Couldn't agree more 👍Originally Posted by WeAreRovers
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I think many Dundalk fans would feel the same way. I'm in my 40s now, and the group I go to games with, would always choose Rovers as the team we "hate" the most.
Drogheda would just been seen as the noisy neighbours who have the odd small period where they are better than us
Dreadful decision. We'd have missed the penalty anyway, mind you.
Nonsense to rule out that Connolly goal too. Such a poor refereeing performance in extra time.
Took us 60 minutes to get going last night. We've said it again and again, but Lynch is getting the backline wrong. We won four in a row, lost to Sligo, then Lynch brought in wholesale changes. It's not working, we've kept one clean sheet since.
It's been mentioned before, but Drogs work rate is top class. They're not actually that good a side, but Kevin Doherty has done some job at making them a pain in the arse to play against. Something which cannot be said for ourselves.
Our selection for the shootout was weird. Mullen makes sense, but throwing in lads just at the club, one of them a centre half, doesn't. Duffy should have been hitting earlier. No point saving him for the fifth when we don't even get there.
Plenty of anger last night, shouting at the squad at FT. I worry that's our season done. We could go on and lose a few more games, finish mid-table.
IMO, if we finish on less than 66 points (one better than last year), Lynch should be shown the door. If we don't get Europe, I'd say he's gone regardless of points total.
Last edited by brendy_ire; 17/08/2025 at 5:30 PM.
Massive win that. Overall we deserved it but Shels had two opportunities in the second half that could have changed the outcome. A few of our lads looked jaded towards the end but we hung on in there. I thought Melia and Kavanagh had great games. Roll on the next round.
Did Shels put out a strong team or did they have one eye on Thursday?
I enjoy the Derby but in the 90s and particularly in the early to mid 00s I always felt Shels were our main rivals, You were largely ****, Shels were in their pomp, we had a lot more success and the games against them really meant something each season. Was only 2010 when you lot finally came on my radar again.
If we're not a good side, what does that make derry?
We've the second lowest budget - serious work rate - but even with such a low budget, everyone under estimates how good we can be at times. And I love it!!
As for derry, never thought we'd lose lastnight. The chairman can keep throwing all his money around, but they'll never have a decent team up there until they dig up that pitch. Sligo are actually better than them imo. Lynch is a bluffer, and as for their support...... a man, his annoying drum and his dog comes to mind
Hard luck to Longford. They pushed the cup specialists all the way and have done their club proud.
Good stuff from Pats today. Shels definitely started the better and latterly had a couple of big chances to pull a goal back, but in between we were much the better side. Melia in particular was excellent.
Forrester pulling up with his hamstring could be a disaster though. Nowhere near the same side without him.
Well he doesn’t play forreser that often when he’s fit so…
Keep the good men on the bench - then BAM - Bob's your uncle, Mary's your auntie.
It was a strong enough side with a hint of rotation. I like the look of Mbeng looks a very handy player.
Brutal match in tallaght Rovers hardly broke a sweat and crowd only woke up with 15 mins to go. Anyway it's done
Turgid rubbish from Rovers second team, none of whom did anything to suggest they should start on Thursday . Lee Grace was strong as usual and Noonan looked lively but other than that it was a game befitting of only 1,700 turning up.
Still, our good season continues on and let's see who we draw in the next round.
I dislike these Dundalk fans that think Drogheda are our main rivals as much as i'd dislike Rovers. Just for the record its more a dislike for the club than the fans oddly enough, there are fans that can annoy me a good bit more than any Rovers fan could, I dont think Ive known a Rovers fan I have disliked actually for all the rivalry. Thugs dont count not that I actually know any.
Ah that Coference League nonsense doesnt count! The last year was a bit of a blur literally and selectively during times of full clarity and if I didnt see it it didnt exist. Of course if it had been Dundalk it would be the undoubted best of LoI in Europe ever!
In an ideal world the cup is about crap games you win handy enough. It’s about getting to the final and winning the big day out. The sticky part is meeting your rivals inbetween that.
Not saying you're wrong, but who would you get instead?
Pats fans havent quite bought in to the roamnce of the cup even after breaking the cup hoodoo it seems. Rovers fans have forgotten a bit of the bread and butter stuff too with the 1700 hardcore supporters. Sunny day, opposition, Oasis, people paying for European trips Im sure will all be rolled out as reasons but 1700 is disappointing, proportionately it'd be like Dundalk getting 6 or 700.
I dont get why a team that wins on an artificial surface have fans that then say something like they'll never be any good until a pitch is dug up, surely it downplays a good away win, especially away at the champions elect! Derry have played on grass, albeit on a hill, for the vast majority of almost 30 years without a title. Their galacticos really showed up in the national stadium, probably the best pitch in Irish football last November, they play on other pitches away from home. Surely familiarity with even a bad pitch is an advantage over visiting teams that may play on excellent grass surfaces more often and should struggle with an unfamiliar surface? Unless the inference is that Drogheda's rudimentary tactics trump Derrys more gifted players because they dont try to play, its gnarly long ball that doesnt need a pitch of any type to get a win?
Derry's issues are not with the pitch, its character, lack of belief, not caring enough or something deeper than the pitch. There seems to be no connect with the fans which always makes me consider that lack of effort through a team, bar some individuals, is a possible issue and suport dries up maybe with attendance also. Being very well resourced comes with its own issues.
Yes the drums are annoying, especially in a small enclosed stand like in Oriel, though the moaning about the drums nearly drowns the damn things out and is just as annoying - its a footbball macth, if you want some peace and quiet there's a church just down the road!
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Mickey Duffy might genuinely be the best player in the league, and its fustrating to see him wasted at Derry in recent years.
Our crowds have been dissapointing all season and i really think it has fallen off because we had so few Friday matches laast year that people just got out of the habit of going.
There is also the issue of European matches becoming so routine and numerous (and not covered by ST) that people are picking and choosing waht matches to go to (and pay)
I was one of the people at the match last night but even going i was asking myself why i was bothering as i knew it would be a half strength team and we would win anyway.
All that being said throw in the usual excuses , lovely day, OAsis etc etc it was still dissapointing and fair play to Longford who looked like they had a couple of hundred at it it was still dissapointing.
That being said i had a good aul natter with some of the core while keeping half an eye on the match, the "crowd" only got inviolved with maybe 10 mins to go just as i was thinking we were a deflected shot or a goalkeeping mistake away from going out of the cup..
When the ref gave the peno i was shouting for a corner and i didnt see a single Rovers player appealing but in fairness to the ref a pal watching on LOITV texted me to say it was a nailed on peno so a good spot by the REf tbf (i havent seen it yet) . No one had a clue what was happening around me anyway , i thought he had booked Noonan for diving before we figured out it was a Pen
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