1st division

**jinxy lilywhite** · 22/08/2008, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by Partizan

Dont know what game you were watching, but we played ye off the park in 2nd half. At the end we had numerous Dundalk fans coming over to us praising the way we played football and raving about our No.6 Dave Warren. Your defence was awesome including Ben Whelehan.

True but I think we where always in control of the game. You had the majority of possession in the second but as the boys said your chances where still limited. At half time i didn't really know how the game would pann out. It was that open I thought there was another 2 or 3 goals left in the game.
Waterford only scored because of defensive mistake but anytime we pushed forward I tought we would score.

**oriel** · 22/08/2008, 5:35 PM

Originally Posted by Partizan

Dont know what game you were watching, but we played ye off the park in 2nd half. At the end we had numerous Dundalk fans coming over to us praising the way we played football and raving about our No.6 Dave Warren. Your defence was awesome including Ben Whelehan.

Yep - I was very impressed with Waterford, played some good stuff, nice passing side, few teams try that in oriel. They wont be far off us come Nov.

**Mental Man** · 22/08/2008, 5:43 PM

I think this is gonna be the closest 1st division for a long time, its still far from over. Shels, Blues, Sporting Franchise, and Dundalk are all in with a shout to claim the title, its gonna go down to the wire me thinks, just a shame its not getting enough publicity.

**trevy** · 23/08/2008, 12:44 PM

Does finishing 2nd get you into a play off or is just the champions that can be promoted?

**superfrank** · 23/08/2008, 1:16 PM

Originally Posted by trevy

Does finishing 2nd get you into a play off or is just the champions that can be promoted?

One up, three down.

**oriel** · 23/08/2008, 1:55 PM

Originally Posted by Mental Man

I think this is gonna be the closest 1st division for a long time.

As we are currently 5 pts clear with same games played, any further slip ups by the 3 below us will kill this arugment.

**sullanefc** · 23/08/2008, 2:54 PM

Originally Posted by brianw82

I reckon Sporting should easily dispatch Kildare, they're at a quite generous price to do so too.
What do you guys think?

Originally Posted by Raheny Red

Yup, they are indeed. 5/6 with Willy Hills. I'm all over it.

Originally Posted by brianw82

Anyone looking for a good bet this week, this is the one.

Kildare 1 - 1 Sporting

**Raheny Red** · 24/08/2008, 6:32 PM

Originally Posted by sullanefc

Kildare 1 - 1 Sporting

Cheers for your input.

Kick in the goolies that result personally, but overall I can't complain.

**TheFingallian** · 24/08/2008, 7:58 PM

Originally Posted by Raheny Red

Cheers for your input.

Kick in the goolies that result personally, but overall I can't complain.

Pathetic result from us really. That's a promotion chase killer if you ask me.

**Louth4sam** · 25/08/2008, 8:56 AM

It's not really, beat Shels next week and your right back in it. A Fingal win would prob be the best result for Dundalk too so come on Fingal!

**LeixlipRed** · 25/08/2008, 9:20 AM

Originally Posted by Louth4sam

It's not really, beat Shels next week and your right back in it. A Fingal win would prob be the best result for Dundalk too so come on Fingal!

Right back in it as in if you win too they'll still be 8 points behind?

**Lamper.sffc** · 25/08/2008, 12:06 PM

Always going to be a very hard month for us.
Didnt expect to draw with kildare though. We need to beat shels no matter what. If we dont and dundalk win then thats probably it for SF.
If we get a win against shels, then thats 5 points for the month of august which is ok considering the teams we had to play.

**jinxy lilywhite** · 25/08/2008, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by Lamper.sffc

Always going to be a very hard month for us.
Didnt expect to draw with kidare though. We need to beat shels no matter what. If we dont and dundalk win then thats probably it for SF.
If we get a win against shels, then thats 5 points for the month of august which is ok considering the teams we had to play.

I think the fact that fingal can't beat Waterford, Dundalk or Shels is your downfall. I don't think you have won any. Draws aren't good enough now for Fingal.

**Lamper.sffc** · 25/08/2008, 5:11 PM

Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite

I think the fact that fingal can't beat Waterford, Dundalk or Shels is your downfall. I don't think you have won any. Draws aren't good enough now for Fingal.

i think your right. We have only picked up one win against waterford at home. We do alright against the other teams outside the promotion hopefuls. If we are to get promotion this year we will have to beat the top 3 in our next round of games with them. Starting with shels this week.
Im still hopeful though

**shep** · 27/08/2008, 12:31 PM

Another huge week in the division this week,i really believe a win in Limerick for us would go a long way towards us winning the division,would love to see Shels drop some points against Fingal,though i think they will get the win,Waterford fully expected to take 3 points.Cant wait for the Lim game myself,should be a real test.

Oh Magicme..any chance if we do get promoted this year that you could follow us up the year after,i will miss the Mon Dogs!!!

**LeixlipRed** · 27/08/2008, 1:33 PM

Lims need to get something from Dundalk and we need to win. We don't win and Dundalk win and it's over.

**holidaysong** · 27/08/2008, 1:37 PM

Originally Posted by LeixlipRed

Lims need to get something from Dundalk and we need to win. We don't win and Dundalk win and it's over.

I disagree. If we win but Waterford also win then they remain 5 points behind but we still have to visit the RSC again!

**Magicme** · 27/08/2008, 1:52 PM

Originally Posted by shep

Oh Magicme..any chance if we do get promoted this year that you could follow us up the year after,i will miss the Mon Dogs!!!

It will be our intention Shep and not just so you can have your Mondogs either! You could always come over to our games from time to time and get your fix you know.

It goes totally against the grain but I want Dundalk to beat Limerick this week as 5th place would salvage our season and be a good result for us.

God will strike me down if I cheer Dundalk on but will take the risk and send some positive vibes that way.

**jinxy lilywhite** · 27/08/2008, 1:55 PM

JC lads I know its hard not to get carried away but there is still a third of the season left play and 36 points left to fight for.
We should only worry about shels, Fingal and Waterford in the week we play them.

**jinxy lilywhite** · 27/08/2008, 1:58 PM

Originally Posted by Magicme

It will be our intention Shep and not just so you can have your Mondogs either! You could always come over to our games from time to time and get your fix you know.

It goes totally against the grain but I want Dundalk to beat Limerick this week as 5th place would salvage our season and be a good result for us.

God will strike me down if I cheer Dundalk on but will take the risk and send some positive vibes that way.

I think there could be 5 teams promoted from the first with the amount financial problems that are afflicting the premier. Somehow I don't think we will ever shake off Monaghan