Limerick Premier Division 2012/13

[fanaticfan]

Fair play to hibs giving up home advantage so the match could be played... best of luck to carew next week when playing in dublin. Hope ye win the fai this year and every other competition also

[mrman]

ah here between Dugga and Holly they both talk a lot of tripe, when one comes on its like he is tagging the other to feed his ego trip. no wonder clubs give up home advantage with the way both of them talk rubbish.

what a year so far for Carew, they havent lost a game all season. keep it up and the league will be theirs, as you can all see its getting under the skin of some of Pikes supporters. sad really.

[dirtfree]

Well said mrmam

[Hibs7772]

We deserve to be in the Premier just as much as any other team in the division hotdog. The lads from Pike on here take things very seriously, relax lads ye might win the the Lawson or something;) Best of luck to both Carew and Pike, I know who I'd rather win it anyway!

[prawnsandwich2]

ye are second in the league?im involved with wembley dirt free.... here is a suggestion get your facts right before posting,do you think carew will take the home fixture against pike out to UL? no chance! last season we drew with jamesborro at home, a result which cost them the league, if that game was on in UL they would have hammered us...trust me its a dangerous trend leage games taking place in UL in my opinion. and for your information i think its superb for the league that carew are putting it up to pike.... good luck to them
i see your point about jansboro last year..
but the fact of the matter is hibs decided to do carew park a favour,in an effort to play a competitive game on astro turf,before their FAI match.
no disrespect to hibs,but they will get relegated this year.
and you are right,that if it was someone challenging for the league,they would probably have not given up home advantage.
but that is hibs decision..
i also agree that carew would have beaten them out in shannon also.
it seems that anyone doing another team a favour is anti-pike.
fairview and possibly dines have a chance,albeit small,of winning the league also.
don't find anyone from these clubs complaining.
best of luck to carew...hope they benefited from the match.
and well done to regional yesterday

[dirtfree]

Well said

[hotdog]

ah here between Dugga and Holly they both talk a lot of tripe, when one comes on its like he is tagging the other to feed his ego trip. no wonder clubs give up home advantage with the way both of them talk rubbish.

what a year so far for Carew, they havent lost a game all season. keep it up and the league will be theirs, as you can all see its getting under the skin of some of Pikes supporters. sad really.

As you were told already no one and yes I mean no one takes any notice of what you have to say,surely you've the message got by now,Richie,

[passandmove]

Very good post prawn I take your opinion on board,I just think it could get messy going forward,we will just have to wait and see I suppose!

[mrman]

As you were told already no one and yes I mean no one takes any notice of what you have to say,surely you've the message got by now,Richie,

aahhh people do take notice, your upsetting me now Ritchie, stop please.

[Fairkop]

while one can understand why hibs obliged carew park on this one,it does set dangerous precedent.having said that pikey posters on here have short memories on such matters.but a bigger worry would be the scoreline ,does that represent a competitive league even allowing for hibs current woes.

[dirtfree]

I agree fairkop but with Shannon being so small and 3 junior clubs out there you don't have a chance of getting the best 11 from the area. The amalgamation of newtown and park has seen hibs formed but I don't think it has worked out liked planned. They are now pushing for one team in Shannon but the other two clubs aren't so keen.even if it did happen I don't think they would challenge in premier in limk . They would finish mid table every year at best.its going to be the same ding dong every year of either hibs or Shannon town go up. The likes of Carew/pike/balla/Geraldine's and fairview will always have lads who will join their club if asked but who wants to travel to Shannon to train.

[the lobster]

Hibs pitch wouldn't have been playable, thats a fact. Im sure they like any other team just want to get games played........ On the Park / Newtown joining together, this happened in 2009, Hibs were in Div 1b at the time, 3 seasons later and they are in the premier, I remember people on here saying it would never happen but it did, great achievement, but imo they will go down, Hibs are a 1A team at best and thats that. It isn't all about the junior teams at Hibs, there are teams from 16's down as far as under 5's so the whole club shouldn't be judged on the first team.

[booster 03]

What catchment area have Geraldine's, Pike , Fairview, Balla got? Shannon have a much bigger pool of people to pick from than most of the premier league teams combined. Stop giving the poor mouth. There was a time when Park had b and c teams ripping apart their respective divisions with good teams and it wasn't that long ago they played in the latter stages of the fai. Course ye deserve to be in the top league cos ye got there on Meerut but don't give the poor mouth when you can't compete, we were in a similar position last yr.. No point giving out pointing fingers any more, no one listens and it becomes pathetic after a while, clubs have to take it as a positive that the top teams are so strong and strive to get to compete at that level. Carew and Geraldine's have done it.. With effort and genuine determination to get to that level anythings possible.

[dirtfree]

Booster take a chill pill and get back in your box. I'm not involved with any team just watch junior football when I can . My point was that if for instance you don't want to play for Summerville anymore you have plenty of options around town where as Shannon lads would have to travel to town or play in a lesser league ie the Clare league . So chill out

[the lobster]

What catchment area have Geraldine's, Pike , Fairview, Balla got? Shannon have a much bigger pool of people to pick from than most of the premier league teams combined. Stop giving the poor mouth. There was a time when Park had b and c teams ripping apart their respective divisions with good teams and it wasn't that long ago they played in the latter stages of the fai. Course ye deserve to be in the top league cos ye got there on Meerut but don't give the poor mouth when you can't compete, we were in a similar position last yr.. No point giving out pointing fingers any more, no one listens and it becomes pathetic after a while, clubs have to take it as a positive that the top teams are so strong and strive to get to compete at that level. Carew and Geraldine's have done it.. With effort and genuine determination to get to that level anythings possible.

Is this directed at me?

[booster 03]

Who are you?? If If i was to direct it at you I would have sent you a PM.. It's directed at Shannon Hibs and all clubs including my own in that position of being to call it a cliche "a yo yo club", up down etc! There is no point moaning about it.. It is what it is. The status quo of the pikes and views and ballas will be forever strong and it's up to the rest of us to try get to that level. And I don't believe for one minute that players are restricted to playin for teams from Shannon when being from there. We have had a couple of players come in from Shannon Olympic and New Market before. Shannon is 15 mins away from town on a good road.

[First]

Booster take a chill pill and get back in your box. I'm not involved with any team just watch junior football when I can . My point was that if for instance you don't want to play for Summerville anymore you have plenty of options around town where as Shannon lads would have to travel to town or play in a lesser league ie the Clare league . So chill out

Lesser league is it? What do you base this on?

[dirtfree]

First I base it on the fact that I've watched matches in both league over the years and have played in both leagues all be it never in premier in either. Can you honestly tell me the Clare league is as strong as the limerick league. I do think the likes of Newmarket and avenue would survive in limerick premier but do you honestly think they would win it every year. You talk alot of sence on this forum so please don't come back saying Clare league is better. Ps I meant no insult in my comment but in fairness most leagues are at a lesser standard than limerick.they are in the top 2/3 leagues in Ireland

[First]

First I base it on the fact that I've watched matches in both league over the years and have played in both leagues all be it never in premier in either. Can you honestly tell me the Clare league is as strong as the limerick league. I do think the likes of Newmarket and avenue would survive in limerick premier but do you honestly think they would win it every year. You talk alot of sence on this forum so please don't come back saying Clare league is better. Ps I meant no insult in my comment but in fairness most leagues are at a lesser standard than limerick.they are in the top 2/3 leagues in Ireland

Fair enough but I thought it was a bit harsh on the Shannon lads suggesting they would have to go down into the first or second divisions in Clare ;). There are clubs in Clare that would compete in the Limerick Premier, none of them are in Shannon, that is the reality. There is great work being done at underage level at Hibs and for that they deserve respect but at adult level they are not up to it. I would add that the pick of the 3 teams in Shannon wouldn't win the Clare league as it is with football in Shannon today.

The age old argument about the standards in Limerick will always be skewed by the players that some clubs can attract for whatever reason.. but that is a whole other thread that would be closed smart quick on this forum.

[dirtfree]

I can't comment on what players Shannon Olympic have as only saw them in Wesley Webb . I've seen both Shannon hibs and Shannon town this year while both have some good young lads coming through I tend to agree with you that neither would win Clare premier but both would hold their own in premier as there is a few week teams in Clare premier.

[gaidin]

Who are you?? If If i was to direct it at you I would have sent you a PM.. It's directed at Shannon Hibs and all clubs including my own in that position of being to call it a cliche "a yo yo club", up down etc! There is no point moaning about it.. It is what it is. The status quo of the pikes and views and ballas will be forever strong and it's up to the rest of us to try get to that level. And I don't believe for one minute that players are restricted to playin for teams from Shannon when being from there. We have had a couple of players come in from Shannon Olympic and New Market before. Shannon is 15 mins away from town on a good road.

Disagree here with Balla. I think they could struggle in the the next few years to come, especially if Moyross can continue to improve and get premier. Ball will then be competing with Moyross for players. Already a few of the fringe players have left balla for Moyross.

[First]

I can't comment on what players Shannon Olympic have as only saw them in Wesley Webb . I've seen both Shannon hibs and Shannon town this year while both have some good young lads coming through I tend to agree with you that neither would win Clare premier but both would hold their own in premier as there is a few week teams in Clare premier.

I don't know how weak some teams are atm, not enough games played, but I think having the likes of Bridge United, Bridge Celtic, Bunratty and Rineanna no longer in the Premier I would agree it may be weakened but if the the 2 Bridges were to come back up I think the Shannon teams would struggle. I'd even go as far as to say they would find Division 1 a struggle or even yoyo like they are doing in Limerick. Guess we'll never know.

[dirtfree]

Ya true we will never find out .

[First]

Ya true we will never find out .

Pity, I'd love to see Shannon Town and Shannon Hibs in the Clare league.

[dirtfree]

You and most of limerick ..

[old git]

What catchment area have Geraldine's, Pike , Fairview, Balla got? Shannon have a much bigger pool of people to pick from than most of the premier league teams combined. Stop giving the poor mouth. There was a time when Park had b and c teams ripping apart their respective divisions with good teams and it wasn't that long ago they played in the latter stages of the fai. Course ye deserve to be in the top league cos ye got there on Meerut but don't give the poor mouth when you can't compete, we were in a similar position last yr.. No point giving out pointing fingers any more, no one listens and it becomes pathetic after a while, clubs have to take it as a positive that the top teams are so strong and strive to get to compete at that level. Carew and Geraldine's have done it.. With effort and genuine determination to get to that level anythings possible.

another factor also helps ( money) not saying all clubs in Limerick at it but i can guarantee you most of the Premier teams are using it to attract & keep players.

[old git]

You and most of limerick ..

excellent ;););)

[Hibs7772]

I don't know how weak some teams are atm, not enough games played, but I think having the likes of Bridge United, Bridge Celtic, Bunratty and Rineanna no longer in the Premier I would agree it may be weakened but if the the 2 Bridges were to come back up I think the Shannon teams would struggle. I'd even go as far as to say they would find Division 1 a struggle or even yoyo like they are doing in Limerick. Guess we'll never know.
Are you actually serious? You are saying that Shannon Hibs or town wouldn't survive in the Clare Premier, To say either club wouldn't win it is one thing and is debatable but to say they would get relegated is just laughable really!

[First]

Are you actually serious? You are saying that Shannon Hibs or town wouldn't survive in the Clare Premier, To say either club wouldn't win it is one thing and is debatable but to say they would get relegated is just laughable really!

Why would you think I am not serious?

[gaiscíoch]

I think that this whole amalgamation has been to the detriment of a generation of players who have and were coming through in Shannon. The players that have been lost over it who should be playing in the premier this year is incredible. The limerick lads are correct there is a big enough area to create two decent teams given the population. But politics had seen these lads head away particularly in the direction of the gaa. The only reason Shannon lads are a premier team this year is because of those gaa lads who played a big role last year. Bottom line is while the underage might be easier to manage it hasn't been overly productive. Will we ever see decent youth teams in Shannon I doubt it.

[hotspur]

another factor also helps ( money) not saying all clubs in Limerick at it but i can guarantee you most of the Premier teams are using it to attract & keep players.

Don't think DF,TL and AF were at Park for the scenery now would you??

[old git]

I think that this whole amalgamation has been to the detriment of a generation of players who have and were coming through in Shannon. The players that have been lost over it who should be playing in the premier this year is incredible. The limerick lads are correct there is a big enough area to create two decent teams given the population. But politics had seen these lads head away particularly in the direction of the gaa. The only reason Shannon lads are a premier team this year is because of those gaa lads who played a big role last year. Bottom line is while the underage might be easier to manage it hasn't been overly productive. Will we ever see decent youth teams in Shannon I doubt it.

ah hello please name the super gaa players who got hibs promoted last year and are not playing with them this year and who are all these players who should be playing premier this year ? i always thought it was a squad of 16-18 players who got you through a season not the wonderfull gaa players who were not allowed to tog out for hibs during last season and at start of this season when they may have stregthened team to maybe get a few results .. dont forget you also have the gaa / rugby and 3 soccer clubs in shannon all fighting for the same players . as for underage once young lads reach 18 were can they go hibs / town have a&b teams with 16-20 lads already playing you cant just start all the young lads next season and thats have the problem clubs bring young players through they dont get enough games and want to leave to join other clubs were they will get games or even switch back to gaa or rugby its a tough one for clubs they want to keep all the players coming through but you cant just stop playing last years a&b team players to fit in new young players and dont forget every year you could have a new batch of players coming through maybe the answer is to start a c team to accomodate players and give them experience of junior football.

[old git]

Don't think DF,TL and AF were at Park for the scenery now would you??

read my post i said players not managers and all those payments stopped long ago. and what players did the above attract and how many stayed after they left :mad:

[old git]

I think that this whole amalgamation has been to the detriment of a generation of players who have and were coming through in Shannon. The players that have been lost over it who should be playing in the premier this year is incredible. The limerick lads are correct there is a big enough area to create two decent teams given the population. But politics had seen these lads head away particularly in the direction of the gaa. The only reason Shannon lads are a premier team this year is because of those gaa lads who played a big role last year. Bottom line is while the underage might be easier to manage it hasn't been overly productive. Will we ever see decent youth teams in Shannon I doubt it.

Gaiscioch
you ask when will we ever see decent youth teams in shannon what do you class as decent as i have seen a few tasty teams over the years which unfortunatly they did not win enough trophies but were up against some very good teams also.. explain to me how the three top clubs in the premier over the last few years pike / janesboro / carew dont even have under 17 / youth teams but yet still manage to attract the cream of young players to join every season. and leave some decent youth teams at decent clubs in town so how is this productive to all the clubs in town who have good underage setups to feed the better players they developed to the pikes / boro / carew :ball:

[gaiscíoch]

Darren Ryan, Derek Byrne, terry duggan and last but not least Brian o Connell 4 of the better if not best player Shannon Hibernians have/had. Ah ya start a C team to give young lads experience "if your good enough your old enough". Any player that needs to go to C level will not be an improvement on what's there already? Management should be taking responsiblity also no team in the premier should ever be getting beaten by the scores we have seen this year. No-one willing to take responsibility for what's going on just blaming player ability etc. you have also contradicted yourself! the young lads have a choice of playing for 3 clubs in Shannon. Limerick teams must laugh at us Shannon sides pure soft. Not a decent man in any team since Philly Purcell retired.

[gaiscíoch]

Janes borough and Carew always had underage teams? You might find that alot of the players that are with them now may have left at some point to play for wembley or fairview underage but have made there way back ala Thomas and Shane clarke

[old git]

;)
Darren Ryan, Derek Byrne, terry duggan and last but not least Brian o Connell 4 of the better if not best player Shannon Hibernians have/had. Ah ya start a C team to give young lads experience "if your good enough your old enough". Any player that needs to go to C level will not be an improvement on what's there already? Management should be taking responsiblity also no team in the premier should ever be getting beaten by the scores we have seen this year. No-one willing to take responsibility for what's going on just blaming player ability etc. you have also contradicted yourself! the young lads have a choice of playing for 3 clubs in Shannon. Limerick teams must laugh at us Shannon sides pure soft. Not a decent man in any team since Philly Purcell retired.

darren ryan / derek byrne / brian o connell all signed for hibs this year would disagree on these players being the best shannon hibs ever had ... boc played 1 game due to gaa commitments , darren & derek also only played handfull of games due to more important gaa commiments terry duggan emigrated and only played half a season last year .. but since you said no decent youths coming through how can they now be good enough to start for A team now ? who's conradicting now. Agree with you 100% no team should be getting beat by some of the scores this year and personally i would have to blame it on players and management in particular who made no attempt to streghten team in summer or recent transfer window and at least 4-5 B team players good enough who should be playing with A team but why dont they want to play !!! as for no decent men in team since philly purcell retired and yet you mention the four great gaa players above as the best ever hibs players ;) what are you smoking

[old git]

Janes borough and Carew always had underage teams? You might find that alot of the players that are with them now may have left at some point to play for wembley or fairview underage but have made there way back ala Thomas and Shane clarke

check limerick junior website they have no under 17/ youth teams ? yet they still left good underage set-up at janesboro to join another underage team that happens all over the country and even in shannon ... sure your hero philly purcell probally even did that and played with other junior teams in limerick before returning to park;);)

[Hibs7772]

Darren Ryan, Derek Byrne, terry duggan and last but not least Brian o Connell 4 of the better if not best player Shannon Hibernians have/had. Ah ya start a C team to give young lads experience "if your good enough your old enough". Any player that needs to go to C level will not be an improvement on what's there already? Management should be taking responsiblity also no team in the premier should ever be getting beaten by the scores we have seen this year. No-one willing to take responsibility for what's going on just blaming player ability etc. you have also contradicted yourself! the young lads have a choice of playing for 3 clubs in Shannon. Limerick teams must laugh at us Shannon sides pure soft. Not a decent man in any team since Philly Purcell retired.
Darren and Derek have both played majority of games this year and BOC is signed also, terry duggan played half a season with hibs and was on the bench or didn't turn up for alot of games think he played 2-3 games total, maybe a few sub appearances. Shannon had a great youth team about 4 years ago, came second in the top youth div and were unlucky not to win it, came second to a great kilmallock youth team most of whom went on to play for the kilmallock A team and now a few of them have gone to pike. Alot of those youth players aren't even playing anymore or are gone to different teams or playing different sports, once alot of lads turn 18 they lose some interest IMO

I also agree with old git in saying that there are 4 or 5 B team players that are are easily good enough to play for hibs A team but choose not to for different reasons, Garry Higgins, Gavin Hayes and a few others.

[prawnsandwich2]

Janes borough and Carew always had underage teams? You might find that alot of the players that are with them now may have left at some point to play for wembley or fairview underage but have made there way back ala Thomas and Shane clarke

carew park have not had any schoolboy teams for years.
boro have some here and there,but not many....
it takes a lot of commitment from adults,will to give their time to coach(or even make their cars available) to have a constant flow of teams coming through,year in year out.
i agree with some of the comments made here,regarding no room for kids coming through.
but some of the young lads,rightly or wrongly,think playing B football is not where they should be plying their trade.
our B team is struggling for the last couple of seasons(despite the best efforts of the management),and rely on the current minor players to bolster their squad.
but because the minors are more often then not playing on the same day as the B team,it is rare that they are available.
think the way for clubs to go is to produce as much home grown talent as they possibly can,at least they would have a connection with club.
that is not to say that you should not sign good playersif they are available.
limerick 19's also are taking the cream of the players,not just in limerick but in the surrounding counties also,with some kids being signed at 16 years old.
they have also entered the schoolboy league and will more then likely be competing in all grades in the not to distant future.
personally,i think that would be to the detriment of the league's themselves,but that is just an opinion

[dirtfree]

I agree I think limerick starting up an underage team is a terrible idea.from what I heard you have to pay over €100 for your child to join them and then you have to buy the track suit and the training gear which I'm sure isn't cheap. Not only is this expensive on parents but kids who parents can't afford this could end up getting slagged and bullied and eventually just give up football.

[prawnsandwich2]

I agree I think limerick starting up an underage team is a terrible idea.from what I heard you have to pay over €100 for your child to join them and then you have to buy the track suit and the training gear which I'm sure isn't cheap. Not only is this expensive on parents but kids who parents can't afford this could end up getting slagged and bullied and eventually just give up football.
that's another aspect of it..although some clubs in town charge more then that for membership.

[faceoff]

that's another aspect of it..although some clubs in town charge more then that for membership.

AA and Corbally are dearer then Limerick,don't know about the rest,it is very expensive at this day and age.money just isint there,I don't think the Academy at Limerick is a bad idea to be honest,if some of them kids come up through the ranks and go on and play u19 and Senior for Limerick then surely that can only be good for football in Limerick,Would love to see a local Senior team and going down this road maybe it will bare fruits,

[prawnsandwich2]

AA and Corbally are dearer then Limerick,don't know about the rest,it is very expensive at this day and age.money just isint there,I don't think the Academy at Limerick is a bad idea to be honest,if some of them kids come up through the ranks and go on and play u19 and Senior for Limerick then surely that can only be good for football in Limerick,Would love to see a local Senior team and going down this road maybe it will bare fruits,
no problem with players playing league of ireland or even higher.good luck to them.
what i would not like to see is limerick taking the best of players around at all grades from 11's to minor.
i have no problem with players going to limerick 19's as no club in limerick competes in it.
my problem is that they are taking them at such young ages,denying them a chance to play week in week out,in the limerick leagues
i just think that it would make the league's less competitive if limerickfc are in them.
again...that's an opinion

[old git]

Darren and Derek have both played majority of games this year and BOC is signed also, terry duggan played half a season with hibs and was on the bench or didn't turn up for alot of games think he played 2-3 games total, maybe a few sub appearances. Shannon had a great youth team about 4 years ago, came second in the top youth div and were unlucky not to win it, came second to a great kilmallock youth team most of whom went on to play for the kilmallock A team and now a few of them have gone to pike. Alot of those youth players aren't even playing anymore or are gone to different teams or playing different sports, once alot of lads turn 18 they lose some interest IMO

I also agree with old git in saying that there are 4 or 5 B team players that are are easily good enough to play for hibs A team but choose not to for different reasons, Garry Higgins, Gavin Hayes and a few others.

jimmy houlihan / seamus farrell and rasher reidy / dave devanney all capable of playing A team football do the A team not want them hibs7772 or do the lads want to play for B team only.

[cufc champions]

How are Regional rated this year lads?

[Sea Bird]

another factor also helps ( money) not saying all clubs in Limerick at it but i can guarantee you most of the Premier teams are using it to attract & keep players.

Most is a bit harsh i reckon its the minority pay and use money not the majority/most....................

[passandmove]

I think this debate about football out in Shannon has been exhausted at this stage and please let's not reopen $$ debate!CUFC regional are currently mid table in premier,they can blow hot and cold in my opinion but on their day at home they can be very tough to beat.

[historynut]

Anyone able to comment on recently launched book of history of Limerick Junior soccer ?

[Hibs7772]

jimmy houlihan / seamus farrell and rasher reidy / dave devanney all capable of playing A team football do the A team not want them hibs7772 or do the lads want to play for B team only.
As far as i know they would be welcome with open arms but they all just want to play B team football. Although Seamus Farrell has been playing with the A team 75% of this year, he's played ina fair few matches for us. But i agree any of the 4 named are more than capable of making the step up.