Surprised Shels didn’t go for the game, massively cautious performance resulting in only 1 shot on target at home to 10 men for 60 mins
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Excellent result for us…. Big chance lost by Shels …. They seemed happy to settle for a point when they could have almost killed off a Derry challenge…. Slim chance now for Rovers …. And hopefully by Wed we’ll be reinstated in the cup and the double will be on ….Originally Posted by sbgawa
Really disappointing game overall, thought Derry looked good despite the red card but they understandably ran out of steam. On paper the league is extremely interesting but it feels like there's been a real lack of consistent quality that is the root cause of it.
Your right,crazy to think still in the mix with only 7 victories out of 25 games playing some poor enough fare all season though it must be said recent performances have improved a bit.Played well v Cork the other night for well deserved draw but begs the question given the runaway leaders cant find a win v Treaty why are they in 8th position .
Yeah, didn't get that. If they'd have won tonight, it's our league challenge over (even if I'm still sceptical about it). A loss would be manageable. Still, a draw isn't too bad for Shels (or anyone else).
Thought Derry managed the match well after the sending off, which we can have no complaints about.
Duff seemed fairly wound up after the match with Higgins and Hegarty. Bit of entertainment there.
I think this is a general problem with the sport. In bigger leagues (that get paid for live coverage) or international tournaments…. Countless replays in post match analysis on fine decisions whether “was there contact?”. It’s a contact sport ffs. The grief I took from footballers growing up cos I played basketball “you play a non contact sport”. You watch the two now and only one do they fall over if they think there’ll be contact of if they feel a little touch.
yes, there was some contact. No way in the world is it a penalty
[QUOTE=Calcio Jack;2196218]Excellent result for us…. Big chance lost by Shels …. They seemed happy to settle for a point when they could have almost killed off a Derry challenge…. Slim chance now for Rovers …. And hopefully by Wed we’ll be reinstated in the cup and the double will be on ….[
hahahahahah!!
Did Duff blank Higgins at the end or refuse to shake his hand, if it was either he is one big baby. Pathetic stuff.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), first Irish club to win points in a group stage in Europe (2016).
Higgins still firmly believes it’s a 3 horse race for the title anyway,looking at the fixtures over the next 5 games it’s still a long shot for them to make up the gap,away games at Dalymount and in Derry will be tests in the middle of European fixtures….
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Don’t think he did either but something was said and it definitely wasn’t friendly!
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
No didn't blank him but said something to Ruairi and he looked like he was about to say did this midget say that to me, Ruairi is about 14 inches taller than him, so i'd like to see that match up
Frustrating night. We can't get out of our own way, as ever. Felt the ref was quick to the cards but ultimately Todd did it to himself.
It was a tremendous shift, showing way more resilience than has often been on show so far this season, to get a point. But I thought Shels were woeful before the sending off and only marginally better after it. They were there for the taking and we let them off the hook.
Hard for me to imagine them going on a perfect run after what they served up there so hope springs eternal, but I'd be much more concerned about our consistency than anyone else's.
Ou-est le Centre George Pompidou?
https://x.com/nathanmurf/status/1820...UBtw54d9g&s=19
Duff not happy, but is he ever?
Honestly not sure he has any reason to be unhappy. Draw is a decent result for them. He could be frustrated they didn't push on after the sending off to go and win the game but that's hardly Higgins fault. Was it even a particularly dirty game? The sending off was fine but I wouldn't have said they were particularly dirty tackles?
If everyone is talking about Duff nobody is focused on Shels not making the most of the opportunity or putting pressure on his side keeing their noses ahead. He is feisty but not stupid, method to the madness and its hard not to disagree mostly with his post match observations on officiating etc (imagine he was on the end of that Hennessy decision....). Wouldnt be surprised if Hegarty was the one stirring it up mind, he lays them and then blends in, albeit off the sideline he's a sound chap. Duff with O'Brien, a calmer individual is a very good manager and assistant mix.
I thought Adam Ó Reilly for Derry was very good. Derry have better players than Shelbourne but being a man down they had to work hard, which may be the making of them and Higgins. I was sitting close behind the managers area and their was plenty being said all game, My take on it was that the Derry bench were determined that there wouldn't be another Dublin home town referring of the game after what happened on Sunday. And they achieved that.
Home town refereeing? I get much more the impression that they generally detest all LoI sides or dont give a fiddlers at best!
The reaction to the late penalty in inchicore is absolutely hilarious. Politicians sticking their oar in on social media and everything.
You arent allowed pull an opponents jersey. I appreciate the camera angle isnt great for it and likewise for people in the stand, but it happened. It might be softish, it might sting, but a sligo player pulled the jersey, I was right in line with it on the camac.
On a seperate note, I cant get over how p1ss poor shels and derry were on Monday - absolutely woeful stuff.
I agree it was a penalty, soft one but still a peno. My biggest problem is there seems to be no consistency on reffing decisions. We've all seen attacking players dragged to the ground by their shirts on corners and nothing given or worse a free out because the ref thought they were both at it. Something needs to be done about the standard of refereeing in the league. The issues are obvious every week but there doesn't seem to be any change from the FAI. I think there will be a strong push from many of the clubs to break ties with the FAI citing things like refereeing and the current issues with the Bohs v Rovers cup game as obvious areas where the FAI have made a mess of things
Funniest thing about that comment is that Rob Hennessy is from Limerick
https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/s...s-evening.html
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