MNS Tonight 17/11

[WoodquayBoy]

Shocking the way they raced through the defining weekend for the whole league, as in final 2 relegation slots, and promotion slot, all decided over the weekend.
given all that happened, cpould they noy hsve pushed it out and done a 90 min programme?
No real reactioin from Dundalk and UNited fans celebrating, nor the disappointment of Harps and Shels fans. Pretty poor show given what was at stake over the weekend. Mind you, that Jacqui Hurley bird gets better looking every week, she is ageing well God bless her!!
As for Brennan's moans, what a moron - what did he expect, professional players to just travel up and roll over 'cause Shels expected to win the league. Even more delighted now for the plastics after watching that

[CSFShels]

To be fair, if it was an hour or so later, I'm sure Brennan would have been completely different. The shock of what happened took its toll. Hes a sound man.

[Blue-Army]

Maybe we need more podcasts to appear on the scene.

I didn't think we had any?

[roversforever]

To be fair I think the criticism of MNS is a bit harsh. I agree it wasn't great in terms of covering the final weekend of the season but overall I think its been a decent show and a hell of a step up from the muck that used to be on tv3. It's the first season of it so you can't expect it to be perfect and hopefully they'll learn from their mistakes and it'll come back better next season.

[GenerationXI]

Christ the state of Finn Park pitch is a disgrace.

Totally unbelievable. It made one of the goals too.

Lets all laugh at Brennan , lets all laugh at Brennan La la la la

You're a long long long way from Huddersfield now Brennan you peasant.

But if we are the Leeds United of the irish league......who are limerick?

Millwall? I think to be honest Limerick people accepted years ago that no one really likes us very much and while the rugby crowd still like to think that's changing because of Munster, we're smart enough to revel in it. We celebrated that because the Limerick man enjoys Schadenfreude more than anything else. To be there to hear so many hearts break in unison was glorious and I, for one, would do it every week if I could.

Also, Shels are very much the team to hate in the division because they presume they're better than it. Frankly, we've beaten everyone in the league this year bar Sporting Fingal, and we've been hammered by teams too. If anything will have shown Shels that they are a first division side then it's this. I mean, how badly did they really want it? It was theirs for the taking if they'd just tried.

Well done Geezer,Good post.MNs has no soul.even when they show highlights there's this crap music that drowns out the backgound noise of the supporters.It really does very little to promote the game to the casual follower.They should have a section that takes a club profile every week from all divisions.

Couldn't agree more. Even if they lost the 'lost archive' and '60seconds' and gave ten minutes to a club profile or the best First Division match or whatever.

Delighted I wore Bright Orange too. I was eminently conspicous on the Telly!!!

[paulie_walnuts]

Jacqui Hurley is a man.

Very disappointed, but not surprised at the lack of decent coverage of the promotion battle.

Also, if I was a Drogs fan (are there any left?), I'd be absolutely raging at hearing my manager say 'the last 3 games didn't matter'. Cork got on with their season when they fell into examinership. Whats makes Doolin and his players so much beter than losing 10 points and having nothing much but that thing called pride to play for that 3 games 'don't matter'. I've never liked him, but for that comment I have no time for the man now.

Also, Finn Park. People complain about Oriel Park, Colm Foley most notably last night. Oriel Parks pitch would never gift a team a goal. The ball won't stick. Players won't get lost in mud baths. It is not an advantage to Dundalk. We lost 4 games in Oriel Park this season. Give over. I can't wait to beat one of the big boys at home next season, roll on the pitch excuses.

[oriel]

I simply couldnt believe collins couldnt be axxed going to the shels v lim`k game (knowing he was going to be paid to talk about it) and he lives 5 mins away - 'i was getting texts from me daughter' arrogant prrkk

also he made sure he didnt give dlk any praise, only mentioning gill

and he gets paid for all of this

ps dundalk`s pitch is not astro turf, its a syntethic surface - i woudl personally prefer grass, but i have played on it and its a perfect surface - suits a passing game

[baddebt]

roversforever, i agree with you MNS is a decent show, if we are looking for a bigger LoI audience it is a good start. They will surely learn from the first season, and hopefully next season will be way better. I still think there should be a camera at the top 1st Div game every week.

[GenerationXI]

Also, Finn Park. People complain about Oriel Park, Colm Foley most notably last night. Oriel Parks pitch would never gift a team a goal. The ball won't stick. Players won't get lost in mud baths. It is not an advantage to Dundalk. We lost 4 games in Oriel Park this season. Give over. I can't wait to beat one of the big boys at home next season, roll on the pitch excuses.

I don't think that pitch makes a difference. It's basically a perfect playing surface that stays absolutely perfect becuase it's not subject to the elements in the same way as an organic pitch is. We're just so used to Mudbaths like Finn Park in this league that when the ball bounces we think witchcraft is at play. Limerick went to Oriel and beat them one-nil in a game that pretty much would have secured them the title. Didn't hear anyone talking about the pitch after that.

[Raheny Red]

I know im being biased, but the best game of the weekend was shels and Limerick. Total tension and end to end football with great saves and two (sadly for mr brennan) committed teams. What did we get? about 25 secs worth. Thats 50 secs on rte for the last 16 years. And to show how exciting they found the first division they showed a kid falling onto the pitch twice as it was much better then the game? repeat of goals? pitch invasion by scum?

Forgetting the result, that was one of the worst footballing spectacles I've ever seen. Both sides couldn't string 4 or 5 passes together.

[GenerationXI]

Forgetting the result, that was one of the worst footballing spectacles I've ever seen. Both sides couldn't string 4 or 5 passes together.

The first forty-five minutes were rubbish. But after the break, when it was clear that Mike had told the lads to go out and get a result, it came alive.

[razor]

Mind you, that Jacqui Hurley bird gets better looking every week, she is ageing well God bless her!!

Never thought too much of her until I saw her one Friday afternon on one of the Afternoon Shows on RTE dolled up to the nines and she scrubbed up quite well.
Had to do a double take, almost unrecognisable.

[paulie_walnuts]

I don't think that pitch makes a difference. It's basically a perfect playing surface that stays absolutely perfect becuase it's not subject to the elements in the same way as an organic pitch is. We're just so used to Mudbaths like Finn Park in this league that when the ball bounces we think witchcraft is at play. Limerick went to Oriel and beat them one-nil in a game that pretty much would have secured them the title. Didn't hear anyone talking about the pitch after that.

Exactly. Its people crying if they don't get their way. Fear of the unknown, whatever else you want to call it. Limerick came to Oriel twice, played fine football and deservedly won both times. I believe Gareth Cronin had a moan about the pitch when Waterford lost on it. As long as the pitch is there, its going to be used as an excuse. Unless a team wins of course.

[baddebt]

i got this striaght off the MNS website:

From Con Murphy.

When the lads got to studio it was pretty much straight down to business. Chat time was tight because we had so much footage to show from the various games, and I received a couple of emails after the programme accusing myself and Colm Foley of Dublin bias because we questioned whether Dundalk's artificial pitch would be passed by the licensing committee for next season's Premier Division.
Apparently because we're both from Dublin we are sick that Shels didn't get promoted. Two words. The first is Bull and the second begins with S. I was delighted for John Gill and Dundalk to get back to the Premier Division. I've had many great nights at Oriel Park, and for someone to think that either I, or Colm, would support Shels because we come from Dublin is nonsense.

The footage from Station Road at the full-time whistle was great because you could see that the Dundalk players were dejected despite their big win and then word obviously filtered through and bedlam broke out. By contrast, the Shels players were absolutely stunned and as Dave Barry said, it's the beauty of the game in a way, that an entire season can turn on the kick of a ball. It must be said that Limerick deserve a lot of credit for giving it a go at Tolka Park, and Dundalk should send a few crates of McArdles to Shannonside soon.

[GenerationXI]

Dundalk should send a few crates of McArdles to Shannonside soon.

Or build us a new ground or whatever.

[paulie_walnuts]

How about a few slabs of Harp, its nicer

[Schumi]

Very disappointing that they only showed a couple of minutes of the promotion games and filled up nearly the whole second half of the show with an awards ceremony and chatting.

[paulie_walnuts]

An awards ceremony indeed but they failed to acknowledge the First Division Player of the Year.

I hate to think they will ignore the first division next season, because it wil be very, very competitive.

[BohDiddley]

I hate to sound like an RTÉ match commentator, but who is Jim Jim?

[WindmillWarrior]

Also, if I was a Drogs fan (are there any left?), I'd be absolutely raging at hearing my manager say 'the last 3 games didn't matter'. Cork got on with their season when they fell into examinership. Whats makes Doolin and his players so much beter than losing 10 points and having nothing much but that thing called pride to play for that 3 games 'don't matter'. I've never liked him, but for that comment I have no time for the man now.

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Well said.