Friday 15/03/2024. G5 Bohs v Derry City 7.45pm

Interesting to see the views of Derry supporters on their Facebook fans page, on Devine being replaced by Fenlon before Bohs v Derry game on Friday next.

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So it’s not Fenlon on Friday? Didn’t the statement email say it would be? That’s been a quick change now

Derry City preview and their perspective of our game tomorrow night at Dalymount Park.

Bohemians vs Derry City – Friday 15th March 2024 – KO 7.45pm – Dalymount Park

SSE Airtricity Premier Division

Derry City will be looking to maintain their unbeaten start to the new season at Dalymount Park on Friday night as they face a Bohemian side that have this week parted ways with manager, Declan Devine.

The hosts started their campaign brightly enough with a draw against Sligo and a win over St Pats, before suffering back-to-back defeats to Drogheda and Shelbourne.

The North Dublin venue has been a reasonably happy hunting ground over the past number of years and the Candystripes are unbeaten on their last six visits there.

That won’t count for too much in terms of Ruaidhri Higgins’ plans for this weekend however, and the City manager insisted that his side needed to be at the top of their game if they hoped to pick up three points.

“I’m already tired talking about how competitive this league is and it’ll be more of the same this weekend.

“We’ve a decent record at Dalymount and it’s a venue we enjoy playing at, however unless we approach the game properly and put in a committed performance then we won’t get a favourable result.
“There’s usually always a reaction and a bit of a bounce when team’s change manager as well, but it’ll be up to us to deal with that.”

Pat Hoban’s hat-trick against Waterford last week made it six goals from five games for Derry’s Number 9 and Higgins was glowing in his assessment of his striker.

“Listen, he’s not only a brilliant player but he’s a fantastic person to have around the club as well.

“He sets very high standards for himself but he also knows what it takes to be successful in this league and he’s going to bring out the best in the players around him.”
The visitors have had a number of injury concerns in recent weeks and the Limavady man gave an update ahead of Friday’s match.

“Cameron Dummigan will miss the game but hopefully the upcoming International break will mean he’ll not be far away after that.

“Michael Duffy, Adam O’Reilly and Will Patching have been carrying minor knocks but Patrick McEleney has again trained all week, so we’ll see where we’re at on Friday morning.

“Other than that, it’s the same panel of players that we’ve been working off recently.

“Games between the teams have usually been entertaining affairs in the past and it’s one we’re looking forward to.”

The match kicks off at 7.45 and will be streamed live on LOITV.

Link www.derrycityfc.net/2024/03/preview-bohemians-vs-derry-city-3/

Hoban against Flores? What about Michael Duffy? Or that chap who plays right wing for them, McMullan? They will tear us apart down both wings, if we are not careful and Hoban can do the rest, in front of goal.

I would have been really interested to see who Fenlon would have chosen to start this game and how much different it would have been to Devine’s ideas. However, with Pender and Croly in charge, I don’t expect much difference from last week.

Flores, in my opinion, loses concentration when in midfield and is not that much better at left full. However, at centre back, he was too busy putting out fires that he had no time to switch off and therefore looked very useful in defence. He is wasted there, though and should be put back in midfield I thought that B McManus might have been a good choice for centre half when Cornwall was injured. However, last week, B McManus was caught out a number of times, in midfield and lost the ball. He would need to be much more careful if he was playing beside Byrne, in defence.

My team selection for tonight is
Chorazka
Bart, Byrne, B McManus, Lilander
Connolly, McDonnell, Flores, Akintunde,
Clarke
Reinkort