hopefully another great performance like last tuesday night .
...........................Barry Ryan......................
C.Treacy......P.Purcell.........B.McCarthy......J. Frost
S.Tracy ?? .............Yellow Lyons ..............J.Judge
...............................P.Quinn............ .............
....................P.Hynes............S.Brosnan.. .......
Swap Judge and Tracy to opposite wings?Originally Posted by bluepowers
Cusack
Tracy, Purcell, McCarthy, Frost,
Judge, Lyons, Bhandarker,
Quinn
Hynes, Brosnahan
cusack ?? bhandarker ??
It's going to be tough enough....a scrappy 1-0 win will do but I'd like to see us being a bit more comfortable with a few minutes left
Any updates on injuries?
Well he is more likely to start then Shane Tracy that has been out injured for ages and way away more chance of him starting then Tracy starting right wing so whats the problem?
Harpin we are still missing the likes of O Flynn and the lads that have been out for a while.
Chris Breen is out now too dislocated shoulder.
Dave O Leary and Paudie Quinn are doubts.
Limerick 2-0 Mervue
Not great in the second half but job done.
Two absolutely cracking goals from Quinn and Coughlan tonight. We played much too deep and invited a game Mervue outfit onto us in the 2nd half and were extremely lucky to be still 1 up by the time Coughlan secured the win with a cracking finish on the break.Coughlan really has that touch of class on the ball.I think he should be given more game time although it's a great option to have to spring him from the bench when games open up in the last quarter. 10 league wins now is serious promotion form and it was vital to be in such a strong position with our new signings now ready for action. Joint second now with Mons after Shels beat them tonight.
Come on the Blues!!
3 points and two great goals, and yes we're joint second in the table but i think we need a new center half, a goalkeeping coach, and an actual coach who can make intelligent subs and not leave us with nothing up front after all the subs were made. Panicked big time second half and invited them on and finished with 6 defenders on the field. On the bench tonight was an insult to every footballer in the county.
Would that be the same coach whos sub scored the goal that made the game safe?
Seemed to me was Hynes and Coughlan up front and that got us the 2nd.
if ever a match coined the phrase ,goals win games ,this was it .super finish for both of them and just as well as we were outplayed for most of this.our ability to defend the one goal lead was admirable but take purcell out of there and we would have conceded.playing a left footed fullback right full hardly helped the balance of the team and their two best players gaffeney and the rightfull were not handled at all.mervue will have plenty reason for disappointment had a right go,played it on the deck but came away with nothing.positives for us ,like gael says 3pts ,2 great goals and in the mix.
Great result last night. Played well in patches but it was an extremely young side. Thought Quinn had his best game(leavin out the amazing goal),he ran all night and got stuck in.never saw him cover so much ground and was a better player for it.Yellow was solid and young Brosnan looks like a right find. Some seriously good prospects in the squad.
Just heard Live95 say that if Dan Murray is not coming in another centre half will be(well knownplayer by all accounts) and also expect another striker to sign in the next few weeks. Jeez we'll be compared to man City one of these days!!
"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 Mike Ahern said if its not Dan Murray its a bigger or better centre back again. Its should be one of them anyway regardless according to him. The striker possibly Gaffney I wonder. Showed his quality again last night. Everything Mervue did the went straight through Gaffney last night and they where always looking for him.
PIty about Murray he would of been prob the player that would got us up. We do need a top centre half but I don't think we need another striker stevo should be back for athlone game with behan also available we also have brosnan who I rate highly along with Hynes. Another great 3pts last night next up athlone and with behan, gamble, tracey, stevo all available I'll be confident of a win. Will scully throw them straight in?
The other defender we are talking to is as good if not better then Murray and we are still talking to both so still a very good chance that we will get Murray.
I do think we need another Striker it will take Stevo time to get fit again and get going and at the minute there is too much pressure on Brossie cos Hynes will never get ya goals.
Talking to Steve lastnight he said he doesnt think he will be available for Athlone that he has to get another X-Ray as his injury is healing very slowly. Said he was hoping to be back after the summer break.
Brosnan will also probably be playing u19 and A games so there is no harm easing him into the first team instead of putting pressure on him and burning him out with lots of games. The same could be said for Bhandarkar and McGann.
who is the centre half we are talking to?
Had a chat with a few committee members about the game lastnight and the feelings about Scully could not be further from some peoples opinions.
They love Scully couldnt stop talking aboout how professional things have gotten under him how much training has improved fitness levels of players have improved. As was pointed out look at the team when he got here and look at it now..He showed loyalty to the club when he could have walked away under Jack McCarthy.
Any problems that have been pointed out have all been fixed sooner or later by Scully.
They were also saying how they dont understand how Scully gets slammed for his poor signings but yet gets no credit for the good ones. And that if we lose its branded a disgrace but yet if we win its lucky or a tiny thing that went wrong during the win is picked out. Same as he was criticised that his subs lastnight left us with no attack completely ignoring that one of his subs scored the goal that made the game safe.
I was asked if i thought there were more pluses or negatives about Scully and i have to agree that the positives far outweigh the negatives. Dont understand how people can still be negative about him being honest we have an injury crisis that not many if any of the teams around us could deal with and we are in joint 2nd.
The football isnt the best at times but talk to a lot of people and they will tell you that playing nice football wont get you out of this division you have to be tough and grind out the teams that come to just sit back and defend.
Are people not happy with where we are in the league or what or the cup Semi-Final?
What do others think?
the same manager who brought on two non passing defenders in midfield and still (after subs) had two link players (coughlan and quinn) on the field.They are not strikers! A left back with little pace playing right back and a left winger playing left back.....after all the subs were made our problem was we had no outlets and no one to hold up the ball. Hynes should have been taken off first, mcgann up front and brosy certainly should not have been taken off so early. In Hynes maybe he was leaving him on after starting the shels game with no strikers on the pitch. Meanwhile in the ground but no where near the team was the best defensive midfielder in the club. He might get a few mins for the A team on sunday. At 20 years of age, hes too old apparently
Last edited by gael353; 02/07/2011 at 1:15 PM.
The same manger that has us jooint 2nd and in a Semi-Final and the same manger whos team got 3 points again lastnigth yep thats himthe same manager who brought on two non passing defenders in midfield and still (after subs) had two link players (coughlan and quinn) on the field.They are not strikers! A left back with little pace playing right back and a left winger playing left back.....after all the subs were made our problem was we had no outlets and no one to hold up the ball. Hynes should have been taken off first, mcgann up front and brosy certainly should not have been taken off so early. In Hynes maybe he was leaving him on after starting the shels game with no strikers on the pitch. Meanwhile in the ground but no where near the team was the best defensive midfielder in the club. He might get a few mins for the A team on sunday. Hes too old apparently
Coughlan did fine up front for a fella that not a striker.
So your problem is that we had no one to hold up the ball but then you wanted Hynes off and Brossie and McGann on? 2 big lads that they are perfect for holding up the ball ya?
Bhandarkhar ha splayed left back anytime he has played for the 1st team so clearly he sees him as a left back.
Frost played right back because of injury but ignore that if you want.
Whos this best defensive midfielder at the club then?
Last edited by bluewhitearmy; 02/07/2011 at 1:18 PM.
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