this will be a tuf game im going limerick 2-1
Ryan
C.Tracy (Broughall) ' Purcell ' McCarthy ' Frost
Breen ' Judge ' O Leary ' Tracy
Quinn
Hynes
hope to see corie start at right back but doubt it . hopefully we get 3 points in this game . sean o connor could start too hope to see him
Longford struggled to beat Mervue but so did Cork.
We need a decent performance as much as anything on Friday.
I would be hoping something like
B.Ryan
C.Tracey
Purcell
McCarthy
Frost
Breen
O Leary
Judge
O Connor
Hynes
Quinn
Don't think there is much point making a lot of changes. Wouldn't mind seeing O Connor get a start and see how he gets on from the get go.
Limerick 2-1 Longford
Id hope for same team as Jof but i can see him going waith Brouaghall again which will be a disaster.
I think 0-0.
2-1 to Longford, 4-5-1 where we lump it to our lone forward for 90mins and the odd time he wins the ball it drops to a midfielder ten yards behind the play.
So did we pre-season - very lucky to win 3-2.Originally Posted by Jofspring
Mervue are better this season than last. I'd be very very happy to grind out a 1-0 win there next month.
Tough game on friday and a "must win". 2-1 to Limerick.
Another early goal like against Salthill and we should be fine. A comfortable 3 points in my opinion. Although so early in the season, as gspain mentions, it does have an air of 'must win' about it.
2-0 to the mighty blues.
Castletroy_Blue's infamous 2011 season predictions: Europe!
limerick to win 2 nil
one nil to the Limerick...
A scrappy 1-0 win after a poor performance.
2 . 1 to longford brouaghall to give plenty small crowd scully making excuses.
one for all and all for one
Correct me if I'm wrong but this is the fourth game of the season not the 24th, on another thread there was someone implying Scully should be sacked, I understand football fans by nature are pessimistic but seriously this is like a Sky phone in show
Anyway onwards and upwards Limerick to win
It's a fans forum...everybody is entitled to their opinion, as long as it is objective and not libellous. It might be only the 4th game, but its his third season and he has received every bit of support he has looked for from the club. Only fair that people are expectant in my book.
Do you think he has progreesed the club since he's been here?
Injuries and suspensions also hasn't helped the start of this campaign, 1win 1 draw 1loss, looking at the fixtures at the start of the season would you have taken this regardless of the teams performance?
Asking for Scully to be sacked this early is a bit mad...But if performances dont seriously improve by the end of the 1st series of games then it will have to be looked at.
That performance against Cork was a disgrace and no injuries or susupensions are an excuse for that you build a squad to deal with that.
Saying that though if we are to win the next 2 its back to everyone saying we are great again. Im like everyone else i expect things this year its grand progressing from 7th to 5th and i know Pat has made us better and more professional but we are still stuck in this graveyard of a division. But we are 3 games in so nothing to say that Pat wont be the man to get us out of it this year we have the squad to do it.
If we dont get up this year then the 1st year in the Markets Field will be wasted in the 1st divison.
I think he has. I know there are plenty of people behind the scenes that have had a huge part to play but I feel we have improved on and off the field under Scully. Although we are still stuck in this divison I think we have to take into account some of the teams that have been in it since Scully took over. Derry, Sporting Fingal, UCD (a lot of the players that played that season have gone on to play with top teams), Waterford, Cork, Shels and Monaghan (who have gotten a lot stronger). If we where in the same position now as we where before Scully I think we would be in the lower bracket of this division fighting at the bottom half of the league instead of the top half. I also think expectations at the club have risen too which adds more pressure but he kind of brought that on himself when saying we where going out to win the league.
There are some obvious flaws on the field at the moment but it is up to him to use the players he has signed to rectify it. Broughall has had a tough start but is still young, he looks like he could be a decent player but needs more experience.
The only disappointment I have had in Scullys signings is the lack of an experienced midfielder this season. In fairness he did sign Boland last season but that didn't work out like we all would have liked.
He needs to be given time this season with the new players to see what kind of quality we have signed and then make our minds up. We haven't even really seen O Connor and C.Tracey play yet so they could make a big difference. If we make no strides on the field then it will be time to talk about someone else coming in but for now I think he needs a chance. Look at Dundalk, they wanted Gill out at one stage (in a weaker division mind) but in the end they stuck by him and he got them promoted.
Last edited by Jofspring; 23/03/2011 at 5:07 PM.
Agree with alot of those points but IMO what will AGAIN cost limerick promotion is the centre of midfield For LOI football looking to get promotion its nowhere near good enough to young and weak. last season scully stuck with sean kelly for the whole season he was woeful and cost us countless goals lets all hope he does not do the same with broughall if he does queastions will be asked about him.
have we moved forward under scully we play a better brand of football alright we like to keep it on the floor like it should be, my big big prob with scully is he did not address the prob of centre mid he has started the season with judge and o leary who are not good enough a top experiance player was needed it he did not sign one. and by doing that it will cost limerick fc promotion you can see already this season we are stuggling there.
Do people think that if we dont go up this year it will be a failure?
I thimk so.As many have said here behind the scenes, lots of improvements have been made and by his own account when Scully has gone to the board to ask for funds for players he has been accomadated.He has brought in the players HE thinks can gat the club promoted.I think he nearly has except for the midfield scenario.Like many here have stated we need a defensive midfielder to allow the likes of O'Leary and Judge to do their thing.
Personally i think we had a better squad when Ski Magee was in charge.
For me its promotion or Scully goes.
"We've had a lot of good times, but you don't know how good they are until you have the bad ones" Tony Adams
Ya I think so and to be honest I think Scully would think the same. The main problem is this division is getting harder and harder to get out of, in saying that though I think the following season won't be as tough as this season if lets say Cork, Shels and Waterford left this division. I think as you said bluewhitearmy, after the first series of games we will have a good idea where we stand with regards the other teams. No point judging it off the first 3 or 4 games. Finn Harps, Cork and Shels as our first three away games was always going to be very tough and could have gone either way. We weren't outstanding up in Donegal from the accounts of it so a draw out of Finn Harps was a decent result up there and we where very poor down in Cork but Cork still only managed to just about come away with a 1-0 victory. With a stronger starting 11 than that and even a slight improvement in performance then we could be picking up results in most games I think.
Longford Town (H) win
Shelbourne (A) Loss
Wexford Youths (H) Win
Mervue United (A) Win
Athlone Town (H) Win
Monaghan United (A) Draw
Waterford United (H) Win
Leave us on 20 pts.
I think the results could very easily go in that order with most the squad available and if they do we will be in a great position after the first series.
If results did go like that we would be in a very healthy position. Only thing id worry about is people keep saying it will be grand when when we get the injured and suspended lads back but what about when we get more injuries and suspensions will people accept more performances like Cork then?
We never threathened Cork at all we had no ideas going forward it was the same thing over and over again it was clear it wasnt working but they didnt change it at all they just kept going the same way. If we dont have Steve i think we will find it very very hard to score.
And people saying that Garvan Broughall is only 19 that is not an excuse you are either good enough or not if it is the fact that he is only young and inexperienced then he should be playing for the A team like Yellow(Thomas Lyons) has been. If we had no-one else to play there then fair enough but we had Pete White sitting on the bench in Cork.
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