QuoteGame was so bad in TC it looks like the Oompa Loompas in the crowd left at half time
Drogheda are terrible to watch but are extremely well drilled in sitting in and getting points. Boys had their chance and didn't take them so can't complain.
Game was so bad in TC it looks like the Oompa Loompas in the crowd left at half time
Kevin Doherty and his team continue to show real togetherness and fully deserved 3 points.
Were boez fans on a sponsored silence for Palestine, as noted by the tv commentators you could hear a pin drop for most of the game- perhaps a jersey with the shush emojis is on its way🤫
Same as every other game against Drogheda this season. Drogheda get one chance and score and we don't take any opportunities. Shbs were questionable as well. Bucko and McDonnell are both too defensive and Bucko is possibly the last person you want on the pitch when you have a lot of possession. But I knew this would happen before the match so should I be disappointed?
And it promptly does finish 4-0, which could even have been five or six! Puts us back in touch with Harps and Longford, and surely out of reach of tonight's visitors.Originally Posted by culloty82
Not a good day for bohs, losing tonDrigs and getting sued by future ticketing, all these right on lefty principles don't seem to extend to not sacking staff (Wrc case) or honouring contracts......if your going to set yourself up as the moral compass for the proletariat you need to walk the walk.
One of the worst games I 've ever seen tonight at the bowl, (to be clear not AT the Bowl, just one of the worst I have seen) saying it weeks now, the standard of the FD is just brutal, and I am not removing Dundalk from this.
Tonight was just a gritty display, not even sure we deserved a win, as for the pens, no idea what the ref saw, don't think either pen was right call, then UCD miss theirs on 87 mins, rebound scored, and guy handles it.
3 points thank you very much but not a game that will live in my memory.
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#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).
I agree about the subs - Clarke and Devoy were dead on their feet and should have been subbed off - the goal came directly from a mistake by Clarke caused by tiredness.
Credit to Drogheda - they were well organised and took their one chance. Bohs need a massive response against Shelbourne next week.
Jesus I really hate playing Drogheda.
Mmm don’t know about that it was loud enough in the Jodi, but the comms lads are perched right on top of the loudest away support in the league, hands down.****ers never let up all night, cap doffed.
You ******* can’t be slagging off anyone though, the great tallaght library is the whispers capital of loi, fact.
Crikey, that's harsh. Thought that was a decent evening's entertainment. First half was passable but the penalty in injury time set up the second half. Couple of great saves either end, plenty last ditch defending, the momentum clearly building with us culminating in that penalty which was saved (Dundalk fans cheer) but we score the rebound (UCD fans cheer) and then it's ruled out (Dundalk fans cheer) - never seen that
Annoyed we lost, but that was a decent game of ball
Well thats the hardest on paper done tonight, getting 3points. Do the same Monday v Longford, and get 3 v Athlone when Cobh and Bray are playing Friday and Ideally we'd add 2 points to the gap.
Agree with that, plenty of drama right until the final whistle. UCD pushing for an equaliser, Dundalk looking to catch them in the break. Last ditch tackles and blocks, late penalty saves, what's not to like. Sorry Oriel but that's a mad take on the game.
Desperately poor second half from Harps in Wexford,summed up by Wexfords winner,Wexford worth the win in the end….
Is Caulfield on borrowed time in Galway? pretty mutinous from Galway supporters on twitter this evening….
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
We've been without Hickey and Keohane for some time now and it's directly linked to us dropping like a stone. Hickey does so much flick ons, and hold up play to bring others in. And Keohane is more of the same, always getting hold of things, always a tough battler in midfield. And we've been outrun and out passed and outthought by everybody since they've been out. Tonight we're relying at times on Greg Bolger who is in his last year or two as a pro most likely. And everyone else of late also noticed this and has figured out that if you get ahead against Galway they're not going to do much. Hopefully that starts to change with Hickey getting 25 odd mins tonight, and Keohane getting a good long runout. We immediately looked more dangerous when Hickey came in though. We may yet avoid the relegation playoff, but a loss for Sligo would be welcome. We've brought them right back into the picture of safety, (admittedly they've more than done their part too) and now given Cork a glimmer of hope tonight. I think by getting them back to full fitnss and keep them injury free, we'll stop the bleeding. It's tight down there, but we're at the wrong end of those teams ahead of us by quite a few points now.I think JC gets another year if we finish 6th or 7th. It'll show 5th and 6th/7th in two seasons. A kind of ....stability? I've never liked his football style but player's like Hickey make it work.
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Absolutely. my heart let me know it was there last night lol, exciting game of football
And deffo didn't think either pen was a pen but a good game all the same. UCD no mugs and on fire atm form wise. Nobody will want to play them in playoffs.
W e'll take any amount of one nil wins from now all the way to the end of the season- well I will anyway
Greg Bolger? He plays for Cork and was in the stands. Are you mixing him up with Aaron Bolger who is still only 25? That Bolger should have started last night but was bizarrely left on the bench until the 56th minute with Colm Horgan, a full back, playing in his role. It completely backfired and Caulfield is increasingly making strange decisions which suggests to me he doesn't know a way out of this rut.
By the way, we haven't a hope of finishing 6th or 7th. We'll be lucky to get the play off spot just because Cork are so far behind us. If we can't beat Cork, Waterford or Sligo then how do you expect us to beat the teams above them. We are in free fall.
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I watched the game on the TV3 stream. Sound of the crowd was very low - a technical issue it seemed to me. The heavily-accented Nordie commentator was a joy: at various stages Conor Keeley was Conor Kelly, Luke Heeney was Luke Healy, and he mispronounced Thomas Oluwa's name as well (can't blame him too much for that one). Drogheda was also 'Drokeda'. Best observation of the night though was 'let's see what armour they have in their locker.' Highly entertaining!
Ah that's it. Silly mistake in my part. But i figured JC had drafted him in on a free, as one of his former Cork go-to guys, a la conor mccormack. I was listening rather than watching the match last night, so was trying to picture why Bolger had signed for us (aside from JC managing him back in the day). I really do think we'll be allright once the injury crisis eases off, as it looks like it's doing, and McGuinness gets more game time. He scored against Waterford already. The other lad Malcolm Shaw though? Dear me lol
I thought McDonnell looked lively when he came on - gave a lot of go forward momentum. I would have brought him on for Whelan earlier and played Clarke as the false 9. Agree on Bucko though. Can't understand why Parsons stayed on as long as he did - Rhys Brennan showed much more willingness to try something when he came on. Now Brennan did run into dead ends sometimes, but Parsons was anonymous.
86th minute? Cornwall should have taken one for the team, got sent off and conceded a free 40 metres from the goal.
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