League of Ireland Week 8 (some EGGciting games) :)

What makes you think this present Bohs team can get anything up in Sligo?

Same with St. Pats???

What makes you think this present Bohs team can get anything up in Sligo?

Same with St. Pats???

Just think both are overpriced applehunter !

Fair enough.

Couldn't trust either myself. Pats have cost me a couple of grand in winnings this season already.

i'll be looking to bet both with the draw Apple, we'll see when the suspensions news today comes out it may throw up another bet. Anything grab your eye?

Double for me, Rovers to win, Sligo/Bohs draw.

i think people are basing bohs form on the rovers result alone....i think bohs were very much up for this game ....they put massive effort into this  game ..
they never looked like scoring imo.. the goal was a scrappy one ..the only real treat is brennans free kicks ...sligo were outplayed by us last night ...but they still had more shots on target than bohs ...sligo have  the better players play better and faster football than bohs ..are not reliant on any one player to get them goals ..
they have more players capable of scoring than bohs have ...finally they have home advantage .....sligo win for me this weekend....

You're being hard on Bohs i feel WR, they were a cleared corner away from beating you last week. They may not be able to attack well but they can defend and their attacking options will be helped by te return of Fagan if he does return. And if Bohs save their best for you will then you seem to have been saving your best for us. No idea who we are saving our best for yet

they were happy with the draw rocket ...in the match against us after 20 mins they got a corner brennan waited for the rovers lads to go behind the rovers goal and retrive the ball for them ...no urgency and that was after only 20 mins had been played..showed me how they had set out their stall...no ye are a better team...thats not saying bohs wont have their chances of course they will...overall ye are much the more likely to get goals ,and goals get points ...btw ....can we play you every week , can we play you every week ...

Fair enough Bohs played defensively but you never looked like breaking them down for 80 minutes. A draw was probably a fair result but it was not like you beat them into the goals for 90 minutes.

We don't look like scoring goals WR we played a crazy 4 front players yesterday we only scored 1 goal against you lads. I don't think there is as big of difference between the tops teams as people seem to think, that's why i think Pats are big away to Derry and likewise Bohs to us.

WR Sligo Rovers always look forward to playing Shamrock Rovers espicially if the game is played in the Aviva

even then ye needed the HELP of penaltys to beat us.....

I think the most important words in your last post WR are "Beat us"

Whatever about the prices on offer I would go for-
1. Sligo to beat Bohs. Tight maybe 1-0
2. Bray to beat Galway. Galway defending v Derry last week was awful. 3-1
3. Derry to beat St.Pats.Derry scoring and playing well 2-0
4. Dundalk to beat Drogheda . Drogheda are truly awful.Derby games often take on a life of their own but 2-1 Dundalk.
5. Rovers to beat UCD. Having only taken 1 point from their last 2 games a win badly needed and I think this is ideal game 3-0

First Division
1.Waterford/Shels. Draw 2-2
2.Cork to beat Salthill Devon 3-0
3.Athlone/Mervue. Anyones guess
4.Monaghan to beat Wexford Youths. 3-0
5.Finn Harps/Longford . Draw

derry sligo and rovers treble,get the betting money for easter lads

applehunter     20 Apr 11 14:32 
What makes you think this present Bohs team can get anything up in Sligo?

I notice you didn`t bother explaining yourself on my "petty" thread applehunter.
I don`t mind anybody having a substantiated pop but at least have the decency to back up your opinion instead of disappearing again. It sucks that Cork were relegated/wound up. Admittedly, we`ve been lucky to escape the same fate, but don`t take that out on us! The pre-season efforts to get a team on the pitch were nothing short of miraculous. Normality goes out the window in Bohs Rovers games.
We defend our corner. I don`t see what`s petty about any of that.
 
This present Bohs team is unbeaten in the league bar one game they didn`t deserve to lose. Nothing spectacular, but for me it`s Sligo who have more question marks surrounding them so far this season. 7 goals in 7 games is a poor return for a team with far more attacking quality than us.
As Rf alluded to, Fagan is due back and he had already formed a good understanding with Flood before he got injured.
Fenlon will play for a point again as is his prerogative. The onus is on Sligo to break us down. Half time draw at evs looks likely imo.

I see the hula hoops are 11/10 -1 inm PPs. Good bet. 
Several squad members will be itching to capitalize on McCabes absence.
Derry are clearly improving and Pats look short of confidence. I`d have to be with the home team at evs.
I couldn`t back Bray at that price. Dundalk are a better bet but are so hot and cold you don`t know which one will turn up in Drogheda. 
Both left alone.
Shels look good value to get back to winning ways. VC at 7/4 is the wrong price imo.

Agree about Shels Giant, i think hold off about Shams as well as you said yourself last week they always drift. We are an attacking team as Giant says but we have a real issue breaking teams down and so far this season we have missed some amazing chances.

Good win for Shels who played with 10 men for nearly an hour last night.
Hopefully Derry will double my money tonight.

derry 5/6 you think is a good bet ?

I`d rather the 1.99 on here. I hope so!

Sligo back to form here!
Bray 2 up already.

The proverbial game of 2 halves in Sligo!

1 nil Derry. About time!

1-1. Bad night. 

Wd Rf. 
Nobody stopping Rovers I`m afraid. Sligo are soft. Derry struggling at home. Bray can`t possibly keep it up neither can we.

Exactly Giant we did not deserve anything from the game, well maybe a draw would have been fair but either Bohs twigged what how to play against us or we are pants. Thats it though was kinda impressed with Bohs in a lot of ways, well organised and hungry and have some decent players to boot thats life hopefully a few on Monday for the LC.

i think its going to be one of those seasons at tallaght ....most teams are now coming hoping for a draw.. 9 men behind the ball ..bray now ucd tonight ..its very hard to break down ..to their credit rovers did it with aplomb tonight ..could easily have been 3 or 4 up before half time ..we wasted chance after chance ..finally got our act together when rice was brought on ..he dominated midfield and gave us that extra bite ..finn again had another cracker ..cant see him staying in ireland after his 2 year contract is up ...we again showed that sparkle and fighting spirit that was evident against sligo last monday ..we went 2 up and kept looking for a third ..always a good sign imo..we got caught on the break with a really smashing goal from ucd...but within seconds we ha regained a 2 goal advantage ..lots of good football on offer as well from us ..as the season progresses i can see us striding clear ...

As much as it pains me workrider gotta agree,told a mate this week that pp 4/5 for Rovers to win the league was the investment of the year.Rovers imo still aren't a great side but the squad they have is gonna be way too much for the other teams over the course of the season.
Fair play to the Bohs with all the turmoil thats been going on and a greatly weakened team(on paper GS!) Fenlon again has been producing amazing results.
Tallaght announced today workrider for the Setanta cup final.Maybe a bit unfair but gonna be a good day.For a club as big as our its been a longtime getting back to the good times but great to be back and it should be a great advert for Irish football.

wasnt rice great when he came on workrider

tbh pukha1 ithink that was always going to be the plan once no northern team qualfied.. good news for us no doubt ..but theres not a better stadium to hold it in tbf...i would not be dismissing ye punkha1...foster is getting the best out of a small enough squad ...the way we are playing is encouraging and if dundalk come and play football it should as you say be a great advert for the loi.....

yeah huddys he changed the game for us.. turned the game on its head....

Good derby win for you punkha. I don`t think you should be too disappointed about playing in Tallaght. You`ll get a whole stand and they do appear to play better away from home, like us!
I thought last night told us a lot. Sligo should have been out of sight by h/t but when they conceded, they were completely clueless and gutless. Basically, Sligo appear to be the Arsenal of the LOI.
And despite our lack of quality, there`s no harder working team at present. Write us off at your peril!

how long can your luck hold out giant ....?

You got lucky last Friday wr.
That`s our first slice of it this season.

have a look at that video i put up .i hope you get a better insight into the rovers manager than what you've been lead to belive...

Watched a bit of the loi on telly last night.......ok the standard is pretty poor but you have to give it to the bohs fans the sang all through the game........the were penned into a little stand and gave it socks......it sounded like a cheesey 80's disco.

I think I'm becoming a bohs fan after listening to the soccer lad on midlands radio.....he was asked about rivalry and in a nutshell he said.......Shamrock rovers take the p*ss out of other teams performance, facilities and finances and then said they won nothing for years until last year, rent facilities and a supporters club pays the bills.

how great is that eh...supporters paying the bills ...we owe nobody ..have money in the bank ..yippeeee...

btw gan ..did he add we had no home ground for over 22yrs and still never folded ..2   years in our new home and we finish 2nd in our first year in tallaght and won it last year...what a club ....the rest of them are lucky we had no home ground for all those years.....championi championi.....

He did mention that rovers travelled around for years......never heard mention of 22 years.......Why could you not come up with a pitch in all that time?. Tallaght is a big spot over 125000 people probably more now...........We have a GAA club in the next parish.....they won a bit in the 60's and 70's they got a new ground 3 years ago and won the junior hurling championship now some of them feel ready to take on Kilkenny......it's all about the bragging rights........I suppose it's rovers payback time.

plenty of clubs oncluding yours and mine owe the revenue a fortune, workrider

not on the same scale as Anglo or the developers mindya

Wr will never accept his beloved club was blessed to not be wound up in 2005.

Why was it not wound up?.

giant only a fool would not accept that we were lucky not to be wound up....bohs this year are a more recent example would you say...the thing is giant , our supporter did what was unheard of in irish sport and took over our club ...look at the result....cupwinkcook ,the revenue took the view that it was the right thing to do at the time ..we are eternally gratefull let me tell you....

Judge took pity on them. Left their creditors up the creek instead.

Giant Strides......that's bad form....Lot's of that going on at the moment........families are being destroyed over companies allowed to go bust.

i noticed you haven't made a comment on that video i put up for you ..or would watching it blow your argument out of the water ...or maybe you're just to bitter ...?

Workrider just  a correction mate our fans have run the club since 1987 or 88, so not only not not unheard of in Irish sport not not unheard of in the League of Ireland if that makes sense.

Gant it's impossible not to fall in ove with the beautiful game my friend

Well at least you nailed your colours to the mast rocketfingers...........The standard was awful but it's nice to fans enjoying themselves...the staff on the train were offered danger money by all accounts.........I did enjoy the cheesey disco songs coming from the little stand.........the language was awful and now I understand why these games are played at 7.45 or 8.00 in the evenings.

Basically GANT, if it had happened 4 years later they would have been wound up like Cork were.
Wr. My laptop turns itself off if I watch any long videos on You tube so I`m not doing it now when I`m trying to make a few quid!
Thanks all the same.

well just go to the final 2 mins then ..i'm sure you'll enjoy it ....

Giant strides..........and some on here called the bohs fans "the runaways"....interesting.

Gant the standard is not awful, Seamus Coleman has gone across and pretty much straight away has slotted into to top half prem level, Keith Fahy the same and Brian Murphy the  ex Bohs keeper was number 1 at the tractor boys until injury. The intensity is great in the games they have shown on tv of late some great tackling great passion.

Seamus Coleman is improving leaps and bounds but I'm sure a professional set up like Everton might have something to do with that......Coleman and Moyes both can't be wrong............One thing I will say is the fai have got it spot on avoiding clashes with other sports.

Oh no doubt he has improved but the fact they threw him in straight away would bear testament to the professional setup and the league in general we have at home. Same can be said of Kevin doyle, Noel Hunt, Shane Long, Steve Jones, Paddy McCourt, Niall McGinn, Dave McCalister to name but a few. I think soon we will see Robbie Keane Duff etc etc wanting to finish their career in the league while still in their prime.

Giant Strides, the only week of the season last year Bohs weren't over the 65% rule was the last. Any other club would've faced automatic relegation. Taxes were unpaid most of the season yet Bohs managed to get a their monthly tax clearance cert no problem. Two or three datse that players were supposed to be paid their monies owed came and went without Bohs being punished by the FAI. Even now Bohs backroom staff haven't been paid for 3 weeks and the FAI turn a blind eye. You say Rovers left their creditors 'up the creek'. What about Bohs players who only got half of their money they were owed and were then accused of being 'greedy bastards' by the majority of gypo fans?

Distortion of the facts from a Rovers fan, as per usual.
You don`t get a tax clearance cert unless you pay the revenue, believe it or not! Huge revelation that.
As I`ve stated numerous times before. Not once before the end of play last season were any Bohs players owed one red cent. Get your facts straight or don`t bother wasting my time!
You get your false tales straight from the same old propaganda machine.
ROVERS FANS ARE OBSESSED WITH BOHS.

The 4 rovers fans on here seem to be besotted by Bohemians........You are correct Giant Strides about the tax clearance cert........maybe MJK thinks the fai hand them out.

Good stuff Gant, you should stick to the Bogball and reading Tom Humphries. Giant, you failed to mention the 65% that you know I'm right about. I personally know 2 Bohs players who told me during last season that they were owed money at different stages of the season. Hopefully that'll be fact enough for you. The only propaganda machine was your board and the idiot members who followed them like sheep, verbally abusing the minority of members who could actually tell the wood from the trees.

Fair enough MJK ....but you can't get a tax clearance cert if your affairs aint in order..........I never read Tom Humphries.

Gant, on re reading my original post I've got to put my hands up on my wording of the tax issue. You're dead right re tax clearance cert. Rumours at the time were circulating that the FAI paid Bohs on future prize money in order to clear their tax bill.

OBSESSED.

MJK best call it a day i think the 2 boys have you mate.

Agree Rocket, I got my wording wrong for the tax stuff, I should be shot at dawn. Still no reply on the other stuff from Giant though because he knows it's the truth