Games Weekend 9th August

**ger121** · 11/08/2024, 2:10 PM

Originally Posted by Jack B

Ditto. Without sounding miserable, as happy as I am about the performance and win on Thursday I think it'll go down as a missed opportunity. Sabah left the door open in a way I can't see them doing at hom.

Watch the highlights of their home game against Maccabi. These guys leave doors so wide open you could get a bus through it. Saw their league game too at home and they blew a 2 goal lead late in the 2nd half. They are good offensively but Pat�s can score there for sure.

**Jack B** · 11/08/2024, 2:25 PM

Originally Posted by ger121

Watch the highlights of their home game against Maccabi. These guys leave doors so wide open you could get a bus through it. Saw their league game too at home and they blew a 2 goal lead late in the 2nd half. They are good offensively but Pat�s can score there for sure.

To be fair having watched the highlights of those games myself I should've used a different metaphor.

Their keeper seems dodgy, similarly they look awful at defending set-pieces so there should be opportunities in that sense, they're evidently very strong going forward though which they didn't get to show properly having gone down to 10. That mixed with our away record has me sceptical, but in fairness we did play as well as we have all season so replicate that and we still have more than a chance. Was just one of those games where you couldn't help hut feel we could really regret not putting at least another couple past them.

**joey B** · 11/08/2024, 2:40 PM

Pats ahead against the run of play,fine strike from Mcclelland from outside the area�

**TonyD** · 11/08/2024, 2:40 PM

Pats take the lead with a nice strike from Jay McClelland, somewhat against the run of play it must be said.

**TonyD** · 11/08/2024, 2:44 PM

Why is Stephen Bradley doing 4th official at the Galway/Pats match ?

**Acornvilla** · 11/08/2024, 2:50 PM

Pat's have almost rotated the entire team and winning. Incredible bench

Breslin, Elbouzedi, Forrester, Grivosti, Lennon, Melia, Mulraney, Rogers, Sjoberg.

**TonyD** · 11/08/2024, 3:21 PM

Originally Posted by Acornvilla

Pat's have almost rotated the entire team and winning. Incredible bench

Breslin, Elbouzedi, Forrester, Grivosti, Lennon, Melia, Mulraney, Rogers, Sjoberg.

Galway level, and you couldn�t say it�s not deserved. We need to get a hold of the ball. They have us struggling with balls into the box.

**Acornvilla** · 11/08/2024, 3:22 PM

Yeah, it's very one sided. Bad goalkeeping for the equalizer, pushed it exactly where you don't want it.

**Onapointoforder** · 11/08/2024, 3:59 PM

Originally Posted by TonyD

Galway level, and you couldn�t say it�s not deserved. We need to get a hold of the ball. They have us struggling with balls into the box.

Galway are a very hard watch�

**TonyD** · 11/08/2024, 4:16 PM

Originally Posted by Acornvilla

Yeah, it's very one sided. Bad goalkeeping for the equalizer, pushed it exactly where you don't want it.

Yeah, Anang was poor for the goal. Point is a fair result I suppose. Surprised looking at the possession stats after the game that we had so much of the ball, didn�t feel like that watching it.

**oriel** · 11/08/2024, 4:39 PM

Very poor by the ref to disallow that Galway goal, no way the GK was impeded. Completely fair challenge.

**Buckett** · 11/08/2024, 4:54 PM

We were robbed there. I thought we were the better team. Nice goal by Pat's but he had a clear run in from midfield unchallenged. Nothing wrong with that disallowed goal. Anang looked very dodgy throughout the game. Kazeem, the rat, was terrible for Pat's.

**patsdad** · 11/08/2024, 5:05 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

Very poor by the ref to disallow that Galway goal, no way the GK was impeded. Completely fair challenge.

100% correct decision. The Galway player backs into the keeper to push him away from the ball.

**oriel** · 11/08/2024, 5:43 PM

You must be joking, it will come to a stage where an attacker isn't allowed go near a GK, Pats very very lucky to get away with that. Should been a goal, possibly even a Peno, watch it back, Pats defender, has his arms around a Galway player almost on the line.

That's two Sunday's in a row now they have got key decisions going in their favour.

**Jack B** · 11/08/2024, 5:54 PM

It's 100% in line with every foul you see given in favour of a goalkeeper in every game across the world. Anang has hold of the ball, Hickey backs into him and forces him to drop it, no referee that sees that isn't giving it. Yoi can argue that the leeway keepers get is a wider issue with the game now but that's the reality of it.

Galway were the much better side in the second half and probably would have been worth the win but the idea that they were robbed off the back of that decision is fanciful for me.

**oriel** · 11/08/2024, 6:52 PM

Originally Posted by Jack B

It's 100% in line with every foul you see given in favour of a goalkeeper in every game across the world. Anang has hold of the ball, Hickey backs into him and forces him to drop it, no referee that sees that isn't giving it. Yoi can argue that the leeway keepers get is a wider issue with the game now but that's the reality of it.

Galway were the much better side in the second half and probably would have been worth the win but the idea that they were robbed off the back of that decision is fanciful for me.

What about the Pats player with one or possibly two hands holding the Galway guy? I can tell you, Pats were very lucky to get away with that, on the double.

**joey B** · 11/08/2024, 7:01 PM

Originally Posted by TonyD

Yeah, Anang was poor for the goal. Point is a fair result I suppose. Surprised looking at the possession stats after the game that we had so much of the ball, didn�t feel like that watching it.

Anang instead of pushing the ball away trys to catch it and pays for it,might be a lesson for him .....

**gufct** · 11/08/2024, 7:05 PM

100% a goal the Pats defenders reaction tells it all.

**Jack B** · 11/08/2024, 7:12 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

What about the Pats player with one or possibly two hands holding the Galway guy? I can tell you, Pats were very lucky to get away with that, on the double.

I've watched it back and not even sure who you're referring to. I presume where Turner has his arm around a Galway player that is in turn backing into him, not competing for the ball. If you think that's a penalty then I'm not sure you can then with a straight face say that Pats' one last week was soft.

As I said, that's a free kick for the goalkeeper the world over. There's an example every week of a goal disallowed for the same or similar, I doubt you or anyone can find me many cases this season where they've been awarded. Off the top of my head I can think of a few we've had against us this season and I doubt you'll have seen me up in arms about it. I've seen Galway fans on social media bemoaning that they've now had several similar disallowed this season, that's not because you're being robbed or unlucky it's simply how the rules are enforced. It's soft but keepers are hugely protected now, that's how it is.