Then the lack of bottle that has pervaded various Rovers teams at this juncture may have been mere coincidence.
But I don't believe in coincidence
I wouldn't say it's coincidence either. It's just difficult to win titles, especially when the defending champions are as formidable as Bohs under Fenlon. Drogs and Cork only managed it by massively overextending themselves. It's not really that surprising that a Rovers team with very few past title winners in it (and the most important of whose injury has coincided with the huge dip in form/results) would struggle to overcome the incumbent champions.
B$stards. I hate footballOriginally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
He is actually playing the best football he has played for us all season and is in the starting eleven on merit and not because someone is injured. BewaaaareCouldn't be by a Rovers player...they would've missed.
Result tonight didn't really matter as much as the one on Saturday...lamper - tell me Glen Crowe is suddenly on holidays
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No we didnt. Our ridiculous spending started after we won the league, when Lennox left and we decided the same players were worth 3 times as much in wages.
We managed it because we got incredibly lucky with the amount and quality of players that came back from England at the time and played for reasonable money.....for a couple of years anyway.
I think we made a loss of about 30k that year (covered by Lennox), and while it's still a loss you could do without it certainly wasn't massively overextending ourselves a la Drogs
Last edited by micls; 06/10/2010 at 1:07 AM.
all temporary elation aside, we still have it all to do and it is still Rovers' to throw away. We cant afford a mistake, they can afford one. Its delicately poised... funnily enough, i think Sligo and Pats winning tonight has done Shams no favours.
Its gonna be a rollercoaster one way or the other...
BRING IT ON!!
You could have just liedHe is actually playing the best football he has played for us all season and is in the starting eleven on merit and not because someone is injured. Bewaaaare
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and it's not gonna be three
and it's not gonna be four
it's more likely to be 5-1.
qualitys rough but looks like a coin possibly?
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Actually think both Pats win and especially Sligo gettting their late winner is good for us because Pats will know they more than likely need at least a draw against you next Sat if they want to claim 3rd spot.... reckon there will be a few more twists for both of us before the end and will make for a nerve wracking run in...
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He doesn't do holidays anymore, not after the harpooning incident the last time he hit the beach.tell me Glen Crowe is suddenly on holidays
I really thought Rovers would equalise at he start of the 2nd half but Bohs stood firm, fair play to them.
What was O'Neill thinking putting Baker on for Dennehy? Billy was doing a bit and his delivery was excellent, Dessie was a mere passenger.
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Billy? Don't you mean Brian? At least that's what George Hamilton called him for most of the first half.
He isn't that good an actor
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Maybe so but they will be awell aware that they bottled in big time last season.
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Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!
The way Rovers are playing if Pats win on Saturday they'll be thinking of catching Rovers.
Seriously though I noticed that there wasn't one player that started for Rovers who has won a league title before. Might only be a small edge to Bohs there but the more they struggle over the line, the worse their mindset could get.
Saturday's a huge day for the european places. Sligo with tricky tie in Dundalk. Fingal out in Tallaght and Pats hosting a rejuvenated (you'd have to assume) Bohs. All games starting at different times too. A Bohs win in Inchicore heaps pressure on Rovers.
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pheeeeeeew, after the elation of last nights result, hardly time to breathe before "judgement day" on saturday - shams, bohs, pats and Fingal with everything to play for in the two Dublin derbies and Sligo right up in the european chase !The way Rovers are playing if Pats win on Saturday they'll be thinking of catching Rovers.
Seriously though I noticed that there wasn't one player that started for Rovers who has won a league title before. Might only be a small edge to Bohs there but the more they struggle over the line, the worse their mindset could get.
Saturday's a huge day for the european places. Sligo with tricky tie in Dundalk. Fingal out in Tallaght and Pats hosting a rejuvenated (you'd have to assume) Bohs. All games starting at different times too. A Bohs win in Inchicore heaps pressure on Rovers.
very tight to call, bohs or shams cant take anything for granted with two very difficult games on saturday - great and important win for Pats should boost them. No easy games in run in (despite Shams run in looking easier "on paper"). shams did look jaded last night and lacking in imigination (the ranting of O'neill hardly settled many nerves) while I still think they are favorites there is no doubt the pressure is buildng up.
As an outsider of the top 2 tiers, I'm happy with the result that should see the league go down to the wire. It's also great to see Sligo do well, it's good for the league for some non-Dublin club to be doing well. There is a possibility of 6 Dublin clubs in top flight next season.
Fingal a team we have never beaten
Drogheda and
Bray away the in form team at the min.
Easy peasy.
Champions 2010
Champions 2011
Dick Brush 1 Sligo 0
Bohs are going bust.
Could be an interesting game for us against pats last game of the season. You could see 2 teams park the bus and not be make an attack between them. Lets hope so.
Manager: Fergal, have you your boots with ya?
Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!
Paul Keegan was immense for Bohs last night, and too many rovers players didn't show up, especially turner, chambers and rice.
If rovers can't get a draw at least on saturday, hop off drogheda, and then beat bray on the last day to win it on goal difference, they won't deserve to win the league. Same goes for Bohs, if they can't take 9 points from their 3.
The best team over the course of a season always wins the league, end of story.
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