Games Weekend 3rd/6th March 2023

There's our contribution to the early season goalkeeping howlers anyway. Easy through ball for the keeper to claim; looks like he dug his knee in the ground, went flying over the ball and Derry had an empty net two yards out.

Second empty net they've had actually. We really aren't helping ourselves...

3-2 Cork,Rovers an absolute mess at the back….

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Originally Posted by joey B

3-2 Cork,Rovers an absolute mess at the back….

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Dreadful crap now from Rovers …. Can’t believe how such an experienced group has folded and look so clueless all of a sudden

I think I'd like to try life on a different planet.

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Originally Posted by Jack B

I think I'd like to try life on a different planet.

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Is there room for one more ?? Shocking now from Rovers …. Lethargic clueless defending killing us

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Originally Posted by Calcio Jack

Is there room for one more ?? Shocking now from Rovers …. Lethargic clueless defending killing us

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It looks like a different enough set of players for Rovers compared to the core of their title winning team. Reminds me of Dundalk 2021....

Pathetic rubbish from us against 10 men. Gave them 2 soft goals and then either hit every cross into the 1st man or overhit it completely.

Looked like an absolute BS offside ruling out a late equaliser for Shels' Kyle Robinson, scuffles at the end between both sides not sure if was anything related to that. Overall can't complain about the result gave away two bad goals in 2nd half and far too sloppy with ball retention and taking too many touches in final third

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Originally Posted by sbgawa

If we dont beat Cork tonight we are officially in crises.
If anything away to Sligo , Drogs , home to Derry and Cork is a soft enough start.
Excuses about sending offs and bad luck are just that excuses.
We won the league last year without playing well helped by a bunch of late goals and have started off the same this year but without the late goals.
Time for us to show up with a bit of the 2020/2021 form.
Fingers crossed , the one positive i take is that generally when this team has its back to the wall they deliver...time to go on a run

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Get into Kerrys ground early next year. You can't see supposedly unless your at the front

In the end Rovers would have won 10-4 ; great that we came back and that showed true spirit in the end …. So bizarre as we really should be in 12 points but failure in every game to put teams away has cost us as has terrible defensive lapses tonight …. Most important hopefully Aaron Bolger wasn’t too badly injured after a horrible clash of heads

PS the Cork keeper was outstanding and lucky

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Originally Posted by total hoofball

Looked like an absolute BS offside ruling out a late equaliser for Shels' Kyle Robinson, scuffles at the end between both sides not sure if was anything related to that. Overall can't complain about the result gave away two bad goals in 2nd half and far too sloppy with ball retention and taking too many touches in final third

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Yeh it was def onside. Just in Door and seen it again, nobody in the Shed was saying it was offside. don't know what the linesman seen

We will take it though, officials are just a shambles league wide

Anyone who has seen us throw away 3 1 nil leagues through a combination of I'll discipline and strolling around waiting for a second goal to be handed to us knows we need to work harder.
Not much faith in us getting anything Friday either.
So poor. Oh well at least ucd lost so we aren't bottom I suppose

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Originally Posted by Calcio Jack

In the end Rovers would have won 10-4 ; great that we came back and that showed true spirit in the end …. So bizarre as we really should be in 12 points but failure in every game to put teams away has cost us as has terrible defensive lapses tonight …. Most important hopefully Aaron Bolger wasn’t too badly injured after a horrible clash of heads

PS the Cork keeper was outstanding and lucky

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The cork keeper? That training cone that played against us? He’s ****e. Good job you had the brown envelope in to the ref for “ Bradley time”!!!!!
Cork have some very good young lads though, the lad keating up front looks a real baller.
Dodgy at the back, that’ll cost them.

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Originally Posted by Dermobohs

The cork keeper? That training cone that played against us? He’s ****e. Good job you had the brown envelope in to the ref for “ Bradley time”!!!!!
Cork have some very good young lads though, the lad keating up front looks a real baller.
Dodgy at the back, that’ll cost them.

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its the sub keeper playing. his decision making was shocking all night tbh, very good shot stopper though.

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Originally Posted by Dermobohs

The cork keeper? That training cone that played against us? He’s ****e. Good job you had the brown envelope in to the ref for “ Bradley time”!!!!!
Cork have some very good young lads though, the lad keating up front looks a real baller.
Dodgy at the back, that’ll cost them.

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The reason that there was so much time added was due to a horrific clash of heads that lead to Arron Bolger needing extensive on pitch attention before being stretchered off and taken to hospital ; so you might like to amend you post and delete your crass comment

mental game and result cant believe we scored 4 in tallaght. some absolutely woeful defending from both teams. at 1-0 it looked like rovers were comfortable and just starting to get motoring. we got 2 goals from nothing and did very well on the break there after. rovers had a lot of chances though infairness especially from corners. between our keeper and defenders we were shocking from set plays, rovers must have had a chance for every corner they got.

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Originally Posted by Dermobohs

The cork keeper? That training cone that played against us? He’s ****e. Good job you had the brown envelope in to the ref for “ Bradley time”!!!!!
Cork have some very good young lads though, the lad keating up front looks a real baller.
Dodgy at the back, that’ll cost them.

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A player went to hospital Dermo.

Cork keeper was outstanding and not the one who played against you. He got lucky as well but he was always there. Should have been 8-4.

We are ****e at the back. Look like conceding any time we come under any pressure.

3 games in and it's advantage Derry. They'll need to wobble again same as last year.

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Originally Posted by Jd2793

was the sub keeper playing. his decision making was shocking all night tbh, very good shot stopper though.

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Yes it was their reserve keeper… as you say a brilliant shot stopper but also made some serious misjudgements… that’s why I described him as both brilliant and lucky

looked a really nasty injury for bogler hope he is ok, himself and healy did a tidy job in midfield

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Originally Posted by sbgawa

Early chance for Derry to pull 5 points clear of Rovers. Rumours of Jack Byrne at centrehalf hard to believe but then we do believe in playing out from the back ;) Leaving aside the sending off Rovers didnt look great in our first matches, expecting a Derry win tbh. Id snap the hand off for a draw and hopefully kick on from there with a win against Cork on Monday

Bohs winning their first two matches looks good but its hard to know how good Cork and Dundalk are. We will have a better idea after this double header.
Waterford will want the 3 points agaisnt Galway having only drawn with Longford....even at this stage they must be dreading a playoff.

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Weeeell, you know how good cork and Dundalk are now eh?