Pat's v Rovers Match Predictions

[1st time post]

a mixed nite for me, good point earned considering we were a goal down with only minutes to go but we only threatened their goal once and that was a free kick in opening minutes. againdt bohs, shams and in inchicore we did not look like we could score from open play. people here saying pats are dire and good point earned................. how can it be a good point if they are dire and we were no better than them in the game if anything they had the better chances. i do not wanna sound like a kill joy but it was an improvement over shams but we were playing a far inferior team. holmes looked good on the left of mid, parkhouse looked lively and interested, boco was brill as ever, raf unfortunately went off injured and his replacement feeney done well, i was suprised. almeida was off the pace as would be expected being out so long but match fitness will correct that with time. peers outstanding as ever and keane again dependable. richie was ok in firrst half and then v poor in second as went missing for first 25 mins of second half. as a team i feel we are lacking confidence and direction. remember we were 5 mins away from losing to a team who ye say yourselfs are dire. as far as performances go it was 6/10 at best. i feel we will struggle this year. i do not wanna be the bearer of constant moaning but kills me to see us struggling this year and only coleman gone as real change from our heroics from last year, so how can situation change. is it just confidence ???

My taughts on our struggles this year are posted on the 1st page of thus thread!!!mite help maybe???

[dublinred]

Happy enough with a point in the end , performance was a massive improvment on the previous week the players were defo up for it unucly to go in 1 down at half time against the run of play , very impressed with Parkhouse he held the ball up well and gives us another dimension up front he laid off a lot of balls for the midfielders who then tried to walk the ball into the net instead of shooting . Good to see Mauro back will take him a few games to get into swing of things , Holmes on left midfield isn't a bad option thought Keohane looked very good too when he came on , looking forward to tonight confident we will get a result.

[nechayev]

I made this one. Pats were useless, we were no better. Positive result though. Good to see Almeida make a decent contribution. Parkhouse played well but he tired in the second half i think.
Cawley's a rat.

here! some of my BEST friends are rats..... wotchit

good away support - point on the road's a point on the road - this could be the start of something bootiful...

and anyhoo: who can honestly say they wouldn't prefer a good old fashioned bloodbath of a relegation dog-fight than annodyne mid-table mediocrity?

assuming, of course, we don't go galloping off on another quixotic tilt at the windmills of yooropeen sokker!

PEACE - y'all

DIMITRI - only let on the bus to raise the average age to an acceptable UEFA standard!

ps: a great disappointment for me, on the night, was dooley's failure to examine short-cut alternatives to the N4 on the way home

tch tch tch...