This weeks Eircom League

KdjaCL · 07-05-2008 06:28PM #1

Season 2008
9 May 2008 Bray Wanderers 7:45 Drogheda United Carlisle Grounds
9 May 2008 Cork City 7:45 Sligo Rovers Turner's Cross sligo
9 May 2008 Galway United 7:45 Finn Harps Terryland Park
9 May 2008 St Patrick's Athletic 7:45 UCD Richmond Park
9 May 2008 Shamrock Rovers 8:00 Derry City Tolka Park
10 May 2008 Cobh Ramblers 7:45 Bohemians St Colman's Park
11 May 2008 St Pats Fans 6:00 Shamrock Rovers Fans Iveagh Grounds

Rovers to win, Derry and cobh to draw €5 returns €232

UCD

kdjac

_blank_ · 07-05-2008 07:19PM

KdjaCL wrote: »

Sligo to win, Derry and cobh to draw €5 returns €232

Sligo?

Who are they?

KdjaCL · 07-05-2008 07:26PM

DesF wrote: »

Sligo?

Who are they?

sorry edited

kdjac

_blank_ · 07-05-2008 09:48PM

Hmmmm.

Recko Rovers will do a number this weekend too.

City's season hasn't really gotten started.

Gavin "shels" · 07-05-2008 10:06PM

Big early season 6-pointer between Shels and Dundalk in Oriel (Bouncy castle) Park. So looking forward to this match.

Pride Fighter · 08-05-2008 01:29AM

St Pats will beat UCD . They dont have any hoodo over us, their recent good record is just coincidence. A narrow 1-0 win will be the outcome.

20 Times 20 Times · 08-05-2008 08:47AM

I came home on sunday from my travels and i cant wait for the dundalk shels match tonight !!! First game in 26months

gimmick · 08-05-2008 09:22AM

I think City will beat Rovers 2-0 on Friday. I have no grounds for my optimism, but what can you do?

ibh · 08-05-2008 09:36AM

Sarge wrote: »

I came home on sunday from my travels and i cant wait for the dundalk shels match tonight !!! First game in 26months

Be prepared to see the new wonderkid Tiernan Mulvenna. Everytime he gets on the ball you can feel the crowd being lifted. Nowhere near the finished article yet either but it's good to see local talent getting a chance. I agree with how Gill has used him this season, as in sparingly. If you listen to a game on Dundalk FM they spend most their time complaining about him sitting on the bench.. Give him time.

Cassidy is also a serious class act and i wouldn't be surprised if he scored again tonight..

Should be a good game tonight. Would be a little bit worried about the form Anto Flood is in, and how we are going to stop him. I wouldn't bet against him scoring against his former club. Great signing for Shels btw.

For first goal i would go with my outside chance (same as every other home game), John Flanagan for first goal.

Hoping for a Dundalk win but i wouldn't be too surprised if it ended in a 2-2 draw or something like that.

Away game at Shels showed how evenly matched the teams are. Hopefully the good weather will remain and we'll some some exciting, attractive summer football. and a Dundalk win of course...!

_blank_ · 08-05-2008 09:42AM

Dundalk win, and it'll be down to the picth.

ibh · 08-05-2008 09:52AM

DesF wrote: »

Dundalk win, and it'll be down to the picth.

Excuses in early???:p

Maybe thats a compliment because we play an attractive passing game..

We do play very well at Oriel cause it suits our game, but we can dig in when we're playing on ploughed fields as well.

SectionF · 08-05-2008 12:12PM

Pride Fighter wrote: »

St Pats will beat UCD . They dont have any hoodo over us, their recent good record is just coincidence. A narrow 1-0 win will be the outcome.

Don't think it's just coincidence. They are, as the cliché goes, a well-organized unit, and their keeper is in good form.
But I agree. They wont have the benefit of the Bouncy Bowl, and I'd be surprised if you don't get 'em.

gustavo · 08-05-2008 12:18PM

Would have predicted us to get a result against Cork before Tuesday nights extra time encounter with Galway , not sure how that willl affect the players now

applehunter · 08-05-2008 12:49PM

Revenge for the pick pocket win last season is on the cards.

3-0

John O'Flynn (2), Mooney

Pighead · 08-05-2008 01:30PM

DesF wrote: »

Dundalk win, and it'll be down to the picth.

Ha ha you're hilarious Desmond. So far this season you've had so much confidence in your team you've predicted that they would draw with wexford, draw with Athlone, draw with Longford and lose to Sporting Fingal.

Yet they come up against the league leaders (ie best team in the league thus far) tonight and you state that they will lose "because of the pitch" Sure Des, sure!

stovelid · 08-05-2008 01:51PM

As I'll be at a wedding in Kildare, Rovers to spite me by beating Derry 2-0.

_blank_ · 08-05-2008 01:55PM

stovelid wrote: »

As I'll be at a wedding in Kildare, Rovers to spite me by beating Derry 2-0.

Rovers are playing Cork City this weekend.

gimmick · 08-05-2008 01:59PM

applehunter wrote: »

Revenge for the pick pocket win last season is on the cards.

Pickpocket? They hammered us off the field last time they were at The Cross. Losing 1-2 flattered us!

OhNoYouDidn't · 08-05-2008 02:41PM

DesF wrote: »

Rovers are playing Cork City this weekend.

Its old Des. Very old.

Will be interesting to see if the good news off the pitch filters through to the Rovers team, who have looked disjointed and even disinterested recently. Conceding three in Sligo is just nowhere near acceptible and the players were rightfully booed off the pitch. A point at least here or it may start getting hot for Scully.

Other games I'll go with Drogs, Cawk, Galway and Harps to draw, Pats, Cobh and the Rovers fans. Although I must admit to not being as sure about the formbook on the last one.

applehunter · 08-05-2008 04:42PM

gimmick wrote: »

Pickpocket? They hammered us off the field last time they were at The Cross. Losing 1-2 flattered us!

I'd say we had 65+% possession in that game.

They scored on the break twice.

_blank_ · 08-05-2008 04:43PM

applehunter wrote: »

They scored on the break twice.

They scored more.

They deserved to win.

Posession Schmosession

DmanDmythDledge · 08-05-2008 06:52PM

Pride Fighter wrote: »

St Pats will beat UCD . They dont have any hoodo over us, their recent good record is just coincidence. A narrow 1-0 win will be the outcome.

We're playing crap at the moment, easy win for Pats.

gimmick · 08-05-2008 07:10PM

applehunter wrote: »

I'd say we had 65+% possession in that game.

They scored on the break twice.

Not the game I remember. I remember they should have been out of sight by half time, but City got a late equaliser in the first half. They scored a free kick early in the 2nd, and comfortably defended that league and almost scored a third.

This is coming from a rose tinted glasses towards Rico man as well. They were also applauded off the pitch by the CRS as they were the first team to come to The Cross to actually play football in a long time.

_blank_ · 08-05-2008 08:34PM

Just coming up to Half Time in Oriel.

Shels went behind very early. Due to a poxy bounce on the artificial pitch.

Then got one back, but then Keddy was sent off after a second bookable offence.

gimmick · 08-05-2008 08:38PM

Gareth Farrelly is convalescing after major surgery over the last couple of days. He was taken ill and brought straight to hospital where a number of tumours were removed from his pancreas.

Heres to wishing him well, and that he makes a full recovery.

KdjaCL · 08-05-2008 09:15PM

2-1 shels

Anto Flood ....lol how in the name of jebus is that guy scoring real goals? that league must be easy like under 8s easy.

kdjac

_blank_ · 08-05-2008 09:24PM

He's quality in this division.

Wouldn't be surprised to see a few Premier teams in for him in the summer window.

he just got another btw.

3-1 now :eek:

KdjaCL · 08-05-2008 09:31PM

be funny in an ironic way if we bought him from you or tapped him up with more wages from shels. That would actually be ****ing hilarious.

Finn Harps were good in that divison and easily the worst team i have ever seen in the premier or even fai cup matches ever.

kdjac

_blank_ · 08-05-2008 09:35PM

KdjaCL wrote: »

be funny in an ironic way if we bought him from you or tapped him up with more wages from shels. That would actually be ****ing hilarious.

Why would that be funny?

KdjaCL wrote: »

Finn Harps were good in that divison and easily the worst team i have ever seen in the premier or even fai cup matches ever.

Yeah, it's a shít division.

One we'll be out of if Flood keeps this up. And we keep him.

It's over.

We won.

_blank_ · 08-05-2008 09:38PM

ibh wrote: »

Excuses in early???:p

Don't need excuses.

Pighead wrote: »

Ha ha you're hilarious Desmond. So far this season you've had so much confidence in your team you've predicted that they would draw with wexford, draw with Athlone, draw with Longford and lose to Sporting Fingal.

Yet they come up against the league leaders (ie best team in the league thus far) tonight and you state that they will lose "because of the pitch" Sure Des, sure!

....:D

Pighead · 08-05-2008 10:52PM

KdjaCL wrote: »

Finn Harps were good in that divison and easily the worst team i have ever seen in the premier or even fai cup matches ever.
kdjac

Shamrock Rovers and Sligo Rovers were the previous two Div 1 winners, they haven't fared so badly in the super dooper high standard Eircom Premier League.

DesF wrote: »

Don't need excuses.

....:D

? You're green smileying yourself there Dessy me old old pal! It was you who said Shels would lose tonight not me. You said it would be because of the pitch.

I said Dundalk were top of the league and therefore the best team in the division. And they still are.

Oh and were the fcuk did they get that spanner of a ref from. Worst display ever! Fair play to Shels though, played with 10 men for most of game and still got the job done. Massive result for them tonight.

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