Eircom game Third week

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Well its the third game for me this season. After much build up and many many signings Dundalk Fc are failing at the first hurdle losing to shamrock rovers and Cobh in teh opening two games of the season. The pressure is already mounting on John Gill to start bouncing back and some fans are wondering if he is the right man for the job after St Patricks day display at oriel park.


Many of you guys here know me as a pure eircom league enthuist, but last week while in oriel park which is the coldest place in the world i was pondering whether i could watch much more of it. Thats how bad my over weight team played.

Anyway this week brings three games in five days , first one been tonight at oriel pack vs kildare. I hope they really get the finger out. We will miss hughes up front and kelly at the back and still without lynch and finn. I dont know where the goals are going to come from. We need ger mccarthy

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Kildare County have completed the
signing of former St Pat's, Bray,
Shelbourne and Dundalk midfielder
Thomas Morgan.

The 28-year-old should make his County
debut against his former club at Oriel
Park tonight.

Ian Malone will deputise for the
suspended Graham Gibbs in the Kildare
defence, after Gibbs was dismissed in
the 5-2 loss to Finn Harps last week.

Dundalk, who have lost their opening
two games of the campaign, are without
Simon Kelly and Philip Hughes due to
suspension while Aidan Lynch (calf) and
Sean Finn (knee) remain out injured.

MrJoeSoap

Can't believe Morgan is only 28, he looks about 38!


Tomorrows Games:

 EIRCOM LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION         
 Bray Wanderers -v- Longford Town   7.45
                    Carlisle Grounds    
 Derry City     -v- Sligo Rovers    7.45
                    The Brandywell      
 Dublin City    -v- Drogheda United 7.45
                    Dalymount Park      
 St Pat's Ath   -v- Shelbourne      7.45
                    Richmond Park       
 Waterford Utd  -v- UCD             7.45
                    RSC                 
 Cork City      -v- Bohemians *     7.45
                    Turner's Cross      
                                        
 * Live on RTÉ TWO.

I'm going with 1-1, 2-0, 0-2, 0-1, 0-1 and 3-1.

Kingp35

Hoping to get down to the Carlisle Brounds tomorrow night to keep up my renewed interest in all things Eircom League related. After a decent unbeaten start from Bray im looking from more of the same even if perhaps they are a tad lucky to be still unbeaten. I look forward to another freezing night in Bray.

KdjaCL

If ever i wanted to play Shels its this week, the hoodoo gotta end sometime.

Reasonably optimistic of a result but tbh we are solid right tru the side so it will possibly be 1-0. And awwww Weso not playing


kdjac

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MrJoeSoap wrote:

Can't believe Morgan is only 28, he looks about 38!

He plays like it as well

MrJoeSoap

KdjaC wrote:

If ever i wanted to play Shels its this week, the hoodoo gotta end sometime.

Hehe, sure does!

Reasonably optimistic of a result but tbh we are solid right tru the side so it will possibly be 1-0. And awwww Weso not playing

Wes who?

KdjaCL

Mulcahy would have had him for breakfast, Pats fan at the start of the season said "Dave Mulcahy is a hard bastard" you find out why morrow night.




kdjac

super_furry

Might be a tight one at Tolka tomorrow, but I hope to see Rovers win and really lay down an early season marker. They were very good in Athlone by all accounts and Jamie Duffy looks like being a real find.

MrJoeSoap

My brother has been ranting about him (Mulcahy) for a while too. As well as "We are top of the league" every 5 minutes or so. I never knew a draw against Waterford and a win against UCD could make people sooooo happy!

Imagine what it'd be like if you beat us tomorrow! Thats right, I said "imagine"...

KdjaCL

MrJoeSoap wrote:

I never knew a draw against Waterford and a win against UCD could make people sooooo happy!

Creating chances and defending well, simple eh?


kdjac

MrJoeSoap

We'll see...

blu_sonic

duffy is being touted on the hoops home page as the find of the season, i think robbie sheilds is looking good too, thats a solid team but could they do the business in the EL? its all well and good beating D1 teams but we as rovers should be looking to the prospect of promotion.

Töpher

blu_sonic wrote:

duffy is being touted on the hoops home page as the find of the season, i think robbie sheilds is looking good too, thats a solid team but could they do the business in the EL? its all well and good beating D1 teams but we as rovers should be looking to the prospect of promotion.

Thats how you get promoted, beating D1 teams!

KdjaCL

13 games since we last beat Shels, and 9 years since we last beat UCD in Belfield!!!!


kdjac

blu_sonic

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Thats how you get promoted, beating D1 teams!

oh i know but i have the full confidence in the team of doing that, however i don't know about after we get promotion, the cups will be a good litmus test

KdjaCL

LOL

FREE NIVEA GIFTS FOR SUPPORTERS
Tickets are selling well ahead of Friday’s game with Shelbourne. A steady stream of supporters have bought tickets from the club office in anticipation of the Dublin Derby. The club office will remain open Thursday evening until 7pm for additional sales.

The Saints are entering the game with a full squad and undefeated. The players will train as normal tonight ahead of the game.

Manager John McDonnell is feeling positive about the outcome of the Shelbourne showdown. ‘The lads have been hard at work training during the week,’ said John. Team captain Darragh Maguire has appealed to all supporters to get behind the team from the start. ‘The supporters can be our 12th man,’ said Darragh.

Match sponsor for the evening is Nivea for Men and supporters can expect free samples in exchange for their loyal support. Let’s hope by the end of the night Inchicore will be full of happy fans and flawless faces!

Make sure to purchase tickets ahead of time and lend your voice to some RICHMOND RACKET! Let’s get behind Johnny and the boys this Friday night and ignite Inchicore with the Saints’ spirit!

kdjac

MrJoeSoap

^Pity Chris Adamson is already gone.

Oh that is low, even for me...

He was actually in goals for Sheffield Wednesday when I went over to Southampton for the game in February, and got a ridiculous amount of stick, mostly self-inflicted because he couldn't find the ball for a kickout twice even though it was right behind him on both occasions.

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Dundalk 0 - 1 Kildare

I honestly can't see me been able to go up and watch much more of this the players have no interest ! Why should the fans ?
There isn't much to report on tonight just that Dundalk looked like a amatuer side and i have lost all faith in the manager and the players and will not be going up to oriel park again unless there is radical changes !
Im so downhearted now.

blu_sonic

don't beat yourself up about it, the team are just having a bad patch no reason to stop supporting them, this is the time when they need your support

MrJoeSoap

Happens everyone Sarge, sure even Shels are Won 2, Drawn 4, Lost 1 this season (accounting for tomorrows win in advance).

It's even better for you considering theres a decent shout you'll be promoted regardless of how you do!

MrJoeSoap

Shels preview of tomorrows game:

Pat Fenlon won’t decide on his lineout until Friday morning, for the league game away to St Patrick’s Athletic in Inchicore later that evening. After just two series of games in the new league, St Pats sit at the top of the table on four points along with Cork & Drogheda, with three clubs behind them on three points, followed by Shels on two points with the Tolka Park outfit having drawn both of their league starts.

Speaking to ShelsWeb, Fenlon explained: “There’s still two or three places up for grabs in the team I have in mind to play on Friday night and I want to keep all the lads on their toes, so I won’t be making my mind up until the morning. I pick the best eleven as I see it, for the game coming up. Although I’ve used most of the squad in last few games, I’m not operating a rotation system or anything like that. My team selection is based on how they perform in training during the week and tactically against whoever the opposition is.”

The Shels manager was much happier with the performance his side put in against Linfield, in last Monday night’s Setanta Sports Cup scoreless game. He said, “We played so much better in that game, particularly in the way we passed the ball around, it was just unfortunate that we just didn’t score on the night. One goal could as easily have been followed by one or two more. I’m happy enough with Jason and Glen upfront together, but that’s not to say that Gary O’Neill won’t get a look in. He’s working hard and looking very sharp in training.”

Fenlon is impressed with the side his opposite number in Inchicore has put together this season and with their start to the season: “Johnny had quite a young inexperienced team last year, but he’s bought well during the close season and brought in some very good players like Trevor Molloy, Paul Keegan and Mark Rutherford. He’s got a very decent squad now and I’m not surprised they’ve started so well. We need a win in the league, but games between us are always hard, it’s another Dublin derby, and this one will be no different.”

In team news, Greg O’Halloran is still sidelined, while Alan Moore will probably also miss out although he has returned to training this week. Dave Rogers may have done enough against Linfield on Monday to hold off the challenge of Sean Dillon at centre half. Equally, Ollie Cahill had a great game on the left wing in that game running himself to a standstill, and if Fenlon retains him there, then Dave Crawley may hang onto the left back slot. The Shels manager may also have one eye on next Monday’s SSC game in Belfast against Glentoran, in which both Owen Heary and Colin Hawkins are suspended and this could influence his team selection against St Pats.

ShelsWeb guesstimated team: Williams; Heary, Hawkins, Rogers, Crawley; Ryan, S Byrne, Ndo, Cahill; Crowe, O’Neill.

In other news, team physio Larry Byrne is stepping down from the bench. He had been on extended leave of absence from his day job so that he could work full-time with the Shels squad, but must now return to that job. He will be replaced by another familiar and popular figure in Tolka Park – Tony McCarthy. ShelsWeb extends best wishes to both Larry and Tony in their future endeavours.

Happy with that team prediction with one exception, needn't bother saying who it is...

blu_sonic

to me it sounds like he just doesn't know what his team is, maybe he's going to stay up all night and figure it out

marky4

waterford are playing ucd, i think it should be a win for waterford, they proved last week that they are able for the premier league just after basically building a new team, i know its full of youngsters but they look ok,
waterford 2 ucd 1 i think

Töpher

Happy with that team prediction myself. Barreller and O'Neill should be great, andwe should see Glen with more chances to bury. Loving the fact that Nutsy seems to be back into the idea of playing 2 wingers, and Ndo in his rightful slot - central midfield.

Bray at home to Longford, though word from a very reliable source says that half the Bray team is dying of bronchitis.

KdjaCL

MrJoeSoap wrote:

(accounting for tomorrows win in advance).

Have we learned nothing from football? Never predict a win always err on the cautious side and say "we can/could/should/might possibly win" but never just say we going to win unless your playing Rovers or Dundalk ;p



kdjac

Töpher

Or Shels! :eek:

KdjaCL

Caffrey out , Mulcahy expected to slot in as CB Foley and Reilly CM.

Pats probable:

Ryan
Quigley Maguire Mulcahy Frost
Rutherford Reilly Foley O Connor
Molloy Keegan


Moore and Halloran out for Shels.


kdjac

Roar

flicking through the papers there and there's a big write up on the "Pats for Richmond" group in the Daily mail... Fancy a pats win tonight for some reason..

as for tonight, reckon its gonna be fairly close between us and bohs, especially as we're missing roy o'donovan, and we;ve a few carrying knocks, joe gamble, georgie and neal horgan. 1-1 I reckon..

KdjaCL

Roar wrote:

flicking through the papers there and there's a big write up on the "Pats for Richmond" group in the Daily mail... Fancy a pats win tonight for some reason..

In all papers cept the tabloids afaik, altho well done for doing it. I rememeber K.R.A.M so know how futile this can be when theres wads of cash floating around.


kdjac

KdjaCL

Bray - Longford is already off

The eircom League acted quickly this morning and has confirmed that they have contacted all home clubs to ascertain the state of their pitches following last night's heavy rain.
Two games in Dublin are subject to inspection as is the game in Waterford.

There will be a 12noon inspection at the RSC ahead of Waterford United's game with UCD. Dalymount Park (Dublin City v Drogheda United) and Tolka Park (Shamrock Rovers v Galway United) are subject to 1pm inspections.

"No further inspections have been requested at present but if this situation changes, details of same will also be announced as soon as they are available."



http://www.irishfootballonline.com/


Summer football FTW!!!


kdjac

blu_sonic

KdjaC wrote:

Have we learned nothing from football? Never predict a win always err on the cautious side and say "we can/could/should/might possibly win" but never just say we going to win unless your playing Rovers or Dundalk ;p



kdjac

tut tut tut. lol. we'll see give us a cup tie (god its shoddy only meeting prem teams in the cup) and we'll see who the daddy's are!! although i've no idea how we'd do against an ELP team

tolka is a swimming pool, tolka is a swimming pool,
nah nah naaa naaaaaa
nah nah naaa naaaaaa
tolka is a swimming pool, tolka is a swimming pool

KdjaCL

tolka is a swimming pool, tolka is a swimming pool,
nah nah naaa naaaaaa
nah nah naaa naaaaaa
tolka is a swimming pool, tolka is a swimming pool


/q Jaws music and Taxmen in Scuba gear





kdjac

Töpher

No pitch check in Richmond, or is it already deemed playable.

Any word on ticket sales KdjaC?

blu_sonic

kdjac wrote:

tolka is a swimming pool, tolka is a swimming pool,
nah nah naaa naaaaaa
nah nah naaa naaaaaa
tolka is a swimming pool, tolka is a swimming pool


/q Jaws music and Taxmen in Scuba gear





kdjac
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see thats their plan - rent it out as a public swimming pool as well as to rovers to recoup the tax money

MrJoeSoap

^As well as removing all student concessions. I have been told I can't take the night off work, and I can't find someone to cover me, so I'm not going to be able to go to Richmond by the looks of things...

blu_sonic

ollie is a money grabber, lol. still better than football hooligan i suppose

KdjaCL

Afaik 3 sides are open so possible 4k capacity expect 3ish if Shels bring a good crowd. Place is in bits more than usual

Joesoap cough cough feeling a bit under the weather? you sound sick!

kdjac

MrJoeSoap

KdjaC wrote:

Joesoap cough cough feeling a bit under the weather? you sound sick!

Well I did just walk for 30 minutes in the pouring rain to try and get the evening off! Maybe I picked up something en route!

Slash/ED

We could be in trouble tonight, the way Ndo has started the season I doubt our mid field will be able to contain him. Why oh why did we sell him to Pats

KdjaCL

Slash/ED wrote:

We could be in trouble tonight, the way Ndo has started the season I doubt our mid field will be able to contain him. Why oh why did we sell him to Pats

He wouldnt get a game for us now, but im sure him and any other Shels player be available during the window for free and not the outlandish 5k they originally wanted..


kdjac

MrJoeSoap

Slash/ED wrote:

We could be in trouble tonight, the way Ndo has started the season I doubt our mid field will be able to contain him. Why oh why did we sell him to Pats

What sort of reception do you think the Shels fans will give him tonight?

cournioni

Anyone watching the Cork vs. Bohs game on RTE 2? Good game so far.

blu_sonic

god i forgot it was on i thought it was a 9pm KO god only knows why

KevIRL

Stuck in work so missign the Blues game tonight. Unsurprisingly no news from it tho

finnpark

Surely Fenlon's days are numbered at Shels? Mid Table at best tis season the way things are going for them.

KevIRL

Waterford 0 UCD 1

KevIRL

Derry 2 Sligo 0

bohsman

finnpark wrote:

Surely Fenlon's days are numbered at Shels? Mid Table at best tis season the way things are going for them.

5 year contract, they cant afford to sack him.

finnpark

bohsman wrote:

5 year contract, they cant afford to sack him.

Err, they cant afford to keep him I would say.Crowe and Byrne up front and they have still not scored in 4 competitive matches. They seem to have all the best players but when you watch them paly they have no system, just pass it about in front of opposition's defence and then lose it. Crowe and Byrne are wasted at a club like that.

KevIRL

Derry 3 Sligo 0

KevIRL

Dublin City 0 Drogs 1
St Pats 2 Shels 1
Cork 1 Bohs 0