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Greatest League in the World 2024 [new thread available]

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭Ohmeha


    Fans betting against their own teams upon tips from their own players that they will be throwing the game is certainly a LOI first



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭Ohmeha


    Indo also saying 2 of the 7 players arrested are still playing in the LOI this season so forensic analysis of Friday night's teamsheets to see who is missing to figure out who they are



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,042 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    A former LOI player who was friends with my brother told him to bet the house on them losing one weekend because they had so many injuries, half of their team would be from the youths. They didn't play to lose, but it was about as dead a cert as you could get.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,989 ✭✭✭johnnyryan89




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,373 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,254 ✭✭✭joeysoap


    Sometimes you aim pick to a yellow (on the managers instructions)in order to be banned from a particular game (5 yellows)and be eligible for the game(s) after that. I know (for certain)of one instance of that happening in our league. And didn’t a player do it for England relatively recently ?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    I think Sergio Ramos did it in a champions league game aswell for the very same reason. It was the most blatant thing aswell, he smiled and didn’t even try to pretend he was doing it for anything else. But he did get a 2 game ban for it, he just needed to be less obvious 😂



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭Ohmeha


    Games as far back as 2016 being looked at now. 5 released without charge but a file is to be submitted to DPP, the other 5 still in custody

    Lets hope there is a full attendance for this weekend's FAI Junior Cup final lol

    https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/league-of-ireland-match-fixing-allegations-date-back-as-far-as-2016-41664725.html



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  • Administrators Posts: 54,110 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    As this topic is about a current active Garda investigation we need to be super careful about what is posted. I have had to snip a number of posts in this thread to remove potentially problematic content.

    Do not name players. Do not name players in an indirect way. Do not insinuate about particular players. Do not name clubs, or name clubs in an indirect way, or insinuate about specific clubs.

    Overall it is fine to discuss the issue, but without going into specifics about clubs or players.

    Thanks!



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,989 ✭✭✭johnnyryan89


    One player remains in custody for questioning while files are being prepared for the DPP for the others that were released yesterday. McDonnell's article says it believes this could extend as far back as 2016.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,700 ✭✭✭Gusser09


    Really bad look for the league. Hard to see how it has any credibility going forward when people like this are involved.



  • Site Banned Posts: 20,685 ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    Well given 2 Athlone players were banned in 2017 for it, it's not that surprising if Ithis goes back further



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,614 ✭✭✭The Golden Miller


    Big game for Shels Friday. Id expect we'll get something, away form decent and confidence up. Team starting to play a bit better as a unit after all the new signings. Goals still hard to come by



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    You mean it puts on par with every other league this has happened in ?

    Like all of them literally all of them!!!!!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,395 ✭✭✭Patrick2010


    Ucd commentators say their sub Dylan Duffy resembles Farugia except for the physio bills, classy guys



  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,694 Mod ✭✭✭✭dfx-


    They had lots of air to fill in that second half, reading their shopping lists couldn't have been far off. Certainly nothing on the pitch to talk about...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭Cape Clear


    Drew Harris commenting on match fixing investigation in the media earlier. This whole thing stinks but many had suspicions. Problem is there is no positive story to rebalance the negative press.



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,014 ✭✭✭hold my beer




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,965 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    We seem to be very light on players - hopefully we can get something!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭Ohmeha


    That Shels team news very vague on who else is a doubt aside from the 3 listed any ideas who they are? Nervous it will include Shane and Jack as both were subbed late last week



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,965 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    Shane is out afaik, haven't heard about Jack. McEneff and Thomas out too I think.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,561 ✭✭✭✭CSF




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭Ohmeha


    Phew Shane and Jack starting, JR only one from last week's starting XI out tonight, Hakiki comes in presume someone else covering RB



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,373 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    Another downside to them stupidly going PPV on LOITV this season is mass refunds being handed out whenever a game has problems. A bunch of them are down at the minute due to server problems. If it's not resolved soon it'll be a whole matchdays worth of income gone as they'll have to refund everyone.

    If we had season passes 99% of people wouldn't be bothered seeking a pro-rated refund.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,279 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    Two hattricks on in Limerick tonight.

    #greatestleagueintheworld



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 33,255 CMod ✭✭✭✭ShamoBuc


    I reckon Ramblers C has a better chance 😁



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,392 ✭✭✭PGE1970


    When I least expect it, Drogheda make supporting them a little easier.

    That is the most unexpected three points in a long time when you consider where we were with 30 minutes to go.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭Dillonb3


    Big win for Dundalk tonight but dodgy game away to Harps next monday



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,279 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    Routine win against a dogged Athlone for us. Top of the table after Corks dropped points at home. Huge game next Friday in EDP now. Win and we'd go 5 clear.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,051 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    I think you deserved it, just about. 2 well taken goals.

    Our wheels have come off a bit. Just not creating enough chances.

    As for Harvey, got to be one of the worst ref performances i have seen at the Brandywell. Really poor.


    We really need a good performance next week v Harps and 3pts.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,279 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    I was saying the same about us up to 6 weeks ago but we've really gotten going now, things can change quickly enough.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,935 ✭✭✭kksaints


    We were rubbish tonight, whatever we're doing on the training ground clearly isn't working. Need a big turnaround against Bohs on Monday.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,561 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    I think that is a few weeks in a row now where the conversation has been about how poor our opponents have played. Starting to think it may just be that we're properly starting to click under Duff. We were immense tonight, best I've seen us in a long long time.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,224 ✭✭✭overshoot


    Absolute peak harps to throw that away...

    Should really have gone 2up after roughan went off, and was a definite penalty before ye broke and got your second... But absolute nuts of us to allow a turn around like that against 10men. Certainly didn't look like you were a man down.

    Lack of leaders for us this year, especially with Webby out. Lacking a clinical edge going forward.

    Safe to say it's bottom 2 for us now. Thought it might have been bottom 3 for a while today!

    While it would have been one of the stupidest I've ever seen... Surely Deegan should have seen red too for kicking through Rainey's hand to the ball. No intent in it but mental to have done it



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,392 ✭✭✭PGE1970


    Fair comments Overshoot. You really should have won from the position that you were in.

    I thought Roughan's second yellow was harsh though.

    We have a free hit on Monday now. I expect nothing but a solid beating from Rovers.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,935 ✭✭✭kksaints


    Shels pressing was impressive even if we did play into your hands with our ponderous passing and style of play. Moylan looks a very good player.

    Forgot to say earlier that the ref was poor. Gave a load of really soft frees to Shels in the second half for the slightest contact on their defenders that he didn't give at the other end but he didn't send Curtis off when he made dangerous contact with a Shels player when already on a yellow.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,224 ✭✭✭overshoot


    It was right in front of us, definitely a yellow in fairness. Got a good piece out of filip. Officiating had some strange calls to say the least over the game though... But it's not like we expect otherwise. Our new foreign lads are meant to be shocked at how crap it is 😂

    Heard the announcement on racism during the game. Didn't realise someone was removed until reading the rte report there. Fair play to the stewards



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,561 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    Agree with that on the ref. Couldn’t understand how Curtis wasn’t sent off just before your equaliser, but did also think that we got a couple of nice get out of jail free kicks at the end which helped us keep some of the pressure off when we were obviously going to get naturally pushed back when defending a 1 goal lead.



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