Wha? the game's on Thurs Why? N. Irl. are playing Wales. Oh ok LOI Thread 27/05/2011

applehunter

Can any attendance beat the BIG game on Friday?

Yes its Thursday night, oh what a night.

Premier League

19:45:00 St. Patrick's Athletic vs Sligo Rovers Richmond Park
19:45:00 Galway United vs Drogheda United Terryland Park
19:45:00 Dundalk vs Derry City Oriel Park
19:45:00 Bray Wanderers vs Shamrock Rovers Carlisle Grounds
19:45:00 Bohemians vs U.C.D Dalymount Park

1st Division

20:00:00 Finn Harps vs Athlone Town Finn Park
19:45:00 Waterford United vs Monaghan United Regional Sports Centre
19:45:00 Salthill Devonvs vs Limerick FC Drom
19:45:00 Longford Town vs Wexford Youths Flancare Park
18:30:00 Cork City vs Mervue United Turners Cross***

***Kick off changed to 6.30 due to floodlight maintenance.

Gavin "shels"

That's a fine thread title Corkie!

bonerm

It'd be interesting to see if Nor Iron v Wales is sub 1000.

dfx-

Bray away...ugh bad recent memories and oh so good memories...don't see Rovers winning.

Big game at Oriel, big test for Derry and the sustaining of their good start

Mushy

dfx- wrote: »

Bray away...ugh bad recent memories and oh so good memories...don't see Rovers winning.

Big game at Oriel, big test for Derry and the sustaining of their good start

I see your lads winning by a goal here. Id be delighted if Bray could get anything from the game.

AgileMyth

Damn exam tonight.:( I've somehow still never made it to an away game against Pats. :eek: Probably the only ground I haven't been in in either of the divisions.
Any other Thursday ever and I'd be heading down.

Hopefully Doyle can keep his scoring streak up.

citytillidie

Dundalk vs Derry City also live on Setanta Ireland

The Volt

Not liking the Carlisle Grounds on a day like this. Reckon the home fans will lend us the shelter? :pac:

stovelid

What iis the LOI but a mere morsel to whet the appetitie for the footballing feast tomorrow?

Mint Sauce

An away win please, keep the pressure on the leaders.

Can any attendance beat the BIG game on Friday?

Now would that be the 'actual' attendance, or the 'makey uppy' FAI attendence?

Ebbs

Voltwad wrote: »

Not liking the Carlisle Grounds on a day like this. Reckon the home fans will lend us the shelter? :pac:

Eh... I dont know how to break this to you but...

stovelid

Voltwad wrote: »

Not liking the Carlisle Grounds on a day like this.

Pinturicchio

Biggest match of the season so far for us. I'm not exactly confident though.

BornToRun88

AgileMyth wrote: »

Damn exam tonight.:( I've somehow still never made it to an away game against Pats. :eek: .

You're missing nothing. Not a good ground.

Pauleta

Off to the Carlisle grounds tonight due to a spare season ticket. It will be my 1st ever non Shelbourne LOI match :eek:

I will be in the cover of the main stand so hopefully it lashes on the Rover fans

dundalkbhoy

heading to oriel, derry to win 1 -0

citytillidie

Dundalk V Derry stream http://nwxyz.blogspot.com/

Zebra3

applehunter wrote: »

***Kick off changed to 6.30 due to floodlight maintenance.

Or damage?

ShamoBuc

Into the second half down the X..... - City 3-0 up!


:D:DFT = 3-0 to City:D:D:D

Mushy

Half time at Carlisle, decent game. Bray have the sightly better chances, could be 1 or 2 up. Can never write off Shams though. Gary Dempsey owns.

GLaDOS

Bray continue their impressive season. Huge win for Drogs.

dreamers75

That was one of the best football matches i have seen in years, cracking entertainment shame Trap left early and missed the winner:D

We started well and scored too early let sligo play ball and play ball they did. For a while we left them in their own half but they inched forward and for the middle of the game put us under serious pressure but lacked the cutting edge. Didnt really have any chances and we gifted them the equaliser. Still tho got into some very dangerous positions playing nice ball.

Sometimes the overplay it tho, our nonexistent attacking midfield was content to hit North and Kavanagh early and try to attack quickly. 2nd half we came into it again and forced them to hoof it but between spells of them having 20 passes and a half chance we would have 3 passes to feet and a half chance. North and Kavanagh running amok atm and causing serious problems for whoever they up against. Best away crowd in richmond this season bar Shams, still shocking attd from our pov.



Very entertaining game 4/5



Weird ****ing table

dundalkbhoy

good game in oriel , thought dundalk deserved the victory:cool:

Pauleta

A fine win for Bray tonight. They were much the better team for the game. The behaviour of some Rovers players were despicable. Ive never seen a more malicious team in all my years of watching LOI football, pure nastiness. I dont think Shams have a plan B after the long ball. I was sitting just behind the Rovers bench. O'Neill didnt look well. He must of been feeling poorly.

GLaDOS

dreamers75 wrote: »

Weird ****ing table

If rovers don't pull away completely it could be a very entertaining season

dreamers75

ScienceNerd wrote: »

If rovers don't pull away completely it could be a very entertaining season

Their game in hand is vs derry and ours vs Dundalk.

weird tho everyone grouped together, if everyone sticks together heading into teh break be an interesting next phase.

Mushy

Pauleta wrote: »

A fine win for Bray tonight. They were much the better team for the game. The behaviour of some Rovers players were despicable. Ive never seen a more malicious team in all my years of watching LOI football, pure nastiness. I dont think Shams have a plan B after the long ball. I was sitting just behind the Rovers bench. O'Neill didnt look well. He must of been feeling poorly.

Would ya say the much better team? Maybe in terms of style yeah. Typical sort of match where it could have gone either way, of course I'm delighted with the result.

Gary Dempsey is such a joy to watch, always gets his foot on the ball and keeps it. Pity he came hobbling off. Same with Jake Kelly, looked a nasty injury. Shields should be ok too luckily. Drogs and Galway next, then Dundalk...7 points there would be great.

Mr.Crinklewood

bonerm wrote: »

It'd be interesting to see if Nor Iron v Wales is sub 1000.

If the FAI say that Northern Ireland fans are not welcome, loads of the Binghams will come down and it will be a sell out.

dreamers75

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

If the FAI say that Northern Ireland fans are not welcome, loads of the Binghams will come down and it will be a sell out.

I was convinced Trap had a bagful of free tickets at the pats game tonight :pac:

dfx-

I'm fed up of going to Bray in the cold and seeing a shocking Rovers performance, going back at least 4-5 seasons now. Buttimer must've had money on Bray picking up less yellow cards than Rovers tonight, he was appalling and the linesman was atrocious. Having said that Rovers could be playing against 8 men and lost tonight.

O'Donnell was ok, Stevens and Dennehy again were very poor and ominously for Ricer and his starting XI chances, he was down there with them.

Pinturicchio

Unacceptable.

applehunter

Top of the league!!!!:)

Decent performance on a poor night for football with the wind.

c. 1300 attendance so a 700 drop in the average due to Thursday night + 6.30 ko.

Gearoid Morrissey continues to impress with his deliveries and goals.

Rory Gafney and their No. 11 stood out for Mervue.

Their goalkeeper had a shocker. Remember Jorge Campos, think him with an extra 4 stone and without the agility.

Mushy

dfx- wrote: »

I'm fed up of going to Bray in the cold and seeing a shocking Rovers performance, going back at least 4-5 seasons now. Buttimer must've had money on Bray picking up less yellow cards than Rovers tonight, he was appalling and the linesman was atrocious. Having said that Rovers could be playing against 8 men and lost tonight.

Ah now the Bray yellow was soft and the linesman didnt do much if anything wrong. I was surprised at Rovers, thought they'd be much better.

stovelid

dfx- wrote: »

O'Donnell was ok, Stevens and Dennehy again were very poor and ominously for Ricer and his starting XI chances, he was down there with them.

That's the point I was making before about starting PK (or McCabe). How could they be possibly any poorer than Billy has been of late? I know he works hard and scores the odd goal and I believe that every players needs the support of the crowd but at address poor form with a spell on the bench.

antomorro-sei

Pauleta

Mushy wrote: »

Would ya say the much better team? Maybe in terms of style yeah. Typical sort of match where it could have gone either way, of course I'm delighted with the result.

Gary Dempsey is such a joy to watch, always gets his foot on the ball and keeps it. Pity he came hobbling off. Same with Jake Kelly, looked a nasty injury. Shields should be ok too luckily. Drogs and Galway next, then Dundalk...7 points there would be great.

The 1st half Bray were by far the better team. The wind helped and it evened out in the 2nd half but overall Bray should of had 4 goals in the game and should of been up 3-0 in the 1st half. Jake Kelly's injury is a hamstring. I havnt seen Bray since last year in the Leinster Cup Final but they really are some team and probably play the best football in the league. Its a crime they dont be on TV much.

dfx- wrote: »

I'm fed up of going to Bray in the cold and seeing a shocking Rovers performance, going back at least 4-5 seasons now. Buttimer must've had money on Bray picking up less yellow cards than Rovers tonight, he was appalling and the linesman was atrocious. Having said that Rovers could be playing against 8 men and lost tonight.

I thought all the bookings in the game were warranted.

applehunter

antomorro-sei wrote: »

Acceptance is the 1st step.

Mushy

Pauleta wrote: »

The 1st half Bray were by far the better team. The wind helped and it evened out in the 2nd half but overall Bray should of had 4 goals in the game and should of been up 3-0 in the 1st half. Jake Kelly's injury is a hamstring. I havnt seen Bray since last year in the Leinster Cup Final but they really are some team and probably play the best football in the league. Its a crime they dont be on TV much.

Yeah I was thinking Shams would punish them for not taking the chances, Shane O' Connors block near the end of the half was vital. I could watch Gary Dempsey all day, controls everything so well. I was sitting in front of where Kelly went down, was not happy then.

I asked my brother why are Bray never shown on tv....why aren't they?

Pauleta

Mushy wrote: »

Yeah I was thinking Shams would punish them for not taking the chances, Shane O' Connors block near the end of the half was vital. I could watch Gary Dempsey all day, controls everything so well. I was sitting in front of where Kelly went down, was not happy then.

I asked my brother why are Bray never shown on tv....why aren't they?

Yeah Gary Dempsey was amazing. I havnt seen a player control a game like that in a long time. My mate supports Bray and says he doesnt expect him to be there in July. I was talking to Jake last night. He said he didnt need the stretcher but the manager sent it on to tick the clock down

Mushy

Pauleta wrote: »

Yeah Gary Dempsey was amazing. I havnt seen a player control a game like that in a long time. My mate supports Bray and says he doesnt expect him to be there in July. I was talking to Jake last night. He said he didnt need the stretcher but the manager sent it on to tick the clock down

Yeah even if they manage to be in the mix halfway through it'll fall apart, unless they hold onto him. Haha thats good to know then, need him playing too.

dfx-

Pauleta wrote: »

I thought all the bookings in the game were warranted.

I'm thinking moreso of the bookings he didn't give and decisions he did.

Sappy404

dreamers75 wrote: »

That was one of the best football matches i have seen in years

Raging I missed it. Working late this week. Was the winner as good as I heard it was?

dreamers75

Sappy404 wrote: »

Raging I missed it. Working late this week. Was the winner as good as I heard it was?

Screamer! check your pms

dreamers75

http://vimeo.com/24313172

Norths winner last night.

stovelid

dreamers75 wrote: »

check your pms

?

bonerm

Aside (or on topic?) The Wales v Norn Iron attendance was reportedly 529.

Pauleta

bonerm wrote: »

Aside (or on topic?) The Wales v Norn Iron attendance was reportedly 529.

Lucky we switched the games to Thursday nights, otherwise it really would of impacted LOI attendances :pac:

frantic190

bonerm wrote: »

Aside (or on topic?) The Wales v Norn Iron attendance was reportedly 529.

Was more at Galway and Drogheda, am sure there was more at a few Div 1 games aswell. Although attendances were down across the country (except out in Bray)

stovelid

bonerm wrote: »

Aside (or on topic?) The Wales v Norn Iron attendance was reportedly 529.

The tournament on the whole must have been loss-making?

bonerm

stovelid wrote: »

The tournament on the whole must have been loss-making?

I'd imagine so, but I believe Sky and Carling are footing the bill so I'm sure the FAI don't care a jot.