Greatest League in the World 2024 [new thread available]

Thanks for your opinion friend. Couldn’t really give a f*ck who you support in truth. Not sure why you’d feel the need to share that.

Kerry very much far from the finished article yet, but their most complete performance to date, and always important to pick up your first point of the season, particularly at home. Gaxha and Gleeson will be very much central to the side's progress, and if they can just tighten up on their disciplinary record, the first win mightn't be too far off.

Well Friday was great! Definitely looked like it was going to a 0-0 stalemate until we had that touch off class.

Defo a couple of Bohs got into the Riverside and got dragged out by the Guards. One has even posted a photo of himself today on Twitter....

Felt Shels deserved something from that match. Thought last season, a lot of calls went against Shels at importmant moments in games, and the same happened tonight with the disallowed goal at the end, which defintely looked onside.

When we went 1-0 up could of pushed on to get a second as we were pretty comfortable and looked dangerous, Dundalk looked blunt. We handed them the inititive and only really started to play again when going behind. Had the beating off Dundalk I felt, but didn't press it when we should have, and payed the price. More a case of Shels handing Dundalk the win, rather than Dundalk being the better side and winning

Pathetic from us against 10 men tonight for the majority of the match. If there has been sloppy goals given away than most of ours in the last two matches I'd like to see them because we've laid down the red carpet for Dundalk and Sligo. Clancy is on thin ice after those performances.

Great to score 4 goals but disappointed not to hang on for 3 points.

City's defending from corners was brutal. Attacking wise much more encouraging.

This goal needs no introduction

https://twitter.com/reptracker/status/1632844455702151172?t=jeq5baaU-mHVzckhQYkoBw&s=19

Stay away from Kevin Doherty!!

I'm not surprised to be honest.

He was good enough for us but isn't top of the table standard.

Odumusu will let you down as well. His distribution is poir and whilst he is capable of a good save, there is always a howler lurking in the background.

I still wish Tim well though. He did great for us.

Can’t imagine we will be too in the thick of it. Even last night I don’t think we deserved to lose at all.

Boyd is one of the best strikers in the league IMO and will be back for the bulk of the season.

We struggle quite a bit without him, but haven’t lost a game by more than a goal, and when we’re talking about Moylan, Caffrey, Smith, Farrell and Leavy competing for 2 spots behind Boyd, I can’t imagine we’ll be talking about how there isn’t enough up front.

Trouble between the benches in Oriel last night?

Your best buddy punched at least 5 people, and then urinated on the crest of every team in the league.

Can't disagree there, however I do wonder is some of that coming from the back 4 not really being settled at all and Talbot being an absolute liability since he's come back.

On last night, other than it being bleedin freezin in Dalyer, lot of positives.

Akintunde had a great game, same with McDaid, seemed to really be up for it. Afolabi just needs to get one or two goals under his belt, as his all round play bar his finishing has been decent. Coote looks well up for it also.

You could do a bit of a clean up at Buckley Park and it'd look better than Oriel. Sad to see it lying abandoned because it's a fine ground.

We should have. Last year i said we'd push Rovers and Derry in coming seasons, I retracted that after seeing the signings we made, lack of experience, but after seeing the first 4 games, I think we're building something special. It's clear now there is a vision and a gameplan, and will be implemented with youth and speed. We still lack experience and game managment but it will come. Look at the difference in passing between the first game last season compared to when we beat Bohs in the cup, and even compare that to the passing in the first half against Dundalk, huge improvement.

We're at that stage in development where we have all these near misses and chances, but at some point it will click and gel, and when it does, a few teams will be in for a battering imo, we're the coming team. I've actually been impressed with our general play and disciplined structure, but yes we lack experience and game management, but I definitely think we're going in the right direction.

Going to Tolka Park every game, and any away game I can, you can feel the bond between the manager, fans and players. There's definitely a unity there, a connection closer than anyone else in the league has. On any given week, we've the best and loudest fans. Last season we went toe to toe with the best in the league on many occassions and gave as good as we got, but lack of experience killed us. But it's building towards something big imo. Something special is slowely happening in Tolka Park, and when it all comes together we'll be a force to be reckoned with.

We're the giants of Irish football and we've been away too long. The Pride of Ringsend is rising once more. Wait and see

Drogheda v Dundalk almost sold-out a week before the game.

Great to see.

It'll be a cold sit at the games tonight!

Lots of pitch inspections today, but I’d say they’ll end up on.