Rovers 3-2 Shams

**Red&White Rover** · 04/05/2008, 4:28 PM

Great win, great crowd...We fought well, and to be honest Shams were never in the game only for their late strikes. Although we'll need to concentrate for the full 90 from now on.

Boco was immense as was Butler and Almeida (yet again)....Roll on the X!

**srfc1928** · 04/05/2008, 11:37 PM

[SIZE=2]A Great result, game, and team performance.
We were 3 up and defended too deep.
Mc Kenzie in the middle of the park !
Would of preferred to see Moore come on instead to keep the ball.
Brush and the defence were gutted at the end to concede two goals,
Which was good to see, shows they care and have pride in their performance
Credit to Cookie hes doing a fantastic job on a small budget,
hes brought a group of players together that we can be proud of.
People around the town are starting to talk about Rovers in a positive way again
[SIZE=2]On the crowd, KO’D is doing a great job promoting the club.
The Showgrounds was buzzin last night.
Hopefully we can keep things going in the right direction,
It feels good to be a Rovers supporter at the moment
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**clubman** · 05/05/2008, 9:08 AM

Considering how well we have been doing of late, considering the opposition, considering the hype and promotion this game received prior to kick-off I must say that the 'gate' was very disappointing. Let there be one thing we must be sure of this season and it's this, Rovers budget this season is by no means a small one, in fact it's the biggest budget the club has ever operated off in the history of the club. On saying that Paul Cook, Gerry Carr and all the players are doing a fantastic job but the club need more and more people coming out to support it.
The game itself was a game of two halves. The gale force wind had a huge bearing on proceedings and I had a gut feeling that Shams would come strong in the second half. Our third goal would have killed off any other side in this league but the Shams were really up for it. There's no way they deserved anything from the game and thankfully they got what they deserved but hey that last few minutes was heart stopping stuff. Brushie was outstanding as was the other members of defence. I too was somewhat down leaving the grounds thinking we should had held on to the clean sheet but in the cold light of day I realise this was a great display and well done to all concerned. Our support, our singing section was once again top notch - well done once again lads you do the club proud.
Just to finish up on a more sombre note I really do worry for the future of the club when we see a half empty stadium at a game that had received such well deserved hype and well done once again to Keith, the Trust, Ocean and the local media for doing their bit too.

**Shiba** · 05/05/2008, 9:33 AM

Originally Posted by clubman

Considering how well we have been doing of late, considering the opposition, considering the hype and promotion this game received prior to kick-off I must say that the 'gate' was very disappointing. Let there be one thing we must be sure of this season and it's this, Rovers budget this season is by no means a small one, in fact it's the biggest budget the club has ever operated off in the history of the club. On saying that Paul Cook, Gerry Carr and all the players are doing a fantastic job but the club need more and more people coming out to support it.
The game itself was a game of two halves. The gale force wind had a huge bearing on proceedings and I had a gut feeling that Shams would come strong in the second half. Our third goal would have killed off any other side in this league but the Shams were really up for it. There's no way they deserved anything from the game and thankfully they got what they deserved but hey that last few minutes was heart stopping stuff. Brushie was outstanding as was the other members of defence. I too was somewhat down leaving the grounds thinking we should had held on to the clean sheet but in the cold light of day I realise this was a great display and well done to all concerned. Our support, our singing section was once again top notch - well done once again lads you do the club proud.
Just to finish up on a more sombre note I really do worry for the future of the club when we see a half empty stadium at a game that had received such well deserved hype and well done once again to Keith, the Trust, Ocean and the local media for doing their bit too.

Moan Moan Moan!

**Red&White Rover** · 05/05/2008, 9:58 AM

Originally Posted by clubman

Considering how well we have been doing of late, considering the opposition, considering the hype and promotion this game received prior to kick-off I must say that the 'gate' was very disappointing.
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Someone ban this absolute clown.

That's the one of the biggest crowds we've had a league game (bar Athlone in 05) for years and you say it isn't good enough? What are you expecting? All-ticket matches every week? KO'D has done an excellent job in getting bums on seats so far this season compared to last years non-existent CPO. We're on form, but we were also 6th in the league before this match. Mid-table. 3,000 + for a mid-table team like Rovers is not "disappointing" to me...

Grow up FFS.

**Rovers Maniac** · 05/05/2008, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by clubman

Considering how well we have been doing of late, considering the opposition, considering the hype and promotion this game received prior to kick-off I must say that the 'gate' was very disappointing. Let there be one thing we must be sure of this season and it's this, Rovers budget this season is by no means a small one, in fact it's the biggest budget the club has ever operated off in the history of the club. On saying that Paul Cook, Gerry Carr and all the players are doing a fantastic job but the club need more and more people coming out to support it.
The game itself was a game of two halves. The gale force wind had a huge bearing on proceedings and I had a gut feeling that Shams would come strong in the second half. Our third goal would have killed off any other side in this league but the Shams were really up for it. There's no way they deserved anything from the game and thankfully they got what they deserved but hey that last few minutes was heart stopping stuff. Brushie was outstanding as was the other members of defence. I too was somewhat down leaving the grounds thinking we should had held on to the clean sheet but in the cold light of day I realise this was a great display and well done to all concerned. Our support, our singing section was once again top notch - well done once again lads you do the club proud.
Just to finish up on a more sombre note I really do worry for the future of the club when we see a half empty stadium at a game that had received such well deserved hype and well done once again to Keith, the Trust, Ocean and the local media for doing their bit too.

You are full of it.

**Red4Eva** · 05/05/2008, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by Red&White Rover

Someone ban this absolute clown.

That's the one of the biggest crowds we've had a league game (bar Athlone in 05) for years and you say it isn't good enough? What are you expecting? All-ticket matches every week? KO'D has done an excellent job in getting bums on seats so far this season compared to last years non-existent CPO. We're on form, but we were also 6th in the league before this match. Mid-table. 3,000 + for a mid-table team like Rovers is not "disappointing" to me...

Grow up FFS.

spot on R&W. KO'D has done a great job so far

**red bellied** · 05/05/2008, 10:30 AM

Fair play to O Dywer he is obviously giving Rovers alot of exposure and definetely has got more people through the gate.But for the likes of Shams and Rovers recent results the crowd should have been bigger. No gripe against O Dywer here. Attendances will start to drop, now we are entering the silly season. Hopefully if the good form continues it wont be too noticeable. Thought the crowd against Shams was 2800.

**SligoBrewer** · 05/05/2008, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by red bellied

Fair play to O Dywer he is obviously giving Rovers alot of exposure and definetely has got more people through the gate.But for the likes of Shams and Rovers recent results the crowd should have been bigger. No gripe against O Dywer here. Attendances will start to drop, now we are entering the silly season. Hopefully if the good form continues it wont be too noticeable. Thought the crowd against Shams was 2800.

Just under 2500 was the attendance.

**Rovers Maniac** · 05/05/2008, 1:02 PM

I thought Anto done well in the middle last night and his throws are like winning a corner. Buttler and Brush were superb the whole back line were solid, the rest worked really hard and got the correct result. Roll on tomorrow.

**clubman** · 05/05/2008, 5:23 PM

Originally Posted by SligoBrewer

Just under 2500 was the attendance.

Lads do the maths.
I have a MOAN that a crowd of 2500 (not all paying customers) is not enough to sustain the weekly wage bill and I get slaughtered. For God's sake lads wake up and come into the real world.

**Shiba** · 05/05/2008, 5:27 PM

Originally Posted by clubman

Lads do the maths.
I have a MOAN that a crowd of 2500 (not all paying customers) is not enough to sustain the weekly wage bill and I get slaughtered. For God's sake lads wake up and come into the real world.

Who didnt pay?

**deecay** · 05/05/2008, 5:29 PM

Originally Posted by Shiba

Who didnt pay?

Cliffoney-Grange players/officals afaik

**Shiba** · 05/05/2008, 5:42 PM

Originally Posted by deecay

Cliffoney-Grange players/officals afaik

Players (Kids) didnt Pay,all Parents and officals had to pay.The idea is to attract these people back.Must kids brought at least 1 parent.Some of which may never been in the showgrounds before.So take out the cost of the kids going in €5 from the parents entry fee of €15 that leaves €10 per parent coming through the gates proably extra of €600 - €1000 in the coffers not including what was spent in the ground and the pubblicity gained by the club.I know this as I was involved with Strand Celtic going 2 weeks ago.

Youd want to start looking at the bigger picture .Like I said "Moan Moan Moan"

**Rovers Maniac** · 05/05/2008, 6:12 PM

Lads some of you would want to read a little up on these deals youth teams are getting. It is these clubs intrest to sell as many tickets as possible as they get €10 per ticket sold. At the end of the day we are in mid table, they was over 2,500 at the game as if you take the Wateford game last year in the cup there was 2,600 odd at it and there was a lot more there on Saturday.

**sligored** · 05/05/2008, 6:15 PM

dont heed him . clubman is a wind up merchant. great crowd . great game. great result.
so many positive vibes around the town. - i never met so many happy souls as i did at the races yesterday after saturdays night performance.

maths lesson
2500 people average say 10 euro equals 25000
18 players at average 500 euro equals 9000
two weeks wages paid with a 7000 leftover
thats not to mention other revenue streams

if we dont pay top players we wont get top crowds
its economics "clubman????" - what club would that be

**sligoman** · 05/05/2008, 6:22 PM

Originally Posted by sligored

18 players at average 500 euro equals 9000

The budget is higher than that.

**Rovers Maniac** · 05/05/2008, 6:25 PM

Clubman is a wind up merchant

Found the goals on yotube and you can see there is a very decent crowd behind the goals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m55KiWmG1ZA

**Boo_Boy** · 05/05/2008, 6:39 PM

Originally Posted by sligored

i never met so many happy souls as i did at the races yesterday after saturdays night performance.

yea i was talking to a few people at the races who were never at a rovers game until they brought there kids on saturday, i asked would they be going back, they all said the kids had a great time and they will be out there for the next game.

Always good to hear about people enjoying they're first rovers game.