Am not surprised. With Tierney, Byrne, and Lynch out we were bound to be missing the driving force. Also Brennan is actually not fully fit yet so for him to be thrown in meant things were desperate. McMahon getting injured was a major blow as he is Lynch's back up and having to bring in Flynn who hasnt played at this level before against a team pushing for promotion, we were never going to get much outta the game.
Hopefully we can get it back on track next week against Mervue.
Great battling performance from us last night. Not a great game, although it improved a bit in the 2nd half. We'll get stuck into them at the Showgies on Tuesday!
I think the ref (Alan Kelly) and assistants deserve a mention too for a good performance. We give them no end of stick when they screw up, but he let the game flow well and didn't give out any silly bookings. It was leagues ahead of the performance of Winters and co. in the LC Semi.
Tonight's lineups:
Blues: Michael Devine; Alan Carey, Kenny Browne, Kevin Murray, Seamus Long; Joe Mulcahy, John Kearney, Stephen Grant, Kevin Waters; Willie John Kiely, Graham Cummins
subs: Kevin Burns, Declan Woodgate, Kieran Fitzgerald, Dave Warren, Gary Dunphy, Paul Carey, Vinny Sullivan
Pats: Gary Rogers, Stephen Maher, Damien Lynch, Jason Gavin, Enda Stephens, Alan Cawley, Bobby Ryan, Stuart Byrne, Gary Dempsey, Ryan Guy, Glen Fitzpatrick
subs: Brendan Clarke, Darragh Ryan, Noel Haverty, Gints Freimanis, Andy Haran, Kyle Moran, Mark Leech
As mentioned elsewherethe referee is Mr Anthony Buttimer of Cork.
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On mature reflection Pat's have lined out in this wise (R-L across the rows):
Gary Rogers; Damien Lynch, Jason Gavin, Stuart Byrne, Enda Stephens; Stephen Maher, Alan Cawley, Gary Dempsey, Bobby Ryan; Glen Fitzpatrick, Ryan Guy
And they've had a goal chalked off for offside already (1 min). Dempsey finding Fitzpatrick with a nice pass, but the flag up good and early, long before the (tidy) finish.
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Blues 1-0 up, WJK on 17 mins!
Cracking strike, initially got onto a neat ball down the left channel, held it for Grant arriving through the middle, picked it up again after it broke clear from Grant and drove it to the top left corner from just inside the area.
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According to futbol24 the LTFC anf Bray game is postponed?![]()
Who Cares?!
Half time, 1-0 Blues.
Great game of ball so far, best I've seen Waterford play in quite a while.
Lynch booked for Pat's, the only card so far.![]()
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Dessie Baker 1-0
Chisholm 2-0
2nd half underway about 5 mins here.
Devine already after making two superb saves from Dempsey and Lynch to keep it at 1-0.
Official attendance is 677.
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Saturday night atter a Sunny day. People will have gone mad and are all face down on a couch asleep, sunburnt facing hangovers.
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That drum at the Fingal-Shams game is probably, the worst bit of "drumming" ive ever heard. Atmosphere as dead as a dodo
Leech on for Fitzpatrick 57 mins
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