The First Division Thread

Claret Murph wrote: ShamtheRam wrote: Another horror show from The Ramblers. No doubt the spindoctor in charge will put a twist on it to make it seem OK. Last weeks excuse took the biscuit  Battered out the gate by Drogheda and he goes on local radio declaring he thought the team played well and competed.  Sham , last night you were very poor in the first half but must have had a rocket put under them before they came out in the 2nd . Still you have nothing up front and deserved do go home with nothing really .

Supposed to have been awful alright but an important result nonetheless

Cabo pitch is a joke!

Claret Murph wrote: nvidic wrote: Cabo pitch is a joke! Galway lucky today, second best team in the game  What do you think about Cabos goal ?

The Stephen Henderson show continues again this week...this time he's released a player (who is on an amateur contract) because the player informed him that with the up coming Leaving Cert he might miss a couple of training sessions and possibly a match or two.

Galway United are on the verge of being taken over by Saudi Arabians, according to RTÉ.

UCD AFC 2:0 Drogheda Utd
Gorgeous Georgie Kelly with a couple more goals. 13th season and 30th career (one and a bit seasons) for league goals for UCD.

As usual UCD took it to the opposition from the start, Daire O'Connor, wingers Kevin Coffey and Jay McClelland looking to get Kelly. Drogs left-back Conor Kane had some neat touches in clearing, always seemed to have time on the ball.

The Students hit the bar early, Kelly scored from close in after UCD's passing opened up a gap. They were able to control the pace of the game and kept going for a second. It arrived with ten minutes to go captain Gary O'Neill set piece and Kelly finish.

UCD win their biggest game of the season but our most significant win since Longford away in April. It's the fourth win of this second series, two more games to play.   Most of our recent wins have been against bottom four, which is nice but we got an initial lead from consistent 'W'. That's returning with our third win in a row.

Next week Finn Harps v UCD playing another form team. Some physical encounters recently, I expect it to be the same.

thebronze14 wrote: UCDFAN wrote: UCD AFC 2:0 Drogheda Utd Gorgeous Georgie Kelly with a couple more goals. 13th season and 30th career (one and a bit seasons) for league goals for UCD. As usual UCD took it to the opposition from the start, Daire O'Connor, wingers Kevin Coffey and Jay McClelland looking to get Kelly. Drogs left-back Conor Kane had some neat touches in clearing, always seemed to have time on the ball. The Students hit the bar early, Kelly scored from close in after UCD's passing opened up a gap. They were able to control the pace of the game and kept going for a second. It arrived with ten minutes to go captain Gary O'Neill set piece and Kelly finish. UCD win their biggest game of the season but our most significant win since Longford away in April. It's the fourth win of this second series, two more games to play.   Most of our recent wins have been against bottom four, which is nice but we got an initial lead from consistent 'W'. That's returning with our third win in a row. Next week Finn Harps v UCD playing another form team. Some physical encounters recently, I expect it to be the same. Wouldn't call us a form team, we are so inconsistent!! Also our physicalness gets blown out of all proportion. Particularly by Longford and Collie O'Neill!!

Apology, I wasn't clear if you read FHFC were the only physical side.
I was thinking of 2015nFinn Harps v UCD Play-off SF 2nd leg Jamie Doyle got taken out of it just after he got our first goal of the tie and then in 2016 season our U19s dug-out started on your dug-out after extra-time in an U19 S/F. That was a problem.
Your competitiveness this season just supplements those Finn Park examples. At the moment FHFC have been the biggest physical test although Shelbourne at Tolka came close. It's part of the division and of football.

Edited by UCDFAN - 09 Jun 2018 at 2:32pm