Clare League 2006/07

[smellyfeet]

Sunday week the 24th I imagine as Bunratty have a free weekend on the 17th.

Seriously, is the FAI game off next week? Can Bunratty ask for a free weekend for FAI weekend. I was sure that the FAI games HAD to be played on fixture given. Will it mean that Munster Junior game be changed aswell?

[Goals4fun]

Seriously, is the FAI game off next week? Can Bunratty ask for a free weekend for FAI weekend. I was sure that the FAI games HAD to be played on fixture given. Will it mean that Munster Junior game be changed aswell?

they need to request the weekend off from the FAI directly. It is normally not an easy thing to get. Would need a very good reason.
The MJ game would go ahead as normal and they fai would follow asap.

[shelbourne1904]

I would say that Newtown conceded the last 20 minutes of the game because their midfield was overrun because Moher threw the kitchen sink at them and their defence, while defending never cleared decisively enough.Having said that Moher were incapable of creating anything from their possesion.What baffles me is Newtowns persistance with hitting long high balls into the opposition defence when they have small players,who clearly cannot head the ball, as strikers(the same happened against Avenue until Dave Devaney was introduced).The one time they played football along the ground they scored an absolutely cracking goal.

[smellyfeet]

they need to request the weekend off from the FAI directly. It is normally not an easy thing to get. Would need a very good reason.
The MJ game would go ahead as normal and they fai would follow asap.


They have a wedding. I'd say that is a good enough reason.

Best of luck with that Cousin, you'll be lucky to get to any games from now on:p Just joking....Have a great day.

[smellyfeet]

I would say that Newtown conceded the last 20 minutes of the game because their midfield was overrun because Moher threw the kitchen sink at them and their defence, while defending never cleared decisively enough.Having said that Moher were incapable of creating anything from their possesion.What baffles me is Newtowns persistance with hitting long high balls into the opposition defence when they have small players,who clearly cannot head the ball, as strikers(the same happened against Avenue until Dave Devaney was introduced).The one time they played football along the ground they scored an absolutely cracking goal.

All in all Newtown got the 3 points and it could have been alot worse with last minuite peno miss

[Goals4fun]

They have a wedding. I'd say that is a good enough reason.

Best of luck with that Cousin, you'll be lucky to get to any games from now on:p Just joking....Have a great day.

not always a good enough reason. you would be surprised !!

[CousinSylDolan]

They have a wedding. I'd say that is a good enough reason.

Best of luck with that Cousin, you'll be lucky to get to any games from now on:p Just joking....Have a great day.

Cheers:D :D

[devilfish]

Cheers:D :D

The League has been notified 2 weeks in advance of the date of the FAI game and we have been told that as per the clare league rules that this should be adequate notification. Newtown won't have a problem with this given the day that's in it.....going to be some weekend of it!! :D

[shelbourne1904]

The League has been notified 2 weeks in advance of the date of the FAI game and we have been told that as per the clare league rules that this should be adequate notification. Newtown won't have a problem with this given the day that's in it.....going to be some weekend of it!! :D

That rule applies to Clare League and Cup games not Munster and FAI so dont assume its ok.It sill may be but Newtowns input has no influence.

[smellyfeet]

That rule applies to Clare League and Cup games not Munster and FAI so dont assume its ok.It sill may be but Newtowns input has no influence.

Newtown will play Rineanna on sunday at 6 O'CLOCK.:eek:

[CmonTheRovers]

Newtown will play Rineanna on sunday at 6 O'CLOCK.:eek:

just got that text this morning. kick-off a little late alrite???

11/09/06 Rineanna Rovers 0 Bridge United 1. Couldn't get off work for it so have no match report, but apparently we missed bagful of sitters!!

[smellyfeet]

just got that text this morning. kick-off a little late alrite???

11/09/06 Rineanna Rovers 0 Bridge United 1. Couldn't get off work for it so have no match report, but apparently we missed bagful of sitters!!

I saw the second half and your right, if ye had a finisher up front i think ye would have won, the bridge keeper made an outstanding save from a close range shot. The ball was going into the top corner but somehow the keeper saved it, there was a couple of half chances aswell.

[Pretender]

11/09/06 Bridge Celtic 3 - 1 Lifford

Also had work so no report but I believe Pa Wilson scored Lifford's only goal.

[Pretender]

Any report Murphman??

[old git]

I saw the second half and your right, if ye had a finisher up front i think ye would have won, the bridge keeper made an outstanding save from a close range shot. The ball was going into the top corner but somehow the keeper saved it, there was a couple of half chances aswell.


yes it was a great save ,, but on chances created rinneanna will be disapointed not to have won the game :eek:

[madcap]

yes it was a great save ,, but on chances created rinneanna will be disapointed not to have won the game :eek:

Ya they should have been 3 up in the first half, bridge were crap, kept giving the ball away passing going short,and didnt create much either,great headed goal by jo jo murphy,gave bridge a bit of life and plugged away,
2nd half much the same again keeper was brilliant,they had lots of half chances,should of scored last 20 when there striker was straight through but delayed to long and albert finnan got in a great block,
all in all great result for bridge,if u can grind 3 points out of a bad performance,it cant be bad.

[shelbourne1904]

It has to be said that the Bridge held out by the efforts of Jo Jo Murphy's excellent defending ,particularly against a bigger man, and Rinneanas lack of ideas of how to break them down.

Has anyone seen a decent team in the premier so far???

[Pretender]

I've seen Lifford play good football in first half vs. Newmarket and Newtown played some good football vs. Lifford but lacked the killer pass. I don't any think team could be too happy with their starts with exceptions of Bridge Celtic and Rineanna. I'm not in a position to comment on the type of football they played as I haven't seen them play.

Anybody else got views on this??

[smellyfeet]

I've seen Lifford play good football in first half vs. Newmarket and Newtown played some good football vs. Lifford but lacked the killer pass. I don't any think team could be too happy with their starts with exceptions of Bridge Celtic and Rineanna. I'm not in a position to comment on the type of football they played as I haven't seen them play.

Anybody else got views on this??

Ive played in a few games so far and none of them have been good.
Ive watched a few aswell and they haven't been any good either.
I think what it boils down to is that the Clare League standard is fairly poor in general. IMO there aren't any good teams only good players in a couple of teams.

[Goals4fun]

Ive played in a few games so far and none of them have been good.
Ive watched a few aswell and they haven't been any good either.
I think what it boils down to is that the Clare League standard is fairly poor in general. IMO there aren't any good teams only good players in a couple of teams.


you could say that for the whole of shannon and their teams

[smellyfeet]

you could say that for the whole of shannon and their teams

Yes you could. But there aren't any great Junior teams in Limerick either only half decent teams.

[First]

Does anyone know when players can apply for a transfer?

[sore_toe]

:D u have up on till xmas before it closes i think..

[sanity]

Yes you could. But there aren't any great Junior teams in Limerick either only half decent teams.

i think the record of limerick junior teams in the fai competition makes nonsense of that statement

[smellyfeet]

i think the record of limerick junior teams in the fai competition makes nonsense of that statement

So you are saying that if a team goes far in the FAI Junior that their stand is
GREAT. Read the post, as i said there are no GREAT teams in limerick, people who have been involved in Junior soccer in Limerick would probably agree that the standard is NOT GREAT,I was reading the Limerick thread and some say that it is poor aswell....And as i said already Soccer in Shannon/Clare is fairly poor in general.

[sanity]

So you are saying that if a team goes far in the FAI Junior that their stand is
GREAT. Read the post, as i said there are no GREAT teams in limerick, people who have been involved in Junior soccer in Limerick would probably agree that the standard is NOT GREAT,I was reading the Limerick thread and some say that it is poor aswell....And as i said already Soccer in Shannon/Clare is fairly poor in general.

did i mention great anywhere.any team in any county that progresses to the latter stages i would consider a good team.(not just half decent)
or maybe you think the standard of junior soccer across ireland is all at a low level

[shelbourne1904]

Does anyone know when players can apply for a transfer?


Up to the last day in January

[smellyfeet]

did i mention great anywhere.any team in any county that progresses to the latter stages i would consider a good team.(not just half decent)
or maybe you think the standard of junior soccer across ireland is all at a low level

No, but i did in my original post. No i don't. Anyway i was answering Goals4fun.

[sanity]

:mad:
No, but i did in my original post. No i don't. Anyway i was answering Goals4fun.

well send him a private message next time so.
sorry if i interrupted your private conversation on a public thread:D :D

[old git]

did i mention great anywhere.any team in any county that progresses to the latter stages i would consider a good team.(not just half decent)
or maybe you think the standard of junior soccer across ireland is all at a low level


sanity ... we could disagree all day about limerick / clare standards

if being honest limerick would be better but probally only because in limerick ye play maybee better teams week in week out..

but must add that due to clare winning oscar traynor trophy not so long ago .. would you not consider we must have good teams & good players also playing in clare :eek: :eek:

[CousinSylDolan]

This debate could go on for days!!!!!!!!:( :( :(

[sanity]

sanity ... we could disagree all day about limerick / clare standards

if being honest limerick would be better but probally only because in limerick ye play maybee better teams week in week out..

but must add that due to clare winning oscar traynor trophy not so long ago .. would you not consider we must have good teams & good players also playing in clare :eek: :eek:

for sure there are good teams and players in the clare league.for some reason or another when it comes to the oscar traynor limerick cannot put out their top players due to various difficulties between certain clubs and managers not making players available.(not knocking the clare leagues victory,just has been a problem in limerick of late)
would the standard of pitches and facilities in the clare league be up to a similar standard to the limerick league(premier divisions).

[smellyfeet]

:mad:

well send him a private message next time so.
sorry if i interrupted your private conversation on a public thread:D :D

Ok i will,and dont be sorry,just look back a few posts and see that i was simply answering g4f,

[First]

This debate could go on for days!!!!!!!!(

Lets hope not CSD, as then we will have the Limerick contingent coming on telling how wonderful thier league is, and how they have the best players, and the better facilities ,and they'll drone on and on until it becomes apparent to them that intellect on an open forum is a basic requirement.

I think we have been here before:D

[First]

Up to the last day in January

Thanks Shelbourne.
Smellyfeet you have until end of January to decide:)

[BallBreaker]

Old Git,
Have you seen Ballbreaker lately:p :D

yeah i am still here smellyfeet, on the premier it looks like it's going much the same as last year,All of the teams are-will drop points. i think it will be between Bridge UTD Bridge Celtic Newtown and maybe Newmarket if they keep fielding, before ye all start this is only my opinion,Don't think that the town teams will do any good,lifford will concentrate on 21's,Avenue in transistion.Rinneanna will fade to about 4th or 5th place,it will be between Olympic,Mountshannon and Moher for relegation,i think thats everyone covered.On the Refs i agree with Smellyfeet,standard is bad for both refs and players but Refs are getting paid....Most of the refs now are not biased,they make bad decisions for both teams which we can all get over.In earlier years we did have biased refs.......a boy the Paddy.......:cool:

[BallBreaker]

Thanks Shelbourne.
Smellyfeet you have until end of January to decide:)

Well he won't be joining Newmarket;) ;)

[smellyfeet]

Thanks Shelbourne.
Smellyfeet you have until end of January to decide:)

Thats a good one First, real good one:rolleyes:

[First]

Well he won't be joining Newmarket;) ;)

He is good enough to step up in standard:D

[old git]

He is good enough to step up in standard:D

that's why he won't be joining newmarket then ..:eek:

[First]

that's why he won't be joining newmarket then ..:eek:

Ouch that hurt

[Interested]

Any idea who is down to referee the Newtown v Bunratty game? Phillip Markham and Paddy Cullen resigning doesn't leave much options does it:mad:

[Interested]

The ref's are only in it for the money and thats the whole problem.:mad:

What a load of B+LL+X. I apprieciate that you are entitled to your opinion but financial gain is not the "whole problem" a big part of the problem is understanding and implementing the rules in a fair and just manner.
How many players in the Clare League have actually read and understood a recent FIFA Rule Book? Not many I would wager.
The biggest problem that I can see is for every decision a Referee makes he is only 50% correct, that being 11 players will agree with him and 11 players won't. Its basically a no win situation for the referee, who has to try and ref the game impartially regardless.
As for Referees only being in it for the money, did you ever stop to think that some of the newer referees are all former players and are probably trying to stay active in the game and if they get paid for listening to adults acting like children then more luck to them.
If you have to criticise, do it constructively.:)

[plasticpitch]

seems as though daryl eade is on his way back to ennis...
townie.. did avenue organise some money for him... maybe a free facial in rochfords or a holiday voucher to sligo from mannions :D

[Pretender]

seems as though daryl eade is on his way back to ennis...

Rumours from the limerick thread seem to be finding their way onto this thread...


townie.. did avenue organise some money for him... maybe a free facial in rochfords or a holiday voucher to sligo from mannions

:D :D :D

[old git]

What a load of B+LL+X. I apprieciate that you are entitled to your opinion but financial gain is not the "whole problem" a big part of the problem is understanding and implementing the rules in a fair and just manner.
How many players in the Clare League have actually read and understood a recent FIFA Rule Book? Not many I would wager.
The biggest problem that I can see is for every decision a Referee makes he is only 50% correct, that being 11 players will agree with him and 11 players won't. Its basically a no win situation for the referee, who has to try and ref the game impartially regardless.
As for Referees only being in it for the money, did you ever stop to think that some of the newer referees are all former players and are probably trying to stay active in the game and if they get paid for listening to adults acting like children then more luck to them.
If you have to criticise, do it constructively.:)

fair point .. referees cannot win no matter what way the make a decision.. but a few of them have been constantly bad over the last few years ...!! How many of us would be willing to referee also .. think about all the teams in clare / ex players .. how many new referees do the clare league get every year ????? it is a tough job i have had my share of good/ very good / bad & terrible refs over the years you just have to accept it at the moment :eek:

[Pretender]

fair point .. referees cannot win no matter what way the make a decision.. but a few of them have been constantly bad over the last few years ...!! How many of us would be willing to referee also .. think about all the teams in clare / ex players .. how many new referees do the clare league get every year ????? it is a tough job i have had my share of good/ very good / bad & terrible refs over the years you just have to accept it at the moment :eek:

I don't think I could ever do their job... even @ U-11s I'd expect their would be managers frothing at the mouth during matches... I for one could do without that grief.

If somebody started young its a good road to go down though... I know one of the Eircom league refs in Dublin... He's done matches on TV and assistant ref at UEFA Cup matches... I'd say its a tidy little sum to earn on the side. He got injured in early 20s and just took it up.

[First]

What a load of B+LL+X. I apprieciate that you are entitled to your opinion but financial gain is not the "whole problem" a big part of the problem is understanding and implementing the rules in a fair and just manner.
How many players in the Clare League have actually read and understood a recent FIFA Rule Book? Not many I would wager.
The biggest problem that I can see is for every decision a Referee makes he is only 50% correct, that being 11 players will agree with him and 11 players won't. Its basically a no win situation for the referee, who has to try and ref the game impartially regardless.
As for Referees only being in it for the money, did you ever stop to think that some of the newer referees are all former players and are probably trying to stay active in the game and if they get paid for listening to adults acting like children then more luck to them.
If you have to criticise, do it constructively.:)

Interested if you are to go by your name try reading back through thread before you come on and start your rant:mad:

[myleftfoot]

Refs in Clare get far too much verbal abuse from players and managers. Hardly surprising then that there is a shortage of refs. In fairness some of them do bring it on themselves with some crazy and inconsistent decisions. Speaking to others involved in other junior leagues the refs there dont tolerate as much verbal abuse especially from players. Im sure if you asked the refs there are certain clubs and individual characters who are worse than most.
As for the money - Im sure that clubs wouldnt mind paying more if they got consistently good referees every sunday. Its the lower leagues and underage teams that will suffer. The best (of whats left) will be assigned premier games. After that absoulutely anyone with a whistle, thick glasses and a god complex will be allowed ref the other games!

[old git]

Refs in Clare get far too much verbal abuse from players and managers. Hardly surprising then that there is a shortage of refs. In fairness some of them do bring it on themselves with some crazy and inconsistent decisions. Speaking to others involved in other junior leagues the refs there dont tolerate as much verbal abuse especially from players. Im sure if you asked the refs there are certain clubs and individual characters who are worse than most.
As for the money - Im sure that clubs wouldnt mind paying more if they got consistently good referees every sunday. Its the lower leagues and underage teams that will suffer. The best (of whats left) will be assigned premier games. After that absoulutely anyone with a whistle, thick glasses and a god complex will be allowed ref the other games!

for all you older people remember carl o neill / noel bennett / roger mc mahon . trying to remember another ref from ennis.. was famous for yellow& red cards and even boasted he would try & break his record of red cards for the next season.. ( looked like carl o neill) :confused: