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    Final weekend !! 2024 GLITW

    Premier Division

    Friday1st November (All 19:45)

    Sligo v St Pats
    Shamrock Rovers v Waterford
    Bohemians v Galway
    Drogheda v Dundalk
    Derry v Shelbourne

    First Division play off Final

    Saturday 2nd November

    Bray v Athlone (16:00)
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    Have to give Rovers credit for 5 wins in last 6 to keep Shels honest and also to Shels for winning two in a row when the chips were down after 1 win in ten previously.
    With the way the league has gonr this year it would be entirely believanle for Shels to lose in Derry and for Rovers to lose at home to Waterford ....Again.
    The subplot of Derry needing to win to avoid double devastation potentially of losing the cup final and missing out on Europe should keep them honest so its going to be interesting.

    Would rather see Bray come up tahn Athlone so good luck to them

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    My enthusiasm has plummeted this week after our players decided they wanted to go out with a whimper.

    Personally wouldn't want Shels winning the league in the Brandywell and hope that we can muster up some sort of pride and do a job. I wouldn't hold my breath though.

    Sooner league and the cup is out of the way the better. I need a break at this stage albeit a week in the off season ill be pulling my hair out again.


    P.S dont want Rovers winning the league either but hey ho.


    Premier Division

    Friday1st November (All 19:45)

    Sligo v St Pats - PATS win
    Shamrock Rovers v Waterford - ROVERS win
    Bohemians v Galway - Draw
    Drogheda v Dundalk - DUNDALK win
    Derry v Shelbourne - SHELS win - Our players have let us down time and time again so what does another one matter.

    First Division play off Final

    Saturday 2nd November

    Bray v Athlone (16:00) - ATHLONE Win

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    Quote Originally Posted by dcfc_legend9 View Post
    My enthusiasm has plummeted this week after our players decided they wanted to go out with a whimper.

    Personally wouldn't want Shels winning the league in the Brandywell and hope that we can muster up some sort of pride and do a job. I wouldn't hold my breath though.

    Sooner league and the cup is out of the way the better. I need a break at this stage albeit a week in the off season ill be pulling my hair out again.


    P.S dont want Rovers winning the league either but hey ho.


    Premier Division

    Friday1st November (All 19:45)

    Sligo v St Pats - PATS win
    Shamrock Rovers v Waterford - ROVERS win
    Bohemians v Galway - Draw
    Drogheda v Dundalk - DUNDALK win
    Derry v Shelbourne - SHELS win - Our players have let us down time and time again so what does another one matter.

    First Division play off Final

    Saturday 2nd November

    Bray v Athlone (16:00) - ATHLONE Win
    Id be very surprised if we win on Friday. I've never dreaded going to a football game in all my life, even the young fella said today Daddy Friday is going to be hard listening to them singing about us all game

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    Quote Originally Posted by dundalkfc10 View Post
    Id be very surprised if we win on Friday. I've never dreaded going to a football game in all my life, even the young fella said today Daddy Friday is going to be hard listening to them singing about us all game
    I assume Live It Up will be played on the speakers in United Park either before or after the match.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kksaints View Post
    I assume Live It Up will be played on the speakers in United Park either before or after the match.
    Hopefully after.
    I've already told the little fella, we are going to the exit with 10 mins to go to see can we leave.
    After the trouble in Oriel on the pitch, they must have kept us back for 45 mins after the cup game. I expect their fans to stay and team do usual end season lap of honour so it could be even longer on Friday

    Since the home entrance is at the car park, no chance of them letting us out first either

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    Quote Originally Posted by dundalkfc10 View Post
    Hopefully after.
    I've already told the little fella, we are going to the exit with 10 mins to go to see can we leave.
    After the trouble in Oriel on the pitch, they must have kept us back for 45 mins after the cup game. I expect their fans to stay and team do usual end season lap of honour so it could be even longer on Friday

    Since the home entrance is at the car park, no chance of them letting us out first either
    Maybe Drogheda will do what Pats did , let the away fans out first and tell the home fans they're being held back for the lap of honour .

    that was a resounding success

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    Quote Originally Posted by sbgawa View Post
    Have to give Rovers credit for 5 wins in last 6 to keep Shels honest and also to Shels for winning two in a row when the chips were down after 1 win in ten previously.
    With the way the league has gonr this year it would be entirely believanle for Shels to lose in Derry and for Rovers to lose at home to Waterford ....Again.
    The subplot of Derry needing to win to avoid double devastation potentially of losing the cup final and missing out on Europe should keep them honest so its going to be interesting.

    Would rather see Bray come up tahn Athlone so good luck to them
    Its a season that many will be saying what if! Any sort of decent run like stringing 4 or 5 wins together would have had sides with something signficiant to play for. St Pats its was just about too little too late. Derry well its Derry, Rovers may do it in the maost dramatic way and did some job to get back in to the mix but like Derry, they should be clear and not a lst day winner take all. Its mad that Shels are still top after going 8 games without a win in the run but they stopped the rot and deserve it really even if they dont seal the deal. When you consider how a few weeks ago Galway had an outside chance, there is a old time feel to the league this year where being mean, hard to beat and taking 1-0 might have been enough - away from the trendy playing the ball out from the back and walking it in to the net. Targeting games rather than going all out ever game seems to be a throw back too - Galway/Shels compared to Derry again on GF/GA, head to head could be interesting.

    Not that it matters now but Dundalk were pretty toothless all season. Gullan isnt a bad player but he was never a lone striker, hold the ball up type. Cameron Elliot want a striker either, O'Kane and Horgan played up front a couple of times on an experimental basis. One game before the break Gullan and Elliot played ina 2 up front and looked like it had potential, certainly more than other options. Soooo its a what if thing, that along with other ways that tactics have gne full circle that a 442 might have given us a chance. The damage was done 1st half of the season and it was all catchup after. When you look at how Pierrot came good, was summer before he scored and Douglas Taylor then in on loan, 'cheaper' options than Dundalk took on and it was the difference.
    Oh yeah and the keepers, even with clangers, chopping and changing keepers just kills that connection with the centre halves thats needed.

    Anyways fair dues to all sides that have made it an intriguing season. Even due credit to JC for his pragmatic approach getting close to Europe, hopefully he will kick on next season. Be it Shels or Rovers to win the league congrats for being i the position yer in last day and to Cork for promotion, be interesting to see the bridge the promotion gap. St Pats have plenty to look forward to. Waterford and Sligo I hope can better this season. Bohs, well they had better improve as like Dundalk there wont be a basement club to block that trapdoor in 2025. Derry have always been a favoured other club for me but not winning the league either of the last 2 seasons Im not sure they will get such a good opportunity next year.

    Enjoy the off season folks. It wont be an easy one for Dundlk fans!!

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    Super stuff Nesta always thoughtful and interesting stuff posted and well worth reading. Happy off season and 2025 maybe year 1 in the lets get Dundalk sorted long-term once and for all project.

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    Don’t you worry your oul muja head about the bohs nesta, back with a bang next season!
    Agree (painfully) the ringsend 2 deserve to be where they are… the league table NEVER lies.
    Pats weren’t unlucky, just got going too late with arguably a squad only second to shams.
    Bradley, even if he scrapes the league, has massively domestically underachieved again, I’d win with that squad.
    Duff has a big enough budget don’t get suckered by the poor out nonsense, wages at shels are big for the top men, but he’s still managed to get them up a level, to be above pats and Derry takes a bit of know how.

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    So even if Bradley wins the league with Rovers,you still think he'll have underachieved in some way yeah? ?
    Are you allowed near scissors?

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    Would Badley have chosen to leave it to a last day and out of Rovers hands if Shels win? If the answer is no then he has underachieved and probably by his own results projections before a ball was kicked though he was probably looking at Derry rather than Shels to target. Its relative as you know, why people would say fair play to Galways but roll the eyes at Derry even if Derry finish higher in the league. Maybe Bradley has perfected his strategy, just peak and win on GD, dont waste any unnecessary time or energy, maybe he really is that good as a coach, watch out Pep.

    Could nearly start the 2025 predictions thread Dermo. Have Bohs fans taken to Reynolds now or is the jury still out.

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    After the Covid season, Rovers had 78,79 and 72 points in the final standings, an average of 2.17, 2.19 and 2 points per game. The Covid season was 48 from 18 games - 2.67 points per game. Heading into the last game of this season they could end up on 58, 59 or 61 points - 1,61 to 1.69 points per game. Maybe it's not underachievement, but it's definitely a lower achievement. Maybe it's a good manager getting all he can from a squad that's he's let go a season past its peak: even if performances and standards slipped a bit below last season's points per game, Rovers would have hit 62 points and won the league two or three games ago. That fall off can't be imagined away. One game to go, they've done well to still be in with a shout, but, where in the last four years they were convincing champions, now they're relying on Shels to slip up - if Shels had won just one of the four games that they drew in their slump, we'd have been talking about Rovers the former champions, not the contenders, since last week. Even if Rovers squeak the title tonight and do the five in a row, the club needs to hit the refresh button. Changing anything that looks stale - players, coaches and manager - has to be up for consideration.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eminence Grise View Post
    After the Covid season, Rovers had 78,79 and 72 points in the final standings, an average of 2.17, 2.19 and 2 points per game. The Covid season was 48 from 18 games - 2.67 points per game. Heading into the last game of this season they could end up on 58, 59 or 61 points - 1,61 to 1.69 points per game. Maybe it's not underachievement, but it's definitely a lower achievement. Maybe it's a good manager getting all he can from a squad that's he's let go a season past its peak: even if performances and standards slipped a bit below last season's points per game, Rovers would have hit 62 points and won the league two or three games ago. That fall off can't be imagined away. One game to go, they've done well to still be in with a shout, but, where in the last four years they were convincing champions, now they're relying on Shels to slip up - if Shels had won just one of the four games that they drew in their slump, we'd have been talking about Rovers the former champions, not the contenders, since last week. Even if Rovers squeak the title tonight and do the five in a row, the club needs to hit the refresh button. Changing anything that looks stale - players, coaches and manager - has to be up for consideration.
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    Quote Originally Posted by placid casual View Post
    So even if Bradley wins the league with Rovers,you still think he'll have underachieved in some way yeah? ?
    Are you allowed near scissors?
    You don’t feel he could have got more out of that squad? Biggest most expensive squad, huge players like Byrne Burke mandriou watts ferritin etc., really should not be needing shelbourne to slip up to win it.
    Everyone has been poor but you would have thought that left the gate open for the winners of the last four titles to slip in and take it going away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nesta99 View Post
    Would Badley have chosen to leave it to a last day and out of Rovers hands if Shels win? If the answer is no then he has underachieved and probably by his own results projections before a ball was kicked though he was probably looking at Derry rather than Shels to target. Its relative as you know, why people would say fair play to Galways but roll the eyes at Derry even if Derry finish higher in the league. Maybe Bradley has perfected his strategy, just peak and win on GD, dont waste any unnecessary time or energy, maybe he really is that good as a coach, watch out Pep.

    Could nearly start the 2025 predictions thread Dermo. Have Bohs fans taken to Reynolds now or is the jury still out.
    Jury is resembling a lynch mob atm nesta, he’s most definitely having to hit the ground running next season. Have heard he’ll cut as many as seven from the squad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dermobohs View Post
    Don’t you worry your oul muja head about the bohs nesta, back with a bang next season!
    Agree (painfully) the ringsend 2 deserve to be where they are… the league table NEVER lies.
    Pats weren’t unlucky, just got going too late with arguably a squad only second to shams.
    Bradley, even if he scrapes the league, has massively domestically underachieved again, I’d win with that squad.
    Duff has a big enough budget don’t get suckered by the poor out nonsense, wages at shels are big for the top men, but he’s still managed to get them up a level, to be above pats and Derry takes a bit of know how.
    Have to agree with you about Pats. We can’t say we were unlucky. At the start of the season I genuinely thought we had the squad to challenge, so the start to the season was deeply disappointing. We’ve had a remarkable run in, but really, if. Shels, Rovers and Derry had their acts together we wouldn’t have got near the top three. However, we’re motoring now, and can look forward to next season with excitement. No guarantees of course, but it’s looking good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dermobohs View Post
    You don’t feel he could have got more out of that squad? Biggest most expensive squad, huge players like Byrne Burke mandriou watts ferritin etc., really should not be needing shelbourne to slip up to win it.
    Everyone has been poor but you would have thought that left the gate open for the winners of the last four titles to slip in and take it going away.
    Plus how many points has Pohls cost them? It was Bradley's call to effectively replace Mannus with Lee Steacy. That wouldn't have you confident for the rebuild that clearly needs to happen.

    And given every year since covid, Rovers have been going backwards (won by 16, then 13, then 7, now at best by one point, all despite huge Euro money), and given Pat's are a clear threat for next year (and the huge Euro money that means), I think it's reasonable to have question marks over Bradley.

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    I would reckon Bradley deserves as much of a chance of a rebuild of the squad as much as the current squad deserved their chance to go for 5 in a row.

    It's certain for everyone looking in from the outside that Rovers need to clear out and start again, and there's little excuse for doing so now as they have plenty of money behind them to do it.
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