Shels (H) July 5th

[Martinho II]

for starters what a performance! Shaw was superb for us -a superb ball for Sully kicked things off for us.. His header wasnt too bad either. lovely to see Sully,Jamie Mulhall and Shawsy come over to celebrate with us. It was like 2001 all over again.. oh by the way Sully has now equalled Parsons alltime scoring record in all competitions of 42 goals! Also if we keep one more clean sheet we equal the record of seven clean sheets in a row from 05!I cant believe how poor Shels were. I was ****tin a brick when Glen undeservedly got sent off. I think we have to send a trophy to Willo McDonagh for changing our season if we do finally get promoted. I thought we were gone when Glen went but that was a nice bonus for Willo to be sent off for getting hold of Glen after making the challenge!

[Longfordian]

Injuries and suspensions have hurt us. Losing the 2 players to the Ireland under 19's came at the worst possible time. Since then we've struggled to find any kind of form. You've got to remember it's a very young team. Out of the 10 players that finished the game tonight,the oldest is 22 and 6 are teenagers.

Put simply, we overachieved in the first series, and slightly underachieved in the second. Hopefully we have enough to get us into the playoffs.

Fair points there. Young sides can tend to drop off as the weeks go on and other teams learn more about them. Some talented young players in there though. Like the look of Connolly up front. He didn't cause Flynn and Sullivan too many problems but not many forwards do in this league. He's quick and good on the ball.

[Martinho II]

Shamrock Rovers B are another example of a team that have tailed off as well! hope the Shels player is ok. Thats a new thing to have players go off the pitch after a clash of heads !

[Town Legend]

I thought it was strange alright. When I seen that I immediately thought of the Muamba incident and feared the worst. Thankfully it wasn't as serious and he'll be back playing soon.

[outspoken]

Can't say much more than has already been said but what has pleased me the most these past few weeks is the fact we never ever ever look like losing the game. Harps, Galway, Shels we were in total control throughout and you always knew at worst we were going home with a point which must be a fantastic confidence booster to the entire team. I echo the calls about Kevin O'connor he was superb last night , really really good on the ball and after the red card Gary Shaw really came into the game and used the space superbly and grabbed a fine goal. Sully is just pure magic to watch while Salmo almost recreated his magic strike from last week in the first half when he thumped the cross bar. However, il end this post on a lets keep our feet on the ground message as Wexford Youths really are a horrible team to play and we have them twice in the next 3 weeks. Keep plugging away town.

[Darklordsbane]

I read somewhere that Rhys has scored against Wexford every time he has played against them, he was an unused sub last night so must be back in full training, but will he get a chance to get back into the team I doubt it,
I haven't been to a match for ages as I was away on business, but I must say I saw a huge difference in the confidence of the team, they actually didn't play badly at all, and were really good a lot of the time,
I know you all probably think it's just down to Mark Salmon being back and while he deserves all the praise anyone wants to give him, I think a HUGH shout has to go out to Paul Hunt as well, much more football being played without Bennion in goal

[outspoken]

I read somewhere that Rhys has scored against Wexford every time he has played against them, he was an unused sub last night so must be back in full training, but will he get a chance to get back into the team I doubt it,
I haven't been to a match for ages as I was away on business, but I must say I saw a huge difference in the confidence of the team, they actually didn't play badly at all, and were really good a lot of the time,
I know you all probably think it's just down to Mark Salmon being back and while he deserves all the praise anyone wants to give him, I think a HUGH shout has to go out to Paul Hunt as well, much more football being played without Bennion in goal

The scenes

[Bosco]

I thought it was strange alright. When I seen that I immediately thought of the Muamba incident and feared the worst. Thankfully it wasn't as serious and he'll be back playing soon.

Apparently what happened was one of the Shels lads that was down refused to leave the field after his head injury and the ref basically said right i'm going to take all the players off if you don't. Still strange alright, never seen anything like that before.

[Martinho II]

oh forgot to say wot a beautiful cross from Kevin O Connor for Shawsys goal.. precise to say the least..