Greatest League in the World 2024 [new thread available]

Cork were away in Dublin Friday and again tonight. Pats and Derry were both away twice on the first Monday weekend of the season.

I can see how it’s far from ideal and should be avoided where possible, but the facts from the podcast are also incorrect.

I feel like they should just be a bit clever and make sure that it’s at least 1 of the closer away trips if it has to be that way. Obviously some teams have more close away games than others and that’s ultimately just circumstance.

More rubbish from us. Sligos keeper didn't have a save to make. Neil Doyle is a horrible ref although he did get the sending off correct. Don't know what Eoin Doyle was thinking.

Looked a lot worse there from my angle. Doesn't even look much of a foul from that view, do you have the hackdown of Curtis that was a few minutes before that started a bit of a pushing? Wondering why Curtis was so furious about it.

Wasn't much there either. Fitzgerald tugs his jersey then pushes him down to stop him getting forward. Again probably just the situation being 1 down and he was frustrated. Fitzgerald might have tapped his heel at the start of the clip but can't tell.

Piss poor from Waterford today.. Missed a load of chances.. Wexford got one chance and took it, played 10 behind the ball for rest of the game, fair play to them.. Worked their socks off.. Advantage Galway now

Weird game in Drogheda. Drogheda battered us until they scored and then completely collapsed almost immediately and we could have easily gone on and won it in the end.

Decent point without any of Boyd, Molloy, Farrell, Leavy, Smith, Coyle or Kane

Decent point for us in the end after a hard ( and heart breaking) game in Oriel on a truly awful pitch.

We have no squad (two teenage keepers and u19s on the bench) and we're part-time. I don't know how we don't get a pen in the first half when Barrett body checks Brennan in the box.

And, of course, we have the ubiquity of our keeper handing over goals/points. His "effort" for the Shels free kick was woeful.

He is easily the worst keeper that I have seen with Drogheda for as far back as I can remember. Awful player.

Rovers different class.

Totally outplayed us tonight. We are miles behind them and 2nd in the league would be a great achievement for us. I think we might struggle to get it. We seem to have gone backwards from last season. Zero tactical nuance tonight, just hit and hope for 90min.

Couldn't even score a cheap penalty.

Liam Buckley or Vinny Perth? Who do you think?

I'd probably go Bucko. He did a good job with us coming in and steadying the ship but I think you need to sign a few in July whoever comes in.

The showgrounds pitch is always sh*te from February - May but when it gets a bit of sun it's always grand from then on, and yeah the pitch has hindered us. Everyone has been second guessing themselves as they pass the ball around because a bobble might catch them out and it's the same with the wingers trying to dribble with the ball. Good bit of work was done before the UCD game last week and it was the first time the pitch didn't have many bobbles letting the team play it quick and confidently without having to worry. Hartmann's first goal would never have happened had that game been played a few weeks earlier. One of the passes in the build up or his dribble into the box would have hit a lump in the pitch and fecked the whole move up.

The Derry and Dundalk pitches are shocking but for different reasons to the showgrounds. We also played well in both those away games because we could keep it on the ground and pass.

Clancy gone. Slightly surprised as I thought he'd get the next few matches but we've had too many dreadful performances this season. Not sure who is lined up to replace him.

Stay away from Kevin Doherty & Daire Doyle!!!

Not sure repeating that move would go down well with the fans. Doherty has done very well with Drogs.

Jon Daly has been appointed interim manager.

He's doing a hell of a job and we want him to continue to do so. We'd be probably six point better off, at least, if we had a keeper.

It's a hard one for Pats now. On its face, it's still one of the best jobs in the league. I wonder would they they the UK? It's unlikely that someone like a Danny Cowley or Michael Appleton would be interested but there are lots of good managers over there who might fancy a chance at a pop in Europe?

JC doing a "great" job in Galway, we'd (I'd) be delighted to let ye have him, for a fee of course.

I wouldn't disagree but who do you get?

If you are looking at experience, then, ironically, Liam Buckley is your man. Who else is there? Martin Russell, Paul Doolin etc? Two of which have already managed Pats!

If you go leftfield, like Drogheda did with Tim Clancy, then Jon Daly is the obvious choice. But you compromise on experience.

The Pats job is an attractive one and you will get interest from the UK. It will be interesting to see who you go for!

Watching the highlights from last night on YouTube and I see Reale once again made a shocking decision not allowing an advantage for Cork. Same thing he did to Derry. Dreadful.

Jesus, that is woeful refereeing