St. Patricks Athletic FC thread

MC Hammered wrote: Concerning times. I thought we started poorly last night but the red card and peno killed us. I thought the new refereeing directive was that it's either a red card or a peno for a foul in the box but not both?! Am I wrong? Anyway, going down to ten men and being a goal behind after 15 minutes was always gonna make life difficult. The keeper Skowron was very unsure of himself and wasn't coming for any balls over the top but he did make one top drawer save in the first half. We were really just hanging on at that stage.  The second half was much better from Saints. The battle and fight was there despite a patched up team (Killian B playing centre back!). We wery unlucky not to snatch a draw with Fagan having the miss of the season sliding in and somehow hitting the underside of the bar from about a yard out in the dying minutes. Bohs deserved the win on the balance of play but, again, the sending off was the key factor. Disappointing night.

Rovers were utter sh*te. Team selection looked completely wrong. No width at all in the first half, too many central midfielders on the pitch. Webster and Connolly slowing everything down or going backwards every time they touched the ball.

Is Luke Byrne always that bad?

tribalarmy wrote: Rovers were utter sh*te. Team selection looked completely wrong. No width at all in the first half, too many central midfielders on the pitch. Webster and Connolly slowing everything down or going backwards every time they touched the ball. Is Luke Byrne always that bad?

You living up in the big smoke now TA?

I think Balk and Desmond is settled reckon peers only player because bermo was suspended friday,

I think kelly gives us energy in the middle but I reckon bucko will leave him at right back

sickener with last kick off game

MC Hammered wrote: Absolute kick in the bollox to concede with the last kick of the game. Feels like a loss instead of a draw. We were so close to being out of the relegation battle and now the Galway game is massive. Though Saints were much the better side this evening. Not clinical enough in front of goal though. Didn't think Limerick were great. Ogbenes goal was a wonder strike, it was hard to see if it crossed the line but the Pats players didn't seem to be complaining so it probably did.

It went over the line alright, had a perfect view myself..

We played well enough to win the game but been saying that alot this season..

Huge gane in galway next week I'm missing it as I'm away but I'd rather be there, we are more than capable of going there and winning we have cork and derry after that hopefully cork win the league next week and go on the piss for the week

greenmachine68 wrote: What's happened to Alex o Hanlon?

Just been poor, showed one or 2 signs of a player in him but not enough, think his last appearance was in LSC games

Massive win tonight. Good to stretch the gap on Galway and Sligs.

Cork didn't seem too interested bar Sadlier, he really is a super player.

Great to see a bit of spirit and a good fight back to come from two goals down. The midfield did well. I'd like to Kurtis Byrne getting more game time, he links the play well and joins up with Christy.

Also I think we should be awarded additional points for having to play with Skowron in goal. He is dreadful, one of the worst I've seen. The lad couldn't catch a cold, doesn't come for the ball even when it's on his six yard line, flaps at crosses and has brutal distribution.

Bermo, Brennan, Garvan, Billy and Conan were all very good.

Hopefully we enough to finish the job in Buncrana next week