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littleman

22/04/2008, 2:15 PM

Sorry for the delay in posting but my days off are spent mindin my 2 kids an they just wont let me near my laptop with out wantin to put on winnie the pooh,:D.

On Saturdys 4 all draw,well we wer'nt happy leavin the Fort after scoring 4 an only gettin a point.8 goals may have been great to watch but after scorin 4 an conceedin 4 both teams should be askin serious questions about what went on.

I would prefer to say that there were 8 goals scored in a scrappy game,destroyed by niggly free kicks an a terrible surface with no blame attached to Kinsale for the surface.But what I will say is that there was very good football played when the game was allowed to flow rare as it was,Varian showed why he is such a good prospect,Danny Dunne for me was the best player on the pitch.Kinsale spent so much time worrying about Jp that Danny was allowed to show all his game.No one else caught my eye to be honest.A lot of huffin an puffin by both midfields an a very bad day at the office for both sets of defenders.

Kinsale had a game plan an givin away so many frees in an attempt to stop the game from gaining any momentum tells its own story.In fairness they were not dirty frees just very cute.I spoke to the ref after the game an he said he could not remember having to blow the whistle so much for small frees.The one at the end where Shinky seemed to bring the player down,you said yourselfs he made an lunge for the ball an not the man,and indeed the ball ended up 20 yards wide from his touch.There is a big difference in takin some one down outside the box an makin a honest challange.Ones a free ,ones a sending off.The big lad in the middle for ye got booked in the first half for consistent fouling an in the second he was even more consistent,yet no second yellow.I dont think it was the refs best game but neither side could put any blame for the goals on him.

Neither defence did anything to back up there reputation.Lets just say the goalies had an off day.I watched the Kinsale View game an one of my points across to the players was not to play around with the ball at the back because Kinsale were very good at nickin the ball,which they did very well Saturday.I can only presume that they were nervous because of the surface an tried to take the second touch to settle themselves an learned a lesson.

All I think Saturdays game has done is to ensure that the next 2 games will be a little closer.

As for some of your questions,the Grattan Kinsale is as stands,to be played on Tue night when all other league fixtures are done with.

The View are pityfull,sayin that Tizz an Bog,you never know what will turn up down Kinsale direction tonite,if they turn up at all.

Everyone one has a gripe with the Aul an the fixture list.Especially if your doin well in the Fai or Mjc.I agree with alot of the points brought up recently but your floggin a dead horse.

callyno3

22/04/2008, 5:58 PM

QUOTE=littleman;926496] Sorry for the delay in posting but my days off are spent mindin my 2 kids an they just wont let me near my laptop with out wantin to put on winnie the pooh,:D.

On Saturdys 4 all draw,well we wer'nt happy leavin the Fort after scoring 4 an only gettin a point.8 goals may have been great to watch but after scorin 4 an conceedin 4 both teams should be askin serious questions about what went on.

I would prefer to say that there were 8 goals scored in a scrappy game,destroyed by niggly free kicks an a terrible surface with no blame attached to Kinsale for the surface.But what I will say is that there was very good football played when the game was allowed to flow rare as it was,Varian showed why he is such a good prospect,Danny Dunne for me was the best player on the pitch.Kinsale spent so much time worrying about Jp that Danny was allowed to show all his game.No one else caught my eye to be honest.A lot of huffin an puffin by both midfields an a very bad day at the office for both sets of defenders.

Kinsale had a game plan an givin away so many frees in an attempt to stop the game from gaining any momentum tells its own story.In fairness they were not dirty frees just very cute.I spoke to the ref after the game an he said he could not remember having to blow the whistle so much for small frees.The one at the end where Shinky seemed to bring the player down,you said yourselfs he made an lunge for the ball an not the man,and indeed the ball ended up 20 yards wide from his touch.There is a big difference in takin some one down outside the box an makin a honest challange.Ones a free ,ones a sending off.The big lad in the middle for ye got booked in the first half for consistent fouling an in the second he was even more consistent,yet no second yellow.I dont think it was the refs best game but neither side could put any blame for the goals on him.

Neither defence did anything to back up there reputation.Lets just say the goalies had an off day.I watched the Kinsale View game an one of my points across to the players was not to play around with the ball at the back because Kinsale were very good at nickin the ball,which they did very well Saturday.I can only presume that they were nervous because of the surface an tried to take the second touch to settle themselves an learned a lesson.

All I think Saturdays game has done is to ensure that the next 2 games will be a little closer.

As for some of your questions,the Grattan Kinsale is as stands,to be played on Tue night when all other league fixtures are done with.

The View are pityfull,sayin that Tizz an Bog,you never know what will turn up down Kinsale direction tonite,if they turn up at all.

Everyone one has a gripe with the Aul an the fixture list.Especially if your doin well in the Fai or Mjc.I agree with alot of the points brought up recently but your floggin a dead horse.[/QUOTE]

Tis all in the eye of the beholder alright littleman, Thought it was an exciting game without the quality being brilliant (great for the neutral) Dunne was very good for Gratts he is a strong boy and tins or cans:) mark played very well too I thought richie was very good for kinsale in midfield and Derek V was by far the best player on show.Football was very good at times from both sides.
I think you were way off the mark saying kinsale's game plan was to give away as many frees to stop the game flowing.Thats just crazy.! I thought they were alot of frees from both sides and a very poor referee on the day a couple of his decisions left me bemused (one where he booked a Grattan player for diving after a 50-50 challenge)
The reason the ball ended up 10 yrds from Derek v in the challenge from the last defender was he went through Derek and then got a nick on the ball, whether it should have been a red???? should def have been a card of some sort.

If the Last game is to be in O Neill park and should it be the decider That would be great for the league and both teams .... big if tho, long way to go yet.
Away from Footie
I know everyone in Kinsale was very grateful to all esp Grattan for the sympathies recieved last week.

toepoke

23/04/2008, 8:47 AM

Tough game last night against Coachford. Harry Goulding with the all important goal to give us the 3pts. the game itself was all 1 way with Coachford rarely getting out of their half. They defended very well and frustrated us for most of the game but in fairness to the lads they kept sticking to the game plan and it paid off. A combination of 2 set's of 1-2's between Harry, Cans and Danny saw Harry break into the box and finish with a low drive.

Tizz\bog ye had another easy victory against the view. I heard in was blown up with 20 to go.

The hane seem to be well out of the running now. Pity to see that especially after winning the Mossie and to well in the FAI. It looks as they have learnt a few hard lessons and how to compete in this league. They are a young team so they should be around for while. Park got a great result at leeside but I'd guess that Leeside have one eye on Sunday's game and the other one on the MJC.

Any reports on the other games

littleman

23/04/2008, 9:06 AM

Leeside 1 Park 3...........any report towlie
Grattan 1 Coachford 0...............later lads
Kanturk 2 Ballypheane 2.............shiite
Kinsale 5 Castleview 0.......What was the View like Tizz.:D

Cally, to me in my own opinion it seemed Kinsale were quite happy to give away frees an slow the game down to a pace that suited them,thats all.The ref actually made a point of tellin the Kinsale players in the 1st half to stop with the silly frees or he would start to bring out reds.It was'nt a dirty game at all just a bit stop start.I for one will not be fooled into thinkin that because there were 8 goals scored that people think it was a crackin game.There were more minus points in our own display then plus.Midfield was at best conjested at worst a minefield of legs waitin to trip each other up.Football tried hard to show its face but struggled to show on a dodgy surface with 2 many players in too little space.Credit both teams for tryin though.

Kinsale got 4 goals from open play,which we should have never been in the position of affording them the opertuinity an we scored 4 from set peices that Kinsale again should have defended better.A point for us down in the fort did not make us very happy headin back up to the city an I dont think Kinsale would be happy with a point all things being considered. A draw seems fair only because both teams would have an argument for syain they should an could have won it.Neither team deserved to win it because neither team from what I could see gave an all round performance that would have been needed to win it.We were both left wantin in certain areas on the day an I would hope the next meetin has a few less goals an a bit more football.

Who came out of the game in a better light,I dont know.The team who were twice behind an pulled it back an to loose the lead then twice or worse near the end or the side who were up twice an got pegged back ,an drew level then twice .

le tizz

23/04/2008, 10:22 AM

you're def right about the poor defending and congested midfield littleman, from a purist point of view there was no flow to the game in the 1st half and that prob suited us better, thought the 2nd half flowed a bit better but still lots of chances conceded and if it wasnt for sometimes poor finishing other times slices of luck, either team could have pulled away, if either team were to get a 2 goal cushion then i'm sure it wouldnt have been as end to end as it was, that said i thought it was a very entertaining game just from the point of chances scored and missed, bad day for both sets of defenders and goalkeepers

last nights game was over after 20 minutes, castleview arrived late, they had 11 men and a bainisteoir and that was it, we had the luxury of playing a few squad players and moved some people around so it'll knock a bit of dust off the subs if nothing else, we puffed a bit in the 1st half, lots of chances but didnt play a whole lot of passing football (nothing new there i'll hear you say), the drop of rain helped things enormously, that shocking surface you talk of was somewhat softened and the bumps less bumpy

we went in at half time 3-0 up (they hit our crossbar at 1-0 :eek: up so could've been a longer game than it was had that gone in), 2 goals from richie holland and a clanger og, crouch with a tap in and richie completed his hat trick on the hour, the boys had enuf and it wasnt getting any better so it was blown up after about the hour, 3 points in the bag keeps us in the hunt but a long way to go

ye should have it handy in hollyhill tomorrow night- some more shooting practise for yer lads :ball:, we need to take 9 points in our next three games to stay with ye so its all to do, i dont think we'll have it easy tomorrow night with leeside, they always up it for games vs kinsale and there'll be players looking to get in for the cup game at the w/e, its a must win for us so fingers crossed from me

any slant on the park side that played ye last night towlie / rebel ?? we have to play em twice and following their results, they dont seem to have the best record away from home but some very impressive results in mitchelstown, they'll be giving us nothing easy thats for sure, we also have to travel to glenthorn who are still on top of la liga so that'll be another battle for 3 points, all in front of us lads

sorry to say it but 'view are doomed and with 2 games against grattan to play so are kanturk :(

littleman

23/04/2008, 10:26 AM

As toepoke has already summed up quite well.A one sided affair with us having to just take our time an grind out a result.I for one thought Coachford defended very well an could be very proud of there efforts an from what I saw last night it is little wonder the results they have had over the last few months.It was only a matter of time before we scored because you cant defend under that sustained type of pressure an keep getting away with it,it just dosent happen.We wernt back to 100% but we are heading in the right direction from what I saw last night.Very positive display an a massive 3 points.

This was one of those games when you just have to grind out the result.It dosent matter how you win just once you win.

Ps on a final note I thought the pitch was as good as I have ever seen it,perfect for a game of ball an a absaloute credit to the club.

pass&move

23/04/2008, 10:26 AM

Who came out of the game in a better light,I dont know.The team who were 2 nil down an pulled it back an to loose the lead then twice or worse near the end or the side who were 2 nil up an got pegged back ,an drew level then twice .

??????????

le tizz

23/04/2008, 10:50 AM

quote littleman Who came out of the game in a better light,I dont know.The team who were 2 nil down an pulled it back an to loose the lead then twice or worse near the end or the side who were 2 nil up an got pegged back ,an drew level then twice"

??????????

ha ha fair play p&m
think he had too many mushies over on hols !!:o

that was a very good win for ye last night, fair play to both sides for giving a good account of themselves, we had a right hard game out in coachford a couple a weeks back where they were good value for a draw
we'll be expecting the same dogedness this sat when they come to the seaside, if we dont match yer results at this stage then the trip northside at the end of may could be a very hard pill to swallow if theres a cup waiting for ye on the line, we'll be doing everything we can to make sure we've got a say in where its going on the last day, cup final fever, winner takes all

not trying to get ahead of myself but i think everyone will agree that it looks like going down to the wire

great to hear the pitch is in good nick, forecast for another drop of rain over the next few days so it should be lush for our cup semi next week, we're lookin forward to playin on it as much as ye are, there's plenty of good footballers on our side too (no matter what you might think) but we're not afraid to mix it up if needs be- just the same as yerselves, the way both teams are going i wouldnt be surprised if theres another lash of goals next week, bring your camera billy !!:D searlsey is out to make a name for himself

pass&move

23/04/2008, 10:53 AM

Any Predictions

Premier League
Grattan v Coachford Home
Kinsale v Castleview Home
Kanturk v Ballyphehane Celtic, Draw
Leeside v Park United Away

Premier A League
Springfield v Ballyvolane Away
Blarney Street Athletic v Macroom Home
Greenmount Rngrs v Village Utd NR
Wilton Utd v Leeds NR

AUL 1
Ballincollig v Richmond, Draw
Innishvilla v UCC Away

Innis, Looks like the students did their homework

littleman

23/04/2008, 11:35 AM

le tizz

23/04/2008, 12:34 PM

Sorry tizz ,I meant to say the side who took the lead twice an not the side who were 2 up,my fault.I did,nt try the musshies I was on the Bulldogs finest.

Ps Tizz we know only 2 well that ye have some good players.

ahhh happy days !! baked beans anyone .... :p
plenty of respect shown by both teams to each other and we know that its looking more like down to the 2 of us so i'm only ribbin ya about us havin a player or 2 littleman

you could prob line out tomorrow night and threaten castleview (without any insult intended), ye should be home n all for the 2nd half of the ger's match

bogwarrior

23/04/2008, 12:34 PM

Murphy's Irish Stout Premier League .
Pld W D L GF GA Pts .
Glenthorn Cel 15 8 2 5 27 20 26 .
Kinsale 9 5 4 0 25 9 19 .
Leeside 12 5 4 3 17 12 19 .
Villa Utd 14 5 4 5 24 28 19 .
Grattan Utd 9 5 3 1 26 16 18 .
Park Utd 10 5 2 3 21 13 17 .
Coachford 13 4 5 4 15 16 17 .
Ballyphehane Ce 8 4 0 4 12 13 12 .
Castleview 15 2 3 10 17 43 9 .
Kanturk 11 0 3 8 8 22 3
This is b4 last nite games lads. Unfortunately i dont have enuf time to update it!! Unlike some;)!!

A good bit of verbal jousting going on at the mo! In regard to last weeks game - it was never a plan to disrupt any flow of the game. In the second half i felt it was us who were flowing rather than the other way round. That said, I agree there were a rediculous amount of niggly frees given away. Mostly by the same player. The ref warned the players about complaining to him though - nothing to do with his over eager whistle blowing for 'frees'.

Last nite was a walk in the park. Nuff said. Leeside with a very surprising result last nite. They always put it up to us though so we'll be in for a very tough game.

Kinsale v Leeside A, Charles Fort (Tom Tully)
Castleview A v Grattan United A, O`Sullivan Park (John Thompson)
Park United v Ballyphehane Celtic, Brigown Park (Richard Murphy)

Should be a stroll in the park for the Gratts. I reckon Park will end Bally's hopes of a league challenge tomorro nite..

pass&move

23/04/2008, 12:43 PM

Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Glenthorn Cel 15 8 2 5 27 20 26
Kinsale 10 6 4 0 30 9 22
Grattan Utd 10 6 3 1 27 16 21
Park Utd 11 6 2 3 24 14 20
Leeside 13 5 4 4 18 15 19
Villa Utd 14 5 4 5 24 28 19
Coachford 14 4 5 5 15 17 17
Ballyphehane Ce 9 4 1 4 14 15 13
Castleview 16 2 3 11 17 48 9
Kanturk 12 0 4 8 10 24 4

Tizz you might fix this up so that it is easier to read

le tizz

23/04/2008, 1:44 PM

Tizz you might fix this up so that it is easier to read

ye know me too well lads, get more done on the stats at work than playing ball at the moment but could be a secret weapon waiting in the wings

here's an updated snapshot as we stand
bally could still make an input on where the league goes
park & glenthorn will def have a say in matters seeing as we both have important games with them (i know ye're finished with park tho)
that said and coupled with the form guide- it looks like a 2 horse race for now

you're guess is as good as mine, did ye throw a few squid down at those odds a few weeks ago lads ?? i'm not chancing it, will have a flutter on the sailing instead, lots of fellas claiming top weight in that "sport"

toepoke

23/04/2008, 1:52 PM

quote=littleman
Ps on a final note I thought the pitch was as good as I have ever seen it,perfect for a game of ball an a absaloute credit to the club.

You're only saying that because you rolled it yourself........ haha.....
self praise is no praise................ no seriously fierce credit where it's due pitch in top nick last night even managed to get another 15 mins myself

pass&move

23/04/2008, 3:50 PM

here's an updated snapshot as we stand

you're guess is as good as mine, did ye throw a few squid down at those odds a few weeks ago lads ?? i'm not chancing it, will have a flutter on the sailing instead, lots of fellas claiming top weight in that "sport"

Cheers tizz ,

Hav us done from the start of the season at 6/4 & again at 9/4, 2/1 , 5/2 , 5/4 I just have great belief in the boys

littleman

23/04/2008, 4:28 PM

I would like it no better than to have to tog off with the A team but I have to play with the B team against Pearce tomorrow night an its my last game up in O'Neill Park EVER. Been playin with the Gratts now for 17 years an its time to turn in my boots.I hav'nt lost the will to play an I kick every ball with the A lads in me head an do the best I can with whats left with the B team but bein honest an as hard as it to say the physcial side is wearin hard on me for a few days after each game an its not worth the aches an pains. Always loved playin at home an I'll enjoy tomorrow night what ever the result.In the 17 years I have been playin theres not much I havent won or lost an The Oscar Traynor came a couple of times too, an I for one took great pride in representin the AUL,times change though.

Have been lucky to have played with some excellent Grattan sides over the years but I think the current crop are somthin special. I have seen most of them come from Nufarm up to now an you never know what they may achive given the right help.I remember when a good few of um were only 14 or 15 an they used to come up trainin with us just for a game o'ball an it meant a lot that I even got 45 mins last year against Park away in the Prem no matter what the circumstances were that day.I dont know if that entitles me to a medal but who cares an I can always say I played my part when I was needed most.We lost that day but its the taken part that counts.Na the A team can have there game against Castleview,I've done my bit an I'll give it one last 90 mins at home.:oThe game off the pitch is a bit bigger for me now an though I cant actually kick a ball to help the A team or B team win I still do what ever I can to help,an spendin my Saturday rollin the pitch was worth it when it looked the way it did last night. If the bottom goal had'nt been rolled the ball might have taken a nasty bounce an Harry may have missed:D,then we would have drawn so I'll take the self praise.I've earned it.

Bog ,,,,,,,,,,"That said, I agree there were a rediculous amount of niggly frees given away. Mostly by the same player." if Jeremy hears you he wont be pleased.:D

bogwarrior

23/04/2008, 8:19 PM

U have most definately opened a can of worms here pecker my old friend!!:eek: From the outside the Grattan pitch doesnt look too special but we have debated this before and we've been told its conducive to free flowing football. Passed it last week and even though the hill was still there it did look good.

I agree leeside should not have to play a game two days b4 an AOH semi final. Unfortunately thats the way it has worked out. Leeside should probably rest most of their team tomorro nite in my opinion:D!!!

Danny Dunne did come from St Marys anywho. In regard to his extra curricular activities i dunno... Celtic as in the scottish club or wha?

Littleman fair play to you. Gonna be an emotional nite for you tomorro nite. Enjoy it anyway and at least you're still gonna be involved in the club in some capacity.

pecker78

23/04/2008, 10:08 PM

I probably have opened a whole can of worms!..:D..but look,its my honest opinion and considering that this blog is full of honest opinions,I just thought I would share mine,..by no means,did I mean any personal attack on the grattens groundsmen!!I just think the pitch is very poor for a premier league Aul team...I think a pitch should be some bit level first before you should roll it!....ya,it was Glasgow celtic,doubt its the same fellow tho,just the same name..I wish I knew about this site earlier,I'm sure tho that we'll have lots of topics of discussion over the next few weeks as we head towards the business end of the season!!...you play with Kinsale do ya warrior?...is Peter Jones still involved at any level?...I heard he was back playing with ye this season...without a doubt,one of the most best/dangerous players I've seen in the AUL..

le tizz

24/04/2008, 9:50 AM

fair play for stickin with the club for that long weeman, i'm sure you've seen some lively games over the years up in hollyhill, prob not the best way to bow out against what looks like the league champs tonight, ye could have a tough night of it ! in any case win lose or draw well done for all you've given grattan- on & off the pitch, tis lads like you that every club needs in abundance...... i'll try not to give you a swelled head tho, the lads might need you to help out with affairs on & off the pitch before then

i have to sit on the fence about the pitch in hollyhill, while i agree that the surface is one of the better ones in the prem- i actually enjoyed playing there last year and am looking forward to a run there next saturday

that said the pull up to the top goal can be tough on tired legs that have played 4 games in a week

the length of the pitch is the biggest issue for me, if an average keeper can consistently kick a ball the length of the field or at least into the opponents box (particularly when playing down the hill) then that might overshadow the type of football played, we have a taller team than you do so i'm sure there will be at least one ball lobbed in long next saturday, we'll see how the free scoring goes- 14 goals in our last 2 meetings is pretty impressive !

the fact that ye work so hard on set plays says a lot about the style ye play especially at home where ye fight hard for possession, play a quick and neat football and use the wide men with great effect and if ye win corners or free kicks ye are a threat from anywhere in the opponents half .......... and nothing wrong with it !! you talk a lot about the players that have come thru to the current team, is there other underage teams coming thru with similar stars for the future i wonder ??

its easy to point fingers at the pitch anyway, the fact that ye are improving every part of yer setup is admirable and ye are coming along on all fronts, the pitch has improved from the one i've played on even a few years ago, there's dressing rooms with showers on the way, fantastic, if the rest of us made similar improvements then the aul would be in a much better place in a couple of years, sad to see castleview with 2 smashing pitches, dressing rooms and an astro pitch on the go and still only just scraping 11 players together, its a curse of fickle young fellas and northside football (i know its not just a northside thing but the fact that there's so many clubs within a small radius makes it almost too easy for fellas who can play a bit to pack it in and join the next team along who are winning), clubs do good when everything seems rosy, mass departures can happen when things aint going so well, thats why backroom folk and a strong committee helps in every way to strengthen the club as a whole

pecker, peter jones has retired (again), he didnt play at all last year folowing a great run as player/manager where the club won 4 aul prem titles on the bounce, ger foran played him in the big cup games this year (munster & fai) but family committments among other things has made him hang up his playing shoes- i'd say for good IMO ! passionate man with football on the brain, if we can sort out his cursing/temper we'll try to get him back to manage the smallies- i think the current junior team has too many opinions (myself included) so it'd wreck his head :D that said- his temper prob was part of his drive for success so hard to take that out while keeping the same footballer, himself and his lovely wife recently had a baby girl so he's got a new interest there to fill the time, congrats from foot.ie mr & mrs jones !

christ ! another novel by tizz, i'm costing you a langer load of chinese rubels ben !!
will be lookin for that pass again next sat up in hollyhill, i'll get you the winner if i'm given the chance !

littleman

24/04/2008, 2:12 PM

The Good........................thanks Tizz an the rest of ye for the kind words.Especially thanks for the nice words about the efforts we are puttin in off the pitch.We have a great releationship with Nufarm an we do very well out of it with regards to young talent coming up through the ranks.We may have an opertuinity for a minor team this year again but its nothing definate just pipe dreams at the minute.Too many clubs up in Norrieland to have a minor team each year an Nufarm normally tip us off when a good new batch is on its way so even though Figo an JP an co are only in there mid twentys there should be a new crop along shortly to keep them on there toes,an ye on yer toes to:D

The Bad...............Our pitch seems to be drawing a lot of negative comments from Mr Pecker.I would love to have a nice flat pitch Mr Pecker to play on but its the Northside,up a hill an there aint much flat land up here.By the way its ours as well,not rented or loaned or allowed its use by the community,ours lock stock an burnt out cars,horses an all an we are tryin to do the best we can along with a few others.For the next 5 years the Aul an Msl have contrived to keep us where we are,no point whingin about it as you seem to do.In 5 years time we may have a flat pitch for you to comment on an we can go Msl an live happily ever after.

The Ugly.........................Mr Pecker though you are entitled to your opinion, the only opinion you should express or might I say the one that we would be interested in should be about football.The comments you posted could be viewed in a very serious light an have no place on this or any other forum..I took your comments which have been deleted as nothin short of slander an you should consider yourself lucky 12th man had the foresight to remove them.Your comments about our pitch is pure bad mindedness,your points about the winning prem teams an the state of there pitchs is nothin short of nonsence.I welcome any person who has a positive post but what you posted last night was a disgrace an just bad minded.

Ps Mr Pecker seeing as you have spent so much time playing in Cork junior football an the heights of the Msl I thought you would or should know your teams.You took great delight at takin a swipe at my club an its people yet you cant even spell our name correctly.An this from some one with so much experience.Let me help you G R A T T A N, not GrattEN,,,,,,,

littleman

24/04/2008, 3:04 PM

Kinsale v Leeside A,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Tizz an Bog an tizz to score:D
Castleview A v Grattan United A,,,,,,,,,,,,,Battle of the Norries,Grattan win;)
Park United v Ballyphehane Celtic,,,,cant belive im sayin this but Ballypheane have to come good at some stage,away win.:eek:

Best of luck to one an all.

toepoke

24/04/2008, 10:42 PM

back in work after tonight's game , won 5-0. Danny hat trick an O.G. and I think JP got the other. Castleview were terrible. I don't mean to be disrespectful to them but if a premier team can only put out the bare 11, about 7 of them were from the U'17's, it doesn't bode well for the club in general. On the game itself 4 up at half time and could have been 8 if not for some very good saves from the keeper. Danny got a peno in the 12th min of the 2nd half and the ref blew it up with 30 mins to go.

Bit peeved off with that as I came on with 10 to go in the 1st and was enjoying the run. And like Littleman this is probably my last few games for the Gratts, at 35 it's not getting easier.

Well done to Littleman good win tonight against Pearce. A great way to finish off at O'Neill park, dinny pop's would be proud of you.

Towelie

25/04/2008, 10:44 AM

Kinsale 2-2 Leeside

Kinsale had a dream start and went 1 up after only a minute.
Leeside fought their way back into the match through Andy Keegan and a
peach from Ricky Gettings.
We defended well but conceded with only a few minutes left on the clock.

Overall pleased with the performance and result but it was disappointing the manner in
which we conceded the equaliser.
A very keenly contested game, as are all Leeside Kinsale games.
Another huge game sunday for us in the AOH.

Its a 2 horse race in the league with the rest of us fighting for third.
I think the game between Kinsale and Grattan up at O Neill park could decide it,
but I have sneaking suspicion Coachford(who have to play both of ye) will
Have a say in where the title goes.
Alot more twists and turns yet!!

bogwarrior

25/04/2008, 11:50 AM

Well we kept our unbeaten run going. Just about. Surely this has to be some form of record? Unbeaten in the league in two years or more? At home for even longer?? Thats provides little consolation after last nights result. In hindsight it's a point gained but it still feels like two dropped.

Dream start. Ahead after a minute after a goal from sean prior:eek:!! Then gifted an equaliser to make it one a piece. Cant remember leeside's second?! Emotion was getting the better of me!! Looked like things werent going our way. Then we had a man sent off - second yellow. Right or wrong decision i'm not sure. Delea went down like he'd been shot! But that appeared to galvanise Kinsale. Tom Tully was horrendous to be fair. Seemed like 10 v 12.. Kinsale went with the 3-3-3 formation for the last 10 and it paid off. Richie Holland saved us with a quality finish. Tom then had the last laugh by denying us a peno:mad:.

Great fighting spirit at the end but it wasnt there at the start. We need to buck up if the final game of the season up in O'Neill park isnt to be a testimonial for Littleman:p.

Towelie

25/04/2008, 12:44 PM

Cant remember leeside's second?!
Ricky Gettings curled it left footed into the bottom corner.

Delea went down like he'd been shot!
He also said to Tully that the player sent off went for the ball.

Richie Holland saved us with a quality finish
It was a quality finish, he looks a fine player. Was he with city u 21's last season?

littleman

25/04/2008, 3:40 PM

Premier League
Glenthorn Celtic A v Ballyphehane Celtic,,,,,,,,,like I said Bally have to come good at some stage,away win
Castleview A v Kanturk,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Kanturk
Kinsale v Coachford A,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Home win,I was goin for the draw but I forgot the big match is on the telly an Coachford might not have a full squad because of that an the rugby Sunday.

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Tizz its only 2 points droped an there still loads to play for.Theres a few twists an turns left yet.With regards to the Aoh semi I have my doubts about Leeside.Park have been gettin great results of late.Beat ye at home , an hammered Coachford which was a excellent result.If Leeside have been resting players I hope it was or will be worth it.I'd rather have a team thats in form than one who has to depend on a few guys comin back into it hopin to hit the ground runnin.Leeside would be fav's because of their record in the competition of late,but I think Park will grab the oppertuinity with both hands.

In the league Tizz will have it hard against Coachford.Their one tough side when they have a full team.Not dirthy just 100% for 90 mins.I'm goin for a draw but it depends if Coachford travell in strenght an with the Man U /Chelsea game at 1:15 that might be dodgy.

Glenthorn an Bally should be a right belter, an I mean belter.Both like to mix it ,but I think Bally have to come good at some stage an why not now.Bally win.

The View are in dire straights an I cant see Kanturk leavin the oppertuinity to get a win on the board pass them buy,away win.

Last night the killer B's beat Pearce 4 / 2.A great way to end my playin days at home.We spent the major part of the year bottom feeding an in ours an my last game of the season at home we hammer the new champs.Enjoyed the game big time an had a liitle bit of everything in the game.My mistake cost us their 2nd goal but I had a hand in 3 we scored an in the first half even had a chance to roll back the years with a bit of magic which got a great cheer.Ah well all I have left to do is play one game more away to Glenvale give me boots away hopefully having kept us in the 2nd division

toepoke

25/04/2008, 4:06 PM

Glenthorn V. Ballyphehane.............. Have to go with a home win. Glentorn aren't going to give up top spot easily and the hane seem to be all at sea at the moment

Kinsale V. Coachford ........... Going with the seasiders, too many draw's recently and should get back to winning ways

Castleview V. Kanturk................. Kanturk

toepoke

25/04/2008, 6:23 PM

quote=bogwarrior
Unbeaten in the league in two years or more?

Sorry about this bog but the above statement isn't quite true. Didn't Villa get 3 pts back off ye for that little indiscretion at the end of last season. These 3pts actually kept them up last year. So technically that is a loss to Kinsale, maybe not on the field but on the final league standings.

bogwarrior

26/04/2008, 10:59 AM

You can claim it if it makes u feel better!! I know i will!!:D

pass&move

28/04/2008, 1:07 PM

Heard that Park beat Leeside 2 - 1, any truth in this?

rebelrover

28/04/2008, 1:27 PM

bellavistaman

28/04/2008, 1:31 PM

Yes. We were beaten 2-1. Tough battle in wet and windy conditions. Park scored the winner in the 90th minute, we didnt play well on the day and didnt take the chances that came our way. Im not really much in the mood for talking about the game though.

As some of you may be aware, there was an explosion in a chemical plant in Little Island last night. An uncle of one of our players died in the accident, and our manager Jimmy "Barr" O Sullivan is currently critical in hospital. I think its best at the moment If I told say any more than that. Out thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.

Rebel

terrible stuff, condolences from sll at springfield.

Onto football we were thumped by wilton again yesterday, will this season ever end, going to be some massive changes with us in the summer. BTW i hope wilton win our league, class team with some great players and they play fantastic football. The lad O'Neill seems to be playing below his standard he is a class act. And the experienced members of the team are vital, buckley plays some class football and settles the team well, and fergal and philly )i think) at the back are rock solid. Keeper isnt bad either, as i rams fan i was delighted to score against him last week, the reject:D:D, who wiltons rep here, is it the rise???

bogwarrior

28/04/2008, 2:38 PM

Jesus thats terrible news. Condolences from all at Kinsale and best wishes to your manager.

Hard fought victory over coachford on sat sets us up nicely for the game against Bellyphehane tomorrow nite. Supposed to be wet and windy so that could spoil the football. They were beaten 4-1:eek: on sat? Still expecting a very tough game off them. Our run in looks much tougher than Grattan's so we've got to keep on winning. Glenthorn in with a shout perhaps?!:confused:

thirdeye

28/04/2008, 3:04 PM

sorry to hear about the accident in little island and best wishes to all concerned...as far as football is concerned i think both glenthorn and park will feel that they are in with a shout....i don't agree with the sentiment that grattans run in looks easier...glenthorn travel to o'neill park tomorrow nite on the back of a good run of form and top of the table so could go either way...bally seem to have blown up big time and i can see kinsale hit the for 4/5 goals probably without reply so by the end of the evening kinsale could be in a very strong position....

callyno3

28/04/2008, 5:10 PM

therise

28/04/2008, 5:26 PM

bellavistaman

28/04/2008, 6:04 PM

First of all, I'm sure on behalf of all at Wilton, our thoughts are with the O'Sullivan family and all at Leeside.

Good performance again at the weekend against Springfield. Bella, what's happening in Cobh? Ye seem to be a shadow of the side we played in the Mossie Linanne at the start of the season.

3 games to go and we need 5 points to win the league although we have two very tough games this week aginst fellow challengers Village. It'd be nice if we could put it to bed by Saturday.

different team altogether since then. Alot left, few problem im sure our manager will sort in preseason, are you the lad that came on in the 2nd out right mid, riser they called him??

Best of luck anyway, yere definitly the most deserving team and i hope ye win it.

le tizz

29/04/2008, 8:58 AM

just to add to the words by everyone else on here to leeside and the families and friends of the lads who were affected by the accident, hope that you can get thru this difficult time and please pass on our support and thoughts to everyone

toepoke

30/04/2008, 5:47 AM

Deepest sympathies to all at leeside from all at Grattan.

Beat Glenthorn 5-2 last night. A goal up after 1min and seemed to stop playing , Glenthorn came back into the game and were 2-1 up at half time. Some choice words from Caulfield at half time and normal service was resumed. 4 goals in the 2nd says it all. BB came on 10 mins in the 2nd have and made all the diff, class player.

Tizz/ bog another draw....... any match report

Any other results from last night

le tizz

30/04/2008, 8:09 AM

Tizz/ bog another draw....... any match report

we started poorly, played poorly and in the end just scraped a draw
a pen given against us after 5 minutes (it was never a pen) and a poorly hit one was saved by hurley, knocked up in the air and a choice of bally lads could have knocked in the rebound while kinsale stood in disbelief- nobody in a kinsale jersey followed in and it was an easy tap in
a few chances by both teams but we went in at 1-0 half time and like you lads, there was some choice words said at half time

we improved slightly in the 2nd, threatened more often and were pushing on a bit more but went behind to a speculative shot down hurleys throat after 1/4 of an hour, he should have delt with it but wind got behind it and went in over his head, 2-0 and looking like game over

varian was pulled down for a pen with 25 mins left, scully converted 2-1, we battled away, missed some good chances and it was only a minute left when scully forced in the equaliser from a tight angle after JP was disposessed in the 6 yd box

bally were very disappointed and understandably so, our injuries are mounting and we're down to bare 11, not playing well and looking like bowing out with too many draws, looks like grattans title to lose, that may sound defeatist by me but ye have a handy run in (on paper) compared to us and have the points advantage

dunno how the likes of leeside and bally pull out all the stops against us, get all their players out (it was largely the same bally team we've played twice this year) and lie down to other teams..... that said, we didnt play well enuf to win it over the 90 minutes and we dont expect to collect points easy off any team, as we are finding out all too well, we have to win all 5 of our remaining league games to just give ourselves a chance up at oneill pk and the way we're going it doesnt look likely

this could be my last post lads from a very disappointed tizz, we'll battle away but looks like our season swings on the cup game next sat in hollyhill and we'll have to play out of our skins to get a result

bellavistaman

30/04/2008, 11:45 AM

dunno how the likes of leeside and bally pull out all the stops against us, get all their players out (it was largely the same bally team we've played twice this year) and lie down to other teams..... that said, we didnt play well enuf to win it over the 90 minutes and we dont expect to collect points easy off any team, as we are finding out all too well, we have to win all 5 of our remaining league games to just give ourselves a chance up at oneill pk and the way we're going it doesnt look likely

shades of fergie there, que the i would it responce

thirdeye

30/04/2008, 11:57 AM

tizz i feel your pain but trust me when i say that grattan are finding it just as tough and bally certainly didn't lie down when they travelled to o'neill park...they took the lead and were probably the most physical side i have seen this year....some of the tackles were bordering on assault and damien o mahony saw nothin wrong on the night....still points to be dropped by all teams...i believe glenthorn had a real go last night as well so no favours there either....both kinsale and grattan and i think leeside to a slightly lesser degree have to deal with teams upping their games every week but that's respect...you earn it....

bogwarrior

30/04/2008, 12:12 PM

I'm bordering on fcuking depression lads. Full of confidence going into last nite. Now our season hinges on saturday. 2-2 was a fair result. How these guys were thumped 4-1 on sat i dont know. But we've been dealing with this for years. Of course people will want to beat Kinsale and will up their effort. Its just that in the past we've still been able to win these games. In the past yr and a half we've been drawing too many and thats why we've no medals to show for last year and potentially this year.

Another big win for Grattan last nite. Their consistency recently has been phenomenal. We've Bally at home in the league - 2vs park and 2 vs Glenthorn. Have to win every single one of them to even be in with a shout in the final game of the season. It's not impossible but it will be tough.

I'm fed up lads and i'm off to lunch.. as Le Tizz would say.. Bog (down) and out:o

toepoke

30/04/2008, 1:12 PM

Don't think the league is as cut and dry as ye are making out lads. I know it is in our hands but all it takes is one slip up by us and it's wide open. We still have 6 tough games to play , home and away to kanturk should be 6pts but football is a funny game. Away to the Hane and Coachford , 2 very tough games and home to Villa (derby game) and Kinsale last game. To win those 6 is a big ask. We do have the momentum right now and the squad is the strongest I've seen all season, but the finishing line is still a fair bit away.

As for Saturday's game I personnaly can't wait for it. Should be a cracking game and with recent results between Grattan and Kinsale there will only be a bounce of the ball to decide it.

littleman

30/04/2008, 11:37 PM

I missed the game against Glenthorn meself because I was envited along to Old Trafford to watch the Man U Barca game by a few of the mates an said feck it why not.Im not a Man U supporter but I thought it would be a great experience an it was.

I was in contact with some of our lads watchin our game an was told that we started very strong but faded quickly in the first half an in the second the introduction of BB was the undoing of Glenthorn.Being 2/1 down at half time to come back an score 4 with out reply in the 2nd half says a lot about this team.Glenthorn are no different to any other side we play with respect that if they take a lead they will fight hard to keep it.You have to raise your game to get ahead an keep creating chances.As luck would have it we have the players that wether starting or comin off the bench can turn games around.

.In this Premier league teams are either tryin to win the league or tryin to stay up.Theres no such thing as mid table security in a league with only 10 sides.2wins or 2 losses can make you a contender for winning the league or bein relegated.Theres no understandin some of the sides in this feckin league.I watched Bally half a dozen times this season an how they have lost so many games they were in control of is beyond me.Ye have been (in fairness Tizz/Bog) the first to admit that ye have not been in good form of late an the results are showin it.Leeside never give us an easy game,same as ye.Our recent history with Coachford,Glenthorn an Park is colourful to say the least.Kanturk are by no means the worst side inn the league,just the side with the worst luck.Castleview an Villa are Northside derbys an you would be silly to expect an easy 3 points in those games.As much as ye think we are all buddy buddy up in Norrieland the View an Villa would like nothin better to knock us down a peg or 2.Bragin rights down the bar can be a better motivator than anythin up in Norrieland.

I'm not havin a pop here lads but this thing of teams tryin harder against ye/us/leeside because of who we are is a non runner for me.There are'nt supposed to be any easy games.We dont raise our game for Kinsale or drop it for Castleview.you would get caught out doin that by someone.We look at every team as just another 3 points we need to get to try to win the league an thats it.The harder a team tries to beat you the more you raise your game.I'v seen us do the same thing on occasion but that in my own opinion only happens when it is easier to say the other team upped there game or the ref fla'd us rather than to say our performance was'nt good enough.If a team underperforms look at what went wrong, why did it happen an what can you do the next time to learn from your mistakes.

They say you can only beat whats in front of you,an if you cant well then you dont deserve to win anythin.Sometimes you are'nt pushed for a win,ie Kinsale away to Castleview an other days ye are under pressuer to get a draw,Kinsale away to Bally.If ye beat Bally 4 nil Tue night all that would have been said was that they were a decent side an it was a comfortable win for ye an if Glenthorn beat us more than likely you would have heard we were kicked off every ball,see what I mean.Excuses only raise there heads when things are not goin well.When your winning you dont care who you play next .

The only thing thats 100% about Saturday is that there has to be a winner.We have the oppertuinity to play at home in the semi 's of the Aoh.I hope we take the oppertuinity afforded to us an grab it with both hands.

Grattan win.