pressure on!

**Conor H** · 22/10/2007, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by gufct

gilberto i have never ever met anyone in my life who is so pessimistic and who takes every chance he can to slag off the club,manager or players.

If we win on friday Longford cant catch us so automatic relegation is out the window. You can beat me around the place if we are beaten on friday but for once this season will you give up on the constant knocking.

I would say 99.9% of all united fans would be delighted that Bray and UCD are being dragged down into the relegation/playoff places.

Agree.

A win on Friday and we're up to 8th.
We then get to play 2 of the teams below us in our last 2 games.

Basically Friday night is huge.Failure to win and i think we'll be odds on for the drop but a win and we're in the best position of all 5 teams.
Crazy that there's 5 teams that could still get relegated with 3 games to go!

Still i'm going to a gufct on it and be nothing but positive this week because the thought of losing would make you,simply,cry.

**gilberto_eire** · 22/10/2007, 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by Conor H

Agree.

A win on Friday and we're up to 8th.
We then get to play 2 of the teams below us in our last 2 games.

Basically Friday night is huge.Failure to win and i think we'll be odds on for the drop but a win and we're in the best position of all 5 teams.
Crazy that there's 5 teams that could still get relegated with 3 games to go!

Still i'm going to a gufct on it and be nothing but positive this week because the thought of losing would make you,simply,cry.

you even say it yourself theres was added pressure frm longfords win....

i really dont see how you can view it a good thing that a team in the relegation spot has narrowed the gap to 3

we have nothing to gain from passing Bray and UCD, but everything to lose from Longford and Waterford passing us!.

considering the roll there on its very possible(not much but it has become a possibility after tonight) we are now playing for the play-off(after longfords win) dont you think when longford are motoring and 2 of the teams ahead of them still have to play!!

i cant see how teams winning below us is good when we've won 2/3 less then everyone else all year, we only have to hold our position!!

**Conor H** · 22/10/2007, 10:56 PM

But by winning Friday we would go further ahead of Longford but now also,move ahead of 2 teams which have been ahead of us for quite a number of weeks.

Surely that's a good thing?

Longford winning is only a bad thing if we lose/draw on Friday and as i said previous i'm not even going to contemplate that.

I see where you're coming from...and i do agree to a large extent that it's far from ideal with the team below us winning BUT if we win our next 2 games we'll all of a sudden find the relegation battle won't be of much concern to us.

There's 5 teams involved now-it's up to us to break away.

**DmanDmythDledge** · 22/10/2007, 11:20 PM

Conor you seem to be thinking very positively at the moment, whereas usually you seem to be unahppy with GUFC's performances and calling for the manager's head. It just doesn't make sense that you can have such contradicting views.

**Maroon 7** · 22/10/2007, 11:31 PM

Basically tonight's results are only good for us if we beat Derry on Friday. If we do we climb above Bray and UCD and things look good.

A loss or even a draw against Derry and it really will be squeaky bum time after that with every game a cup final.

**gufct** · 23/10/2007, 7:12 AM

every game has been a cup final for the last few weeks and Fridays is the biggest so far. We need to make everyone realise this and fill Terryland on Friday.

**Conor H** · 23/10/2007, 7:57 AM

Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

Conor you seem to be thinking very positively at the moment, whereas usually you seem to be unahppy with GUFC's performances and calling for the manager's head. It just doesn't make sense that you can have such contradicting views.

My feelings on TC haven't changed so don't know where i;m contradicting myself?
Just feel if we win Friday we'll be a long way to staying up so might aswell keep positive.
If we stay up-then we can all loook back and say whether or not it's been a good seasn.i know how i'll be voting.

**galwayhoop** · 23/10/2007, 8:34 AM

Originally Posted by gufct

two great results tonight .A win friday and we go above both ucd and Bray.

i can't agree with this unfortunately. personally 10th or 8th are the same as each other to me. i would much rather see daylight between ourselves and longford at this stage than a smaller gap to those above, after all we only need to do better than the 2 below us to stay up, forget about those above us ffs.

3 points off automatic relegation and one off the play-off with 3 games to go cannot be a better position than we were in yesterday morning! added to that by UCD losing last night it increases the likelyhood of them having something to play for on the last day of the season.

3 points is an absolute must on friday or i'll be getting very very nervous.

**Tir Oilean** · 23/10/2007, 8:40 AM

Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

It just doesn't make sense that you can have such contradicting views.

I'll think you will find alot of United fans in the same boat as Conor H, myself included. I dont see it as a contradiction but more as a change of mind or attitude and surely we are all entitled to do that?

I see where Gilberto is coming from, if Longford lost and we win on Friday night we would still be better off, in that the automatic relegation would be further away from us. Should we now be concentrating on finishing above the play-off spot or 8th ahead of UCD and Bray. I'd say the latter. It gives us a clear goal. Plus I want us to beat UCD at home.

**galwayhoop** · 23/10/2007, 8:50 AM

Originally Posted by Tir Oilean

Should we now be concentrating on finishing above the play-off spot or 8th ahead of UCD and Bray. I'd say the latter. It gives us a clear goal. Plus I want us to beat UCD at home.

in fairness its not an 'either or' scenario Tir Oilean, just if Longford had lost then automatic relegation was virtually impossible. it would be nice to finish 8th obviously but i'd take staying in the division over anything like that!!

**WoodquayBoy** · 23/10/2007, 10:49 AM

There seems to be a bit of a buzz around town and I think (hope) we could get our biggest crowd of the season on Friday. A win is a must - can't see Drogheda breaking their backs against Waterford, not too ure if Paul Doolin would want to do his auld mucker a favour, especially when United 'denied' them a local derby this season.
Wouldn't it be ironic if we finish 11th and Dundalk win the First Division playoff - there would be some fireworks then!
Anyway, as for Friday, lets get behind the lads and give them total support from the start, Derry are also coming to the end of a long season and we did very well against them in 2 league games already

**galwayhoop** · 23/10/2007, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy

can't see Drogheda breaking their backs against Waterford,

Drogs will probably be on the p1ss all week

Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy

Wouldn't it be ironic if we finish 11th and Dundalk win the First Division playoff - there would be some fireworks then!

I'm sure all the neutrals would be backing us!!!!!!!

**Sonic** · 23/10/2007, 11:28 AM

Look I cant see ye been roped down into relegation to be honest. If anything it will be ourselves and waterford and even then it looks like it could be too late for us!

**Square Heir** · 23/10/2007, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy

Wouldn't it be ironic if we finish 11th and Dundalk win the First Division playoff - there would be some fireworks then!

This is what I have feared all season!

**Claret Murph** · 23/10/2007, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by Square Heir

This is what I have feared all season!

Don't worry it's not going to happen and if by some chance it did thou we would have to make sure that no one would be able to bring in any petrol cans into Terryland . Poor old mixi the taxi driver will he ever be forgotten , not by me that's for sure .

**eamo1** · 23/10/2007, 12:48 PM

It seems you have forgotten his proper name already though

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We are not going down,7 points at least from our last 3 will see us do it handy enough.Then the knives can come out!

**Claret Murph** · 23/10/2007, 3:07 PM

Thanks Eamo, mixi maxi hey I was close

**JC_GUFC** · 23/10/2007, 3:37 PM

Originally Posted by galwayhoop

added to that by UCD losing last night it increases the likelyhood of them having something to play for on the last day of the season.

3 points is an absolute must on friday or i'll be getting very very nervous.

Whatever about Longford , how can anyone think that UCD losing was not a good result for us?!?!

Longford have to go to Bohs in their next game - I'd be very surprised if they got a result there so if they lose that they can't finish above us.

Given Derry's current form there's even a chance that we'll finish above them but that's being really optimistic!!!!

I predicted about 2 months ago that we'd beat UCD on the last day to finish in 8th, that looks pretty realistic now.