Games weekend 5th / 6th April

Watched the Rovers game on loitv last night- Rovers started really well out of the blocks and could and should have been 2 up in the 1st 20 mins, but pat's started well in the 2nd half. Free kick for 1st pat's goal was very soft but it's obvious that good set pieces swung in at Pohls will reap rewards as he has all the command in his box of a 1st Yr at a school disco- 2nd goal minute's later was his inability to clear the ball effectively.
Pat's have hard workers who can stoutly defend a lead and Rovers real quality up front is injured so that was the end of that little winning run. Not overly concerned in terms of how the season will pan out at this stage, but a loss is still a loss.

dundalk showing how not to run a LOI club when a bit of success comes your way - my tenner on galway finishing bottom now looks doomed.
There's plenty for every LOI team to work on so far but I'd imagine most teams are setting into the season and 1st-9th is anyone's.

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Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract

A great night in inchicore, place was absolutely rocking particularly in the second half. Bolger has to keep his place in the midfield now IMO, excellent again. Leavy has been excellent so far this season but needs to improve on his final ball and also releasing it earlier at times, he’d beat 2 or 3 players and then when it’s time to pass it he’d try and beat another 2 or 3 and give it away. Forrester replacing him at half time brought a bit more composure to the team in that regard and he worked his socks off too to be fair. The recent terrible record against rovers only makes it all the sweeter when there’s a win against them. Happy days!

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Agree with all that, particularly about the midfield. It looks like Lennon, Bolger and one of Leavy or Forrestor. Leavy is a terrific ball carrier, but as you say he does tend to overdo it when he should release the ball earlier. We couldn’t get near Rovers in the first half hour andI feared the worst. Second half was a different story though. The second goal was a perfect example of how well we got after them.

Proverbial game of two halves in Richmond. We were totally dominant first half and looked liked we'd coast it, although Pohls did pull off one quality save. Probably should have ben 2-0 or 2-1 going in at the break. Pats were much better second half and Daly got his subs right. They defended really well. Still think we shaded it outside of 5 minutes of choatic defending and keeping but Pats gameplan worked and they've some tidy players.

We are actually playing ok but Pohls looks a bit shook under the pressure of being #1, making mistakes in almost every game now, and we have no bite at all up front. Need bodies back.

have only watched one rovers game on tv but from what i saw of pohls last year hes not as assured nor does he have the decision making of mannus. there is a little bit of this on bradser though. the insistence to constantly look for that pass into the midfielder even if its not on will kill rovers. pohls got caught down in cork with 2 last year iirc. pohls has to see if its on or not obviously but seems like its a reflex for him now to just drill it in there. even the best teams+keepers in the world welly it. sometimes it has to be done

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Originally Posted by Jd2793

have only watched one rovers game on tv but from what i saw of pohls last year hes not as assured nor does he have the decision making of mannus. there is a little bit of this on bradser though. the insistence to constantly look for that pass into the midfielder even if its not on will kill rovers. pohls got caught down in cork with 2 last year iirc. pohls has to see if its on or not obviously but seems like its a reflex for him now to just drill it in there. even the best teams+keepers in the world welly it. sometimes it has to be done

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He hasn't played a lot of football at all so I'm giving him a bit of time but that's a fair enough assessment so far. Can pull off some great saves but both goals could arguably be pinned on him last night so it's costing us points now. Comparing him to Mannus will never be fair really though. Don't think there's anyone in the league near that level.

Conor Kearns is the only keeper I've seen this season who looks assured - I know there's a separate discussion on here about LOI keeper calamitys, and it's very topical.

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Conor Kearns is the only keeper I've seen this season who looks assured - I know there's a separate discussion on here about LOI keeper calamitys, and it's very topical.

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Yep, I like Kearns. We should have brought him to Rovers a few seasons back instead of signing more midfielders. Pohls was always going to be a gamble. Still think there's a keeper there.

Very heavy rain in Sligo the last 45m.

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Conor Kearns is the only keeper I've seen this season who looks assured - I know there's a separate discussion on here about LOI keeper calamitys, and it's very topical.

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Rogers has done very little wrong since his return to the first team.

Chorazka has been very good for us, let down a tad by our back four and midfield being keystone kops every second game.

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He hasn't played a lot of football at all so I'm giving him a bit of time but that's a fair enough assessment so far. Can pull off some great saves but both goals could arguably be pinned on him last night so it's costing us points now. Comparing him to Mannus will never be fair really though. Don't think there's anyone in the league near that level.

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I’d blame our set up for the first goal not Pohls…. Redmond was being marked by Burke

Rovers Galway postponed

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Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah

Rovers Galway postponed

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That’s a pity. No doubt it will be replayed on a Monday.

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Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah

Rovers Galway postponed

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Absolute joke of a decision leaving it so late team almost in Sligo
Supporters busses on the way .supporters on train from Dublin no rain in Sligo and only a yellow wind warning clearing as evening goes on
Wouldn’t have anything to do with Sligo injury’s problems

Poor decision, yes.
Derry minor match went ahead this afternoon, and winds are due to die down a bit later anyway.

Forgot to mention from last night, the ref, David Dunne had a great game. Virtually anonymous, and let the game flow when required. Himself and Paul Norton both seem like welcome additions to the PD.

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Originally Posted by Guitd

Absolute joke of a decision leaving it so late team almost in Sligo
Supporters busses on the way .supporters on train from Dublin no rain in Sligo and only a yellow wind warning clearing as evening goes on
Wouldn’t have anything to do with Sligo injury’s problems

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Something similar happened last season and when the game was replayed we had even more injuries. The game will likely be fixed for some Monday where we will lose a good gate and where our squad depth will be an issue due to playing two days in a week. Would have preferred this one go ahead, but it's not to be unfortunately.

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Wouldn’t have anything to do with Sligo injury’s problems

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Haha. What are u on about ... you do know its not a club decision to call off a game of ball.

The wind is very strong here in Sligo but id say the biggest issue are the gusts. Gusts of wind expected over 90 km/h this evening.

Woeful effort from Treaty last night bar a fifteen minute spell with tbf two excellent goals, no shape or pattern to Treatys play and defensively looked vunerable all game ,two fullbacks Lynch and O Reilly in trouble all throughout .Wexford full value for the win ,front three a constant threat and good game plan.Terrible conditions however you,d never know it the way Wexford played.Poor run for Tommy Barrett ,and improving Kerry next.

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Originally Posted by Dermobohs

Chorazka has been very good for us, let down a tad by our back four and midfield being keystone kops every second game.

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Yeah he has been good alright, which is impressive considering we are ropey at the back.

I assume you've watched this back and seen that both were dives?
Feared the worst when rovers scored that early goal and if Watts didn't miss that sitter it would have been a rough night. Thought Pats were excellent 2nd half, Bolger and Lennon did really well in the middle
Rovers were missing a heap of players but that 11 last night is still probably better than the rest of the league. They'll still walk the league imo

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Haha. What are u on about ... you do know it’s not a club decision to call off a game of ball.

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Obviously doesn’t

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Originally Posted by brendy_éire

Poor decision, yes.
Derry minor match went ahead this afternoon, and winds are due to die down a bit later anyway.

Forgot to mention from last night, the ref, David Dunne had a great game. Virtually anonymous, and let the game flow when required. Himself and Paul Norton both seem like welcome additions to the PD.

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Of all times, we could do without a ref allowing a game of football break out!!

A ref calls a game off not a club so dunno how Sligo injuries have anything to do with tonights game being called off? Always going to annoy someone - game off too early, called too late. Imo every opportunity to play the game should be given though it can mean teams and fans already enroute, maybe others differ and it should be just called in the afternoon if there is any doubt at all.

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Originally Posted by redobit

The wind is very strong here in Sligo but id say the biggest issue are the gusts. Gusts of wind expected over 90 km/h this evening.

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Met Eireann have winds dropping as the day progresses, while conditions are not ideal, the wind ATM is no more than good drying, game could have defo have gone ahead in present weather.

TBH I stayed overnight in Tralee and travelled back by train via Dublin Connolly to Longford. It was only in Dublin Connolly at midday when I arrived there and heard that the 11am train to Sligo was delayed cos of a fallen tree on the line! I got on that train and 3 mins later it departed. This is freakish weather and in Tralee this morning at 7am it was fierce gusty when I got the 0705 train back to Dublin!

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Competent performance in the Brandy tonight from City. Actually a half entertaining game, with quick passing and pressing on Dundalk.
Reaction needed, and got it. Fair enough.

Some lovely goals tonight, maybe Mullan's the pick of the bunch.

On Dundalk, I think they're the worst side I've seen this season. Worse than Waterford. Only three goals and three points so far, bad state of affairs. O'Donnell sounded despondent after the game. Not a great omen.

I'm not certain that the match sold out. There were still tickets at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Can't remember that happening since COVID.

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You think? We are the worst in the PD (at the min) and by a large stretch and not sure I can see things changing in the short term, no wins and only 3 goals, deserve to be bottom. Really not sure how we can turn it around, but not giving up, yet !

Ps re your signature, is that just a bit of craic, you do realise the treble was won 4 other times in the history of the LOI (apart from 1989) and by 2 other clubs, Rovers 3 times, Bohs once when Shield was a bigger trophy than LC, so there you go, said my piece, but not exactly the height of my worries / priorities at the minute.

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You think? We are the worst in the PD (at the min) and by a large stretch and not sure I can see things changing in the short term, no wins and only 3 goals, deserve to be bottom. Really not sure how we can turn it around, but not giving up, yet !

Ps re your signature, is that just a bit of craic, you do realise the treble was won 4 other times in the history of the LOI (apart from 1989) and by 2 other clubs, Rovers 3 times, Bohs once when Shield was a bigger trophy than LC, but there you, not exactly the height of my worries at the min.

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I definitely think you’ll improve given time and it will be more than enough to win the 1st Division.

No issue with the game being called off tonight for safety concerns but there was an orange warning for 3 or 4 days (and not for Sligo).
Surely it could have been called yesterday or this morning.

SOD sounded like a broken man on local radio last night. He's more proven as a coach than a lot of the squad are as players so I don't think this season is much of a stain on his reputation overall, but it feels like something has to change there sooner or later just through sheer (possibly blind) hope it'll spark some life into the club.

Watch them beat us next week mind.

It will take a completely freakish win totally against the run of play and the odds, build a little bit of confidence and there is a tiny possibility of fighting out of this rut. There is a reasonable spine to the side, useful wide players, no Abibi in nets - people point to a lack of goals and Hoban leaving but I dont think we are creating for even a Hoban (Or Ive seriously underestiated how many goals he made himself previously). We are goosed beyond a 1st 11 for sure but an available 1st 11 should be able to eek out some results. We are now in the position of having to targeting points in key games, eg Drogheda next bank holiday, Bohs, Waterford, try and show that we can get in the arm wrestle with Galway - we need league challegers ruthlessly beating the teams above us like Derry not going and losing to Drogheda after whipping us.

Im not sure that a change of manager would benefit us bar the auld new manager bounce, If I were making the decision i think Id opt to stick with the manager and not have the squad play under the pressure of the managers job. Maybe thats foolish but what are the feasable alternatives and sometimes backing the manager is more progressive than sacking them. I'll be hoping for that moment where a side clicks until we are mathematically relegated,its the hope that kills you but abandoning a club in its difficult times is unforgivable, supporting a club thats going through a successful era is easy and there are plenty of Dundalk fans about that dont recall being stuck in the 1st division so we will see what they are made of as well as the team as the season progresses.

The call on the Sligo game was ridiculous. We left Galway at 2pm 52 seater full . We got as far as past claremorris when we got word at 3pm that the game was off. There was a light breeze and the sun was shining. The weather warning for Sligo was yellow as opposed to orange in Galway and Mayo and the weather was to improve from 5pm.

Who checked out the conditions for the loi in Sligo???

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The call on the Sligo game was ridiculous. We left Galway at 2pm 52 seater full . We got as far as past claremorris when we got word at 3pm that the game was off. There was a light breeze and the sun was shining. The weather warning for Sligo was yellow as opposed to orange in Galway and Mayo and the weather was to improve from 5pm.

Who checked out the conditions for the loi in Sligo???

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Whoever made that call never left his bed in Dublin yesterday morning, heavy rain in the AM and no more than a stiff breeze after that, shops, pubs, restaurants, public transport, etc, etc all ran as normal yesterday the only thing didn't happen was an LOI game.

Well if this is the case then talk of Sligo helping the decision due to injuries is plausible!

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Originally Posted by redarmyfaction

Whoever made that call never left his bed in Dublin yesterday morning, heavy rain in the AM and no more than a stiff breeze after that, shops, pubs, restaurants, public transport, etc, etc all ran as normal yesterday the only thing didn't happen was an LOI game.

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It would have been a miserable night for a football with the wind howling all over the place and a lot of showers. I have however seen football played in similar conditions previously.

Bit of a lose - lose situation for whoever makes the decision to call that game off. Met Eireann had gusts of 90 to 100 km an hour between 7 and 8 oclock. If the forecast is right and someone is hurt they are in trouble and if it turns out not as forecast the clubs/ fans are not happy. They will always go on the H&S grounds I guess.
I heard the referee inspects the pitch and only LOI can call off for other reasons. We were doing a Rovers fundraiser in Sligo town and seen a slate come off a roof and just miss a woman, that was at 12 o clock and long before gusts picked up.

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Restarting in 5 minutes. Think there was 2 left.

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I’d say they’ll get a fine and suspended points deduction

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Interesting to see what rovers get for throwing a banger at their own players after we scored.

Sligo v Galway refixed for Monday 22nd of April.

Shels fans (and Galway United's?!) punishment announced for the flare hitting the lino, no away fans allowed at that game in Eamonn Deacy Park on 19th April

Its not puishing Galway if additional home fans can be allowed in, reduced security costs etc. But yeah it never made sense to me why a club who is being sanctioned for fan behaviour does not do so at home - it needs to hurt fans to get the message accross, even to the brain dead types where peer pressure might make a difference.

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Its not puishing Galway if additional home fans can be allowed in, reduced security costs etc. But yeah it never made sense to me why a club who is being sanctioned for fan behaviour does not do so at home - it needs to hurt fans to get the message accross, even to the brain dead types where peer pressure might make a difference.

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It is punishing Galway if they don’t sell those extra 450 tickets. Someone on here can correct me if I’m wrong but I think the only games that the home end in Galway has sold out this season was against Pats on the opening night and against Rovers a few weeks back. Hopefully they can sell out the ground for that shels game