18th-19th March Fixtures

**joey B** · 18/03/2016, 6:59 PM

Bohs V Wexford 1-1 already.

**joey B** · 18/03/2016, 7:08 PM

2-1 Wexford !!

**geysir** · 18/03/2016, 7:38 PM

half time stats for Dundalk v Cork
Shots 0
cards 0
offsides 0
free kicks Dundalk 15 Cork 16

Dundalk 68% possession

**joey B** · 18/03/2016, 7:54 PM

Latest scores:
Bohemians 2 - 2 Wexford

Derry City 0 - 1Galway

Dundalk 0 - 0 Cork City

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 1 St. Patricks Athletic

Drogheda 1 - 0 Athlone

Shelbourne 0 - 1 Cabinteely

UC Dublin 0 - 2 Waterford

**joey B** · 18/03/2016, 8:15 PM

1-0 Cork Seanie Maguire!

**joey B** · 18/03/2016, 8:40 PM

Some game in Dalymount! And some comeback by Derry beating Galway 2-1!!

**patrickccfc** · 18/03/2016, 8:46 PM

Brilliant result for us up in oriel

great to get that monkey off our back too

**kksaints** · 18/03/2016, 9:02 PM

Great win for us! No unbeaten team in the premier division this season.

**Lim till i die** · 18/03/2016, 9:03 PM

Top of the league with a game in hand after 2 games

**Nesta99** · 18/03/2016, 9:15 PM

Originally Posted by patrickccfc

Brilliant result for us up in oriel

great to get that monkey off our back too

With risk of sounding like sour grapes, it was a lucky win for Cork. But better to win lucky than to lose after dominating a game. Soft penalty, weak ref and Cork really kicked anything that moved. No matter, better now than at the business end of the season.

**White Horse** · 18/03/2016, 9:29 PM

Originally Posted by Nesta99

With risk of sounding like sour grapes, it was a lucky win for Cork. But better to win lucky than to lose after dominating a game. Soft penalty, weak ref and Cork really kicked anything that moved. No matter, better now than at the business end of the season.

I wasn't too gutted after that. It's never nice to lose but I saw nothing in Cork that would worry me over a season.

Over 33 games, I'd be very confident of finishing ahead of them.

**Nesta99** · 18/03/2016, 9:41 PM

I tend to agree but Cork will improve beyond this round of games too. Caulfield's cautious approach will hold them back again.

**micls** · 18/03/2016, 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by White Horse

I wasn't too gutted after that. It's never nice to lose but I saw nothing in Cork that would worry me.

That's interesting, it's the same reaction our fans have. Towell less Dundalk seem very beatable. The psychological boost for our lads of finally beating you in the league and particularly in oriel is huge for us I think, regardless of the nature of the win. It's going to be an interesting season!

**Pablo Escobar** · 18/03/2016, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by micls

That's interesting, it's the same reaction our fans have. Towell less Dundalk seem very beatable. The psychological boost for our lads of finally beating you in the league and particularly in oriel is huge for us I think, regardless of the nature of the win. It's going to be an interesting season!

Tonight was the first time I believed we could beat them. We bullied them in the Presidents Cup game and apparently we didn't get pushed around tonight. The fear factor has certainly gone now. There's a long long way to go, but there's cause for optimism.

**disgruntled** · 18/03/2016, 10:56 PM

I think people would also need to take note of the amount of new players Cork have in their side.
Seven players that didn't appear in the Cup Final last season were in the side against Dundalk tonight.
As the season goes on they will gel & get a much better understanding of each others play.

In the past couple of seasons Cork would have rolled over against Dundalk but not anymore.
I think in the two games so far this season between the sides Dundalk have realized that things have changed.

Now don't get me wrong, Dundalk are a very good side & probably one of the best we have seen in the League for a number of years but City have added a lot of quality to their squad & things will be much closer this season with several sides challenging for trophies.

**Dodge** · 18/03/2016, 10:57 PM

Pats had 2 chances tonight and took both well with Fagan's header superb

Rovers had more of the ball but not a single chance all game. They were very poor

**jinxy lilywhite** · 18/03/2016, 11:01 PM

The referee was poor and the main difference tonight.

Dundalk should of had 2 penos in the first and there were a litany of wreckeless challenges from cork that should of been yellow in the 1st 10 minutes. O'Donnell got a silly yellow after a half hour and that took our impeutus away. Pretty poor form from caulfield crying to the ref that every foul involving o'donnell subsequently should be an automatic red then gesturing that every dundalk free was a dive.

The cork peno was soft. I am probably being bias but from my pov I couldn't see how massey could of moved his arm away.

There was nothing I saw in cork that would suggest they are miles ahead of us. Going to be a good tight season.

Apart from the result I enjoyed the match. Very tense and tight game. Battles all over the pitch. Quite suprised both sides finished with 11

**disgruntled** · 18/03/2016, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite

The referee was poor and the main difference tonight.

Dundalk should of had 2 penos in the first and there were a litany of wreckeless challenges from cork that should of been yellow in the 1st 10 minutes. O'Donnell got a silly yellow after a half hour and that took our impeutus away. Pretty poor form from caulfield crying to the ref that every foul involving o'donnell subsequently should be an automatic red then gesturing that every dundalk free was a dive.

The cork peno was soft. I am probably being bias but from my pov I couldn't see how massey could of moved his arm away.

There was nothing I saw in cork that would suggest they are miles ahead of us. Going to be a good tight season.

Apart from the result I enjoyed the match. Very tense and tight game. Battles all over the pitch. Quite suprised both sides finished with 11

I understand that you are not used to losing but the bit in bold is a bit rich after watching Kenny's antics in Cork during the Presidents Cup Final when he spent the entire game chasing the officials & even after the final whistle he was badgering the referee.
As for O'Donnell the less said about him the better. a player who is well able to put himself around & who should have got several yellow cards during the game in Cork. How he stayed on the pitch that day only the referee knows.
Defeat comes to all of us & its not nice to lose to one of your rivals but the Dundalk players & manager Kenny need to show a bit of dignity when it happens to them.
Its going to be a good tight season with no quarter given or asked for & the eventual winners will know they've been in a battle.

**micls** · 18/03/2016, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite

There was nothing I saw in cork that would suggest they are miles ahead of us.

Because we're not.....We're playing catch up, but for a start of a season, it seems like we're doing a better job of it than previously. Hence the optimism. There's no question of can we run away with the league or anything, but this gives people hope that we can actually really challenge this year.

**geysir** · 18/03/2016, 11:31 PM

I wouldn't begrudge Cork winning the game, soft penalty or not, Dundalk did nothing to deserve to win it, therefore there's no counter argument. But that was an awful spectacle of football, a dreadful game altogether.