Limerick Team of the Season 2010/11

[barryk]

Just saw the Leader printed the teams of the season. Conor Kavanagh was named player of the year and the Premier team is
G Neville, W Colbert, P McGarry, P Mullins, C Enright, C Kavanagh, K Hartnett, P Boyle, A Barry, P Moloney, S Clarke, Subs E Hanrahan, K McNicholas, P Harmon, B Cleary, J Grant

[mulla]

Just saw the Leader printed the teams of the season. Conor Kavanagh was named player of the year and the Premier team is
G Neville, W Colbert, P McGarry, P Mullins, C Enright, C Kavanagh, K Hartnett, P Boyle, A Barry, P Moloney, S Clarke, Subs E Hanrahan, K McNicholas, P Harmon, B Cleary, J Grant

looks a good team doesn't it, any noteable absentees

[jman]

bar 2 of the first team the rest are pike with mcgarry being with them for so long some achievement for pike and kavanagh who is by far the best midfield player in this league can only get better surley he wil get snapped up from a top eircom league team or maybe england in time to come a very good player

[abbeyvale]

bar 2 of the first team the rest are pike with mcgarry being with them for so long some achievement for pike and kavanagh who is by far the best midfield player in this league can only get better surley he wil get snapped up from a top eircom league team or maybe england in time to come a very good player

He's just back from England

[jman]

and what is stopping him from going again he is young aint he and very good would you disagree or what

[joeSoap]

He's off to Australia soon for a year I think.

[theboywonder8]

Is that only a rumour joe,or do you know for a fact???

[Jofspring]

If he isn't off to Australia the LOI is a good place to go if interested. Look at Keith Fahey, he was told he wouldn't make it in England, returned to Ireland and a few years later was back over in England and now in the International team.

[theboywonder8]

That was with a premier club in Dublin though,big difference,the top junior players in the country can't even get a cap,just look at chalkie getting his 200th cap in Portugal shortly and he wouldn't lace Pa mullins's boots,if you're not from the pale or that crowd in Tipperary,forget bout it,alan Barry couldn't get near a cap and goes out to St michaels and low and behold he gets capped after a few weeks,it's a joke the way Limerick players are being treated for too long now,alan should have got his cap long before he went out that place,last two fai cups in Limerick and not one player going to Portugal,mike obrien has a lot to answer for also.

[abbeyvale]

Is that only a rumour joe,or do you know for a fact???

He hasn't decided yet (but its looking like it)...........he told me himself, but if he does go it will be October/November time.

[abbeyvale]

and what is stopping him from going again he is young aint he and very good would you disagree or what


Agree with you 100%, just stating that he has already been in England........................Connor done 90% of his pre-season with us (before signing with Pike) so I've seen him at first hand, and I can honestly say he is a fine talent and a sound bloke, and at the moment for me is the best midfielder in Limerick.............

[thegreatone]

lads in all honesty if he was to go back over to england and play ball it would be an amazing accomplishment but its highly unlikely.
Hes a good player but the standard of Junior soccer isnt great in Ireland and if he had any chance he should be playing League of Ireland at least.

[the lobster]

That was with a premier club in Dublin though,big difference,the top junior players in the country can't even get a cap,just look at chalkie getting his 200th cap in Portugal shortly and he wouldn't lace Pa mullins's boots,if you're not from the pale or that crowd in Tipperary,forget bout it,alan Barry couldn't get near a cap and goes out to St michaels and low and behold he gets capped after a few weeks,it's a joke the way Limerick players are being treated for too long now,alan should have got his cap long before he went out that place,last two fai cups in Limerick and not one player going to Portugal,mike obrien has a lot to answer for also.

Most of the players in Limerick have played LOI at some stage so that rules them out of going to Portugal. Mike O'Brien in fairness can only put forward names who have not played Pro or Semi Pro so in Limerick the number is very low. Also, Experience at Intl level is needed at this competition.

Look at the amount of players from Limerick who have been capped at Junior Level, there is quite a few over the years but at Amatuer Level not too many as most have played LOI. Cork players have the same problem and i'm sure Dublin like wise.

[republican]

boywonder you really do talk some serious amount of crap on this i dont know how you have never been banned. you come on here in the name of pike rovers but i doubt you are a pike man at all. chalkie has been on the irish team for 10 years nearly so that experience is invaluable, paul breen is the best amateur player in the country i dont think anyone ( except you ) could deny that and chris higgins has just broken in and is also an outstanding full back. jimmy carr amongst others plays for st michaels and is not going to portugal either. as lobster has said most of the top players in limerick are ineligible as most have played l'o'i.

[theboywonder8]

Is it not about time chalkie stepped aside for for some younger players to get a chance,no doubting he has given unbelievable service to the national team,never mentioned breen, he's a class act,never mentioned higgins another very good player who deserves his chance,there a lot of very good junior players in Limerick who are not getting that chance,none
of them are gettting that chance,chalkie is playing every single game including friendlies,now is that fair,I have never ever mentioned pike rovers as you claim,now if you don't like my opinion to which I am quite entitled to you know what to do with yourself,fai junior cup in Limerick last 2 years and not one player in squad,if clonmel and St micks had won the last 2 junior cups and had no one in the intternational set up ye would be screaming from the rooftops and don't tell me any different ,
now off with you.

[Balbec77]

Is it not about time chalkie stepped aside for for some younger players to get a chance,no doubting he has given unbelievable service to the national team,never mentioned breen, he's a class act,never mentioned higgins another very good player who deserves his chance,there a lot of very good junior players in Limerick who are not getting that chance,none of them are gettting that chance,chalkie is playing every single game including friendlies,now is that fair,I have never ever mentioned pike rovers as you claim,now if you don't like my opinion to which I am quite entitled to you know what to do with yourself,fai junior cup in Limerick last 2 years and not one player in squad,if clonmel and St micks had won the last 2 junior cups and had no one in the intternational set up ye would be screaming from the rooftops and don't tell me any different ,
now off with you.
good reply and true.

[Fairkop]

yes,every one is entitled to their opinion but some posters need to renage on the tunnel vision attitude.to suggest that james walsh wouldn,t ...lace pa mullins boots....is nothing but an insult to an excellent player who is still playing at the top level.there is no doubt p.mullins is a fine centre half who will only get better,his performance at the recent jnr international trial was obviously not enough to get him a futher chance along with many others.

[theboywonder8]

I also said that James walsh was a very good player in his time but he's had his time,it's time for other players to have a chance,at this moment Pa mullins is a better player than chalkie,and that's the point I'm making,and I'll stand over it,i've seen the 2 of them playing and imo Pa is a better player,he played right full on that trial and not centre half,and was also dying with the flu so I'm told,1 question for you fairkop if he was playing with a Limerick club do you think he would have all them caps.

[lfc at heart]

Is it not about time chalkie stepped aside for for some younger players to get a chance,


are you saying that you think chalkie should step down so that pa Mullins gets a place on the irish squad, in other words a hand out, would Pa Mullins want that, I wouldnt want to play for a team on that condition, jesus wept, what player would not want to play for his country, Chalkie should only stop playing when the selectors say he is not good enough and not a game before it and if it keeps Pa Mullins out then thats Life, serious lad what a silly statement to make

[theboywonder8]

Are ye not listening to what I'm saying,is it not time to try out new players from anywhere in the country and give them a chance at international level,I have already sain numurous times that he was a good player,can ye read.but nobody else is getting a chance,lfc do you not agree that other players should be given a chance,it just so happens to Limerick players all the time,when their is a scout living down here and obviously doesn't attend local games because he spends all his time in Tipperary,typical Limerick knocking their own all the time,could you answer me why alan Barry didn't get capped while playing in Limerick all his career and when he went to tipp he was capped after a couple of games,he didn't even play a quarter of a season with them,it's not a coincidence now is it?,and when he left low and behold no more caps,James walsh has a big influence on who gets call ups and who doesn't ,

[lfc at heart]

Alan barry is by far the best centre forward in Limerick, if not munster and should be on the national team, but your logic that chalkie should step down to give other players a chance is insane, he is as good as Pa Mullins any day of the week, no better no worse but has more experiance, its not his fault he is picked every season and he is good enough and experienced to keep that position until the selectors decide he is not, as for saying he should step down, come on really, silly statement, is Pat mcGarry on the national team.

[Fairkop]

in fairness i also heard that said player was,dying of the flu,then again must try some of the lemsips he,s using because also heard he managed full game plus ET the following day for his club though i am open to correction on that.would walsh have them caps if he was playing in limerick,only one answer to that ...barry flynn.

[republican]

boywonder you referred to saint michaels as ( that crowd ) in tipperary whats that about ?? its saint michaels fault that their players make international squads and limerick lads dont is it ? chris higgins and jimmy carr played in that international trial along with pa mullins and chris got a recall after playing really well jimmy didnt get called back either the same as pa get over it. im not having a pop at pa he is a quality player breen and walsh are established internationals. you keep referring to no limerick lads getting call ups but as already stated the amateur international team excludes anyone that has played semi pro or pro which rules out the vast majority of pikes fai winning team and i would say the same applies to fairview's fai winning team of last year. i dont know the fact's of alan barry's time at michaels therefore will not make a comment.

[theboywonder8]

Barry Flynn was capped long before he came to limerick and after he returned to portmarnock,fairkop just keeping knocking you're own like you always do,

[hoops38]

Guys pa mullins is the best centre half in the country last two years hes has been outstanding, i agree its not hes fault hes been picked but last and this year proved he is gone passed it, he was a great player and a credit to hes club he could have signed for anyone but stayed with st michaels , playing pa mullins right full in the trial was a clear was indication there was a position made for someone else, Alan barry has been banging in goals for fun couldnt get a look in signs for st michaels and gets a cap does make it suspicious, boris, moloney have been outstanding this year and didnt get a look in. There is no point blaming st Michaels it is the selector and the management are responsible for the panel thats picked.

[harpin]

Who was Kavanagh with in England?

[the lobster]

Who was Kavanagh with in England?

Blackburn Rovers, then he signed with a non-league team

[tedd11]

any man who gets 60 odd caps for his country at junior level is a great achievement.whether james walsh has influence or not is another days question.any time ive seen him play with paul breen they have both been very strong. i wouldnt be a bit surprised to see james walsh being an assistant manager or involved in some way in the management team in the ireland junior set up in the future.I do agree with boywonder tho,since the great fairview team of the 90's there hasnt been many limerick lads who have been capped. i think colm enright should of had a ball of caps over the years.as good as any of the centre halves named and never really got a chance.

[Fairkop]

have we short memories,both hartnett and hanrahan played in the quandrangulars recently and were,n the likes of m.sheehan and a.barry in the final 25 or so before squad was finalised.the jnr int manager said in the papers that any player who didn,t make it would be capped and that was before barry signed for st.micheals so it didn,t matter who he and the others were with they were getting capped anyway.agree enright a great player who should have won many caps though he was named on a trial squad years back but dont think he played in it.its a pity p.mcgarry did,nt make it this time.did higgins make the squad for portugal?

[hoops38]

boywonder you referred to saint michaels as ( that crowd ) in tipperary whats that about ?? its saint michaels fault that their players make international squads and limerick lads dont is it ? chris higgins and jimmy carr played in that international trial along with pa mullins and chris got a recall after playing really well jimmy didnt get called back either the same as pa get over it. im not having a pop at pa he is a quality player breen and walsh are established internationals. you keep referring to no limerick lads getting call ups but as already stated the amateur international team excludes anyone that has played semi pro or pro which rules out the vast majority of pikes fai winning team and i would say the same applies to fairview's fai winning team of last year. i dont know the fact's of alan barry's time at michaels therefore will not make a comment.

pa was told he was in and 2 days later got a call saying he was out again ,that should give you an indication