So a win tonight is needed to maintain the momentum so far this season. A clean bill of health is being reported which is nice, SRFC.com says;
"Conor O’Grady and Mark Donninger are pushing for spots in the starting XI after substitute appearances last week in the 1-1 draw with Sporting Fingal."
I'm looking forward to seeing the likes of McKenzie and Curren too.
Seanie C should help put a few more bums on seats...
Whats that comin' over the hill
It's the Monster,
The Cookie Monster!
Well what do people think about this one? A game we really should be looking to get the 3 points from. I cant really comment on the Fingal peformance as wasnt at it but going on what others have said a change in centre midfield might be needed, maybe give lads like Dillon/Donninger/O Grady a start. Anyway i reckon 2-1 Rovers
Preview here
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I think too we should be well capable of taking all 3 points from this one so I'll go for an optimistic 2-1 to Rovers aswell. Time we got our first win on the board after the performances so far!
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Roy Keane is still a pri*k!
Two threads on this now after not a word all week.
it's a disgrace!
Whats that comin' over the hill
It's the Monster,
The Cookie Monster!
Well there will be one bum on a seat in the Galway dug out.Originally Posted by Only1Rovers
it will be interesting to see how many attend, hopefully the shams game wasnt a one off,
a large crowd that sees a convincing win tonight would set us up nicely for the season,
team still has to be settled on, especially central midfield, lots of options though
We should definitely be winning this one, Galway are muck and no excuse for not being able to beat them.
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
And two forums as well!
2 0 to the bitored I think (hope). Amond to get both. Donninger or O'Grady in for Ventre and Dillon to start ahead of McCabe
A win this evening puts us in third spot at least overnight and hope that Dundalk and Shams draw or at the worst a win for Dundalk as I do not think they will be a force come the run in and I expect Shamrock will.
Rovers to win 3-1, Amond to score first
can anyone tell me how tonights game went and who played well?
It wasn't pretty but job done!
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
A wins a win! Bring on Dalymount!
No. it wasn't pretty but it still represents a decent start to the season. We lack any creativity in misfield. Turner would have scored tonight and Raf would have had two. Blinkers continues to put in a fierce shift and Doyle played well. Don't think Brushie had a shot to save all night. Amazed that Galway didn't continue to come down the left in the second half as O'Brien had Pele in all sorts of bother in the first. Big crowd and team's effort could not be faulted. MOTM - Blinkhorn by a country mile.
Thought we played well first 20 and should have been 1 or 2 up..then things went peared shaped..we made Ciaran Foley look like Roy keane at times!!..got the goal and hung on for the win so happy with that...delighted to see Ventre out of the midfield..as i posted here before i thought he'd be better at full back..i was wrong..he was abysmal there also...very disappointed to see someone in the crowd berate Cookie during the game and him to respond.
the fella who had a go at cook was sitting in players and officals section. wonder who he was, it was very funny but cook should not respond to fans. he just needs to concentrate on the job in hand and forget about any heckling. galway are a poor side. we played ok without ever looking dangerous. ventre was muck, donninger is no where near match fit so hard to judge. i was suprised to see ryan subbed he was the better of the 2 central midfielders. mccabe has failed to do much so far this season and dillon will push him for the wing spot i feel. doyle to me is average but he has a great knack of popping up in the right place to score vital goals !!!
A fair start but scoring is going to be a problem with the present set up, either Blinkhorn starts to take more shots on or someone finishes his lay offs but very hard to know where the goals are going to come from. Not complaining, just commenting on the situation up front.
a decent start to the season as stated already. missed the first 20 min due to club commitments but thought the the period i watched in the 1st half was scrappy. we should have scored via doyle. at start of second half was in the section where that numbskull started to berate cook. of course cooke should have not responded but i suppose it was the heat of the moment. at least the other people in that section started to shout the numbskull down.i thought we were better in the 2nd half and connor had a decent game when he came on and likewise dillon. i moved from the stand with about 15 min to go and went behind the naz house goals. it was very difficult to judge game from here but i though we got some good ball into the box but nobody on hand to finish. for what its worth i am going to express my opinion. the defence is good & solid with brushie excellent. there still has to be a lot of sorting out done in midfield (but it will improve) we will struggle to score up front. we do create but we need more players to shoot , there was a lack of responsibility to do this last night. i don't mean to be critical in any shape or form & i know we have the nucleaus to have a good side. remember we have a lot of young players and a decent start like this will instil confidence & belief. when rusell gets fit he will be a great addition as he is very creative. overall i'm happy enough
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