Games 14th Sept

The biggest game tonight is surely in the Bowl; a point and UCD are champions, but obviously Harps are on a great run of form at present. Both their manager and top scorer are suspended; perhaps inevitable that their bad disciplinary record would impact their run-in, although their good form is based more on a solid defence than a potent attack.

Drogheda v Longford could well be a straight shoot-out for the final play-off spot.

In the Premier, Waterford badly need a win against Bray to keep their European hopes alive; they're in danger of falling behind Pats in fifth on recent form.

Yeah just my luck Rovers are at home I would have liked to shoot along to the Bowl for UCD Harps, that is a proper cup final (spare me the Rovers cup final jokes :) )
Based on what I saw from Bray when we played them a couple of weeks ago they are good value for 14/1 against Waterford on PP.

Everyone seems to be saying its over re UCD but lose tonight and its a shoot out next week and going to Longford needing something isn't very comfortable.
PP going 5/4 UCD 21/10 the draw 15/8 Harps......that looks about right to me

That was some OG in the Bohs game!

2-0 to Bohs now. That's some form they're in.

Strange to be home on a Friday night, but there’s great entertainment on the tv at the minute!

Limerick look woeful in the first few mins. Could be a hammering on the cards (bound to end 1-0 now)

Well, the dundalk ticket worries are over. ****ing hell

Wow 3-0 to Bohs

That's the league over.

What pub did Cork pull this Delaney fella from? Awful signing

Second screamer for Rovers. Limerick barely getting out of their half so far heading to 14mins played. Brandon Kavanagh really looks like a player.

3-0 big deflection 19mins gone, looks like it might get very embarrassing for limerick if they don’t get something back fast

Cork have been a shambles at the back since Delaney came in. Their defending in this game is shocking.

Fair. Aaron Barry is also not a footballer. Disaster that injuries have let him back in. Injuries are in no way an excuse for tonight though. What an absolute shambles.

0-0 at the bowl at HT as it stands UCD will be champions

0-0 half time in the Bowl. Fairly open game; Harps slightly better the first 25 and us slightly better the last 20. Nervy stuff though

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0-0 at the bowl at HT as it stands UCD will be champions

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Harps happy enough with that scoreline, you'd imagine.
Keep it tight until 70 minutes, then all in for the winner.
Not that that's exactly Ollie's style.

4-0 Rovers just before half time. 3 of the 4 coming from corners, the first two strikes from outside the box when limerick failed to clear and the 4th a header. New stand is looking well with most of the seats in. Continuing with the random mix of green, white, red and yellow.

Cummins loves a dive. Gets a good grip of the defender and goes down screaming. Expect plenty of it next week

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Harps happy enough with that scoreline, you'd imagine.
Keep it tight until 70 minutes, then all in for the winner.
Not that that's exactly Ollie's style.

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I'd say they'll be a bit disappointed, not even a red card yet for the hatchet men

Harps playing ball alright. Better than the last couple of times

Remember when Delaney was going to win Cork the league? He wouldn't even make the Dundalk bench.

Two goals in a minute in the Bowl. Nervy ending again ! Harps score; we equalise

Result! UCD up (Just)

I remember arguing mid season that a John Caulfield team wouldn't fall apart and let the title go with a whimper without a fight.

I'd like to withdraw that comment please. Clearly, I was wrong. Spineless.

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Result! UCD up (Just)

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Congrats Stu- fully deserved

Congrats UCD,see yee soon:D

Dundalk closing in :cool: cheers Bohs

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I remember arguing mid season that a John Caulfield team wouldn't fall apart and let the title go with a whimper without a fight.

I'd like to withdraw that comment please. Clearly, I was wrong. Spineless.

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Send up the remaining 6700 tickets as an apology

If ye could sell them, I'd say ye could have them.

Feels like a defeat tonight. More the manner of the goal given away than anything else.

Funny thing is, we were below par tonight. It was one of our worse performances over the last third of the season. Badly missed Mikey Place up front and Mark Timlin was a loss too given how well he's been playing of late.

UCD deserved league winners over the course of the season though. It was good to see a big crowd there tonight, must have been around 1,000 in with about 150/200 Harps fans down.

Cork's late-season implosion continues unabated. Is Caulfield's time up/ nearly up? Statistically Cork's most successful manager, but living in a bygone era of long ball to the big man, sit tight and grind things out. Bland and limited. They have plateaued under his guidance at this point. Bohemians play lovely football at times though. 4 wins in a row and looking to finish midtable. Must be viewed as a success given their low budget. Shamrock Rovers are on a real roll now since they beat Dundalk. Considering they'd lost 6 matches by May, they're in a decent place now. Makes you wonder what their season would have been like had they not started so terribly. Congrats to UCD, best team in the Graveyard by some distance. Perhaps not pointwise but certainly on skill and ability. A +30 goal difference too. Thank god it's almost over for Galway. A real shambles of a year. I suppose congrats to Dundalk too. The title hasn't looked in danger recently, but now it's done and dusted. Look forward to seeing how they do in the CL qualifiers next summer.

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Feels like a defeat tonight. More the manner of the goal given away than anything else.

Funny thing is, we were below par tonight. It was one of our worse performances over the last third of the season. Badly missed Mikey Place up front and Mark Timlin was a loss too given how well he's been playing of late.

UCD deserved league winners over the course of the season though. It was good to see a big crowd there tonight, must have been around 1,000 in with about 150/200 Harps fans down.

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I was listening to your manager on off the ball this week as a preview to the game and he didn’t exactly talk up your chances - very strange approach tbh, if I was a player I wouldn’t be exactly inspired.

I can't imagine Caulfield being sacked, but for the sake of his legacy as a player and a manager, he might be best walking at the end of the year. He looks a beaten man at the moment

Just seen some pictures of the bowl, that's brilliant to see

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I was listening to your manager on off the ball this week as a preview to the game and he didn’t exactly talk up your chances - very strange approach tbh, if I was a player I wouldn’t be exactly inspired.

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If you believe he says the same things in the dressing room then you'd need to give yourself a bit of a shake!

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I was listening to your manager on off the ball this week as a preview to the game and he didn’t exactly talk up your chances - very strange approach tbh, if I was a player I wouldn’t be exactly inspired.

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A manager talking down their own team's chances in the media is hardly a new thing, to be honest.

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Just seen some pictures of the bowl, that's brilliant to see

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Can you post them up ? Thanks.

It’s obviously a significant result in terms of the league title and it’s a long road back for Cork now, not sure I’d agree on sacking JC, Cork fans have to think back where he took them from, mid table to a double, and where he came from, Avondale was it?

What I will say though is the chance to get closer or to overtake Dundalk has been missed. I was thinking at the start of season, we had no idea how likes of Hoban would settle back in, or how year two players like McGrath and Hoare would progress, (Duffy was a different case) after a disappointing team performance in 2017. If Cork had retained the title it would have been 2 in 5 years for them and ‘only’ 3 in 5 for Dundalk. It’s probably looking all but certain now, it will be 4 in 5 for Dundalk and 1 in 5 for Cork. This just shows how hard it is to retain a title. It’s also worth remembering even the great Jim McLaughlin never managed that at Dundalk.

The strange part in all of this is the speed of the collapse in league form by Cork, the Pats home draw was the start and I was hopeful the gap would get bigger, but I would never have foreseen them losing to both Sligo and Bohs.

Some teams obviously peak and for Cork it was probably that 3-0 win in Dundalk to go 18 points clear in May/June 2017, game over then, but they just never looked the same side really after that, obviously minus Maguire but Caulifield in my view doesn’t appear to like any player who wants to play. I also said it at the time and a lot on here disagreed but Delaney was a bad signing, at the time and still, Cork were crying out for another striker.

Have to give credit to Bohs though, that’s a fine side Long has nurtured. They were well worth the win.

Anyway looking forward to my trip south next week, still no tickets, but I think we’ll be fine.

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Result! UCD up (Just)

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Congrats PS. Looking forward to seeing UCD next season, well deserved and they’ll be a fine addition to the PD.

They play football the right way.

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It’s obviously a significant result in terms of the league title and it’s a long road back for Cork now, not sure I’d agree on sacking JC, Cork fans have to think back where he took them from, mid table to a double, and where he came from, Avondale was it?

What I will say though is the chance to get closer or to overtake Dundalk has been missed. I was thinking at the start of season, we had no idea how likes of Hoban would settle back in, or hear two players like McGrath and Hoare, Duffy was different, and after a disappointing 2017, if Cork had retained the title it would have been 2 in 5 years for them and ‘only’ 3 in 5 for Dundalk. It’s looking all but certain it will be 4 in 5 now for us and 1 in 5 for Cork.

The strange part in all of this is the speed of the collapse in league form by Cork, the Pats home draw was the start and I was hopeful the gap would get bigger, but I would never have foreseen them losing to both Sligo and Bohs.

Some teams obviously peak and for Cork it was probably that 3-0 win in Dundalk to go 18 points clear in May/June 2017, game over then, but they just never looked the same side really after that, obviously minus Maguire but Caulifield in my view doesn’t appear to like any player who wants to play. I also said it at the time and a lot on here disagreed but Delaney was a bad signing, at the time and still, Cork were crying out for another striker.

Have to give credit to Bohs though, that’s a fine side Long has nurtured. They were well worth the win.

Anyway looking forward to my trip south next week, still no tickets, but I think we’ll be fine.

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That Cork team , 8 Mastadons amd a couple of footballers,,were poison.Lots of nasty off the ball stuff that the ref decided to ignore .The two footed lunge by Sheppard would have had anyone else sent off.
Great football from Bohs first half and blood and thunder defending in the second.
Some quality goals , The two Kelly goals and Penders and then Keohanes glancing header were as good as you will see .
Dundalk are a class above that Cork team

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Welcome back :)

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