Limerick Premier Division 2007/08

[abbeyvale]

Thurs Aug 23

Balla 2 v 1 Pike
Boro 1 v 0 Carew
Wembley 3 v 1 Summerville
Regional 4 v 1 Granville
Fairview 3 v 3 Star
Corbally 1 v 2 Aisling

[widow]

was at the balla v pike game last night. great result for balla gets us back on track now. great to see rob earls back! Have to comment on the ref last night, I know its a thankless job and all that and there wasn't a player on the pitch that didn't make a mistake but the ref had a bad game last night. he gave countless bad decisions alot of them just didn't make sense at all. Fair play to him for taking up refereeing but he should never have gotten balla v pike game he simply wasn't strong enough for it it was a farce at some stages. He gave pike a penalty for absolutely nothing. I'm a balla man and I've no problem in saying that young brock should have been sent off for kicking out at the pike right back at one stage. balla for the league!

[whitestripe]

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[Super Rovers]

lads just want to say it was a great game last nite between wembley and summerville.

played at a very high tempo with alot of commitment shown from both sides for every ball.

also want to wish ian maher a speedy recovery, just heard it was his medial ligaments he tore.

[silvercircle]

was at the balla v pike game last night. great result for balla gets us back on track now. great to see rob earls back! Have to comment on the ref last night, I know its a thankless job and all that and there wasn't a player on the pitch that didn't make a mistake but the ref had a bad game last night. he gave countless bad decisions alot of them just didn't make sense at all. Fair play to him for taking up refereeing but he should never have gotten balla v pike game he simply wasn't strong enough for it it was a farce at some stages. He gave pike a penalty for absolutely nothing. I'm a balla man and I've no problem in saying that young brock should have been sent off for kicking out at the pike right back at one stage. balla for the league!

Widow 100% correct...Robbie Broe was the ref..sound bloke..he was a schoolboy ref last season...I think he will make a good ref, but giving him Balla v Pike in bateman (without a white line to be seen)was more than he could cope with.

[whitestripe]

Robbie Broe referred two of our games last year and I found him to be an excellent ref. Its just another case for having linesman at games to give the refs a hand. Is it a case of bodies or clubs not willing to pay the extra?

[gaidin]

Widow 100% correct...Robbie Broe was the ref..sound bloke..he was a schoolboy ref last season...I think he will make a good ref, but giving him Balla v Pike in bateman (without a white line to be seen)was more than he could cope with.

He reffed a few 1A games last year as well. He was actually one of the better refs in 1A last year.

Maybe not experienced enough for a big premier match yet.

[gaidin]

Robbie Broe referred two of our games last year and I found him to be an excellent ref. Its just another case for having linesman at games to give the refs a hand. Is it a case of bodies or clubs not willing to pay the extra?

More than likely a lack of refs in town. Which looks like the shortage might get worse in the next few years.

[whitestripe]

[QUOTE=Green_Hoop;753700]Balla 2 -Pike 1

wouldn't call balla's "Pitch" a pitch either,

I am sure the Balla players don't enjoy playing there either!

[Happy Zapper]

Why is it called bateman Park when its only a field.

[Nesta]

Just heard that Star drew 3-3 away to the View tonight with goals from Derek Hannon (2) and one from Leonard O'Grady...

Star also had keeper Ger Collopy sent off (dont know what for or at what stage of the game) so not a bad result considering.

Sent off with about 2 mins remaining. There was a bit of handbags between a few players near the end and he decided to run 25 yards and do a star jump onto the group of players that were facing up to each other. Bad result for the view considering they were 2-0 up after 30 mins playing very good football and well in control....then 2 plss poor/soft goals conceded before the break.

[thomas72]

boro 1 carew 0

green hoop if you taught the ref in bateman was poor you want to see the guy that ref... this game iv never seen him before if i had to guess i say he was about 25yrs old. boro scored around the 80min mark and even the boro players were laughing at the goal they scored first of all johnny corrbett was tackled from behind then the ball was crossed in to the back post were the boro player was a country mile offside. the ref seemed to have lost it mid-way throu the first half when some bad tackles starting flying around from both teams.

carew only have themselves to blame they had more then enough chances to beat the boro first half was 50/50 even the boro fans would admit carew owen the second half and missed some clear cut chances. but its all about putting the ball in the net and boro did that


whats the update on shane o hanlon heard he had a massive fight with the chairman and walked away before the match

[alwaysblue]

corbally 1 aisling 2

shouldnt have lost this game. missed a peno and about 7 clear cut chances

[leather]

whats the update on shane o hanlon heard he had a massive fight with the chairman and walked away before the match[/QUOTE]

incorrect once again.
what about gordons challenge on willie hayes or mitchells carry on through out the game....every time barry conway got the balls he was fouled. agree match was beyond the young ref but at least he tried to do his best under some terrible intimidation. albert might as well have put the refs jersey on ... thought that barry ryan was oustanding. Young tully played well passed it well good to see a young player doing well.

[thomas72]

whats the update on shane o hanlon heard he had a massive fight with the chairman and walked away before the match

incorrect once again.
what about gordons challenge on willie hayes or mitchells carry on through out the game....every time barry conway got the balls he was fouled. agree match was beyond the young ref but at least he tried to do his best under some terrible intimidation. albert might as well have put the refs jersey on ... thought that barry ryan was oustanding. Young tully played well passed it well good to see a young player doing well.[/QUOTE]



leather half the carew team withnessed the chairman and shane going at it and then he stormed off out of the ground he came back after the match. gordon and willie hayes was a 50/50 ball willie came out the worse if it was such a bad tackle why was there not a pen given and no boro players protesting. mitchells carry on i really dont understand that statement he gave away a couple of fouls who doesnt. what about alan carroll challenge on alan boyce he nearly broke his ankle. as for the intimidation alot of that came from the boro management screaming at the ref to give out yellow cards for every single tackle i think ye were calling for a yellow for an offside decision at one stage.

[KevB76]

Widow 100% correct...Robbie Broe was the ref..sound bloke..he was a schoolboy ref last season...I think he will make a good ref, but giving him Balla v Pike in bateman (without a white line to be seen)was more than he could cope with.

He reffed in 1A last season and I thought he was one of the better ref's.

[sanity]

corbally 1 aisling 2

shouldnt have lost this game. missed a peno and about 7 clear cut chances

i agree with you on that but A/A also had plenty of chances.corbally did not make their chances count in the first half and were punished in the 2nd half where i think A/A created more.
once corbally get a win under their belts they will have no trouble

[whitestripe]

One penalty miss
One clean through
One ball off the line

AA had more chances even though we were under pressure for most of the game, still I think Corbally should do very well once as sanity says they get the first win.

[Roadend]

Corbally are still missing a few influential players, so they will be stronger when they come back.

[Green_Hoop]

Pike's penalty last night wasn't a penalty at all,theres no doubt in that,but from another 3-4 penalty calls that were strong claims we got nothing,some wild decisions called last night alright,I've seen robbie ref 2-3 of summervilles games last year and ref'd them well,but throwing him into a match such as Balla-Pike so early was a bad mistake.I think the best result last night would have been a 2-2 draw,neither team in my opinion warranted a win.Pike in bad need of enright at the back to shore things up.Tom Daly played well last night,definately wasn't a night for the passer in Pike's midfield,missing that bite.

[Unreal Madrid]

lads just want to say it was a great game last nite between wembley and summerville.

played at a very high tempo with alot of commitment shown from both sides for every ball.

also want to wish ian maher a speedy recovery, just heard it was his medial ligaments he tore.

Game was over once Wembley went 3 0 up. They impressed me last night, very good going forward and scored 2 fantastic goals. Summerville were very slow at the back, they will be in trouble against any small quick forward. They used the long throw a lot, when that didn't work they used the long throw again. They really did not have much else. Most efforts on goal came from Shine at center half..... from long throws :o

The tackle that left Ian Maher in trouble was more mistimed than over the top. The same cant be said for the Summerville centre forward. It was a 3 0 down and pi**ed off tackle, over the top and should have been a straight red. Yet, Tony Magher gave him a yellow. (your allowed 2 with Tony). Its tackles like this that lead to games getting out of hand (and if this was close it would have). Whatever about offsides etc, this is where refs need to be strong. Apart from that, he actually had a good game.

[themerryman]

summerville centre forward is known for it he done the same against us last year out in mungret, and went on to score and get them a point.When if he
had been sent off we would have got the 3 points

[summervilleman]

U are talking about 2 different people there merryman!!!

[Nesta]

Todays scores anyone??

[jumping jac]

Todays scores anyone??
Carew Park won 5 nil they beat Star, Pike beat the View 5 nil, Boro won as well as did Balla not sure of the correct scores in those games Regional also won.

[halo16]

Carew Park won 5 nil they beat Star, Pike beat the View 5 nil, Boro won as well as did Balla not sure of the correct scores in those games Regional also won.

boro won 4-0,balla won 3-0 and regional won 2-0.brock 2 and earls scored for balla,alan carroll,danny hanley and willie hayes for boro and danny galvin and frank browne scored for regional

[MitreSize5]

Pike beat the view 5-1 and that tells you all you need to know about a very one sided match. Fairview had a very young and inexperienced team out and no doubt the experience will stand to them in the long run .... there was a time I thought we'd never put five past the view but that just goes to show the way things can turn, it wasn't that long ago we lost 7-1 to them.

scorers - enright,sniffer, stewart,morris,long

[thomas72]

carew park 5 star rovers 0


it may sound strange but this wasn,t our best performance so far this season out of the 3 we played this was our worst. carew were one up at half time the standard of refs in this town is very poor at the moment i think they have gotten worse this season. yesterday we had a ref that clearly had no idea of the offside rule was calling offside when players were YARDS onside.

but over all another 3 points on the board to safety it finished 5 in fairness it should of been 10 im sure morton would agree with that even with the ref blowing up with 15/ 20mins to go the star bench asked for that which is fair enough

[whitestripe]

Aisling 2 Wembley 1

We give the refs enough stick so I think its only fair to comments on what I thought was an excellent performance by the ref yesterday. Not sure of his name (Polish?)but he said it was his first premier game.

[Super Rovers]

Aisling 2 Wembley 1

We give the refs enough stick so I think its only fair to comments on what I thought was an excellent performance by the ref yesterday. Not sure of his name (Polish?)but he said it was his first premier game.

jesus are u mad. i thought he was shocking and for both teams.

[whitestripe]

There were a few strange free kicks given alright but I reckon he got 95% of the off sides correct?

[Super Rovers]

There were a few strange free kicks given alright but I reckon he got 95% of the off sides correct?

well i agree he wasn't the worse ref in town, but nothing special either.
i suppose if you compare his performance to other refs around he is probably one of the better ones but that said his performance wasn't the greatest.

anyway enough about the refs as it is a thankless job. i think a draw would have been a fair result, seeing as we did pick up our performance in the second half.

although he could have had the match all over at half time

[BigBird]

Another trashing for Summerville yesterday! Any truth in Darren O'Sullivan going to fairview, apparently he's not on speaking terms with the summerville management and hasn't started all season.:mad:

[superhero]

has anyone else heard that the LDMC has fixed games for Saturday evening next?
Fixing games the day before the all ireland final is a bit much especially as many players will be travelling to Dublin on the Saturday, I was wondering why they fixed the midweek games this week to Wednesday, now I know
Wouldn't Friday night suit better???

[superhero]

Another trashing for Summerville yesterday! Any truth in Darren O'Sullivan going to fairview, apparently he's not on speaking terms with the summerville management and hasn't started all season.:mad:

you got a bit of a trashing yourself yesterday Brian, 5-0!

[MitreSize5]

has anyone else heard that the LDMC has fixed games for Saturday evening next?
Fixing games the day before the all ireland final is a bit much especially as many players will be travelling to Dublin on the Saturday, I was wondering why they fixed the midweek games this week to Wednesday, now I know
Wouldn't Friday night suit better???

have to disagree with you there super hero - its a big game alright and a good occasion but its a different sport. I think switching the matches to Saturday (if true) is more than enough, you cant afford to lose a weekend as between weather and unplayable pitches during the year May usually ends up being a very busy time with clubs having to 4 or 5 matches in a fortnight which is crazy. .... anyway can you imagine the GAA rescheduling matches for any other codes benefit

[superhero]

I agree with you that I don't think the GAA would change their fixtures to benefit other codes but perhaps in this instance the LDMC could be the one to break the mould of the old stereotype, GAA v Soccer
It's our home county playing, is local soccer cancelled in Kilkenny this weekend or moved around to accommodate the hurling??? I would guess that it is

[thomas72]

lads does anyone know what the story is with corbally i really fancied them to have a cracking season they still could but they are after having a very poor start to the season any reasons behind it. missing players etc etc ???

is pa mul still the manager out there??

[superhero]

Was at the Regional v Corbally game at least for an hour or so, Regional were the better team, Corbally seem to be lacking a threat up front also not great at the back.
Maybe it was how they approached that particular game but besides the odd corner in the first half or long throw they created nothing from play.

[whitestripe]

we played Corbally last thursday evening and they were very lively upfront?

[leather]

Why not have fixtures on friday night??? would suit a lot of people..

[Happy Zapper]

well i agree he wasn't the worse ref in town, but nothing special either.
i suppose if you compare his performance to other refs around he is probably one of the better ones but that said his performance wasn't the greatest.

anyway enough about the refs as it is a thankless job. i think a draw would have been a fair result, seeing as we did pick up our performance in the second half.

although he could have had the match all over at half time

aisling missed a few chances in the first half, the free kick deserved to go in but it was a good game to watch. Both teams try to play a good style of football

[new blood]

was just wondering if anyone could tell me how on thursday nite it was a bad result and bad performance from pike (from what i heard) yet yesterday they put on a super performance and played really good football what changed with them in 3 days ????????

[MitreSize5]

was just wondering if anyone could tell me how on thursday nite it was a bad result and bad performance from pike (from what i heard) yet yesterday they put on a super performance and played really good football what changed with them in 3 days ????????

nobody said it was a bad perfomance on thursday night, we could easily have won the game.

colm enright and paddy mitchell were back yesterday as well - oh and we weren't playing on a vegatable patch

[silvercircle]

was just wondering if anyone could tell me how on thursday nite it was a bad result and bad performance from pike (from what i heard) yet yesterday they put on a super performance and played really good football what changed with them in 3 days ????????

Enright Mitchell and Sniffer were all back....pitch was in super condidtion..I know I am biased but Pike looked impressive yesterday.

[the only 1]

carew park 5 star rovers 0


it may sound strange but this wasn,t our best performance so far this season out of the 3 we played this was our worst. carew were one up at half time the standard of refs in this town is very poor at the moment i think they have gotten worse this season. yesterday we had a ref that clearly had no idea of the offside rule was calling offside when players were YARDS onside.

but over all another 3 points on the board to safety it finished 5 in fairness it should of been 10 im sure morton would agree with that even with the ref blowing up with 15/ 20mins to go the star bench asked for that which is fair enough

thats carew safe this year:)

[the dazzler]

how did nicky carroll get on after getting sent off after his headbutt?

[abbeyvale]

carew park 5 star rovers 0


it may sound strange but this wasn,t our best performance so far this season out of the 3 we played this was our worst. carew were one up at half time the standard of refs in this town is very poor at the moment i think they have gotten worse this season. yesterday we had a ref that clearly had no idea of the offside rule was calling offside when players were YARDS onside.

but over all another 3 points on the board to safety it finished 5 in fairness it should of been 10 im sure morton would agree with that even with the ref blowing up with 15/ 20mins to go the star bench asked for that which is fair enough



Yeah it could have been a lot more than 5, Star did miss a peno and only had 5 "A" players playing, and were missing around 10 players,

[the 12 th man]

Keep it civil guys or keep it to yourself.

I'm sick of seing ****'s on this thread.

[the dazzler]

i think star will go down this year they are worse than last year they havent one decent defender