LOI 2014 Thread

ionadnapokot

monkey9 wrote: »

Derry already falling apart.

Pizza Hutton strikes again

uch

djpbarry wrote: »

That's what people said in 2012. Pats had the best defensive record in the league that year, then went and gifted Derry 2 goals (or even 3) in the cup final.

Derry always seem to come good at the end of the season

ionadnapokot

ionadnapokot wrote: »

Pizza Hutton strikes again

or was it Patrick ‘Fats’ McEleney

anncoates

If you don't win the cup for so long - like us - it's almost a mental block which probably filters through to the players.

NIMAN

As a Derry fan I genuinely think Pats will win the Cup this season.
They can't continue losing finals, law of averages and all that.

Plus I do think they are a much better team than us. Outside of the cup our form has been rubbish.

civis_liberalis

gimmick wrote: »

Will there even be 2 divisions next season?

UEFA requires multiple divisions.

It's a complete non-argument, with or without that.

Tssk

Galway beat Shels tonight in a playoff first leg. Is this a playoff to get into a playoff against the second from bottom team in the Premier Division?

dreamers75

Tssk wrote: »

Galway beat Shels tonight in a playoff first leg. Is this a playoff to get into a playoff against the second from bottom team in the Premier Division?

yes

Omackeral

HalloweenJack wrote: »

The big question: Can Alan Matthews finally get Bray relegated this year?

From page 1 of this thread. He must have read it and kept them up on spite.

Pighead

Also from the first page. gimmick's reply when it was stated that Cork would be up there this year.

gimmick wrote: »

No we won't. Mid table obscurity at best.

Way off the mark. Ok they're not gonna win it but they gave it a damn good shot.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Pighead wrote: »

Also from the first page. gimmick's reply when it was stated that Cork would be up there this year.

Way off the mark. Ok they're not gonna win it but they gave it a damn good shot.

Why aren't we? 1 more clean sheet and we're champions!

Wilberto

MrMac84 wrote: »

Why aren't we? 1 more clean sheet and we're champions!

It's okay. Leave them write us off if they want. I'm quite happy for City to go up there as massive underdogs.

All the pressure is on the team who has been leading the title race for several months, and has already blown a six point lead at that.

The_Kew_Tour

I thought it was all over a while back.

I thought Cork had about 0.01% of having to win in Dundalk to win league but fact we can draw gives us huge chance.

If it was on normal surface I be much more confident but I still would give Dundalk slight favourite tag to win league.

But no question Cork have great chance too.

dreamers75

PREMIER DIVISION WINNERS Pat's
EUROPA LEAGUE SPOTS Dundalk, Sligo
FAI CUP WINNERS Dundalk
EA SPORTS CUP WINNERS Derry
SETANTA CUP WINNERS Sligo
LEINSTER SENIOR CUP WINNERS Shamrock
FIRST DIVISION WINNERS Longford
RELEGATED Noone
POTY Quigley
1st player to England Towell
Top Scorer Patterson
1st Manager gone Collins
Overacheiver Bohs

the above is why Paddypower ****ing loves me

Quigley one makes me giggle i think he has retired from football.

AllGunsBlazing

Everything pointing towards Heary being the new man in charge at the Showgrounds next season.

Omackeral

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Everything pointing towards Heary being the new man in charge at the Showgrounds next season.

Where you getting this info?

AllGunsBlazing

Sligo is not a very big town and it's not hard to get the inside line at what's going on at the Showgrounds.

At the very least he has been offered first refusal. With Niall Harrison and Gavin Dykes as his assistants.

The_Kew_Tour

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Not going to win the league, but would like a run in the cup.

This post is before start of season.

I hope I will be so wrong by weekend.

Just reading posts from back then most Cork fans seemed as pessimistic as myself.

Wilberto

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

This post is before start of season.

I hope I will be so wrong by weekend.

Just reading posts from back then most Cork fans seemed as pessimistic as myself.

To be fair, I don't even think J.C. himself could have predicted we'd be in this position heading into the last game of the season!!

dfx-

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Sligo is not a very big town and it's not hard to get the inside line at what's going on at the Showgrounds.

At the very least he has been offered first refusal. With Niall Harrison and Gavin Dykes as his assistants.

When the Nuclear Winter comes all there will be to keep Bray and cockroaches company will be Hawkins and Dykes

White Horse

Due to an incredible demand for tickets this morning, Dundalk FC have suspended ticket sales for Friday’s Cork City match.

We will update this page if and when further tickets are released for sale

http://www.dundalkfc.com/cork-tickets-sale/

League Of Ireland is dead, no interest in it.

Gavin "shels"

White Horse wrote: »

League Of Ireland is dead, no interest in it.

Only an interest when teams are winning silverware.

JoeyJJ

Even people I know who stay away from Rumours are repeating this Heary one, however Sligo is gas for rumours. I would be happy enough with him however the talk of us going part time could be hard to get players to live in Sligo on part time. Time will tell.

AllGunsBlazing

JoeyJJ wrote: »

Even people I know who stay away from Rumours are repeating this Heary one, however Sligo is gas for rumours. I would be happy enough with him however the talk of us going part time could be hard to get players to live in Sligo on part time. Time will tell.

I think the club will be relying a fair bit on the lads from the U19 setup next season. Whoever gets the manager's job will most likely be someone with experience of blooding youngsters. Which in itself is why the MC are so keen on Heary. Whether he wants the job or not is another matter.

Anyway, I think it's fair to say the days of importing managers from England are coming to an end. Not a very cost effective way to run a regional football club of modest means, certainly not in the long run.

AgileMyth

Been away most of this season so not seen all that much but by the sounds of things it's a great bunch coming through.

Could lose a few in January but they're all contracted as far as I know. Would mean a few Euro.

AgileMyth

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Anyway, I think it's fair to say the days of importing managers from England are coming to an end. Not a very cost effective way to run a regional football club of modest means, certainly not in the long run.

Appointing from abroad isn't a new thing from us. Mcstay, Sanchez and cotterill all in the mid 90s when we hadn't a pot to piss in.

AllGunsBlazing

AgileMyth wrote: »

Appointing from abroad isn't a new thing from us. Mcstay, Sanchez and cotterill all in the mid 90s when we hadn't a pot to piss in.

We didn't have a youth infrastructure and an ongoing ground development plan back then either. All of which are an additional drain on club resources. Priorities have changed drastically since then. Dermot Kelly has already stated that any future income will be mostly ring fenced for further improvement of the Showgrounds.

As for the U19's - Gary Boylan is the pick of them, but it's highly unlikely he will be a Rovers player come the new year. Has another trial lined up this week - with Huddersfield, I think.

anncoates

dreamers75 wrote: »

Quigley one makes me giggle i think he has retired from football.

The folly of compiling your list with annoying Rovers supporters in mind.

dan1895

These are pretty cool

http://360.io/q9AUd4

https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.2837887,-6.3737469,3a,75y,106.87h,71.29t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sXGcigudTCiFSmOV096ABqg!2e0!3e5

https://www.google.ie/maps/@51.8854378,-8.4677149,3a,75y,31.38h,90t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sD_3sQy8HNCebTYp2kL3vBQ!2e0!3e5

dreamers75

anncoates wrote: »

The folly of compiling your list with annoying Rovers supporters in mind.

We had form in ex rovers players being POTY

anncoates

dreamers75 wrote: »

We had form in ex rovers players being POTY

Such waste of talent that lad.

AgileMyth

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

We didn't have a youth infrastructure and an ongoing ground development plan back then either. All of which are an additional drain on club resources. Priorities have changed drastically since then. Dermot Kelly has already stated that any future income will be mostly ring fenced for further improvement of the Showgrounds.

As for the U19's - Gary Boylan is the pick of them, but it's highly unlikely he will be a Rovers player come the new year. Has another trial lined up this week - with Huddersfield, I think.

Gary boylan, if he goes, will pay for the youth infrastructure for a few years to come. Ground development will be dropped as soon as funds run low.

AllGunsBlazing

AgileMyth wrote: »

Ground development will be dropped as soon as funds run low.

Funds have already run low. There is a lot of talk of the club having to go back to a part time set up as it is. As for for whatever we get for Boylan paying for the youth setup for years to come?!

Yeah, sure.

Vision of Disorder

Did Boylan play right-full against Limerick?

AllGunsBlazing

Heary link gaining momentum.


http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish-soccer-league/2014/1021/653743-heary-sligo/

anncoates

I heary is nailed on for the job.


/boom tish

Oat23

anncoates wrote: »

I heary is nailed on for the job.


/boom tish

doncarlos

PFAI Team of the year

McNulty
Gannon
Boyle
Gartland
Bermingham
Healy
Towell
Horgan
Hoban
Fagan
O'Sullivan

Not a million miles away from what I would have picked and called all 6 Dundalk players right. Bit surprised that O'Sullivan got in instead of Byrne but hard to argue about the rest.

doncarlos wrote: »

Last few posts have me thinking about team of the year. Wonder will there be many changes to last years team?

Team of the Year 2013
Clarke (St Pat's), Bermingham (St Pat's), Browne (St Pat's), Boyle, (Dundalk), O'Brien (St Pat's), Brennan (St Pat's), Bolger (St Pat's), Towell (Dundalk), Horgan (Cork City), Patterson (Derry City), Hoban (Dundalk)

Shoe-ins
Bermingham, Boyle, Towell and Hoban should keep their spots
Gannon will definitely come in to the right back slot and Fagan up front in place of Patterson

Maybes
Clarke, Browne, Brennan, Bolger and Horgans spots are iffy.
GK - Clarke, Cherrie, McNulty and Ryan all competing for this. I'd select Ryan. He has been fantastic against Dundalk this season and from reports he has been as good in other games.
CB - Browne's biggest threat this season is Gartland. Has made the very odd mistake but chips in with lots of goals. 7 in the league alone. Dan Murray could also be in with a shout.
Midfield- Bolger and Horgan could retain with Bolger most likely as he has been solid. Horgan has blown hot and cold but when he is good he is very good so might just scrape in. Can't see Brennan getting a spot with Shields, Healy and Conan Byrne all contenders.

My Team would be

Ryan (Limerick), Bermingham (St Pat's), Gartland (Dundalk), Boyle, (Dundalk), Gannon (Dundalk), Byrne (St Pat's), Bolger (St Pat's), Towell (Dundalk), Horgan (Dundalk), Fagan (St Pat's), Hoban (Dundalk)

I know that there is a heavy weighting to Dundalk/Pat's players but nobody else has really impressed me more than those.

dreamers75

Byrne is the only player I think should be in thats not.

Other wise thats a decent team.

uch

I think Billy Dennehy should've been in the team

Pinturicchio

PFAI First Division team of the year:

Doyle (Wex)
Horgan (Gal)
Barrett (Gal)
Sullivan (LTFC)
Desmond (Shels)
Connolly (Shels)
Connolly (Galway)
Rice (LTFC)
Furlong (Wex)
Shaw (LTFC)
O'Sullivan (LTFC)

1st Division Player of the Year nominees - Ryan Connolly, Galway; Danny Furlong, Wexford Youths; David O’Sullivan, Longford Town

gimmick

uch wrote: »

I think Billy Dennehy should've been in the team

He has been dirt. A great man from the set piece but a very limited player aside from that.

CSF

Pinturicchio wrote: »

PFAI First Division team of the year:

Doyle (Wex)
Horgan (Gal)
Barrett (Gal)
Sullivan (LTFC)
Desmond (Shels)
Connolly (Shels)
Connolly (Galway)
Rice (LTFC)
Furlong (Wex)
Shaw (LTFC)
O'Sullivan (LTFC)

1st Division Player of the Year nominees - Ryan Connolly, Galway; Danny Furlong, Wexford Youths; David O’Sullivan, Longford Town

Shocked Dylan Connolly isn't in the Player of the Year nominees. Thought Jordan Keegan would have made it into the Team of the Year too but largely I think from what I've seen most of it is about right.

Corholio

Would have had Gearoid in instead of Healy. He's played better in the bigger games for us and drives the team on when no one else does. Healy has always had an aura but that got raised even more after THAT goal. However I don't think he's been brilliant for us this season.

Darkglasses

Pinturicchio wrote: »

PFAI First Division team of the year:

Doyle (Wex)
Horgan (Gal)
Barrett (Gal)
Sullivan (LTFC)
Desmond (Shels)
Connolly (Shels)
Connolly (Galway)
Rice (LTFC)
Furlong (Wex)
Shaw (LTFC)
O'Sullivan (LTFC)

1st Division Player of the Year nominees - Ryan Connolly, Galway; Danny Furlong, Wexford Youths; David O’Sullivan, Longford Town

Ecstatic for Danny Furlong. Developing so well from when he first came on the LOI scene.

Pinturicchio

I can't say I've noticed Doyle, Desmond or Shaw at any stage this season. Jake Keegan has 2 more goals than Shaw, but I suppose players are less likely to vote for a foreigner that they don't know.

Surprised Dylan Connolly isn't up for POTY.

CSF

Pinturicchio wrote: »

I can't say I've noticed Doyle, Desmond or Shaw at any stage this season. Jake Keegan has 2 more goals than Shaw, but I suppose players are less likely to vote for a foreigner that they don't know.

Surprised Dylan Connolly isn't up for POTY.

Desmond is our best player without question, by a distance. I would go as far to say best player in the FD but centrebacks don't really win those sort of awards ever so I understand his exclusion

Omackeral

Rory Gaffney has been very good for Limerick too.

peteeeed

hearing the bray wanderers players are going on strike for this fridays game against athlone , hope this gets sorted quickly

ionadnapokot

peteeeed wrote: »

hearing the bray wanderers players are going on strike for this fridays game against athlone , hope this gets sorted quickly

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