Bohemians v Shelbourne

Bateman

If you have never been to a eircom League game, or haven't been in years, tomorrow night is as good a night as any to pop along.

The match is a very high profile, top of the table league game, with Shels needing to win to be in with a chance of stopping the irresistible force that is Bohs this season.

With an expected crowd of well over 10 times an average Wimbledon attendance, and probably the best standard of football you'll see this season without having to get a plane or ferry, you'd be mad not to sample the unique Dalymount atmosphere, and if the game is shít, try one of Dalymount's 3 bars.

Don't bother passing comment on how good it will look live on TV3, just go along! Go on, it won't make you a social outcast. I promise!

tHE vAGGABOND

With an expected crowd of well over 10 times an average Wimbledon attendance

the average under 9 game at 9am on a saturday morning has more people than wimbledon

<troll>But, yea go along and cheer on shels against the junkie's</troll>

LizardKing

I'll be there go wan Shels .....

KdjaCL

<hope> Gwan the 22 man brawl with 10 un registered players on each side and 1 + 2 +3 um 13 point deduction for Bohs and relegation for Shels</hope>


But anyway ya`ll should go, it will be a good game and Bohs shall whomp them tho it wont matter Shels will win league by default anyway


kdja

Bateman

Shels win the league, thats a good one. Should be a cracker tonight though.

LizardKing

They're closer now , what a great game , the jody stand was near full , great atmosphere even though it was pishing down.

Shels deserved the win but bohs did well to fight back towards the end.....

Bateman

The Jode stand was actually dangerously overcrowded but thats another day's argument. An interesting game, shame about the performance by Bohs. We always bottle it on TV for some reason.:mad:

Waylander

Only saw the first half on the box but thought it was a good game, with a fairly high standard especially considering the conditions. I have been waiting for Rovers to open their new stadium, and when they do I will attend more LOI matches.

Bateman

Indeed the rain wasn't very conducive to good football, but I felt Bohs could have been a bit more prefessional with the length of the grass as well. The lines were not very visible and this led us to be punished with the ridiculous penalty decision.

LizardKing

If that wasn't a penno then the one yis got away with in the 2nd half was... poor auld wes was brought down twice in the box

also you know what they say , a bad team blames the pitch ....

Bateman

Yeah maybe the fouls on Houlihan may have cancelled out the first one, but the complaint on the pitch was just an aside, we were outfought and outplayed, the sashwearer knows us inside out, Shels had their homework done, but it was our worst performance of the season, we only lost by one goal, and still 6 clear. No crisis just yet.

LizardKing

Indeed if thats the end of your bad patch , then I'd say the Leagues wrapped up....

Have to say the Jackie Jameson tribute was very well done and must have been a proud moment for his friends and family ..

He did not even get a minutes silence in Tolka

Bateman

Well the minutes silence was at every ground last weekend, I think Friday's tributes were an additional mark of respect to the Great Man in his favourite stamping ground.

The halftime tribute was kind of ruined though by all the kids who decided to join in by invading the pitch. It may have been the wrong way go about it.

johnnynolegs

great game brilliant result for shels come on now lads push for the finish

Pigman

Good game, bad result and good to see so many people at daylier (even if many were reduced to standing in the aisles - dangerous). I thought that tribute to Jackie Jameson at half-time was a little over the top tho. When all those kids ran onto the pitch at half time to the tune of Nessun Domra I was half-expecting Michael Jackson to drop down on a helicoptor or something. Dodgy!

Bateman

yeah as I said the halftime tribute was spoiled by the kids deciding to invade the pitch, and maybe we should have foreseen this on the night that was in it. Anyway, we live and we learn. back on track in Drogheda on Friday, a big test.