LOI: League of Ireland Fixtures (Week 1), March 4-5

Mushy

ShamoBuc wrote: »

True, it's not as if we've had the wettest winter with snow and ice recently.

It was in an awful way before kick off. Not much snow or ice in Turners Cross either. Can forgive the heaviness, but it was patchy.

Tomagotchye

Panthro wrote: »

Hon Galway united

Top of the table! ;-)

rmchmufc

What a return to the Premier Division for Finn Harps.

Darkglasses

Tough lesson for Wexford Youths tonight. Controlled a lot of the second half but at the same time never tested Skinner. Onto the next one.

Also had my first night commentating a game. Interesting experience!

Raoul

Mushy wrote: »

It was in an awful way before kick off. Not much snow or ice in Turners Cross either. Can forgive the heaviness, but it was patchy.

Exactly. Look at the state of the six yard box. Has the pitch been in use in the off-season?

GLaDOS

Cant complain too much about the result in Cork, 2 terrible goals to give away but we were poor going forward, particularly in the 2nd half.

gimmick

Given the weather in Cork for the last few months it's no surprise the pitch isn't great. Of course it was going to be heavy. I'm sure it will be back in shape soon though.

Nice 2nd half from us last night. Completely controlled it without going full tilt. Bolger looks a great acquisition. Likewise McGuire. Hoolohan and Turner had poor outings as did Eoin O Connell.

Job done though. Good 3 points to start with. Another 3 against Derry next week and we are off to a flyer.

Mushy

gimmick wrote: »

Given the weather in Cork for the last few months it's no surprise the pitch isn't great. Of course it was going to be heavy. I'm sure it will be back in shape soon though.

Nice 2nd half from us last night. Completely controlled it without going full tilt. Bolger looks a great acquisition. Likewise McGuire. Hoolohan and Turner had poor outings as did Eoin O Connell.

Job done though. Good 3 points to start with. Another 3 against Derry next week and we are off to a flyer.

I'd assume he complaining is about it being very patchy before kick off even. But sure its done now.

Cork very much deserved winners really, Bohs didn't create much in terms of chances. Maguire looks clinical.

Few mad results last night. Itching to get up to Bray now.

harpstilidie

What a night in Finn Park. Packed to the rafters and beating the muckers!

Did the bwin site stream any of the games?

That_Guy

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Cant complain too much about the result in Cork, 2 terrible goals to give away but we were poor going forward, particularly in the 2nd half.

I can't remember any shots on target and I was at the bloody game. Desperate stuff.

Whatever "surprise package" tag we had last season is long gone. Got absolutely bullied off the ball far too easily.

White Horse

That_Guy wrote: »

I can't remember any shots on target and I was at the bloody game. Desperate stuff.

Whatever "surprise package" tag we had last season is long gone. Got absolutely bullied off the ball far too easily.

Yeah. Bohs looked very lightweight. No presence in the centre of the park and relying on a centre half who last season was supposed to be only a stand-in.

Attacking wise, the tactic seemed to be to rely on Akinade out bustling Corks supposed slow centre halves. Not easy to do on a mud patch, it made life very difficult for Akinade.

Kurtis Byrne did what he did during his last two seasons at Dundalk, frustrate fans and players alike. Kelly was anonymous.

Oat23

harpstilidie wrote: »

What a night in Finn Park. Packed to the rafters and beating the muckers!

Did the bwin site stream any of the games?

They had the Pat's & Cork games. None for the games in Wexford or Ballybofey.

Darkglasses

Oat23 wrote: »

They had the Pat's & Cork games. None for the games in Wexford or Ballybofey.

There was no stream for our game? They did bring a camera

CHealy

Delighted with the result but it wasnt looking good after the 1st half. Second 45 was much more controlling from City and young Maguire took his goals really well. 4 thousand at the Cross which was actually disappointing for a season opener against Bohs. Really didnt like the look of the Turners Cross pitch, it hasnt been that bad in a long time but I suppose it has been raining for around 6 months straight. I feel its a game we would have drew 0-0 if it was last season with B.Dennehy taking pointless shots from 40 yards out. Greg Bolger is an absolute gem, what a player this guy is.

Oat23

Darkglasses wrote: »

There was no stream for our game? They did bring a camera

Definitely was none for your game. Maybe the network at the stadium isn't ready to stream them? I'd assume an outfit like trackchamp would use their own, dedicated internet connection for the feeds.

Darkglasses

Oat23 wrote: »

Definitely was none for your game. Maybe the network at the stadium isn't ready to stream them? I'd assume an outfit like trackchamp would use their own, dedicated internet connection for the feeds.

Possibly yeah, we have a few different connections, I know they're fine for doing online audio commentary but I'm not sure how much bandwidth they need for a stable video stream.

Hammer Archer

Another season, another UCD red card.

AgileMyth

Shams fans disgracing themselves as usual.

monkey9

AgileMyth wrote: »

Shams fans disgracing themselves as usual.

What are they up to now?

Darkglasses

monkey9 wrote: »

What are they up to now?

Read on twitter that the ultras were letting off flares inside a pub, people injured. Have no idea if that's true.

AgileMyth

Darkglasses wrote: »

Read on twitter that the ultras were letting off flares inside a pub, people injured. Have no idea if that's true.

That plus fighting amongst themselves in the stand, few taken out by Gardai. They've also got brought a banner calling our manager a war criminal.

Its just the minority though as always.

Omackeral

The Model Club

gimmick

Just a minority I guess. So let's ignore it.

Zebra3

Hearing they stole a Sligo flag, set fire to it and accidentally set one of their own flags on fire in the process. :pac:

monkey9

Zebra3 wrote: »

Hearing they stole a Sligo flag, set fire to it and accidentally set one of their own flags on fire in the process. :pac:

Are you serious? :pac:

Oat23

Disappointed with the result. We played some nice stuff but made some silly tackles. Lost to a great freekick in the end.
We were actually the better team for periods when it was 11 v 10. Next week is another though game and two losses to start wouldn't be ideal for a young squad like ours.

Whenever they come to town you always end up talking about their fans. Disgraceful again. I know they're not all bad, but the decent ones stand by and watch the thugs do what they do game after game and don't say anything. They are just as bad because of that.
Judging by the amount of scumbags that were able/willing to travel to the other side of the country for tonight's game, it's far more than a small problem they have..

Darkglasses wrote: »

Read on twitter that the ultras were letting off flares inside a pub, people injured. Have no idea if that's true.

Smoke bombs, but the rest is true. Think 1 guy got hit with a beer bottle or something. They closed the pub then.
Good friday & traveller weddings are the only things that can close a pub's doors here..add shams fans to that list now :pac:.

Mushy

No complaints here, Dundalk very comfortable all game.

Enough flares to bankrupt them though

dfx-

A very pleasing three points. Too many games like that were drawn last year.

overshoot

Mushy wrote: »

No complaints here, Dundalk very comfortable all game.

Enough flares to bankrupt them though

after last night i hope im wrong but isnt the home club fined?

Mushy

overshoot wrote: »

after last night i hope im wrong but isnt the home club fined?

I'd hope not cos there was zero effort to get rid of those letting them off.

Zebra3

Sweet Jaysus.

DermoMIO

Oat23 wrote: »

Disappointed with the result. We played some nice stuff but made some silly tackles. Lost to a great freekick in the end.
We were actually the better team for periods when it was 11 v 10. Next week is another though game and two losses to start wouldn't be ideal for a young squad like ours.

Whenever they come to town you always end up talking about their fans. Disgraceful again. I know they're not all bad, but the decent ones stand by and watch the thugs do what they do game after game and don't say anything. They are just as bad because of that.
Judging by the amount of scumbags that were able/willing to travel to the other side of the country for tonight's game, it's far more than a small problem they have..


Smoke bombs, but the rest is true. Think 1 guy got hit with a beer bottle or something. They closed the pub then.
Good friday & traveller weddings are the only things that can close a pub's doors here..add shams fans to that list now :pac:.

Sligo should of equalised just before we got our second they were probably the better team in the second half we should of killed them off early in the second when they were down to 10. Didnt see the challenge for the red just the afters.

As for what our lot were up to in the pub there was no flares or smoke bombs let off, support from both sides had a bit of handbags after Sligo lads got offended by a few chants & supposedly called Miltown "a carpark" why this is an excuse for things to kick off god knows

the lads in the stand our "support" they should be locked up & the key thrown away, they weren't interested in the match just there to provoke the Garda & stewards, it took the Garda to get them off the wall despite the rest of our support telling them to get down for first 5-10mins & why people think it's funny or fun to rip up a seat & signage and throw it at stewards is beyond me (this said it was the minority few but as always its the bad things that are reported )

didn't see any flag robbing or burning myself, our support was held back for a good 20mins after FT & all bus's were parked in the stadium carpark or at the entrance & Garda didnt let us go till all bus's were ready so can't see that many being around after that for things to kick off again

strawberryb0y

DermoMIO wrote: »

As for what our lot were up to in the pub there was no flares or smoke bombs let off, support from both sides had a bit of handbags after Sligo lads got offended by a few chants & supposedly called Miltown "a carpark" why this is an excuse for things to kick off god knows

I was in O'Neills down the road from the ground, there most certainly was a smoke bomb and it was followed by classes and bottles being thrown by the crowd who let it off. Saw one lad with a fairly nasty looking cut across the forehead when I was leaving.

DermoMIO

strawberryb0y wrote: »

I was in O'Neills down the road from the ground, there most certainly was a smoke bomb and it was followed by classes and bottles being thrown by the crowd who let it off. Saw one lad with a fairly nasty looking cut across the forehead when I was leaving.

yea my bad just seen it on twitter, must of been after I'd of left I went into the stadium bout 10mins b4 KO

White Horse

Mushy wrote: »

I'd hope not cos there was zero effort to get rid of those letting them off.

The stewards looked for assistance from the Gardai to remove the one lad who was lighting all the flares. They told him that they were there "to observe".

Apparently the lad is a 14 year old and was there with about 10 of his Junior Cert class. Older Dundalk fans were booing them and telling them to *** off.

I heard that the lads are identified, photographed, and will hear from the football club very shortly.

laoch na mona

meanwhile gardai at pats were getting thick about flags :rolleyes:

A great first game for galway the squad is looking much fuller this year

doncarlos

Zebra3 wrote: »

Sweet Jaysus.

I think the eternal question of who ate all the pies has been finally answered.

White Horse

Zebra3 wrote: »

Sweet Jaysus.

I thought Danny North was playing.

CSF

Bit mean to be taking the piss out of a fellow LOI fan (even if it is Rovers) for just being at a match and happening to be photographed.

monkey9

laoch na mona wrote: »

meanwhile gardai at pats were getting thick about flags :rolleyes:

A great first game for galway the squad is looking much fuller this year

What flags? I doubt the Guards would care about flags.

Darkglasses

monkey9 wrote: »

What flags? I doubt the Guards would care about flags.

Didn't the Gardai have a big issue with Linfield fans and their flags in the Setanta cup?

Oat23

doncarlos wrote: »

I think the eternal question of who ate all the pies has been finally answered.

White Horse wrote: »

I thought Danny North was playing.

Are you lads members of the juvenile division?

laoch na mona

monkey9 wrote: »

What flags? I doubt the Guards would care about flags.

The lads in the maroon army had a starry plough, a Palestine flag and a few others, they were approached by gardai and stewards about them, the stewards were sound about it the gardai less sound from what I heard

UnleashTheBeast

laoch na mona wrote: »

The lads in the maroon army had a starry plough, a Palestine flag and a few others, they were approached by gardai and stewards about them, the stewards were sound about it the gardai less sound from what I heard

Dead right.

Why the **** would anybody bring a Palestine/political flag to a League of Ireland game?

You can be sure the hippies flying those flags at Terryland won't pay the fine we receive from the FAI.

AidySevenfold

Hon the Harps! What a result! Marred by a few Derry fans that ripped Stole and urinated on some flags.

Smart of them to admit to pissing on them on social media though

monkey9

laoch na mona wrote: »

The lads in the maroon army had a starry plough, a Palestine flag and a few others, they were approached by gardai and stewards about them, the stewards were sound about it the gardai less sound from what I heard

Oh yeah, I seen the Palestinian one in the stand alright.

laoch na mona

UnleashTheBeast wrote: »

Dead right.

Why the **** would anybody bring a Palestine/political flag to a League of Ireland game?

You can be sure the hippies flying those flags at Terryland won't pay the fine we receive from the FAI.

I'm not to pushed what flags are flown, and I wouldnt consider the national flag of Palestine political (no more than a tricolour is) I actually think the starry plough as a historical flag is well suited

dundalkfc10

UnleashTheBeast wrote: »

Dead right.

Why the **** would anybody bring a Palestine/political flag to a League of Ireland game?

You can be sure the hippies flying those flags at Terryland won't pay the fine we receive from the FAI.

Why would the FAI fine a club for Palestine flags? They cant!

CHealy

Im sure the Palestine lads will feel alot better now that a Galway lad showed their flag at a LOI game, a great sense of comfort for them I'd imagine.

Mindless attention seeking once again.

dundalkfc10

CHealy wrote: »

Im sure the Palestine lads will feel alot better now that a Galway lad showed their flag at a LOI game, a great sense of comfort for them I'd imagine.

Mindless attention seeking once again.

You could say the same about any flag any clubs fans have!