LOI 2014 Thread

anncoates

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

The point im making is Rovers fans seem to slag other teams fortunes constantly and when anyone trys to slag them back they bring out the old, sure your club cant talk ****e

I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize to the soccer forum for my intolerable behaviour in making slightly ungracious remarks about out biggest rivals after beating them away in a cup semifinal.

Hopefully they can somehow get over this

Gates drop when clubs are doing crap. Even more so when the manager is hated and the football is dire.. I don't understand it personally but it's a fact of football for all clubs

gimmick

Padraig Sutton and his assistants not on duty this coming weekend. I assume this is in punishment for his abomination of a game on Friday during CCFC Vs Dundalk.

CHealy

gimmick wrote: »

Padraig Sutton and his assistants not on duty this coming weekend. I assume this is in punishment for his abomination of a game on Friday during CCFC Vs Dundalk.

He was brutal, and I mean that for both sides, totally ruined what couldve been a great game.

hufpc8w3adnk65

gimmick wrote: »

Padraig Sutton and his assistants not on duty this coming weekend. I assume this is in punishment for his abomination of a game on Friday during CCFC Vs Dundalk.

He shouldn't be left referee schoolboys football!! Was a joke last Friday

miroslavklose

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Rovers fans seem to slag other teams fortunes constantly and when anyone trys to slag them back they bring out the old, sure your club cant talk ****e

Not sure where you're getting that from. Rovers fans aren't slagging anybody at the moment, and when we're doing well we tend not to take any notice of anybody else.

Pighead

Coin toss tomorrow to decide if League Cup final is played in Oriel Park or Tallaght.

aliveandkicking

Pighead wrote: »

Coin toss tomorrow to decide if League Cup final is played in Oriel Park or Tallaght.

I hear the FAI are using a special edition coin for it.

Hard Worker

Pighead wrote: »

Coin toss tomorrow to decide if League Cup final is played in Oriel Park or Tallaght.

If Dundalk win the toss, I presume Rovers fans will be in the shed opposite the main stand.

geeky

dreamers75 wrote: »

Well that was interesting tv.

Was kinda rooting for Croly towards the end.

He went down in my estimation actually, even though his analysis wasn't a million miles off, and he showed gumption to turn up in the first place.

He's right in saying that the pressure got to the players, particularly at home - where results have generally lagged behind the away form for some time. But he only briefly admitted that he didn't have the wherewithal to dissipate that pressure, or at least channel it in constructive ways.

Take his 'theatre' analogy - that, even after a week of rehearsal, it's hard to deliver a performance when you're facing heckles. If the director knows that the crowd are going to be tense, even hostile, he or she would presumably approach things in a different way or give his charges strategies to cope with that.

Crolly didn't indicate that he did anything differently when he (rightly) sensed that there was pressure and negativity building. He may not have realised that addressing the pressure in training was essential, or he genuinely may not have known how to do that.* In either instance, it shows that he was out of his depth in the situation.

I think Crolly's a decent guy given a job that was probably above his competence level. But lumping it on the fans is self-serving.


* Because of his comment that he might have been better equipped had he been a psychologist, I suspect the latter.

dundalkfc10

Hard Worker wrote: »

If Dundalk win the toss, I presume Rovers fans will be in the shed opposite the main stand.

Haha you really think the Dundalk fans who go to the Shed are going to agree to that? No chance will the chairman put Rovers fans in the Shed and make his relationship with the Shedsidearmy even worse than it is now (our chairman and the Shedsidearmy do not see eye to eye on anything really)

doncarlos

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Haha you really think the Dundalk fans who go to the Shed are going to agree to that? No chance will the chairman put Rovers fans in the Shed and make his relationship with the Shedsidearmy even worse than it is now (our chairman and the Shedsidearmy do not see eye to eye on anything really)

Well they don't have to go to the game if they don't like it. You really think we should cede home advantage because of a few of the younger supporters noses get put out of joint? Bigger picture here

Oh and before you ask, yes I do stand in the shed and have been going to Oriel for past 25 years.

anncoates

dreamers75 wrote: »

Well that was interesting tv.

Was kinda rooting for Croly towards the end.

He's a good bloke and he made some correct decisions like breaking up the dressing room he inherited (which in hindsight Kenny should have done) but it was the wrong job for him so early in his career if he's even cut out to be a #1 at all.

He has a point about some supporters being a bit quick to get on players backs but he got a fairly long shot at doing things right and by the end the players looked bewildered and demotivated on the pitch.

dreamers75

Roddy met someone in a car park late at night and received a list of all LOI budgets.

Highest to lowest

Dundalk
Sligo
Cork
Rovers
Pats
Derry

Also called Cawley some bad names in the offtheball podcast

anncoates

Nutsy confirmed as new manager.

dundalkfc10

doncarlos wrote: »

Well they don't have to go to the game if they don't like it. You really think we should cede home advantage because of a few of the younger supporters noses get put out of joint? Bigger picture here

Oh and before you ask, yes I do stand in the shed and have been going to Oriel for past 25 years.

Il put my house on it now, that if the game is in Oriel. Dundalk fans will be in the Shed

Rovers will get the away end and part of the Stand. Its the League Cup, they wont bring much more than they usually bring

doncarlos

dreamers75 wrote: »

Roddy met someone in a car park late at night and received a list of all LOI budgets.

Highest to lowest

Dundalk
Sligo
Cork
Rovers
Pats
Derry

Also called Cawley some bad names in the offtheball podcast

Pats have the fifth highest budget in the league and Rovers fourth??? Off the ball? The lad is off his head

Hard Worker

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Il put my house on it now, that if the game is in Oriel. Dundalk fans will be in the Shed

Rovers will get the away end and part of the Stand. Its the League Cup, they wont bring much more than they usually bring

Rovers will be entitled to half the tickets. With a new manager and it being a cup final, there could be a decent Rovers crowd.
Same would happen if it's in Tallaght Stadium. Dundalk would be entitled to half the tickets.

Bateman

The coin will land on Tallaght so talk of Sheds is moot

irish_goat

Pat the Rat confirmed.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/fenlon-confirmed-shamrock-rovers-boss-091320451.html#XQd2sbx

Amirani

Can't see him not doing well unfortunately.

dundalkfc10

Diego Simeone wrote: »

Can't see him not doing well fortunately.

fixed

Amirani

Huh?

anncoates

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

fixed

You want Fenlon to do well?

srfc d16

LC Final confirmed for Oriel park.
http://www.sseairtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/5620-ea-sports-cup-final-confirmed-for-oriel-park

anncoates

Bateman wrote: »

The coin will land on Tallaght so talk of Sheds is moot

The coin didn't read the script, apparently.

dundalkfc10

Very surprised but sort of delighted. Oriel will be rocking that day

dfx-

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Haha you really think the Dundalk fans who go to the Shed are going to agree to that? No chance will the chairman put Rovers fans in the Shed and make his relationship with the Shedsidearmy even worse than it is now (our chairman and the Shedsidearmy do not see eye to eye on anything really)

You don't get the choice as far as I know, it's treated as neutral ground. It isn't or shouldn't be a home game for Dundalk with watering one half of the pitch etc.

dundalkfc10

dfx- wrote: »

You don't get the choice as far as I know, it's treated as neutral ground. It isn't or shouldn't be a home game for Dundalk with watering one half of the pitch etc.

500 Away End 500 Stand and 200 in front of the Stand behind the usual "away dugout".
Surely They wont want or sell more than 1200 tickets?

Will be lucky to get 3000 overall id imagine

Pighead

Fair play to the tosser in the FAI who threw the coin in our favour. Should be a great atmosphere. 5:45 kick off apparently.

Darkglasses

For any first-time visitors to Oriel Park's away stand, take care if you're going to sit down. Those seats are incredibly low, as we all discovered on Monday!