Under 21s league

[JR_Ewing]

Timmy got a hat trick against Longford, Fran Moran scored one and I can't remember who scored the other.

The abuse the lineswoman was not on. The lumpy longford centre half, especially, was a disgrace. No way that level of effing and blinding would have been roared across the pitch at a man.

[alans view]

i went to the 21s against longford last wkend and was v impressed,played some great football...particulary impressed wit kelly and mullins the 2 centre halfs as i havent seen them play before.kelly is v comfortable on the ball 4 a defender.does anyone know if either have playd 4 first team yet? who did kelly sign from?im not sure of his first name.i know mullins is from limerick.

[pineapple stu]

Was it Damien Kelly? He's played about ten times, but over the past three or four seasons.

[DmanDmythDledge]

No, Michael Kelly. The spiting image of Ronan Finn.

[alans view]

he is similar looking to finn so it is probably michael. has anyone seen him play before?? when is the next u21 game anyone know?.they seem to be more interesting than the first team matches.

[DmanDmythDledge]

Pats away tomorrow, in what should be the last game of the season.

[Poor Student]

Pats away tomorrow, in what should be the last game of the season.

You mean the regular season. There's the seemingly endless playoff part to come.

[DmanDmythDledge]

I thought it was obvious what I meant.

And it's been changed to Monday now.

[JR_Ewing]

Anyone going to inchicore tomorrow? I'll be there anyway - the last 2 u21 games against pats were good with a decent crowd.

[John83]

Was it Damien Kelly? He's played about ten times, but over the past three or four seasons.
I thought Damien Kelly was gone?

[CollegeTillIDie]

If College's Under 21's make the seemingly endless playoffs and do well in them it is conceivable that an Under 21 game could be the last ever competitive game at Belfield Park.

[pineapple stu]

Won 1-0 tonight - Pat's first defeat of the season. They missed a last minute peno. Now all but guaranteed to top the group. Which I think could be a first.


Team P W D L F A GD Pts Max Pts
UCD 12 11 0 1 44 9 35 33 39
Pat's 13 10 2 1 45 10 35 32 35
Bray 14 8 2 4 41 23 18 26 26
L'ford 11 5 3 3 18 16 2 18 27
Kildare 12 4 2 6 15 32 -17 14 20
Athlone 13 3 0 10 13 41 -28 9 12
B'sloe 12 1 2 9 13 39 -26 5 11
P'laois 11 0 3 8 13 32 -19 3 12

[Schumi]

If College's Under 21's make the seemingly endless playoffs and do well in them it is conceivable that an Under 21 game could be the last ever competitive game at Belfield Park.Under 21s game involving UCD are rarely competitive. ;)

[BrayUnknowns]

Under 21s game involving UCD are rarely competitive. ;)

Ahem :D

[John83]

Ahem :D
I think you misunderstand the word 'rarely'.

[pineapple stu]

Tony Doyle scored for us against Pat's, who had Robbie Horgan in nets apparently. We scored because he was too fat to get to a lob.

If the tables in the U-21 section are correct (with one more result for each of us), that results means we've won the group.

[Schumi]

I think you missed the 1-0 win over Longford in your table so the table there is correct afaik.

[DmanDmythDledge]

Dundalk at home in the round of 16. Repeat of last year's game. We comfortably won 4-0 then against a Dundalk side full of 16-18 year olds. Our team then was pretty strong, with Conan Byrne only making the subs bench.

[JR_Ewing]

We scored because he was too fat to get to a lob.

That's a bit harsh, it was a good quick shot! he could have done better but the shot was unexpected.

I thought it was great to see a game where the tackles were flying in for a change. A few injuries perhaps and the lads on both sides were bo11oxed after it, but compare that to the sh1tfest at Croker tonight and there's only one winner.

First game pats have lost all season and a good backs to the wall performance in the second half. Would be nice to keep it going through the playoffs.

[JR_Ewing]

portlaoise away at 12 tomorrow

[JR_Ewing]

Portlaoise 0 - 4 UCD

Forsyth with 2, not sure about the third and brian shortall with the 4th

[Poor Student]

Thanks, JR. A usual breeze through the first stage then.

[CollegeTillIDie]

We've gotta win the Under 21 League. We're already out of the Cup.

[JR_Ewing]

Match on Wednesday v Dundalk. Would be nice to win something this season after today's result :(

[CollegeTillIDie]

JR.. Is it home or away?

[JR_Ewing]

It's in Belfield

[DmanDmythDledge]

Kick off is at 7.45pm. Haven't seen any U-21 games this season so hopefully I can make this one.

[Schumi]

Won 2-1 after extra time.

Odd game, we had the ball for about 70% of the first half but could easily have gone in 2 down. Forsyth equalised with about 20 mins left after the ball was blocked on the line twice. Paul Murphy (I think) scored the winner in the first half of extra time.

[DmanDmythDledge]

Paul Murphy (I think) scored the winner in the first half of extra time.
It was Paul Byrne.

Any danger of seeing a starting line-up?

[Schumi]

It was Paul Byrne.****, wrong in tomorrow's programme too so. I thought it was Forsyth that headed it (from the other end of the ground) but was told it was Murphy.


Any danger of seeing a starting line-up?Little chance of a full one I'd say! Brennan was in nets, McMillan at centre back, Gallagher at left back, Forsyth and Paul Byrne up front. Tony Doyle was playing too but I'm not sure where. Didn't recognise the rest afair.

[JR_Ewing]

Ger played left wing. Stan played centre back. Timmy played right wing. For some reason my mobile isn't connecting to O2 at the moment but once it's working again a starting line up won't be hard to get :D

[CollegeTillIDie]

Who did we get in the next stage and where is it being held?

[Poor Student]

We're playing Shamrock this Sunday at 2:00 in the AUL.

[JR_Ewing]

Line up against dundalk was:
Billy
Shaun (RB)
Ev
Stan
Kil (LB)
Timmy (RW)
Paul
Anto
Ger (LW)
Paul B
Darren
Subs:
Greg
Pat
David
possibly others too!

[DmanDmythDledge]

Beat Rovers 1-0 today, Forsyth with the goal. Galway at home next week in the semi.

[pineapple stu]

Winners of Galway and us host the final too. Huge incentive. Best semi draw we could have gotten too.

[Angus]

Decent performance.

Not 100% sure of line up but I think it was:

keeper with blond hair (not Gregg)
shaun (went toff after 20)
Evan
?
?
Timmy
Murph
Tootsie
Killian (went to LB and Fran came on)
Paul B
Forsyth


very impressed by:

Paul Byrne - super touches - looked lively
Evan - top drawer - captain of the future
Very impressed with Murph and Tootsie in centre mid
Killian


We should have scored a hatful - Rovers had no real chances, one or two half chances but we looked solid.

[U-C-D]

Billy Brennan
shaun (Ger O'Callaghan 20) (Fran Moran 60)
Evan McMillan
Pat Mullins
Stan
Timmy Purcell
Paul Murphy
Anthony Doyle
Killian Gallagher
Paul Byrne
Darren Forsyth

ger came on for shaun and killian went left back with stan switchin to right back but then ger got injured some time in the second half and fran came on for him

[JR_Ewing]

stan's surname is rojack btw - just in case you thought he was brazillian or something and just went by a four-letter name :D

[U-C-D]

thought it was short for stanzinho

[pineapple stu]

shaun (went toff after 20)
What, he turned into Michael Higgins?!

[CollegeTillIDie]

Two injuries from the game not sure how serious they are.

[John83]

stan's surname is rojack btw - just in case you thought he was brazillian or something and just went by a four-letter name :D
Phew. Briefly wondered if he was another Staunton trying to hide the fact in plain sight.

[JR_Ewing]

Galway have the u21 semi-final set for saturday (http://www.galwayunitedfc.ie/u21/u21-side-set-for-college-test.html) - any idea if this is confirmed and a kick off time (Leinster play Leicester in the Ken Cup at 1.30 pm in the RDS)?

[Poor Student]

I have lectures in UCD that end at 12:00 and start at 2:00, so the usual 12 kick off would do me.;)

[JR_Ewing]

rte seem to have confirmed 2pm start on saturday

http://www.rte.ie/aertel/235-01.html

[Poor Student]

rte seem to have confirmed 2pm start on saturday

http://www.rte.ie/aertel/235-01.html

Damnit.