There is a jar of pickles in my fridge that is older than Cork City.Originally Posted by mcgonigle
In all but history and trophy count
Yea. I can see the history in your stadium all right.In all but history and trophy count
Looks like something from the rising because its about 100 years since anything was done to it
Don't you think its time you cleaned out your fridge
Well with all the champions and European money on the way there'll hopefully be some improvement soon. That'll be a problem for Cork fans though as you'll have to come up with a new excuse not to visit!Yea. I can see the history in your stadium all right.
Looks like something from the rising because its about 100 years since anything was done to it
I know the stadium ownership is a bit of a mess so its not all down to Dundalk. We'd love to come up more often but its a long way to travel for what's on offer. You'd be taking your life in your hands in that away section
I won't argue with you on the state of the away section because it is awful alright. As you say the lease ownership is a mess at the moment, but even if that gets sorted we don't know how much will be done and in what order. It certainly won't be a case of we have the lease now lets build a load of new stands, that's not feasible unfortunately. European money will only stretch so far and I presume the club will want to stay successful on the field during any upgrade process.I know the stadium ownership is a bit of a mess so its not all down to Dundalk. We'd love to come up more often but its a long way to travel for what's on offer. You'd be taking your life in your hands in that away section
This Dundalk squad is close to being the best side I've seen in the league in a long long time. Jake Keegan's goal at the end of a 27-pass move against Longford is the standout goal for me this season, just edging Towell's volley agains ourselves. It was similar to the 36-pass goal for Dundalk against Pats recently, but we just got the job done quicker. Soccer Republic, being the wonderful show it is, only included about 4 passes in the build-up to the goal, and never mentioned the extended move for the goal so unless you saw it on the night, you might not be aware of it
Gannon's goal? I was impressed to see Galway fans standing up to applaud that goal. Applauding an opponents goal is not a frequent sight in the LOI.
Both Towell's volley and Gannon's screamer were quality strikes but from an aesthetic point of view, I will argue that the 27-pass move leading to Keegan's third goal against Longford topped both
Unfortunately, Soccer Republic deprived me from seeing the move leading to Keegan's goal. He got four passes shown? Gannon only got three shown for his. You would think they would want to highlight the lovely passing football that LOI clubs are capable of.
Galway put the video up on their Youtube page the other day.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
The 26th pass made it. Great goal in fairness though our lot weren't exactly busting a gut.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
From the League of Ireland & Dundalk's point of view its very important that Dundalk get a long lease on Oriel so that vital work can be done.
Success on the field may not last forever & it would be nice to have something to show for it beside just memories.
I presume that the wages for the likes of Towell, Horgan & some of the others is down to sponsorship & not based on gate receipts alone ?
One of the problems with the away section is the inability to see all of the pitch. It would be far better to have the away section behind one of the goals.
You wouldn't need new stands just some terracing behind one of the goals & a bit of a tin roof on it for starters. It doesn't even have to go all the way across.
It could always be improved later as funds become available.
Inevitably, one of the resident begrudging gob****es will comment that there were not enough incisive passes..........
Few, if any, clubs base their budget and expenditure on gate receipts alone.
Of course some just pluck numbers out of their arse........
One of our lads broke the goal down at crucial moments with screenshots and the positioning of Gannon and Rossiter was hilarious to say the least. Gannon was 5 yards away from any meaningful action at all times and as a result Rossiter flew out to try and intercept the ball which left Rhys 1 V 1 for the cross and the Galway man just tapped in. We made it so so easy for them
Whats the story with tickets for the semi's? I see Bray released an update yesterday and are expecting a sell out which would be amazing! Will many from Cork travel to Bray?
What is it like in Dundalk for the semi?
Hard to tell. Everyone seems delighted its on the Friday which might help the crowd.
Say 4,000 would be pushing it.
How much does Brays ground hold? Will be great to see it full
Read or heard Bray or Health & Safety issues are limiting capacity to 3,000 for the Carlisle, than again that could be just the seating as I think the tent stand holds about 1,000 and the opposite open seating holds about 2,000.
If its a good dry day and Cork bring a big away following, there could be a problem there...........hopefully from an attendance point of view.
Yeah i heard 3000 was the total but seemingly they are trying to increase it, maybe temporary stand behind the goal. Would be great to get that in for the game if it is a sell out! Seems to be loads of interest around the town for it!
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