That's more like it, less excuses and snipng. It was a poor Rovers perfromance indeed but as you say they didnt need to be good, but it isnt a poor Shamrock Rovers side as you claimed above!
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That's more like it, less excuses and snipng. It was a poor Rovers perfromance indeed but as you say they didnt need to be good, but it isnt a poor Shamrock Rovers side as you claimed above!
At least rovers have gone from "poor" to "average" :) :)
Is 'poor' the new 'average'?Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Rovers being poor not so sure gents it was a semi with both teams desperate to advance and we managed to prevail. Rovers are slowly getting a group together that potentially and i know we will loose Byrne and Burke that COULD challenge next season, this win keeps that momentum going and cancels out my previous theory around finishing within 10 pts of a very good Dundalk side. the thing that i am most pleased about this season is that we are the best supported team in the land and come the Final we will have Landsdowne bouncing, The march up from Ringsend, ahh just brill, cant wait, WAR.....Sligo site indicating that Dundalk have sent back over 200 hundred tickets WTF strange considering the numbers we saw in Tallaght for the league games:confused:
Amazing feeling to be back in the cup final and even better to do it against that lot. Rovers were very conservative and sat deeper than usual but that's just respect for how Bohs have killed us with our high line so many times. Bohs had plenty of the ball but couldn't do anything with it against a team who pressed them constantly.
The result is really much more important than the performance. Congratulations to Rovers for reaching their first FAI cup final since 2010. It's a great chance to try to win a trophy since their last Leinster Senior Cup success a number of years ago. I'm sure most Hoops fans will enjoy the build up to the Aviva showpiece and many will completely lose touch with reality in the processQuote:
Originally Posted by Kingswood Rover
I just don't see that single goal wins over Finn Harps and Galway along with getting past Drogheda and Bohs give much grounds for euphoric enthusiasm for a credible league challenge next season.
I suspect that Rovers will need to keep both Byrne and Burke, get in some quality centre backs and add more width to the squad to have realistic ambitions of bridging the current 15 point league gap next season.
Lad, you know full well what a cup final can do for a club. Plenty of Dundalk fans have talked about what winning the EA in 2014 meant and how it helped the club sealing the title. When you've been rubbish for as long as Rovers have these games mean something, as you'll know being a Dundalk fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
Not sure about us needing quality centre backs although given our frailty in that dept on Monday i can understand your point, on your point with us loosing touch with Reality....well sure thats the whole point. As for my what i thought was guarded and quite conservative enthusiasm on our ability to challenge next season being described as euphoric, well i think you need to look at the dictionary to elicit the meaning of the word. The lack of Euphoria for the semi final may be something that a lot of Dundalk fans may regret when this golden spell in the clubs history turns.
That is strange and really annoying as I have spent Thursday and Friday in office hours regularly calling the club as I needed 4 tickets and wanted to check availability before bugging out of work early to get them - couldnt get through so gave up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingswood Rover
Lad?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
I agree that the whole cup final build-up experience is brilliant, but there is a massive difference in the impact of being a cup winner as compared to being losing finalists
Winning a cup final can certainly give a club a huge lift and can turn a mediocre season into a successful one that can build a platform for further success.
I'm not sure that being a beaten cup finalist has ever done much except leave fans deflated.
I'm glad to hear that you are unsure about the need to strengthen in defence - I hope Bradser agrees with you!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingswood Rover
The defending by both Lopes and Grace for the first goal by Hoare was close to comical, and for the second one Grace was completely AWOL with Lopes and Lafferty static as Benson strolled between them. Ethan Boyle is another who has shown significant defensive frailties
Your comments may be slightly less exaggerated than many other Rovers fans, but I'm not so sure how you square this with advocating loosing touch with reality.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingswood Rover
Rovers performances in the FAI cup so far provide no basis for believing that this can translate into a league challenge next season.
Come back to me if Rovers show they can actually win something
Lads.....why bother !.
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Mandriou hasn't played in weeks and clearly wasn't fit. Given our injury crisis him and Bucko came back too early (and it backfired). Difficult to criticise him for playing when he wasn't fit.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Given our limited team options, we couldn't afford to concede first and after THAT corner (too much to expect a link two feet away to get it right 🙄) we were never in the game
Whether it's part time nature of set up or fixture farce we have looked jaded for a while and were very poor last night. Shams better team all night BUT (Not for first time this season) poor officiating impacted the game.
Shams not great but to be fair did more than enough.
We were due a dodgey referree decision tbf.
If bohs qualify for Europe it will still be a successful season, pats have a tricky run in so it's all to play for.
Good article this from Emmet Malone chatting to a Sligo official. I always admire Sligo's fundraising activities.
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soc...32854?mode=amp
You just can't help yourself Ezekiel, can you.🧐
Its like a deep burning desire within you, when it comes to Rovers. You should
(A) re-evaluate your existence
(B) just go to a Rovers game. We promise we'll treat you nice.😄
Ah yea, and the corner should have been defended much better anyway. Very jaded performance and never got going. Disappointing but hopefully can lift themselves for the run in.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Shams worked harder than they have in recent seasons and kept their shape better. Second half in particular they were sharper all over the pitch.
So I take it that you dislike that I express a view on the hubris of many Rovers fans?Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
You probably realise that getting to a cup final is not automatically a precursor to a league title challenge.
By all means offer an alternative opinion if you have one.
There's no dislike at all. Your jaundiced viewof all things Rovers is very very entertaining.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
Takes one to know one PC and all that - You dislike plenty yourself and you can be described in your own terms with your jaundiced view of all things non Rovers being very entertaining also!
Cleary got away with one there
Would have felt like a bit of an anti-climax not finishing off the season in The Aviva. That was hard work, pitch was heavy and worked against Sligo more in the end. Hoban is awful cranky when he gets subbed. Will be some final imo!
Funny i was thinking that earlier, (the anti climax bit )if Sligo had won your season was over and best part of 5 months till next match, I made the same point about our season if we lost to bohs. Combination of the ridiculous length of our off season and the fact that 1st and 2nd are already guaranteed.
Really looking forward to the final now.
Sickening way to lose it but we were out on our feet for the last 10. Dundalk better team without creating a huge pile of chances but having said that don’t remember Rogers making a save the whole game. Blatant penalty not given obviously and thought the free for the goal was harsh as well.
All in all a great occasion and hopefully won’t be a one off. Great to see the place full again. We’ve made good progress this season and be interesting to see who Buckley manages to bring in for next season.
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Originally Posted by sbgawa
We've also got the Unite Cup against Linfield after the FAI Cup Final. Two more trophies to wind up the season would be excellent.
Do you think Vinny Perth will have to win both to save his job?
Gutsy performance by Sligo. Dundalk never got into their usual rhythm, although were probably deserving winners in the end
You really are pathetic, you quote a piece that makes it look like I am having a go but omit the rest where I say it was the same for rovers due to crasy length of off season and the fact that 1st and 2nd were confirmedQuote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
A completely reasonable post that just about nobody would disagree with , but of course you come back with your usual BS.
It's no wonder that some of the regular dundalk posters on here pm me as to what an embarrassment you are...toddle on troll, even your own disown you, lol
Exactly who are these "regular Dundalk posters". Either put up or shut up.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
I disagree (strongly) with many of Ezeks views but we are all entitled to express our views as long as we abide by the rules. Argue with his views not his right to express them.
No shortage of effort fron Sligo but what a loss when Parkes went off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
The ref misssed the blatant penalty, partly I suspect because of the acrobatics, despite it being a blatant trip the acrobatics didn't make it look natural. Dundalk took control of the game on the hour mark, the goal was fortunate, a skewed shot through a crowded goalmouth. But a replay at Oriel? probably better to have the pain ended today.
Now comes an Aviva showdown with the other Rovers, I guess they will just be so amazed to be there.
Wow - calm down!Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
I'm simply pointing out that we also have another trophy to chase after the FAI cup final. It's not a particularly controversial issue, but you appear to have taken offence for some bizarre reason that I don't understand.
Some very thin-skinned peep about this place tonight
Just want to go on record - i never pm'd any boh or shams fan here EVER!! :D
Thought Dundalk Dundalk'd Sligo today.They do that they do.
Sligo are fairly impotent final 3rd,huffed & puffed but could hardly land a blow.Penalty shout was 50/50,Coughlan(hates a dive that guy :D )waiting for the contact.
Dundalk really got going in the final 25mins as Sligo's early energy levels dropped to zero and the goal was coming.Shanks Duffy with a shin-in ;)
Sets up a nice looking final fixture.
I shouldn't allow myself to be wound up. MUST TRY HARDER . VAR would have given the peno as there's contact but I think he felt it and went over , by today's standards where football has become a non contact sport it could have been given but not by me.
It's a pet hate of mine hearing commentators talking about "Contact" as if that means it's a peno or a free regardless
Parkes a massive loss for us. Meant we could never have the option to stretch Dundalk in behind. Murray coming on was not going to be an adequate replacement. He has been a big let down. Looks like he is running in quicksand.
We put up a decent fight so relatively happy overall. There has been some progress made this season overall.
Lets play guess the final attendance. Could we be looking at 40k plus?
How would it be as high as that ? I’d say 20-25k.Quote:
Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid
30k last year - i'd have thought it will be at least that as a minimum. Rovers will bring massive numbers imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
I think the match will attract a bigger floating voter than dundalk cork , people were fed up with that ( unless u were from dundalk or cork I guess)
Will definitely be more than last year.....what was last year?
I'd say your right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid
Dundalk will bring good numbers,expect shams x2 us will as well,record attendance(36k) well in sight.
IF price of tickets kept to previous cup final €
If it reaches 30k that'll be the height of it. Especially with the way ticketba$tard look after general sales.
What is the view of Rovers fans on this. Will thousands of people who don't go to Tallaght turn up for a final?Quote:
Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid