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I thought Max started okay, but really had a 'mare as the half progressed, culminating in that no-pressure OG and then lots of misplaced passes after that. I'd have hooked him for his own sake if I was his manager. I actually felt sorry for the lad.

I didn't see or hear of anything dodgy that the Rovers fans were doing, apart from the lad that ran onto the pitch at the first goal to celebrate with the players and goad the Bohs fans. Can you post what you mean by "disgraceful stuff"? I read elsewhere a Bohs fan saying something about "criminal damage". I was watching the WatchLOI stream and didn't see anything.

Ah I was in Dalymount in E so probably a lot of stuff not shown on the telly.

Match started late as rovers end kept throwing flares onto the pitch, I think the net was set on fire. Threw them on after the goals too, which kept delaying restarts, ripped the hoardings/advertisement boards, threw bottles at Burt when he was injured. Mannus had to ask them to stop. Some lad just randomly on the pitch for a while. Garda/Stewards almost beyond useless bar that one lad who was arrested.

Shouldn't really distract I suppose from the pitch, we didn't really look at the races til promise came on in the 2nd half and provided a different option. Switching off after we got one back is diabolical though, but giving away soft goals is a recurring theme at the moment.

Ah right, they didn't show any of that on the stream. I was wondering why the KO was delayed: the commentators were saying it was because "players were after damaging the nets" and I was like "what?"...I must have heard wrong, they must have said flares, not players 🤣

Ah tbh, that was way down from where I was so I genuinely didn't see that. If that's the case, that's the case.

Still way over the top from the Rovers end though, sure I think they almost hit Mannus with a few of them.

I could see both clubs not selling away tickets for a while for this fixture, which despite all the shite, would be a shame as the atmosphere is usually on fire.

lol

In fairness to Bohs fans theyre fond of de aul rodeo themselves....Ive been in Dalymount when Bohs fans piled onto the pitch and ran across to the way end with not a bother on them. Flare(s) were thrown on the pitch from the Bohs end on Friday but it would appear who ever was searching the Rovers fans werent arsed to do it properly.Would take the horror and the disgust from UCD, Wexford or Bray fans but not from you lads up in Phibsborough

Great support over from Drogheda. Made noise all night.

We both appear to be pulling away alright. A well deserved 3-2 win for us at Treaty tonight, coming from 2 down to win it late. Credit to JC for his changes just after the hour, they worked and got us over the line.

Fantastic win for us at Pats tonight.

Really controlled the game. Pats offered little.

And Sligo did us a favour too.

Drogs and UCD in 2 of our next 3 games which are all crucial too. Thought we really need 5 or 7pts from those 2 and shels to stay in touch so good start.

Poor game, Great result. Not sure either keeper made a save. With so many out, Webster long term, n'zyei another big long term loss you'd expect, didn't have much confidence. We don't have much depth to carry injuries and our inevitable suspensions

It seems that a fans bus was refused entry to the ground at the request of Bray. Devlin has no excuse for his behaviour, the chants will only be worse at the next game.

Good, solid win for us against Longford this evening. Another improved performance too, level of performance has begun to improve markedly in recent games. Really is looking like it'll come down to the games between us and Cork to decide who'll go up.

The fans were allowed in

Collie was there with Bray today

Devo owes our stewards an enormous apology

When I saw the rumours yesterday my initial reaction was that Bradley shouldn't take it, English football can be too cut throat and he could end up unemployed again within a year. He seems happy at Rovers, he has built a great squad who should give Europe a good crack this season and you'd imagine that could provide very lucrative if they managed to get into the group stages. His stock would be higher then too should he want to move on at some stage.

Then when I started looking into it more today as the rumours intensified I thought it actually does make sense for him to take it. Rumours of £150k+ salary which will surely be a nice pay increase, Lincoln seem to have a supportive board who do like to give their managers a bit of time, they've good facilities and a fan base while also he would get a full pre-season under the belt. Rovers is the top job in Ireland so if he wants to further his career he is going to go at some stage. While it might be lousy time to leave from a Rovers perspective, it probably makes sense from his.

Disappointed if he left us halfway through the season with Europe still to come. He has a contract, see it out and then move if he wants without taking the coaching staff Rovers have built up over the last few years not to mention taking our best players.

I'd be surprised if Bradzer left and imagine he could be testing the waters or angling for a raise. If he does go and assuming Mcphail stays then Robbie must be in the reckoning as they are pals. Rovers chairman Ciaran Medlar also would have represented Robbie for years.

Oh they were let, but by the wexford lads, so fair play to them. The whole thing since the takeover has beena shambles.