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I actually thought Gartland was poor enough in the first half. Clarke had him easily beaten for pace and caused him trouble at times. I guessed that was why he went off, but maybe he was injured.Quote:
Originally Posted by shep
As for us, we kept trying and finally created something more than a half-chance. Dundalk seemed happy to sit back and see it out at 1-0. Great great feeling to get a point, and good motivation going into the Bray game.
I think Gartland had Flu all week,anyway Limerick were fully deserving of the point and although we weren't at our best I think you showed enough to suggest you will be more than capable of beating the dropQuote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
You're easily shocked. Pitch isn't that bad and will be a lot better within a month or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by PartySaint
Pats still got their passing game going, so don't be blaming the pitch. Remember ye have James Chambers playing centre mid, so you're not some team of amazing 'ballers yourselves.
Folan was signed as backup to Peers and Henderson. The way our keeper and whole defence is going we'll need to score more than 2 to win a game.Quote:
Originally Posted by donnrua
Backup for Gavin Peers?
Were ye planning on breaking his two legs
Just to be clear, I'm not blaming the pitch for us not winning, it was a very enjoyable game, both teams dealt with it well. I thought Longfords front men were excellent.Quote:
Originally Posted by hollocaine
Yeah, both were superb. As was Fagan in a completely different way. Enjoyable gameQuote:
Originally Posted by PartySaint
I've given my thoughts on the game earlier in the thread but I just have to say it's great to be back in the Premier Division. The best players in the country, large away crowds, and importantly we're holding our own so far.
I'd like to echo what Longfordian said above. It really is great to be back & as a few people pointed out after the game, if we're disappointed about only drawing with Pats then we're not doing too bad.
A draw was probably fair in the end. Some of the football Pats played going forward was a joy to watch, but we always looked threatening when we went forward ourselves. Both teams could have won it in the end and it was a shame to see Ben Mohamed's rocket come back off the bar in injury time.
I think Forrester's goal last night is my favourite goal ever scored by an opposition player. The deftness of the touch over Hunt was absolutely outstanding.
gutted couldnt make the game last nite. wont be at league cup game tuesday either! lookin forward to seein the goals on monday! very happy with our start who would believe it we are six clear of Sligo? now thats a club in crisis!
I know how you feel I was gutted to miss our game the other night too and will miss our game in Waterford tomorrow too.. I'm happy to see ye doing well and I believe ye will stay up comfortably this year.. I'm very much looking forward to hosting yourselves in a few weeks time and also visiting CCS for the first time in JuneQuote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
What are you on about?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
I'll be straight up with you I havent a clue.
I'd have another go at making that point if I could remember what twas.
Folan is ****e lol, somethin like that :good:
Thought the pitch was ok myself - nothing at the match made me think it was in poor condition anyway.
Hopefully Don is ok - he's really stepped it up this year, as have a couple of others that I would've been concerned about. One or two are looking like they might not be up to it, but its marginal, which is positive.
As for the game, we had the chances to kill it off at 2-1, but didn't take them. It was a great open game, before Pats equalised. After they did, they snapped straight back into a solid shape/ formation, and could've won it from there really. Great to be up, and at least not being totally outclassed.
And I was right.Quote:
Originally Posted by MeathDrog
Bohs fans owe the ref an apology. :D
If i were a longford fan, the bigger sour note for me would be that Powell didnt go off injured. Does he always look that useless and clueless ???Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Seriously entertaining game. I dont mean to do an oriel park on it, but the pitch was really poor, is that a regular occurence ?
we did our very best to give Longford as a big a headstart as possible in the first half.
Longford played a smart game against us and pressed hard and put us under pressure. The few times we got our passing game going you could see the gap between the two teams, but longford will be fine this year anyway.
Stephen rice is still a horrible knacker.
When there was controversy in the EPL a few weeks ago over mistaken identity, many pundits said that the ref should have known something was wrong by the reactions of the players. In the Bohs incident, Prendergast seems to be trying to use that to get his mate booked instead of him to avoid the red. He should get an extra game ban for that the snake. Fair play to the ref for getting it spot on.Quote:
Originally Posted by MeathDrog
Really enjoyable game in the CCS didn't have a major issues with the pitch on par with others around the league at this time of the year , we were awful in the first half but scored fantastic goals to get back in it , longford nearly gave me a heart attack with the effort in stoppage time , they should be ok this season for midtable as for ourselves it's still in the balance if we gel we will be a hard to team to beat if.
[QUOTE=D24Saint;1812873as for ourselves it's still in the balance if we gel we will be a hard to team to beat if.[/QUOTE]
I think the key for Pats is having defensive consistency. Get our first choice back five playing regularly and we'll be grand. That's what killed us last year. Attack wise I think we're absolutely fine. Would prefer Fahey to have stayed, but c'est la vie.
Pitch is usually good. I'd imagine it will be again when there's been a bit more growth and less rain. I didn't think it was that bad to be honest, just not as good as it usually is.