ground full and the atmosphere that both sets of supporters created, someone earlier said they heard more from 150 Waterford fans, rose tinted hearing aids. The grace booking after 3 minutes was petty considering its a Derby Match let things settle. We started poorly there were a couple of little balls in behind Clarke that we struggled to deal with Clarke's sending off hard to argue against but the Grace one was just nuts, even if the ball did strike his hand it was at 100 miles an hour ffs, yes its a penno then but to be sent off following a booking for very little that was harsh. Then the Pen, Mannus gets to it but it somehow ricochets of his hand back to the center of the goal where of course the penalty taker is where he is entitled to challenge for the ball. To me and i said this from the first 5 minutes i though we looked a little unbalanced on the RHS in front of O Brien Finn seemed to be drifting over to the left which really congested that side leaving no room for Clarke to run into. Rovers were excellent in the 2nd half with 9 men. Carr had a good chance and actually played well but Lopez i think was very unlucky as he had an effort following a scramble at a corner just clear the far post. Bohs Fans whistling for the ref to blow up as Rovers attacked in the last 10 minutes kinda says it all. Rovers fans are not shy about letting their team know what they think and as in Dalymount they were cheered off the pitch. Bohs tbf are really coming along as a football side and club. someone earlier poo pooed the Idea that the league needs a strong Rovers team what tosh the League does need a strong Rovers but it also needs a strong Bohs, Dundalk, Cork, Sligo etc for it to thrive.
Never said I don't care about the derby.Quote:
Originally Posted by marinobohs
It's kinda funny comparing this week's marinobohs to last week's stamping feet and throwing toys out of pram Marino bohs :) .
Was that peno in oriel inside , at or around the box :) :)
Time will tell on shels.
Enjoy the 3 points
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Today's indo, at in or around the head :)
Roll on friday
I thought it was shaping up to be a cracking game with 11 v 11. Bohs looked dangerous, but Rovers were starting to settle. I thought Rovers really missed Bolger holding in the middle. The reshuffle with Byrne playing more in the holding role and Watts coming in left the middle a bit more unbalanced. Watts just doesn't look fit this season and he's been a big disappointment after making a great impact last year. I've thought in previous games that Rovers could be vulnerable in the channels with the full back pushing on and Bohs really exposed that at times, using the impressive pace and skill of Grant and leading to the first yellow for Grace and the red for Clarke. I was a long way away, but the Clarke red, I thought was going to be a peno and a yellow card, rather than a free and a red, red seemed a bit harsh, but after Grace getting away with a similar one it wasn't overly surprising. Again, I was a long way from the pen, but I really thought it had hit Grace on the head, it all happened in a split second and his hand was obviously up, so I can see how the call was made, it's just a pity that the game was really over after that. Bohs support made great noise, to be fair, it largely drowned out the Rovers support where I was near the Square end of the main stand, especially either side of half time, when the home crowd was still in a bit of shock at going down to 9.
At half time I was thinking Rovers only way of staying in this is if Bohs drop the temp and are happy with 1-0 and that's what they did. Bohs hesitated to move the ball quick and really drag Rovers around, taking their time with throws and not committing enough men to really disrupt Rovers shape. Rovers did well to keep their discipline and seemed to realise that their best hope was to keep things tight and try nick something from a set piece late on. It nearly worked too. I was questioning Byrne's attitude a bit in the second half, he seemed to be getting a bit frustrated and wasn't working as hard as I thought he could have been, but I think it might have just been fatigue, because he looked like he could barely walk by the time he was taken off. Subs for Rovers made a good impact, Carr in particular, his awkward style really caused a few problems when he came in.
Overall hard to argue that Bohs didn't deserve the win, but Rovers will take a lot of positives from the performance with nine men. The trip to Dundalk will be a massive test, Finn, Byrne and a few others looked very tired. Add the two key players now suspended and a draw would have to be seen as a good result. If they go to Dundalk and win then they definitely have the look of a league winning squad. It's nice to be watching entertaining football in Tallaght again. The Fenlon years did a lot of damage, but there's a lot of positivity around the place now and hopefully the attendance might top 7,000 by the end of the season.
Agree with all that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingswood Rover
The fact that Rovers continued to play in a structured disciplined way with 9 men, suggests to me that they are a very different team from last year and will finish ahead of Dundalk this year.
They better have their admin up to scratch :)Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
Jaysus don't jinx us. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
Hard to see how we could increase the attendance much on last night as by its nature the biggest crowds will bring the biggest away support and the guards will want to keep a Bigish gap between them.
Add that to the pointless seat kills with netting and I'd say not much over 6500 is capacity.
When the 4th stand is built next year even though the actual capacity will I
Only increase by about 2000 the effective capacity will increase by up to 3000.
Away allocation could increase to entire north stand less some seat kills approx 2000.