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LOI 2014 Thread

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  • #152
    Hard Worker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭Hard Worker


    dreamers75 wrote: »
    Ross Tahey, Michael Casey, Liam Flatley

    Added yesterday, Maguire not on thursdays squad list.

    Saw Liam Flatley playing for Ireland Under 18's last week. Great player. He also works his socks off.


  • #153
    TheBigLebowski
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    Hard Worker wrote: »
    Saw Liam Flatley playing for Ireland Under 18's last week. Great player. He also works his socks off.

    I can see him dancing around the opposition alright...


  • #154
    aliveandkicking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 961 ✭✭✭aliveandkicking


    dreamers75 wrote: »
    Prolly

    Is he another new signing for Pats? :)


  • #155
    dreamers75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    aliveandkicking wrote: »
    Is he another new signing for Pats? :)


    No but this is sort off

    http://www.stpatsfc.com/news.php?id=6000#.UwuUa_l_sul
    St Patrick’s Athletic are happy to announce the appointment of Martin Russell as assistant to Saints’ manager Liam Buckley ahead of the 2014 season.

    Russell has previously been at the club as both a player and coach, playing from 1998 till 2003, and remaining on the coaching staff till 2005.

    Tonights team

    Gilmartin; O'Brien (c) Browne, Oman, Bermingham; Byrne, Fahey, Brennan, Bolger, Forrester; Fagan

    drooling_homer.gif?w=314&h=360


  • #156
    kksaints
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    Good to hear about Russell. As long as he isnt our defensive coach its very promising. Who is UCD's new manager now?


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  • #157
    dreamers75
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    kksaints wrote: »
    Good to hear about Russell. As long as he isnt our defensive coach its very promising. Who is UCD's new manager now?

    Aaron Callaghan


    State of this pitch.

    /heh dunno whyy i call him o callaghan :D


  • #158
    Oat23
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    Terrible TV game because of the pitch.

    1-0 Pats - Forrester assisted by a Fahey attempted shot.

    We are 1-0 up in Belfast, Odhiambo with a debut goal.

    Dundalk 1-0 Coleraine
    Shams 1-1 Glentoran

    2-0 Rovers now, Aaron Greene. We were 5/2 -1. Paddys must not have known that we played most of our pre-season games on astro.


  • #159
    born2bwild
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    Oat23 wrote: »
    Terrible TV game because of the pitch.

    1-0 Pats - Forrester assisted by a Fahey attempted shot.

    We are 1-0 up in Belfast, Odhiambo with a debut goal.

    Dundalk 1-0 Coleraine
    Shams 1-1 Glentoran

    2-0 Rovers now, Aaron Greene. We were 5/2 -1. Paddys must not have known that we played most of our pre-season games on astro.
    It's like a Gah field.


  • #160
    Pighead
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    1-1 in Oriel. We played ok for 20 mins but since our goal they've been better side. Some strike by their no. 19 for the goal. Also, their fans are kicking arse in the noise stakes. Very boisterous away support.


  • #161
    Oat23
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    Odhiambo has a hattrick on his debut :D

    4-0 over Crues.


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  • #162
    Hammer Archer
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    I can honestly say that Martin Russell was probably the reason I kept going to LOI games after my first few times at the Bowl.
    With a limited team, it would have been very easy for him as manager to pack the defence and play long ball after long ball up front. Had he done that, it would have been likely that I would have said "feck this" and spent my Friday evenings elsewhere. But for a team that will almost constantly battle relegation, the football they played since I've watched them has been, more or less, fantastic to watch. Granted, his way of playing did end up in a decent amount of hammerings. But at the same time, it also produced fantastic games and fantastic results like beating Sligo 1-0 two seasons ago and beating Shams 2-0 last season.

    Gutted to see him go and embarrassed at how it's ended, but I wish him all the best and hope he's managing again in the near future.
    But as kk said, don't let him near your defence ;)


  • #163
    dreamers75
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    1st away win up North in 6 years, horrendous match.

    Dundalk ruined my bet feckin bottlers!!!!


  • #164
    dundalkfc10
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    We were shocking tonight and probably still should have got at least a draw.

    They are stone useless apart from McDaid up front, his 1st goal was a worldd class strike from about 30 yards in off the underside of the bar

    Fair play to their fans, took 250/300 and were very loud as they all went into the stand

    Prob about 1500 at it in total, Shed and Stand packed, little anywhere else as it was pissing rain

    Would fully expect to beat them up there


  • #165
    FreeOSCAR
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    Good result for Pats all things considered. One of the worst pitches I've seen for a televised match in years, basically impossible to try play ball in the Middle of the pitch.

    Greg Bolger was fantastic again, easily the best player at his position in the League. Other players went in and out of the game.

    Should win the tie convincingly in the return leg down in Richer.


  • #166
    10green bottles
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    dundalkfc10 wrote: »
    We were shocking tonight and probably still should have got at least a draw.

    They are stone useless apart from McDaid up front, his 1st goal was a worldd class strike from about 30 yards in off the underside of the bar

    Fair play to their fans, took 250/300 and were very loud as they all went into the stand

    Prob about 1500 at it in total, Shed and Stand packed, little anywhere else as it was pissing rain

    Would fully expect to beat them up there

    I thought Coleraine played well tonight and were resolute and determined throughout the 90mins.Dundalk on the other hand were awful and awful again!
    To many big players like Towell & Hoban showed SFA for the duration imo.Sk can try all the formations he wants with Simon Kelly but it wont work because Kelly is NOT a premier division player.
    Still all to play for in the tie but SK and the side need to buck up their ideas if they want to make the next round.


  • #167
    AgileMyth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,746 ✭✭✭AgileMyth


    From what I saw of Odhiambo in preseason I'd have said he was top class in every other aspect but not a great finisher. If he can get the goals too we have some player on our hands.

    Excited to see him link with Djilali. Could be some superb football played this year.


  • #168
    AgileMyth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,746 ✭✭✭AgileMyth


    10green bottles wrote: »
    I thought Coleraine played well tonight and were resolute and determined throughout the 90mins.Dundalk on the other hand were awful and awful again!
    To many big players like Towell & Hoban showed SFA for the duration imo.Sk can try all the formations he wants with Simon Kelly but it wont work because Kelly is NOT a premier division player.
    Still all to play for in the tie but SK and the side need to buck up their ideas if they want to make the next round.
    Thought ye'd make it to April before the wheels came off.


  • #169
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,980 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    Hammer Archer wrote: »
    I can honestly say that Martin Russell was probably the reason I kept going to LOI games after my first few times at the Bowl.
    With a limited team, it would have been very easy for him as manager to pack the defence and play long ball after long ball up front. Had he done that, it would have been likely that I would have said "feck this" and spent my Friday evenings elsewhere. But for a team that will almost constantly battle relegation, the football they played since I've watched them has been, more or less, fantastic to watch. Granted, his way of playing did end up in a decent amount of hammerings. But at the same time, it also produced fantastic games and fantastic results like beating Sligo 1-0 two seasons ago and beating Shams 2-0 last season.

    Gutted to see him go and embarrassed at how it's ended, but I wish him all the best and hope he's managing again in the near future.
    But as kk said, don't let him near your defence ;)

    Surprised it took that long for Russell to leave, he was in the running for the Cork job (meet with them down there and everything), Athlone and Drogheda too. He was also being lined up for Rovers B whatever happened there. Aaron Callaghan in now I take it as was rumoured at the end of last season?


  • #170
    dreamers75
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    Gavin shels wrote: »
    Surprised it took that long for Russell to leave, he was in the running for the Cork job (meet with them down there and everything), Athlone and Drogheda too. He was also being lined up for Rovers B whatever happened there. Aaron Callaghan in now I take it as was rumoured at the end of last season?

    Fairly sure he left at the end of the season, has been unofficial coach for us for a while now. Least we have someone the FAI will allow us to have..... :rolleyes:


  • #171
    dfx-
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    Another 5-1 win, this time in the relentless defence of the Setanta Cup..


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  • #172
    born2bwild
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    Can't wait for the league to start. Love it. Days are getting longer, spring is here, Friday night's gonna be a good night!


  • #173
    Oat23
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    I see Limerick are out in Spain and lost 4-3 to Athletic Bilbao B today.

    The joys of having a sugar daddy..

    Jersey is better anyway.


  • #174
    Lawrence1895
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    Oat23 wrote: »
    I see Limerick are out in Spain and lost 4-3 to Athletic Bilbao B today.

    The joys of having a sugar daddy..

    Jersey is better anyway.

    So Limerick were in the Basque Country? ;)

    A mate of mine is a hardcore Athletic supporter, and he didn't say a word about it :eek:


  • #175
    dfx-
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭dfx-


    Development of Irish football posts moved to the following thread to be continued/started/reignited

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=84882370

    Please do not use this thread to discuss it further, thanks.


  • #176
    dreamers75
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    MNS to be renamed and on at 23.05

    Not confirmed yet


  • #177
    dan1895
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    dreamers75 wrote: »
    MNS to be renamed and on at 23.05

    Not confirmed yet

    To be renamed eircom League Weekly?


  • #178
    Captain Havoc
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    dreamers75 wrote: »
    MNS to be renamed and on at 23.05

    Not confirmed yet

    I think that's a step backwards.

    https://ormondelanguagetours.com

    Walking Tours of Kilkenny in English, French or German.



  • #179
    JoeyJJ
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    Can't find anything however was their not a stipulation regarding the Ireland rights that rte had to provide prime time league review show?

    Maybe there wasn't


  • #180
    overshoot
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    JoeyJJ wrote: »
    Can't find anything however was their not a stipulation regarding the Ireland rights that rte had to provide prime time league review show?

    Maybe there wasn't
    always thought this too, was one of the few things i gave the FAI credit for


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  • #181
    Darkglasses
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    It's re-named Soccer Republic

    Really bad time slot


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