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AgileMyth wrote: »

32 goals in five games for Sligo Rovers in preseason. Bit of excitement about the town for the first time in a couple of years by the sounds of things.

Just as I had been getting the usual pre season optimism! Ah better to be brought to ground before it starts for a change!

dreamers75 wrote: »

Cian Kavanagh signed for Rovers today, any rovers fan want to fill us on the shenagigans around that?

Very good player, dont see him getting much a look in.

Shels fans what did yah think of jamie mc grath last night He was Forresters replacement but Forestter didnt leave.

Which guy was he? Where did he play? Didn't really notice anyone that wasn't a familiar face standing out.

AgileMyth wrote: »

32 goals in five games for Sligo Rovers in preseason. Bit of excitement about the town for the first time in a couple of years by the sounds of things.

we havent played anyone useful and ahve scored ****loads. I really dont count pre season as anything other than fitness tests.

AgileMyth wrote: »

Still rather be scoring goals than struggling.

We struggled against poor teams in preseason last year. You could see that the new signings weren't up to it. This year is different.

I'm quietly optimistic we can get back to Europe next season.
I agree regarding last season and the way the first round of games panned out, we looked in trouble from before the start.
However, too many people are getting ahead of themselves regarding the amount of goals scored in pre-season this year. These were mainly scored against junior sides and were to be expected.
Without playing good PD teams we don't realistically know how good the new team is.
Still, in Heary I trust!

Mushy wrote: »

Delighted for Newtown to beat Shelbourne today, wasn't expected I'm sure.

Shels were 1/28 to beat them.

Something not right about that.

Omackeral wrote: »

Was this in the LSC? Any other scores from around?

yeah Crumlin beat Crettyard, we play them next.

ime Home Away Venue
3 p.m. Bohemians 0 - 0 Bray Wanderers Dalymount Park
2 p.m. Shelbourne 0 - 1 Newtown United Tolka Park
2:30 p.m. Crettyard Utd 0 - 5 Crumlin United Killeen Sports Field
2:30 p.m. North End United 2 - 1 Wexford Youths Hollygrove

Omackeral wrote: »

Was this in the LSC? Any other scores from around?

Think Bohs have just bet Bray on penalties now.

CSF wrote: »

Eh at 1/28 you would suspect the money was on us to win!!!

Shels have just put a bid in to buy dalymount outright.

dreamers75 wrote: »

Paddy Mc Court signs for Derry onloan for the rest of the (english)season.

Read the article again I say.....

http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/sport/football/paddy-mccourt-signs-for-derry-1-6595544

CHealy wrote: »

Read the article again I say.....

http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/sport/football/paddy-mccourt-signs-for-derry-1-6595544

Saw it on the phone and never click the article.

Pinturicchio wrote: »

Sam Oji to Galway United confirmed. http://galwayunitedfc.ie/sam-oji-signs-for-united/

Limerick fans on Twitter seemed pretty upset about his departure. I saw "future captain" mentioned quite a bit! Sounds like a decent signing for Galway.

Bray get the licence anyway.

wadacrack wrote: »

any news on the limerick v bohs match? will it be in Thomond Park?

It's evermore looking like Dalymount supposedly.

topmanamillion wrote: »

Don't really think it was ever in doubt, FAI were just going through their books with a fine tooth comb after the crap that was written in the papers.

They did in their hole, the FAI delayed the license to make it look like they were investigating.

AgileMyth wrote: »

Creative headline from the ******DerrySentinal.

He's signed for Shaun Derry's Notts County.

Us Derry fans could only wish we would have Paddy back.

Bit of a waste of talent is our Paddy, moving from bench to bench. He'd be better back in the LoI, at least he'd be playing football.

dfx- wrote: »

Though if you went with a tooth comb through most finances in the league, I wonder what you'd find..

Its hard to know really, I think its a bit healthier than a few years ago when it was Borrow as much money as you could from the bank -Win the league - Go Bust.

The top sides are definitely in better shape but that's down to them going to the wall and learning the hard way.

The bottom sides are just about hanging in there.

Magic and super glue seems to be holding the First Division sides together.

Pinturicchio wrote: »

-Borrow as much money as you could from the bank

-Hire a convict who single-handedly brought down one of the oldest banks in the world to run the club

-Abandon ship and leave him in sole control without any checks and balances

-Sign as many over-paid, injury-prone wasters as possible

-Hire a series of complete chancers as manager

- Finish 8th

- Go Bust.

Haha that's the best/funniest summary I have heard Hope Galway does well this year! No derbies for Rovers for a long time all of a sudden we have 2!

dfx- wrote: »

Yeah it's hard to know, but you could be pretty confident that the FAI are not using a fine tooth comb or even half a glance, because if they did..

Indeed what does it take to get a FD licence?

The whole thing is a mess and a farce. We have Cabinteely joining the first division 3 weeks before the league kicks off.

Even with them joining the first division only has 8 teams.

Bray only finding out today that they can play in it.

Limerick don't know where they will be playing their games even though having a ground you can play in is a necessity to getting a league licence.

It seems half the players in the league aren't allowed play on the first day of the season so guys like Keith Fahey cant play in what should be a curtain opening show off what's good about the league Dublin Derby because he picked up too many cards last fecking season!

It easy to say there's no money in the league but getting the very basics right would be a start.

In terms of the FD it would be much easier for their to be a regionalised FD cutting down on travel expenses for cash strapped sides. We could have a proper pyramid structure from Junior to Provincial to FD. The way the FD is set up now doesn't attract any side to want to play in it. Why would any club leave a well run junior league to trek around the country to play the same side 4 times a year.