Limerick Desmond League 2009/10

[SeniorBlue]

tossie butler is most certainly joining regional...bad decision wen regionals players are all leaving....lisselton rovers are after daniel power but he doesnt know wat he is doing cos he is living in waterford for the next 8 weeks i think.....dont know either about mark doherty cos he is working and living in dublin....

Was in Newcastlewest friday night and was told that Mark Doherty is signed with Regional and daniel Power is definately signed for Lisselton. Tommy will struggle now with Newcastlewest as Tossie Butler is gone to Regional aswell as some guy McCarthy

[sky blue]

Was in Newcastlewest friday night and was told that Mark Doherty is signed with Regional and daniel Power is definately signed for Lisselton. Tommy will struggle now with Newcastlewest as Tossie Butler is gone to Regional aswell as some guy McCarthy
Played a friendly sat night against janesboro mark doherty was playing.

[buddygeary23]

tossie butler is signing for regional utd....mark doherty played in a friendly friday night for regional against ballingarry and he played for janesboro on saturday against rathkeale in another friendly,he told me bout an hour ago he still doesnt know wat he is doing yet...daniel power told me on friday night that he is more likely to sign for fairview rangers..they played against broadford in a friendly today

[Charlie]

Your a real source of info buddygeary. Daniel off to Fairview most likely and Toss gone also. Mark could end up anywhere.

[sky blue]

Well Buddy, did ye play any friendlies yet?

[new boy]

hill celtic 2 newcastle west 1........very good game was up there watching it.....newcastle started the better but hill celtic got bk into it after 15-20 mins........hill celtics players all played very well and the addition of ray massey should help them....he played out of his socks and newcastle couldnt handle his pace or tricks he made newcastle look slow and harmless at the back and people from newcastle said he was nothing to look at he would be a good addition to any team

[sky blue]

Ya ray was a good player when he was with feenagh:p What was the NCW team:confused:

[new boy]

ray is still very good player bud..........i think he proved to the newcastle guys that said he wasnt good enough for them very wrong as he had a walk in the park with them couldnt handle him.........hill celtic team is very strong good team that suits ray alot.........few celtic players had a great game sat nite and this team could do well...........celtic missing a few and newcastle missing power not a great loss and mark d was a loss to castle.....good game tho newcastle must not be fully fit as it was only 35 mins a side and they looked to have felt it at the end best of luck to newcastle this season

[francesco_1]

ray is still very good player bud..........i think he proved to the newcastle guys that said he wasnt good enough for them very wrong as he had a walk in the park with them couldnt handle him.........hill celtic team is very strong good team that suits ray alot.........few celtic players had a great game sat nite and this team could do well...........celtic missing a few and newcastle missing power not a great loss and mark d was a loss to castle.....good game tho newcastle must not be fully fit as it was only 35 mins a side and they looked to have felt it at the end best of luck to newcastle this season


Yeah it was a great game off ball, after the first goal went in i though we'd struggle as ncw were passing the ball well, nice finish from the striker for the first, skinner's goal at the end was a cracker....thanks ncw for a good game and best of luck for the new season.

[Horan01]

Opening weekend premier fixtures, some interesting matches there

Sunday 23rd August
Weekly Observer Premier Division
Abbeyfeale Utd V Ballingarry 1130 (J. Roche)
Askeaton V Broadford Utd 1130 (L. O’Connor)
Newcastle West V Carrig Celtic 1130 (P. Manning)
Glin Rovers V Newcastle West Rovers 1130 (M. Houlihan)
Shannonside FC V Rathkeale 1130 (D. O’Gorman)

[buddygeary23]

Sunday 23rd August
Weekly Observer Premier Division
Abbeyfeale Utd V Ballingarry (abbeyfeale)
Askeaton V Broadford Utd (broadford)
Newcastle West V Carrig Celtic (newcastle west)
Glin Rovers V Newcastle West Rovers (draw)
Shannonside FC V Rathkeale (draw)

[sky blue]

I think the fixture list again this season is a joke. It is the same now for the 4th season running. Typical desmond league living in the past.:mad:

[Ask me tom]

Result: Askeaton 8-1 Broadford

[sky blue]

Shannonside 0, Rathkeale 3. (michael Quilligan 3)
Abbey 2, Ballingarry 0
Ncw 1, Carrig celtic 0

[Shannon Boy]

how did the games go the weekend??
anyone look impressive.
i see newcastle won 1-0 did they scrape a result or what??
rathkeale 3-0 and quicks scored hat-trick. very good signing.
what about glin what was that result?

[Shannon Boy]

we were shockin against rathkeale couldnt pass a ball.
rathkeale outplayed us totally.
quicks is a good signing for rathkeale.

[Ask me tom]

we were shockin against rathkeale couldnt pass a ball.
rathkeale outplayed us totally.
quicks is a good signing for rathkeale.

Who played in goals for ye Shannon boy? Or is Chris Hayse giving it another year?

[Ask me tom]

I heard from 1 or 2 carrig players today , they said NCW seemed to have gone back an awful lot from last year, lucky for the result. Not surprising really with the players they have lost.

[sky blue]

Ya Glin game was called off pitch flooded they were suppose to play Ncw Rovers. Ncw A will still be very good this season heard Steven Kelly played for them Sunday. Will be a hard team too beat.

[buddygeary23]

quix is a good player and good signing for rathkeale but sure he is out for few weeks now with an knee injury he picked up on sunday..how long will he stay in rathkeale afc for??heard broadford were useless against askeaton..

[Shannon Boy]

quix is a good player and good signing for rathkeale but sure he is out for few weeks now with an knee injury he picked up on sunday..how long will he stay in rathkeale afc for??heard broadford were useless against askeaton..

buddy geary try and predict the results for next sundays games??

[sky blue]

Thats all buddygeary is good at is predications! His getting a run these days now that the 3 boys are gone.;)

[Horan01]

Weekends fixtures, another though ask for Shannonside, and the first real test for Askeaton, Ballingarry is always a tough place to go and get a result.

Sunday 30th August
Weekly Observer Premier Division
Ballingarry V Askeaton 1130 (P. O’Brien)
Abbeyfeale Utd V Shannonside 1130 (M. Houlihan)
Newcastle West Rovers V Broadford Utd 1130 (G. O’Connor)
Rathkeale V Newcastle West 1130 (J. Roche)
Carrig Celtic V Glin Rovers 230 (P. Manning)

[sky blue]

Weekends fixtures, another though ask for Shannonside, and the first real test for Askeaton, Ballingarry is always a tough place to go and get a result.

Sunday 30th August
Weekly Observer Premier Division
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Ballingarry V Askeaton (draw)
Abbeyfeale Utd V Shannonside (home win)
Newcastle West Rovers V Broadford Utd (draw)
Rathkeale V Newcastle West (home win)
Carrig Celtic V Glin Rovers (away win)

[Ask me tom]

RESULTS:

Sunday 30th August
Weekly Observer Premier Division
Ballingarry 1 V 3 Askeaton 1130 (P. O’Brien)
Abbeyfeale Utd ? V ? Shannonside 1130 (M. Houlihan)
Newcastle West Rovers 0 V 3 Broadford Utd 1130 (G. O’Connor)
Rathkeale 1 V 1 Newcastle West 1130 (J. Roche)
Carrig Celtic 3 V 1 Glin Rovers 230 (P. Manning)

[hot shot]

abbeyfeale 1-0 shannonside.

a draw was def what shannonside deserved from their efforts in this game,abbey hardly threatened, the penalty they got was not a penalty, and shannonside had a dead cert of a penalty claim turned down in injury time.but that's the standard of refereeing we have to deal with in this league.if shannonside had full team out,which they also didn't have last sunday, they would have taken this average abbeyfeale team-

[buddygeary23]

i think its going to be a tough premier division this year..didnt think askeaton wud be good but they are proving everyone in the league that they are no push overs this year with 6 points outta 6...rathkeale v newcastle west was an even enough game..all rathkeale in the first and and newcastle in the second half..draw was a fair result.suprised with broadfords victory against ncw rovers.thought rovers wud beat them but broadford must have had all the footballers there..i thought shannonside wud get a draw against abbeyfeale..carrig beat glin 3-1!!! good result for carrig..are glin title tenders this year?? heard few their players left??? is that true?

[buddygeary23]

Sunday 6th September
Weekly Observer Premier Division
Newcastle West Rovers V Ballingarry 1030am (L. O’Connor)
Broadford Utd V Abbeyfeale Utd 1030am (P. O’Brien)
Askeaton V Newcastle West 1030am (T. Fitzmaurice)
Carrig Celtic V Shannonside FC 1030am (J. Roche)
Rathkeale V Glin Rovers 1030am (D. O’Gorman)

my predictions

Sunday 6th September
Weekly Observer Premier Division
Newcastle West Rovers V Ballingarry 1030am (draw)
Broadford Utd V Abbeyfeale Utd 1030am (away win)
Askeaton V Newcastle West 1030am (away win)
Carrig Celtic V Shannonside FC 1030am (draw)
Rathkeale V Glin Rovers 1030am (home win)

ALL MATCHES ON AT 10.30AM OVER THE ALL IRELAND HURLING FINAL

[hot shot]

your right the league is going to be there for the taking this season! askeaton have got off to good start and have given themselves every chance of safety and maybe more. yea glin lost few players,one of their strikers went to killeaney???dont know what the appeal would be there-

[Hairy Legs]

How are we all doing?
Just a small opinion on the desmond league, The one problem it seems to have is competition with the GAA. You can be lucky and meet a team on Sunday morning with football or hurling championship the same evening and hammer them due to lack of players. Next week they can go out with all their GAA players and do the hammering themselves. You can pick up 3 lucky points if you hit the right Sunday and it does not reflect the quality of the league especially at the begining of the season.
Anyone agree?

[buddygeary23]

Its been like that for years.your dead right there..you could lose an important game cos of players missing over the gaa but the following week you could prob beat the next team 5 or 6 nil.

[buddygeary23]

Heard for a very good source that daniel power is coming back to newcastle west afc cos he is not settling inside wit fairview rangers

[hot shot]

its actually ridiculous how much of an effect gaa has on some clubs.the gaa have no consideration for the outcome of the local soccer club,and would never change a fixture to help the other code-but the soccer always suffers anyway.players are warned not to play soccer even if game is few days before gaa match so if your team is relying on 3 or 4 players who play both it can mess team up.i know,it happens all the time in my club and its going to affect us for another few weeks it looks like!

[hot shot]

daniel power should give it a few months at the very least.two weeks into a season is no time to judge a team,club or league. a season in town would bring him on as player and then he could bring experience with him,whether its back to ncw,lisselton or even shannonside he joins!!!

[Hairy Legs]

You will see more teams trying to sign non gaa players in the future in this league.
Daniel should probably stay for the season, once he gets use to the lads and the system in town he will adapt much better. Having said that all the lads that go to town from the desmond league would be a welcome addition back, Daniel, Mark, Tossy, keith hartnett, declan nash colm enright etc... they would seriously increase the standard of the league
If players came the other way(from town) it would be interesting, but they probably wouldn't put up with what happens (gaa) at the start and end of the league. Dont get me wrong I played gaa myself for years and still love it.

[hot shot]

i dont see many players (of good quality) leaving their clubs in town to come out to the desmond league to be honest.maybe things will change in the coming years but there's big gap in the overall standard in both leagues.thats not to say some of the top teams in desmond lge couldn't take on and beat some of the top teams from town,on their day.
those few players mentioned are big loss to their clubs and to the league too-

[Hairy Legs]

Absolutly, ray lynch, anthony russell would all heighten the profile of the league. I also think that 10 teams is too little, like town 12 would be better. Sometimes the desmond league is over before christmas. Teams who are safe and not involved in anything come april or may dont even bother finishing strong in the league to the detrement of teams chasing something in the league.......they can be all guilty of this

[hot shot]

i dont see league being anywhere near over by christmas this year,i actually cant even predict who will win it,but i feel ncw have had their time and that the teams closest to them know this and will be capable of beating them this year. id even tip askeaton to get a point at home to them this sunday,maybe more!! can see most teams taking points off one another and hopefully it will be an exciting finish to the league next may.

[Hairy Legs]

Ye, I totally agree with you on that, this year will be very close thankfully, but if your club were chasing askeaton for the title in may, just say, and they had to play a very decent team who were mid table and out of all cups, you wouldn't hold your breath on the result going your way!!!
All i am saying is that if every team made it their business to fight until the end, despite their league position, it would make for a great season, not just those involved in the run in. e.g .. You dont mind playing Broadford at the start of the season, when gaa is on, but would hate to meet them around christmas........it shouldn't be a jekel and hyde situation.

[the dazzler]

Heard for a very good source that daniel power is coming back to newcastle west afc cos he is not settling inside wit fairview rangers

surprised to hear that but if he wants to go off with him he is a bit strange alright didnt his brother leave pike after 2ks also:D

[trueview6]

surprised to hear that but if he wants to go off with him he is a bit strange alright didnt his brother leave pike after 2ks also:D
I agree with you he is very strange and if he isnt happy move on dont need lads like that around the place we arent ncw.

[buddygeary23]

In what way is he strange?

[pimpong]

surprised to hear that but if he wants to go off with him he is a bit strange alright didnt his brother leave pike after 2ks also:D
thats some way to talk about your team mates..your only a new be around the place aswel..why dont you talk to daniel face to face and tell him that...

[hot shot]

surprised to hear that but if he wants to go off with him he is a bit strange alright didnt his brother leave pike after 2ks also:D

how can you decide someone is strange when you only met the man 2/3 weeks ago-when you would meet him it would be for training/matches,and its only for hour and a half or so. your hardly speaking with him for every minute when ye do play,so that hardly gives you a good standing to accuse a fella of being 'strange'.you will probably come back and say its your opinion but its not a very well founded one-

[Monster]

I agree with you he is very strange and if he isnt happy move on dont need lads like that around the place we arent ncw.

Jesus what an incentive to give the guy to stay put - i see nothing strange about him so stop talking crap as usual.

[buddygeary23]

Daniel power is no more strange than the man on the moon.iv played soccer with him all my life and he is one of the nicest fellas.ye only know him about 3 weeks and met him about 10 times altogether.he is dedicated to playing soccer and would walk into the starting 11 on any team in this country.why judge someone that you dont even know

[Hairy Legs]

Lads,
Any views on the oscar traynor this year, players etc..., should be some decent players to choose from.

[hot shot]

aodhagan behan is over the team this year.(shannonside manager)
well all the players who have left the league were big players for the oscar team.will be difficult to see any team put together going anywhere as near as team that won it in 2008-

[buddygeary23]

i cant see the oscar traynor team being anywhere near the team that won it back in 2008...most of the team that year are gone to city teams...whoever he picks wont be as strong as last one..hopefully who evers picked willl do well

[the dazzler]

surprised to hear that but if he wants to go off with him he is a bit strange alright didnt his brother leave pike after 2ks also:D

lads i meant to type out it is a bit strange not that he is sorry but i he leaving ya?