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Great win for Pats

Wouldn't have said sensational, he had two very good moments in the game I thought, one in each half (and neither of them was his goal funnily 😂) Power marshalled him well enough beyond that. Thought Martin got through a lot of good unselfish work for ye up top.

Aye the playing about cost us and could be seen coming. That was the 3rd time Horton had made a **** of it and finally punished, he did similar a few minutes later and was eventually taken off but the damage was done.

Break is coming at the right time for us, missing some big players now and stuck with the likes of Mcmenamy playing week in week out isn't good, squad is still very thin so could do with the rest and hopefully probably not gonna have anyone back bar maybe McDonald depending on what forced him off in the first half but Amond can at least have a much needed rest.

In all seriousness, that's an absolutely massive win for us. To get out of Waterford with 3 points is no easy feat. Wasn't expecting it looking at things logically, but had a feeling we'd scrape it somehow.

Derry are becoming a bit of a pain, hanging in there. You'd think once you shake Rovers you'd be in the clear, but the longer they hang in, the more nervous you'd become. I think we'll still have too much for them by the end of the season. Still waiting for this run Rovers are supposed to make. They're done, as I told people from the start.

On the balance, Derry deserved their last minute winner, we've had our share, so over the season these things tend to work themselves out. But going away and grinding a 1-0 win against the likes of Waterford on a Thursday is what wins you titles.

Pat's it must be said, deserved a last minute winner themselves finally. Had a few cruel draws and defeats in the last minute alot this season, which probably doesn't reflect how they've played at times.

Drogheda were playing well for alot of this season and weren't getting the results their play deserved. I'd say it disheartened them somewhat, now they arent getting the results but also aren't playing well. The less said about Bohs the better, all over the place, no direction on or off the field

He is man marked by two players every game. But as you see, he still creates moments every match, that generally win us the game. He simply can't be contained for the full 90 minutes, and when he gets free he's lethal, wins us games every week

He had very little to do with his goal, I don't want to get into a debate on this, he was very good tonight he is a threat to every defence in the league and twice tonight he managed to cut loose a little and had our defence in trouble. He certainly wasn't man marked by two players though, Darragh Power and him had a very good battle. A one on one battle.

I can see Derry pipping ye but with how hard ye are to break down, ye will take some beating to the title. Only time we got the ball in the net was an offside and in truth though the last few minutes ye were hanging on a little over the 90 minutes we found it very hard to get much change out of that defence. I know us being leggy and the squad being stretched had a say in that too but credit where its due, ye contained us well overall.

His moments are single handedly winning us the league. Without the stuff he creates, we'd be dropping points and getting draws every week. I told people the league was over the minute we signed him, and he's the difference.

Waterford probably could argue they deserved a draw, but at the same time many teams feel like that after a game with us. They have the ball and feel like they're playing well, but there's a reason they often can't get the goal, our defence is immense. Make everything scrappy and tough for the opposition, very hard to break down

Was it? Haven't seen a replay but from the stand I thought he looked off as heartbreaking as it was.

Officiating is very poor in the league in general though so you never know

Is it known if Weir will be leaving for Walsall or could he stay beyond the end of the month? Drogs look in a bad way alright but the league is so poor this year that if they manage to get themselves together, add one or two and have a bit more luck in games you can pick up wins against anyone.

Well, Longford lost again, so at least we're consistent.

Have seen the video replay that some people are using as irrefutable evidence but he looked very slightly off to me too

Rumour at the game last night that ye are struggling getting Visas for some Yanks ye that your owners/investors want to bring over. Could be classic LOI waffle too.

That's Rovers done you'd imagine, 11 points is a lot to make up, they're depending on us going into some sort of meltdown slump, won't happen. I think we'll make a couple of signings in this window to bolster the squad for the run-in and 2 European matches.

I don't see us going past the first round. Which is fine for our first season back in Europe. There will be lots of "Duff has been found out" style comments, but they'll be jealous haters. I think we are a season too early for Europe personally anyway.

Derry keep hanging on, and things could very easily change quickly of course, but we also keep grinding out results either matching or bettering Derry week to week.

Interesting run in anyway, it will be intense after the break.

Seems to be a lot of Bohs fans p*ssed about him being away with the 21s for the week. Was that not known at the time?

Big loss for sure. Hopefully club can pick up someone good until end of season at least

Think that’s more about Duffer and Joey tbh. I’d be more nervous if someone like Bohs sacked Reynolds and went after Joey O’Brien.

We were without Barrett last night and had to move Molloy from LCB to RCB and Ledwidge from LB to LCB and it didn’t create a noticeable difference.

Griffin coming back from injury to play beside Barrett and we’ll surely sign someone. Would still imagine that if we fall short it’ll be because of those games where the goals don’t come. 10 1 goal wins this season has meant we’ve relied on some really fine margins.

We've weathered losing Jack Moylan and likewise I'm confident we will be very strong without Gav Molloy, a replacement to be signed in July is a given but it's a definite wound for Shels losing Molloy fantastic mature young defender who can still improve

He was a great old fashioned centre forward who had a great eye for goal.

RIP

Sam Bone was at Pats too. He’s ok, but noth8ng to get excited about.

He played in Maidstones cup victory over Ipswich. He's a good player to be fair to him.

You would expect Bone won’t be a starter btw unless Griffin’s return from injury is not to plan (he came on at Waterford so hopefully can start next week)

The only good thing with the Coote signing is that it’s a want rather than a need signing. Not completely sure whose spot he takes in the team immediately, so he will have to be on his game to get in.

If Wood gets signed too. It will be even harder for him to the point where I’d be very surprised that we’re signing both of them. Jarvis, Burt, Caffrey, Matty Smith all playing well in those attacking positions that are neither CM or CF.

I reckon Celje would have been the most difficult draw for Rovers and Vikingur would have been the 2nd worst though having 2nd leg at home is a small consolation for Rovers

Here's hoping Shels get drawn this afternoon with Tre Penne for a trip to San Marino, I wouldn't be happy we draw Breidablik or F91 Dudelange we could be up against it with those two