Sligo Rovers 1-0 UCD

**DmanDmythDledge** · 01/04/2007, 9:49 PM

All good runs have to come to an end someday. Alan Mahon hitting the inside of the post with that free almost won me a grand- f�ck it anyway. Sligo goal was scuffed but our keeper was a bit dodgy for it. Other than that can't really remember.

**sligoman** · 01/04/2007, 9:50 PM

Is the shirtless guy(

) on foot.ie at all?

**DmanDmythDledge** · 01/04/2007, 9:51 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

Is the shirtless guy(

) on foot.ie at all?

No don't think so. There's a chance he might read it though.

**pineapple stu** · 01/04/2007, 10:55 PM

An injury time goal from Faz Kudozovic gave Sligo their first win over UCD since January 1998 after a largely uneventful game in the Showgrounds this afternoon. It was a game neither side really did enough to win, and Kudozovic was in the right place at the right time to give his side the break.

Pete Mahon reverted to the 4-4-1-1 formation which had been deployed in Drogheda, with Paul Crowley coming into the midfield in place of Paul Byrne, and Ronan Finn playing behind Conor Sammon up front. There was also a surprise debut for Matt Gregg in goals.

Chances were at a premium in the first half; the hosts' best efforts were a couple of wayward headers from corners, while for UCD, Conor Sammon twice got space inside the box, but on neither occasion did he get enough time to place his shot beyond Dick Brush in the Sligo goal. On 35 minutes, a corner from the right led to a goal-mouth scramble, with the ball eventually coming out to Crowley, whose shot went wide.

The main talking point of the first half came five minutes before the break, when Shane McFaul tried a speculative shot, which dipped and crashed off the underside of the bar; after a scramble, Crowley poked home, but the goal was ruled out for a foul.

Sligo's best chance came shortly after the break, when the ball was worked out Choice Aisien on the left, but Gregg was out superbly to make a smothering save and clear the danger. At the other end, a UCD corner was only half-cleared, and the ball was knocked back in to find Conor Sammon ten yards out, but again the ball wouldn't come down to him in time to apply the finishing touch.

The game between increasingly niggly as it went on, with a couple of flare ups - Derek Doyle was booked for a late tackle, while UCD could have been reduced to ten men after a push in the middle of a melee.

Pete Mahon brought on Paul Byrne for Derek Doyle with 20 minutes to go, and it seemed to help as the Students became more of an attacking force. They came agonisingly close to taking the lead with a quarter of an hour to go, when another Alan Mahon special from 25 yards crashed off the outside of the post with Brush beaten all ends up.

The game did begin to flow late on, and into injury time, Paul Byrne sent Conan Byrne through on the right wing, but his cross was just headed away by the Sligo defence. Sligo went straight up the pitch and found Kudozovic on the overlap on the left of the box, and he coolly slotted past the advancing Gregg, with the ball trickling into the far corner.

UCD - Gregg; Mahon, Kenna, McMillan, McNally; Crowley, C Byrne, Doyle (P Byrne 70), Finn, McFaul; Sammon. Subs not used - Quigley, Gallagher, King, Fitzgerald

Att - c1200

(Didn't catch the subs bench at all...)

**DmanDmythDledge** · 01/04/2007, 10:57 PM

Doyle went off not Finn.

**pineapple stu** · 01/04/2007, 11:00 PM

And Crowley played, not King!

Edit - according to the LoI site, Alan Mahon is our manager and Matt Cregg played in nets.

Makes me think that Brian King did play - it looked like him anyway - and not Crowley...

**sligoman** · 01/04/2007, 11:02 PM

Slightly biased report there I think. Wasn't a great game but I think we did deserve the win. UCD had two real chances to score, Rovers had a lot more.

**pineapple stu** · 01/04/2007, 11:04 PM

Don't agree. Sligo had one really good chance that I remember bar the goal. The rest was a couple of scrappy penalty box scrambles, which we had too. A draw was fair; Sligo snatched the win, which is how it goes sometimes.

**DmanDmythDledge** · 01/04/2007, 11:06 PM

The team that deserve to win is the team that puts the ball in the back of the net the most times regardless of whatever else happens.

**sligoman** · 01/04/2007, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

A draw was fair; Sligo snatched the win, which is how it goes sometimes.

Some would say ye did that to us enough times last season

**pineapple stu** · 01/04/2007, 11:09 PM

Oh indeed. The last game in Belfield in particular (we were just better than you the other two times). That's football for you.

**TheBoss** · 01/04/2007, 11:54 PM

Is that the Shane Fitzgerald at Bohs last season ?

**Angus** · 02/04/2007, 8:41 AM

Was Bogdan is the squad ?

**DmanDmythDledge** · 02/04/2007, 9:27 AM

Originally Posted by TheBoss

Is that the Shane Fitzgerald at Bohs last season ?

Yeah.

Originally Posted by Angus

Was Bogdan is the squad ?

No, he was in the stands. Dropped.

**Angus** · 02/04/2007, 9:58 AM

What was the thinking behind that ? From a non expert perspective, we desperately need somebody to play with Sammo that has an offensive threat and to let Sammi drop "into the hole" a la Sheringham.

**DmanDmythDledge** · 02/04/2007, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by Angus

What was the thinking behind that ? From a non expert perspective, we desperately need somebody to play with Sammo that has an offensive threat and to let Sammi drop "into the hole" a la Sheringham.

Any game that I've seen Bogdan play upfront (only twice though) he has been quiet. He seems more suited to the wing.

I don't think Sammo is creative or intelligent enough to play "in the hole". He is a great link-up player when he gets the ball to his feet and has a good first touch and technique. The best way to play with him is to keep the ball on the ground and use him as a target man, then let him hold up the ball. Finn would be an ideal partner for him IMO as he makes plenty of threathning, forwards runs but he is having a poor start to the season.