LOI 2014 Thread

Ronan|Raven

They work fine for me.

Hopefully you get some good photos tonight Mr RandomFriend!

Randomfriend

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

They work fine for me.

Hopefully you get some good photos tonight Mr RandomFriend!

I tried to anyway, may have spent an hour too long in Jp's before the match however so let's say I hadn't the clearest of minds during the match :pac:

What a night!!

I uploaded my Dalymount photos if anyone is interested

https://www.behance.net/gallery/20260031/Dalymount-Park

dreamers75

Great photos.

its sad our stadiums can look like they would fit into the Walking Dead tv show without any help from anyone.

anncoates

Like said, it's sad that the state of the grounds make for such great photos. Especially hate seeing Tolka and Dalyer reduced to their current state.

NIMAN

Great photos, and sad to see.

But then I am a Derry fan, and I've been watching my football in a 3rd world stadium for many a year.

GLaDOS

Fantastic photos

Brego888

Anyone know can tickets be bought at the ground for the Pats and Harps semi tomorrow? Away section preferably!

dreamers75

Brego888 wrote: »

Anyone know can tickets be bought at the ground for the Pats and Harps semi tomorrow? Away section preferably!

Walk in the away section, they go in under the arch at 125.

Randomfriend

Harps are dire, Pats could get 6 or more here if they keep the pedal down.

Randomfriend

Randomfriend wrote: »

Harps are dire, Pats could get 6 or more here if they keep the pedal down.

Some match discussion here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057301268&page=6 for the Pats/Harps game as well as Rovers vs Derry later on.

Great shots from Dalymount by the way. It's kind of funny because I've been going there years yet have never been in the away sections so was cool to see from another perspective. Looking forward to the next set.

Randomfriend

Not sure where I should travel next, been to Longford, Limerick, Pats, Bohs and Shelbourne now. I'm open for suggestions from people too. Brandywell could be interesting I'd say. Also, planning on making the trip to Harps next weekend.

dundalkfc10

Randomfriend wrote: »

Not sure where I should travel next, been to Longford, Limerick, Pats, Bohs and Shelbourne now. I'm open for suggestions from people too. Brandywell could be interesting I'd say. Also, planning on making the trip to Harps next weekend.

Athlone Friday, Oriel the Monday, Bray Fri week and Oriel again Fri 2 weeks

Il buy you a Dundalk scarf

Pighead

Apparently Michael Rafter has been released by Cork City. He's had a horrible time of it with injuries and there has been talk that he may be finished with top level football now due to his dodgy ankle. Hopefully that's not true. Any Cork fans here know anything about it? Think he's still only 22 or something like that.

He'll always be a hero in Dundalk thanks to his goal against Waterford in the relegation playoff.

CHealy

Pighead wrote: »

Apparently Michael Rafter has been released by Cork City. He's had a horrible time of it with injuries and there has been talk that he may be finished with top level football now due to his dodgy ankle. Hopefully that's not true. Any Cork fans here know anything about it? Think he's still only 22 or something like that.

Yep from what Caulfield has said at last weeks GM, he'll be done with competitive football for another few years, if not for good, and he reiterated thats not just LOI, that includes all 11 a side football.

We signed him on a pay per appearance contract cause he failed his medical with us. He went over on his ankle in training and was due to be out a month. This lingered on due to the medical team discovering how bad it actually was. Poor bloke went for an operation where they had to break the ankle a few weeks ago, and by all accounts that didnt go too well.

Brussels Sprout

Interesting article on the rte website today about the problems in the LOI:

Listening to John Delaney's recent interview on RTÉ 2FM's Game On programme, I couldn't help but feel I was listening to a well-versed politician rather than a man who feels passionately about trying to change the face of Irish football and how it's perceived.

If you didn't know anything about football in this country and tuned in, you'd be forgiven for thinking everything is rosy in the garden and the game is excelling in what the organisation is trying to achieve.
Sadly that's not the case.

When the conversation moved towards domestic football and the League of Ireland in particular, I thought you could actually feel it across the airwaves how much Delaney didn't want to discuss this topic.
"For far too long, clubs are just surviving - they are not living"
He described the league as the problem child of the organisation. That's some statement.

link

Wilberto

CHealy wrote: »

We signed him on a pay per appearance contract cause he failed his medical with us. He went over on his ankle in training and was due to be out a month. This lingered on due to the medical team discovering how bad it actually was. Poor bloke went for an operation where they had to break the ankle a few weeks ago, and by all accounts that didnt go too well.

When you have to break the ankle in order to improve it, you know things aren't exactly fantastic.

Such a shame though. I was looking forward to seeing him when he joined as he seemed like an exciting talent at the time.

gimmick

dreamers75 wrote: »

Great photos.

its sad our stadiums can look like they would fit into the Walking Dead tv show without any help from anyone.

I get to go around Turners Cross when the place is empty whenever I want and the way the MFA treat it it will be a piece of crap in a few years as well. The 2 main stands are fine but the St Annes End and Derrynane side are racking up more and more broken seats every week. I would hazard there are at least 100 broken seats at the moment. The litter is disgusting as the place is rarely swept.

Not saying it is awful but it could go that way very quickly.

The_Kew_Tour

What's story with Limerick home ground? Is it few more years in rugby ground at least yet?

dreamers75

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

What's story with Limerick home ground? Is it few more years in rugby ground at least yet?

Pics off it on their twitter other day, it has a pitch and one stand.

Wilberto

dreamers75 wrote: »

Pics off it on their twitter other day, it has a pitch and one stand.

It's finished so is it??



:pac:

dan1895

dreamers75 wrote: »

Pics off it on their twitter other day, it has a pitch and one stand.

Got any links or pics as I missed that and also heard that very little development has gone on.

dreamers75

Andrew Cunneen @Cunneen92 · Sep 16
Markets Field as of this afternoon.

djpbarry

Isn't that the old stand at Markets Field?

dreamers75

Lenihan called into Ireland squad....

dan1895

djpbarry wrote: »

Isn't that the old stand at Markets Field?

That's what I thought. No (little) work done so.

gimmick

dreamers75 wrote: »

Lenihan called into Ireland squad....

Surely if he is good enough now not playing first team football, he was good enough 6 weeks ago!!

Great for him though. I would hope he gets a run against Gibraltar.

dreamers75

gimmick wrote: »

Surely if he is good enough now not playing first team football, he was good enough 6 weeks ago!!

Great for him though. I would hope he gets a run against Gibraltar.

Do you get money for this?

gimmick

Dont know TBH.

CHealy

dreamers75 wrote: »

Do you get money for this?

I believe there are extensive add-ons in place for Cork City which include international call ups.

Seems like players are invisible until they board that plane to the UK.

gimmick

Just been told that there is no international cap add ons. The add ons are all club related.