Tipp South & District League 2009/10

[Freddy]

I agree with you on that one Rock! Only way forward for any club is to focus on the players from their town rather than relying too heavily on outside players. As i said before, i know some of yer cashel players and it is great to see that the club has finally got its act together and got back the majority of the players who are from the town but were playing with other clubs over the years. I do wish ye the best for the season coming..and many more premier seasons thereafter!

[hooper74]

i think your being a bit hypocritical to be honest.....every successful team has players from outside their own area....coadys from carrick for example in clonmel town....and your own club according to you are hoping to bring in barry ryan and hes from thurles and you seem fine with that

[Tipperary_Man]

there's nothing wrong with having 1 or 2 from outside your area but once you start having 5 or 6 that is when you realise a club wants the glory no matter what. Are you telling me that winning a league is better with lots of outsiders in the team or a team which is practically all home grown? I know what I would rather

Michaels have just won the youth league for the first time in how many seasons and how many of those players will get their chance in the 1st team?

[DrRobert]

to say that St micheals are not a force anymore and to call us poachers is ridiculous and a nothing comment.we have been in the top 5 teams in munster for the last 20 30 years even more..we have always been a top team unlike some teams like cashel for instance.all of a sudden ye make the premier and ye have the cheek to say we're past it..where have ye been all this time??? i hope im wrong about cashel and i hope they do well and i do think ye will be challenging in the next 2 to 3 years but ye need consistency.tis no doubt clonmel are dominating and have been for the last decade,and fair play to them,but tell me who are probably the only teams in tipp can challenge them?? i think at the most 3 and micheals are one of them..

as for your comment about poaching,if a fella feels he is good enough and if micheals feel he is good enough and he plays for a team in the 3rd or 2nd division and has ambition about playin in the top flight then all the best to him.loyalty is looked upon as some sort of badge of honour and that you should be loyal.there is very little loyality in the modern day football.just look at the premier league or championship.its all about bettering yourself and if people feel they can do that at a big club like then all the best to him.

[Tipperary_Man]

to say that St micheals are not a force anymore and to call us poachers is ridiculous and a nothing comment.we have been in the top 5 teams in munster for the last 20 30 years even more..we have always been a top team unlike some teams like cashel for instance.all of a sudden ye make the premier and ye have the cheek to say we're past it..where have ye been all this time??? i hope im wrong about cashel and i hope they do well and i do think ye will be challenging in the next 2 to 3 years but ye need consistency.tis no doubt clonmel are dominating and have been for the last decade,and fair play to them,but tell me who are probably the only teams in tipp can challenge them?? i think at the most 3 and micheals are one of them..

as for your comment about poaching,if a fella feels he is good enough and if micheals feel he is good enough and he plays for a team in the 3rd or 2nd division and has ambition about playin in the top flight then all the best to him.loyalty is looked upon as some sort of badge of honour and that you should be loyal.there is very little loyality in the modern day football.just look at the premier league or championship.its all about bettering yourself and if people feel they can do that at a big club like then all the best to him.

there's a difference as that the Premiership and Championship are professional where players get paid, even though i'm not from a club in the Premier League i know that getting in flavour of the month players for a season or 2 to try and win something is not the way forward. Some players are just glory hunters who have more clubs than Tiger Woods and leave the club at the drop of a hat. Local players who have come through schoolboy ranks get fed up and move on or moved to a clubs B team even though they have as much talent but the reputation of the outsider gives that outsider the advantage
What did Michaels win with all the money they paid Mernagh and Alan Barry? and they didn't last too long, think of how the money could have been used to develop schoolboy facilities in the club to give players proper training and as a result the benefits would be noticeable once these players move onto adult football

Obviously the likes of Cashel and Borris want to feel confident, and you should realise that alot of players from Cashel helped Michaels to be successful and Borris players helped Peake be successful too.

I do hope that the Premier League is competitive this year in Tipp and it was good to see Peake challenging this year and hopefully more teams become involved in deciding the title race

[Insidetherock]

to say that St micheals are not a force anymore and to call us poachers is ridiculous and a nothing comment.we have been in the top 5 teams in munster for the last 20 30 years even more..we have always been a top team unlike some teams like cashel for instance.all of a sudden ye make the premier and ye have the cheek to say we're past it..where have ye been all this time??? i hope im wrong about cashel and i hope they do well and i do think ye will be challenging in the next 2 to 3 years but ye need consistency.tis no doubt clonmel are dominating and have been for the last decade,and fair play to them,but tell me who are probably the only teams in tipp can challenge them?? i think at the most 3 and micheals are one of them..

as for your comment about poaching,if a fella feels he is good enough and if micheals feel he is good enough and he plays for a team in the 3rd or 2nd division and has ambition about playin in the top flight then all the best to him.loyalty is looked upon as some sort of badge of honour and that you should be loyal.there is very little loyality in the modern day football.just look at the premier league or championship.its all about bettering yourself and if people feel they can do that at a big club like then all the best to him.

Ridiculous to call you poachers ????

James Walsh, John Walsh, Paul Breen, Kelvin Flanagan just to name 4 players who should have been playing their football at Cashel.. amongst I'd say I could name 15 others... you could go right back to the FAI Cup winning team in 1974 and find Cashel players on the Michaels team for God's sake

Fair enough if Michael's could sign them.. but the biggest problem with Michaels is there habit of poaching players from underage set ups with false promises.

I know for a fact that Cashel threathened to complain Michaels to both the FAI and to Glasgow Celtic Football club in the past twelve months because they were attempting to poach under 14's, with promises of trials with Celtic if the youngsters signed for Michaels

Why can't/don't Michaels develop their own players like they used to do ?

[celticlads]

we played peake in a friendly last saturday evening and drew 1-1. both sides were missing a few but all the same it was a fair work out. on another note i find it sickening that on the same night we played barry ryan was playing inside in limerick, i was able to inform the peake management of this as they were none the wiser of the situation. fair enough a lad wants to move on and better himself but at least be a man and be straight up. a small bit of honesty goes a long way and then your old club no where they stand and maight even wish him the best of luck. get some balls in other words.

[Tipp Top]

we played peake in a friendly last saturday evening and drew 1-1. both sides were missing a few but all the same it was a fair work out. on another note i find it sickening that on the same night we played barry ryan was playing inside in limerick, i was able to inform the peake management of this as they were none the wiser of the situation. fair enough a lad wants to move on and better himself but at least be a man and be straight up. a small bit of honesty goes a long way and then your old club no where they stand and maight even wish him the best of luck. get some balls in other words.

A 1-1 draw isnt a great result for Villa if they have any idea of winning the title this year. They will need to hit the ground running this season. Villa are back training for the last 4 weeks now and Barry hasnt been at any of the sessions and everyone up their knows that he has signed for Pike. So i dont see how its "sickening" that he was playing with his new club on the same night.

On another note great to see that Richie Ryan is training with Cashel at the moment. He would be a huge addition to our team if he signs.

[celticlads]

A 1-1 draw isnt a great result for Villa if they have any idea of winning the title this year. They will need to hit the ground running this season. Villa are back training for the last 4 weeks now and Barry hasnt been at any of the sessions and everyone up their knows that he has signed for Pike. So i dont see how its "sickening" that he was playing with his new club on the same night.

On another note great to see that Richie Ryan is training with Cashel at the moment. He would be a huge addition to our team if he signs.

sorry to correct you but the lads over peake didnt have a clue wat is going on wth barry they were just heaing stories like all of us, all im saying is barry should have told them first imo. like i said both sides were missing a few, why wouldnt a 1-1 draw be a good result. i think you should give us some credit perhaps were a fairly decent side.

[Mega Tots]

we played peake in a friendly last saturday evening and drew 1-1. both sides were missing a few but all the same it was a fair work out. on another note i find it sickening that on the same night we played barry ryan was playing inside in limerick, i was able to inform the peake management of this as they were none the wiser of the situation. fair enough a lad wants to move on and better himself but at least be a man and be straight up. a small bit of honesty goes a long way and then your old club no where they stand and maight even wish him the best of luck. get some balls in other words.

villa are back training for the last 3 weeks and he hasnt been at a single session so i think they were fully aware of the fact he was looking at moving on. thats a totally unfair attack on a genuine player and i hope you have the balls and are man enough to realise your wrong on this one,also the villa manager was out of the country and from what i have been told himself and barry ryan have been talking and he may not be playing anywhere else

[hooper74]

there's nothing wrong with having 1 or 2 from outside your area but once you start having 5 or 6 that is when you realise a club wants the glory no matter what. Are you telling me that winning a league is better with lots of outsiders in the team or a team which is practically all home grown? I know what I would rather

Michaels have just won the youth league for the first time in how many seasons and how many of those players will get their chance in the 1st team?

How many of these youths do you think will be strong enough and ready for 1st team next season? couple of them played against town in the complex last yr and aquitted themselves very well,dangerous to introduce too many too soon though

[Freddy]

Ridiculous to call you poachers ????

James Walsh, John Walsh, Paul Breen, Kelvin Flanagan just to name 4 players who should have been playing their football at Cashel.. amongst I'd say I could name 15 others... you could go right back to the FAI Cup winning team in 1974 and find Cashel players on the Michaels team for God's sake

Fair enough if Michael's could sign them.. but the biggest problem with Michaels is there habit of poaching players from underage set ups with false promises.

Come on now really that's a bit petty! I agree that if Michaels were making false promises to lure players than that's very wrong. But the blame cannot be all on them. Lets be honest about the situation here...Michaels,,along with other big clubs have that alluring factor that attracts players because they are in the mix for the major trophies every season....unlike small clubs like Cashel. Im not trying to cause a rift here but thats the cold truth. Untill a team like Cashel can be successful on the field (as they have been for the last couple of seasons in the lower divisions) then they will fail to attract big players. I think we've gone over these points before!! As you have said Cashel have a few Premier players from last season training with them at the moment.....so doesnt that just prove the point that success breathes success???

[ronburgundy]

we played peake in a friendly last saturday evening and drew 1-1. both sides were missing a few but all the same it was a fair work out. on another note i find it sickening that on the same night we played barry ryan was playing inside in limerick, i was able to inform the peake management of this as they were none the wiser of the situation. fair enough a lad wants to move on and better himself but at least be a man and be straight up. a small bit of honesty goes a long way and then your old club no where they stand and maight even wish him the best of luck. get some balls in other words.

i understand what your sayin but if nobody at peake knows or cares where he is i dont think it should bother you. and judgin on the team at the weekend its the other end of the table that villa should be worryin about, they needed to add a few quality players to stand a chance but look to be going backwards. nobody seems to be putting in an effort to sign players, they badly need somebody at the helm with the same ambition as town, someone who doesnt accept 2nd place as a huge success

[balls]

any word on how cahir pk, borris, rock rovers are shaping up for new season

[Insidetherock]

Come on now really that's a bit petty! I agree that if Michaels were making false promises to lure players than that's very wrong. But the blame cannot be all on them. Lets be honest about the situation here...Michaels,,along with other big clubs have that alluring factor that attracts players because they are in the mix for the major trophies every season....unlike small clubs like Cashel. Im not trying to cause a rift here but thats the cold truth. Untill a team like Cashel can be successful on the field (as they have been for the last couple of seasons in the lower divisions) then they will fail to attract big players. I think we've gone over these points before!! As you have said Cashel have a few Premier players from last season training with them at the moment.....so doesnt that just prove the point that success breathes success???

Not trying to be petty at all, simply stating facts... I will acknowledge however, that it is a kind of chicken and egg situation..... Michael's did well in the past, were a more galmourous club, so were able to attract players from smaller clubs... when these players left the smaller clubs, they weren't able to grow to their full potential, keeping them behind Michaels, and perpetuating the cycle.

Teams like Cashel will only be sucessful, if they can dissuade players joining what they percieve to be "bigger teams", and focus more on winning trophies with their home towns. I think that is the key to Cashel this season. It will be practically a complete Cashel side, with almost no "outside" influence... bar perhaps Barry Ryan, who despite other people saying he has signed for Pike, is still a free agent so far as I am aware. The game in Limerick was jus a friendly

As for the "new" Cashel players, they can't really be described as havign been poached. Four of them played with Rosegreen last year, and Cashel went after them after it became clear that Rosegreen wouldn't be fielding a team. One lives in Cashel, and all the rest would have gone to school and socialise in Cashel, so it's not like they are coming in from some outside area

I wish all the best to Michaels by the way... except on the juvenile front. Poaching youngsters, especially at u13 and u14 level is simply wrong in my book, especially when it's done uner false pretences such as offerin trials at big clubs, which are non existent

[Freddy]

I don't know bout those teams Balls but i would like to know..if i hear anything ill post it. Have you heard anymore about Saints getting back some of the limerick players they had a few seasons ago?

[Freddy]

On your last post there Insidetherock,,i must say i agree with everything you said! I think we've both been saying the same thing in different ways! Anyway,,well said and best of luck for the season ahead.

[Insidetherock]

On your last post there Insidetherock,,i must say i agree with everything you said! I think we've both been saying the same thing in different ways! Anyway,,well said and best of luck for the season ahead.

And you too Freddy.. just not against Cashel.. .looking forward to the games in Clonmel actually

[Tipp Top]

sorry to correct you but the lads over peake didnt have a clue wat is going on wth barry they were just heaing stories like all of us, all im saying is barry should have told them first imo. like i said both sides were missing a few, why wouldnt a 1-1 draw be a good result. i think you should give us some credit perhaps were a fairly decent side.

Peake's manager is out of the country at the moment so to be fair to the lads over them they prob dont have a clue whats going on but then again their prob not in a position to know. I have been talking to a few of the villa players over the last few weeks and they all knew barry was leaving. With all respect to your side if villa are to be competing to win the tsdl they should be beating Nenagh Celtic but by the sounds of it on hear a draw might be a great result for them if the are going to struggle this season.

[celticlads]

Peake's manager is out of the country at the moment so to be fair to the lads over them they prob dont have a clue whats going on but then again their prob not in a position to know. I have been talking to a few of the villa players over the last few weeks and they all knew barry was leaving. With all respect to your side if villa are to be competing to win the tsdl they should be beating Nenagh Celtic but by the sounds of it on hear a draw might be a great result for them if the are going to struggle this season.

i feel you are being very disrespectful to my team there pal. i can understand there is a big difference in class with respect to the 2 leagues but we feel we can match most teams. we have played both st michaels and town and celtic between youths and junior and have more than held our own on numerous occasions, coming out on topin some of these and also beat peake 4-3 in munster a few years back. nengh celtic are a very good footballing side and i think if you ask the clonmel town lads they will give us a lot more respect than other teams feel we deserve.

[Mega Tots]

i understand what your sayin but if nobody at peake knows or cares where he is i dont think it should bother you. and judgin on the team at the weekend its the other end of the table that villa should be worryin about, they needed to add a few quality players to stand a chance but look to be going backwards. nobody seems to be putting in an effort to sign players, they badly need somebody at the helm with the same ambition as town, someone who doesnt accept 2nd place as a huge success

ron thats the most sensible point so far....i know from speaking to several villa players that the numbers are not training and they have not added to the squad,i actually have time for their manager but your point unfortunately does seem to be well made and its not looking promising at all

[DrRobert]

Ridiculous to call you poachers ????

James Walsh, John Walsh, Paul Breen, Kelvin Flanagan just to name 4 players who should have been playing their football at Cashel.. amongst I'd say I could name 15 others... you could go right back to the FAI Cup winning team in 1974 and find Cashel players on the Michaels team for God's sake

Fair enough if Michael's could sign them.. but the biggest problem with Michaels is there habit of poaching players from underage set ups with false promises.

I know for a fact that Cashel threathened to complain Michaels to both the FAI and to Glasgow Celtic Football club in the past twelve months because they were attempting to poach under 14's, with promises of trials with Celtic if the youngsters signed for Michaels

Why can't/don't Michaels develop their own players like they used to do ?


you just named the wrong players there(besides from john walsh).how many of them have gone on to be successfull either playing for micheals and still playing for us.u failed to mention the likes of timmy kiely and of course Irish international shane long.very few make it nowadays in football,but the good ones always come through and most of them come through st micheals,so dont give me that we poach them and make false promises,you havent a clue wat goes on at our club.

you also seem to miss the point why these players left cashel town in the first place and it has always been the case when it comes to cashel town

they always seem to fall out with the players.and thats a fact

the likes of andrew flynn left for saints cause the club was bein run wrong,he came to us and was hugly successful

every year theres always someone leaving because they have had rows with club and committee members.i wont name names but you know who they are.

what about yer dream team 2 years ago,the youth team.wat happened there,i find it a bit hypocritcal comin from a cashel man,when in the last 2 years ye havent had a youths team beacuse ye got in aload of outsiders,so the local lads left,and ye were left with the superstars who left at the end of the season and ye were left with nothin.we would never do that to our youths teams cause they are the future of the club.


did kelvin flanangan play for cork city No??

did paul breen get trials for bolton and is he not an irish junior international?

is james walsh not the captain of the irish juniors and has been without doubt one of the best players to grace the TSDL?

the problem with cashel and why most and nearly every player has left them is because they never had any ambition.players want to play good football,they want to play with that is run right,good facilities.st micheals offer everything.

so please get your facts right before u comment on our club,look after your own first

[Insidetherock]

you just named the wrong players there(besides from john walsh).how many of them have gone on to be successfull either playing for micheals and still playing for us.u failed to mention the likes of timmy kiely and of course Irish international shane long.very few make it nowadays in football,but the good ones always come through and most of them come through st micheals,so dont give me that we poach them and make false promises,you havent a clue wat goes on at our club.

you also seem to miss the point why these players left cashel town in the first place and it has always been the case when it comes to cashel town

they always seem to fall out with the players.and thats a fact

the likes of andrew flynn left for saints cause the club was bein run wrong,he came to us and was hugly successful

every year theres always someone leaving because they have had rows with club and committee members.i wont name names but you know who they are.

what about yer dream team 2 years ago,the youth team.wat happened there,i find it a bit hypocritcal comin from a cashel man,when in the last 2 years ye havent had a youths team beacuse ye got in aload of outsiders,so the local lads left,and ye were left with the superstars who left at the end of the season and ye were left with nothin.we would never do that to our youths teams cause they are the future of the club.


did kelvin flanangan play for cork city No??

did paul breen get trials for bolton and is he not an irish junior international?

is james walsh not the captain of the irish juniors and has been without doubt one of the best players to grace the TSDL?

the problem with cashel and why most and nearly every player has left them is because they never had any ambition.players want to play good football,they want to play with that is run right,good facilities.st micheals offer everything.

so please get your facts right before u comment on our club,look after your own first

Now now, no need to get tetchy.. the arguement I am making is that Michael tend to swoop in and take players when they are underage and still developing.. Kelvin Flanagan went wehn he was under 15.. same with James Walsh... his brother left when he was around 16

The main problem I have, is that while the odd few of these players, James, Paul, Kelvin etc, go on to bigger and better things.. and fair play to them, I know and wish them well.. a large number of youngsters don't make it, and when they finish playing youth football, aren't big or strong enough to make Michael's first team.

Because they have left their own clubs, they then find it difficult to come back, thereby dropping out of football altogether. That's my problem. It is then compounded by Michael's straight out telling lies to kids parents about getting the youngsters trials at places like Celtic. If you want to know more about that, contact last years Kennedy Cup coach, and he should be able to make you aware of what we're talking about here in Cashel.

Three under 14's??? That's not right, simple as that.

[maxwellsmart]

i feel you are being very disrespectful to my team there pal. i can understand there is a big difference in class with respect to the 2 leagues but we feel we can match most teams. we have played both st michaels and town and celtic between youths and junior and have more than held our own on numerous occasions, coming out on topin some of these and also beat peake 4-3 in munster a few years back. nengh celtic are a very good footballing side and i think if you ask the clonmel town lads they will give us a lot more respect than other teams feel we deserve.

I agree that Tipp Topp is being disrespectful to Nenagh Celtic. All he needs to do is look at their record over the last few years to see this. However his post smacks of the arrogance that some people connected to teams in TSDL have when it comes to looking down their noses at the top teams in North Tipp.Tipp Topp suddenly appears on Foot.ie when Cashel get promoted to Premier League and he's predicting they will challenge for the title. Where was he last number of years???? Fairweather supporter? Bandwagon Jumper?

[Tipp Top]

you just named the wrong players there(besides from john walsh).how many of them have gone on to be successfull either playing for micheals and still playing for us.u failed to mention the likes of timmy kiely and of course Irish international shane long.very few make it nowadays in football,but the good ones always come through and most of them come through st micheals,so dont give me that we poach them and make false promises,you havent a clue wat goes on at our club.

you also seem to miss the point why these players left cashel town in the first place and it has always been the case when it comes to cashel town

they always seem to fall out with the players.and thats a fact

the likes of andrew flynn left for saints cause the club was bein run wrong,he came to us and was hugly successful

every year theres always someone leaving because they have had rows with club and committee members.i wont name names but you know who they are.

what about yer dream team 2 years ago,the youth team.wat happened there,i find it a bit hypocritcal comin from a cashel man,when in the last 2 years ye havent had a youths team beacuse ye got in aload of outsiders,so the local lads left,and ye were left with the superstars who left at the end of the season and ye were left with nothin.we would never do that to our youths teams cause they are the future of the club.


did kelvin flanangan play for cork city No??

did paul breen get trials for bolton and is he not an irish junior international?

is james walsh not the captain of the irish juniors and has been without doubt one of the best players to grace the TSDL?

the problem with cashel and why most and nearly every player has left them is because they never had any ambition.players want to play good football,they want to play with that is run right,good facilities.st micheals offer everything.

so please get your facts right before u comment on our club,look after your own first

Lads I dont want to get involved in yer very entertaining debate as i feel both of ye are making very valid points and it is great reading but am I not right in saying that shane long played his schoolboy football with st kevins up until U15 or 16 and he then went on to cork at the end of the U16 season with saints. Paul Breen only played for saints at Junior Level after he had played schoolboy and youths with Peake.

[Tipp Top]

I agree that Tipp Topp is being disrespectful to Nenagh Celtic. All he needs to do is look at their record over the last few years to see this. However his post smacks of the arrogance that some people connected to teams in TSDL have when it comes to looking down their noses at the top teams in North Tipp.Tipp Topp suddenly appears on Foot.ie when Cashel get promoted to Premier League and he's predicting they will challenge for the title. Where was he last number of years???? Fairweather supporter? Bandwagon Jumper?

Well if its disrespectful i appologise But my point is that a team that are ment to be competing to win The TSDL (which is a superior league to NTDL) should be beating a team from the NTDL. Now as for your comment about appearing on foot this season Its a website that people can come on and join whenever they want and they dont have to ask for your permission. As it is clear to see you only popped up on this site at the start of last season yourself so dont go giving me your high and mighty rubbish. We are all entitled to our opinion on this site and if we were all to agree on everything their wouldnt be much point on being on here.
You seem to be brushing off that cashel could mount a genuine challenge in the next 2 seasons which is madness as Clonmel Town are prob going to be rebuilding over the next season or two and Peake seem to be in freefall again according to quotes on this site So the league is wide open for anyone to win it this year.

[celticlads]

Well if its disrespectful i appologise But my point is that a team that are ment to be competing to win The TSDL (which is a superior league to NTDL) should be beating a team from the NTDL. Now as for your comment about appearing on foot this season Its a website that people can come on and join whenever they want and they dont have to ask for your permission. As it is clear to see you only popped up on this site at the start of last season yourself so dont go giving me your high and mighty rubbish. We are all entitled to our opinion on this site and if we were all to agree on everything their wouldnt be much point on being on here.
You seem to be brushing off that cashel could mount a genuine challenge in the next 2 seasons which is madness as Clonmel Town are prob going to be rebuilding over the next season or two and Peake seem to be in freefall again according to quotes on this site So the league is wide open for anyone to win it this year.

if you read my first post you will see that i acknowledge there is a difference in class between the leagues but not in the top teams, fair enough town are a bit ahead of everyone but the few top teams in ntdl have and will put it up o anyone.overall imo i would say that a 1-1 draw would be a better result for peake than us.

[Freddy]

Very entertaining points between the Doc and Rock alright!! Valid points to both sides of the arguement i think. Anyway,,just to get back to the original point of the thread relating to transfers etc....i heard that Trevor and Vinny Downey are now signing for Peake! Any truth in this? Also, i know that Rock mentioned Richie Ryan was training for Cashel also but believe me he will not sign for them. You shouldnt get too excited just because someone turns up for preseason training. As you will see, out of the new players training with Cashel during pre-season, Barry Ryan, Trevor & Vinny Downey, and Richie Ryan will not sign! Never count your chickens before they hatch!!!:ball:

[Insidetherock]

Very entertaining points between the Doc and Rock alright!! Valid points to both sides of the arguement i think. Anyway,,just to get back to the original point of the thread relating to transfers etc....i heard that Trevor and Vinny Downey are now signing for Peake! Any truth in this? Also, i know that Rock mentioned Richie Ryan was training for Cashel also but believe me he will not sign for them. You shouldnt get too excited just because someone turns up for preseason training. As you will see, out of the new players training with Cashel during pre-season, Barry Ryan, Trevor & Vinny Downey, and Richie Ryan will not sign! Never count your chickens before they hatch!!!:ball:

Well Trevor and Vinnie did play their under age soccer at Peake, so it wouldn't be a huge jump back for them to be honest. If they decide to go that way, best of luck to them, though I still wonder why any under age player plays outside of their local area. Wouldn't they be better off playing with their friends?

As for Ritchie... no point in suggesting otherwise, he'd be a great signing. A top class goalkeeper is the rock (no pun intended!!!) of any team. But either way, we'll manage in that area. He's not the only top class keeper in the squad.

Barry.. well, so far I've heard he's signed to about 3 teams, and expected to sign for 3 more. As I said already, if he signs for Cashel, he'll be welcome.

But Freddy... I'd have another word or two with your sources.. *wink*

[Freddy]

hahaha,,no sources really Rock just a lot of speculation and hearsay as is the case at this stage of every season! Just said id post the info anyway in case you had any update on it!

[maxwellsmart]

Well if its disrespectful i appologise But my point is that a team that are ment to be competing to win The TSDL (which is a superior league to NTDL) should be beating a team from the NTDL. Now as for your comment about appearing on foot this season Its a website that people can come on and join whenever they want and they dont have to ask for your permission. As it is clear to see you only popped up on this site at the start of last season yourself so dont go giving me your high and mighty rubbish. We are all entitled to our opinion on this site and if we were all to agree on everything their wouldnt be much point on being on here.
You seem to be brushing off that cashel could mount a genuine challenge in the next 2 seasons which is madness as Clonmel Town are prob going to be rebuilding over the next season or two and Peake seem to be in freefall again according to quotes on this site So the league is wide open for anyone to win it this year.

Brushing off Cashel? Far from it....think they have a pretty good chance if all the rumours about signings etc are true. Perhaps I only appeared last year, but my point is you support a team that just got promoted to the top tier of TSDL and have the arrogance to look down your nose at a club as successful as Nenagh Celtic. Perhaps its not arrogance...maybe you just know nothing about football. Now get back on your bandwagon...

[Pearoso27]

ya i heard cashel town were back trainin early aswell.they seem to be takin this premier thing serious.i dont know if they're up for challenging for the league but they have some excellent players. * from a saints point of view richie ryan i heard is comin back.not definite yet but im hearin a few things around the town.he would be excellent to get backvery strong and physical,very fast aswell. * is it true colin bargary is signing for cashel town? * theres a few players i would love to see at micheals.i know it wouldnt happen but tony scully or dwayne burns would be class. theres 2 players i would also love to see come to tipp town.and one used to play for us.andrew fylnn,he was an excellent player.serious left winger,somethin we're missin i think.and david slattery from cashel town aswell.he plays up front or midfield.very fast and good in the air..i grew up with his uncles.davy hogan who is without doubt one of the best players to have played for st micheals along with grace and old hawk

Nice to see someone use the Avatar i put up. This is my first post this season it will be good to compare views.
Just steady on there with the Scullys and Burns joining Saints i know you are talking hypothetically (Big Word) but i think the jersey would burn off their backs, a bit like vampires and crosses!
I was at the training session last night couple of new faces there. You will get used to being slagged off here some bitter people but most are genuine. Its nice to see another Saints man on the thread or are you a spy?? l love a bit of mystery i do!

[DrRobert]

Nice to see someone use the Avatar i put up. This is my first post this season it will be good to compare views.
Just steady on there with the Scullys and Burns joining Saints i know you are talking hypothetically (Big Word) but i think the jersey would burn off their backs, a bit like vampires and crosses!
I was at the training session last night couple of new faces there. You will get used to being slagged off here some bitter people but most are genuine. Its nice to see another Saints man on the thread or are you a spy?? l love a bit of mystery i do!

sorry but i think your a bit mistaken.ive been in this club probably before you were born.ive seen the good days the great days and the not so good days.im a proud tipp town man,and always have.i played alongside some of the best players at st micheals.old hawk,gracey,ghost hogan,the victim hogan and the cremins..as you said there is some bitter bitter people,jealousy is what it is i think.leave them off,we always have the last laugh..ya i heard about some new faces were up there.plenty of youth in the side which is brilliant for the club.come on the saints

[ronburgundy]

so who are the new faces with the saints? do you think they can challenge this year? lets hear a few predictions. and by the way, does anybody know when the fixtures come out?.............................................. .............

heres my opinion on how the table will end up
1. town
2. saints
3. celtic
4. peake
5. cashel
6. cahir
7. rock
8.oldbridge
9 borris.

[Freddy]

Brushing off Cashel? Far from it....think they have a pretty good chance if all the rumours about signings etc are true. Perhaps I only appeared last year, but my point is you support a team that just got promoted to the top tier of TSDL and have the arrogance to look down your nose at a club as successful as Nenagh Celtic. Perhaps its not arrogance...maybe you just know nothing about football. Now get back on your bandwagon...

Haha, well said! I think it is the ususal arrogance that we see from a lot of newly promoted teams who think that just because they coasted through the mediocre lower divisions think they can do the same in the Premier! Remeber what happened to Cashel last time they were in the Premier?? Granted its a different group of players now but they should have learned their lesson be glad of the underdog tag. As regards how the league table will finish this year year you can forget about Cashel being in the top 5 even.....
I believe it will finish:
Town
Saints
Celtic
Peake
Rock Rovers
Cahir
Cashel
Old Bridge
Borris

[balls]

agree with previous post about clubs coasting up through the divisions and then struggling at premier level. even to look back at last few clubs who went up rosegreen folded and galballly almost did the year before after going up. both had strong teams on paper like cashel talk about now but found out the hard way what it takes to stay up. although i do feel cashel will stay up i think they are getting abit ahead of themselves saying they will be competing for title.there attacking players bar david slattery can all be easily marked even in lower divisions so premier defenders haven t much to worry about.as many goals as they have scored over past few seasons aint gonna happen this year as you need tony scully,barnes, dwayne byrnes type players to do it at premier level and cashel lads are not up to that level yet. i think 4th spot is realistic aim for this year then push on from there year after. also the slating of the saints is very disrespectful from cashel , all the crap about local lads on the team, where were all these players when cashel was on its knees 3 or 4 years ago after getting relegated ( enjoying there football out in rosegreen, saints b team, gooldscross etc).there is added needle with saints now which i think could come back to haunt them as there will now be a bit of spice to both games. cashel are not gonna be a surprise packet this year as most clubs are fully aware of there potential so will not take them lightly so points could be hard come by. the important thing i feel for cashel is get say 10 points from first 8 games which as we all know will prob be played by september then they should be ok. believe me i would love to see cashel become a major force in tsdl and break the big 2s dominance but its one step at a time lads

[ronburgundy]

agree with previous post about clubs coasting up through the divisions and then struggling at premier level. even to look back at last few clubs who went up rosegreen folded and galballly almost did the year before after going up. both had strong teams on paper like cashel talk about now but found out the hard way what it takes to stay up. although i do feel cashel will stay up i think they are getting abit ahead of themselves saying they will be competing for title.there attacking players bar david slattery can all be easily marked even in lower divisions so premier defenders haven t much to worry about.as many goals as they have scored over past few seasons aint gonna happen this year as you need tony scully,barnes, dwayne byrnes type players to do it at premier level and cashel lads are not up to that level yet. i think 4th spot is realistic aim for this year then push on from there year after. also the slating of the saints is very disrespectful from cashel , all the crap about local lads on the team, where were all these players when cashel was on its knees 3 or 4 years ago after getting relegated ( enjoying there football out in rosegreen, saints b team, gooldscross etc).there is added needle with saints now which i think could come back to haunt them as there will now be a bit of spice to both games. cashel are not gonna be a surprise packet this year as most clubs are fully aware of there potential so will not take them lightly so points could be hard come by. the important thing i feel for cashel is get say 10 points from first 8 games which as we all know will prob be played by september then they should be ok. believe me i would love to see cashel become a major force in tsdl and break the big 2s dominance but its one step at a time lads


i presume by the big 2 you mean town and villa.........??????

[Pearoso27]

so who are the new faces with the saints? do you think they can challenge this year? lets hear a few predictions. and by the way, does anybody know when the fixtures come out?.............................................. .............

heres my opinion on how the table will end up
1. town
2. saints
3. celtic
4. peake
5. cashel
6. cahir
7. rock
8.oldbridge
9 borris.
Dont want to name them in case they havent signed wouldnt be fair to them or club. Give it another week and i will know for sure if they have signed.
My 1 to 9
Saints
Rock
Borris
Cahir
Celtic
Peake
Old Bridge
Cashel
Town
Ha, thats the way i see it sorry if i upset anyone!

[DrRobert]

i think its gonna be a good season.as for saints they're signing new players,but wont name names at the mo,as pearoso said,they might or might not sign,but we're workin on it.richie is definitly signin thats all i can say.


1.Saints
2.Town
3.Peake
4.Rock Rovers
5.Celtic
6.Cashel
7.Cahir
8.Old Bridge
9.Borris

i heard recently that micheal cody is goin back to carrick united.that true,anyone know anythin on that.any other transfers goin around? cahir,borris celtic??

[Den Perry]

Now now, no need to get tetchy.. the arguement I am making is that Michael tend to swoop in and take players when they are underage and still developing.. Kelvin Flanagan went wehn he was under 15.. same with James Walsh... his brother left when he was around 16

The main problem I have, is that while the odd few of these players, James, Paul, Kelvin etc, go on to bigger and better things.. and fair play to them, I know and wish them well.. a large number of youngsters don't make it, and when they finish playing youth football, aren't big or strong enough to make Michael's first team.

Because they have left their own clubs, they then find it difficult to come back, thereby dropping out of football altogether. That's my problem. It is then compounded by Michael's straight out telling lies to kids parents about getting the youngsters trials at places like Celtic. If you want to know more about that, contact last years Kennedy Cup coach, and he should be able to make you aware of what we're talking about here in Cashel.

Three under 14's??? That's not right, simple as that.

Maybe I'm wrong but I'm sure Kelvin played youths for Cashel and he wasn't under 15 when he did so....don't think Michaels can be accused of signing him as an under 15....

[maxwellsmart]

i think its gonna be a good season.as for saints they're signing new players,but wont name names at the mo,as pearoso said,they might or might not sign,but we're workin on it.richie is definitly signin thats all i can say.


1.Saints
2.Town
3.Peake
4.Rock Rovers
5.Celtic
6.Cashel
7.Cahir
8.Old Bridge
9.Borris

i heard recently that micheal cody is goin back to carrick united.that true,anyone know anythin on that.any other transfers goin around? cahir,borris celtic??

All the talk seems to be about Cashel and Saints signings. last years top two are very quiet on the transfer front. Apart from the rumours here regarding Michael Coady, Rory Kiely and David Mcgrath leaving Town, there has been nothing about them signing any players. In addition, Peake seem to be very quiet on the transfer front. According to sources here Barry Ryan has left but usually there are rumours that half their squad is leaving. Personally think it will be Town, Villa and Saints fighting it out, and the three of them going far in the cups if they don't knock each other out

[hooper74]

all the talk at this time of the season counts for nothing,when theeason kicks off thats when we will see who plays where,my money is on the same squads for all the top 3 and the top 3 will end up the top 3 again

[Freddy]

Well said hooper..I don't completely agree that the top three will have entirely the same squads but I would agree that they will end up the finishing as the top three in the league,irrespective of the final order,as they have proven to do so over the seasons. Proved to be a good tight battling season last year with numerous twists and turns..here's hoping for something similar for the coming season

[ronburgundy]

was up at villa at the weekend and would like to know where their players have gone?? i was told they were at full strength but where was o connor, graham, ryan from roscrea, barry ryan, maher, foggy??? nowhere to be seen 3 weeks before the season. worst of all they have no goalkeeper, with outfield players takin turns between the sticks

[maxwellsmart]

was up at villa at the weekend and would like to know where their players have gone?? i was told they were at full strength but where was o connor, graham, ryan from roscrea, barry ryan, maher, foggy??? nowhere to be seen 3 weeks before the season. worst of all they have no goalkeeper, with outfield players takin turns between the sticks

Ron - look back on the posts from earlier.Barry Ryan gone to Pike Rovers in Limerick,and thought you said earlier that O'Connor had gone to Town?

Have Cahir Park made any signings? very lucky to stay up last year and won't want to be relegated in their centenary year. They really need to strengthen or will go down

[DrRobert]

Well said hooper..I don't completely agree that the top three will have entirely the same squads but I would agree that they will end up the finishing as the top three in the league,irrespective of the final order,as they have proven to do so over the seasons. Proved to be a good tight battling season last year with numerous twists and turns..here's hoping for something similar for the coming season

i agree,i cant see anyone breaking into the top 3,its very hard to do it.its a bit like man u,liverpool and chelsea.its similar in many ways,i think apart from the top 3.teams will be battling it out for 4th place.thats my view on it.

[balls]

Have Cahir Park made any signings? very lucky to stay up last year and won't want to be relegated in their centenary year. They really need to strengthen or will go down[/QUOTE]

cahir have got new player manager down from cork. not certain but think he came from leeside who wom munster junior a few years ago and also has an oscar traynor medal with cork aul from last year so must be handy enough player anyway. cahir i think will be alright they can pull decent players from there youth and b teams if the need may be unlike some of the other premier clubs who dont have this luxury. in benny ryan in my opinion they have one of best players in tsdl and if they could get robbie costigan back coupled with a few other signings they would be as good as cashel or clonmel celtic next season

[maxwellsmart]

Any truth that Paul Kennedy going back to Saints?

[daz22]

was wondering have clonmel town made many signings this year?lost many?

[Tipp Top]

For me it will be
Villa
Saints
Town
Cashel
Celtic
Cahir
Borris
Rock
Bridge

I have to agree with hooper it will prob be the same faces at each club come the start of the season. We have the same talk every year about this lad and that lad going here and their but most of the time its just pie in the sky.

I see Paddy Powers have released odds on the Fai Junior for this season
Town @ 20-1 Saints @28-1 and Nenagh FC @33-1 They were the only tipp teams to make it into the top 100. Some very short odds on teams for such a early stage in the season.