Matches weekend 17/18th February 2023

**pineapple stu** · 18/02/2023, 7:41 AM

Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado

UCD goal from a never was free kick

In fairness, you can see it on the highlights and it's about as clear a push in the back as you can get. Deserved yellow card

**legendz** · 18/02/2023, 8:18 AM

The Cobh manager admitted that Kerry should have had a penalty for handball. The ref then gave Cobh a free for a handball when the hands were in a natural body position. The ref obviously wanted to give Kerry a welcome to the First Division level standard of refereeing!

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

In fairness, you can see it on the highlights and it's about as clear a push in the back as you can get. Deserved yellow card

Clear free kick alright. Well taken.

**Nesta99** · 18/02/2023, 8:26 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

In fairness, you can see it on the highlights and it's about as clear a push in the back as you can get. Deserved yellow card

Ah it was a professional foul by Malley, shove in the back after bombing toward goal and was shaping up for a shot or a through ball. I don't think the danger warranted the professional foul as there were plenty of people back and you'd back Sheppard from that distance unless it was a worldy of a strike.

**pineapple stu** · 18/02/2023, 11:49 AM

Agree with that. Needless foul and probably the keeper should have done better

But will take it

**gufct** · 18/02/2023, 12:18 PM

No loi reports in todays Indo . ????

**joey B** · 18/02/2023, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by gufct

No loi reports in todays Indo . ????

From Dan McDonnells newsletter:

Just something to be aware of if you’re a reader of the print version of the Irish Independent.

A change in our deadlines means that that some papers that hit the shelves on Saturday morning will not have LOI reports in them. We’ll still have the usual match report service available on independent.ie

**Loifan_76** · 18/02/2023, 12:23 PM

Heard on the LOI Central podcast that the indo goes to print before the match reports are done now. So no LOI coverage

**legendz** · 18/02/2023, 12:29 PM

Are the First Division highlights to be made available on FAI TV as well?

**D24Saint** · 18/02/2023, 1:05 PM

Originally Posted by gufct

No loi reports in todays Indo . ????

The Saturday edition looked very watered down the last time I seen it.

**outspoken** · 18/02/2023, 1:46 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

In fairness, you can see it on the highlights and it's about as clear a push in the back as you can get. Deserved yellow card

Referee loved a soft free last night, he was very poor. UCD fully deserving of the point.

**Poor Student** · 18/02/2023, 3:23 PM

Originally Posted by Loifan_76

Heard on the LOI Central podcast that the indo goes to print before the match reports are done now. So no LOI coverage

The thing is though, printed newspaper circulation is a fraction of what it was and will only decline further. Not much of an issue from an LOI perspective.

**Dermobohs** · 18/02/2023, 6:26 PM

You’ll not miss the “coverage” of the league in that rag anyway, awful for football.

**Calcio Jack** · 18/02/2023, 8:39 PM

Lopes should be fined a weeks wages…. Moron

**redarmyfaction** · 18/02/2023, 8:46 PM

We deserved the draw, Shamrock not nailed on for title, Kenny didn't have a touch when he came on.

**Longfordian** · 18/02/2023, 8:55 PM

I think we could be in for a long season. Though I don't want to be too hard on a very young team.

**yurt** · 18/02/2023, 8:57 PM

I love this league. I reckon there's going to be a crazy amount of draws in the PD this season.

NOT so much in the FD, Waterford look like they'll dish out flaking weekly. Galway and Bray likely win a lot of games too.

**Jd2793** · 18/02/2023, 9:00 PM

very early days but god, kenny looked miles off it.

**Dermobohs** · 18/02/2023, 9:06 PM

Originally Posted by Calcio Jack

Lopes should be fined a weeks wages…. Moron

He’s been around long enough to know that’s not on CJ, but the laws now are mental. Fella shouting in your face and it’s a soft push away? Reds should be for genuine injury causing tackles, or my pet hate, the lad who screams goes down clutching head or leg and jumps up no bother once he’s got his free, hate that.( a speciality of your own g o neill btw). A return to the days of yellow card for good dig and red for day ending clatter is preferred but cheating pretending ****es should always get walked on.

**Dermobohs** · 18/02/2023, 9:10 PM

Totally forgot, very decent game of ball up in Sligo tonight, despite an incredibly bobbly pitch, credit to both sides I enjoyed it as a neutral(almost).

**D24Saint** · 18/02/2023, 9:13 PM

Originally Posted by Dermobohs

Totally forgot, very decent game of ball up in Sligo tonight, despite an incredibly bobbly pitch, credit to both sides I enjoyed it as a neutral(almost).

Was delighted to get it on the telly in the local. Times they are a changing. Not a bad game overall.