Premier Division
Sunday 6th November (All 19:00)
St Pats v Shelbourne
UCD v Shamrock Rovers
Derry v Dundalk
Bohs v Sligo
Drogs v Finn Harps
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Premier Division
Sunday 6th November (All 19:00)
St Pats v Shelbourne
UCD v Shamrock Rovers
Derry v Dundalk
Bohs v Sligo
Drogs v Finn Harps
looking forward to a final run out for what has been a long season.
For anyone looking for a bit of comedy gold have a look at the Derry Journal today where Eddie Mahon maintains the league table does lie and Derry are clearly the best team in the legue, Rovers had the advantage of having loads of Dublin Derbies and less travel........
Its so embarressing id expect it to be taken down soon......wants the FAI to step in :)
Soory i cant link maybe someone else can,
I had Rico’s “Ridden rock solid” rant in my head reading that.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Here you go, sbgawa:
https://www.derryjournal.com/sport/f...antage-3904856
Half their games are away? That can't be right. It's a disgrace.
This is hilarious.Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
Can we argue to the FAI that someone else should be relegated because we had to play half our games away from Finn Park?
Justice for Harps!!.
I think the eejits argument if you could call it that is that derry had to travel long distances for their away matches but rovers had a lot close to tallaght. He's missing the fact that Derry gey to play all their home games against teams that have travelled long distances....obviously he doesn't understand that distance is the same in both directions.....who is this clown ? ;)
More importantly then this shels could with a win climb to sixth if bohs lose which would be a pretty decent finish for duffer not that 7th isn't either combined with a cup final. Dundalk win by 3 in derry to finish second??? Hardly likely unless Derry decide to rest everyone for the cup final buy I suppose we will know when the team is announced
That's a strange article, though Eddie does come out with some mad stuff from time to time.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Alright, he has a point that we have more travelling than a non-Dublin team, but it's hardly news. Not exactly sure what the FAI could do about it, bar having a centralised pool for travel costs.
Still not as bonkers are his article about how John Delaney essentially saved the FAI with his dodgy loans and whatever else.
Anyways, only one game with any consequence, but I can't see us losing by three to Dundalk, even with some players rested. I'd probably choose to play Fats and Duffy for just a short time, no point having them on the full game.
Wonder what Shels will do team-wise. Put a strong side out, keep the momentum going? Or rest some lads, keep them fit for the final?
They are playing on Pat's after all, who need Shels to lose the final. Could be a few robust challenges going in, if Pat's were that way inclined.
Eddie Mahon is a moron and should have been dumped years ago by the journal. He comes out with garbage time and time again and the fact he still has a full page column in the paper reflects the quality of journalism in the local Derry papers - it is in the gutter.
Whether it is an array of typo’s per article or a seemingly endless list of things that a simple fact check would show are factually incorrect or this type of guff it really is a constant embarrassment. Even the DJ website is possibly the least user friendly I have ever come across and has been that way for a long time without some clown thinking maybe we should sort this.
In a world where Pat Dolan and Roddy Collins both have regular column inches, that still stands out as one of the worst pieces of sports journalism I've ever read. I thought the Derry Journal had a Waterford Whispers style section to it when I first came across it.Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
Tee hee!Quote:
Originally Posted by DCWA
Anyways, the Derry Journal is getting great clicks off us here, and I think that's what modern journalism is about, sadly.
I think the number of clicks from here is pretty minimal. They need to ditch dopes like this
I'd say papers up and down the country still have oul fellas like Eddie Mahon,Patsy McGowan wrote absolute drivel for years,he still thinks Harps should stay in Finn Park ffs:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
its one of the problems with newspapers these days the money is buttons and doesnt support new young guys that actually need to earn a living.
Dinosaurs like this guy are prepared to continue working for buttons as they are at a different stage of life.
Its a problem at different levels in most papers.
Thank god for the liles of Dan in the Indo at least he is infromed
I had a feeling this was going to happen!Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Do red cards in the final league game carry into the cup?
I think it does but not 100%......Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Two stupid players, but brainless from Diallo to react like he did and it’ll cost him far more than it will for McCourt.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Yeah, the commentators in Dubdalk Derry match just confirmed that Diallo will not have any involvement next weekend. Mad altercation, daft from McCourt to punch/push out at Diallo's head, but his reaction was just as red card worthy. Sad for him, but that's the breaks some times. It's dampened down the match a lot after a bright start and cracking goal from Keith Ward.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
So long Premier Division. It’s been emotional!
I know it was Derrys 'B' team, but I wonder how low they would have finished if they didn't sign Connolly.
i remain pretty unconvinced about higgins + derry.
Trust us to put in one of our best performances of the season in the last game. Hard to tell who will be there next season but a clear out would not be a bad start.
Yeah there's group of players you could do something with next season. Clarke, Doherty, Flores, McManus and Twardek from tonight starting line up I'd keep. Burt is probably gone and the rest I wouldn't lose sleep about leaving either.
There's definitely been an improvement since Devine took over but that wouldn't be hard after how bad the season was till then.
Lovely send off for Bermo in Inchicore tonight on his last appearance in LOI football after 13 season with the club. Shels had a couple of first half chances that Odumosu did well to save but they were an absolute basket case in defence as usual as the 13 goals pats have put past them in 4 games this season shows. Second half was a really poor watch and was real end of season dead rubber stuff. Good finish by Ben McCormack at the end though.
When Burt went off and gave the fans an applause, it looked like a goodbye. Would agree with the players you’ve listed, with the exception of Twardek. I just think he’s not good enough for us for where we need to go. Not sure what will happen with Coote. I’d also take a punt on Varian.Quote:
Originally Posted by RealJohn91
Yeah I’d give Varian a chance next year too. He’s shown enough flashes of quality. Had low confidence in front of goal because he went ages without scoring but after a couple recently he might be worth a try.Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
McDaid is worth keeping imo. Teardrop could be a fine squad player.
Tonight was my 1st time ever seeing McManus start a match and I thought he was a nice tidy player.
Just some notes on the final league table. Same amount of wins for Dundalk, Derry, and St. Pats, with St. Pats scoring the most goals. I think it is fair to say Connolly was the difference between them, but really, probably the squads had the same amount of talent.
Also, Dundalk and Derry finished on higher points than 2nd place last year.
There is a bigger difference in points between Shelbourne (7th, 41pts) and the last potential European Spot (St. Pats 4th, 61pts), and St. Pats and Rovers (1st, 79pts)
2nd place and cup final in 1st year of a declared 3 year plan, advise us good sir, how can we convince you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
That was a very good performance by Dundalk last night, played lovely football passing in triangles all over the pitch, one of the best displays of the season actually.
Solid end to the season and worthy for euro qualification, just 2 goals away from finishing second outright.
are ye actually better than dundalk who have a considerably smaller budget? i would say no.Quote:
Originally Posted by DCWA
I think the disappointing aspect for Derry was that there were many opportunities to put real pressure on Rovers and challenging for the league, and despite many high profile signings in the offseason, they completely failed to do so.
They have shown they don't really have consistency to be a title contender, finishing 13 points behind Rovers is just as similar to Pats last season- and look what happened to them this year.
They haven't won a game since their semi-final against Treaty, and if they don't win the final, I think its a season that really failed to deliver on its promise.
I would say we aren’t in the business of making comparisons and all at Derry are happy with how the season has went.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
If we were in the business of making comparisons then we would be looking toward Rovers as the benchmark and saying our biggest signing and arguably the leagues best player got injured after 9 mins and missed most of the year or else we just may have been a position higher.
Anyway, we will be very happy for people to be unconvinced by us I dare say.
Pats finished this season with just 1 point less than last season, scoring 1 goal more and conceding 5 goals less.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa
Considering the turnover of players in the offseason, rather than a Pats regression it mainly just shows that Derry and Dundalk of 2022 are far better than Sligo and Derry of 2021.
Only natural to compare your team to those around you, no? O'Donnell has done a fantastic job on a much smaller budget with a lot of lads who wouldnt get a look in with derry. Derry will no doubt spend a lot over the winter (as is their right with an owner like that) but after 18 months of Higgins im still not convinced hes all hes cracked up to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by DCWA
We were 2nd bottom (and in serious danger of being relegated or at least in the play off) when Higgins took over and he overseen an incredible turn around last season without significant investment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
Obviously it remains to be seen as if the team and manager can win a league but that is more down to Rovers being so far ahead of the pack than it is our manager, the job he has done at Derry to date is beyond question.
I think saying Duffy wasnt available is to easy an ansewer as all clubs (unless you are very lucky) have players out with injuries.Quote:
Originally Posted by DCWA
Burke and Byrne argueably our two best players played bit parts at best for most of the season and we lost Mandroiu in July (ironically he was injured until September anyway) even if he had stayed.
LEts say Duffy is fit and rareing to go next Feb , id argue if Burke and Byrne are fit you are further behind not closer.
Also Derry with Duffy in situ surrendered very meakly against Shels and Sligo before comeing to Tallaght and losing. If Derry dont strengthen significantly over the winter i will be surprised.
Whatever Higgins says publically he cant be happy with how the season has finished.
Just watched back the highlights of the Derry Dundalk game yesterday. Had to laugh at McCourt pretending to be shocked when he eventually received his red card for a blatant punch to the head of Diallo :D
That's bizarre - how the ref sends Diallo off, having missed McCourt's actions, I don't know. I presume the linesman spotted McCourt and said he had to go too. It's just before the 1:00 mark here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXn3-v6-zPY
Also - and this obviously isn't purely a Dundalk issue - but every single player who crowded around the ref should be booked. And if the game ends up 8 v 7, tough.