G'wan ya good thing ya!

**UCD_4_Life** · 23/05/2003, 9:13 PM

0-0 to the College, 0-0 to the College, 0-0 to the College, 0-0 to the College.

Fair enough it's only a point and we still didn't score but at least we're off the mark.

Now if we can get a win...

**The Sheliban** · 23/05/2003, 10:21 PM

Congratulations!
RTE seemed to suggest that Pats had most of the possession, but you had the better goal-scoring chances.
Seems to me if ye had a Byrne, O'Flynn, Crowe or, dare I say it, Doyle, you wouldn't be quite so adrift.

**UCD_4_Life** · 23/05/2003, 10:45 PM

Originally posted by The Sheliban
Congratulations!
RTE seemed to suggest that Pats had most of the possession, but you had the better goal-scoring chances.
Seems to me if ye had a Byrne, O'Flynn, Crowe or, dare I say it, Doyle, you wouldn't be quite so adrift.

Yeah, with Doyler I'd say we'd be on at least four at this and with a Crowe/Byrne/O'Flynn we'd probably be on at least nine.

It's not our only problem, however, and there are fundamental problems with almost every position.

**The Sheliban** · 23/05/2003, 10:57 PM

There was a one-on-one with Jimmy Lee Jones ["Chuck E's in Love?"] on Pat Jennings, and Jennings made a fine double save. Other than that, according to RTE, Pats never seriously troubled you, which suggests that your defence is quite solid anyway.

**Leinster Lim** · 24/05/2003, 7:46 AM

Haway the Students.

**Aberdonian Stu** · 24/05/2003, 11:02 AM

We were denied a blatant penalty late on, could have been three.

**A face** · 24/05/2003, 4:24 PM

UCD off the mark

UCD 0-0 St. Patrick’s Athletic
It was poor game but that won’t worry the students as they earned the first point of the season after a goalless draw with St. Patrick’s.

This certainly wasn’t one for the purists as both sides battled against the elements and UCD played for their first point of the season. The Belfield Park spectators had little to cheer with most of the first half excitement consisting of goalkeeping errors.

Pat Jennings struggled with a Keith Fahey effort but Patrick Sullivan was on hand to get his ‘keeper out of the mire. On 31-minutes Chris Adamson fumbled a cross and this time it was Colm Foley ho saved his blushed as he blocked Mick O’Connell’s shot on the line. Fahey then had a pot-shot from 40-yards and to the amazement of all present, including Jennings, his effort whizzed only inched past the post.

UCD looked like they were after a goalless draw for much f the second half as the allowed Pat’s to dominate possession and defended deep. It was only when the students tired late on that Pat’s looked like breaking the deadlock.

Alan McNally closed down Fahey while Jimmi Lee Jones went one on one with Jennings, but the Northern Ireland shot stopper won their personal battle.

Deep into injury time, UCD could have stole a precious win. Gavin Whelan got his head to a hopeful cross and the whole St. Pat’s defence watched in terror as his effort just sailed by the post by a matter of inches.

UCD – Jennings, Sullivan, Davey, McAuley, McDonnell, Martin (Whelan 71), O’Donnell, McNally, Martin, Griffin, Cawley.

St. Patrick’s – Adamson, Prenderville, El Khabir, McGuire, Foley, Fahy, Donnelly (Murphy 58), Osam, Bird, Jones, Livingstone (Freeman 68).

Referee – J McDermott (Dublin)

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**pineapple stu** · 24/05/2003, 6:57 PM

About bloody time!!!!

Micko should have scored in the first half, while it was a blatant penalty (and possible red card for last man?) in injury time. But the ref was woeful and just ignored it. But we were kept in it in the first half by the linesman, who gave Pat's offside every time.

Best team was playing yesterday and we looked good. Not great, but good. Jennings is gaining confidence, Robbie Mac is very composed at back, Cawley put himself around well, but the forwards are still too isolated and we've still only scored one goal in the league.

Longford are usually a good team for us, and a win in Flancare would have us within four points of them at the quarter-way stage. Still a long way to go though...

**Dodge** · 26/05/2003, 8:34 AM

Atrocious game... If we still playing, we still wouldn't have scored. We had 90 per cent of the ball and I think we had 4 shots on goal... just dreadful...

**Schumi** · 26/05/2003, 6:08 PM

At least we can always rely on Pats for a point!

The biggest improvement for me from the Drogs game was Hugh Davey at left back instead of Darragh Ryan. We were getting killed down that side against Drogheda but looked much safer on Friday.