Bray

[fitzpatrick10]

seemingly the scar where he had his op earlier this year opened slightly and he should be ok for friday

[outspoken]

seemingly the scar where he had his op earlier this year opened slightly and he should be ok for friday

2 huge selection calls for TC this week, does he keep Gorman at CB or bring in Macker despite his lack of pace and does he go with Shaw or Josh. Whats most peoples pick?

[Longfordian]

Is McCarthy fit or is he just on the bench because we've nobody else? I heard he had a groin injury at one stage. It's a hard one to call, we could use Gorman back in midfield. I reckon start with Josh and let him have a run at them. They're not the quickest at the back either.

[Darklordsbane]

I don't really care who starts or plays where as long as they all work as a unit.
Together
Everyone
Achieves
More
get tight on BW players, gave them way to much space on Monday, need the backs and wingers to close down really quickly stop the attacks before they begin.
I would prefer Gorman in midfield but he did alright at cb on Monday, missed his hassling and driving them sideways and back also his final ball was missed, having said that he got more passes on Monday
McCarthy would be good for set pieces, but as stated might be too slow to cope with Byrne, Water's and Akinade
I am a lot more concerned that if the spitting incident is true (and if the refs know it is ie have seen proof) I believe Chris will be sent off first chance the ref gets, if that happens what then, no point in worrying about it yet but it would be nice to have a plan b
I believe we need to score early and run them all over the pitch they dont seem to be able to last the pace (at least the looked more tired than us on Monday) maybe it's their age there is a lot of grey hairs on their team, I think if we hold our own until half time we will win

[fitzpatrick10]

duuno who will be cb, havo needs to be rb to mark waters imo. he would roast glen o conner! . des and maccer are both injured

[outspoken]

duuno who will be cb, havo needs to be rb to mark waters imo. he would roast glen o conner! . des and maccer are both injured

Macker defo out?

[outspoken]

If that is the case I expect him to go with

Bennion
O'Neill, Havo, Deans, Quinn
Purdy, Gorman, Connolly, Ebbe
Josh, sully

[Pendil]

Shaw and O'Sullivan to start up front and this is why. Davy scored 21 goals in the league this season. He scored 17 of those when Shaw started. In the 10 matches that Shaw didn't start he scored just 4. Simply put, Davy is 3 times more likely to score when he starts with Shaw. Remember that Davy scored only 7 goals in the second half of the season which coincided with Shaw being regularly benched. In the 5 games that Shaw did start during that period Davy scored 5 of those 7 goals, the other two coming in one game which was the 7-2 victory over Cobh. Gary might not have scored too many goals this season but he is instrumental to Davy as a goalscorer just like Toshack was to Keegan. He is a handful for central defenders and this allows Davy more freedom to use his pace and strength to get in behind the defence. Statistics aren't everything but sometimes they are hard to ignore.

[ltfc_2004]

Interesting points Pendil ... you Gary Shaw or Gary Shaw's agent LOL

But anyway roll on the 5pm train and getting to Longford, few cans on the train for warm up .... !!!!

Sit tight and hope we do it, I will be surprised if both teams can keep a clean sheet. While the bigger pitch should suit us, it will also suit Jason Byrne. I am not as confident as others but we have played 31 games to get to one final 90 minutes and to be this close to returning to the top flight. All the lads can do is give it a good go and play their hearts out.

I see in the Irish Times that Keith Gillespie will be there signing copies of his book prematch.

[Tiki-Taka]

Shaw is definitely fit for tonight then?

[Martinho II]

i am on the four o clock bus comin out of bus aras and butterflies are startin with me.. i am confident but think it will go to extratime and maybe penos! if so i fancy us to win on penos with a specialist like Chris Bennion!

[Charlie Darwin]

i am on the four o clock bus comin out of bus aras and butterflies are startin with me.. i am confident but think it will go to extratime and maybe penos! if so i fancy us to win on penos with a specialist like Chris Bennion!

Must be Shamrock Rovers fans.

[NeverFeltBetter]

Bray one up, another early goal.

[Tiki-Taka]

Gutted.