Cork AUL 2011/12

[K.C.]

Absolutey massive result for us today down in Kanturk. Showed great fight and wanted it more. Best of luck tomorrow sharpshooter and all the other teams flying the flag for Cork AUL.

[skippy7]

munster junior cup 3rd round coachford 0 kinsale 0 (coachford win 4-3 on pens)

[six-yard-box]

Blarney st are looking for a friendly at the weekend home or away. Any club interested contact Eddie on 021 4676577.

[Parkboy]

Things going very well for us at the moment.A team 5 points clear in premier.B team 8 points clear in 3A.Hope to get a good few runs in cup also

[JRyno]

Things going very well for us at the moment.A team 5 points clear in premier.B team 8 points clear in 3A.Hope to get a good few runs in cup also

Fair play! Difficult enough getting 1 team running well but 2 is a credit! Looking forward to the cup game against the B's in the County Cup!

[overthehill]

Fair dues Parkboy, especially as i recall ye lost a lot of players and regraded to the 3rd division from div 1. Have ye a lot of new guys or have lads come back?

[HairyHands]

I'm not sure how happy the teams in the same league as yer B team will be cos I seem to remember a good few complaints on here regarding the drop in league by that team. Seem to have a memory of you saying they would struggle parkboy?

[dodgy_knee]

It makes a mockery of the league that Park B, one of the most organised teams I saw play in Division 1 last season, were allowed to drop down 2 divisions so they could pick up some silverware at the expense of the existing division 3 teams. What a joke.

I mentioned this back in July last year in the post below, and now it looks like they are going to run away with the league. No surprise really.
http://foot.ie/threads/153553-Cork-AUL-2011-12?p=1511118&highlight=#post1511118

[backpass]

Things going very well for us at the moment.A team 5 points clear in premier.B team 8 points clear in 3A.Hope to get a good few runs in cup also

ya ye were allowed to drop a few leagues to try and win a few medals...I remember a lot of complaints over this matter when this happend.....I wouldnt be proud of this and I hope other teams in that league claw back some points off ye because ye dont deserve them

[K.C.]

We beat them 3-0 in the Corinthians Cup final and I thought they were a good side. Well organized and were able to get the ball down and play. I remember a few of the 'A' team were leaving so they had to promote players from the 'B' team to replace them and for that reason dropped to Div 3. Not a bit fair on the other teams there. Didnt say much for the their players that stayed with the 'B' team either. It's like Management/Committee saying ye're not good enough.

[thebooboys]

Wouldn't bother blaming Park. Blame the people who make these calls

[Parkboy]

We beat them 3-0 in the Corinthians Cup final and I thought they were a good side. Well organized and were able to get the ball down and play. I remember a few of the 'A' team were leaving so they had to promote players from the 'B' team to replace them and for that reason dropped to Div 3. Not a bit fair on the other teams there. Didnt say much for the their players that stayed with the 'B' team either. It's like Management/Committee saying ye're not good enough.

Out of the starting 11 that day,4 have joined the first team and one lad is working out of the country.We signed 9/10 new lads with 7/8 of those being under 21.

[Parkboy]

ya ye were allowed to drop a few leagues to try and win a few medals...I remember a lot of complaints over this matter when this happend.....I wouldnt be proud of this and I hope other teams in that league claw back some points off ye because ye dont deserve them
Read above comment backpass.We lost the back bone of our team there.Brought in some young lads as well as 2 experienced lads who havent play for years.The training this team has done in the last 4/5 months has been unbelievable and there is teams in the premier not training as hard.You're entitled to your comments and this is what this site is about but you are more than welcome to come down to Mitchelstown and watch this team train anytime.You might give a bit of credit where its due then.

[backpass]

Read above comment backpass.We lost the back bone of our team there.Brought in some young lads as well as 2 experienced lads who havent play for years.The training this team has done in the last 4/5 months has been unbelievable and there is teams in the premier not training as hard.You're entitled to your comments and this is what this site is about but you are more than welcome to come down to Mitchelstown and watch this team train anytime.You might give a bit of credit where its due then.

any team who trains hard and are doing well in leagus or cups deserve their credit...but why didnt ye stay in the league ye were in and train harder to try and stay in the league....im just saying its not fair on other teams in the league as im sure they train hard also

[six-yard-box]

Good luck to the aul team tonight in tipp

[six-yard-box]

Aul lambed 5-1 up in tipp

[nononsense]

Aul lambed 5-1 up in tipp
Very one-sided game. Apart from a ten minute spell early in the second-half Tipp totally dominated. Went 1-0 ahead early and were so dominant should have added a few more. Cork equalised on the half-hour from a penalty very much against the run of play. Tipp regained the lead shortly afterwards and deservedly led 2-1 at the break. Cork had their best spell at the start of the second-half but coundn't break down a very strong Tipp defence. The superior teamwork and fitness of Tipp told in the last half hour as they tagged on three more goals.

[shetland]

aul lambed 5-1 up in tipp did anyone honestly think that the aul would win. Now is the time to get a new management set up in..

[thebooboys]

Anyone have the starting team? Answers may lie there?

[super_mario]

Crow
Alan Healy
Jason Keegan
Colin Bevan
Babsy

Jeffers
Blakey
Daly
Kearney
Keane

Darren Lynch

[el nino coro]

Crow
Alan Healy
Jason Keegan
Colin Bevan
Babsy

Jeffers
Blakey
Daly
Kearney
Keane

Darren Lynch

In all honesty is that really the best the aul can do?

[six-yard-box]

Crow
Alan Healy
Jason Keegan
Colin Bevan
Babsy

Jeffers
Blakey
Daly
Kearney
Keane

Darren Lynch
No wonder they got flogged. No mobility whatsoever in the middle of the park. Surely Babbsy is a much better option in the middle than kearney?

[shetland]

a total farce ive been blue in the face from saying that the manager of the aul team hadnt a clue,well maybe a few might agree now. from winners a few years ago ,to gone totally back in his three years in charge,.totally agree with the midfields lack of mobility. in fairness the alarm bells were ringing when msl junior team beat them..

[super_mario]

Heard Crow done his hamstring came off at half time big loss in my eyes, where was Shane o Neill and Keith Holden?? 5-1 is a hammering alright no beating around the bush, anyone know who got the AUL goal??

Funny thing el niño coro I'd they prob are thr best players AVAILABLE in the AUL, pick your starting 11 there see how it compares to Niall O Regans 11

[Innishvilla]

a total farce ive been blue in the face from saying that the manager of the aul team hadnt a clue,well maybe a few might agree now. from winners a few years ago ,to gone totally back in his three years in charge,.totally agree with the midfields lack of mobility. in fairness the alarm bells were ringing when msl junior team beat them..

Just a query - as I don't know the answer. But from that team and squad that won the OT - how many are still in the AUL and/or are available to be picked?

No it just I seem to remember a good few of those player are not now available to the selectors, off the top of my head I can think of 3 - Varian, Derek Mc & JP O'Sull.

[super_mario]

Brian Sull, Shinkwin, Delea. Gettings, Derek Mc, Varian, JP Sull, Shane O Neill???

[six-yard-box]

Shane o neill gone to oz. Brian Sull gettings delea n Derek mc still playing aul. Jp shinky and varian all gone playing senior

[balls]

the team cork aul had when they won oscar traynor 3 years ago were an exceptional bunch of players. The team that played last night while most are decent players are good bit short in all departments or the team of 3 years ago. The standard in aul premier anyway has dropped a good bit this season from last. I saw wilton play at the start of the season and was very impressed with them but their results since turn of the year have been poor. I have seen park united on a good few occasions this season and while a good honest team team no way would they be top of premier if other teams were as good as they have been in previous seasons. Leeside and kinsale seemed to be struggling to string together winning runs this season. however one thing i will say as a follower of junior football nationwide i watched glen celtic play few months back and they were superb as good as any premier team i have seen in most leagues. A good young team playing some very good football the right way. So while the premier in aul may not be as high quality as say 3 or 4 years ago maybe this has improved the lower division clubs not that i have seen alot of games in the lower divisions, its just an opinion and open for abit of discussion

[Horse24]

Gents, I deliberately didnt get involved in the AUL discussions over the last while because I was involved. I guess my P45 is in the post today so I can comment!!!
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Shetland, I dont know why your posts get so personal against Niall - to be honest it takes from what else you say in the posts. You dont even know the man and he doesnt know you. You call him a bluffer but he has won Premier A as a manager (amongst other things), something you or I havent done. Look at the post from nononsense at 10.56 last night. He gives an honest opinion without any personal stuff. Not nice to read but honest.
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We failed - the 25 of us failed because we didnt win the Oscar Traynor cup as was our remit and our target. We let our league down. The responsibility in any team falls on the management and rightly so. The players couldnt have given us anymore over the season so Wilton, Blarney Street, Blackstone, Leeside, Kinsale, Kilumney, Park, Greenwood, Knockavilla, Douglas Hall and the other clubs involved - you can be very proud of your players. They represented your club with dignity and professionalism. They are a credit to their clubs.
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To last night - nothing anyone says will hurt more than the hurt the 25 of us felt in the dressing room after. We went out with a plan and it didnt work. The first goal was a few yards offside - it wasnt given by the linesman or ref so it doesnt matter. We equalised and conceded a sloppy goal just before the break. 2nd half, we were on top for a long spell and should have had a penalty - it looked more of a shout than the one we were given. It wasnt given so again it doesnt matter. The direct free for their third one on 75 didnt look like a foul to me but C'est la vie. Goals on 77 and 84 gave the scoreline an unfair look. It may look like I am making excuses but I am not. I said above that we failed - Im just giving my opinion on the decisions.
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Over the season, 99% of the people I have met have wished us well and genuinely want us to win. Some clubs and players let themsleves down with their attitude towards the representative side. I know, when they are in front of the fire in their rocking chair in 50 years time, they will regret it. I have had one season's involvement and, despite it not going well, I am proud to have been involved and will have that for the rest of my life.

[the owl]

Horse fair dues for the post. Even had we won last night some people still wouldnt have been happy. Maybe the whole set up needs a fresh few set of eyes and new ideas. It happens to all teams when things dont go well.
I would be one who would always wish and hope the AUL side does well but in the last year or two the treatment of a few players has been questionable and this is why in my opinion that some posters are annoyed and disappointed.

[shetland]

Gents, I deliberately didnt get involved in the AUL discussions over the last while because I was involved. I guess my P45 is in the post today so I can comment!!!
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Shetland, I dont know why your posts get so personal against Niall - to be honest it takes from what else you say in the posts. You dont even know the man and he doesnt know you. You call him a bluffer but he has won Premier A as a manager (amongst other things), something you or I havent done. Look at the post from nononsense at 10.56 last night. He gives an honest opinion without any personal stuff. Not nice to read but honest.
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We failed - the 25 of us failed because we didnt win the Oscar Traynor cup as was our remit and our target. We let our league down. The responsibility in any team falls on the management and rightly so. The players couldnt have given us anymore over the season so Wilton, Blarney Street, Blackstone, Leeside, Kinsale, Kilumney, Park, Greenwood, Knockavilla, Douglas Hall and the other clubs involved - you can be very proud of your players. They represented your club with dignity and professionalism. They are a credit to their clubs.
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To last night - nothing anyone says will hurt more than the hurt the 25 of us felt in the dressing room after. We went out with a plan and it didnt work. The first goal was a few yards offside - it wasnt given by the linesman or ref so it doesnt matter. We equalised and conceded a sloppy goal just before the break. 2nd half, we were on top for a long spell and should have had a penalty - it looked more of a shout than the one we were given. It wasnt given so again it doesnt matter. The direct free for their third one on 75 didnt look like a foul to me but C'est la vie. Goals on 77 and 84 gave the scoreline an unfair look. It may look like I am making excuses but I am not. I said above that we failed - Im just giving my opinion on the decisions.
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Over the season, 99% of the people I have met have wished us well and genuinely want us to win. Some clubs and players let themsleves down with their attitude towards the representative side. I know, when they are in front of the fire in their rocking chair in 50 years time, they will regret it. I have had one season's involvement and, despite it not going well, I am proud to have been involved and will have that for the rest of my life. horse i dont know mr o reagan but he has had three years at the job ,a year longer than most others,after last years poor showing ,he should have been replaced.the buck stops with the manager ,the players he picks and the positions he puts them in.,in fairness kearney in midfield and daly alongside him ,total farce,.,i said from day one FAIL TO PREPARE AND PREPARE TO FAIL,,TWO OF THE WORST RESULTS THE AUL HAVE EVER HAD. but i will say fair play to you for comeing on and posting it cant have been easy.

[shetland]

Horse fair dues for the post. Even had we won last night some people still wouldnt have been happy. Maybe the whole set up needs a fresh few set of eyes and new ideas. It happens to all teams when things dont go well.
I would be one who would always wish and hope the AUL side does well but in the last year or two the treatment of a few players has been questionable and this is why in my opinion that some posters are annoyed and disappointed.
you are right owl the whole set up needs to be changed and no conflict of interest should be involved with. next years manager.

[Horse24]

Opinion is free. No problem with it. Shetland, you didn't answer the bluffer reference. The only conflict of interest I know of is using AUL team connections to look for the same number you were looking for on Facebook at the start of the month

[backpass]

Lads ye can blame players,manager, aul all ye want. There are players playing on that team who are not good enough and thats a fact. The standard of premier aul is poor compared to years gone by. I guarentee ye if ye picked the best 11 premier players and the best 11 outside the premier you would be very suprised at the result..to many average players on the team..why teams outside the premier have no players on the team is a mystery. Next season new manager and new system should be be the way forward and if things dont work out at least something was tried differnt........

[duckdu]

Another great win for park today hammering leeside still wont win the league IMO, Was delea playing anyboby no heard he has been missing the last month or so with injury big loss for them.Their best player by a mile.

[oldlegs]

Another great win for park today hammering leeside still wont win the league IMO, Was delea playing anyboby no heard he has been missing the last month or so with injury big loss for them.Their best player by a mile.Yep they looking very good knocking out good results in league and have a good all round team only dropped 5 points out of a possible 24. Kinsale play their first league game next week and for the life of me I can't understand why a team that has played no games in league play team with most games played what is thinking behind this anyways I suppose they have to play someone .

[shetland]

Opinion is free. No problem with it. Shetland, you didn't answer the bluffer reference. The only conflict of interest I know of is using AUL team connections to look for the same number you were looking for on Facebook at the start of the month horse as ive said conflict of interest was in relation to nial o reagan manageing a team in the munster senior league ,would the msl pick a manager that was manageing in aul .NO.AS REGUARDS BLUFFER ,ive seen him a few times ,he talks the talk ,but cant put it into practice and quiet a few have said that.there has to be better out there 2years was enough.as reguards phone number ,i was asked to get a number for a man who had heard from a player on aul panel that wasnt happy with the club he was with.the player rang me gave me his number and i passed it on ,the rest is history.simple as that.

[shetland]

Lads ye can blame players,manager, aul all ye want. There are players playing on that team who are not good enough and thats a fact. The standard of premier aul is poor compared to years gone by. I guarentee ye if ye picked the best 11 premier players and the best 11 outside the premier you would be very suprised at the result..to many average players on the team..why teams outside the premier have no players on the team is a mystery. Next season new manager and new system should be be the way forward and if things dont work out at least something was tried differnt........ excellent post backpass totally agree.

[Horse24]

Shetland, we will agree to disagree. As I said he is a friend of mine so I am going to back him. I believe you saw him twice when he was in Premier A. I apologise - I thought conflict of interest was in reference to your false accusation earlier in the year that Sharpshooter was trying to engineer a move to Bandon. Lets see how many applications the AUL gets - I dont remember too many after each of the last few seasons. Tough job - haha I know!! AUL panel did help so didnt it? Smells like tapping up, which I believe is against the AUL rules?

[shetland]

well im not involved with any club horse and it was the player involved that stated he wasnt happy where he was .you know that that rule as reguards tapping is a joke anyway.its going on all the time. the aul job should be advertised at end of season.also i agree that the standard of the premier has leveled off a bit and there are a few good players in the lower leagues that should be looked at.best of luck for the rest of the season.

[sharpshooter]

shetland you seem to shut up when somebody has proof you are wrong!!

[shetland]

what proof are you on about?you dont know anything at all about it.as ive said to horse ,i got a number of a guy and passed it on,the player wanted to leave and was indeed on way to another club in any case .the player discussed his situation with one of the aul panel ,and thats how it all started.not that it has anything to do with you.think your club had a similar problem with a club too ,if im not mistaken.

[Dixie's Cousin]

I can't really get my head around this one, Skilly turned down Senior Football and his hometown club for his love of Ovens and a mid table Premier League finish…………

[shetland]

dixie skilly turned down glen celtic of division 1 for to play at premier in cork aul.the player wasnt happy where he was he wanted a new chalenge,he knows a few of the lads from the aul team and knew the manager as well.why does there have to be so much hype over it. skilly is cup tied and can only play in league games,he is trying to build his fitness up as he was a bit behind the lads,as reguards mid table finish that remains to be seen ,just one defeat in league so far.

[duckdu]

are you sure your not involved with killumney cause you seem to no a lot bout them and their players.

[duckdu]

what proof are you on about?you dont know anything at all about it.as ive said to horse ,i got a number of a guy and passed it on,the player wanted to leave and was indeed on way to another club in any case .the player discussed his situation with one of the aul panel ,and thats how it all started.not that it has anything to do with you.think your club had a similar problem with a club too ,if im not mistaken.

shetland you've openly admitted to tapping up a player on behalf of the kilumney management and have provided evidence on the internet!!

[oldlegs]

He lads on Aul debate just going to throw this out there for my peers to chew up and have a laugh at :).How about this for a possible idea to help next management team of the Aul team . As they do in soccer all over the world why not have a team of the year from each division to be picked by managers in each division . Let each manager pick there team of the year excluding their own player's , in fairness who better to pick a team then the managers of each side who every week get to see this players perform . Then as a pre season tournament or end of year have a cup competion with these teams in total 9 teams so have set it up as knock out and run it over 2 weeks . It's just an idea it would enable the aul management team to see the cream of each division in action let the winning manager in each league manage his divisional side .Its just an idea and not that hard to do and would give players in every division something to play for ie the honour of making ur divisional side . What ye all think ?

[Innishvilla]

He lads on Aul debate just going to throw this out there for my peers to chew up and have a laugh at :).How about this for a possible idea to help next management team of the Aul team . As they do in soccer all over the world why not have a team of the year from each division to be picked by managers in each division . Let each manager pick there team of the year excluding their own player's , in fairness who better to pick a team then the managers of each side who every week get to see this players perform . Then as a pre season tournament or end of year have a cup competion with these teams in total 9 teams so have set it up as knock out and run it over 2 weeks . It's just an idea it would enable the aul management team to see the cream of each division in action let the winning manager in each league manage his divisional side .Its just an idea and not that hard to do and would give players in every division something to play for ie the honour of making ur divisional side . What ye all think ?

I thought this type of thing did happen to some extent - I have a memory of a divisional team of the season based on opposing managers but I could be wrong.

Regarding organising a divisional side/tournament - pretty difficult to get organised I would guess as you would have to try to find 9 management teams to volunteer to put time into getting a team together - you'd have a better chance of a league champions tournament along the lines of the MFA Junior champions cup. But let's be honest Kinsale to date have played no league game and it is not due to bad pitches can you see a reason to generate more cup games for the likes of them?

[Dixie's Cousin]

dixie skilly turned down glen celtic of division 1 for to play at premier in cork aul.the player wasnt happy where he was he wanted a new chalenge,he knows a few of the lads from the aul team and knew the manager as well.why does there have to be so much hype over it. skilly is cup tied and can only play in league games,he is trying to build his fitness up as he was a bit behind the lads,as reguards mid table finish that remains to be seen ,just one defeat in league so far.

Shetland, he still turned down Senior League down for KUFC. Can you explain that?

[oldlegs]

I thought this type of thing did happen to some extent - I have a memory of a divisional team of the season based on opposing managers but I could be wrong.

Regarding organising a divisional side/tournament - pretty difficult to get organised I would guess as you would have to try to find 9 management teams to volunteer to put time into getting a team together - you'd have a better chance of a leagues champions tournament along the lines of the MFA Junior champions cup. But let's be honest Kinsale to date have played no league game and it is not due to bad pitches can you see a reason to generate more cup games for the likes of them?
Is only an idea but something that could be done i think it is feasable (pardon spelling ) is could be tried out or made smaller by just having prem prem a 1 2 3 division teams meaning u only need 5 management teams as i say only an idea but with a small bit of effort could be done u'll never know unless its giving a go