QuoteSadlier with a screamer. 3 of our front 4 scoring is a great sign. Coming back from 2 down shows great character too. Hopefully they can hold out now
3-2 Cork now.
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Sadlier with a screamer. 3 of our front 4 scoring is a great sign. Coming back from 2 down shows great character too. Hopefully they can hold out now
Make that 4-2..Cummins.
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Gotta hand it to cork going up to oriel and winning after going two down. . Marker down for the season
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Coming back from 2 down and our front 4 all scoring. Can't ask for more than that in prep for next week. Especially considering the weekend that's in it.
Very impressive comeback.
Did the pitch/snow impact the game at all in the end? Can't have been an easy one to play I'd have thought?
Sounds like it had a big impact in the first half but eased off before the second half.
Ball was getting held up loads in the snow in the first half. We struggled to get it forward. Lino was calling us offside everytime we managed to get into anything resembling a good position. I have no idea what the first goal was like. We couldn't see the ball for a good ten or so minutes. Cherrie was poor for the second as were our whole defence.
Second half we were much better. Changed our right hand side bringing on Beattie and Sheppard for Horgan and Keohane and it changed the game. We'd had no intensity first half. Straight into tackles after half time. Sheppard scored a carbon copy of a bunch of his goals from last year and got clattered in the process. Sadlier broke down the left and crossed to McNamee who headed back across the goal for the second.
Third was a screamer from Sadlier. 25 yards or so. McEleney would have been proud of it. Fourth was a tap in from Cummins after a low cross from Sadlier (I think).
It's a pre season friendly when you lose and it matters when you win but with that much of a turn around you'd wonder what Dundalk are thinking.
Some comeback
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Serious comeback by Cork by the sounds of things. Sadlier showed everybody how good he was last season with that goal vs Pats, wonder if today's strike was as good. Terrible day countrywide, the match looked close to being called off judging by various photos?
At one nil I was suggesting it be called off. There was very little visibility, ball holding up due to snow, and lots of players receiving treatment.
The classic game of two half’s. Dundalk should have really been 3 up at ht, McGrath had a great chance and superb save by Cherrie right on ht. Most of the first 45 played in a mini snow storm.
Dundalk were missing two first choice defenders and ended up with Shields playing centre half for most of the second half and paired with Folan, MF battle lost immediately, Benson offered nothing, how Connolly stayed on was a mystery, dreadful performances to name but two.
To be fair the 3rd goal from Sadlier and the 4th from Cummins were excellent strikes / moves, very disappointing second half collapse from Dundalk but credit to Cork for such a brilliant second half display. Worthy winners.
Ps pleased to see common sense prevail and DFC stwewards letting Cork fans into the stand when the storm kicked off, though not all took up the offer !
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Greenore man actually, but point taken !Originally Posted by micls
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), first Irish club to win points in a group stage in Europe (2016).
Kenny under pressure already...
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Surely this result, and the nature of it, will see the bookies revising their odds for the season ?
Doubt it, both sides were not at full strength.
On the game, We were in total control at half time. Cork in total control in second half although we should have got a pen at 2-2 (laughable decision on fairness). Cork def deserved the win as they were more ruthless in second half than us in the first.
Should be an interesting season, won’t be a kick or the ball between us two and possibly Rovers
Brilliant game at Oriel today, had it all, as did the weather. Dundalk were brilliant in the first half but at the same time you were asking yourself when Cork were going to actually turn up. Adorján looks a class act for Dundalk he’s not fully fit yet hence why he came off but he does everything in his own time and is a big tall strong fecker who can push opponents away.
Turning point of this game was Shields having to move into CB after Hoare went off injured. Dundalk had absolutely zero physicality in midfield in the second half and Cork absolutely ran all over them in midfield with McCormack and McNamee dominating the middle and sending the ball wide to Sadlier and Sheppard who simply took Dundalk to the cleaners.
Rogers as fault for the first, hesitated off his line and when he rushed out it was too late and he was actually lucky Sheppard scored or he’d have been sent off. Kenny seriously needs to look at getting a top keeper in, how often are we going to see this from Rogers?
Second was a break away from Cork and McNamee unmarked back post with a wonderful headed finish.
Sadlier left in acres for the 3rd in center of the pitch, again a sign of Shields loss but boy did he take it well.
4th was a brilliant finish from Cummins who looks to be in good shape physically, can see him scoring plenty of those this season, Wickid cross from wide and he opened his foot up and smashed it in on the half volley from inside the 6 yard box.
Connolly, McGrath and Duffy add absolutely nothing to that Dundalk team. Kenny would swap them for Sheppard, Sadlier and McNamee any day of the week and he’d be lying if he said otherwise.
Dundalk were far too nice today, no bite or grit in them at all. O’Donnell would’ve made a huge difference but how much longer can he keep going? The Lithuanian fella didn’t play either plus Hoban is no where near fit plus Gartland and Gannon were missing.
Had Gartland been available Shields wouldn’t have had to vacate the midfield and maybe things would’ve been different but for a club with the resources of Dundalk not to have more options in that defensive midfield role is poor management. Kenny needs to get a few gritty players into the midfield or all the luxury players in the world aren’t worth a sh1te.
Dundalk are undoubtedly a better footballing team than cork but as I said they were far too nice today, nobody to stick a boot in and break the play up. On today’s basis cork have got to be favorites for the title but there’s not a lot in it as we already knew. Fantastic start to the season tho. One of the most heated rivalries the LOI has ever seen if you ask me. So much hatred between the sides and it will only grow from here.
Great analysis from outspoken there.
Thought Dundalk were excellent first half, played good football and utterly dominated in poor conditions. Cork were excellent second half and showed the usual tenacity and guts. They’re a nightmare to play against, and I mean that as a compliment. Playing with just two defenders and no defensive midfielder against Cork proved a challenge, but maybe if we’d signed one or two more defensive players instead of 17 attacking midfielders we’d be better balanced.
Good crowd up from Cork for once…. Does it just take a league title win to convince the langers that their team is worth following away? ;-)
I don’t think there was ever any question of it getting remotely close to be called off. For once there could be no complaints about the pitch which played better than a grass one would. Yeh, the ball held up a touch when the snow stuck on the pitch, but no more so than playing on a grass pitch in heavy rain, e.g. TC last season. Visibility wasn’t great when it was snowing heavily but you could see the length of the pitch
Nah, its just easier to travel the length of the country on a Sunday than on a Friday.
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