Once more unto the breach, dear friends. (LOI week 36)

Pinturicchio

7:45 p.m. Bray Wanderers v Dundalk
7:45 p.m. Derry City v Bohemians
7:45 p.m. Drogheda United v St. Patrick's Athletic
7:45 p.m. Shamrock Rovers v Galway United
7:45 p.m. Sligo Rovers v U.C.D

ShamoBuc

Everybody knows Shels V City is the game of the weekend - C'mon City!!

CSF

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Everybody knows Shels V City is the game of the weekend - C'mon City!!

Probably but only with the Premier Division being completely sorted. Game has lost its edge a little for me after taking the promotion on Tuesday (after 5 years in this dump you'll understand why that game was even bigger than the FAI Cup Final) so sandwiched in between promotion on Tuesday and an FAI Cup Final in the Aviva next Sunday, this game has lost the massive event status for us that it otherwise would have had.

Having said that, once the game starts I'll be dying for not only a draw but a win to send your lot crashing into the playoffs.

The_Kew_Tour

Think we will beat Shels myself. Just biased opinion .

Hopefully more then couple hundred Shels fans will turn up this time:p

Should be cracker on Saturday.

pablomakaveli

Hopefully Shels will get too comfy knowing they've been promoted and we'll put them to the sword. Beating Shels at Tolka and claiming the First Division title would be a pleasure overload.:D

ShamoBuc

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Hopefully Shels will get too comfy knowing they've been promoted and we'll put them to the sword. Beating Shels at Tolka and claiming the First Division title would be a pleasure overload.:D

I'm not too sure if I could take it..... but..... I'll gladly give it a go:D

CSF

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Hopefully Shels will get too comfy knowing they've been promoted and we'll put them to the sword. Beating Shels at Tolka and claiming the First Division title would be a pleasure overload.:D

Jesus Christ, I forgot, yous have never won in Tolka before. Well having won in both Turners Cross and Tolka Park on many on occasion I could probably detail what it is like to you.

born2bwild

The fact that Shels have already been promoted is the one thing that Cork can take confidence from.
Shels are really in top form at the minute and if they had to get a result Cork would get trashed.
They don't have to get a result so I'd say either 1-1 or possibly (I hate to say it) 1-2 Cork.

dfx-

Safe to say I don't think there'll be a big early rush to go over and pay the Square car-park this week:pac:

Gavin "shels"

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Hopefully Shels will get too comfy knowing they've been promoted and we'll put them to the sword. Beating Shels at Tolka and claiming the First Division title would be a pleasure overload.:D

Read Casso's interview on Extratime, listen to Alan Mathews on the ShelsTV and TV3 interviews, Deano in the ShelsTV interview along with a few others, they have no intention of holding back on Saturday.


Casso on Extratime (the main parts):

For now though, the focus is far more immediate for Shels. “But at the end of the day we still want to win the league” Cassidy said. “We've got our promotion, that's what we wanted but we have a great chance to win the league now and give the club a trophy before we go to the Aviva and win the other trophy.”

With promotion sealed and a cup final in the very near future, it might be tempting to think that the First Division title isn't as meaningful for Shels. But Cassidy disagrees, saying that the FAI Cup final against Sligo Rovers is only “on the horizon after Saturday.”

“We're not going to go thinking about the cup final at all, we want to win the league” he said. “We had three games before tonight- three cup finals. We've won one, we want to go and beat Cork to win the league and then on Sunday morning we'll have a look at Sligo.”

Gavin "shels"

dfx- wrote: »

Safe to say I don't think there'll be a big early rush to go over and pay the Square car-park this week:pac:

Unless it goes on fire again, like tonight!

gimmick

There is no way Shels will take it easy tmr. Nor should they. If roles were reversed I would love to send them packing. Okay, they will have an eye on the cup final and may not go in for that 50/50 for fear of injury/suspension, but meh.

I think our form says we will win. We have been on fiore for the last 2 months. If Davin is injured its a major setback, but with the form of Cummins up top and Morrisey in the middle I think we will have too much for Shels.

Shels 1-2 City.

stovelid

Must-win game tonight.

Zebra3

Ah, the ruralfolk getting all giddy about their trip up to the Big Shmoke.

gimmick

There is some saddo fan of ours travelling home from Thailand for the game. They are being hailed as legends for doing so, but honestly I have not heard something so pathetic in a long time.

LeixlipRed

gimmick wrote: »

There is some saddo fan of ours travelling home from Thailand for the game. They are being hailed as legends for doing so, but honestly I have not heard something so pathetic in a long time.

Pathetic is a bit harsh no? Be sad for them when we beat you though

stovelid

gimmick wrote: »

but honestly I have not heard something so pathetic in a long time.

Charming.

applehunter

gimmick wrote: »

There is some saddo fan of ours travelling home from Thailand for the game. They are being hailed as legends for doing so, but honestly I have not heard something so pathetic in a long time.

God you're some miserable man.

Zebra3

gimmick wrote: »

There is some saddo fan of ours travelling home from Thailand for the game. They are being hailed as legends for doing so, but honestly I have not heard something so pathetic in a long time.

I don't think that's sad.

I think your post is though.

That_Guy

I see Derry are offering a buy one get one free on tickets tonight to pack the Brandywell.

Good idea.

Gavin "shels"

That_Guy wrote: »

I see Derry are offering a buy one get one free on tickets tonight to pack the Brandywell.

Good idea.

Probably thought of the idea when dual contracting.:D

applehunter

Confident we can get the win tomorrow in Tolka.

Hopefully not the last time we see Daryl Horgan in the City colours.

eigrod

If Cork City draw and Monaghan beat Athlone, thus leaving Cork and Monaghan on the same points, do Cork go up on goal difference ?

CSF

eigrod wrote: »

If Cork City draw and Monaghan beat Athlone, thus leaving Cork and Monaghan on the same points, do Cork go up on goal difference ?

Yeah.

RandolphEsq

Bohs shall stamp on the heads of our foreign neighbours, ending the season on a high!

Mars Bar

If Galway could just come away with a win tonight, or even a draw, it would be great!

Hopefully the Korean signings can bag a goal or two!

Gavin "shels"

Fair dues for the minute applause. RIP.

Mars Bar

If Bobby Ryan stopped trying to do everything himself, Galway wouldn't be giving the ball away so much.

Mars Bar

That's just not fair.

Gavin "shels"

Twitter reporting that

‎an 8-year-old is headed to hospital after being burned by a firework/flare at Tallaght.. sad way for his evening to end

Despite PA saying an 8yr old kid taken to hospital with burns, some #gob****e(s) still setting off crackers @ShamrockRovers #bigfineontheway

Hopefully she's ok and hopefully people cope on.

Mars Bar

Gavin shels wrote: »

Twitter reporting that


Hopefully she's ok and hopefully people cope on.

That's horrible. I was wondering why the game had been stopped for a minute. How did they get them in there in the first place?!

ShamoBuc

Gavin shels wrote: »

Twitter reporting that






Hopefully she's ok and hopefully people cope on.

It's a sad situation, but in someway not surprising.

Mars Bar

See the way the wind held that! :eek:

Commentator should be informed it's now Mountbell-you, it's Mountbel-yha!

RandolphEsq

ShamoBuc wrote: »

It's a sad situation, but in someway not surprising.

It's not surprising given that it is Halloween weekend and a cause for celebration retaining the league; fireworks are associated with both. It would have been better (possibly) if Rovers had arranged for their own fireworks display for tonight so at least then it is under the control of professionals.

BOHtox

Or if there was a basic search going into the game. You know, arms, legs, pockets and hoods. Just a few seconds. Just around Halloween time, no need for it every match. This is not the first incident of fireworks at a LOI game. This time a few years ago a few pats fans threw a firework at Brian Murphy and Owen Heary. This is so easily eradicated

dcr22B

A search won't stop it though.

Most Dublin fans were searched going into Hill 16 throughout the summer but there were still blue flares there on All Ireland day.

born2bwild

RandolphEsq wrote: »

Bohs shall stamp on the heads of our foreign neighbours, ending the season on a high!

You meant it literally, it seems.
I hope that wasn't the last game played by Bohs as an LoI club.

colly_06

Went to the Rovers match, it was class. Of course some muppets had to go and nearly ruin it. When it was announced the young lad was after been taken to hospital everyone in the stand started booing and chanting for the offenders to be taken out of the stand, yet the guards just stood at the line doing nothing. Even after that they let off more bangers onto the pitch and nothing was done except stopping the match for a few minutes. I hope the club do get fined heavily so in future they'll throw them out. Hope that child recovers fully.

markc1184

Great game between Drogheda and Pats tonight. I'm biased though because we got the win!

dfx-

It was the fireworks rather than flares or bangers that were causing the problem I think. They were being misfired everywhere, several of them hit the roof of the east stand and came down. Another in the first half went along the East Stand instead out onto the pitch which I'd say was the injury causing one.

I wouldn't want to be standing beside them in the toilets with aim that bad. It's easy enough to smuggle small fireworks in unless it's an intensive and comprehensive search. The annoying thing was they were told to stop and why they had to stop. Hancock seemed desperate to take the players off.

Turner's goal was a great goal, hanging in the air for an age..

dreamers75

Happy enough with this season, we back where we belong, We try to win simple as.

We play 7 a side for the next 16 weeks on fridays, other that that we clueless about what the fcuk do you do on a friday night?

Gavin "shels"

dreamers75 wrote: »

Happy enough with this season, we back where we belong, We try to win simple as.

Buckley to Richmond? Mahon to Dundalk?

stovelid

colly_06 wrote: »

When it was announced the young lad was after been taken to hospital everyone in the stand started booing and chanting for the offenders to be taken out of the stand,

A lot of people were trying to figure out who was throwing them but the crowd was too big. Wouldn't have liked to be them if most of the people had got their hands on them, put it that way.

AgileMyth

applehunter wrote: »

Confident we can get the win tomorrow in Tolka.

Hopefully not the last time we see Daryl Horgan in the City colours.

It will be.

Gavin "shels"

Hopefully the Extratime preview is right

Injured: Gavin Kavanagh, Davin O’Neill.
Doubtful: Stephen Mulcahy, Greg O’Halloran, Neal Horgan.




Absolutely living for tonight, did anyone see Gregs interview in the Cork Echo? I think he's lost it and/or misread the table.:D

Gavin "shels"

If you can't make it to Tolka Park tomorrow night, tune to 90.3 Nearfm for Live coverage of the game v Cork City.
Coverage starts at 7.30pm on 90.3fm or www.near.ie

That was posted on the Shels facebook.

Zebra3

Gavin shels wrote: »

.Absolutely living for tonight, did anyone see Gregs interview in the Cork Echo? I think he's lost it and/or misread the table.:D

He seems to have totally lost the plot.

DaveH

Folks if you cant make it to Tolka Park tonight tune to 90.3 NearFM if your in North Dublin or available via www.near.ie

Live coverage from Sports Local Live team starting at 7.30pm

Sports Local Live home of Shelbourne FC on their local Radio Station Near FM

BOHtox

Gavin shels wrote: »

Buckley to Richmond? Mahon to Dundalk?

Fenlon out of Bohs, Roddy in. Are we still playingmake-believe?

Pinturicchio

Great night in Tallaght. Got home at 10am. :pac:

Pinturicchio