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  • #662
    dundalkfc10
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    dfx- wrote: »
    If the game had been at 8pm, there would've been no game. The pitch was played on the day after the Setanta Cup Final flood by Rovers' FD side. It's remarkable to have held out this long.

    The council can indeed do as they like, but even then, they're not mad enough to install a plastic pitch. :)

    :D Well our club must be mad to have a pitch that brings the club an extra €30,000+ a year that other clubs dont get!


  • #663
    DvB
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    dundalkfc10 wrote: »
    :D Well our club must be mad to have a pitch that brings the club an extra €30,000+ a year that other clubs dont get!

    & an advantage in playing on a different material that no one else gets to play on more than twice a year.... excellent work all round by DFC there.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #664
    AgileMyth
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    dundalkfc10 wrote: »
    :D Well our club must be mad to have a pitch that brings the club an extra €30,000+ a year that other clubs dont get!
    We've an Astro pitch in the showgrounds. Its far better than the ****e ye play on. We'll still never play an actual game on it.


  • #665
    AgileMyth
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    DvB wrote: »
    & an advantage in playing on a different material that no one else gets to play on more than twice a year.... excellent work all round by DFC there.
    Not to mention the advantage of watering half the pitch at half time.


  • #666
    Iang87
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    DvB wrote: »
    & an advantage in playing on a different material that no one else gets to play on more than twice a year.... excellent work all round by DFC there.

    I'm not a dundalk fan but I'd be fairly sure I read here that their away form the last two years is nearly better than their home form


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  • #667
    Pighead
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    AgileMyth wrote: »
    We've an Astro pitch in the showgrounds. Its far better than the ****e ye play on. We'll still never play an actual game on it.
    I can see why given how bad your team was on the surface last Friday evening.

    Pitch is nowhere near as big an issue as people make out. When we were **** we lost loads of matches at home. Now we are good we are winning loads of matches. We actually have a very poor overall home record over the past five or so years since it was installed.


  • #668
    dundalkfc10
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    DvB wrote: »
    & an advantage in playing on a different material that no one else gets to play on more than twice a year.... excellent work all round by DFC there.

    I know Drogheda and Derry train on astro turf regularly and Im sure many other clubs do too, so to say clubs dont get to play on it is false.
    But going by your analysis/opinion on the advantage, surely we are at a disadvantage as we play and train on astro and are forced to play half our games on grass!
    Iang87 wrote: »
    I'm not a dundalk fan but I'd be fairly sure I read here that their away form the last two years is nearly better than their home form

    Very true but hey Don't let facts in the way of other peoples claims the pitch is worth extra points to us


  • #669
    AgileMyth
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    Pighead wrote: »
    I can see why given how bad your team was on the surface last Friday evening.

    Pitch is nowhere near as big an issue as people make out. When we were **** we lost loads of matches at home. Now we are good we are winning loads of matches. We actually have a very poor overall home record over the past five or so years since it was installed.
    We were missing most of our team so the surface hardly mattered. You had one player injured a few weeks back and all assumed your season was over, try 6 or 7 out of a smaller squad.

    The fact is ye deliberately play on an awful pitch. If you aren't getting any advantage then change it. What's the point of ruining every game if you can't even cheat a bit?


  • #670
    AgileMyth
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    dundalkfc10 wrote: »
    Very true but hey Don't let facts in the way of other peoples claims the pitch is worth extra points to us
    Regardless of whether you take advantage of the obvious advantage, you deliberately play on an awful pitch. You then blatantly cheat by watering the half you're playing into at half time.


  • #671
    Pighead
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    AgileMyth wrote: »
    We were missing most of our team so the surface hardly mattered. You had one player injured a few weeks back and all assumed your season was over, try 6 or 7 out of a smaller squad.
    Most of your team? Come on! Complete exaggeration. Rogers, Henderson, McMillan, Ledwith, O'Conor, Cawley, Gaynor, Greene and North are all pretty much first team regulars. Anyway you've been saying all season that Sligo are shite this year so not sure why you're making excuses now. Also Sligo and Dundalk have pretty similar squad sizes.
    AgileMyth wrote: »
    The fact is ye deliberately play on an awful pitch. If you aren't getting any advantage then change it. What's the point of ruining every game if you can't even cheat a bit?
    Pitch is bringing in some much needed income to the club. That's the reason. Anyway we've also beaten you over in your place as well this season on your lovely grass pitch.


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  • #672
    dundalkfc10
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    AgileMyth wrote: »
    We were missing most of our team so the surface hardly mattered. You had one player injured a few weeks back and all assumed your season was over, try 6 or 7 out of a smaller squad.

    The fact is ye deliberately play on an awful pitch. If you aren't getting any advantage then change it. What's the point of ruining every game if you can't even cheat a bit?

    Have you ever played on our pitch? The majority of players say its good for playing the ball on the deck because the speed the ball travels on it at, Its always the teams that play Hoof Ball (Rovers) when they visit Oriel that complain about it!

    We are getting an advantage of €'s into the club thats about it..

    Very funny how up untill 12 months ago, nobody cared about what advantage or disadvantage the pitch brings us! Its great to be back around the Top Table in Irish Football


  • #673
    The Internet
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    Pighead wrote: »
    Most of your team? Come on! Complete exaggeration. Rogers, Henderson, McMillan, Ledwith, O'Conor, Cawley, Gaynor, Greene and North are all pretty much first team regulars. Anyway you've been saying all season that Sligo are shite this year so not sure why you're making excuses now. Also Sligo and Dundalk have pretty similar squad sizes.
    We were missing Peers, Keane, Djilali, Ndo and Cretaro while Conneely wasn't fit enough to start, that's quite a few players for any team


  • #674
    Pighead
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    The Internet wrote: »
    We were missing Peers, Keane, Djilali, Ndo and Cretaro while Conneely wasn't fit enough to start, that's quite a few players for any team
    Your lot have been in flying form lately without most of those players. Excluding the league cup game you went 10 or 11 matches unbeaten with pretty much the same players that got tonked in Oriel.


  • #675
    dundalkfc10
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    The Internet wrote: »
    We were missing Peers, Keane, Djilali, Ndo and Cretaro while Conneely wasn't fit enough to start, that's quite a few players for any team

    We were missing O Donnell and Mountany, arguably 2 of our best players in the 1st half of the season when we wernt quite playing as well as now


  • #676
    Corholio
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    dundalkfc10 wrote: »
    Have you ever played on our pitch? The majority of players say its good for playing the ball on the deck because the speed the ball travels on it at, Its always the teams that play Hoof Ball (Rovers) when they visit Oriel that complain about it!

    We are getting an advantage of €'s into the club thats about it..

    Very funny how up untill 12 months ago, nobody cared about what advantage or disadvantage the pitch brings us! Its great to be back around the Top Table in Irish Football

    That's not correct. People have always thought 1 pitch different from the others is unfair. Plenty of teams who play football complain about it. There's lots of arguments for and against it, but it simply shouldn't be allowed and I don't know how that can be argued against.


  • #677
    dundalkfc10
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    Corholio wrote: »
    That's not correct. People have always thought 1 pitch different from the others is unfair. Plenty of teams who play football complain about it. There's lots of arguments for and against it, but it simply shouldn't be allowed and I don't know how that can be argued against.

    Its used in countries all over the World, Why is Ireland different that it shouldnt be allowed?


  • #678
    dundalkfc10
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    1-0 Dundalk on the grass in Derry

    McMillan with the goal

    Gabriel Sava
    George Poynton
    Manuel Kaguako
    Mark Rossiter
    Ciaran O'Connor
    Conor McDonald
    Ruaidhri Higgins
    Mark Griffin
    Keith Ward
    David McMillan



    Ciaran Gallagher
    Shane McEleney
    Dean Jarvis
    Roddy Collins Jnr
    Aaron Barry
    Raymond Foy
    Barry McNamee
    Tony McNamee
    Danny Ventre
    Enda Curran
    Rory Patterson
    Patrick McEleney


  • #679
    Pighead
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    dundalkfc10 wrote: »
    1-0 Dundalk on the grass in Derry

    McMillan with the goal

    Gabriel Sava
    George Poynton
    Manuel Kaguako
    Mark Rossiter
    Ciaran O'Connor
    Conor McDonald
    Ruaidhri Higgins
    Mark Griffin
    Keith Ward
    David McMillan
    Missing Simon Kelly from that line up. Did you hear anything about Ward? Seems he was taken off just before half time. Hopefully not another injury for him.


  • #680
    dundalkfc10
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    Pighead wrote: »
    Missing Simon Kelly from that line up. Did you hear anything about Ward? Seems he was taken off just before half time. Hopefully not another injury for him.

    Was injured in a tackle, played on for a min or 2 but then went off hopefully just a precaution


  • #681
    Vision of Disorder
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    dundalkfc10 wrote: »
    But going by your analysis/opinion on the advantage, surely we are at a disadvantage as we play and train on astro and are forced to play half our games on grass!

    I'm not a Dundalk fan either but I LOVE this logic. The man has a point. :)


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  • #682
    Darkglasses
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    Just back from the Youths - Galway match. My god I don't like penalty shootouts, my nerves are such a wreck :(


  • #683
    Corholio
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    dundalkfc10 wrote: »
    Its used in countries all over the World, Why is Ireland different that it shouldnt be allowed?

    Nothing to do with geography. It's the simple fact that you have a different surface to any other club in the leagues here. I've played on the surface, and while being good for what it is, it's not comparable to grass surfaces.

    I think Dundalk would be a great footballing team on grass so its certainly not a vendetta or anything. But you can surely see the logic of why it should not be allowed.


  • #684
    dundalkfc10
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    Corholio wrote: »
    Nothing to do with geography. It's the simple fact that you have a different surface to any other club in the leagues here. I've played on the surface, and while being good for what it is, it's not comparable to grass surfaces.

    I think Dundalk would be a great footballing team on grass so its certainly not a vendetta or anything. But you can surely see the logic of why it should not be allowed.

    Im sure there is loads of other League in the World that 1 team plays on Astro and the others dont, Northern Ireland for example...


  • #685
    Corholio
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    dundalkfc10 wrote: »
    Im sure there is loads of other League in the World that 1 team plays on Astro and the others dont, Northern Ireland for example...

    Again, I don't know what geography or 'other leagues' has to do with it, which by the way I can't name too many that fit your scenario.

    I just think it comes down to a footballing perspective, if Dundalk do it for a financial reason then fair enough, it is what it is, but it isn't and will likely never be the same and therefore unfair.


  • #686
    civis_liberalis
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    Report: Wexford Youths 1-1 Galway FC (4-3 pens)


  • #687
    Darkglasses
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    civis_liberalis wrote: »
    Report: Wexford Youths 1-1 Galway FC (4-3 pens)

    I would probably feel pretty aggrieved if I was a Galway fan. They really bossed us until we brought on Eric Molloy and Danny Furlong, but they just didn't get the goal. The game evened up once we made the changes. Very good squad at Galway. I suspect they have more individual talent than Shels, but they don't play nearly as effective football.

    Also, the attendance was at least double their estimate. About 10 from Galway


  • #688
    dundalkfc10
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    Dundalk V Wexford Youths
    Bohs V Cork/Rovers

    Semi Final of EA Sports Cup, Our game is on Monday 4th August


  • #689
    geeky
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    Darkglasses wrote: »
    Beyond beyond cringe :(

    Cringeception?


  • #690
    dreamers75
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    old news now

    Boyce and Twigg to Rovers, Sheppard to Pats and Zayed to somewhere.

    Dont want him wont need him unless Fagan is snapped up.


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  • #691
    CSF
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    dreamers75 wrote: »
    old news now

    Boyce and Twigg to Rovers, Sheppard to Pats and Zayed to somewhere.

    Dont want him wont need him unless Fagan is snapped up.

    That has got to put Rovers in with a real chance this year, even if Dundalk remain the team to beat.


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