rovers tonight

**slim15_23** · 07/04/2004, 2:55 PM

I think the eircom league should take leaf from the Scottish league and try and get sponsorship for referees and assistants from SPECSAVERS. It may improve the standard of the refereeing

**Bosco** · 07/04/2004, 10:59 PM

Are best performance so far this season.Thought it went very dead but gartlands sending off sparked it into life.Thought our defence were very solid but were(along with digger) to quick to hoof it up the field.
Player ratings:
Digger 6.5 Nearly let slip at the start when the ball hit the post.Overall solid but his kick outs didn't do us any favours.

Spud 7.5 Think this season so far he's nearly back to his best.Is not afraid to run with the ball and does not hoof it too often.At one stage i was very impressed when we were on the counter attack and instead of belting it up to barret and keegan,he cut into the centre and ran with it.

Barry 7:Very solid.But distribution is poor.

Dillon 7:Same as barry

Gartland 5.5:Wasn't on long enough to judge.Aldo o'neill was poor,I can't really blame him for the sending off, it was a bad tackle

Baker 6:Got alot of the ball but the rovers fans got to him.Good decision to take him off.

Vinnie 7:Wore his heart on his shirt as usuall.

Pip 7:Improvement from recent games.Helped out at the back alot.

Kirby 7:Thought he was very good.Dissappeared for periods of the game but was affective when on the ball

Keegan 7.5:Made use out of the the long balls.Some great headers

Barrett 8:He got his confidence back last night.Saw some flashes of brilliance on the right wing that made him big last season.Should have done better with his chance at the start.

Prunty 7:Some great cross-field passes.He was given the ball on his weak side alot last night and everyone knows he has no right foot.

Martin 7:Goal was fantastic. I'd like to see him get a start as i feel our midfield needs to be livened up

**the 12 th man** · 08/04/2004, 7:17 AM

Originally Posted by max power

check out the star today, great pic of o'neill with an evil face on him

saw the photo all right.the guy looks demented.gartland looks like he is about to burst into tears .
if this is the standard of refereeing going on well then the e/l has a problem.
so is it favoritism or just plain bad calls made on both teams.??

**Macy** · 08/04/2004, 8:02 AM

Originally Posted by the 12 th man

so is it favoritism or just plain bad calls made on both teams.??

Bad calls the other night.... Till the sending off it was all against Longford, middle period plain incompetence, last 20-25mins all against Shamrocks....