Cork AUL 2008/09

[olachico]

"
on another note, if patsy is starting and starring for glenthorn then i'm not sure if they'll be the threat they think this year, i've huge respect for the man and played against him a number of times but unless he's inherited a new pair of pins i'm not convinced he'll terrorise defenses for the whole season, good luck to him though- a great servant for cork football over the years and defenders look out, he knows how to use his body to protect himself and the ball, a good man to watch for any young fella trying to improve"

Just to clarify Patsy played as a sweeper on the day in a side that had five/six changes from the side that played against Villa United the previous game - as to whether he will be a permanent fixture in the side I cant tell as I dont know. Hopefully his experience will benefit the other players

[olachico]

Only 15 turned up to the training session I heard - did anyone else hear anything?

[berba]

just a newbie lads
ya i heard 16 turned up out of 30 suppose dats wat happens when u train on a fri!!
tink its prob the best AUL team picked in years deres a class 11 in dere somewhere!! from grattan,bally,kinsale,leeside and maybe blarney st dont see a chance for the rest!!
seen as im new ill give my predictions for season!
AUL- Leeside
AOH- Grattan
MOSSIE -Grattan
DONT WORRY BOUT THE NATIONAL COMPS LADS NOT A HOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[the 12 th man]

just a newbie lads
ya i heard 16 turned up out of 30 suppose dats wat happens when u train on a fri!!
tink its prob the best AUL team picked in years deres a class 11 in dere somewhere!! from grattan,bally,kinsale,leeside and maybe blarney st dont see a chance for the rest!!
seen as im new ill give my predictions for season!
AUL- Leeside
AOH- Grattan
MOSSIE -Grattan
DONT WORRY BOUT THE NATIONAL COMPS LADS NOT A HOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!


As it's your first post berba,both text speak & CAPS LOCK are not allowed on the site so if you could type out your words like the rest of us:)

[berba]

have i hit a nerve, well im a northsider with no real allegiance to any team.(well not really)
big fan of cork soccer , drink in the bar that the grattan and lesser lites villa lads call their local so i hear all haha.
sorry 12th man whos ur team?? not one of the big five then:D

[junglegym]

Coachford 0 - 0 Glenthorn. (abandoned after 20mins)
In what was looking to be a great game , an isolated incident for a Coachford corner set up the fireworks, A Player each from both sides got sent to the line and what followed was dissapointing, Apparently the ref said he was threatened twice and therefore blew for full time.
Again being the furthest away player on the field, I cant comment too much on what happened. Perhaps Olachico or one of yer gang might enlighten us. Will be interesting to hear ref's report.
Although sometimes im highly critical of the refs in our league,In my opinion this one is probably up there in the top 10 so I dont really know the outcome.

[olachico]

Just like the two mentioned managers above I cannot comment as I was not at this game so "I didnt see the incident" - working weekends at the moment so only talking time off for the B team games at the moment. All I heard is that the game was abandoned after 15 minutes and I only found this out after seeing the result wasnt on Billy Lyons website. So I'm sitting firmly on the fence on this one:D

[bellavistaman]

Disapointing to hear. Well we 5-2 yesterday. Flying thats 3 out 3 in the league now, kanturk 4 out 4 though

[olachico]

On a more positive not - Rylane 0-3 Glenthorn B. Bad pitch on an absolute slope - much like Pophams field!

[littleman]

Well lads I must apoligise for my absence but a few days away with the wife an kids turned out to last for the week so I hope ye understand.

I'll do a bit of backtrackin before we deal with the up to date stuff.My comments about my Aul team selection are my own thoughts based on what I have seen over the last 2 or 3 seasons in the Prem/Prem A .When Kinsale won the Prem 4 times in a row I would not have had a grumble if the then Aul manager just picked the entire Aul squad from Kinsale as they were with out doubt the best side in the Aul,with the best players,ability an attitude wise.I by the same token could have done the same with my Grattan side but ,an I would have had a point because the same logic could be applied to ourselves.I choose not to because I belive there are excellent players other than Gratts available to the manager .Players playing for form sides with players hittin form are the ones you want,winners who are used to winning,but he has not choosen them.His decision and as I have said only time will tell.

I watched the Villa /Leeside game on Saturday.The pitch was'nt in great nick true but if either side was to say it affected how the game was played they are lyin.Both sides were poor,Villa had all the physcial edge but Leeside had a bit of pace over them other than that nothin special.The ref was barracked by both sides to the point that I thoght he was goin to walk an both sides insistance in kickin lumps out of each other didnt help,the Aul should make a handy few bob from that game with the yellows that were banded out.Only sour thing for me was the continual diving by Mr Gettings an a absaloutely disgraceful peice of overactin by Mr Delea(whom I was very surprised to be pullin a stunt like he did) spoiled the game for me.Villa deserved a point in fairness because they never gave up but Leesdie have to be delighted to have got another 3 points on the board.

While I was watchin the Villa /Leeside game I got a call from a friend who was at the Coachford/Glenthorn game.His uptake was the Coachford player was sent off for strikin the Glenthorn player,fair enough gone.A Glenthorn player recived a second yellow for mouthin,fair enough again hes gone.Fairly straight forward until the Glenthorn player who was sent off continued his little rant to the point of tellin the ref he wasnt goin to do very nice things to him if he got the chance shall we say.Ref abandons the game,proper order.I have played this game for far too long for anyone to say threatening a ref was deserved.No matter how bad the decision was against them.Its one thing loosin the head an havin a rant or even retaliating after a tackle,quite another threatening him.

I just got the fixtures for nest week an Glenthorn will be our next game,interestin.We should have a full crew as we had expected to play Carrigaline Msl in the Fai but they now play Castleview in the Mjc.How bad I'm lookin forward to seeing the return posts with regards to my comments an I'll keep my ear to the groung with regards any developments.

Bella,Kanturk 2 Grattan B 2.
Thats Kanturks first points droped an the Killer B's have 3 wins an a drwa in there last 4 games so div 3 A loks like bein a lively affair.

Tizz /Bog any game.
Well done agin to the Rise,great turnaround.

[Shilts]

A little drama in Pfizer Park yesterday when the ref wouldn't play the game because the pitch wasn't lined. In my opinion Crofton should have been thrown out there and then but out of the goodness of their hearts ;) Kinsale offered to play it in Kinsale. All charity ended there and after a trek down to Kinsale and a late start, Kinsale wrapped the game up early. 4nil half time. 5-1 full time. The game was close to being abandoned near the end due to fog. This would have capped an eventful morning :D

Not having the pitch lined for an FAI Junior Cup game is unacceptable. So much for the superior MSL organisation.

The week before, also in Pfizer Park, Ballyphehane Celtic had no change kit and lined out in blue and white hoops, blue shorts and socks versus Kinsale's all blue. Worse than a GAA match it was.

Good job that neither game was close or controversial.

Am I being picky? I don't think so. We all need to be a little bit more proffessional than this bull****!!!

[Innishvilla]

A little drama in Pfizer Park yesterday when the ref wouldn't play the game because the pitch wasn't lined. In my opinion Crofton should have been thrown out there and then but out of the goodness of their hearts ;) Kinsale offered to play it in Kinsale. All charity ended there and after a trek down to Kinsale and a late start, Kinsale wrapped the game up early. 4nil half time. 5-1 full time. The game was close to being abandoned near the end due to fog. This would have capped an eventful morning :D

Not having the pitch lined for an FAI Junior Cup game is unacceptable. So much for the superior MSL organisation.

The week before, also in Pfizer Park, Ballyphehane Celtic had no change kit and lined out in blue and white hoops, blue shorts and socks versus Kinsale's all blue. Worse than a GAA match it was.

Good job that neither game was close or controversial.

Am I being picky? I don't think so. We all need to be a little bit more proffessional than this bull****!!!

Hhmmmm

If the reverse happened there would be screaming from the MSL at the disgraceful state of the AUL...
Fair play to Kinsale for offering to play the game at home but it really should have been a straight walkover, in my humble opinion. If a pitch isn't lined/............./missing goalposts etc... well I would say that is the same as failing to field a team ==> walkover....

The "away" jerseys has hit a few times, but no excuse from Bally, I would expect they should know Kinsale's colours at this stage...
Happened us against away to UCC a few years ago we were orange with black hoop they were their usual red with black hoop. I'll be honest the colours didn't really clash except in the ref's mind, but then they had the cheek of asking us to turn our jersey's inside out, we "politely" pointed out that it is the home team's job to have a change kit...

[bellavistaman]

.I have played this game for far too long for anyone to say threatening a ref was deserved.

agreed

As for the killer b's good point form kanturk, look forward to plannin kanturk and grattan

[olachico]

I think (littleman may be able to back me up here) that at an AUL meeting before it was mentioned that a club played a game without nets- I'll leave myself open to
correction but I dont think it says nets are required as part of the laws of the game! So the next time a ref is complaining about Nets just take them down. Its worth a read of the Laws of the Game to be honest and can be found as a link on www.isrscork.com (http://www.isrscork.com) . Lines and corner flags are necessary though! But not nets - RIDICULOUS

This came directly from the Referees website from the Laws of the Game as approved by FIFA:

A goal must be placed on the centre of each goal line.A goal consists of two upright posts equidistant from the corner flagposts and joined at the top by a horizontal crossbar. The goalposts[and crossbar must be made of wood, metal or other approved material. They may be square, rectangular, round or elliptical in shapeand must not be dangerous to players The distance between the posts is 7.32 m (8 yds) and the distance from the lower edge of the crossbar to the ground is 2.44 m (8 ft).
Both goalposts and the crossbar have the same width and depth,
which do not exceed 12 cm (5 ins). The goal lines must be of the same width as the goalposts and the crossbar. Nets may be attached to the goals and the ground behind the goal, provided that they are properly
supported and do not interfere with the goalkeeper.
The goalposts and crossbars must be white.

[Innishvilla]

I think (littleman may be able to back me up here) that at an AUL meeting before it was mentioned that a club played a game without nets- I'll leave myself open to
correction but I dont think it says nets are required as part of the laws of the game! So the next time a ref is complaining about Nets just take them down. Its worth a read of the Laws of the Game to be honest and can be found as a link on www.isrscork.com (http://www.isrscork.com) . Lines and corner flags are necessary though! But not nets - RIDICULOUS

This came directly from the Referees website from the Laws of the Game as approved by FIFA:

A goal must be placed on the centre of each goal line.A goal consists of two upright posts equidistant from the corner flagposts and joined at the top by a horizontal crossbar. The goalposts[and crossbar must be made of wood, metal or other approved material. They may be square, rectangular, round or elliptical in shapeand must not be dangerous to players The distance between the posts is 7.32 m (8 yds) and the distance from the lower edge of the crossbar to the ground is 2.44 m (8 ft).
Both goalposts and the crossbar have the same width and depth,
which do not exceed 12 cm (5 ins). The goal lines must be of the same width as the goalposts and the crossbar. Nets may be attached to the goals and the ground behind the goal, provided that they are properly
supported and do not interfere with the goalkeeper.
The goalposts and crossbars must be white.

Good to know... I'll edit my earlier post...

[Innishvilla]

On another note. The new Innishvilla pitches enjoyed their 1st ever competitive game the weekend before last...

The Schoolgirls U12 team had the honour of the 1st game (they won too!!!)

Pitches look excellent but the experts had the club put tonnes of sand out and then get it spiked so it is still not fully up and running, but from what I've heard it is better to take this year slow to get the best in long term quality of the pitches...

[le tizz]

no giant killings to date in the FAI- tie of the round prob coachford v glenthorn, what are the chances of a red card in that kick fest :D

tizz out

my prediction came true but in the league game preceeding the fai cup tie - its one thing sitting on the fence if you werent there but i think you could prob give a fair assessment without offending anyone jungle, if you were even at the game theres a fair chance you would have seen something that made the ref do what he done, and fair play to him, i think we should all be behind the days of threats and intimidation, it does still go on but surely grown men can act a bit better

i've been on the bad end of plenty of ref decisions (i think we can all say this with ease) but theres no circumstances where violence to anyone on or off the pitch should be tolerated, lets all be men but try to play within the rules and not behave like schoolyard bullies !

a decent result for us keeps us in the fai, home game vs coachford this w/e is a big 3 league points for both teams, fingers crossed we perform, if we do then i'd be confident we've too much for coachford on our day, new pitch is mint ! roll on the rains :eek:

[littleman]

sometimes we can be too nice lads,both incidients with Kinsale are just teams tryin it on,simple as that,Bally are well aware of Kinsales colours a from what I hear on the day they were struglin for numbers so i'm not surprised that happened,they have a red an black set an thats a fact becuse casment celtic b team wore it against our b side in a 2a league game last season
??????????????with regards to the pitch not bein lined in pfizers,the only way that would happen is if they werent aware the game was due to be played there in the fist place,very dubious.

it will be interestin to see wht happens with egards to the cochford/glenthorn game which was abandonded,and indeed the Fai game to come,some one please correct me but the last time a game was abandonded because a player made a threat towards a ref in a prem game was Kinsale(no offence) against Villa a few years back an im fairly sure the lad was band for over 12 months.

On the league fron Kinsale an Wilton seem to be gettin up a nice head of steam an dependin on how the Aul deal with Glenthorn they may be u therecome the restart after xmas,an us we will deal with saturday first,then talk more

[olachico]

While i totally agree with it being out of order to threaten a ref I do recall in my schoolboy/youth days seeing a manager being threatened by a ref after the game. He took off his top and said he was no longer a referee - bad idea with a bus load of rowdy 16/17 year olds waiting on the bus - said ref is still going as far as i know!!

[rebelrover]

Only sour thing for me was the continual diving by Mr Gettings an a absaloutely disgraceful peice of overactin by Mr Delea(whom I was very surprised to be pullin a stunt like he did) spoiled the game for me.

Come on Littleman, the above match report contains a number of inaccuracies. I was there too, and I would agree with you that we were lucky to pick up the 3 points because Villa had a couple of shots near the end which they could have scored from.

I won't stand for you badmouthing two of our better players though. We've heard you make numerous references to team kicking Grattan and the same happened to leeside in this game. Ricky is an intelligent player and he, like any other player, is going to hurdle a challenge rather than hurt himself instead. That's simply what he wasdoing in respone to some dangerous tackling. The majority of strikers in this league dive every once in a while but Ricky is no worse than any other. Why you felt the need to wag the finger at him, I honestly dont know.

As for the Dulea incident, here's what actually happened. Dulea got a smack, which I could hear over on the other side of the field. The Villa line went beserk because they thought Dulea was trying to get their player sent off. He wasnt, the smack he got was totally accidental as it turned out but he was hurt all the same. Again, we see incidents like this every week in this league, because the Cork Aul is a physical league. Just because Dulea might not be as good at going to ground as other players when he is hurt - does that mean it was a disgraceful piece of overreacting?! Absolutely not. And I wont put up with you writing such rubbish.

Thank god your not managing the aul team, otherwise it would be a grattan XI. with a bit of luck varian would make your bench!

[junglegym]

A big three points tommorrow up for grabs at fort hill, Pacman previously said we would be fighting relegation and without a doubt not picking up anything at Fort Hill tommorow would suggest that. 7pts out of 18 is just not good enough. I, myself have not had the privelege of playing at Kinsale with a couple of years but indeed im looking forward to meeting old friends in their new surroundings. So good luck to all on the day.
I would like to wish the aul team all the best. And lets face it lads even if Trappatoni was picking it we'd find fault with it so lets lay it to rest and move on. I myself think with some of the better players of our league being picked up by the senior league sides every year. No matter who we send to play I think they'll come up just short of that Oscar.:(

[the 12 th man]

spot on rebelrover . . Littleman ur a bit pro grattan and anti every1else in the league....but littleman i do believe ur right on the fact that the aul(all stars) side have far too many blarneystreet players!

Text speak is not allowed on the site.

[olachico]

:DGrattan 3 - 5 Glenthorn

Wasnt at this game but I'd be very interested to hear Littlemans take on this? Surely now all the Grattan players on the AUL panel should be removed and replaced by Glenthorn players :p

[Yoda01]

:DGrattan 3 - 5 Glenthorn

Wasnt at this game but I'd be very interested to hear Littlemans take on this? Surely now all the Grattan players on the AUL panel should be removed and replaced by Glenthorn players :p

i was at this today, my first time seeing both teams play and i knew from the off it was going to be a high scoring game. defending was **** poor from both teams who thought the ball was a hot spud and were booting it around at 90 miles an hour, not a great advert for football but a high scoring game so can't be too critical.

[bellavistaman]

Our junior team won again, 2-1 against boscos, and seniors lost to blackstone rovers

[junglegym]

No excuses here, Beaten by the better side on the day.
New pitch was in fantastic condition. ;)

[bogwarrior]

Cheers jungle. Happy with yesterdays performance..well second half anyway. First half was sloppy but we still went in two up. Second half i thought we played some fantastic football and were unlucky to add only one. Vital to get more points on the board with Glenthorn and Wilton rampant!!

Two fantastic victories there lads..any info?

[olachico]

Correction - Grattan 2 - 5 Glenthorn . I believe Glenthorn played nearly 50 minutes with 10 men. A harsh sending off also i was told (Grattan players not afraid to do a bit of diving either according to the reports i got !!!)

[pacman]

Saw this game on Sat. It was quite an even game in the first half which finished 0-0. However in the second half Wilton took their 3 chances whereas Villa missed chance after chance.

The second goal was the killer from Villas point of view, they were well in the game and a bad mistake allowed Wilton in. Wilton grabbed a third as Villa pushed on. I've seen a few of the northside teams this year Villa, Blarney Street, Grattan and Glenthorn and there is actually not that much between them. I've seen Blareny Street and Villa the most and they just do not seem to be getting any luck. Glenthorn who thrashed Grattan on Saturday were lucky to beat Villa up in Dublin Hill needing two soft penalties.
I watched the game with a lad from Blareny Street and he is convinced that the fairfield is cursed and neither team can catch a break up there.
As for Glenthorn, their undoing could be their dicipline and in-fighting, I said earlier this year in a post they are capable of beating anyone, but just as likely to lose to anyone.

[pacman]

We've heard you make numerous references to team kicking Grattan and the same happened to leeside in this game.
I was at this game, there was no way Leeside got a "kicking". It was tough, fair game with few incidents. Leeside had a few bookings themselves for some late tackles.


Ricky is an intelligent player and he, like any other player, is going to hurdle a challenge rather than hurt himself instead. That's simply what he wasdoing in respone to some dangerous tackling.
Again this is not true. There wasn't a single dangerouse tackle put in on Ricky. Now I also don't agree with littleman that he was diving throughout the game. For me he clearly dived once in the first half in the penalty box to try and unfairly win a penalty. This was a dive and I think probably annoyed littleman.



The majority of strikers in this league dive every once in a while but Ricky is no worse than any other. .
Wait until ye play Glenthorn, you'll see some diving then


As for the Dulea incident, here's what actually happened. Dulea got a smack, which I could hear over on the other side of the field. The Villa line went beserk because they thought Dulea was trying to get their player sent off. He wasnt, the smack he got was totally accidental as it turned out but he was hurt all the same.

This is fair I think

[littleman]

Look lads,a few things need to be straightened out here assome of ye forget this is a forum for opinions not for only syain things ye like hearin.

If ye are only goin to post every now an then at least have the cop on to read over the last few pages to find out how the chat is goin.Yes I am pro Grattan but in no way have I said I'd have um all on the Aul side,there are excellent players outside Grattan an I have readily pointed that out.

With regards to Rebel,I too watched the whole game,an in the first half I will remind you that Mr Layne approached Mr Gettings on the second occasion he went down(the peno claim)an told him he would get nottin for the rest of the day if he continued to go down so easily.The incident with Delea happened a yard from the side line,I was no more than3 or 4 yards away from it an it was over actin,plain an simple.The game on the day was if anythin a physcial affair with neither side askin for or givin an inch,there was just no place for it.

As for us on Saturday,where do I start.Half the lads go to Portugal for the week an come back Friday after bein on the batter an went into this game the wrong way.We had a strong 11 on paper startin but you cant expect to win any sort of a game if you miss the chances we missed an defended as a team the way we did.Our back line can only do so much if the rest of the team all decide they want to be strikers for the day.Attitude,wins games an ours was crap.I know t'is only one game but its the way we lost got me the most.The sendin off was harsh,defendin on the day wasnt very high up in the order of things,loads of goals an chances so it was good to watch(just not for me)I would have no problem in sayin Glenthorn deserved the 3 points because they wanted them more.An excellent 3 points for them.

To end I would have to say lookin at what Glenthorn had out against us on Saturday there are a couple of players they have I would have on my team if I was pickin the Aul team,an I for one will be lettin the Aul manager know as well:D.I was always told if you ask a question you should be prepared for the answer,wether you like it or not.It seems anythin said against club or player draws a rant of some sort from some corners.When we are bad,I'm the first to point it out an when we are good,well a pat on the back is always welcome.If I am guilty of wearin the ol rose tinted spectecles so be it an I respect the point,but what excuse have some of ye,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Parkboy]

Hi lads sorry havent been on in a while.
Well what can i say bout the season so far.Rock bottom of 1A for the B's and mid table for the A's.
Went down 3-1 again at the weekend to Ballyvolane.What i cant understand in this day and age why teams cant get proper pitches.In our last 3 away games in Rylane,Boh's and Ballyvolane we've bein playin on Mountains.I mean before each game we spoke about whether to play "Up the hill in the first half or play up the hill in the second half".Why cant teams just get pitches that are somewhat even.
Seems like all the action is happening in the city games.

[olachico]

Hi Parkboy - have to agree with you regarding the pitches in 1A - half of them are very good - the other half are absolutely terrible - Rylanes pitch actually shocked me when we played on it

[Yoda01]

As for us on Saturday,where do I start.Half the lads go to Portugal for the week an come back Friday after bein on the batter an went into this game the wrong way.We had a strong 11 on paper startin but you cant expect to win any sort of a game if you miss the chances we missed an defended as a team the way we did.Our back line can only do so much if the rest of the team all decide they want to be strikers for the day.Attitude,wins games an ours was crap.I know t'is only one game but its the way we lost got me the most.The sendin off was harsh,defendin on the day wasnt very high up in the order of things,loads of goals an chances so it was good to watch(just not for me)I would have no problem in sayin Glenthorn deserved the 3 points because they wanted them more.An excellent 3 points for them.

To end I would have to say lookin at what Glenthorn had out against us on Saturday there are a couple of players they have I would have on my team if I was pickin the Aul team,an I for one will be lettin the Aul manager know as well:D.I was always told if you ask a question you should be prepared for the answer,wether you like it or not.It seems anythin said against club or player draws a rant of some sort from some corners.When we are bad,I'm the first to point it out an when we are good,well a pat on the back is always welcome.If I am guilty of wearin the ol rose tinted spectecles so be it an I respect the point,but what excuse have some of ye,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

hi littleman, i was wondering alright what was up on saturday as ye were all over the place for the first 20-25 mins, i suppose an early season jolly to portugal isn't going to keep lads focused for a game when they return, especially when the tempo was 100mph, good 3 points for glenthorn though.

[littleman]

To be very honest Yoda we have had a poor pre season an start by our own standards.Our pre season was marred with players leavin left right an center an we were actually at a stage where we we goin to cut the B team an merge them with what was left of the A team,things were that bad.Losin the manager was another massive blow bein perfectly honest an havin Harry away in the US leaves us without the best player we have an I dont care what any one thinks of what I just wrote,he is..We have managed to resign every body except Jp an BB so on paper we have an extremely strong squad,it just seems somethin is'nt right though.We created umpteen chances against Glenthorn but players who are usually ruthless had an off day an it cost us.Shinky Brian an Peelo are an excellent back 3 but with Brian away an Shinky just back after a week long **** up the writin was on the wall before we even started.I give Wilton an Glenthorn all the credit they deserve for rackin up the points but if we can just straightin ourselves out durin the cup games over the next month or so we will be back on track.No panic stations for the Gratts just some fine tunin an a good heart to heart an we'll be sorted.

Was at the game in the Cross last night.More good than bad to be honest an theres the makins of a very good side if they can get the right mix an shape.Peelo an Shinky caught the eye in th first half at the back,Bevan was solid to in the 2nd half.Center of midfield needs work,lots of runnin an tackelin but knowone holdin.Up front,this for me is where the only problem is,Varian played wide on the left an it didnt suit him or the front 2,he neither created or passed the ball .I rate him highter than anyone in the Aul outside of the Gratts but hes a striker an a damn good one an thats where he should play.When he got the ball in front of there goal an ran at them he looked the part,out wide he struggled at times against an under 17.Against a youths side they struggled at times to put away very good chances.Lots of good attackin players but no fox in the box amoung them if you follow me.JP is not just a big loss to Grattan,hes a massive loss to the Aul team.If the management can get someone to put them away in the 6 yard box they should be sorted other wise we may have to rely on set peices for goals. But for the most part I'm lookin forward to seen them play,best of luck to um.

[le tizz]

the thorn did themselves a huge favour over the w/e and now everyone is taking notice, 4 wins from 4 is a very impressive start, if they can keep away from the self destruct then they've a great chance, was there any niggle in the game lads ?? the past few games for glenthorn seem to have seen plenty of sturdy challenges and an odd red card, wonder will the 4-yellow card equals a ban take any affect this year and has it improved things on & off the pitch i wonder, i think the refs seem to be slower to hand out yellows from the few games i've seen

we were good for 60 minutes at the w/e, pitch was in good nick but a severe gale made most of the 1st half pretty scrappy, coachford defended well and seemed comfortable but went in 2 goals down due to good work on the left by winger varian, 1st won us a pen- converted by derek mc and the other ended with a great terrence eade header

2nd half was much more controlled by the seasiders, we were rarely threatened and played some lovely 1st time football as boggy already said, made watching from the line a bit more entertaining, varian added the third after rounding the keeper following a breakaway (he could give you a 10 yard head start and it'd still be a breakaway)

missed a few more chances to stretch it out but 3-0 is more than enuf to keep us happy

fai jnr cup for us this w/e, home to everton utd so we wont be entertaining any mistakes, especially after the disappointment in the munster

wilton with a big win, villa seem to be very hot n cold, hot with effort & cold with results, the one point they got out of their 7 matches was a draw against us :( still a long way to go for everyone

christmas drawing closer, oscar lookin like gettin a few games in, cup maddness but no sign of mossie, wonder will he feature at all ??
for now, we're working away at things at the seaside, still lots to be done but could be worse i spose with the jizz w/e on the horizon
any decent bands playing in the sportsmans ?? :eek:

[streetscene]

anyone know when oscar traynor team play

[streetscene]

hows it going .just found this lads but have to say i have enjoyed reading yer thoughts on the footy.look forward to sharing my views with ye till end of season.
firstly my club is blarney street and i have to say i was bit suprised by some of the comments posted previously about my team. particularly by littleman admitedly our results have been poor but what i will say is in all our four league games to date we have never been out of our depth. the performances are there and i have been involved in football too long to know its only matter of time before the results follow. after all we beat the seasiders in their own(and very impressive) back yard in the cup.how many teams will do that this year. what i found strange was the comments regarding our four players on the oscar traynor panel. now before i go on i will agree that its all about opinion and none of us will ever agree with the selection but littlemans comments about how he would only have winners on the team puzzled me. for the record these guys have won a first and second division and got promotion from prem a in last 3 years.lot more games won than lost there id say.it seems that unless you win a premier league now your not a winner. short memory littleman as i seem to recall the gratts yo-yoing up and down the leagues few short years back.what really made me laugh though,and im sure some of you will get a giggle out of this is of all the four players from the street on it the only one you felt good enough was peelo.for those who dont know peelo he is x gratten.i rest my case.
anyway for what its worth i reckon kinsale for the league with glenthorn or wilton pushing hard and anyone from the rest to go down.best of luck to minty and lads.sprigfield in mjc this weekend.gave us very good game in fai and expect the same again but hopefully we will have enough

[pacman]

I've seen a few Blarney Street games this year and like Villa their results have not really matched their performances. On their day they could beat any team in this league, like they proved in the cup game against Kinsale, I reckon once they get their first win, a few more could follow.

[le tizz]

..... i have to say i was bit suprised by some of the comments posted previously about my team. particularly by littleman ...... short memory littleman as i seem to recall the gratts yo-yoing up and down the leagues few short years back......

welcome on board streets, plenty of opinions and we seem to be getting a fair spread of teams on here this year, the more the merrier, i missed the game ye played down in the fort but our management couldnt fault the effort put in on our side cept for the result, fair play for gettin out with the win and besta luck with the rest of the cups & we'll see ye again in the league

littleman is our most liberating voice on here, we all get on well for the most part and if you dont take offence at whats bein bandied about then it should make for some interesting reading over the season

results will speak louder than words and the grats have proved worthy champions for the past 2 seasons. we should be in a position to give the title a decent shot this year, the past 2 years have been unrewarding in the league and very disappointing to bow out as we did in the run ins, that said, we look stronger than ever this year and will be doing our best to take OUR :D cup back to the seaside, but then again, everyone else wants it too so we'll see whats what come the end of may ! be great to have a tight race to the end this year and it looks to be the most competitive across the whole league for years

tizz out

[littleman]

firstly streetscene welcome on board.sometimes people can read an only take in what they want too or what they take exception to.with reference to my comments about the blarney street players an having a winning attitude you have to take into context what i was aiming at.the oscar traynor this year for the aul will be run over one weekend,goes well we are through,if not we re out.for me then the form sies,glenthorn,wilton an kinsale even leeside should be the basis of the panel because at the minute there the best sides basically becuse they are winning,with all due respect to the blarney street players bar peelo there are better players in the league.peelo may be an ex gratt but when i was asked about what players i thought were cpeable of doin a job the aul from blarney st he was the only one i genuinly thought was better than anything else in the league in his position,an i still think that.its not a slur on blrney st,far from it havin players selected is an honour .i have said from day one to many people that i felt the street were a very good football side but i thought they my struggle physcially up front,again not a slur just my opinion.notice i havnt been sayin that i'd have everyone from the gratts on the aul panel,why because at the minute we not playin as we should an the oscar games are basicily cup games,one off's an form is the key,as i have said.

by the way they play the first wekent of november

[Streetwise]

as i have been reading on the forums for the last week or two the oscar traynor team seems to be a major issue mintys job is to pick his best squad and if he leaves players out of some squads so what, a subject i would like to know more about is if we as clubs are been punished for players been booked financialy should nt the team with the least amount of bookings or sending offs be rewared in some way i have seen a few games so far this season and a lot of the games have been very close
have been very impressed with wilton and kinsale

[littleman]

The current Oscar mangement wether liked or not are the ones who are in charge of who gets picked.No matter who is in charge some will be unhappy thats just the way it is.I for one think they have at least used there heads an spoke to various people with regards to finding players outside the prem/prem A top sides.That has to be a good thing.Past managers have just picked the majority of players from the prem league top 3 sides an went with that.I can remember being on a Oscar Traynor side when I was a 1st division player an the other 17 were from just 4 clubsRockville,Greenmount,Coachford an Passage an even in trainin they had there little groups so the team ethic wasnt there.The current group that have been choosen an wether I approve of them or not,they are what we have to go with so we might as well get behind them.




With regards to your very good point Streetwise I was only talking to a member of the disicplinary commitee last week an he told me that they hope to use the monies collected from clubs with regards to the yellow cards in a positive way.He said they hoped to reward the clubs with the best records with some form of for want of a better word present,ie a matchball or training equipment ect ect.So for me that would be a great incentive for clubs to continue there efforts.Theres no chance of us gettin something from them though because our yellow card count aint great as it is:D

[streetscene]

point taken littleman but having been involved with these players for last few years just couldnt let the reference to only picking winners slide. we will agree to disagree.think its good that ye are getting few players back cause they should never have left anyway.great point from streetwise about the cards system and rewards.who do the gratts play this weekend. with reference to le tizz,thanks for your good wishes for rest of season.we did ride our luck a bit down in the fort but for once this year we got a bit lucky.but was really impressed with new pitch and this is something we should all strive for.playing on pitches like that against quality opposition is why we wanted to get up premier so much.from what i have seen there is very little between all the teams up there.should be a really interesting campaign. am i correct in thinking pacman is neutral.always think its good to get someones views who have no allegiance.any predictions on upsets in the cup this weekend.now that cashmans are taking bets on individual games.how long can this last

[bellavistaman]

Ye're dead the weekend streetscene.:D

[Streetwise]

any news on when mossie linane starting up

[littleman]

I wasnt inferring that the Blarney St players dont have a winning attitude its just luck is not on your side right now an we all should agree to want the best for the Aul team an form players from the teams hittin form are our best chance for the 2 games over the weekend,simple as that.

We are due to play Buttervant away on Saturday in the Mjc with the winners having home advantage against none other than the current Mjc champs Leeside in the next round.A big enough carrot for anyone I should say.I havnt been following their fortunes much over the last few years but they(Buttervant) have one of the best pitchs in Cork so it will be up to us to do the job.A funny thing for me at the minute with regards to us is that we are creating chances at will just bein very stop start with regards to takin them.A bit of fine tunin from the management should sort it an this weekend sees us with a full squad for the first time all season .

With regards to the Mossie let it with me an I should have some news today,all it takes is a phone call lads to the right person an info flows freely.

To finish with regards to the current league tables well done to whats on top as they currently deserve it.From here till xmas will for me denote who will be in the best position to challenge.The teams who last the longest in the Mjc an Fai will be the fav's an Tizz will back me up on that because they will be the ones with all the games in hand when the silly season starts March/April playin against sides who will be waitin around for weeks on end to play there last fixtures.Ta ta for now

[berba]

The first AUL game is down for november 2nd against Kerry in either Casement or Turners Cross
Second game versus Limerick District League in Jackman Park (fine pitch) bad memories for the grats up there:(
i fancy the lads to come through
Grattan v Leesde in MJC, HOLDERS to go out

[streetscene]

Ye're dead the weekend streetscene.:D
wlll well bella quitely confident i see..and why not.gave us a fair old run for our money last time.will be hoping for a better performance from our guys this week especially in front of goal.altough you could also say that after last time so it could make for a lot of goals.bring it on....

[bellavistaman]

wlll well bella quitely confident i see..and why not.gave us a fair old run for our money last time.will be hoping for a better performance from our guys this week especially in front of goal.altough you could also say that after last time so it could make for a lot of goals.bring it on....

ya i reckon it will be alot more comfortable for ye this time. Did ye move from monard??