Sligo Rovers V Shamrock Rovers Saturday 26th at 7.45pm

**sligofan4ever** · 28/09/2009, 7:23 PM

Originally Posted by CarrickFan

had to wait til MNS to watch goal again as i was behind the other goals..penalty was bulls*it...and Michael O'Neill is pri*k..really hope Bohs win the title now after that interview.

Yeah he said something like "The referee had a good game", such bullsh*t he had agood game for Shams anyways, MOTM and pantom villian all in one McKeon was. I also think your man covering the report said Boco is a "Benayoun international", or just pronounces it weirdly

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**rovers100%** · 28/09/2009, 7:39 PM

o neill was saying sligo were physical which is bull !!! how may times this season have we talked about needing more bite in our team !!! we were not dirty in the least. he is a tit . the one game the camera is on the blue stand we needed it on the the red to get a proper look of the decisions. just our luck...... def want the gypos to win the league now. mns is sh1t imo and they never say anything too controversial. if we play the remainder of our matches like we did last sat nite i for one will be happy because we are seeing a different team the last few matches. we can avoid the drop if keep our confidence up and take our chances

**Sheridan** · 28/09/2009, 7:40 PM

ShaMNS more like.

**CarrickFan** · 28/09/2009, 7:44 PM

Originally Posted by sligofan4ever

Yeah he said something like "The referee had a good game", such bullsh*t he had agood game for Shams anyways, MOTM and pantom villian all in one McKeon was. I also think your man covering the report said Boco is a "Benayoun international", or just pronounces it weirdly

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He more or less called us a dirty team aswell the ****..

**mint sauce** · 28/09/2009, 8:06 PM

same old MNS, the ref gave us f all, MNS were not much better, is it just me or do we really get very little positive comments from them, even last week, very little well done sligo for getting to the semi final, it was more was the cup being devalued for having no big sides in the last four

back to the game its self and the shams fans, you done your club proud saturday night, fair play to ya's, great to see such a big away crowd coming to the showies

**oldrover** · 28/09/2009, 8:14 PM

As a Sligo Rovers supporter of over 40 years my faith is finally weakening, not I might immediately add in the bit o’ red but in what passes for refereeing . For quite some time I was content to put it down to incompetence. Having witnessed the performance of the man in the middle (from Dublin!!)at the Rovers v Shams game on Saturday I am beginning to believe Stephen Kenny is right.

A penalty and a blatantly wrong call on a corner hands the match to a team the powers that be would wish to see dominate the league. Maybe Dublin refs just subliminally favour their local teams or maybe there is something more to it in a league where some teams have grounds provided by county councils and others by the FAI and where FAI budgeting rules are applied in an apparent uneven manner. It raises the question of fairness and indeed conflict of interests

The reality is that, relative to population, support for the league is far greater outside of Dublin but continued unfairness will eventually kill off that enthusiasm. What about a level playing pitch.

above is email I sent to MNS, Iwould now add that O'Neills comments were a disgrace

**bingoballs** · 28/09/2009, 8:18 PM

Originally Posted by CF1989

evryone saw how bad the referee was. im sure it'll be shown up on MNS

MNS is a joke lads. They are part of this whole agenda to marginalise clubs like ours in my opinion. In a game with two shocking decisions they tried to justify the referee's performance and all they would talk about is how great Shams are, despite them creating sweet f.a. and being gifted the match. I've said it before, their coverage of us is always pathetic and after tonight, I will never watch their sh*te again!

**CameramanConka** · 28/09/2009, 8:24 PM

Originally Posted by bingoballs

MNS is a joke lads. They are part of this whole agenda to marginalise clubs like ours in my opinion. In a game with two shocking decisions they tried to justify the referee's performance and all they would talk about is how great Shams are, despite them creating sweet f.a. and being gifted the match. I've said it before, their coverage of us is always pathetic and after tonight, I will never watch their sh*te again!

Yeah, some of the programme meetings are a scream. Top of the agenda - let's marginalise Sligo and such-like teams. Sweet Jesus. Catch a grip of yourself man/woman.

**rovers100%** · 28/09/2009, 8:28 PM

Originally Posted by CameramanConka

Yeah, some of the programme meetings are a scream. Top of the agenda - let's marginalise Sligo and such-like teams. Sweet Jesus. Catch a grip of yourself man/woman.

good man cameramanconka, now get mammy to tuck ya in after 9pm and its ur bedtime......sweet dreams

**CameramanConka** · 28/09/2009, 8:37 PM

Originally Posted by rovers100%

good man cameramanconka, now get mammy to tuck ya in after 9pm and its ur bedtime......sweet dreams

Superb - well thought out and erudite response.

Brilliant. Well done you.

**bingoballs** · 28/09/2009, 8:38 PM

Originally Posted by CameramanConka

Yeah, some of the programme meetings are a scream. Top of the agenda - let's marginalise Sligo and such-like teams. Sweet Jesus. Catch a grip of yourself man/woman.

Maybe i should rephrase that, there seems to be an attitude of dismissiveness towards clubs like Sligo Rovers from the FAI, match officials and the panel of MNS. Because we are not from Dublin and we don't play in Turners Cross or the Brandywell, we don't count. The coverage we have recieved from the programme all season long is my vindication.

**Redkenrover** · 28/09/2009, 9:01 PM

Originally Posted by CameramanConka

Yeah, some of the programme meetings are a scream. Top of the agenda - let's marginalise Sligo and such-like teams. Sweet Jesus. Catch a grip of yourself man/woman.

Ok so, give us an idea how a programme is structured. I'm not being smart but genuinely want to know.
Lately I have gone off MNS a bit. Good programme but I find the amount of time the panel go off topic when discussing a match is getting greater. I hate to compare one with the other as I think MNS is trying to find its own identity but when you look an match of the day, a tried and tested formula, i.e. match highlights, discuss, highlight incidents and discuss, its hard not to say it has stood the test of time for a reason.

**srfc1928** · 28/09/2009, 9:05 PM

Originally Posted by bingoballs

Maybe i should rephrase that, there seems to be an attitude of dismissiveness towards clubs like Sligo Rovers from the FAI, match officials and the panel of MNS. Because we are not from Dublin and we don't play in Turners Cross or the Brandywell, we don't count. The coverage we have recieved from the programme all season long is my vindication.

Have to agree with this.
The FAI and match officals have very little respect for our club.
I think they easily forget that we have survived for over 80 years with little or no help from them, especially when you compare the assistance some clubs have received in the last few years.
As for MNS I couldnt give a **** what laughing boy thinks of us.

**mypost** · 28/09/2009, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by CarrickFan

He more or less called us a dirty team aswell the ****..

He didn't use those words. He used the term "physical", which is fair enough. There were some hefty challenges on both sides, and a fair few yellows handed out. We had 3 free kicks in the first 10 minutes floated into the box. Our central defender had his shirt pulled in the box (rugby style) each time, the ref let it go, it happened another couple of times until midway through the second half, when the ref spoke to him and his marker and delayed a free kick because of it.

Sligo were quite happy to take the ref's decision, when Derry went ape over your winner in the cup, but because they lost on Saturday, it's all a Dub conspiracy.

More like an excuse.

**CF1989** · 28/09/2009, 11:26 PM

the decision agaist derrywas clearly justied though. look at the rule book.

**apo11o** · 28/09/2009, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by mypost

Sligo were quite happy to take the ref's decision, when Derry went ape over your winner in the cup, it's all a Dub conspiracy.

They wanted Derry out to leave it handy for you lot but messed up the draw.

**avvenalaf** · 29/09/2009, 12:11 AM

Arrah, lads, forget it. Bohs will win the league, we'll win the cup and The Hoors will end up with nothing except The Setanta Cup which will be cancelled next year. God's in his heaven and everything's alright with the world.

**Redie** · 29/09/2009, 8:42 AM

Never thought I'd say it but after O'Neill's comments last night I'm cheering on Bohs all the way to the title.

O'Neill also as much as admitted it wasn't a corner for the second goal.

**showgies** · 29/09/2009, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by Redie

O'Neill also as much as admitted it wasn't a corner for the second goal.

Yes he did, the fool.

You have to feel sorry for him though, he clearly wasn't expecting us to actually tackle his boys.

Bohs are the better team, so I too hope they win it, regardless of having another moaner of a manager in charge.

**CarrickFan** · 29/09/2009, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by mypost

He didn't use those words. He used the term "physical", which is fair enough. There were some hefty challenges on both sides, and a fair few yellows handed out. We had 3 free kicks in the first 10 minutes floated into the box. Our central defender had his shirt pulled in the box (rugby style) each time, the ref let it go, it happened another couple of times until midway through the second half, when the ref spoke to him and his marker and delayed a free kick because of it.

Sligo were quite happy to take the ref's decision, when Derry went ape over your winner in the cup, but because they lost on Saturday, it's all a Dub conspiracy.

More like an excuse.

Ah if your going to talk about shirt pulling etc lets have a bit of parity...Matthew Blinkhorn was used as a ladder by Shams centre halfs all night and didnt get one free kick..actually i think frees were actually given against him....

i dont think there is any kind of "Dub Conspiracy" but the fact is on the night the ref was pi** poor...having been behind the the opposite goals i waited to see MNS for a better view of Shams 2 goals and i think its obvious to any fair minded person that it wasnt a peno..the corner decision is harder to call but Brush seemed pretty sure it was a goal kick..the free kick given that led to O'Grady getting booked and countless other decisions were poor and seemed to be in your favour...

Despite the above Shams manager O'Neil came out and showed a real lack of class after the match..accusing us of being dirty etc..and defending the refs shocking display...normally a manager who has poxed a result is more gracious,he just proved what i always thought anyway..that he is a tw*t....say what you want about Fenlon(and many people do!!)but after we beat them in the league and knocked them out of the cup recently he had the decency to say we deserved it(league) and we done a good job on them(cup) and complemented us on being a good side...his neighbour in Tallaght could learn from him..

The facilities and crowds turning up in Tallaght are fantastic and great for a league usually dealing in bad news stories and i was full of praise for all going on at Shamrock Rovers but because of their petty tw*t of a manager i'll be backing Bohs all the way for the title.