Greatest League in the World 2025 [LOI Thread]

Still a horrendous state of affairs when the roof to a stand can be unsafe for use after only 25 years (and it’s been gone a few years now so it’s actually less than that)

As a more or less neutral LOI fan, best match in a long while, would have had Drogs v Bohs from 2008 season (the one where Killian Brennan scored the last minute pen. for Bohs) up there but this had even more going on.

I don't get the hate for Duff.

I think that he can be a little petulant (ignoring handshakes) but he seems to have matured and he has certainly created a siege mentality at Tolka. The players seem to love him as do the fans (even if the "in your head" song is very cringey).

He's also the highest profile manager that the league has had and would be one of a handful of Irish players known across the globe (having won the EPL).

If Kevin Doherty leaves Drogheda, I'd have Duff in a heartbeat (not that he'd come!).

Like him or not, he's good for the league.

BTW, what happened with Brian Gartland?

Couldn't gree more with you on the fella. Thouroughly unlikeable

Anyway, this wil be his final chance in a few years (if he stays with shels) to win a league title.

Pat's (especially with SK) will be a real force next year. Rovers will be around every year and again, Derry will be strong.

I always had some time for Shels, but not with Duff in charge. The opposite of Stephen K, who is a class act imo

Don't really have a problem with Duff's antics, harmless entertainment. He's easily riled up and riles the opposition up too, spices things up. The league could do with a bit of needle.

I didn't see that with Gartland and I agree that that is unacceptable and inexcusable.

Sorry to hear about your lad and I hope that he's feeling better, that's shocking what he had to endure.

Duff obviously shouldn’t have gestured in the way he did. Goes without saying. But I think that people watching what happens in a super heated and competitive environment, and looking for that to set the example for how children should behave in life. I don’t think that’s realistic.

Lads who cheat and dive aren’t responsible for any time a child cheats at school. When lads lash out in the heat of the moment, they’re not responsible for unconnected acts of violence. Pretty much all of them (bar maybe the divers) regret their behaviour afterwards, but ultimately parenting is for parents and not sportspeople.

Didn’t duff absolutely slate one of your players after a game to a reporter for getting sent off? Maybe not, but terrible form if he did.

In fairness, I don’t know much about the player in question previous (if any)

Shelbourne collapse to the line continues! One of the funnier, more bizarre, truly shocking, league title chases 😂

Bookies now have Derry as favourites and Rovers at 5/1.

Hmmm, If Rovers beat Shels(leaves them 2 points behind Shels with Shels to play Derry), their remaining games after that look fairly straight forward.

Derry also have Pat's away

Might be worth a few quid on Rovers, because if they win on Sunday, they'll be nothing like 5/1

Dear Supporter,

As many of you may know, work to expand our capacity is in the final stages. We are pleased to confirm that we have been able to secure clearance for certain elements of the expansion works at Tolka Park ahead of schedule.

The full works will expand the Tolka Park capacity by 1,000, taking it up to 5,750 through the installation of safe standing in the Riverside, expansion of the Ballybough end and replacement of damaged seats in the Riverside stand.

https://shelbournefc.ie/update-tolka-park-upgrade-works/#:~:text=The%20full%20works%20will%20expand,seats%20in%20the%20Riverside%20stand.

The capacity is not 6k or anything like it, okay its 5,750 which is very close! 😛

yeah but the guards and fire service won't allow more than 4.1k into the place, so that is the capacity. That is not some gotcha that you think it is.

Rovers wont win the 4 remaining games so have close to zero chance of winning it from here. Could easily see points being dropped on Sunday, then to have to go to that plastic monstrosity of a pitch in Oriel & away to a difficult Drogheda side doesn't scream handy 6 points to me.

Put a tenner on us at 5-1 and all you'll do is lose a tenner.

Any confidence I had in this team is gone.

I think if Rovers beat us, they are favourites even with Europe in play. For all the slagging about our form, it’s a lot easier to be climbing the table with no real pressure then it is to be actually challenging for the league.

Rovers pedigree is what has those odds off for me. If rovers are pushing Derry , I’d bet on rovers every day of the week, even if they were stretched from European games.