Limerick Premier Division 2007/08

[no17 fan]

Charlie Elliott is your man to get history nut..Always at the summerville club house if u want him

he's a very friendly character aswell a bit too chatty though

[starbar]

Would I be right in thinking Pa Mul gone from Corbally? I thought he promised them the moon and the stars. Oh well........

i dont think that comes as a shock he hasnt had much joy with results lately .corbaly face an up hill battle ever year.for some reason they cant get it togther at top flight football they produce some great players.but i dont think the players out there have any heart they are just happy to play ever sunday,im not saying they dont try but they dont have the winning mentally. like most of guys there age in other teams. maybe because there was never a great team junior team in corbaly for this generation to look up.thats just my opionin

[abbeyvale]

thats the most typical geraldines thing ive ever heard 'he has a great belt of a ball'
its a pity he doesnt keep it between the white lines

See's It.

Even at the highest level in top flight football the most accomplished of players often have to "drive the ball long" when clearing their lines,

I'm merely stating that he can "drive the ball" a lot longer than most (whether or not it stays between the white lines or not, who cares as long as your lines are clear).!!!!!!

As the old saying goes "The opposition cant score from the edge of their own box, or when the ball is out of play".......Now thats typical Geraldines talk..:p

[Neutral Jo]

Pike lack pace in crucial areas and therefore will not win FAI Junior Cup.

As for money who cares if they pay players? They have a big clubhouse and club lotto and seem pretty self-sufficient. Its not as if they are using the tax payers money so dont see what all the fuss is over. Im sure every player would prefer to win a MJ or FAI with their local club but this is clearly unrealistic so what harm is there in wanting a bit of success in a players short career?

[silvercircle]

Pike lack pace in crucial areas and therefore will not win FAI Junior Cup.

As for money who cares if they pay players? They have a big clubhouse and club lotto and seem pretty self-sufficient. Its not as if they are using the tax payers money so dont see what all the fuss is over. Im sure every player would prefer to win a MJ or FAI with their local club but this is clearly unrealistic so what harm is there in wanting a bit of success in a players short career?

thank you...niall bennis signd for pike B.....johnny corbett and kevin fitzpatrick have signed for pike A

[historynut]

Mitresize5, Shanman2 & Summervilleman, really do appreciate your suggestions. One snag not based in Ireland. If any of your suggested contacts would be genuinly interested in chatting to me , would you be kind enough to act as intermediaries and pm me contact details, and when convenient for them to be contacted.
Though oldest clubs (Prospect & Shelbourne) in city take it a while since they've been top dogs on local scene. If correct Prospect , Munster Junior Cup Runn/up 1926/27, Shelbourne 1959/60.

[Goals4fun]

Pike lack pace in crucial areas and therefore will not win FAI Junior Cup.


Where do pike lack pace. I think they have plenty where needed and even at that who says pace wins FAI's ?

[Neutral Jo]

Enright McGarry Mitchell Purcell lack pace in my opinion.
This is from watching them over a long period. Hence why they have not won FAI Cup and struggle to keep clean sheets against better opposition.

Dont get me wrong im not saying they are not good players i just think this hampers them from winning the top trophy as i believe you need pace to win FAI Cups.

[foxtrot]

i dont think that comes as a shock he hasnt had much joy with results lately .corbaly face an up hill battle ever year.for some reason they cant get it togther at top flight football they produce some great players.but i dont think the players out there have any heart they are just happy to play ever sunday,im not saying they dont try but they dont have the winning mentally. like most of guys there age in other teams. maybe because there was never a great team junior team in corbaly for this generation to look up.thats just my opionin

Bit harsh. This is only our second season up in the premier division, do you expect us to have won the league already or something? last year we finished in the top half of the table. It certainly wasnt an uphill battle. This year fair enough we are in a bad position but we have been very unlucky with the results so far. We were awful in the first game of the season against s'ville but besides that Pike were the only team that deserved to beat us so far.

[foxtrot]

any results from todays games?

[silvercircle]

pike v boro off....pitch waterlogged...pity pike were not at home the game would have went ahead:p:p:

[Green_Hoop]

pike v boro off....pitch waterlogged...pity pike were not at home the game would have went ahead:p:p:

True that...one of the most playable pitches in town

[themerryman]

[QUOTE=starbar;829596]i dont think that comes as a shock he hasnt had much joy with results lately .corbaly face an up hill battle ever year.for some reason they cant get it togther at top flight football they produce some great players.

In fairness they do produce some fine players for the boro every year
credit where its due...

[see's it]

Bit harsh. This is only our second season up in the premier division, do you expect us to have won the league already or something? last year we finished in the top half of the table. It certainly wasnt an uphill battle. This year fair enough we are in a bad position but we have been very unlucky with the results so far. We were awful in the first game of the season against s'ville but besides that Pike were the only team that deserved to beat us so far.

its the famous 1 from tv 'second season syndrome'

[Super Rovers]

True that...one of the most playable pitches in town

its a pity no football is played up there by the team in green :)

im only messing green hoop so dont take it to heart:D

[Twinkle Toes]

True that...one of the most playable pitches in town

Hello All,
I know this Premier thread but I wanted just make a point about the weather yesterday.
I think the LDMC have a lot to answer for making people travel yesterday. It was a disgrace. The weather forecast for the weekend was well known and they should have made a decision on Saturday to call off all games .
I know they leave it up to the home teams to make a decision but I feel they should have made the decision in the interest of all involved and avoiding people having to travel on one of the worst weekends in a long time.
I know we had people travelling long distances to get back for our game and its just not good enough to have people out making journeys that are not necessary.......

Hopefully "the powers that be" might learn for the future !! although I have my doubts as probably cared very little as they were nicely tucked up in there beds while the rest of us were out on the roads travelling to games that had little or no chance of being on.

Anyways gripe for the day over... Back to football.

[Bonovox]

What's wrong Twinkle, afraid of getting your toes wet? Get over it!

[beenaway42long]

[QUOTE=starbar;829596]i dont think that comes as a shock he hasnt had much joy with results lately .corbaly face an up hill battle ever year.for some reason they cant get it togther at top flight football they produce some great players.

In fairness they do produce some fine players for the boro every year
credit where its due...


does any one know of a genuine reason why so many players left corbally to go to the boro??

[Twinkle Toes]

What's wrong Twinkle, afraid of getting your toes wet? Get over it!


Did I touch a nerve there Bonovox....Tell your friends in high places they should think about the players for a change.......

[Shocking]

Originally Posted by Bonovox http://foot.ie/inc/img/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://foot.ie/showthread.php?p=831049#post831049)
What's wrong Twinkle, afraid of getting your toes wet? Get over it!

Did I touch a nerve there Bonovox....Tell your friends in high places they should think about the players for a change.......
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Fully agree had to travel all the way to Pallas to find out the match was off!!

LDMC are a joke and always will be!

[Roadend]

[QUOTE=themerryman;830895][/B]


does any one know of a genuine reason why so many players left corbally to go to the boro??

Some had mates above in the boro, but when corbally got promoted another raft of them left. Think there's 6 ex-corbally there at the moment.

[summervilleman]

I think i will have to agree with twinkle toes on this one..But its all depending on where the game is to be played..For example as mentioned above if pike were playing the boro in the pike field there would have been a good chance it would be on as they have a fine pitch up there...But for example with ourselves to be playing balla at portland,u and everyone else knows that it ain't the best pitch in the world for holding water and it was never going to be played but we still had to wait until sunday morning to get the answer we already knew from the night before..All is needed is a bit of common sense really...What do people think on this??
ALso anyone got fixtures for the weekend??To wet out for me to go out and get the star!!!

[Green_Hoop]

Only reason Pikes pitch is one of the most playable throughout the years is its under pitch piping that cost an arm and a leg to have installed at the time.

[booster 03]

I think i will have to agree with twinkle toes on this one..But its all depending on where the game is to be played..For example as mentioned above if pike were playing the boro in the pike field there would have been a good chance it would be on as they have a fine pitch up there...But for example with ourselves to be playing balla at portland,u and everyone else knows that it ain't the best pitch in the world for holding water and it was never going to be played but we still had to wait until sunday morning to get the answer we already knew from the night before..All is needed is a bit of common sense really...What do people think on this??
ALso anyone got fixtures for the weekend??To wet out for me to go out and get the star!!!

says the fella who didnt get outta bed sunday mornin!!! :p:p:p

[widow]

Agree fully with Twinkle Toes' comment. It was on the radio on saturday that the gardai were urging extreme caution on the roads. The LDMC don't seem to realise that people do travel back to limerick for these games due to them working up the country. Now lets say somebody was travelling back to Limerick because the match hadn't been called off and was involved in a car crash and got badly injured or killed. I know its an extreme example but all I'm saying is people must be considered.

[MitreSize5]

they'll have to come to some sort of arrangement on this - theres a few clubs, not just pike, who have spent big money on their pitches over the years and to have all matches called off over a weekend is very unfair to them. The amount of times this has happenend when there hasnt been a spoon full of water on the pike pitch is a joke

[see's it]

if a ref shows up and says the pitch is unplayable does he still get payed?

[Concept]

nearly sure he does

[Twinkle Toes]

if a ref shows up and says the pitch is unplayable does he still get payed?

I think its half the match fee.......

[see's it]

well there goes the blanket ban on games then

[widow]

any fixtures for this weekend?

[Goals4fun]

I think its half the match fee.......

they get full fee as far as i know

[Bonovox]

they get full fee as far as i know

They get half fee. There is an arrangement with the fixtures Secretary that if the home teams ring in between 12 and 2pm on a Saturday to declare their pitch unplayable the match will be called off. The away teams ring between 2pm and 4pm to find out if their game is on or not. A reasonable arrangement I would have though and those clubs with good drainage can continue to play without fear of a blanket ban. The problem is that some clubs don't bother their ar$e ringing in and therefore both clubs have to stay in Saturday nite, get up at the dawn on Sunday and pay a referee half a fee for turning up. Ludicrous. I'm no fan of LDMC but it's unfair to blame them for last weekends farce. Clubs need to take responsibility also.

[Mercurial Vapor]

They get half fee. There is an arrangement with the fixtures Secretary that if the home teams ring in between 12 and 2pm on a Saturday to declare their pitch unplayable the match will be called off. The away teams ring between 2pm and 4pm to find out if their game is on or not. A reasonable arrangement I would have though and those clubs with good drainage can continue to play without fear of a blanket ban. The problem is that some clubs don't bother their ar$e ringing in and therefore both clubs have to stay in Saturday nite, get up at the dawn on Sunday and pay a referee half a fee for turning up. Ludicrous. I'm no fan of LDMC but it's unfair to blame them for last weekends farce. Clubs need to take responsibility also.

I know 2 seperate clubs that rang the fixtures secretary on Saturday afternoon and declared their pitches unplayable. The reply they got was that he could not call off any games on a Saturday until January. When asked why this was the case he gave no answer. Both games on these pitches were subsequently called off on Sunday morning. A ludicrous situation if you ask me! Just goes to highlight the bureaucracy that exists within the LDMC.

[KevB76]

they get full fee as far as i know


Its half the match fee, plus full travel expenses !!!

[Super Rovers]

I know 2 seperate clubs that rang the fixtures secretary on Saturday afternoon and declared their pitches unplayable. The reply they got was that he could not call off any games on a Saturday until January. When asked why this was the case he gave no answer. Both games on these pitches were subsequently called off on Sunday morning. A ludicrous situation if you ask me! Just goes to highlight the bureaucracy that exists within the LDMC.

well i found out on saturday that our match was called off. dont know if any one from our club rang paddy cusack but our manager told us match was off

[summervilleman]

well i found out on saturday that our match was called off. dont know if any one from our club rang paddy cusack but our manager told us match was off

Everything by the book..Thats good ould wembley...Any fixtures yet/?

[Super Rovers]

Everything by the book..Thats good ould wembley...Any fixtures yet/?

what are you smoking?????? at least that way we had the chance to go out saturday nite for a few pints without even trying to get up in the morning. what would you prefer??????

munster junior this weekend anyway, and didnt hear of any premier fixtures.

[abbeyvale]

No Prem fixtures this weekend

[abbeyvale]

Graham Carey (Abbey - Star Rvs)
Paddy Ryder (Westport - Star Rvs)

[booster 03]

Graham Carey (Abbey - Star Rvs)
Paddy Ryder (Westport - Star Rvs)


graham's had more clubs than tiger woods!!!!!!:D:D:Dsound fella though, looks like star are getting stronger as the year goes on!

[abbeyvale]

graham's had more clubs than tiger woods!!!!!!:D:D:Dsound fella though, looks like star are getting stronger as the year goes on!


The squad is getting bigger anyway thats for sure.

We lost a **** load of players from the end of last season to the present day, so we can only get bigger in terms of numbers.

We easily lost the most amount of players of any of the Prem teams this season, so all signings are welcome.

[allab]

The squad is getting bigger anyway thats for sure.

We lost a **** load of players from the end of last season to the present day, so we can only get bigger in terms of numbers.

We easily lost the most amount of players of any of the Prem teams this season, so all signings are welcome.

any truth locky signed for kennedy park?

[abbeyvale]

any truth locky signed for kennedy park?

Couldnt tell you Allab, he hasnt signed for Star anyway, so not sure.

[bald eagle]

if a ref shows up and says the pitch is unplayable does he still get payed?

half the atch fee +travel expenses

[gaidin]

graham's had more clubs than tiger woods!!!!!!:D:D:Dsound fella though, looks like star are getting stronger as the year goes on!

But in fairness to him he has played with both these clubs before.

Will Graham be backup keeper like last time?

[themerryman]

half the atch fee +travel expenses

Whats half an atch fee ?????:p:p:p...

[Shocking]

any truth locky signed for kennedy park?

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He sure did and was sent off in his first game too!

He was playing very well and all til he lost the head!

[Gerry the ferry]

Graham Carey (Abbey - Star Rvs)
Paddy Ryder (Westport - Star Rvs)
Will these 2 players save ye from being relegated?

[abbeyvale]

Will Graham be backup keeper like last time?[/QUOTE]


Probably,