Town 2025

[outspoken]

I've had it confirmed that final touch was from Yoro after it was flicked back by Murtagh.

[De Town]

Thought the difference between the two teams in the end was Bray's 2 experienced centre halves. They could still be there heading balls now and we wouldn't have broken them down. Outside of those two, it was two very young, and quite headless, teams. Periods of the game was almost like watching an underage game, where both teams are kicking and rushing all over the shop and just chasing the ball with very little structure or plan apparent.

In saying all that, I thought we were unlucky to not pick up a point, albeit we created very little in the way of clear cut chances, but for the effort alone we probably deserved a point as Bray weren't up to much either.

Gonna be a long season I'd say...

[Town Legend]

Are we the only club in the league that puts out squad numbers and then swap them about as the season goes on? I know it might not bother many, but it really wrecks my head lol.....not a week after putting up squad numbers and already we are changing going by the lineup tonight posted by the club. Normally we leave it for a few weeks until soelmwone is out injured for 2 or 3 games and they lose their number to someone else already in the squad who had another number!!!

[MoydowMonty]

You're not the only one. I remember when Benny O'Brien Whitmarsh signed and was given the #5 that Hand was wearing. You'd assume Hand was gone at that point but apparently he was only injured. A player should keep their number till they leave the club, even if they're only out injured. And since they never say when someone is out injured it just gets confusing

And I wouldn't mind but I remember during the Cousins era they explicitly said that players going forward would have dedicated numbers, cuz before then they would always swap and change.

[outspoken]

Maybe they just wore different numbers tonight because it was LSC? I'd say that's the case. It's proving hard enough to get to know all these new players without doing that.

[Town Legend]

They should just stick with their squad numbers regardless of what competition it is.
They would be better off sticking to 1-11 starting and then the subs numbers if they are going to be at that craic!!

[MoydowMonty]

They should just stick with their squad numbers regardless of what competition it is.
They would be better off sticking to 1-11 starting and then the subs numbers if they are going to be at that craic!!

Exactly. And I don't care if a player breaks both their legs. Until their contract is up and have left the club, you keep your number. You want people to know who's who in this whole new squad, don't make it any harder to figure out. If you give an injured players number to someone temporarily, that only confuses things

[Martinho II]

Exactly. And I don't care if a player breaks both their legs. Until their contract is up and have left the club, you keep your number. You want people to know who's who in this whole new squad, don't make it any harder to figure out. If you give an injured players number to someone temporarily, that only confuses things

Maybe if they did that then towns form would pick up dramatically! How did game go last night? Rather worrying that we have only scored 1 goal in 4 and that was an OG!

[MoydowMonty]

Wasn't at it myself and haven't seen much about it. Last couple of years we've been knocked out by Maynooth and Crumlin so losing to these teams are nearly a formality.

I know LSC is a bit of a meme at this stage but I'm always hoping we make a run at it and go far. Would have been nice this year when we can safely say we won't be making much noise in the league.

I won't make it to Wexford either so I'll be streaming it, but I can't see us getting our usual good result against them this time around

[MoydowMonty]

I went into Elvery's in town yesterday just to ask about the new gear if they had any idea of when it would be available. They had no idea, haven't heard anything from anyone. Just said hopefully in March since the season has obviously kicked off already. They said there had been others in asking about it too.

It's a joke that it's taking this long. I said this in an earlier post but I wonder if it's Macron's fault. Because from a quick google search I can't see Kerry's new stuff available to buy anywhere and they switched to Macron this year. But they had shamrock rover's kit out very quick no bother at all. Might just be fobbing off us and Kerry cuz we're smaller clubs. Either way it does Town no favours, most people are just gonna assume it's the club's fault. And when the league is getting bigger the way it has, this kind of stuff can't be happening.

They also said last year's stuff didn't sell well either, even though there's almost none of it left on the shelves which confused me slightly.

[outspoken]

I went into Elvery's in town yesterday just to ask about the new gear if they had any idea of when it would be available. They had no idea, haven't heard anything from anyone. Just said hopefully in March since the season has obviously kicked off already. They said there had been others in asking about it too.

It's a joke that it's taking this long. I said this in an earlier post but I wonder if it's Macron's fault. Because from a quick google search I can't see Kerry's new stuff available to buy anywhere and they switched to Macron this year. But they had shamrock rover's kit out very quick no bother at all. Might just be fobbing off us and Kerry cuz we're smaller clubs. Either way it does Town no favours, most people are just gonna assume it's the club's fault. And when the league is getting bigger the way it has, this kind of stuff can't be happening.

They also said last year's stuff didn't sell well either, even though there's almost none of it left on the shelves which confused me slightly.

Macron stuff (like everything else) has gotten so expensive. I paid something like 75 quid for a quarter zip a couple of seasons ago when i'd bought similar in previous seasons for max 55.

[MoydowMonty]

Everything is getting more expensive. I had a glance at the Longford GAA jerseys while I was there just to check prices. 75 for an adult, 53 for a child which they'd grow out of in no time. Long gone are the days you'd get Town adult jerseys for 40.

But I'd much sooner pay money for my local team's gear than 100+ for a premier league jersey cuz they absolutely don't need that money and clubs like Longford certainly do. But I did think 80 was steep for the centenary jerseys last year, but maybe that's cuz it wasn't a Macron template or something. I'd hope they're closer to 60 or that this year, don't want to be putting people off. Be a bit cheeky asking for 80 when they're coming this late too.

[MoydowMonty]

On account of Athlone's poor start, one of 2 things will happen tomorrow:
- We win
- Or we get a pi$$ed off Athlone team and they absolutely thump us

This kinda feels like a 2nd chance to kickstart the season after last weeks postponement. I hope the lads show up for it and get at them.
Dunno how far LWS is from returning to fitness, but we could do with his experience

[outspoken]

On account of Athlone's poor start, one of 2 things will happen tomorrow:
- We win
- Or we get a pi$$ed off Athlone team and they absolutely thump us

This kinda feels like a 2nd chance to kickstart the season after last weeks postponement. I hope the lads show up for it and get at them.
Dunno how far LWS is from returning to fitness, but we could do with his experience

Won't be back for a while from what I understand. You're bang on about the second chance part, we lose this and any floating fans at all are lost already.

[MoydowMonty]

Came away from that match feeling positive. Should have beaten them they weren't up to much at all. Longford clearly the better team throughout.

Irhue and Topcu in particular were the standouts to me. Doran had a good game too. Just wish the triple sub happened a bit earlier we could have done with it around 65-70 mins. But overall there's more positives to take than not.

Seemed to be a better crowd too. Hope most of them see the effort that was put in and decide to come back.

Also I could make a dedicated post about the ref if I wanted. All I'll say is he was absolutely shocking

[outspoken]

Thought a draw was fair, serious chances for both sides, both keepers excellent on the night. A very enjoyable game. Fully agree on Irhue and Topcu.

[LTFC]

Didnt realise we have a Town thread!
Glad to get a point, it was deserved but could have gone either way in the second half. We probably had the better chances but Athlone could have snuck it,
Cant figure out the attendance given, there seemed to be an awful lot of cars there for a crowd under 700.

[MoydowMonty]

Didnt realise we have a Town thread!

Soon as I came across it I knew this thread had to be resurrected. If there's other lads on here who might like to post but aren't aware please do let them know, good to have these discussions going. I've been made aware most of it has moved to Facebook these days, but am I f**k going anywhere near that cesspit.

Cant figure out the attendance given, there seemed to be an awful lot of cars there for a crowd under 700.

FAI connect says 684. I was surprised I thought it was more than that for the same reason you gave. Still if we could manage 600+ at most home games that would be decent. Was sad seeing it at 300-400 hundred last season

[outspoken]

Didnt realise we have a Town thread!
Glad to get a point, it was deserved but could have gone either way in the second half. We probably had the better chances but Athlone could have snuck it,
Cant figure out the attendance given, there seemed to be an awful lot of cars there for a crowd under 700.

I'm convinced our fans drive out early walk back home and drive another car out, it's been like that for years.

Before one of the Clasicos last year I was driving down from a commentary gig in Dublin, pulled into the car park about 15 mins into the game and I said to myself jesus there is an unbelievable crowd here tonight, sprinted over to the gantry to take over the commentary there and when I looked over the stand was bloody empty, couldn't understand it.

[LTFC]

I think it was a bit higher last night, not massive or anything, but certainly more than the Bray game.

What is your hope for season? Are we better or worse than last season, if better are we strong enough to be in with a shout of playoffs?