The game is going as I thought. Russell is not pragmatic enough to set up his team to play on a pitch like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
I'm just surprised that Harps have not taken the lead yet.
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The game is going as I thought. Russell is not pragmatic enough to set up his team to play on a pitch like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
I'm just surprised that Harps have not taken the lead yet.
Extra time it is. Limerick have had a few great chances to win it, botched them all.
Harps to lose on penalties again?
Excellent live commentary on radio foyle with Liam Coyle summarising.
Extra time should be fun.
I was about to edit my post saying that Harps won't want a penalty shootout. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
2-0 Harps. Oh dear.
Limerick gone.
3 mins to hold on.
Congrats Harps! The great escape is off now. It was great to see the crowds turning out in the Markets Field but no doubt Finn Park will nice and busy next season either.
Teams can't stay up if they give goals away as cheaply as Limerick.
Good old BJ
2 mins injury time
Limerick player's arguing among themselves.
Limerick will be kicking themselves for not being further ahead going into tonight's game. Disaster for the Munster region this but on the other hand great to have harps back up and hopefully I get to visit there next year.
Limerick just have to look at the first 20 games with only 6 points. They gave it a right go in the end but wasn't to be
Limerick relegated.
Harps are up.
Easy 9 points for Derry next season.
Didn't deserve to win. Had our chances. In this game, and during the course of the season. Finn Harps will be a good addition to the top tier.
I'd been resigned to relegation for a good chunk of the season, but still hard to contemplate after the last month or so. Post-mortem must be thorough and honest, at all levels, chairman, management, players.
Didn't see that coming before the first leg I have to say. Congrats Harps, themselves and Wexford coming up will freshen things up a bit. Limerick will be back.
Limerick club secretary to forensically examine Harps players registrations now, or is that just a Waterford tactic?
Congrats to Finn Harps, Ollie Horgan has done some job up there in the two years he's been in charge. A nice way for Kevin McHugh to end his career and long association with Harps.
Commiserations to Limerick. I thought after the lesson they gave us in Terryland a month back they'd hang on to their top flight status but it wasn't to be.
I think Martin Russel is the right type of manager to have a good go at promotion. Get a good defensive coach in though.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
I can see this post being dug up a few times next season...Quote:
Originally Posted by Candystripe
Sad for Limerick but a trip up to Donegal next season is deffo on the cards
Playing out from the back, by players with poor technical ability, and on bad pitches?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Talk about starting with a handicap.
Unreal stuff, and not a kick or a hack to be seen! Mchugh will stick around for one more season ;-)
Late night BJ delivers a fitting climax for harps. Headline for tomorrow?
Reporting on a 17 year old BJ is a bad idea
Congrats to the Harps on their promotion! #UTH :cool:
Mail this one of to Roddy asap :D
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CTKZIfkWEAErgl3.jpg
Dead right. Congrats to Harps, devestated tonight but Russell is the wrong man to get us back up. Won't compromise his preferred way of playing and that for me is why it took 21 games or whatever it was before we won a game.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Ach I think he would be pragmatic enough to do what is needed. There are a few ball playing sides and with clubs in the 1st Division next season Cabinteely would be the only place with a particularly bad pitch? Thankfully I dont know that for sure but there is no Gortakeegans these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Congratulations Harps and hard luck Limerick. Hopefully O'Sullivan doesn't pull the plug down there as there's potential for a big club if they can get back to the top level.
If Martin Russell is retained next season, I just...I don't know. I don't know why they would do that, other than there being literally no one better willing to take on the job. They cannot keep that man on, late (uncompleted) resurgence be damned.
He wasn't pragmatic in Finn Park. If he was, Limerick would still be a premier team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Imagine the drive home.
Fair enough, without seeing the game i shouldnt be having a stab in the dark on Limericks performance or setup. They were within a few minutes though of a penalty shoot-out away to a side that were defensively sound. Limerick would have been vulnerable at the back ok. Not knowing if the pitch was heavy or anything either. Just from what was said on Radio Foyle at the end they seemed out on their feet but still managed a last couple of attacks. It was also commented on them starting to argue among themselves which is exactly what not to do when trying to retrieve the tie with 5 or so minutes to go.
Unfortunately Dundalk fans dont have to imagine a long drive home from Finn Park after a play-off game...Quote:
Originally Posted by Acornvilla
Spot on!Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Stick with him and you will be back in 12 months.Quote:
Originally Posted by Market's Field
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Yeah it can certainly be done if you have enough quality to overcome the war that the First can be. Strikers are key.Quote:
Originally Posted by harry crumb
As much as I am in despair of the possibility of Russell staying on, I imagine the likely squad budget and the lackadaisical way Limerick tend to go about constructing a team in the off-season would leave any manager struggling to get promoted.Quote:
Originally Posted by harry crumb