Limerick Division 1A 2011/12

[deadly man]

Oh it'll be a tough game no doubt, be good to get it out of the way early anyway because nobody will fancy playing them out there
They lost a few players,if ye have any ambition on going up ye should beat them

[van der wheil]

Geraldines are strong lads

[WizardOnTheWing]

Geraldines are strong lads

They were starting of last year also...

[Roadend]

Geraldines are strong lads

And how about their team?

[deadly man]

Geraldines are strong lads

Yeah I heard Geraldines are very strong this season,best of luck to them

[mulla]

Yeah I heard Geraldines are very strong this season,best of luck to them

with a bit of luck they will get a good start and roll on from there.and yes thery were strong last year but outside the first 11 there wasn't much to call on

[Zizou]

Lish' away, Huns' away, Charleville home.. The old LDMC draw drum could have been kinder to us, however we gotta play em all.. :)

[Monster]

Correct me if im wrong but i dont think any of the dines view granville pike derbies are fixed for the opening tues or thurs fixtures yet the shannon derby is on the 2nd thurs nite...lot of thought went in to them fixtures allright TYPICAL ldmc

[abbeyvale]

with a bit of luck they will get a good start and roll on from there.and yes thery were strong last year but outside the first 11 there wasn't much to call on

Did Skinner McCormack sign with them? he played for them against us a few weeks back anyway,

[booster 03]

DIVISION 1A
CAHERCONLISH A
FAIRVIEW B
GERALDINES
CAHERDAVIN
GRANVILLE
CHARLEVILLE
SHANNON TOWN
SHANNON HIBS
CROOM
PIKE ROVERS B
BALLYNANTY
MUNGRET REGIONAL


this years teams

2 From mungret caherconlish and geraldines to go up-division looks very competitive, pike wil be strong too,then youve granvile shannon and charleville,tbh,cannot see granville or charleville in the shake up.should be a great season

[lankyboy26]

2 From mungret caherconlish and geraldines to go up-division looks very competitive, pike wil be strong too,then youve granvile shannon and charleville,tbh,cannot see granville or charleville in the shake up.should be a great season

Don't understand the fascination with Caherconlish???!!! everyone tipping them? they only came up from 1b and from what i saw of them last year they are a handy side but I really don't think they are promotion candidates from 1A. I think it's between Mungret, Shannon Town, Park, Granville and Charleville (hopefully)

[Jofspring]

Mungret from what I have heard are struggling. They have lost a few players. I'd definitely have Caherconlish up there purely for the fact they have been getting promoted for about 4 or 5 years on the trot now have they not? A lot of teams have a chance at the moment and there is probably only about 2 or 3 that won't have a chance.

[Zizou]

Mungret from what I have heard are struggling. They have lost a few players. I'd definitely have Caherconlish up there purely for the fact they have been getting promoted for about 4 or 5 years on the trot now have they not? A lot of teams have a chance at the moment and there is probably only about 2 or 3 that won't have a chance.

I'll say this, no easy away games in this div. Two trips to Shannon, The Lish, Charleville, Croom, Balla away, Paradise, The Lodge, Rathuard, Mungret.... And thats before I even mention 'Fortress Glenbrook' ;)
Sticky as Jam..

[stevieg]

Don't understand the fascination with Caherconlish???!!! everyone tipping them? they only came up from 1b and from what i saw of them last year they are a handy side but I really don't think they are promotion candidates from 1A. I think it's between Mungret, Shannon Town, Park, Granville and Charleville (hopefully)dont think charleville will be in the mix the rest sure

[abbeyvale]

I'll say this, no easy away games in this div. Two trips to Shannon, The Lish, Charleville, Croom, Balla away, Paradise, The Lodge, Rathuard, Mungret.... And thats before I even mention 'Fortress Glenbrook' ;)
Sticky as Jam..

What about Ibrox? (as you call it)

[theboywonder8]

The lodge I think covers that.

[Monster]

it must be the only lodge in Ireland with a statue of Mary outside it's door.. and coming from the club that wears orange as their club colour ;)

[gaidin]

I'll say this, no easy away games in this div. Two trips to Shannon, The Lish, Charleville, Croom, Balla away, Paradise, The Lodge, Rathuard, Mungret.... And thats before I even mention 'Fortress Glenbrook' ;)
Sticky as Jam..

Did you notice that the link on limerick soccer ( http://www.limericksoccer.com/links.htm ) to the Granville team website is actually a link to a team in England? Just noticed that there.

[deadly man]

Don't understand the fascination with Caherconlish???!!! everyone tipping them? they only came up from 1b and from what i saw of them last year they are a handy side but I really don't think they are promotion candidates from 1A. I think it's between Mungret, Shannon Town, Park, Granville and Charleville (hopefully)
Cant see Charleville getting promoted,ye lost too many games in 1a last season and have had some poor results in pre-season friendlies,Mungret lost 4or5 of there best players so count them out aswell and Shannon town are harmless
Its between Granville and Geraldines for me,i dont know too much about the lish but they might be up there come the end of the season,best of luck to all teams

[Lev Yashin]

Cant see Charleville getting promoted,ye lost too many games in 1a last season and have had some poor results in pre-season friendlies,Mungret lost 4or5 of there best players so count them out aswell and Shannon town are harmless
Its between Granville and Geraldines for me,i dont know too much about the lish but they might be up there come the end of the season,best of luck to all teams

What are you basing that on?

[Second]

I think deadly man might have taken a deadly buzz... How can you say a team are harmless when they played in the premier division last year.. And have had a decent preseason

[theboywonder8]

I presume that's what he's going on,that they were harmless last year,geraldines will be in the shake up this year,they have a nice panel of players,

[deadly man]

What are you basing that on?

Im basing that on yer performance last season in premier
ye were absolutely diabolical,ye didn't win one game in the league and please dont count the 3 pts ye got against pike because they sent out a mickey mouse team
best of luck this season,i hope ye stay up

[deadly man]

I presume that's what he's going on,that they were harmless last year,geraldines will be in the shake up this year,they have a nice panel of players,

yeah i agree,they signed some very good players,best of luck to them

[Zizou]

What about Ibrox? (as you call it)

Ibrox, The Orange Lodge, Hitlers Bunker, take your pick Al, they'll all suffice :D

[Zizou]

it must be the only lodge in Ireland with a statue of Mary outside it's door.. and coming from the club that wears orange as their club colour ;)

Brilliant, enjoyed that post Monster. Can't beat the old **** stirring now can you!! :)

[Lev Yashin]

Im basing that on yer performance last season in premier
ye were absolutely diabolical,ye didn't win one game in the league and please dont count the 3 pts ye got against pike because they sent out a mickey mouse team
best of luck this season,i hope ye stay up

So you haven't seen us play pre-season?

[shanman2]

So you haven't seen us play pre-season?

good / averag 1-11. nothing after that. a few shakey player at the back

[My-right-boot]

So you haven't seen us play pre-season?

What a 3-3 with an average Lifford team, 4-2 win against Olympic B, 2-1 win against a poor Bridge team and a 3-1 against Shannon Hibs B team!

[lankyboy26]

[QUOTE=deadly man;1519554]Cant see Charleville getting promoted,ye lost too many games in 1a last season and have had some poor results in pre-season friendlies,Mungret lost 4or5 of there best players so count them out aswell and Shannon town are harmless
Its between Granville and Geraldines for me,i dont know too much about the lish but they might be up there come the end of the season,best of luck to all teams[/QUOT

So you are basing your opinion on pre-season and on last year? You obviously haven't a clue what you're on about. You can have a rubbish pre-season and still do well in proper season, and you can hockey teams pre-season and have a rubbish season. Pre-season is about getting fit, nothing else. And if you are basing your opinion on how a team did last season then that's even more idiotic because nearly every club gets new players so that argument makes no sense!

[deadly man]

So you haven't seen us play pre-season?

Unless ye signed 16 new players from last season ye will be lucky to stay up

[deadly man]

lankyboy ye lost to sville and athlunkard as far as i know,i could be wrong
Unless ye have made some decent signing ye will finish 4th at best
best of luck for the season

[Lev Yashin]

Unless ye signed 16 new players from last season ye will be lucky to stay up

And who do you play with?

[lankyboy26]

It's PRE-SEASON. I'm of the opinion that our first 11 is as good as any in this division, and obviously we haven't been using our strongest players in every game. We played Athlunkard twice in pre-season, beat them 8-3 the first time and lost 4-1 the second time so how can you draw conclusions from that?! And yes we lost to Summerville and to Kilmallock, so what??? They're premier teams

[deadly man]

And who do you play with?

I dont play with anyone lad
i played 3b a few years ago and i wasnt much good,im long retired,all im saying to you is ye were extremely poor last season and im sure you will admit that,i think ye will struggle this year,thats just my opinion
best of luck to all teams

[deadly man]

It's PRE-SEASON. I'm of the opinion that our first 11 is as good as any in this division, and obviously we haven't been using our strongest players in every game. We played Athlunkard twice in pre-season, beat them 8-3 the first time and lost 4-1 the second time so how can you draw conclusions from that?! And yes we lost to Summerville and to Kilmallock, so what??? They're premier teams

Lankyboy last season ye lost 7/8 games in 1a and dropped some silly points,not good enough if ye want to go up
Geraldines and Granville signed some great players,for me they are the teams to beat

[Lev Yashin]

I dont play with anyone lad
i played 3b a few years ago and i wasnt much good,im long retired,all im saying to you is ye were extremely poor last season and im sure you will admit that,i think ye will struggle this year,thats just my opinion
best of luck to all teams

I agree we were poor last year, there is no denying that. But I honestly think we have improved from last year. Couple of new faces. New manager. New pitch. New sense of optimism.

[deadly man]

I agree we were poor last year, there is no denying that. But I honestly think we have improved from last year. Couple of new faces. New manager. New pitch. New sense of optimism.
Fair play lad,best of luck this season

[Zizou]

Deadly man your rising a few of the lads now aren't you!! I have to agree 100% with Lanky, pre-season results are insignificant next to attaining fitness. We have had a very strong pre-season, but are by no means getting carried away. Points on the board? Zero...

[lankyboy26]

Lankyboy last season ye lost 7/8 games in 1a and dropped some silly points,not good enough if ye want to go up
Geraldines and Granville signed some great players,for me they are the teams to beat

How many games did Geraldines lose last season? Where did they finish?

[deadly man]

How many games did Geraldines lose last season? Where did they finish?

They lost a lot of games but they signed some very good players for the coming season
I think they will get promoted this season,its just my opinion,the next few weeks will be interesting to see how teams fare out in there first few games

[prawnsandwich2]

They lost a lot of games but they signed some very good players for the coming season
I think they will get promoted this season,its just my opinion,the next few weeks will be interesting to see how teams fare out in there first few games

Agree with you, does anyone know if they are playing their home matches in the Green or Rathuard.

[deadly man]

Deadly man your rising a few of the lads now aren't you!! I have to agree 100% with Lanky, pre-season results are insignificant next to attaining fitness. We have had a very strong pre-season, but are by no means getting carried away. Points on the board? Zero...
Im not rising anyone Zizou,just giving my opinion,geraldines and granville for promotion for me,should be a good league this year a lot closer than last year anyway

[Zizou]

Im not rising anyone Zizou,just giving my opinion,geraldines and granville for promotion for me,should be a good league this year a lot closer than last year anyway

Very close. I think we'll know nothing until about week 10. Usual craic. Who have the Dines signed anyway lads? Skinner, Shane Madden and...??

[Hibs7772]

I think Shannon Hibs have a great chance of going up, they play great football and have two great wingers in brian mc gorrian and jamie egan. My other choices for promotion would be gerldines and mungret who will be there or there abouts.

[mulla]

Agree with you, does anyone know if they are playing their home matches in the Green or Rathuard.

rathuard

[van der wheil]

Very close. I think we'll know nothing until about week 10. Usual craic. Who have the Dines signed anyway lads? Skinner, Shane Madden and...??

Darren Young, Jamie Mac

[lankyboy26]

They lost a lot of games but they signed some very good players for the coming season
I think they will get promoted this season,its just my opinion,the next few weeks will be interesting to see how teams fare out in there first few games

People said the same about them last season and look where they finished... It's impossible to predict at the moment except that you would expect the usual teams to be up there i.e. Granville, Shannon Town, Park, Mungret. We had a brand new team last year practically and finished 4th so we would expect to push on this season, that is what we are aiming towards, promotion

[Bayern Munchies]

Still far too early to be saying how good or poor each team is going to be especially when it's still only pre-season and a lot of lads have to get back to fitness and gel into new teams. It will be a very competitive league this season and a lot of teams could fancy themselves for promotion.

If I had to tip two teams at the minute to go up it would be Granville and Geraldine's, but as I said it should be a very interesting league this season :ball:

[Zizou]

Darren Young, Jamie Mac

Jamie from Cals ya? Nice player. Darren Young??