[Gareth37]

Sligo Rovers welcome Bohemians all the way up from Dublin, Friday evening at 8pm in the Showgrounds, Sligo.

Sligo have a good team who play attractive attacking football. They pass the ball very well and are strong in all parts of the team. They have lost a good few players and had finance trouble but it doesn't seem to affect them.

Bohs have some injury problems but have signed a gem in Kalanos, a Lithuanian International who has stepped up to the standard of the LOI.

This is a difficult match for Bohs, make no mistake about it. Sligo have a great chance of getting something from this game.

Last 3 Head to heads there:
Sligo 1 Bohs 2
Sligo 2 Bohs 1
Sligo 1 Bohs 0

It should be a very close match, the last time that either of these won/lost by 2 goals against each other at Sligo was pre 1998.

I will sit on the fence with a 2-2 draw prediction.

[bohsman]

Each club has had 180 minutes to try it but none have scored more than 1 goal against us in the league yet, we beat Sligo 3-0 in Dalymount last time out, a draw wouldnt be the end of the world but we should be strong enough to win.

[Gareth37]

Originally Posted by bohsman

Each club has had 180 minutes to try it but none have scored more than 1 goal against us in the league yet, we beat Sligo 3-0 in Dalymount last time out, a draw wouldnt be the end of the world but we should be strong enough to win.

What's the team news Bohsman, whos out? Anybody back from injury?

[bohsman]

O'Donnell and Deegan suspended, Kalonas is on international duty. Assuming McGuinness and Oman are still out Id say itll look something like

Murphy
Rossiter O Heary Burns Powell
A Murphy T Heary Joxer Brennan
Fenn Crowe

Alternatively Rossi could go centre mid with one Heary centre half and the othe right back.

Anto Murphy should be back from suspension aswell, should go straight in at right mid.

[Gareth37]

Originally Posted by bohsman

O'Donnell and Deegan suspended, Kalonas is on international duty. Assuming McGuinness and Oman are still out Id say itll look something like

Murphy
Rossiter O Heary Burns Powell
A Murphy T Heary Joxer Brennan
Fenn Crowe

Alternatively Rossi could go centre mid with one Heary centre half and the othe right back.

Anto Murphy should be back from suspension aswell, should go straight in at right mid.

Thats a weak Bohs team imo

The defense looks ok although Heary is no CB.

Joxer should be down the right wing.

[bohsman]

Heary has been immense at centre back the last month or so, Joxer is an attacking centre mid, hes been forced onto the wing and is struggling to make the starting line up when we're at full strength. Its a weak line up but Sligo have lost so many players over the last season, they showed against Pats that they just havent got anything going forward, they could hold us to 0-0 but cant see them scoring 2.

Our strongest starting 11 is probably

Murphy
O Heary Oman/McGuinness Burns Powell
A Murphy/Joxer Deegan O'Donnell Brennan
Kalonas/Fenn Crowe

Very difficult to call at centre half, right wing and up front.

[elshambo]

Originally Posted by bohsman

Each club has had 180 minutes to try it but none have scored more than 1 goal against us in the league yet, we beat Sligo 3-0 in Dalymount last time out, a draw wouldnt be the end of the world but we should be strong enough to win.

3-0 isnt exactly the whole story of that match in fairness is it?
Jim McLaughlin was doing the radio and he reckoned Sligo played ye off the park for most of the game playing football he hadnt seen in Ireland in years
(half that team gone now im afraid)
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/...ans_sligo.html

[bohsman]

Bohs took the lead in the 15th minute, Sligo all over us in the 2nd half till we got a penalty in the 82nd minute, third goal followed shortly after, comfortable enough in the end, especially with Murphy in goals, http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/...ans_sligo.html

[elshambo]

Originally Posted by bohsman

Sligo all over us in the 2nd half till we got a penalty in the 82nd minute,

comfortable enough in the end

What for the last 8 mins?

[bohsman]

Originally Posted by elshambo

What for the last 8 mins?

Yea

In fairness we've had a lot of narrow wins all season, Fenlon likes sitting on a lead.

[elshambo]

Originally Posted by bohsman

Yea

In fairness we've had a lot of narrow wins all season, Fenlon likes sitting on a lead.

What?, never! David O'Fenlon or is that Nuttser O'Leary?
He also likes spending clubs into the ground buying identkit players

"il have 3 rm's who are the exact same of the bottom shelf
2 lm's of the middle shelf, if they could look like/sound like each other that would be great
and 17 Cf's off the top shelf please

Pay?
Stick it on the card!"

I hope yer board start to stick up to him and learn to say NO or HE WILL do a shels on ye and unlike shels and shams having spent 5 yrs in D7 id have a soft spot for Bohs (or at least i did until they tapped up a dose or Sligo Rovers players a couple of years ago)

ps. Glad none of them worked out for ye, well except for burnsie


2-1 rovers, dodgy peno in injury time to make up for the 2 in in the last 2 mins last week

[bohsman]

Anto Murphy looks good too, Id be fairly sure our wage bill is lower now than it was when he took the job, Deegan is looking like the signing of the season, I doubt he is on big money. Fenlon can only spend what the board give him, not his fault el boards throw money around.

[elshambo]

Originally Posted by bohsman

Anto Murphy looks good too, .



Fenlon can only spend what the board give him, not his fault el boards throw money around.

a ya but ye didnt tap him up

Ive never bought the "not the managers fault bit" its a bit like a women who burns through credit cards and her friends blame the husband for the fact that he kept clearing the debt

Difference between Benetez and Wenger looking for money while their clubs are/were in jockers building stadiums etc

Its up to the board to say no BUT if you know it isnt really their you shouldnt go looking for it either!?

rovers 3-1, 2 dodgy penos!

[Gareth37]

Originally Posted by bohsman

Heary has been immense at centre back the last month or so, Joxer is an attacking centre mid, hes been forced onto the wing and is struggling to make the starting line up when we're at full strength. Its a weak line up but Sligo have lost so many players over the last season, they showed against Pats that they just havent got anything going forward, they could hold us to 0-0 but cant see them scoring 2.

Our strongest starting 11 is probably

Murphy
O Heary Oman/McGuinness Burns Powell
A Murphy/Joxer Deegan O'Donnell Brennan
Kalonas/Fenn Crowe

Very difficult to call at centre half, right wing and up front.

Im very surprised that you rate Crowe and maybe Fenn higher than Kalonas

This weekend gives Pats a good chance to close the gap imo

[Gareth37]

Originally Posted by elshambo

What?, never! David O'Fenlon or is that Nuttser O'Leary?
He also likes spending clubs into the ground buying identkit players

"il have 3 rm's who are the exact same of the bottom shelf
2 lm's of the middle shelf, if they could look like/sound like each other that would be great
and 17 Cf's off the top shelf please

Pay?
Stick it on the card!"

I hope yer board start to stick up to him and learn to say NO or HE WILL do a shels on ye and unlike shels and shams having spent 5 yrs in D7 id have a soft spot for Bohs (or at least i did until they tapped up a dose or Sligo Rovers players a couple of years ago)

ps. Glad none of them worked out for ye, well except for burnsie


2-1 rovers, dodgy peno in injury time to make up for the 2 in in the last 2 mins last week

I have no confidence in Fenlon whatsoever. People talk about his record but forget about the fact taht he took half the team from his main rival club at Shels.