Tonights Setanta cup scores

[EireBadBoy]

All the games between Drogs and Derry have been hard to watch so far this season, thankfully we don't play them again for another while.

[Dodge]

All the games involving Pat Doolin as amanager are hard to watch. Fenlon wouldn't be a fan of Brazil 1970 either

[OneRedArmy]

In Jennings' defence, I'd have to say the first took a deflection and was possibly a free out (though he should have held the ball having gotten that much on it), and the second was a hospital pass from Rogers that Jennings had to run out of his box to try and clear, and the ball bounced badly for him. Could have done better for both, but I'd be looking at Rogers for the second goal way before Jennings.

Trust me CTID - it's one tihng when you're involved in the game, quite another as a neutral! That was a shocking 90 minutes of football. Seriously.

Pathetic attempt to back up your guff from last season that PJ (your ex-keeper) is a better option than Forde.

He's cost us at least 6 goals this season.

The deflection on the first one was minimal and whilst Rodgers apologised for the poor header, Jennings lacks any sense of dominating his box, providing the defenders with no confidence that he will ever come off his line.

The man is living proof that evolution as a concept is a sack of ****. How can the great Pat Jennings produce a smaller, ****ter goalkeeper for a son?

[Dr.Nightdub]

We win trophies every season, even when you where in our league and even when we had Belfast Celtic and even when the IL was streets ahead of the LOI.

In fairness, 27 of your 47 League titles were won since Celtic left the IL. I don't think anyone's questioning Linfield's dominance since then though, but more their sense of ambition.

You can only really judge teams' respective merits on performances against each other. Yes, European progress is also important but the IL teams handicap themselves by the timing of their season so it's not really a comparison of like with like.

To give Linfield their due, they did win the Setanta first time out and do have a good record against Derry who have been one of the top LoI teams since the Setanta came into being. Or were until they started signing keepers purely for their comedy value. The depths of current Derry delusion are possible best illustrated by

Molloy looked steady when he came on

Personally, I spent the whole second half wondering if he'd been subbed without me realising it.

Can't wait to take Linfield on in Belfast if we can get past Drogheda (and I fancy our chances of doing so) - have already pointed out to my da that if it happens, I'll be the first Nightdub to set foot in Windsor since THAT Boxing Day Cup semi and if we actually win it, it might shut him up banging on about Celtic and Jimmy Jones and 2-3-5 and seven Leagues in a row in the '30s / '40s. Honest to god, he's more tiresome than Rovers at times.

[GavinZac]

The man is living proof that evolution as a concept is a sack of ****. How can the great Pat Jennings produce a smaller, ****ter goalkeeper for a son?

if his son was put to death for his poor performance, negating his opportunities to breed and thus carry on his inferior gene mutation, that would be evolution at work. unfortunately (perhaps fortunately, for the jennings family) nobody has quite identified the "goalie" gene yet, so killing him would violate any number of ethical guidelines when breeding animals.

[blueman1886]

We'd beat any of yas anyday bring it on.

[LeviathanNI]

Looking forward to having you Cork lads and lasses up to Windsor Park.. we were hoping to have drawn you last year and this year, just to keep the competition fresh.. How many do you reckon you could get up for the match? It is a fair oul trek, but the more the merrier! Get in touch with one of the hotels and ask them for a deal..

[Drogman.]

All the games between Drogs and Derry have been hard to watch so far this season, thankfully we don't play them again for another while.

We were muck last night, and I would imagine that it was a terrible game to watch on the box. It was terrible watching it on the terrace.

I thought the injuries really messed up our performance but in saying that Shelly was outstanding in defence, what a player.

Funny part of the night was after Jennings received a dodgy back pass and controlled it nicely and then got it cleared, all the Derry fans starting signing, "There's only one Pat Jennings", then 2 minutes later he drops the ball and lets in the equalizer Made me laugh anyway.

[OneRedArmy]

all the Derry fans starting signing, "There's only one Pat Jennings"

I can assure you not all of us sang.

Although the statement is factually correct, there is only one Pat Jennings.

Unfortunately its not the one playing for us.

[coislaoi]

What a God-awful game of football tonight. Two teams who are supposedly among the best in the league, and they can't string two passes together for the most part, can't control the ball, can't take it down, can't give it to a defender without him hoofing aimlessly up the pitch... .

It was a poor match alright. I thought, of the two teams, that Derry were the better side for the most part. At least they tried to play football and it's squarely down to Jennings that they lost. The first goal was definitely his fault and while Rogers' back pass was woeful for the second, Jennings' attempted clearance was pathetic.

[lofty9]

To give Linfield their due, they did win the Setanta first time out and do have a good record against Derry who have been one of the top LoI teams since the Setanta came into being. Or were until they started signing keepers purely for their comedy value. The depths of current Derry delusion are possible best illustrated by

Personally, I spent the whole second half wondering if he'd been subbed without me realising it.

Re: Molloy, couldn't agree more. Very very disappointing last night and even this year. Young Higgins was the only one of the two who showed for the ball last night. As for Jennings, his concentration has gone to pot since Miss Ireland came on the scene, this scoring lark has gone to his head.

[Graemerz]

****hole of a league.

Ye can stick yer Irish League up yer hole!! We're now playing with the big boys of Irish football, a challenging match every week, unlike pathetic easy victories at Loughgall, Limavady etc...Aye sure you bask in your 47th Mickey Mouse league win and we'll continue to face European giants of football

We have too many poor teams in our league, but not for one second can you say there isn't poor teams in the Eircom, the likes of Galway, Longford, Bray and Waterford are **** poor.

[Risteard]

Ye've a lot more filler in fairness Graemerz.
Should improve if the size of your league reduces.

[pineapple stu]

Pathetic attempt to back up your guff from last season that PJ (your ex-keeper) is a better option than Forde.

Forde is a highly dodgy keeper. It's a view shared by a lot of people on here, so you'll just have to get over it and move on.

Your quote that -

whilst Rodgers apologised for the poor header, Jennings lacks any sense of dominating his box, providing the defenders with no confidence that he will ever come off his line.

makes me wonder what match you were watching. Rodgers didn't head the ball back, he blindly hooked over his shoulder, which resulted in the important extra factor that PJ couldn't catch the ball. Dominating the box is irrelevant in this context as the back pass didn't even reach the box. He was also very quick off his line in a situation where he shouldn't have had to expect to come so far out.

He does deserve a share of the blame for the defeat, but I think Derry fans are having a collective knee-jerk reaction blaming him while Rodgers - who was about 80% to blame - gets off relatively scot free. I don't really care in the end of the day, but you may as well call it properly if you're going to call it at all.

[Dodge]

I don't really care

You obviously do, as you defend him regularly on these boards.

IMO he's rubbish and was at fault for both goals (not on his own for the 2nd one...)

[pineapple stu]

You obviously do, as you defend him regularly on these boards.

Nothing better to do.

I'll call it as I see it; Jennings is coming in for excessive criticism for last night's match. Previous defences were based on what I saw at Belfield.

[Dodge]

Which was a fair few years ago. Players can show talent and not fulfill it, or even regress. Everytime I've seen him playr for Derry he's been poor and he was nowhere near as good a keeper as Forde

[dcfcsteve]

The man is living proof that evolution as a concept is a sack of ****. How can the great Pat Jennings produce a smaller, ****ter goalkeeper for a son?

I suspect Pat Senior's wife may not have been selected primarily on either her height or goal-keeping abilities.

It takes two to breed. That's why Big Pat should just be cloned......

[pineapple stu]

I accept that. Most of my defending of him was before the start of the season; haven't seen him much this year. But he wasn't as much to blame for that second goal as is being made out. Fact.

[BohsFans]

http://www.stpatsfc.com/watch_video.php?id=55


goals from pats port


kdjac

Men against boys!

Portadown are ****in disgrace to the tournament, they just let Pats walk right through them (literally) for the third goal I think it was!

btw was there more than 100 at the game?