Premier Division
Friday 21st (All 19:45)
Drogheda v Sligo
Galway v St Pats
Waterford v Shelbourne
Derry v Bohemians
Sunday 23rd
Shamrock Rovers v Cork (18:00)
First Division
Friday 21st (All 19:45)
Wexford v Longford
Finn HArps v Dundalk
Cobh v Kerry
UCD v Bray
Athlone v Treaty
Going to take a while for our lads to get familiar with each other. Manager has a big call to make with the GK already does he keep faith or does he give young McCarthy a crack at it? I do think we'll improve as the season goes on but Wexford obviously hot favourites after what they did last week. Then again, I've seen Longford bounce back from woeful opening days before and claim good results the week after, it's all a bit unpredictable this time of the year as we saw with Pats v Drogheda
I fancy a draw in drogheda, I reckon pats and shels will pinch away wins, probably by one goal but look comfortable enough.
Derry surely can’t be as poor as the were v shels but if they are bohs will possibly win there.
If shams have Burke noonan and watts available I’d say they’ll be too sharp for cork.
Keep it tight and hope to sneak one on the break be our best hope. Can't see anything bar a comfortable Dundalk win though
We really need the 3 points against Cork , i dont want to be going to Tolka the week after with 1 or zero points.
Big the game already for the Champions elect (i'll leave it after this week) with Pats heading to Galway off the back of a dissapointing point against Drogs.
Too early to call Drogs Sligo a relegation 6 pointer, lot of pressure on Sligo for a decent performance after the loss at home to Waterford.
In the first division Dundalk started well with a home win over Athlone but can they do it on a cold wet night in Ballybofey when needed.
LOI gets coverage in the Graun.
https://www.theguardian.com/football...box=1740041926
Last edited by redarmyfaction; 20/02/2025 at 12:25 PM.
Drogheda 1-1 Sligo
Galway 1-1 St Pats
Waterford 1-2 Shelbourne
Derry 0-1 Bohemians
Shamrock Rovers 2-0 Cork
First Division
Wexford 3-1 Longford
Finn HArps 1-1 Dundalk
Cobh 2-2 Kerry
UCD 3-1 Bray
Athlone 2-0 Treaty
Wrong thread, Dan!Originally Posted by dansultheman
Any issues with the weather, Wexford’s pitch didn’t stand up to much at this time last year
I know i said it above but we REALLY need the 3 points against Cork
OF the 11 who started last night Burke i doubt will play so that brings Greener on at the start.
Watts and Cleary will be back from suspension and will start, so Honohan can go back to WB and Id drop Grant and keep young Cory O Sullivan as the other WB, Grant was beyond useless all night.
Not sure if any of the injured players are likely to be back, hopefully some of them for Shels next week
Seems to be the case again this year. Wexford Longford called off
Paaatrick's Agletic
UCD/Bray off aswell
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
I only saw this a few minutes ago. Just as well, as I was going to take a spin up to the match.
Pats up against it in Galway. Superb strike f4om Aidan Keena to get us back into the game. Very important not to go in 2 nil down. Galway look dangerous.
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
Was surprised that we were able to hold onto Pat Hickey after how he finished last season. It's a little hard to know how good he'll be in other squads given how perfectly he's suited to Galway's approach.
Keena absolutely welly'd that. What a strike. Great game so far.
Derry 1 nil up. Very little quality on show on a windy night in the Brandywell, apart from Duffy's free kick. Jesus I'm fed up looking at him scoring against us.
Boyce very lucky to be still on the pitch
Yellow could have been a red, did a very similar foul five minutes after, no card. wouldn't be surprised if he was subbed at h/t.
Both us and the pitch brutal
Definitely should have got a red, boyce, but ref bottled it.
Derry on the overall play prob didn’t deserve a win but we didn’t test the keeper so they were worth it I suppose. Fed up looking at Duffy bashing it in our net I must admit, if I was manager I’d be telling them to lift the ****er in the first five minutes.
Fair lay Derry, after week 1 it looked bad but they responded well tonight.
Shels may well walk the league just through being consistent.
Frustrating start for Pats. Weird game tonight where Galway's opener was a fluke, Pats had a lot of the play and maybe (though probably debatable to be fair) the majority of the chances, but on the balance of play Galway felt the more comfortable with how did game was playing out. What a strike from Keena though.
Nice to have that familiar feeling of disappointment back all the same, but not even specific to the Pats game tonight the early parts of the season can often feel like a drag on these pitches. Feels like it's a contributing factor to things taking so long to take shape.
Galway were solid and effective, will go better this season. St Pats were too laboured, more pace to play/passing was needed but that will happen on better surfaces.
Dundalk ticking over, Treaty looking full of goals and well beating an Athlone side that Dundalk spluttered against.
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