Greatest League in the World 2024 [new thread available]

Absolutely sh!tty behaviour by their twitter admin not to reference it, but I wouldn't expect anything else from certain people there.

Totally totally unacceptable by the "fans" involved as well. Hopefully the Gardai were there and can take some action, because I'm sure Rovers won't.

Disgusting stuff, fuming here too.

€500 fine that the money down the back of Dermot Desmond's couch will pay, so you're right. Not really a punishment.

Stopped going to the games myself about five years ago when I had kids. Living away from Tallaght now and my eldest it getting to the age where he's taking an interest and starting to talk about going to games, but shite like that really puts me off. Got Bray Wanderers five minutes down the road instead and think I'll end up bringing him there.

Think overall you deserved Europe.

We have flattered to deceive. Last month or so shows that we are missing about 5 or 6 good players.

Shame that it looks like Duffy and McEleney won't be coming home to play in Europe.

What absolute dickhead sets off a firework and fires it at a pitch while a match is ongoing.

Mental behaviour.

Jaysus tell it like it is.

That's quite an outburst from Bircham.

With two games to go, it will be interesting to see the reaction of the players.

Few times already now he has seriously thrown some of his players under the bus publicly whether you think it's right or wrong that very rarely works out well for managers these days. I think he's done an decent job there with the backing he has received but they are still very much under threat of relegation which would fall on him

Hardybuck, I absolutely accept that Bircham has done a fantastic job.

However, comments like those can work two ways to either prompt the players into a positive reaction or to basically p!$$ them off to the extent that they won't do the job.

It will be interesting to see how the players react.

Ya has to be done correctly. The last time it was done with the A Championship there were too many reserve sides and there was no management of it. Then when it disbanded the likes of Tralee went back to their district league only to be told they had to start a few divisions below where they left. The likes of that would make me think it'll be heavily weighted towards college/LOI reserve sides plus a few of the non league clubs with sides in the underage leagues.

Did they really have to put 4 games on at the same time today? Might've bought the Galway game had they put the playoffs on at a different time to the PD games but I'll just watch Drogs/Bohs now.

that Rovers mouthpiece Emma Wheatley on Twitter is some piece of work.

complaining indignantly about people only bringing up the actions of the rovers section at the RSC. The reality that Whenthere are videos of fireworks being fired at players from that section then people will concentrate on that seems beyond her

UCD facing Bray in the Playoff final, still don't see either side beating whoever finishes 9th in the Premier. Galway should be disappointed not scoring at least once in 180 minutes against Bray. On the bright side, super crowd at Eamonn Deacy Park, stadium was absolutely packed.

It's hard to criticise a kid but Drogheda's keeper has coughed up soft goals in our last 3 games.

I dont think that both Waterford and Harps will win theirlast 2 games but we really should be safe by now.

A decent support base in Galway if things were done properly there. They've just never done themselves any favours. Caulfield's not the man for the job but i can see them going at least half another FD season before they figure that out.

Ya but in fairness ye didn't always play like that either. Ye had players like Kearney, Danny Murphy, Maguire etc who offered width, speed, attacking FB play. Might have been that the players suited a slightly better style then.

He needs to change something next year, can't have a second full time season without promotion.

He brought Doherty on for Boylan at 70 mins. Moved the always ineffective Rowe to middle of midfield. Doherty was an improvement on Rowe but still didn't do much. His subs are usually too little too late and they are always the same

If we are level or behind at the hour he usually takes off Wilson no matter how he is playing. Then it's Rowe to middle midfield and Doherty or Place out wide. It's another of the rigid things that are very annoying, it's like an NFL playbook and doesn't take any in game stuff into it.