Pats on their yearly post europe run of good form. They have some good players,an experienced manager and were favourites for many on here for the title this year. Look good to grab a European slot. Derry look so weak and ineffectual when it really matters.
Thats an awful thing to say about the Champios Elect....2036.Originally Posted by placid casual
Tonight is like a game in hand for Cobh playing Athlone if Dundalk slip up and so far we've been doing the chasing in goal tersm, sloppy, pull off the win after being behind 3 times and I might start sonsidering peoples' belief that promotion is all but done.
In fairness to derry they've fought back well, could even win it from here.
Cracker of a game in the Bowl - ended 3-2 to the good guys and could potentially set the playoffs up nicely. We won in Bray last time and are on course to meet them again in the playoff semis
Coming into form at the right time. Kavanagh in nets, Osagie at the back and Brennan up front the new guys making a big impression lately
Is young Osagie ex Bohs? Had ears of a few young academy prospects from pats Bohs rovers shels being lured by the scholarship route?
Not wanting to dig out any specific players, but we generally have too many players that are a bit soft on the pitch at any one time and it shows in games like tonight where the momentum is against us. When the margins are fine quality-wise, physicality/athleticism can make the difference and we fall short against a lot of sides in the league on that front.
Thought we largely played well tonight but just didn't manage the game when under pressure. Melia and Leavy had run themselves into the ground not long after the hour mark and we were desperate for some more legs up top rather than Baggley coming on.
Kerry gave one their best performances in our short history to earn a deserved draw in Oriel Park. Ronan Teahan with two outstanding goals to send about 30 away fans home happy.
Good crowd at it too.
He is, yep. Presume he signed after the Leaving this summer as Bohs had a bit up at the start of the season that he'd signed a pro deal.
That was a typically Ollie Horgan style Harps victory, if I ever saw one.
Ah yeah that was it, good luck to the lad anyway
Would have probably taken a draw before hand, but that just feels like two big points dropped. Thought Derry looked like they were going nowhere until they got the first. Superb finish to be fair, but he got far too much room inside the box. Last week we dug in when we had to against Drogheda, so I'm not sure how well the "too soft" criticism stands up. I suppose Id agree to the extent that we probably have more good footballers than battlers. I like what little I've seen of the new guy Robinson in that respect. He seems willing to get stuck in. I thought Cian Leavy was outstanding tonight. Never stopped running and closing down, and was a threat every time he got the ball.
Absolutely hate watching games on that pitch. Impossible to play decent football on it. Derry fans have my sympathy. We have it all to do to make the top three now, so it looks like the cup or bust.
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
He's on loan, it was quietly mentioned at the end of a match preview recently. https://bohemians.ie/preview-shelbourne-v-bohemians/
I just meant in the literal sense that on average we have several players who aren't the most naturally athletic/physical and lose a lot of their individual battles, which can show in games like that where the momentum is against you. McClelland has been surprisingly impressive in recent times at left back but he's had a shocker for the second goal tonight, both before and during the corner. Every Derry set-piece was ominous because we were essentially reliant on about 3 players to be able to deal with them and struggling more with them as the game went on.
Just something I think has held us back this year. Certain games against the likes of Rovers or Galway the difference in fitness, power etc has been night and day. More an issue with the balance of the squad than blaming specific players though, and we've definitely done a good job in recent times of attempting to salvage the season.
Missed the game last night but the win was all important despite the shaky performance,we’re right back in the mix for a playoff spot having looked well out of it a couple of weeks ago ,Treaty are in free fall though and need a win fast ……
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Another poor defeat for Waterford last night. Had some decent chances and Cork keeper pulled off some good saves but overall can't argue with the result as Cork looked livelier with some good, young players and had 2 goals disallowed in first half too for debatable offsides. It looked like we were on course for a boring 7th place finish a few weeks ago but they way we are going we could drop into 9th spot as not many winnable games on paper left. That last game at home to Galway United could be a big one.
No they do not, 3 or 4 losses is what they need
Big win for Harps last night with a massive 3 points, as Nigel said above very much a Ollie Horgan type win we took the relatively lead early and were determined for the remaining 3/4 of the match. Holding on a bit towards the end but aprt from one top save from Barbosa in the 2nd half were he stopped it going into the bottom corner , Treaty never really threatened.
Hopefully Longford can do us a favour vs Wexford tonight but its hard to se anything but a wexford win. Harps just need to concentrate on their own form and keep the run going
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Don't know about that - both in similar form (one win and four defeats in the last five, including going out of the Cup to Rovers). Wexford have been in freefall since around the one-third point of the season - don't know what's happened but can't see them making the playoffs
A draw would suit us perfectly in terms of the bottom half of the table - who knows, if we can take something off Cobh, maybe even Treaty aren't out of reach for us yet!
Watched Dundalk vs Kerry last night on LOI TV. Cracker of a game. Fair play to Kerry, they never let up and made it really hard for Dundalk. They look like they have fight in them in a way that Athlone for example are sorely lacking in. I checked in on their game against Cobh. Funeral parlor atmosphere with everyone trudging around, going through the motions while Cobh cruised in 2nd gear. Adrift of Kerry and Longford. Sad times there.
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