Matches Weekend 18th 19th March

**sbgawa** · 15/03/2022, 4:51 PM

Premier Division

Friday 18th

UCD v Bohs 17:00
Drogheda v Dundalk 19:45
Shels v Finn Harps 19:45
Derry v St Pats 19:45
Shamrock Rovers v Sligo 20:00

First Division

Treaty v Cork 15:00
Wexford v Longford 19:45
Athlone v Galway 19:45
Cobh v Bray 19:45

**sbgawa** · 15/03/2022, 4:57 PM

Top 4 playing each other so big weekend in terms of consolidating a good start or reaching for the Valium.
If Rovers beat Sligo i think on balance we will be happy enough with the start, lose and we are 4 points behind them and they have a game in hand.
Big game between Pats and Derry , id give Derry the edge based on what ive seen so far but chance for Pats to lay a marker down.

Likewise for Shels a win and they are firmly in "good start" territory conversely Harps need a result badly.
If Bohs drop points at UCD i expect 007 to come under real pressure even this early.

With Treaty playing Cork, there is a decent chance Galway could go top they beat an Athlone team without a point to date.

**Nah Nah Nah Nah** · 15/03/2022, 6:15 PM

I see there�s already talks of a pitch inspection in Limerick.

Our pitch better then before again last night but still nowhere near right. Harps nearly had an own goal when the ball bobbled as McGinley went to clear. Apparently should be ok in 6 weeks but we�ll see.

**NeverFeltBetter** · 15/03/2022, 7:13 PM

Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah

I see there’s already talks of a pitch inspection in Limerick.

Noon tomorrow I understand. There isn't meant to be much rain in Limerick for the next few days, so no more excuses from the LEDP. The pitch is either capable of holding a game (of football, not schools rugby) or it isn't.

**Martinho II** · 15/03/2022, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter

Noon tomorrow I understand. There isn't meant to be much rain in Limerick for the next few days, so no more excuses from the LEDP. The pitch is either capable of holding a game (of football, not schools rugby) or it isn't.

Awful pity that the pitch has to ruin all the great work that Treaty do for the local community. Got copy of Treaty Longford Town program in post today and it blew me away. 60 pages! Very impressive indeed from those guys!

**Finlay Harp** · 16/03/2022, 9:42 AM

Harps badly need a result. We need to start hitting the net and cutting out the stupid stuff at the back. I fancy UCD to get something from Bohs.

**Jd2793** · 16/03/2022, 10:42 AM

tough game away in limerick for us . id be very worried about that pitch its in terrible nick apparently. galway should walk their game. harps been a bit strange, they were actually alright up until monday imo. think that'll be a borefast though as shels are struggling to create. bohs should be winning easily v ucd, big problems there if they dont put on a perfomance.

**NeverFeltBetter** · 16/03/2022, 1:29 PM

Mike Aherne, press officer for Treaty, was interviewed on Between The Stripes today on the situation with the pitch

-Pitch was deemed playable on Friday morning, then heavy rain later changed the situation
-They had to wait for the match officials to arrive for a later inspection, hence the late call off
-They followed protocols regards comms, with the league announcing cancellation first
-There's a penalty area-sized section of the pitch that was dangerous for players as it stood
-LEDP and club volunteers are working on it all the time
-Can't say if the pitch will be ready for Friday

**Jd2793** · 16/03/2022, 1:44 PM

sooner or later they'll have to be penalised. gone beyond a joke to have a pitch in that condition so far into the season.

**NeverFeltBetter** · 16/03/2022, 1:57 PM

Match going ahead, another inspection on Friday: https://twitter.com/TreatyUnitedFC/s...91330686988297

**CraftyToePoke** · 16/03/2022, 2:15 PM

Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter

Mike Aherne, press officer for Treaty, was interviewed on Between The Stripes today on the situation with the pitch

-Pitch was deemed playable on Friday morning, then heavy rain later changed the situation
-They had to wait for the match officials to arrive for a later inspection, hence the late call off
-They followed protocols regards comms, with the league announcing cancellation first
-There's a penalty area-sized section of the pitch that was dangerous for players as it stood
-LEDP and club volunteers are working on it all the time
-Can't say if the pitch will be ready for Friday

All fair enough but are we any clearer in what has actually gone wrong here at the outset ?

**NeverFeltBetter** · 16/03/2022, 2:19 PM

No. That wasn't asked or addressed, which was not great. Aherne's line was that it's all just rain related. There was an odd moment where he talked about how there was "a drizzle" of rain today and he didn't know how much that would effect the pitch, which was a bit alarming: if the pitch can't take drizzle, what the hell can it take?

**CraftyToePoke** · 16/03/2022, 2:24 PM

Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter

Aherne's line was that it's all just rain related.

Well that excuse stopped holding water (

) as soon as Cobh, Cork, Galway, Waterford, Sligo played games after the very bad weather IMO.

**NeverFeltBetter** · 16/03/2022, 2:36 PM

100%. A badly maintained pitch is being made worse by rain, not rain creating a bad pitch where there was only perfection before.

**mackend6** · 16/03/2022, 3:46 PM

Tough one for us this week but looking at the fixture list everything is starting to look like a tough one.

Personally I was encouraged by our second half performance last week against Sligo, but given we didn't create a huge amount of clear cut chances in the second half and Monday's result in Derry it would appear that is completely down to Sligo taking the foot off the gas rather than our change from 3 to 4 at the back.

Hoping for a feisty game that isn't over after 20 mins and a Bohs and Shels win.

**Martinho II** · 16/03/2022, 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter

No. That wasn't asked or addressed, which was not great. Aherne's line was that it's all just rain related. There was an odd moment where he talked about how there was "a drizzle" of rain today and he didn't know how much that would effect the pitch, which was a bit alarming: if the pitch can't take drizzle, what the hell can it take?

Has Aherne a past as a media pundit in limerick or am I confusing the wrong guy?

**da bishop** · 16/03/2022, 11:02 PM

The pitch situ at Treaty has been shambolic ,all very well having a go at the people responsible for mantaining the ground ,rightly so,however the club have watched this farce carry on since the Munster senior cup game v Waterford almost a month ago and the club response has been pathetic .

**NeverFeltBetter** · 17/03/2022, 12:21 AM

Originally Posted by Martinho II

Has Aherne a past as a media pundit in limerick or am I confusing the wrong guy?

Yeah, with 95FM. He used to do commentary on Limerick FC matches.

**sadloserkid** · 17/03/2022, 7:03 AM

Also played for Limerick FC.

**Guitd** · 17/03/2022, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter

No. That wasn't asked or addressed, which was not great. Aherne's line was that it's all just rain related. There was an odd moment where he talked about how there was "a drizzle" of rain today and he didn't know how much that would effect the pitch, which was a bit alarming: if the pitch can't take drizzle, what the hell can it take?

So was talking to a treaty player who said a large area of the pitch has recently been resodded and ref was unhappy as it could be lifted like a piece of carpet and was very unstable for players to run on .This type of work isn�t very suitable this time of year as it can take a few weeks to grow in if sod isn�t cut thickly which in this case hasn�t