Tweaked his hamstring in Dundalk. But I think only Clarke and Ayman are long term. The three on the bench are returning from injury but not yet fully fit afaik.Originally Posted by DRDoc
We've a squad of 24, including a new player who was on the bench in Athlone but is doing his leaving cert at the moment, so we kind of have to put half injured players on the bench just to fill it.
We were missing Manning and Ludden, and Molloy went off injured. Take yer beating!
.........and Alan Murphy.
As regards Sligo, what the hell is going on?
Well, without injuries and suspensions, this is the team we could have played against Dundalk...
Rogers, Keane, Peers, Henderson, Gaynor, Russell, N'do, Cawley, Greene, Createro, North.
I suspect it might have been a tad more difficult for Dundalk in that case. Joseph had to come back before fit to fill in at right full and Raf, who came on in the second half, is just back from four months injury.
Dundalk are excellent at the moment and, like us two years ago, a joy to watch. Paul Cook was there last night so expect to lose Towell. Our season is now over so maybe the shackles will be atken off and they will be let play like they can. Either way, Barra and Stevens will go at end of season. Time up, but they owe us nothing. Four trophies in three seasons will do grand.
Seriously thinking of tippin up to Oriel on Friday night - this could be the game of the decade.
There is no doubt that Sligo are hampered by quite a lot of injuries. (Why so many injuries though? If it was us, people would be saying plastic pitch etc etc).
The thing I noticed is the lack of pace and width in the team. Two years ago, the power and pace of Sligo were frightening. You'd think you were doing really well, then BOOM, a goal out of nowhere. It is also clear that their confidence is low, the looked like a team that expected to lose last night. That is usually what happens to teams with that mindset.
I don't think there is a lot wrong that cannot be fixed by some minor personnel changes before next season.
Well, we will change the manager/assistant anyway but what we need is someone who will trust the players to attack. We are being set up not to lose rarther than win atm.
No Djilali?!!
In fairness I think folk saying that Sligo have nothing to play for its a bit thin. It may be a long shot for them to win the league but finishing higher than 5 th is certainly a realistic objective and possible euro qualification for 4 th provided one of the top 3 win the cup
While it was easy in the end for us. Sligo has us a little rattled in the first 10 15 minutes and they forced us to make unforced uncharacteristic errors. Luckily for us they couldn't capitalise on it. our first knocked the stuffing out of them. 2nd was 2 minutes into the second which is a common theme with us. Just kills teams.
Pats next week can't wait.
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2-0 to Shamrock Rovers against Sheriff YC after 5 minutes.
Any missed penalties yet?
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
Finished 4-0 to Rovers.
Limerick 1-2 Bohs in added time.
when is the draw for the next round?
The draw was early july last year but the games for the past few years are usually played late August
That's a totally fair point on the amount of players out Sligo have, most sides would find having those amount injured at one time very difficult to cope with.
As for Towell, sure there are different people watching him every week now both home and away, it will take a big offer for DLK to even consider letting him go. There is no doubt he will go at some point, however I think whenever that is, it will be at a higher standard than Chesterfield.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), only Irish club to win a game / points in Europa League Group Stage (2016).
Paul Cook appears to be looking to sign half the league at this point. How long is Towell's contract for?
To completely not answer your question -
Ballynanty 2-1 Phoenix
UCC 0-0 St Michael's
To round off the second round games.
We;; he won't be signing Meenan, Horgan or Russell. He released all three when he was with us. Muppet.
Meenan was rubbish with us
Yeah, this is definitely our year.
(Just kidding, of course it isn't)
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
Good point made in Oriel Friday night re Towell leaving - solidarity payment will still be made if he stays to november u23 etc. If he leaves in the summer then the potential weakening of the side and the impact of missing out on the league as a result and the money involved in qualifying for champions league could be the minimum level of fee required by the club to sell. So say 70k in solidarity payment + winning the league and champs league money could be the benefit to keeping him til end of contract. Lose him and gamble fading out of league challange then the fee should be a minimum of the above amount combined.
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