Games weekend 22nd 23rd July

[sbgawa]

Premier Division

Friday 22nd 19:45

Dundalk v Finn Harps
UCD v Shelbourne

Saturday 23rd

Shamrock Rovers v Drogheda


First Division

Friday 19:45

Cobh v Bray
Wexford v Cork
Waterford v Longford
Athlone v Galway

[sbgawa]

Europe is a distraction from the League , great results last night from Sligo and Pats but here we are again with points for sale.
Cn Harps do us a favour in Dundalk tonight? UCD may fancy getting something off Shels after a great win up in Sligo.
Worried about the Drogheda game, they are on a good run of form recently and Rovers may play a weakish side , personally i would play a strong side as the Euro tie is over and we need to plan for the Europa league and keep the gap to Derry.

In the first division Galway will be hoping Cork drop points to a decent wexford side and Bray will look to continue a slight upturn in form by winning in Cobh.
Waterford Longford is probably the tie of this round of games, Longford are in danger of dropping back into the pack and Waterford just cant slip up anymore to keep even a faint barely alive hope of catching Cork/Galway

[brendy_éire]

Europe is a distraction from the League , great results last night from Sligo and Pats but here we are again with points for sale.
Cn Harps do us a favour in Dundalk tonight? UCD may fancy getting something off Shels after a great win up in Sligo.
Worried about the Drogheda game, they are on a good run of form recently and Rovers may play a weakish side , personally i would play a strong side as the Euro tie is over and we need to plan for the Europa league and keep the gap to Derry.

I don't think you've to worry about that gap.
Drogs form is just ok, and at Tallaght, it should be a handy enough home win. Will be interesting to see what side is put out, if Rovers essentially give up on the CL match or not.

Dundalk should comfortably beat Harps, it's only Derry who like to make a meal of beating them. Agree that UCD will be fancying themselves tonight, great chance to get off the bottom of the table.

[Finlay Harp]

It will be miraculous if Harps get anything out of tonight. The nature of Sundays defeat still ****es me off.

[joey B]

We’re a complete joke

[DCSIL]

Get rid of him whilst you can Joey. Give yourself a chance

[The Bowler]

Ollie is done, great bloke, but Harps are beyond shocking. UCD are going to get a play off game they could never have believed possible

[SeanDrog]

We’re a complete joke

Is Kevin McHugh an option to take over?

[joey B]

Is Kevin McHugh an option to take over?

I’d doubt it ,he runs the academy,works a full time job and has a family,I’m not sure who’d take over tbh…

[SeanDrog]

I’d doubt it ,he runs the academy,works a full time job and has a family,I’m not sure who’d take over tbh…

I always thought him a class act and heard he is doing great with the academy.

[The Bowler]

Jaysus, Bray are worse than Harps. Devo out, FFS

[pineapple stu]

Another game, another utterly stupid penalty from us. Not sure why we even tried to appeal that; clear red and all.

[SeanDrog]

Another game, another utterly stupid penalty from us. Not sure why we even tried to appeal that; clear red and all.

I still feel it’s just a matter of when rather than if UCD overtake Harps.

[The Bowler]

Another game, another utterly stupid penalty from us. Not sure why we even tried to appeal that; clear red and all.

Stu, make no mistake, our skipper has been a sack of sh1t in midfield for years, and the idea that he might be any better at centre back is comical. We dont have any other centre backs because they all left the club in the window. But because Harps are so ****, this regime will masquerade as having some actual achievements. The people running the club answer to absolutely nobody. They have no player recruitment policy other than players from 18 other academies who want to combine educational and football and rock up every year via the CAO process. Myler has destroyed the ethos of this club.l, and his paymaster have had it far too easy for far too long.

[kksaints]

Enjoyed watching the Athlone-Galway game on LOITV. Very good presentation and decent commentary, one of the better first division streams I've seen. Match was good and Athlone can feel somewhat hard done by the ref. Didn't give them a fairly clear penalty for a handball and allowed a clear handball set up Galway's third. Based on that match you wouldn't think Athlone have struggled so much for results. Hickey and McBride in particular looked very useful. Galway were the usually stodgy John Caulfield side, not particularly impressive to watch but fairly solid and he did get the subs correct as Lomboto stretched Athlone with his pace and finished well for Galway's second. Commentators thought he might have been offside but it looked level on the replay.

[nigel-harps1954]

Pretty much just given up at this stage.

We are crap.

[The Bowler]

Pretty much just given up at this stage.

We are crap.

sorry for your troubles Nigel, guess we will see you in 1st Division next year

[nigel-harps1954]

sorry for your troubles Nigel, guess we will see you in 1st Division next year

Don't try and make this even worse for me.

[total hoofball]

Wretched first half of football at the Bowl from both sides before UCD lost their heads early in the 2nd half handing us a deserved 3 points in the end

[total hoofball]

Shoutout to Pat Devlin for a huge achievement transforming Bray Wanderers into a Cabinteely version of Bray Wanderers who are actually somehow worse than Cabinteely