LOI Matches 2nd - 7th November 2021

Premier Division:

Tuesday:

Waterford FC v Derry City - RSC @ 6:15pm (REF:G.Kelly)

Thursday:

Drogheda United v Dundalk FC - HIGP @ 7:45pm (REF:R.Harvey)

Friday:

Waterford FC v Shamrock Rovers - RSC @ 7:45pm (REF:R.Hennessy)
St. Patrick’s Athletic v Sligo Rovers - Richmond Park @ 7:45pm (REF: P.McLaughlin)
Finn Harps v Derry City - Finn Park - @ 8pm (REF:B.Connolly)

Sunday:

Dundalk FC v Longford Town - Oriel Park @ 5pm (REF:A.Reale)
Bohemian FC v Drogheda United - Dalymount Park @ 5pm (REF: D.McGraith)

FIRST Division: p/o

Wednesday:

Bray Wanderers v Galway United - Carlisle Grounds @ 7:45pm (REF: G.Colfer)
Treaty United v UCDAFC -Markets Field @ 7:45pm (REF: R.Dowling)

Sunday:

Galway United v Bray Wanderers - Eamonn Deacy Park @ 5pm (REF:K O'Sullivan)
UCDAFC v Treaty United - UCD Bowl @ 5pm (REF:A.Patchell)

Bohs abysmal in the 1st half, better in 2nd half. Officials up to their usual standard.

Two hard games for Derry, both we could do with winning but Waterford are scrapping away and i think we'll be knackered Friday when we get to Finn Park. Harps have had the biggest slide down the table since a High School Musical character but they'll probably get 3 points the way this season has gone.

Drogheda v Dundalk will be a good match.

Will Dundalk be putting tickets for Sunday's match on sale anytime soon?

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Originally Posted by Sidefx

Bohs abysmal in the 1st half, better in 2nd half. Officials up to their usual standard.

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Interesting prediction. Wait and see what happens with ye on Sunday now 😎

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Originally Posted by redobit

Interesting prediction. Wait and see what happens with ye on Sunday now 😎

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Yeah, wrong thread but the way we are playing currently could well be an accurate prediction alright!

If Derry lose away to in form Waterford tonight and then Harps on Saturday neither of which would be a huge surprise then wins for Pats over Sligo and Dundalk over Drogs would have 4th to 8th separated by 4 points.
Obviously the new Galacticos in Derry could spoil all that by being uncooperative and not losing both which is the biggest ask but its mad to even think it is so close

Galway should be winning the playoffs but i dont fancy them , they have flattered to decieve so many times this year.
It could go any way at all tbh.

1-1 Waterford v Derry.
Decent game.

Nice header to make it 2-1 Waterford. It’s an entertaining game.

An interesting game indeed, fairly evenly matched teams, hope we hang onto our lead now!

Yeooooooo

Harps fans are dancing with that one.

Must win for Harps on Friday night.

Hmm not sure Derry deserved that tbh very flat play but a good result for Drogs :) . Out of interest, Hery looked very good when he came on in Utd park , why doesn’t he start?

Could turn out to be an important goal that late equaliser for Derry,Waterford kinda brought it on themselves though ,instead of killing the game which they were capable of they sat pretty deep and got caught with a sucker punch….

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Originally Posted by joey B

Could turn out to be an important goal that late equaliser for Derry,Waterford kinda brought it on themselves though ,instead of killing the game which they were capable of they sat pretty deep and got caught with a sucker punch….

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Good point, example being when they started killing their own attack by brining it into the corner with still ample time to play ….

What a game this evening, very entertaining 2-2 draw, the red and whites robbing a point in injury time against the blues, Ronaldo strutting his stuff on the pitch, oh and I think Man United had a game also tonight ;)

Absolutely heart breaking that, however we brought it upon ourselves, we could have sealed victory in the latter stages but for some reason the corner was a better option, poor decision making costed us dearly.

Is there any hope for a result against Rovers on Friday? I highly doubt it :(

I would say you have a chance id expect Bradser to shuffle the pack and give game time to some of the younger kids and others who haven't played a lot.
Everyone is talking about Aydemo the 18 year old who has scored a couple of goals but the 17 year old Conan Noonan is worth watching if he plays.

Huge game Thursday for Drogs/Dundalk a win for Drogs puts them at least temporarily into 4th , a win for Dundalk puts them right in it.

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Originally Posted by SeanDrog

Hmm not sure Derry deserved that tbh very flat play but a good result for Drogs :) . Out of interest, Hery looked very good when he came on in Utd park , why doesn’t he start?

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Fairly sure we didn't deserve that! Didn't turn up for the second half, and Waterford should really have killed the game off. Mentioned above, but going to corner during attacks was silly.
Once again, are ****-poor defending costs us.

Not sure why Héry doesn't start, yesterday would have been a good opportunity to do so with Harkin suspended. He'd add much needed size and strength to our midfield too.

Realistically, I think that's our chance of third place gone. Sligo have +4 goals on us, so they're essentially seven points ahead. They may not win another match, but we'd still need to win our last three games, which I doubt we'll see.

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Originally Posted by brendy_éire

Fairly sure we didn't deserve that! Didn't turn up for the second half, and Waterford should really have killed the game off. Mentioned above, but going to corner during attacks was silly.
Once again, are ****-poor defending costs us.

Not sure why Héry doesn't start, yesterday would have been a good opportunity to do so with Harkin suspended. He'd add much needed size and strength to our midfield too.

Realistically, I think that's our chance of third place gone. Sligo have +4 goals on us, so they're essentially seven points ahead. They may not win another match, but we'd still need to win our last three games, which I doubt we'll see.

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It’ll make Friday night interesting. Both teams need the win.