QuoteSo it ended 2-0. Good result.
How did we play?
Poor kitty, who would put...a Buccaneers helmet on a cat?Originally Posted by SligoBrewer
So it ended 2-0. Good result.
How did we play?
Good first half, very poor in the second.
Good strike from Holmesy for the first, but we should never have got the penalty for the second.
Meh, 3 points though, can't argue with it...
Played some great football in the first half but we lost our momentum in the second half with Galway going all out attack. Holmes goal was brilliant, about 20-25 yards ? and Alan Keane with a well placed peno, we finally put one away. Brush was outstanding once again saving us on a few occasions, Raf and Boco worked really hard but didnt get their reward with a goal, but they had their chances. Holmes is a player i'm really starting to like, hes improved so much and I think that spell on the wing he had on Monday helped him with confidence. The one negative from this one was Owen Morrison, was to greedy and had to many bad passes. Mauro Almeida played the full 90 mins but he went down in the first half after an awkward landing. Deserved 3 points, were reallty beginning to gel together it seems
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did any one notice that mauro has lost a lot of weight.
He's been injured.
If he was on any medication while injured that could be why. Or maybe it was just because he wasn't able to work out.
Dreadful match and very disjointed performance. The fact that Richard Brush was our best player says it all. If we were at it at all we should win a match like this 6 0. Galway had Jay O'Shea and nothing else. That lad can play.
i thought he didnt play well at all, gave the ball away alot
He was still their best player by a mile I thought.
O'Shea tore us apart, again and again, and again.
Delighted with the win but it would be nice to get a bit more value for money.
Second half was forgettable.
They only got a couple of shots on target so I don't know how this could be true. Brush made some good catches from crosses alright. I thought we were never in any danger though.
oh aye, i agree, just shows how disappointing Galway were..
Good win, Galway are very poor, we really should have put more past them, last season's team would have. We gave them way too many chances 2nd half and if they were any good, they could have actually taken them. Still, good to get the 3 points and now unbeaten in three games...hopefully keep it going now.
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37' O'Shea Picks out O'Brien with great vision, who takes on Keane and shoots low, but saved by Brush
54' O'Shea Free hits Wall
62' O'Shea Header Hits Crossbar
63' O'Shea great run through defence, beats several players, takes it to the left,shoots wide.
67' O'Shea turns and shoots from 18 yards. Over, but ever threatening.
75' O'Shea again threatens.
Proper jekyll and hyde performance from our boys tonight, although a win is a win and derby games are rarely good football matches. I thought in the first half we were very good, passing was sharp ball played to feet men backing up each other, players looking for the ball, it was great to see. The second half was totally the opposite, they dominated the midfield and ran the show and Galway got themselves back into the game.
Brush was our man of the match i would say followed by Holmes, Boco and Cretaro (No need to mention Peers anymore in these match threads imo as he is always good). Morrisson was poor in the second half and O'Grady very poor. We seem to lose control of the midfield in the second half totally, i honestly don't think it is a fitness thing but i could be wrong.
Anyway great to get a home win and hopefully more of the first half and less of the second half in future, also not sure who you would play left back but would rather see Holmes on the left hand side of midfield. Up to 7th now but a big game next week but hopefully the confidence continue to grow and performances continue to improve, and we put Connor under more pressure by taking the 3 points.
I thought it was a good enough win. 2-0 against a side that are doing well enough this season. Considering we only had two league wins all season going into this one I'm not complaining.
Played some great football in the first half. Holmes played well. I think Boco has been fantastic in recent weeks. He's taken for granted imo. He links everything up so well (kinda like Rooney at Man U).
Obviously we took the foot of the pedal in the econd half but 3 points is 3 points so I'm happy.
Not a great crowd for a derby match.
2-0 home win
We'll take it.
That was poor but the side is obviously limited to last year missing crtain players. Galway looked like the Rovers of last year and played good football especially in the second half. I seen O Shea last year in the Showgrounds and he never bothered his arse but tonight he was central and plus O Brien.
i have to say jay o shea is in a different league to most loi players. his flicks, touches and vision and control is first rate. the problem with him last nite was he tried to do it all on his own. personally i thought their no.8 russell is it was excellent on the wing until he got his marching orders i wouldnt mind signing him. its nice to see a winger take the defender on and beat him which he did to holmes a fair bit especially in first half although i have too say holmes did do well throughout. again no centre of midfield !!! o grady and ryan not doing it for me this year. at least o grady puts in the work rate richie does not. no service for the strikers in the game raf was chasing scraps. i thought keane was excellent he looks a great signing. morrison was greedy but at least he was getting on the ball and making himself known to the galway defence, ya couldnt say the same for doherty or cash. if morrison learned to play for the team and have an end product he mite turn a good player but i doubt it will happen with us. dont get me wrong im not a morrison fan ! back four looked confident and thats a big bonus as we looked shaky for most the season so far. great display from brushie in goal, turning into a top keeper. pity parkhouse went off injured he needs a run of games, he done ok but we need to see more of him in the air. i think the big bonus tonight was the clean sheet we really needed a good performance from the back four. we must kick on from here the next 2 games are tough but very winable imo. last word boco was not as effective on the wing but ya know ya will always get 110% from the ld
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