Finn Harps Thread

Don't think he will be there for much longer

definitely, had been hoping that they would anyway and hutton would be given his chance to interview many lay out his mistakes/future plans, at the same time i wasnt sure he was up to it.

I think last night was the first time kev & mccarron seemed to be playing as proper strikers, usually one was coming very deep. I dont think the squad is a million miles away, need a right winger with a good final ball, a good creative midfielder (not sure mcCann or bonner are the players to fulfil the role but i would keep them) another striker to cover kev whose getting on and mccarron, although hopefully duffy will step up.

last time athlone went up we followed the year after, 60th years next year too, repeat of 2004 please!

Even though a Sligo Rovers fan, have been up Finn Park a couple of times, and in fairness, it was a bit of a kip.



But cant wait to see this eventually finished. Would be great to see another quality LOI stadium in the NW.

overshoot wrote: »

may as well do another resurection....
the stadium... its growing!
Finn Harps Schools[/URL] (a few more pics)

Link Broken/Page Gone.

overshoot wrote: »

yea but it will be missed when its gone!
plan last i heard is main stand & admin building, move in (2k)
start opposite stand (4k)
the ends at some point (6,600-all seated tho )

never tested it, i edited it try again, should be fine now
its the "Finn Harps Schools" facebook page & its public so if you serch it you can probably get it there

Works now

overshoot wrote: »

also huzzah for the nice big blue crane put up over the last 2 days at Finn Park 2

They hadnt to move it far

Can't wait for tonight! UTH!

working all day yesterday and never got around to it.
crowd i thought 800, extratime put it at 850 so decent enough, nothing official announced but was around that for the first game last year too

first half was pretty dire, whistle happy ref giving many nothing decisions stopped anyone from getting a rhythm. waterford slightly on top this half, created the most clear cut chances at least.

second half harps were much improved, keating & mccarron playing out wide in a 4-3-3 were causing havoc for the waterford full backs but we struggled to create many clear chances against a well organised waterford defense, still a couple of decent ones and we probably should have taken one. waterford also had a few but were mostly limited to counter attacks


new lads
winn had a decent enough first game, one or 2 things i would have questioned but quick and good judgement on when to advance, and given that he is hugh it makes it even trickier for the attacker

tiofack, quiet in the first half, seemed to come into it more in the second, couldnt quite pin down his role, possibly just had a free one

keating, as mentioned earlier thought he had a great game, great effort and really wants to be there (something which i suppose has got us onto the backs of past loanees) coming up from westport i believe

mailey, good game too literally put his head on the line on one occasion and to have him back

fisher wasnt on long enough

others
coll & mcnulty both had great games, getting forward in support of attacks, mchugh still has the touch but possibly lost another bit of pace, i think this is going to be made up for though with the pacey pair of mccarron & keating running either side of him.

Quick interview with Ollie Horgan


away jersey also unveiled nice but home much nicer imo (big head on martin :pac: )

tl;dr
decent crowd
harps much more attacking than last year, entertaining enough second half
ref ruined the first but was at least equally fussy

& 54 crew have a bus to tallaght stadium next sunday, shams B opening with a 1-1 in cobh
estimated; leave about 10:30am from Finn Park, 10:50 Letterkenny at McGettigans, 11 Manor if needed, 11:15 Lifford.

You should pray for Derry in the next round, we were shockingly poor v Cork!

Tried opening a thread in the soccer forum to see how it goes there, (lead from harpsmans gaa thread)

preview for the next home game v galway on saturday at 7.45
(horgan has a irish schools international, so moved from usual friday)

Through to the semi-finals of the Cup! Up the Harps!!

1st Cup semi since 1999. Looking forward to the draw. Anything but Derry away will do me!

NIMAN wrote: »

Why?;)

Would it not be handy for you?

Funny I think us Derry fans are hoping to get you in the semi's, surprise surprise.

im willing to bet yourselves, pats and shams all want us tis great to be popular!

personally pats away would be my least favoured, reckon it would be the lowest gate for us. not going to be gutted by any draw though, we are gonna be massive underdogs no matter who so doesnt really matter

2 buses running (so far) to the semi. One from the north via lifford the other by the south of the county via Donegal town & ballyshannon. 54crew admins on facebook will help ya out or pm me and Il put you in touch with the relevant people.

Club has announced tickets on sale in the ground on Friday v shels. Allocation is thought to be small... Not that pats will get anywhere near selling out the rest of the ground

NIMAN wrote: »

So you're happy?

What I would give for us both to make it to the final.

Probably the worst draw financially for us but there should be a good crowd and I'm looking forward to the day out.

Tough draw for Derry.

Would be great for the North-West if both of us did get to the final. Would be a great day out!

Mr_A wrote: »

Really looking forward to the game. Nice to get a bit of exposure and increase the club's profile again. The Shels game shows we can play good football, but also that we we can gift goals to opposition teams.

yea they were two poor goals to give away. going to need to tighten up again at the back. Been the one good aspect to our game all season so hopefully it wont let us down now!

10 seats remaining on the north donegal bus
4 on the south dongegal bus. think its going to be left at 3!