Did he handle it or did it hit his head? I know he had his hand up alright
Top of the league
Did he handle it or did it hit his head? I know he had his hand up alright
Cracking game so far in fairness. Great drama. Two reds cards, peno shout refused, aanother given and missed and finished on the rebound. The Bohs hoodoo over Rovers continues.
Some nice chants too, nice to hear "they always cheat...." get an airing. Bohs fans singin "One Stephen Bradley" quite amusing too.
Last edited by TonyD; 23/04/2019 at 7:45 PM.
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
I'm loving watching Rovers fall apart 3 days before they play us
Bohs have been unreal,Rovers cursed in these games ,enjoyable game for the neutral.
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Missed the first half - did I miss anything?
Lol grace sent off for heading the ball showed it clearly in replays on eir sport.
Then bohs score from the peno.
Another brutal ref performance in this league.
Losing the 3 points isn't the end of the world after 8 wins in a row but missing Clarke and grace for Friday is harsh to swallow.
You can't get a yellow overturned I'm pretty sure.
Last edited by sbgawa; 23/04/2019 at 8:27 PM.
McEneff fortunate not to be the third Shams player sent off. Blatant denial of a goal scoring chance.
I agree with the air sport guys , no penalty, no sending off.
Clarke probably fair enough , he could argue he wasn't last man back but you couldn't hammer the ref for it.
Fair play to the lads good shift after going down to 9.
On to Friday, still top of the league
6414 in attendance. Great to see a modern stadium packed full of fans. LOI never looked so good.
Sendings off killed the game really. First one was correct I thought, second one looked correct at first viewing, but sounds like it came off his head (I missed the half-time analysis and replays).
For a team down to 9 men, Rovers did fairly well, but it's just too big a task. I didn't think Bohs actually played all that well given the 2 man advantage. Not quite conservative enough to kill it off defensively, and not attacking enough to finish it off with a second goal.
This Bohs-Rovers saga is absolutely gas, top of the league or not. If anything that might make it even funnier.
Rovers were terribly unlucky with the Grace decision but to be fair to the ref it was only noticed after about 10 replays in from Eir, so you can't exactly hammer him for it. The Clarke one is a stone wall red, saw Fabio O'Brien say it was a terrible decision because Lopes may have been covering which is just a nonsense argument. The rule isn't last man back, it's if the player committing a foul is denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity. Not only that but it's just a really cynical foul regardless that would get you booked almost anywhere on the pitch, much less the edge of the box.
Ref can't be blamed for either red though. Rovers will feel a little unlucky, the game just blew up in their faces after 35 minutes. Bohs play in the 1st half was excellent at times, but Rovers could have nicked an equalizer as Bohs looked unsure of how to handle the surprise 2 man advantage, particularly late on with a couple of half chances. 6414 is a great attendance. I think last year's biggest gate for a Bohs match at Tallaght was 5,300 or so.
It was clear even in the replay. They had an angle the ref didn't have and they had to slow it down and zoom in. Now if he was staring straight at it from 10 yards (e.g. Grace on Gannon) you could blame the ref, but not for this.
I'm sure marinobohs will be very sympathetic to your plight. He knows what it's like to be robbed by the corrupt home town refs
Luck will hopefully balance out over the season.
A draw would be a good result in dundalk now without grace and clark
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