Xlex
27/01/2003, 9:26 AM
We finished fifth... Not bad, but we're left wondering what it could have been if we didn't suffer a mid-season slump... The future looks bright after Adrian Murphy's goal against Rovers and the sackful he got in the U-21 competitions. A good win in the U-21 cup against Mervue...
Our first team performed alot better than I expected, given the turmoil at the start of the season... The mystery surrounding Martin Lawlor and the fact that at 5.00p.m. on the day preceeding the squad deadline we had little more than a team registered to play against Bray. it didnt deter us. We got a point in the Carisle grounds...
We signed Avery John and lost nine points... Whilst down nine points we started getting points on the board and managed to touch second place in the league (accounting for the original 9)...
We got them back and managed a draw against UCD... and when on a terrible run where we witnessed an amazing goal drought... We bought Brian Byrne and Sean Francis and both players grabed important goals whilst taking time to settle in the team... Its' hard to say who the team was built around...
A solid back five devolped... Digger, Tom Silke, Fergie, Spud and Sean Dillon with sprinklings of Avery John... These players are the backbone of our beloved team... The left-side of midfield entertained many but I think Brian Byrne has made this his own... We'll be hoping Kirbs stays on the right because he'd be hard replace right now... Vinny and Darragh played so-so in the middle whilst up-front new €10,000 man Francis and Lavine suffered drought and nearly had us ****ting it... five goals between them since and we're safe and finishing fifth... our best ever...
Cheers to Alan Matthews and Aaron O'Callaghan... You had us worried but we needn't have been...
Our first team performed alot better than I expected, given the turmoil at the start of the season... The mystery surrounding Martin Lawlor and the fact that at 5.00p.m. on the day preceeding the squad deadline we had little more than a team registered to play against Bray. it didnt deter us. We got a point in the Carisle grounds...
We signed Avery John and lost nine points... Whilst down nine points we started getting points on the board and managed to touch second place in the league (accounting for the original 9)...
We got them back and managed a draw against UCD... and when on a terrible run where we witnessed an amazing goal drought... We bought Brian Byrne and Sean Francis and both players grabed important goals whilst taking time to settle in the team... Its' hard to say who the team was built around...
A solid back five devolped... Digger, Tom Silke, Fergie, Spud and Sean Dillon with sprinklings of Avery John... These players are the backbone of our beloved team... The left-side of midfield entertained many but I think Brian Byrne has made this his own... We'll be hoping Kirbs stays on the right because he'd be hard replace right now... Vinny and Darragh played so-so in the middle whilst up-front new €10,000 man Francis and Lavine suffered drought and nearly had us ****ting it... five goals between them since and we're safe and finishing fifth... our best ever...
Cheers to Alan Matthews and Aaron O'Callaghan... You had us worried but we needn't have been...