Match Series 17

[CraftyToePoke]

Longford 0-0 Athlone (latest)

5 minutes added on.

[MeathDrog]

The view from the away section in Hunky Dunky park is terrible.

As is Oriels.

QED there are poor views in the away terraces in LOI.

[sadloserkid]

It said in the team news for Finn Harps/Mervue that Thomas McBride has been banned for 7 games for picking up his 2nd red card of the season. What did he do to warrant that, or is that an other crazy FAI rule? That's a quarter of the First Division season after all

It was mentioned here after last week's games that he had apparently spat at a team-mate? Don't know if it was confirmed. He definitely threw a kick at a corner flag and got quite vocal at officials, team-mates and supporters on his way to the dressing room too.

Also, come on Athlone, hold on, damn ye!

[CraftyToePoke]

Also, come on Athlone, hold on, damn ye!

They have. Looks like they weren't beyond half way in the second half bar a late chance to steal it, but they hung on. Nothing like papering over cracks SLK, nothing like it.

[Longfordian]

We were due a draw unfortunately. We need a proper goal scorer our strikers just don't score enough.

[Battery Rover]

We were due a draw unfortunately. We need a proper goal scorer our strikers just don't score enough.

We are the same boat but I would reckon 3/4 more players to be signed during the week which will strengthen the squad in the areas we need.

[Longfordian]

Ye seem to be on the right track the same as ourselves. There might be some Premier Division derbies in the next couple of years which would be novel.

[Battery Rover]

We might have an El Classico play off this season which would be a very tense affair.

[atfconline]

Longford in the first match (just coz) and some revenge against UCD in the second.

[Longfordian]

Reckon Waterford have the edge for the third spot at the moment. I can see us finishing second to Limerick though, certainly.

[NeverFeltBetter]

It was mentioned here after last week's games that he had apparently spat at a team-mate? Don't know if it was confirmed. He definitely threw a kick at a corner flag and got quite vocal at officials, team-mates and supporters on his way to the dressing room too.

I was speaking to a few of the lads down by that corner flag near the end of that game and they all said that MacBride spat at his own keeper. I think he was booked for the foul that brought the penalty, and saw another yellow for the spitting and "unprofessional conduct".

I wouldn't be too sure about the justice of the a 7 match ban, considering the overall length of the FD season and things that can happen in the heat of the moment, but it wasn't acceptable behavior.

[Longfordian]

I'd say he was abusive to the officials either on the pitch or after the match. Sounds like he lost the plot anyway.

[Sam_Heggy]

Another horrible penalty given against us tonight, that's 3 poor decisions in a row, what have we done that's so bad to the officials?

Rhona Daly done our game tonight, had a very good 1st half, then gives a horrible penalty decision (our defender clears the ball, she deems it to be high foot even though Mervue guy's head was only 2 feet from the ground) and totally loses the run of the game (which was not a hard game to ref) pointing in the wrong direction for frees and realising her mistake and pointing in the other direction. A real pity, she was doing a really good job, getting most decisions right, then, she goes and gives everyone ammo to attack female officials.

[Longfordian]

Sam, you're a sound guy from all appearances on here but I don't think I've ever seen you agree with a penalty decision against Harps. They can't all be the wrong call all the time.

[nigel-harps1954]

Sam, you're a sound guy from all appearances on here but I don't think I've ever seen you agree with a penalty decision against Harps. They can't all be the wrong call all the time.

Whether he's wrong or not most times, tonight was the most bizzare penalty decision I've ever seen given in a football game at any level. She had a great first half as said, but completely lost the plot in the 2nd half. All over the place, and visibly so.

[legendz]

Whether he's wrong or not most times, tonight was the most bizzare penalty decision I've ever seen given in a football game at any level. She had a great first half as said, but completely lost the plot in the 2nd half. All over the place, and visibly so.

It wasn't a penalty in Limerick last week either. I had a good view of it. It was definitely outside the box and should have been a free-kick.

[Sam_Heggy]

Longford sent us up a DVD of the game it clearly showed that penalty to be a bad call.
Most Limerick folk plus our players are 100% certain the penalty last week was a clear foul outside the box and never a pen.
Hopefully the dude doing the groundhopper video caught the incident for the pen last night, absolutely shocking, the Mervue manager turned and laughed to the boys on the bench in disbelief.

Believe it or not, that's 3 pens against us in 3 games and none of them should have been awarded.

p.s. Im not a sound guy, I just seem that way at times, just depends on what Meds Im on at the time

[Dunny]

Rovers: Jannson, Sives, Rice, Powell, Oman, McCormack, McCabe, Finn, Brennan, Greene, Twigg

SUBS: Pieterse, Turner, O'Neill, Kavanagh, Hawkins, Gilbert, Dennehy


Pats: Clarke, Browne, Carroll, Flynn, Kenna, Bolger, Chambers, Jake Kelly, Russell, Flood, Dean Kelly

SUBS: Bermingham, Coombes, Hyland, Meenan, Murphy, O'Connor, Price

[sadloserkid]

They have. Looks like they weren't beyond half way in the second half bar a late chance to steal it, but they hung on. Nothing like papering over cracks SLK, nothing like it.

If we can paper all the way to the Premier I will upgrade my view of crack papering.

[Dunny]

Rovers 1-1 Pats FT

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