LTFC vs SRFC, any chance of it being off?

[RonnieB]

As per the thread title, anyone nearer to Longford know if there is a chance it could be called off after all the rain we have had? Don't fancy a two hour drive for nothing

[Longfordian]

Phone the club on 043 46008 and somebody should be able to tell you what the story is. Not raining at the moment here.

[Ash]

Raining on and off over her in Athlone.
Not sure if the clouds are going your way though

[Maz]

Raining here now

[Longfordian]

Game still on at the moment:

http://www.ltfc.ie/news/article/?id=...1-edf7f73ed515

It's not raining too badly here as yet so hopefully it'll be going ahead.

[max power]

can someone stick up a report afterwards, cheers.

[Martinho II]

just back.

town nil shams two

1.shay kelly
2.ryan o donnell
3. ryan casey
4. andy bermingham( from under 21s) local lad
5. ronan frawley
6. luke hardy
7. iarlaith davoren
8. daire doyle
9. dean barrett
10.shane harte
11. noel mcallister
subs: wouldnt have a clue.

town played well for first thirty minutes rovers scored against run of play... second hald awful. we hit the crossbar near the end. the pitch conditions werent great..

the only reason I got the first team lineup is pat collum pro gave this out during the game on printed sheets!!

[atfconline]

Five ex-Town players there, and I wouldn't be beating down the door to get any of them back. Enjoy Shane Harte especially.

[Martinho II]

ryan o donnell who did he play with before ? am I correct in assuming that he was at galway or sligo?

[atfconline]

I am thinking Sligo and Kildare, could be wrong though.

[sligoman]

Ryan O'Donnell was with Kildare, then us, then Galway. Didn't get much chance with us, seemed good enough but got injured in a friendly and never really recovered well from that.

[deecay]

Any sign of Sean Kelly?

[DRDoc]

Kelly came on as a sub in second half at left back

The first sub that went on - number 12 I think - was John McNicholas I think

[Longfordian]

Yeah that was McNicholas number 12. I thought the Town did quite well considering everything, they've only been back training about 10 days or so, first match together for most of them, pitch not in great nick etc. A few lads missing tonight too,Jim Crawford, Alan Lynch, Damien Rushe. By the way,brief match report and new sigings up on www.ltfc.ie .

[Ash]

Mean to head over to the game but something came up at hime.
I heard Ronan Frawley was at fault for the 1st goal?
Long may that continue

[Longfordian]

Yeah he was but apparently he's only trained once this year due to illness so we'll let him off for now. He was solid enough overall. Young Andy Bermingham beside him was good too.

[Tallanted]

Thought it was a very positive performance.. Really impressed by ryan o donnell and davoren.. Bermingham had a very solid game too looks a good centre half.. Barrett has la great work rate and great strength could torment alot me centre backs this year.. The difference between the two sides was that rovers took there 2 chances when they came.. We created enough to get a draw but the result is irrelevant.. Pitch conditions werent ideal but we made most of it.. We will get alot of confidence from that type me performance.. aaron and vinnys hard work getting players in looks to be showing.. Fair play keep up the good work

[atfconline]

Where was Davoren playing? Played up front for us, but I think Galway used him on the wing. You'll get plenty of effort from him, but very little end result if up front.

[Biffo in exile]

Thought it was a very positive performance.. Really impressed by ryan o donnell and davoren.. Bermingham had a very solid game too looks a good centre half.. Barrett has la great work rate and great strength could torment alot me centre backs this year.. The difference between the two sides was that rovers took there 2 chances when they came.. We created enough to get a draw but the result is irrelevant.. Pitch conditions werent ideal but we made most of it.. We will get alot of confidence from that type me performance.. aaron and vinnys hard work getting players in looks to be showing.. Fair play keep up the good work

Agreed Tallanted - have a look at my "Biffometer" Player Ratings below:-

Biffometer
1.shay kelly 7
2.ryan o donnell 8
3. ryan casey 6
4. andy bermingham 6
5. ronan frawley 6
6. luke hardy 6
7. iarlaith davoren 9
8. daire doyle 7
9. dean barrett 7
10.shane harte 6
11. noel mcallister 7

Would agree that we had a lot of the play and for the first 35 mins we were all over them .... The goal was an excellent finish by their No 9 against the run of play ..

The second half was very "fractured" due to all the substitutions, so difficult to see any real measure of the players then.

Iarlaith is without doubt a huge prospect - he was by far the best player on the pitch. Noel Mc showed flashes of very quick feet and his undoubted ability, but needs to get match-fit. He is a bit behind some of the others in that respect. However he, like Iarlaith, could be match-winners.
O'Donnell was superb @ right-back and the other full-back was good as well. The keeper was excellent too, despite the 2 goals against - he also has a huge kick-out on him - always an advantage.
I think that the centre of the team, centre-backs, midfield and centre-forward has a lot more work to do.
The wings will be well covered if the players continue their progress of this game ...

[takes another breath ]

And we could have done with being more direct - we were trying to play too much through the middle and getting caught up there, when a long cross-field angled ball would have released the wingers. Alternatively the full-backs and wingers should have been getting to the bye-line more and getting crosses over for Barrett to attack ...

But then it was their first game, (and I'm not the manager )

But it all bodes well for a good season in Div 1, and hopefully straight back up !

[Maz]

So good to see a buzz about the place and the optimism...its great. Heres to a great season