Predictions?
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Predictions?
Big games for both Midlands teams this weekend heading into the next El Classico on the 31st.
If we lose that our season is over and a loss for Longford would see title challenge finished and possibly second spot all but gone and the home advantage in play off gone. There is also a small possibility although unlikely of losing third place.
Three points vital for both teams every week on the run in.
I hope we'll see a reaction to last week but we usually have trouble with Mervue. If we play at a high tempo and get at them we should win. We can forget any thoughts of the title though at this stage. Given our home form, I'm not sure it'd be such a big advantage being at home in the play off. Though going down there would be tough, they'd get a big crowd out for that one.
Aren't the playoffs usually played with first one on a Saturday and the next one on the following Tuesday...the only advantage I can think of having our second game at home is that we'd get a bigger crowd going down to Waterford for the away match..
I dont fancy us at all and think we will drop points again. I am afraid to say it but they never seem to learn from their mistakes!
Good result for us tonight we have to win tomorrow for confidence if nothing else. The crowd will be crap no doubt but we just have to do it.
Can see the same thing as last weekend happening no width no desire , flat tempo. Going to say 2,2 draw.
There's a real buzz around the place after tonights results I can't wait till the athlone game now the race is back on now and there should be a huge crowd there as someone said to me tonight its a home game
Big mention to Robert bayly tonight is think everyone will agree
Good win, good performance. As ever though, we missed so many chances. Pretty spectacular strike from Purdy, he must have been nearly 40 yards out. Gary Shaw was excellent again I thought. Everybody was comfortable really, they didn't offer a lot.
There was a women in the stand who recorded almost the entire game maybe she might upload baylys cracker if were lucky
much improved performance tonight. as massop 10 said to me at the game tonight purdys screamer is goal of the season . there have being some crackin contenders for goal of the season already. purdy has to be the most improved performer. kirbs once again wasnt great tonight hes not his lively self and hadnt the usual energy..
Thought Kirbs didn't have a great game but he came into it more in the last twenty minutes or so. The legs are going though, what is he 35 now? Bayly should be getting even better the more games he plays, he missed a fair bit of football this year. At times it was too easy for him and he'd try something spectacular when a simpler pass was on but overall he was running the midfield.
kirbs is 34/35 now. mcdonagh ran the show at the back and bayly is a class act in midfield. thought des hope was immense tonight for us too
Yeah Hope and McDonagh are a very good partnership, hopefully the knock McDonagh took isn't too serious. He's a real threat from set pieces too.
Kirbs came into it more 2nd half and his dribbling and footwork started to come back to him which was great to see. McDonagh was on a card and putting crunching tackles in so that's more the reason he came off he will be fine especially with a 2 week break now on for us.
Bayly's is without doubt goal of the season we can safely safely say it wont be beat.
It was Purdy not Bayly!
Yes indeed it wasQuote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
well collie james first time strike outside of the boot against athlone is a very close 2nd place..
I wasnt at the game but the lads the other night had his goal in the top three! As for Daniel Purdys goal the other nite without a shadow of a doubt I think it is the best ever LTFC goal scored in flansiro!Quote:
Originally Posted by fitzpatrick10
well Martinho11 the best goal ever scored in flancare imo was from a home grown player know locally as "fitzy", I believe it was in a under 16 game for de town and was an absolute screamer so the legend goes...
No Marty, I said it is one of 3 goals that are hard to call for Goal ofthe Season, 1. Colly James in Athlone, 2. Colly James in Limerick and now 3. Daniel Purdy in Flancae Park v. Mervue. As it stands that is my order for them too !
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Originally Posted by Massop 10
imo collies goal in athlone took more skill than purdy cos he hit it first time and outside a das booot
For me Purdy's is no.1 but I loved Colly's diving header in Limerick it was just such a fine team goal with a sublime finish, the keeper didnt know what had hit him that night.
For my two cents worth on goals of the season
James V Athlone
James V Mervue ( wonderful strike from the stand side into the left corner, gave the keeper no chance)
Purdy V Mervue
As regards the game, again we weren't convincing. We were lucky we scored early on as otherwise it looked like it could be another nervy evening we we would struggle to break teams down. Teams have woken up as to how we play and are letting us have plenty of possession in the middle of the park because they know we dont have the penetration to play a killer ball, or someone to break from midfield to support the -all too often- isolated Shaw. Our two goals the other night came from a mistake and a strike from out of the blue, other than that we really didnt look like scoring. I know at this stage of the season its all about getting results but I feel those results wont come unless we try and shake things up in the next week, in personnel and playing players in their proper positions.
One thing that is noticeable in the first division is the problems that fast wide men can cause teams. We have seen it with Crawley at times, but if you look at Mervue and their two wingers the other night (admittedly not their best performances, but they are capable of better) as well as Gaffney for Limerick it is clear to see that a more width orientated game is required. In our 4 signings in the window, we didn't address our lack of a right winger, which we havn't had all season, playing players out of position to try and cover up. Crawley and Lee are strong down the left, but not utilised enough. Gary Shaw is decent in the air, but all too often his headers are won further out the pitch and not in goalscoring positions. It can be frustrating sometimes that despite more often than not having the numerical advantage in midfield, we can seem to have players supporting shaw quick enough.
To that end, hopefully with James back he can slot in right full, with Bayly moving into the holding role, and Sammo in an advanced midfield role, recycling knock downs and moving the ball out wide quickly to purdy / crawley.
Ok rant over, but I do feel we have a chance of going up, and going up top, if we can keep applying pressure on Limerick one would hope they may slip up again.
One final point, why cant the club supply ball boys/girls? I think its only a matter of time before a player injures himself climbing a wall to retrieve a ball when there should be young players there to speed things up if needs be.
Agree with a lot of that and I posted something similar after the Harps game but I wouldn't agree that we didn't look like scoring apart from the goals. We should have had five or six. You might not be confident that we'd finish the chances but that's a different argument. I thought it was a pretty comfortable performance really.