Greatest League in the World 2026 [LOI Thread]

Killed by a late goal again and it was always gonna be Hickey. Good value for a point again in an away game but we just aren't taking our chances. Wolfe missed an almost open goal from 5 yds FFS.

Lynch must surely be under pressure in Derry now. Likewise Daly in Waterford after that thumping.

Horrible miss, worst I've seen in a long time. Twardek, Keohane and Wolfe all should have scored. Devoy had a free well saved, Mullen shot well saved and ye had one other after Devoys free. Outside that ye didn't really create and we defended really well.

Ye are far more robust than previous seasons. Hickey and Todd look a good partnership, so far. Thought Parsons was woeful, a real let down in that otherwise talented front 5.

It was an excellent 2nd half performance from us but I was surprised how Drogheda offered nothing once they went behind. I was at the wrong end of the pitch for our penalty, your one looked soft but was probably in the seen them given category. It's early days but I thought ye looked one Conor Keeley injury away from a terrible side. He was everywhere and his pass for the goal was really good for a centre back.

We were poor for the first 20 minutes or so but then took control of the rest of the first half albeit didn't create any clear cut chances. 2nd half was a different matter and we were dominant and deserved the win. Edmondson, Keena and Mata as our three forwards is working well so far. They're not all on the pitchbat the same time but they're all physical players who don't give the backs much rest and Keena has that touch of magic. Our fourth goal was really weird, initially looked a terrible pass from McClelland and that everyone had stopped playing for it to go out but Browne kept running and got to the ball. He then squared it to Palmer who was alone in the box for a tap-in.

Four wins in a row for us, keep that going for the next two matches and we'll be in a great position before the International break where hopefully Lennon and Forrester will be back fit as our bench was a bit threadbare tonight.

Our chairman isn't the type who rushes to sack managers. He wanted Higgins to stay on after he lost to a pub team in Europe and came 4th in a 2 horse race.

But surely he knows we cannot continue on our current path? We are absolutely dire. No coherence, no plan, no style, no shape. The Brandywell is emptying with each game and the majority of the fans have now no confidence in the manager.

I wouldn't be so sure about how he done last season.

For a long time it looked like we wouldn't get 2nd. But the football wasn't great either, and I think we put a decent run together in the run in and sneaked 2nd.

But we signed 13 new players this season. That's simply madness. You dont have to be a football expert to know this wont work. The 2 McCleans have both been shocking this season. Both need benched for a spell. They seem to be guaranteed a starting place every game no matter how sh1t they play, yet young Clarke is sitting on the bench tonight watching an old man run around midfield making mistake after mistake. And OReilly was covering every blade of grass yet gets hooked and McClean stays on. Go figure.

The fans have turned, and it is hard to see how Lynch will ever win them back.

Great start to the campaign. There's plenty of goals in the team. We need to keep that winning momentum going.

They’d try for Duff

Very attractive job. Would be a lot of interest in it from over the water id say.

Mostly cagey stuff tonight

Disappointing match in Inchicore and a draw was probably the fairest result although I think in the 2nd half we had a few decent chances. Missed Leavy for his drive on the ball and his willingness to run at players. Nugent was man of the match from our side at least, had a great game in midfield.

One for the greatest league in the world books tonight. Derry made a triple sub and the ref restarted the game with a Derry free which went straight out for a throw. Then before the match restarts the players realises that it's 12v11 and alert the ref. There's two minutes of confusion before someone figures out that Markey hadn't left the pitch and he's sent on his way with a yellow card.

Bohs the better team 2nd half but neither team did close to enough to win it.

Fair. Shels seemed happy enough with the draw as the second half went on.