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A stupid footballer?
Well I never.
Actually its shocking how smart most of our team are this season!
You mean they can tie their own shoe laces?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Magicme
Aidan Lynch has been teaching them their alphabet, I'd say.
And Philly has been teaching them how to bet.
whoever their maths teacher is deserves an award 4 is bigger than 2
That's nothing, up in the Brandy the players only recently realised two contracts is bigger than one.
Paddy Powers bet:
Derry City 1/1
Mons 6/5
Shelbourne 9/1
Waterford 12/1
Did i read in previous posts that a Derry books paid out earlier in the season on City winning the leauge :confused:
Yup McBride's Bookies - everybody's a winner! Except for the bookies and the club of course.
Limerick 1-0 Wexford.
The goal came in the last minute and the relief on the Limerick players was unbelievable. It seemed to give the whole team a boost to finish the game on a high. Closing the gap on Shels to two points keeps the pressure on them going into the weekend. We are still clutching at straws but haven't given up yet.
Looks like it's Salthill v. Cobh in the play-off, would much prefer a trip to Cobh...
Mervue and salthill should just join together to play cobh. If cobh win, both galway teams are gone. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkglasses
Yeah, they could do that and maybe Carlow and Tralee could play-off to take the 12th spot! :-DQuote:
Originally Posted by blue til i die
Waterford are back into 3rd spot after a comfortable 3-1 win over Finn Harps last night. 3rd place is in our hands now with next 2 games Longford away and Athlone home before the big one away to Shels in last game.
After last night I hope Derry win the league. They looked far far better than any team we have played this season and if we manage a playoff I would prefer to play Monaghan than Derry. It's pretty clear whats required now. Win 3 games and we get 3rd place. I would expect us to get through the Mervue game alright but going down to Limerick will be very tough.
Hopefully Derrys confidence is up now and they carry last nights form through the last 3 games. If they keep playing like they did last night, they'll win the league.
Good call! Salthill Devon Mervue FC. It's even less catchy than Cork City FORAS Co-op!Quote:
Originally Posted by blue til i die
Monaghan should win their game tonight to keep the pressure on Derry.
You'd expect both teams to win the games between now and that final showdown in Gortakeegan. Assuming that happens then Derry will be going into that game only needing a draw. However, I think home advantage will be massive for Monaghan in that match and if they can get to that match needing a win to take the title, then I can see them pulling it off.
Please don't remind us of Cork in 2005 :( That's where I got the scarf :pQuote:
Originally Posted by holidaysong
Did Derry only need a draw in that game or did you need the win?
We only needed a draw! At 1-0 down Kenny took off Sean Hargan at right back to bring on another attacker. Almost straight away we conceded a goal!Quote:
Originally Posted by holidaysong
I'm really hoping that history won't repeat itself but if Derry do manage to win our next two games, after a comprehensive win against Shelbourne, I'd be hopeful that we'd go to Gortakeegan and get a result.
It depends on which Derry team turns up.
When Derry needed to we played some great stuff V Shels, as good as we've seen in years and they were lucky to leave with only a 3-0 defeat.
If Derry play like that V Mongahan then I would predict a comortable win with what will probably be the biggest crowd ever at Gortakeegan.
The pressure will also be on in there game V Limerick so if they fail to win then Derry could win the league at the Brandywell V Harps.
Monaghan looked dead on their feet on Saturday, they had the better of the 1st half but we created a fortune of chances in the 2nd half and should have won by 3 or 4.
Saturday will either have been a kick up the jacksie or the beginning of the end for Mons.
Great video. Alan Matthews very honest in his assessment.
I thought Ruarķ Harkin really made the difference when he came on, added a lot of creativity in midfield.
Looking back on that video, I think he only touched the ball once for the cross to Farren who finished with aplomb.
I'm sure they'll get back to winning ways tonight against Salthill. They couldn't have asked for easier opposition to get the confidence back up before the crunch match against Limerick.Quote:
Originally Posted by razor
Table as it stands:
Derry 62 pts GD +36
Mons 61 pts GD +32
W'ford 57 pts GD +28
Shels 55 pts GD +23
Lims 53 pts GD +17
Cork 52 GD +11
Remaining games
Derry: Salthill (A), Harps (H), Mons (A)
Mons: Limerick (H), Mervue (A), Derry (H)
Waterford: Longford (A), Athlone (H), Shels(A)
Shels: Mervue (H), Limerick (A), Waterford (H)
Lims: Mons (A), Shels (H), Athlone (A)
Cork: Harps (A), Salthill (H), Wexford (A)
Could be set up nicely for Mons v Derry and Shels v Waterford on the final day, but we have 2 difficult games before then, starting with Limerick on Friday night
I think Mons will beat Limerick Friday night but i think what Limerick have going for them is the fact we haven't beaten ye this season we owe ye one and have a slight chance at nipping in in third....very slight.Quote:
Originally Posted by monutdfc
I wouldn't write Limerick out of the equation yet either but the need to cut the gap to Waterford to a point this weekend. Both divisions are set-up for a good finale.
In fairness to Kenny, ye looked beaten before the kick off let alone when ye were 1 down. Ye're players just didnt turn up at all and couldn't handle the pressure of the 8k fans and crazy atmosphere.Quote:
Originally Posted by hedderman
Home advantage in that game won that for us.
That said Monaghan is a different story, ther'll probably be more Derry fans than Mons and if they get behind the team it could feel like a home game.
It'l be interesting either way!
That's true. If we can keep our first 11 fit for the next couple of weeks I'd fancy our chances in the run in. Barry Molloy appears to have found his form of 2005 and 2006 so that can only be good news for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by micls
Are Derry and Cork the only clubs most likely to bring big support with them to the Premier?
Hard to know. If Limerick by some miracle got promoted then there is a good chance all the bandwagoners would be out and we would get pretty big crowds. Same could be said for Shels. Not sure about Waterford or Monaghan.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Limerick badly need a new home, I hope something can still get worked out for the markets field.
Hopefully we can keep the same team that played against Shels on Sat fit, we had 8 players in that team under 21 so hopefully if we do go up we can keep them.Quote:
Originally Posted by hedderman
It's still looking like going down to the last game,Derry fans are already worried more about getting hold of a ticket for this as I predict well over 2,000 of us will be travelling down for it.
As Waterford are the only Munster side left in the hunt for promotion I wish them well. Shel's are ominously by there shoulder waiting for any slip, I hope they can keep it together. It was a good weekend for Derry and promotion plus the title should be there's. Despite the good season they have, I could only see Monaghan gaining promotion by winning the Division. I think either Waterford or Shel's will beat them to earn a showdown with Galway.
Hopefully!
Big weekend ahead, Derry could all but win the league with Victory over us in the Randywell.
Mons you would think will beat Mervue with ease so if we were to even get a draw it will set up a massive game in Monaghan and probably the biggest crowd the ground will ever see.
If Waterford beat Athlone and Shels fail to beat Limerick then the play-off places will sorted.
Also, rumours on muckerchat that Setanta want to show the northwest derby game and want to move it to the Saturday. Any truth in this?
Please god let Limerick take something from shels! Last minute goal anyone? :P
sam please ive never asked a favour before please please ill have your offspring