The most important thing is a home draw. No one really wants additional travel in the business end of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yossarian
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The most important thing is a home draw. No one really wants additional travel in the business end of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yossarian
That could have been better!
wooo! Even if Athlone lose, it's a wonderful draw for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Acornvilla
Odds on Dundalk for the Double must be shortening.
Obviously would've much preferred a home draw but it wasn't to be. Definitely will be a tough game. We've done well up there recently so hopefully that can continue when this game is played.
I don't think there's any straight forward ties there. Even the most optimistic Sligo fan might say they have no chance, but anything can happen in a one-off game
I wonder what odds would Paddy Power or Boylesport offer on the four home teams winning?
I am made up with this draw. I have a feeling that we will be playing Sheriff YC. Would fancy them more than Athlone's side. We beat Sheriff in Clontarf Astro in the LSC semi final last season and they made it a real tough game. I cant remember if they took the lead or not?
No we took the lead but yeah the should have hammered us only for Deans and Bennion. However that was the LSC and a reserve team this is the big cup!Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
I remember that match too, the way I remember it was that, our starting 11 were a mixture of kids and first teamers, Lee Higgins and Gorman in center mid, we came at them fast, Sean Russell delivered 2 great balls into the box, Gorman and Shannon both scored, we were holding our own until half time, they scored early in the 2nd half, Gorman went off with a fractured scull,Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
they threw everything at us, we dropped back deeper and deeper, (as Outspoken said) Deans and Bennion saved us, but it has to be said the kids stood up to the pressure too
I know where Russell is, but anyone know where Higgins is/went, I liked him
http://www.leagueofireland.ie/#!Leag...f21fd94cc2288a
This has to be BS.
It really won't be. We're terrible.Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickccfc
A great draw for Bray. Got to be happy with that!
Ash takes photos for all the Athlone matches, I'd tend to believe him!Quote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
That blew up the night of the game but nothing from officialdom. Maybe he was dropping the kids off at the pool, nobody knew it and they locked the dressing room door.Quote:
Originally Posted by Acornvilla
I was locked in the office once, when I went to leave my stepping out into the corridor set off a silent alarm (motion sensor) and I was already in the car on the way home when the cops arrived!
I never meant to question the reliability of the source just found the story itself bizarre but in a funny way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Acornvilla
Sheriff YC to play Longford in the Quarter Final after beating Athlone on penalties.
We shouldn't take them for granted but we've a great chance of getting into the semi final. We'd probably lose to whoever we play then but at least we should make a bit of money out of it.
Sheriff were the better team both times against Athlone, from what I've been told. With a few more weeks of gametime behind them, they should be capable of challenging Longford.
Athlone are chronic though in fairness. Still I'm sure it won't be easy.
Athlone are absolutely terrible though. Lately, they've been as bad an Athlone team as there's been in years.
Was at the game tonight, that was the best performance I've seen from any side this season. Sherrif YC totally deserved their victory and it would have been a travesty had they lost they were so so good on the night.
The entire team are so composed on the ball, there was one move in extra time that started across the back four, back to the keeper, back into the back four and twenty plus passed later it was in athlones area and sherrif's number 9 missed the target, best passing move I've ever seen live.
Athlone are absolutely chronic and id nearly rather play them than Sherrif because if we underestimate them at all they will turn us over. Their number 11 needs to be singed by a LOI club immediately he is total quality. John Lester pinging passes 40 yards for fun too, such a footballing brain on him making up for the total lack of mobility about him.
Superb hyping up of your next opponents in the cup there TC
So -Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
Sheriff played the best you'd seen all season
Played some of the best stuff you've ever seen live
It would have been a travesty had they lost
Athlone were "chronic"
And yet the final score was 0-0...?
How's that stack up?
Think Sheriff need to make contingency plans for bringing Fairview park up to Cat 1. -minimum requirement for Europa league football.
They simply didn't have a striker to finish off the chances up front. Their number 9 missed a tap in after a 20 plus pass move and while their two wingers missed some great one on one chances. Obviously Sherrif stood out against weaker opposition but in terms of just watching a one off match it was the best performance I've seen from any team this season the way they played if you get what I'm trying to say.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Not being able to score sounds like a fairly fundamental flaw in a football team.
On that basis, it could hardly have been a travesty if Athlone (not a great side, I'm sure even they'll admit) had scored and won as a result.
Anyone at the game would have mistaken Sherrif as the league of Ireland team, no surprise a large majority of Athlone fans stayed back to applaud them after the gameQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
So they can play a bit.
Scoring goals is still a fairly important part of football. I think your original post had a rather large anomaly as a result.
Outplaying a ****e team doesn't necessarily make the victors any good, it just means the other team are crap and made it easy to play against in all likelyhood.
Bit of a blow for Athlone and Longford considering the draw and the potential crowd as a result. Sheriff could be a right banana skin for Longford whereas they'd have been expected to go through v Athlone.
sherrif dont play in fairview parkQuote:
Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid
Think your all reading way too much into my OP, what I was trying to get across is they played fantastic football against a poor Athlone team and the performance on the night in a one off instance (forgetting the fact they were playing a poor Athlone team etc) was the best I've seen this season in terms of passing football. They will give Longford an incredibly tough game. It's almost like we shouldn't praise a non league team on here!
Had that Tolka Rovers keeper ever played in goals before?
No one said you can't praise them. People are just pointing out that you said it was the best performance you've seen this year, against a team you've described as poison, when it finished 0-0Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
Can you not see why that hyperbole is funny?
Can we all just get over the fact that we are ****e :D
Surely questions are being asked of Mathews after this result? He's taken you further away from the play offs and your money men just missed out on the split of a potential bumper cup crowd in the next round. He hasn't improved ye at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by ATFC-1887
I'm really hoping hes not there next year but from what im hearing he will be. He doesn't look interested in the dugout. Shouts maybe once or twice per game. But i think the problem isn't just with him. Some of the players don't look interested. Going to be massive changes at the end of the season anyways, if we even have a club to support that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
Big changes needed on and off the pitch. It wont happen though because nobody seems to want to get involved in the club after numerous efforts made to attract potential club members.
The lack of buzz at the game the other night was scary, a cup qtr final against your local rivals the prize and only a couple of hundred show up and don't create any atmosphere. The club seems to have at least got a few new sponsors on board this season but how long will they Hang around if ye are just lingering in the bottom half of the FD? Worrying times for ATFC. I agree with you the majority of those players aren't good enough which is shocking because I thought athlone would walk the division at the start of the year. Very poor management from those over the club it looks from an outsiders view at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by ATFC-1887
Not until Roddy turns up to a game!Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
(regardless of his enthusiasm at Waterford)
Im pretty sure you would find similar comments on here from Dundalk fans circa 2004 or so when a pub and then a taxi company were shirt sponsors and they only came about as the owners or influential employees were already supporters; no company wanted to feature in the same sentence as 'Dundalk FC' and feck all wanted the burden of being a board member! Cue the fire sale of the training ground to pay off debts and the installation of a magic plastic pitch....the rest as they say is history:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by ATFC-1887