LOI 2014 Thread

miroslavklose

dreamers75 wrote: »

15k for Pats to use it for Europe (includes security)

Per game? You'd imagine Rovers would be a good bit lower than that per game due to the fact they're playing 20+ senior games + 11 U19 games + x women's games and now 14 B games. Still, if Pats had to play a European game there and Rovers had a game the same night, SDCC would shift Rovers off.

anncoates

miroslavklose wrote: »

Still, if Pats had to play a European game there and Rovers had a game the same night, SDCC would shift Rovers off.

Nope. We have a lease/licence.

dfx-

miroslavklose wrote: »

Still, if Pats had to play a European game there and Rovers had a game the same night, SDCC would shift Rovers off.

That would not happen

legendary.xix

miroslavklose wrote: »

6/11 of the starting line-up and 3/5 subs, with 12 in total in the matchday squad. 9/16 players who took the field have played LOI football.

Impressive stats.

dreamers75

dfx- wrote: »

That would not happen

/Checks who in Ukraine plays near the Crimea.............

Randomfriend

Nearly 2,500 at the Galway - Longford game. Not a bad turnout at all, delighted we got the win, and the clean sheet is an added bonus. Signing all these old heads looks like a good move, so far.

circadian

Any Rovers fans know if the away allocation for tonights game is full?

dfx-

I'd be very surprised if it was

Randomfriend

That match was a pile of dung. Decent goals thou, if the 1st one was on purpose :P

AgileMyth

Good to see they have a nice professional set up up there.

SantryRed

Jesus Christ, that is embarrassing.

doncarlos

SantryRed wrote: »

Jesus Christ, that is embarrassing.

It's a lot harder to shít in a car than a bus

Lovely Bloke

In good news for Beer Snobs - The Bar @ Tolka is now stocking Craft Beer - started with O'Hara's Pale Ale and Leann Folainn on Friday - sold out of the LF, so that may mean they increase the range.

Pighead

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

In good news for Beer Snobs - The Bar @ Tolka is now stocking Craft Beer - started with O'Hara's Pale Ale and Leann Folainn on Friday - sold out of the LF, so that may mean they increase the range.

More importantly there was good news for tea drinkers with the news that the Shels shop will be back selling tea for the next game. Phew!

http://www.shelbournefc.ie/news/3190/

Lovely Bloke

Pighead wrote: »

More importantly there was good news for tea drinkers with the news that the Shels shop will be back selling tea for the next game. Phew!

http://www.shelbournefc.ie/news/3190/

I think having hot beverages available is a licence requirement.

dan1895

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

In good news for Beer Snobs - The Bar @ Tolka is now stocking Craft Beer - started with O'Hara's Pale Ale and Leann Folainn on Friday - sold out of the LF, so that may mean they increase the range.

This has made my week! Although Friday's game was the first in years that I didn't visit the bar.

geeky

The Rovers forum is already a hotbed of misery and drama. Seriously, some people need to get a grip.

Fairly disappointed with the performance overall, though some bright spots included Brennan (has everything you need in a box-to-box midfielder) and better full-back play. Bayly just isn't good enough on the ball to play central midfield in a 4-4-2, Zayed was hugely frustrating.

Rodders won the tactical battle by deploying 3 lads in the centre most of the time, forcing us us to punt it long, and their defence gobbled up most of the high balls.

Saint_Mel

AgileMyth wrote: »

Good to see they have a nice professional set up up there.

For semi pro teams, getting additional lifts for players that can't get off the day job early enough is nothing new but surly they know of a committee member or a few supporters going without having to publicly advertise!!!

AgileMyth

Saint_Mel wrote: »

For semi pro teams, getting additional lifts for players that can't get off the day job early enough is nothing new but surly they know of a committee member or a few supporters going without having to publicly advertise!!!

Looks like they all got sorted in the end anyway.

djpbarry

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

In good news for Beer Snobs - The Bar @ Tolka is now stocking Craft Beer - started with O'Hara's Pale Ale and Leann Folainn on Friday - sold out of the LF, so that may mean they increase the range.

Impressive.

Of course, the smell in Tolka is so overpowering, it doesn’t matter what you drink – it’s all going to taste like bum water.

dfx-

geeky wrote: »

Rodders won the tactical battle by deploying 3 lads in the centre most of the time, forcing us us to punt it long, and their defence gobbled up most of the high balls.

Why would you play it long against 3 huge lads at the back? Rovers picked two big strikers and Bayly in midfield and were going to hoof it to them anyway.

It was an awful team selection, only altered when 0-1 down. Only changed when midfielders such as McPhail and Finn came on to redress the balance

COYW

Morning all. I'm have no ties to a LoI club but I do go to games now and again. First time looking at the league this season, so I am just wondering which of the of the Dublin games this weekend, Bohemians v Drogheda United or St. Patrick's Ath v U.C.D, you would recommend. Will is the better prospect of the two?

GLaDOS

Bohs v Drogs is more likely to be an even contest, and as an added bonus both seem to be knocking in the goals (7 goals between them on the opening day).

Pats v UCD will likely be an easy victory for the former, though Pats will probably play the best football of the four if that's what you want to see.

I am a Bohs fan though so slightly biased .

geeky

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Bohs v Drogs is more likely to be an even contest, and as an added bonus both seem to be knocking in the goals (7 goals between them on the opening day).

Pats v UCD will likely be an easy victory for the former, though Pats will probably play the best football of the four if that's what you want to see.

I am a Bohs fan though so slightly biased .

Would second this, adding that UCD also traditionally like to play a passing game that's easy on the eye.

You could also rock down to Tallaght to see Shamrock Rovers' first division team against Finn Harps. Football won't be as good, but it's cheap and great facilities.

geeky

dfx- wrote: »

Why would you play it long against 3 huge lads at the back? Rovers picked two big strikers and Bayly in midfield and were going to hoof it to them anyway.

It was an awful team selection, only altered when 0-1 down. Only changed when midfielders such as McPhail and Finn came on to redress the balance

Would agree here. The only possible justification for picking Bayly would be question marks about Finn and McPhail's fitness. The latter did just as effective job as Bayly defensively (Finn didn't have to as he was largely working the wings when he came on), and both are better on the ball. Hopefully with that pair back - and Shep adding a bit of pace up front in place of Zayed or Killer - we won't be quite so one-dimensional.

JoeyJJ

COYW wrote: »

Morning all. I'm have no ties to a LoI club but I do go to games now and again. First time looking at the league this season, so I am just wondering which of the of the Dublin games this weekend, Bohemians v Drogheda United or St. Patrick's Ath v U.C.D, you would recommend. Will is the better prospect of the two?

As a Sligo fan I would say get the Dart to Bray however as a neutral living in Dub that does go to games occasionally as a neutral I would head to Dayler to see Bohs v Drogs.

That_Guy

geeky wrote: »

Would second this, adding that UCD also traditionally like to play a passing game that's easy on the eye.

Yes... Passing game...

Hard Worker

geeky wrote: »

Would agree here. The only possible justification for picking Bayly would be question marks about Finn and McPhail's fitness. The latter did just as effective job as Bayly defensively (Finn didn't have to as he was largely working the wings when he came on), and both are better on the ball. Hopefully with that pair back - and Shep adding a bit of pace up front in place of Zayed or Killer - we won't be quite so one-dimensional.

I had no problem with the team selection. If he starts McPhail in every game early in the season, we won't have him for the latter stages. He has already had an English season and he's no spring chicken. Finn didn't have the end of season break that everyone else had as he spent 4 weeks at Burnley. He was injured while over there and will need time to ease back. Bayly has been very good pre season and has justified his selection. Shepperd is also just back after injury and I'm sure he'll replace Zayed when or before we offload him mid season. Zayed is a disaster. Still carrying weight and not as mobile as he should be.
Having said that, the team played hoof ball. I think they panicked a bit and resorted to that instead of the type of football they had been playing pre season.

geeky

Hard Worker wrote: »

I had no problem with the team selection. If he starts McPhail in every game early in the season, we won't have him for the latter stages. He has already had an English season and he's no spring chicken. Finn didn't have the end of season break that everyone else had as he spent 4 weeks at Burnley. He was injured while over there and will need time to ease back. Bayly has been very good pre season and has justified his selection. Shepperd is also just back after injury and I'm sure he'll replace Zayed when or before we offload him mid season. Zayed is a disaster. Still carrying weight and not as mobile as he should be.
Having said that, the team played hoof ball. I think they panicked a bit and resorted to that instead of the type of football they had been playing pre season.

The thing is, I felt the selection - even if it was unavoidable - contributed to the hoof ball. We were outnumbered in the centre and the technical limitations of Bayly in particular were clear, so they ended up bypassing the midfield. With a better passer to partner Ryan Brennan, we have a better chance of getting it forward on the ground.

I wouldn't want to see McPhail starting every game for the reasons you state, but swapping him and Finn in and out would give us more creativity and variety. I only caught one pre-season game, Bayly was decent in it, but I'd question the logic of replacing a committed but technically limited player (Ricer) with one in the same mould. For me, he's cover when people are fit.

Agree whole-heartedly with your comments on Zayed. Sooner he's gone, the better. I'd rather have Quigley - who at least looked capable of changing the game when he was bothered.

COYW

Thanks all, Bohemians v Drogheda it is so.