Greatest League in the World 2024 [new thread available]

Not anymore unfortunately as I'm going to Germany tomorrow for the Nordderby on Sunday. Last minute decision since they increased the capacity to 25k a few days ago and I got tickets. Couldn't pass it up after 3 years without going over.

Hopefully the 4G/wifi on the train back from Dublin on Monday night is decent so I can watch live though.

Don't worry about that chant Drumpot, it's just supporters having a go.

I'm sure your son enjoyed the away win. I hope he did. As a LoI fan, the bad days are more frequent than the good ones. 45 years as a Drogheda supporter has taught me that!!

Yeah, we can’t have too many complaints really, even though we could have snatched a draw at the death. Only started playing after Sligo went 2 ahead really. Tunde took his goal very well and has certainly staked a claim for inclusion as a starter. Sooner the better Paddy Barrett is back, as we look shaky defensively. Don’t think we’d have lost that game with Barrett and Lee Desmond at the back.

He was very good, made some brilliant saves.

Galway played the bulk of the second half with 10 men so you would excuse the pragmatic approach but they didn't exactly try to play football in the first half either.

Galway against Waterford next week will be some snorefest with Morris and Caulfield in charge!

5000 at the cross last night? Mad attendance. If they could keep 50% of them coming every week that would be great.

Reading that all the tickets for the away end in Derry last night were sold to Shamrock Rovers members which rips the "small minority of trouble makers who aren't actual fans" theory we always hear to shreds. Club members jumping on the pitch by the dozen to celebrate the equaliser with some getting into it with Graham Burke according to Dan McDonnell.

Which is never acceptable and I'm not excusing it, but they haven't got a long history of doing that. It seemed to be a lot of kids and it was a 95th minute winner to open the season against the champions. I don't see it being a regular occurrence. Shamrock Rovers are the ones acting the maggot at most away games and brushing it off as acts carried out by people who aren't genuine fans when it turns out it's club members at it.

There comes a point where it needs addressing whether it's jumping on the pitch, detroying toilets, or the craic they were at a few years ago in Sligo where a group came into the pub, lit a flare and started throwing bottles around, one of which hit a man across the head. Their fans and the club can't keep ignoring this behaviour and the excuse they usually use is gone now. All the tickets last night were sold to known individuals since they are club members.

That was me. Sorry about that.

I would usually agree with you about pitch invasions, most tend to be harmless but the ones at the Brandywell were at a level above the ordinary I thought.

The Rovers fan who video'd himself running right up to the centre circle then back to the corner flag, then over to the Derry keeper to wind him up, before he was chased by a Rovers player kind of set the tone for the evening, along with those who encroached after the equaliser.

That behaviour gets to the opposing fans, who then couldn't wait to invade once we scored the winner. There was a lot of fans on the pitch at that point and it had the potential to turn ugly considering we have no police in the ground, only a group of stewards.

In fact one Derry idiot ran the length of the pitch to goad the Rovers support, and a couple of Rovers fans came to meet him, and one of them gave him a good few slaps before stewards were able to intervene.

Derry have enough wee scumbags now following the team, which really annoys the vast majority of our support. Had a couple of dozen of them snapped and decided to invade and head towards the Rovers end, there is next to nothing the stewards could have done to stop a major fight. It was genuinely the 1st time in many many years that I have thought that something could have gotten out of control at the Brandywell.

There has to be a far harder clamp down on pitch invasions. Most ate harmless and 99% of the guys who ran on to the pitch after we scored the winner were probably under the age of 10 or 11. It's hard to tell these youngsters not to run on to the pitch, it's like trying to hold back water, and to fine the club's is harsh.

Brilliant! Greatest league in the world

Rubbish performance from us tonight. Bohs fully deserved their win.

Could have been 3-0 up before Dundalk got their first with 2 off the line, one off the crossbar. The first goal just knocked us all over the park though

Can't say any of our new signings look like duds though, just havnt had that bit of luck so far. Better team v UCD too but can't say we created the chances in that game we did first half today

Very happy with a point at the Brandywell. Dodgy opening half an hour but the defense settled after that and Derry rarely had a sniff on goal. The New Zealander (Pijnaker) we signed for replace Mahon looks like a really good player. I was worried after the Bohs game was postponed that we'd have an awful start and the buzz around Sligo would be lost, but it's certainly still there after beating Pats away on Friday and then following it up with a point in the Brandywell. Should be a big crowd on Saturday for the Dundalk match.

Looking at the highlights from the Harps game and they were desperately unlucky to go in at HT down a goal after some of the chances they missed. The new striker looks to have something about him at least. Bit more luck and he'd have had a brace.

That Byrne pass for the Shams opening goal was brilliant and then he followed it up with a fantastic goal himself. Far too good for this league.

LOITV: I like that they're showing goals from other games this season. I've noticed a lot of pubs around Sligo are advertising that they are showing our games. Can anyone confirm if LOITV has a commerical pass for stuff like that? I hope they're not paying €7 and then showing it to a few dozen people.

Jack Byrne covers a huge amount of ground anytime I watch him. I prefer seeing him in the opposition half but you'll often see him dropping deep to start attacks. Maybe its different watching a player live as watching on the box.

This.

Footage never shows what you can see from the stands. He puts in a shift every time.

He was played almost as a forward/winger in the first two matches, which just doesn't suit him, but was much more central in the last match where he's at his best.

We really need a proper left footed player to play as a wing back on the left. Towards the end of last season when we had a few injuries it looked like he was going to try convert Greene to a wing back, but he's not a natural defender.

Jimmy Brown signs a two year deal at Blackburn. Delighted for him, great lad and always gave it all for Drogheda.

Need to be putting away teams like UCD is the only issue - we've a tough set of fixtures coming up.

It is unfortunate in that both are quality players when fit, but also a huge gamble going into the season with the two of them as your wing backs. They are made of glass unfortunately, if they could stay fit I would guess they'd be playing abroad. Cotter has been a really good signing considering he was signed when the window was closed as a backup initially, can cover a lot of positions to a decent level.

From RTE sport previewing tonights game...

The Hoops do have some injury problems.

Chris McCann is doubtful. Sean Kavanagh and Neil Farrugia are still a week away from fitness.

Comfortable enough win for Drogheda tonight.

Sean Roughan made his first start and kept Colin Whelan very quiet.

Super goals from Gary Deegan and Chris Lyons are worth watching on LoItv.

UCD keeper will be disappointed with the goals. Their blonde CB did well but Drogheda controlled the game reasonably comfortably.

It was an important 3 points for us. UCD are game but will struggle as they were bullied a bit by our more experienced players.

Just glad that we're off the bottom.

Derry beat Shels 1-0. Game looked destined for a 0-0 draw until a goalkeeping error gifted Derry a goal. Derry looked comfortable for the most part but didn't create much. The goal was the only save Webb had to make and didn't. Shels improved from Monday night but didn't look like scoring. Duff played three in the middle which seemed to work well. Dervin, McManus and Wilson probably our best performers on the night. Kane got down the line on the other side a couple of times. Moylan went off injured, hopefully not too serious.