Matches weekend 8th 9th March 2024

[sbgawa]

Weekend 8th / 9th March 2024

Premier Division

Friday 8th (All 19:45)

Bohemians v Shelbourne
Galway v Drogheda
St Pats v Dundalk
Derry v Waterford

Saturday 9th

Sligo v Shamrock Rovers (19:45)

First Division

Friday 8th (All 19:45)

Athlone v Kerry
Finn Harps v Cobh
Treaty v Bray
UCD V Wexford

Saturday 9th

Longford v Cork (19:30)

[sbgawa]

The relegation battle gets serious with a win for Dundalk at Pats putting Rovers bottom of the table heading to the free scoring Sligo on Saturday.
Bohs v Shels has a big match feel even at this early stage given the supporter unrest there and Shels topping the league wont be going down well on De North side.
Derry still have a lot to prove imo and wouldnt be surprised if Waterford get something up there , drawing with us in Tallaght isnt a great form guide (ahem Dundalk).
Galway have a real chance to pull an early season 6 pointer against Drogs who everyone now seems to be tipping for the drop.

Treaty have a very winnable match with a poor Bray team to go 4 from 4 and Harps must be strong favs to continue their good start against Cobh.
Its early days but Cork dont look as good as the odds suggested and Harps look better.....title fever in Donegal ??

[culloty82]

An entirely useless stat for the thread - due to the quirks of the LoI fixture calendar, Friday will be Kerry's first excursion outside of Munster (and indeed any further than County Cork) since travelling to Ballybofey on September 29th.

[Knocklyonhoop]

All Prem matches bar Derry to get north of 4K?

[Buckett]

Friday's another "Club Night" in Terryland. Loads of tickets distributed to local clubs. They did this last season for the Cobh game and had a full-house, 4,300.

[mcgonigle]

Can't see many Dundalk fans in Richmond on Friday, mainly because were awful and another hiding is the most likely outcome.

But also partly because of the ticket price. €24 (€22 + €2 admin) for an adult ticket must be the most expensive in the league and doesn't guarantee you a seat or cover. Also very limited student and concession tickets. I get early access as St holder and they were all gone before I got there, so for me, my dad (OAP) and my son (student) would be full adult price (€72), not many can afford that. Same issue at Bohs re concessions, gone before you get in to buy it seems. Do clubs set their own number of concessions?

[dundalkfc10]

Can't see many Dundalk fans in Richmond on Friday, mainly because were awful and another hiding is the most likely outcome.

But also partly because of the ticket price. €24 (€22 + €2 admin) for an adult ticket must be the most expensive in the league and doesn't guarantee you a seat or cover. Also very limited student and concession tickets. I get early access as St holder and they were all gone before I got there, so for me, my dad (OAP) and my son (student) would be full adult price (€72), not many can afford that. Same issue at Bohs re concessions, gone before you get in to buy it seems. Do clubs set their own number of concessions?

I know a few Dundalk lads who have bought home tickets for terrace and will just stand behind the goals beside the away section. Saved a €5 each

[Another Bohemia]

Big game on Friday for Bohs. The team very obviously had no plan vs Drogheda so need to see some semblance of organisation against a very organised Shels team who are on the crest of a wave at the minute. If Bohs continue to play as poorly as they have for the back end of last season and the start of this one I expect it to get pretty restless.

[Shearer]

Good chance for Treaty to go 4/4 against Bray, although I'd take a point.

The highs of Monday for Kerry will make them forget about Friday's defeat to Treaty. I'd fancy them to get a result in Athlone.

[TonyD]

Three points an absolute must for Pats tomorrow night. The keeper surely has to be replaced, and I’d ditch the three at the back too. Keating needs more support up front, I’d play Leavy as a No 10 with him. He’s such a good ball carrier, I think we need to get him doing that more on the edge of the box. If we make those changes I’d be hopeful of winning. Waterford was our worst display yet, I actually thought we were decent in spells against both Bohs and Derry. Some people seem to be turning on Daly already, which is just mental after 4 games.

[RealJohn91]

Yeah you should be building that team around Leavy. Rare to get that combination of dribbling and pace at this level of football.

[Nesta99]

An entirely useless stat for the thread - due to the quirks of the LoI fixture calendar, Friday will be Kerry's first excursion outside of Munster (and indeed any further than County Cork) since travelling to Ballybofey on September 29th.

Nothing useless about that stat. Its exactly the type of thing us LoI fanatics thrive on, especially now that us long term fans have to mix with all these annoying smelly newbies telling us that we should go to a LoI game cause its really cool! Dundalk aside we should change the attendance thread to infestation thread....I liked having an almost entire terrace in Dalymount or the like to roam around. No pleasing some of us

[2 Year Contract]

Nothing useless about that stat. Its exactly the type of thing us LoI fanatics thrive on, especially now that us long term fans have to mix with all these annoying smelly newbies telling us that we should go to a LoI game cause its really cool! Dundalk aside we should change the attendance thread to infestation thread....I liked having a almost an entire terrace in Dalymount or the like to roam around. No pleasing some of us

No pleasing us is right! A part of me thought the same at the Pats and Bohs game in Inchicore when absolutely crammed in together on the Camac, I couldn’t help but have a small part of me that misses having the ability to rock up 5 minutes before kickoff and have more or less the pick of which spot you wanted to lean on the barrier. Nowadays the barrier is prime real estate that you have to be in the ground early to have any chance of getting a spot on one!

[Nesta99]

Three points an absolute must for Pats tomorrow night. The keeper surely has to be replaced, and I’d ditch the three at the back too. Keating needs more support up front, I’d play Leavy as a No 10 with him. He’s such a good ball carrier, I think we need to get him doing that more on the edge of the box. If we make those changes I’d be hopeful of winning. Waterford was our worst display yet, I actually thought we were decent in spells against both Bohs and Derry. Some people seem to be turning on Daly already, which is just mental after 4 games.

Dont worry too much about the keeper, Dundalk defend like early 2023 season St Pats. No advocate for long ball but a few punts over the top, some sensible running the line and with pace and we're goosed. I cant see us holding out if we sit in either. If St Pats dont turn it on it could be poor fare, and for €22 + change. I cant travel and Im even wondering if I will watch on LoITV, I know if I do subscribe for the game and its car crash stuff I wont be able to not watch - old style LoI masochist!

[Nesta99]

No pleasing us is right! A part of me thought the same at the Pats and Bohs game in Inchicore when absolutely crammed in together on the Camac, I couldn’t help but have a small part of me that misses having the ability to rock up 5 minutes before kickoff and have more or less the pick of which spot you wanted to lean on the barrier. Nowadays the barrier is prime real estate that you have to be in the ground early to have any chance of getting a spot on one!

I dont know your vintage 2YC but I think I am now the sort of fan that I used to listen to talk about the good old days, like when the Oriel Park pitch was 90 degress to what it is now never mind plastic. I will adapt but yeah queues, sold out games, sold out programmes, closest atms to grounds empty, I should have been careful for what I wished for! The next think will be going to see a LoI game in a stadium instead of a ground...

[redarmyfaction]

Big game on Friday for Bohs. The team very obviously had no plan vs Drogheda so need to see some semblance of organisation against a very organised Shels team who are on the crest of a wave at the minute. If Bohs continue to play as poorly as they have for the back end of last season and the start of this one I expect it to get pretty restless.

The bookies put up Bohs as favs for this ( Shels just gone fav on betfair), hard to see why, Shels are so well organised and look like they will improve on their good start and possibly be in the mix this year.

[Another Bohemia]

The bookies put up Bohs as favs for this ( Shels just gone fav on betfair), hard to see why, Shels are so well organised and look like they will improve on their good start and possibly be in the mix this year.

From my experience bookies will care very little about LOI odds and generally home team will be the favourite unless the home team is newly promoted or the away team was league winner/cup winner. It's not a big money market for most bookies with any horse race is probably doing significantly higher in terms of total stakes than even the biggest LOI games. If you're betting regularly on LOI games and winning you'll likely see your max stake restricted on those markets very quickly and if any sort of money goes on an LOI game it's usually a red flag that something is up.

[Jd2793]

From my experience bookies will care very little about LOI odds and generally home team will be the favourite unless the home team is newly promoted or the away team was league winner/cup winner. It's not a big money market for most bookies with any horse race is probably doing significantly higher in terms of total stakes than even the biggest LOI games. If you're betting regularly on LOI games and winning you'll likely see your max stake restricted on those markets very quickly and if any sort of money goes on an LOI game it's usually a red flag that something is up.

Bookies copy all their odds from the asian markets and add their own margin to those prices. from midday onwards LOI prem is a decent market in asia, limits go much bigger and increase as kick off nears.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

All Prem matches bar Derry to get north of 4K?

Surprised ye haven’t sold all the allocation yet

[Calcio Jack]

Jack B still unavailable for Rovers…. Having been told by Bradley on a weekly basis that “… he should be ready this week…” now no mention of a return date … starting to become ‘worrying’ at this stage