L.O.I prem/first division fancies for the weekend ahead

layed pats ,i think rovers will get at least a point here ,we play well away from and richmound is a happy hunting ground for us .

away from home even :)

is the pats/rovers game televised 2nite on rte?

sadly no.

ffs,cheers bud.

no prob .

galway will have their full back in goals

from the extra time website

Bray Wanderers will be looking to build on last Mondays win at Oriel Park as they welcome Galway United to the Carlisle Grounds on Friday night.

It took the Seasiders nine attempts to register their first win of the season in a 3-2 thriller against a Dundalk side that were joint top of the league at the time.

Bray boss, Eddie Gormley was delighted with the win. "We played well and created more chances than them and deserved the three points. We showed a lot of character to come from behind twice and it was nice to be at the right end of a late winning goal for a change".

"It was great for Robbie (Doyle) to get the winning goal, hes been working very hard and as a striker you need that goal to get you going and go on and score some more goals. And Jake (Kelly) coming off the bench and scoring two goals was great for him. He did really well and the two goals will do his confidence a power of good"

But Bray will be without a host of injured players on Friday night. Shane O'Neill, Stephen Brennan and Richie Baker are all still out with hamstring injuries while Daire Doyle (foot), John Mulroy (calf) and Dean Zambra (ankle) will also miss out.

Mark O'Brien, who missed Monday night's game through suspension following his sending off against Shamrock Rovers, returns to the squad and Dylan Vickers, Adam O'Connor and Ian Touhy have been drafted in.

Like Bray, Galway United started the season with some indifferent results but they too have had a recent upsurge in form.

Despite recent defeats against Premier Division high fliers Dundalk and St Patricks Athletic they have had wins against Drogheda United and, only two weeks ago, the reigning league champions Bohemians.

Beating Bohs in their own back yard was a massive result for the Tribesmen and their performance against Drogheda at Terryland Park cemented the growing reputation of Anto Flood and Karl Sheppard as a strike partnership that can score goals against any team in the league.

Galways main problem for Fridays game is their ongoing goalkeeping crisis. United only have one available

Overs have to have a great chance.

Bohs v UCD . Bohs played well against Fingal on Monday and should follow up here . Bohs 2-0
Bray v Galway . Bray got their 1st win of the season on Monday but I expect Galway to get a point . 1-1 .
Drogheda v Dundalk. Dundalk suprisingly beaten at home on Monday but think they will do the biz here . 1-2
St.Pats v Sham Rovers . Expect Rovers to get at least a point here . 1-1.
Sligo Rovers v Fingal . Rerun of last year Cup Final . Draw 1-1.

Why are Galway favs if thats true?
Bray played well against Dundalk and should surely be favs at home against a team with an outfield player in goals.

Overall Brays form this season has been poor . Remember they were gearing up for a season in the 1st Division until Cork City were wound up . Overall Galways form is better . They beat Bohs at Dalymount and were unlucky not to beat Fingal .

I understand that but surely an outfield player playing in goals is a big advantage?
Actually fancied a few goals in this anyway before i heard the news so might just stick to overs.
Dundalk very short at evens,our very small squad is really been stretched with a couple of key players doubtful tonight for whats gonna be a very tough derby.

Your right Punkha I forgot Barry Ryan was suspended . Also Karl Shephard is out injured which must make Bray value at the price they are.

RHYS MEYNELL DEFO STARTS IN GOAL!FLOOD AND SHEPHARD UP FRONT,SEE THE PAPERS AND RTE SAID SHEPHARD WASNT TO PLAY

The Galway United website says Karl Sheppard is out with a back injury.

Galway 1 up.

0-2 Galway.

excellent..one more would do nicely in that game..

SHEPHARD JUST SCORED,U JUST CANT BELIEVE TEAM NEWS ON CLUBS WEBSITES,WHICH RTE FOLLOW

rovers 1.0. we also missed a peno.

who missed it??twigg?

no chambers my son had him backed @ 12/1 first g/scorer :(

no way!! sickner.

still the win will do :)

2.0 :)

rovers all over them .

one treble tubed 2nite..

good night for rovers with their win and bohs slipped again..

booooooooooooooooooooom rovers :)

Anybody notice a drift on Bohs tonight before ko?

YEAH ENDED UP ABOUT 1.56,UCD WERE WELL BACKED ALL DAY.STRANGE THOUGH AS BOHS HAD STRONG TEAM OUT.
HUGE MOVE FOR BRAY WHEN IT WAS CONFIRMED RHYS MEYNALL STARTED IN GOAL

Gotta say Giant its getting close to a crisis now surely,too many bad results to be a fluke.

Yeah punkha. The alarm bells are definitely ringing after last night. It`s a wonder how we`re only 6 pts off top we have been so poor as you saw yourself at first hand in Oriel.Totally deserved victory.
Big game for you Monday. Hope you win!

who they playing giant ,:)

A rabble of hooped characters wr. Know anything about them? :D

LIVE ON SETANTA I THINK!!!!!!!!

yeah undertones on the big screen .book your place now :0

5 games. No home wins. Dreadful stuff.