LOI: League of Ireland Fixtures (Week 8 + 9), April 18-21, 2014

Pighead · 18-04-2014 11:53pm

doncarlos wrote: »

http://www.sportsfile.com/id/855877/

Not even a free for this challenge. Refs are getting worse in this league

I actually thought Robinson got the ball and it was the follow through which done the damage. Think the ref got it right but would like to see it again.

Alfred Borden · 18-04-2014 11:55pm

we really arent gonna get a point :mad:

dreamers75 · 18-04-2014 11:58pm

doncarlos wrote: »

O'Donnell was standing and Finn came bulling through. He won the ball but straight through the man and as you can see from picture looks like he badly injured O'Donnell.

Obviously you know O Donnell is a filthy scummie player and has nailed many a player in his time.

There is karma at work here if he was nailed, again picture doesnt do it justice.

doncarlos · 19-04-2014 12:04am

dreamers75 wrote: »

Obviously you know O Donnell is a filthy scummie player and has nailed many a player in his time.

There is karma at work here if he was nailed, again picture doesnt do it justice.

Thats a disgraceful post. Lad could be out for the season and you're saying he deserves it?

I dont believe there was any malice from the Rovers player but it was at least a booking if not more

overshoot · 19-04-2014 12:08am

Mint Sauce wrote: »

I think Rovers took a little while to get going, quite a bit of passing the ball around in their own half, but once the red card was issued it was nearly all one way traffic, could have been double in the second half alone.

11? Are you sure there was even that many?

Being good Friday, and the good weather I think also contributed to the attendence, considering it was probably also competing against the funfair in Carraroe, altough got quite cold at the Old Shed end towards the end of the match.

Credit to the Guards as well on traffic duty, never got home after a match as quick before either.

yea thats true enough, with or without the card, there was only 1 way the match would end

yea i even counted twice to be sure! i guessed the bus driver & a localish players family!

in fairness a there was a good few heading out before the end that probably helped too. probably 1000min out before the final whistle

dreamers75 · 19-04-2014 12:09am

doncarlos wrote: »

Thats a disgraceful post. Lad could be out for the season and you're saying he deserves it?

I dont believe there was any malice from the Rovers player but it was at least a booking if not more

He is a filthy player always has been. This isnt news to anyone the "hes a **** but hes our ****" thing springs to mind. He has ended the season of a few players previously hence the karma thing.

In related news Kenna has been sent off twice for Rovers, he was never booked playing for us a season or so.

Ebbs · 19-04-2014 12:15am

doncarlos wrote: »

Thats a disgraceful post. Lad could be out for the season and you're saying he deserves it?

I dont believe there was any malice from the Rovers player but it was at least a booking if not more

O'Donnell has done it before to other players, he's not one for big 50/50s but he'll go in late on players and follow through.

That pic is in Robinsons favour anyway. Robinson got the ball and O'Donnell didnt stop his swing, hence it got caught up in his legs and injured the player. Not much Robinson could have done differently to be honest.

It's "unfortunate" but ref got it spot on. Didnt see the elbow/punch/push or whatever it was. Also not sure about the handball in the second half either. Few tough decisions for the ref

Kenna off twice and an own goal...Agent.

Captain Havoc · 19-04-2014 2:00am

Pighead wrote: »

I actually thought Robinson got the ball and it was the follow through which done the damage. Think the ref got it right but would like to see it again.

That's exactly how it looked to me. Despite that the red card incident happened a few meters in front of me, I missed it completely.

dfx- · 19-04-2014 2:12am

Please remember the charter before posting, gentlemen. A couple of posts have been removed.

dfx- · 19-04-2014 2:16am

Huge equaliser in Dundalk. Three points off top spot, having been away to Bohs, Cork, Pats and Dundalk with multiple red cards is a lot better than six points behind top spot..

Mushy · 19-04-2014 8:48am

NIMAN wrote: »

Another shocking performance from Derry apparently.

But I am sure Roddy will claim it was a point gained.

From all accounts Bray deserved to win. It was odd, I felt they could've got more from the game, its not often can say that against Derry. Missing penalties won't help either though.

anncoates · 19-04-2014 8:51am

Always love the should have buried them analysis. You didn't, against 10 men, that's the point.

Happy with the point given the circumstances.Might not be firing on all cylinders but the right attitude is back. Delighted for young heaney as well.

Hope SOD injury isn't too bad.

DrumSteve · 19-04-2014 9:55am

dreamers75 wrote: »

Cracking pic by Peter Doherty, seriously this goal was ****ing special.

All I remember is the ground went completely silent when he hit it,then went mental when it went in.

Amirani · 19-04-2014 12:40pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

Cracking pic by Peter Doherty, seriously this goal was ****ing special.

Love how Clarke just stands still and watches.

BOHtox · 19-04-2014 12:44pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

2084 at the pats match my ****ing hole. Dont why clubs do it but main stand holds 1920 seats so about 250 in the rest of the ground.......

Certainly looks like there was a thousand more at it! Probably 2084 in the main and new stand. 500 in the shed and it's hard to tell by the angle of the picture but perhaps 300 in the camac. Tax purposes?

Paz-CCFC · 19-04-2014 12:56pm

CSF wrote: »

Tax purposes probably.

BOHtox wrote: »

Certainly looks like there was a thousand more at it! Probably 2084 in the main and new stand. 500 in the shed and it's hard to tell by the angle of the picture but perhaps 300 in the camac. Tax purposes?

Gate receipts at sports matches don't get taxed in Ireland. They do in the UK, so Derry aren't as lucky as us.

gimmick · 19-04-2014 3:03pm

Huge combined attendances this weekend by the sounds of it. I know it was Good Friday but hopefully this can be repeated.

I should hope to see 4000+ at the Cross again next week.

That_Guy · 19-04-2014 4:46pm

Gonna be a long season for Bohs and with Sligo, Cork and Derry to come I really do fear for us again this season. Heary's tactics are utter poison. We've abandoned our free flowing attacking football from the first two games in favour of punts to absolutely nobody.

Hard to watch.

10green bottles · 19-04-2014 10:24pm

Stephen ODonnell's injury

Scans on Saturday morning have revealed that the club captain has torn his anterior cruciate ligament and the posterior cruciate ligament.

http://www.dundalkfc.com/odonnell-scans-reveal-cruciate-damage/

I'm sure every fair minded LOI fan will want to wish the Dundalk captain a speedy recovery from what is a potential career ending horror injury.
Best of luck skip.

brayblue24 · 19-04-2014 11:08pm

[QUOTE=doncarlos;89998780Not even a free for this challenge. Refs are getting worse in this league[/QUOTE]

Anyone got any idea why there was a Welsh referee (and I presume assistants too as I didn't recognise them either) at the Carlisle Grounds yesterday?

10green bottles · 19-04-2014 11:22pm

brayblue24 wrote: »

Anyone got any idea why there was a Welsh referee (and I presume assistants too as I didn't recognise them either) at the Carlisle Grounds yesterday?

A Mr Iwan Griffiths officiated,assts where A.Williams & A.Jones and i believe Dave Mckeon of the LOI was 4th official.
Some sort of an UEFA ref exchange programme i believe.God help the Welsh sides that get our lot!

brayblue24 · 19-04-2014 11:29pm

10green bottles wrote: »

God help the Welsh sides that get our lot!

Be that as it may I wasn't terribly impressed by Mr. Griffith's display, I thought he missed an awful lot so perhaps it'll be much of a muchness really.

Mushy · 19-04-2014 11:50pm

10green bottles wrote: »

Stephen ODonnell's injury

http://www.dundalkfc.com/odonnell-scans-reveal-cruciate-damage/

I'm sure every fair minded LOI fan will want to wish the Dundalk captain a speedy recovery from what is a potential career ending horror injury.
Best of luck skip.

From the pic it looks horrible, I do hope a speedy recovery is in place. I do hate seeing knee injuries, even if it is other people.

brayblue24 wrote: »

Be that as it may I wasn't terribly impressed by Mr. Griffith's display, I thought he missed an awful lot so perhaps it'll be much of a muchness really.

A Bray fan from the name? I can't imagine them being any worse than other officials in the league tbh, no reason to single them out.

dreamers75 · 19-04-2014 11:54pm

lol actually forgot about Craig Walsh getting booked for diving, we got a free out it was that bad.

Pretty sure you dont get a free out when a player dives, he should be booked when the ball next goes out of play.

10green bottles · 20-04-2014 12:02am

brayblue24 wrote: »

Be that as it may I wasn't terribly impressed by Mr. Griffith's display, I thought he missed an awful lot so perhaps it'll be much of a muchness really.

Fair enough.
We've (Dundalk) had two sets of IFA officials in a couple of Setanta cup matches so far and i have to say they have been the best officials i've seen in a long long time.In fact in last Tuesdays SC match v Shamrock Rovers ref Ray Crangle only produced 2 yellow cards.That has to be a record for a match involving Dundalk & Shams.

dreamers75 · 20-04-2014 12:12am

10green bottles wrote: »

Fair enough.
We've (Dundalk) had two sets of IFA officials in a couple of Setanta cup matches so far and i have to say they have been the best officials i've seen in a long long time.In fact in last Tuesdays SC match v Shamrock Rovers ref Ray Crangle only produced 2 yellow cards.That has to be a record for a match involving Dundalk & Shams.

tbh the north refs just let everything go which works both ways. Our refs try to make calls that are utterly retarded.

We have had 5 absolute nailed on penos denied ( O Donnells handball for one) and one ridiculous decision (luke Byrne) i would rather the north approach as in let it go for both sides than the LOI version of calling it wrong.

dreamers75 · 21-04-2014 1:26am

fagans goal and forresters miss hidden there.

Seriously what a ****ing miss, lucky he scored a cracker to make up for it.

Lucan Bohs · 21-04-2014 12:39pm

Another lovely day for a round of LoI fixtures

hopefully crowds for the home clubs will see an increase from the norm!

SantryRed · 21-04-2014 1:08pm

Off to see Bohs-Sligo myself. Bohs were impressive the last time I saw them against Drogheda, but supposedly they've gotten a lot worse since then!

doncarlos · 21-04-2014 1:15pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

tbh the north refs just let everything go which works both ways. Our refs try to make calls that are utterly retarded.

We have had 5 absolute nailed on penos denied ( O Donnells handball for one)

Also got away with a peno in the same game for a hand ball although O'Donnell's should have been red too. Could have easily had a couple of players sent off and Towell should have walked. Thought the ref was poor for both teams.

Lucan Bohs · 21-04-2014 1:25pm

SantryRed wrote: »

Off to see Bohs-Sligo myself. Bohs were impressive the last time I saw them against Drogheda, but supposedly they've gotten a lot worse since then!

Kind of, Heary has changed the tactics. We played quick, free flowing football against UCD in the league and league cup and at home vs Drogheda. Since then we've turned to having either Dinny or Jayo up top on their own and lumping long balls up to them although the likes of Craig Walsh and Steven Beattie have tried to keep the ball on the deck

GLaDOS · 21-04-2014 1:37pm

Sligo will beat us comfortably, hopefully not embarrassingly

dfx- · 21-04-2014 5:24pm

I'd say the Derry Limerick game was a thriller...

GLaDOS · 21-04-2014 5:56pm

That was an awful, awful game. As bad as we were Sligo weren't much better, thought we might have gotten something out of it but our defence let us down as usual.

We look completely aimless going forward, don't know what's going on but Heary needs to sort it out.

SantryRed · 21-04-2014 6:03pm

What a ****e match.

Mars Bar · 21-04-2014 6:46pm

Looking forward to seeing Forrester's goal!

Alfred Borden · 21-04-2014 6:53pm

Really thought we were gonna get a point, deserved one too and dundalk then score in the last min, horrible season.

geeky · 21-04-2014 8:01pm

Half time at rovers bray, 1-0, some tidy play from us but good god bray are brutal.

Still could turn into a route as Matthews had three lads pressing high for half an hour in the first half. That and punting it long seems to be the limit of their ideas, and they visibly tired as the half wore on.

Killduff is struggling - has had a few chances now without really looking like scoring.

Pighead · 21-04-2014 8:02pm

Went to the Drogs Pats match today. Drogs woeful. Pats as dominant as the score line suggests. Chris Forresters first goal was unreal. At least 40 yards out and he half volleys it into the top corner. His second goal wasn't bad either. Some talent ( although he was relatively quiet bar those two pieces of magic).

In other news get in Dundalk. Gotta love last minute winners.

dreamers75 · 21-04-2014 10:16pm

Wasnt a great game, Drogs went man for man and for a while it slowed Pats down. Once the 1st went in only a matter of time before the next.

Forrester has goal of the season in the bag and assist of the season and miss of the season, all on tonights MSN thing

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Pighead · 21-04-2014 11:00pm

Holy crap. That's even better than I initially thought. Was full sure it was a half volley but it was a full volley looking at that. Magnificent in fairness. Still haven't seen the Jason Byrne goal from last week but it would have to be absolutely ridiculous to beat that one.

GLaDOS · 21-04-2014 11:03pm

That's a ludicrously good goal, had no right to even think about hitting it

dreamers75 · 21-04-2014 11:05pm

Byrnes goal just on RTE cracking lob, hard luck on the GOTM

Forresters miss

Love the way the bohs fans are right behind the goal, looks excellent.

Oat23 · 21-04-2014 11:18pm

http://gfycat.com/EverlastingHealthyDamselfly.gif

NIMAN · 21-04-2014 11:22pm

dfx- wrote: »

I'd say the Derry Limerick game was a thriller...

.... can't find the words to describe how bad it was.

dfx- · 22-04-2014 12:48am

Prefer Byrne's measured effort tbh, a bit of hit and hope to the other one.

Had Kilduff taken his chances could've been 4-0 at half time, Bray were absolutely useless going forward all game, even at 2-1. Finn had a poor game, but you can see the understanding and trust that he and McPhail have in each other.

That's not the Sheppard Rovers sent to Reading, they did something to him..

Lovely Bloke · 22-04-2014 7:00am

Is it finally Bray's year to go down?

Matthews is toxic.

anncoates · 22-04-2014 8:06am

dfx- wrote: »

not the Sheppard Rovers sent to Reading, they did something to him..

Kind of player that needs to be rated /starting.

dan1895 · 22-04-2014 8:44am

That Forrester goal was just a hit and hope as dfx said above. Not like the delicate chip he scored a couple of seasons back or even the goal he scored for Bohs against us in LSC before that.

geeky · 22-04-2014 10:25am

So much for kicking on after half time

A few positives - mainly being able to seal out the game, McPhail really finding his feet, a strong performance from Heaney at LB, Waters giving his former employers a torrid time and hopefully staking his claim ahead of SOC, Robbo getting stuck in (and getting away with a lot more than the likes of Rice it seems), and even Bayly looking useful when he came on.

Negatives - Kilduff again being wasteful in front of goal, Shep looking like a shadow of himself (though he improved over the course of his time on the pitch), nervousness generally creeping in again against a poor team. Just glad we didn't get punished for it.

LOI: League of Ireland Fixtures (Week 8 + 9), April 18-21, 2014

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