Matchday 13 (16th and 17th of May)

**Mr A** · 17/05/2014, 3:54 PM

Has been disrupted by injury a bit but looks the real deal. Has got a decent amount of football as McHugh has been out and McCarron has missed a lot of games also.

**nigel-harps1954** · 17/05/2014, 3:57 PM

Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah

Hows Keating doing?

Cracking young player. Has all the attributes to be one of the top strikers in the league.

**Nah Nah Nah Nah** · 17/05/2014, 9:05 PM

3 0 probably flattered us tonight as both sides had a lot of chances in the first half but we just managed to take one of ours.

Then John Russell score one of the best goals I've seen in The Showgrounds and the game petered out. What a great player that lad is.

Bray were very good though. Matthews has done a good job there.

**dong** · 17/05/2014, 9:13 PM

Good win considering the amount of players which you would consider first team choices who we now have missing.
Peers, Keane, Ndo, Cretaro and of course Djilali.
That's a lot of good players and I can't see us pushing too far up the table with the team we had on the pitch tonight.
Wonder what the situation is with Djilali being dropped? I guess his displays over the last while were showing a certain lack of interest.

**Charlie Darwin** · 18/05/2014, 4:30 PM

Rovers made bizarrely hard work of Athlone yesterday. Rovers create chances but fail to take them, yet Croly stubbornly refuses to play more than one striker at a time.

**redarmyfaction** · 19/05/2014, 6:40 AM

Djilali.suspended by the club for malingering, on his way put by mutual consent to be replaced by a former Rovers player. That's two two separate rumours conflated btw.

**dong** · 19/05/2014, 6:57 AM

Dear redarmyfaction,

Are you okay?
Your increasingly bizarre posts are worrying. I fear some sort of Alan Partridge style breakdown is afflicting you.

**Charlie Darwin** · 19/05/2014, 12:51 PM

**adamd164** · 19/05/2014, 5:37 PM

Djilali is quality on his day.. would love us to sign him but I think our priority will be a striker in the window.

Be interesting to see where he ends up anyway.

**Nah Nah Nah Nah** · 19/05/2014, 8:49 PM

Baraclough is hopeful that Ndo and Keane will return later in the month, while Djilali is working towards full fitness while hampered with a troublesome knee problem.

**Charlie Darwin** · 19/05/2014, 8:51 PM

Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah

Baraclough is hopeful that Ndo and Keane will return later in the month, while Djilali is working towards full fitness while hampered with a troublesome knee problem.

Did Baraclough kneecap him then?

**Señor Willy** · 19/05/2014, 9:47 PM

Originally Posted by adamd164

Djilali is quality on his day.. would love us to sign him but I think our priority will be a striker in the window.

Be interesting to see where he ends up anyway.

Did Elding leave or was he pushed? Ye hardly can afford to sign a striker if he was told leave, some sort of compensation surely would have to e paid. There are plenty of quality strikers at City. A defence would be better, Murray has no pace.

**Charlie Darwin** · 19/05/2014, 9:54 PM

Originally Posted by Señor Willy

Did Elding leave or was he pushed? Ye hardly can afford to sign a striker if he was told leave, some sort of compensation surely would have to e paid. There are plenty of quality strikers at City. A defence would be better, Murray has no pace.

What defenders in this league do have pace? Murray is slower than most but he's a terrific defender. Kenny Browne is lightning slow too but he's captaining the league champions and one of the meaner defences around. Conor Kenna captained them last year and he's not quick at all, McGuinness the year before at Sligo has never had an ounce of pace. I'd go as far as saying the defenders who really excel in this league are the ones without pace.

**PartySaint** · 19/05/2014, 9:59 PM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

What defenders in this league do have pace? Murray is slower than most but he's a terrific defender. Kenny Browne is lightning slow too but he's captaining the league champions and one of the meaner defences around. Conor Kenna captained them last year and he's not quick at all, McGuinness the year before at Sligo has never had an ounce of pace. I'd go as far as saying the defenders who really excel in this league are the ones without pace.

Ger O'Brien is our captain

**Charlie Darwin** · 19/05/2014, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by PartySaint

Ger O'Brien is our captain

Is he? Sorry about that. But the point stands I think - do any of the better centre halves in Ireland have a bit of pace? Peers has a bit of a break on him but I can't think of any others off hand. The lad Hoare might have the whole package but if he does I'd say he'll be off to England soon.

**desaintsno.12** · 20/05/2014, 8:29 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

In other news, Kenny Browne is an utter scumbag who was very fortunate not to get sent off just after the final whistle, when he shoved Sami full force into the Pat's dug-out for no reason at all. Just came running into him and quite deliberately shoved him to the ground. Ref had blown for full time and wasn't facing the incident; MNS didn't capture it either. Maybe the fourth official saw it, but there was no red card at the time, so I don't know if any action can be taken now. Don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it though.

interestingly you left the bit out about Sami's antics before kenny pushed him. handy that

**El-Pietro** · 20/05/2014, 8:47 AM

Originally Posted by Señor Willy

Did Elding leave or was he pushed? Ye hardly can afford to sign a striker if he was told leave, some sort of compensation surely would have to e paid. There are plenty of quality strikers at City. A defence would be better, Murray has no pace.

One of the few occasions when Mutual Consent means Mutual Consent. He got a couple of weeks paid up front but he wanted to leave so he could find a new club by the time the window opens.

We have two fit strikers right now. Mark O'Sullivan (who we signed from Avondale and has played every game and is surely knackered by now) and Rob Lehane who has come from the U19s and was only signed because of injuries.

Danny Morrissey should be back soon enough but we won't see Michael Rafter in a City shirt this season most likely.