Limerick Division 2A 2008/09

[mundener]

all the teams mentioned have good players its just about which ones stay in on sat night. watch out for hyde i think they will start taking points off teams soon theyve been unlucky so far losing by d odd goal in nearly every game


i agree, but hospital and summerville will be v hard to beat...... as for balla they play to their strengths, work hard, men behind ball and use the big guy frank upfront..... who is a great forward. too mutch long ball. keep him quite and then u should do well.

[mogus]

i think athlunkard play hospital on sunday that'll be a close game but athlunkard should shade it. if they can all get out of bed i think sundays can get the better of them

[mundener]

i think athlunkard play hospital on sunday that'll be a close game but athlunkard should shade it. if they can all get out of bed i think sundays can get the better of them

I heard that abbey are getting some players in..... bad start for them.

i know a couple of the athlunkard players as well and they were saying that they had 4 guys on holiday in the opening game against balla c .... and it was all of their forwards!!

[mogus]

athlunkard players are as bad as d kennedy park lads making excuses when they lose. but hopefully the 2a teams will do well in the fai next week or whenever it starts

[mundener]

wouldnt know pal. but the manager of that b team needs to be shot every time i watch a match down there hes always roaring and shouting and moaning at the ref. whats that all about. watched there b team play hollycross and there should have been 5/6 sending offs. the left back the tall ginger guy headbutted somone in the penalty area and the ref says nothing.
does he play for the a's ???? hes a nut case. didnt see him last thursday ??

[Easy Easy]

Fully agree with the moaning Kennedy park players on the pitch that has to stop,
And if saying missing regular players like Ross Flanagan,Frank Cronin,Clyde Gafney,Davie Nash is an excuse then im guilty!

[mogus]

if all 4 of those play week in week out which 4 would u drop. its hard to keep everyone happy and other teams have players on holiday and working late aswell its not just k park. athlunkard were missing matt costelloe mike curran and conor o dwyer there 3 best players last night

[Easy Easy]

if all 4 of those play week in week out which 4 would u drop. its hard to keep everyone happy and other teams have players on holiday and working late aswell its not just k park. athlunkard were missing matt costelloe mike curran and conor o dwyer there 3 best players last night
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Not saying its Just K park missing players midweek games are a balls for everyone,
We have a strong squad of 20 and in every game this season(all on a thursday and last sunday we had a stag)we have had a bare 11,this sunday we should have our strongest team(if game is on) with only davie nash missing ,so there can be no "EXCUSES"!!!

[lankyboy26]

i was down in kennedy park thur evening and saw a very good game between kennedy park and athlunkard, excellent standard for 2A. k park dominated the first 20 mins but when athlunkard scored they seemed to drop their heads and the second goal from athlunkard sealed it. i think 2A will be very close this season, saw balla twice and i think they were very lucky to win 2 games vs hyde and athlunkard. hospital are good, along with summerville

[lankyboy26]

Predictions for round 5 sep 7th:

castle rovers 1 st. pats 2
hyde rangers 2 abbey rovers 0
summerville 1 aisling annacotty 1
balla 2 kennedy park 2
pallasgreen 3 kilfinane 1
athlunkard 2 hospital 1

[mogus]

athlunkard 2 hospital 3 and abbey 2 hyde 5 havent heard any more

[Easy Easy]

Balla 2 Kennedy park 2(good predition above)

Went 2 down this morning after missing another host of chances,Finally got it right in the second half and missed great chances to win it,got to be happy though hopefully our luck has changed!!

Any other results lads??

[lankyboy26]

saw hospital beat athlunkard this morning. very impressive, good comeback after being 2-1 down, play lovely football. i reckon they'll be the team to beat this season if they can get more away wins like this because they are always strong at home. athlunkard were unlucky not to get at least a draw, were missing a few players i heard

[oscar]

Balla 2 Kennedy park 2(good predition above)

Went 2 down this morning after missing another host of chances,Finally got it right in the second half and missed great chances to win it,got to be happy though hopefully our luck has changed!!

Any other results lads??

yer becoming the draw specialists

[Easy Easy]

tell me bout it,its like we have to give teams the lead and then snap out of it

[lankyboy26]

better to be drawin games then losing them though, especially if ye keep fallin behind in games, the victories will come!

[20legend]

well lad's do any of ye fancy yer chance's in the fai against the so called bigger clubs this weekend??? :eek:

[svillerovers]

well lad's do any of ye fancy yer chance's in the fai against the so called bigger clubs this weekend??? :eek:


Well our A team are away to glenview so we have got to fancy ourselves against them but in the cup you just never know!!

[Easy Easy]

Yea looking forward to our game with Aisling,they seem to be a pretty average team so we will see how it goes!

[Bruffer]

I see Pallas are down to play Mungret on sunday in Mungret .What type of side do Pallas have this year.Anyone with any predictions on how this game will go?

[Easy Easy]

Will be very tight,
Pallas have the same good phyiscal team as last year,will make it very tough for Mungret,
Top Teams Like Balla,Pike,View,Regional are the teams to avoid !!!!
The bottom half Premier and 1A,1b,2a teams have very little between them IMO!

[abbeyvale]

Will be very tight,
Pallas have the same good phyiscal team as last year,will make it very tough for Mungret,
Top Teams Like Balla,Pike,View,Regional are the teams to avoid !!!!
The bottom half Premier and 1A,1b,2a teams have very little between them IMO!

Wouldn't go that far, to say that the bottom teams in the Prem (ie; Wembley, Carew etc) have very little between them any of the teams in 2A

[20legend]

i'd have to agree with easy easy that if you were to take the top 4 or 5 team's out of the prem that there would'nt be alot between them & the team's in 1a,1b,2a.Saying that easy easy & his team mates would want to tighten up there back four b4 there game on sunday morning.they would'nt want to be given away any more stupid goal's.

[footyisclass]

i'd have to agree with easy easy that if you were to take the top 4 or 5 team's out of the prem that there would'nt be alot between them & the team's in 1a,1b,2a.Saying that easy easy & his team mates would want to tighten up there back four b4 there game on sunday morning.they would'nt want to be given away any more stupid goal's.

would not agree with this lads, but thats only my opinion. I agree that the top 4/5 teams in the premier are way ahead of the rest of the teams but from mid table down in the premier and possibly 3/4 teams in 1a they are all close. Then you have possibly the rest in 1a/1b/2a who have some very good players indeed but have not got enough in other positions to last the pace and might get some good results here and there but over the course of a season are too inconsistent to challenge, especially away from home. But in the fai/munster junior and when a lower division team is playing a team a division or two higher in a once off game anything can happen......and that is the beauty of the cup:)

[abbeyvale]

would not agree with this lads, but thats only my opinion. I agree that the top 4/5 teams in the premier are way ahead of the rest of the teams but from mid table down in the premier and possibly 3/4 teams in 1a they are all close. Then you have possibly the rest in 1a/1b/2a who have some very good players indeed but have not got enough in other positions to last the pace and might get some good results here and there but over the course of a season are too inconsistent to challenge, especially away from home. But in the fai/munster junior and when a lower division team is playing a team a division or two higher in a once off game anything can happen......and that is the beauty of the cup:)

Spot on

[razork8]

your only as good as ur last game so lets talk monday and how many 1a 1b and 2a teams are left even poloni in 2b had limerick manager watchin some of there players and i saw them pre season very good team dependin on who is at work on sunday

[oscar]

Will be very tight,
Pallas have the same good phyiscal team as last year,will make it very tough for Mungret,
Top Teams Like Balla,Pike,View,Regional are the teams to avoid !!!!
The bottom half Premier and 1A,1b,2a teams have very little between them IMO!

wouldn't agree with you there,some 2A teams are scandalous,1A and 1B are tough leagues,as for bottom half of premier,tougher again

[Easy Easy]

wouldn't agree with you there,some 2A teams are scandalous,1A and 1B are tough leagues,as for bottom half of premier,tougher again
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There are also some really terrible teams in 1A, 1B and the teams that came up to Premier look to be the worst in years,

We will just have to see how the games go the weekend,i bet there wont be much if anything between Pallas and Mungret

[svillerovers]

Will be very tight,
Pallas have the same good phyiscal team as last year,will make it very tough for Mungret,
Top Teams Like Balla,Pike,View,Regional are the teams to avoid !!!!
The bottom half Premier and 1A,1b,2a teams have very little between them IMO!


Personally myself i would have to agree with easy easy..Was playing premier last year and playing 1a this year and 2a and to be honest there ain't much of a difference..I think that our team in 2a could do well against teams higher up the divisions but as said above we will have to see how teams do in munster junior and fai,

Pallas as said above are a very strong physical team and i would say they will be a hard team to beat especially at home..with mungret playing at home i'd say they will just pip them?!

[Bruffer]

As mentioned anything can happen in a cup match on a particuar day.Managers in the higher league's always have to gaurd against complacency .Lads will always chance a few pints saturday night if they think the team the they are playing the next day are from a lower league.Thats where the lower league teams have the advantage as long as they are not on the lash themselves .Apart from Southend Utd about 15 years ago getting to final of munster junior very few lower league teams make it to the final rounds of either the munster or fai I suppose getting a chance to beat the higher league teams is motivation enough to turn up.

[lankyboy26]

i would definitely agree with easy easy. 2A, 1B, 1A and the bottom premier teams are quite close. there are definitely players playing in 2A that could easily play premier. i think a lot of lads like their clubs and just want to enjoy their soccer. saw hospital play athlunkard on sunday. hospital were excellent. wouldn't be surprised if they went on a good cup run. some lovely players. if you combined all the teams in 1B and 2A into one division the teams that are in 2A would do very well

[svillerovers]

As mentioned anything can happen in a cup match on a particuar day.Managers in the higher league's always have to gaurd against complacency .Lads will always chance a few pints saturday night if they think the team the they are playing the next day are from a lower league.Thats where the lower league teams have the advantage as long as they are not on the lash themselves .Apart from Southend Utd about 15 years ago getting to final of munster junior very few lower league teams make it to the final rounds of either the munster or fai I suppose getting a chance to beat the higher league teams is motivation enough to turn up.

Yes i would agree with the above..Also the higher up teams have it all to lose as well and players can sometimes be nervous of that...Where as the lower teams have nothing to lose and can just go for it...The beauty of the cup!!

[lankyboy26]

so who from 2A has the best chance of going on a good run in the fai? any dark horses?

[svillerovers]

so who from 2A has the best chance of going on a good run in the fai? any dark horses?


well we as in summerville b aren't in it as our A team are in it..But i think we might do ok in the munster junior...fingers crossed

[Easy Easy]

Pallas and St Pats have a big chance of causing an upset this weekend!

[lankyboy26]

are pallas good?

[abbeyvale]

are pallas good?

They're handy enough, and have a small fella up front who is very lively

[lankyboy26]

some very good strikers in this division actually. that small red haired guy from aisling is very good, derek i think is his name. athlunkard have 2 good strikers and balla have a very good striker

[20legend]

i tink that's what could help team's from the lower division's when they play a club from the premier league in a cup, especially if they have more than one team ,they get cocky & think they have nothing else to do but turn up on match day & stick afew goal's past there opponent's.that's how upset's happen.so best of luck to all the team's in 2A who r playing in the fai this wkend.

[CCCeltic]

I can't see anyone from 2A doing anything in the FAI. They are in 2A for a reason. Mungret to win 4-1.

[svillerovers]

I can't see anyone from 2A doing anything in the FAI. They are in 2A for a reason. Mungret to win 4-1.

thats a bit harsh but we wil have to wait and see...Now i really hope the teams in 2a do well..Pretty sure pallas and st pats will put up a good fight as well as hospital and kilfinane!

[tommy k]

i think its obvious after just 4 matches that athlunkard are a certainty for promotion.......

[Easy Easy]

i think its obvious after just 4 matches that athlunkard are a certainty for promotion.......
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Dont fancy them,they beat us 2 weeks ago and they were the weakest team we played this season,
They have tall guys at the back afraid to head the ball and wont last to long when they have to go out and play the country boys!

[svillerovers]

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Dont fancy them,they beat us 2 weeks ago and they were the weakest team we played this season,
They have tall guys at the back afraid to head the ball and wont last to long when they have to go out and play the country boys!

will you stop tommyk ..The league is only 4 games in and you are saying athlunkard are promoted already..At least wait until xmas and see how they are going...In saying that not many games will be played between here in xmas..Especially in the league!!

My top 2 will have to be Hospital and Kilfinane! :D

[Easy Easy]

will you stop tommyk ..The league is only 4 games in and you are saying athlunkard are promoted already..At least wait until xmas and see how they are going...In saying that not many games will be played between here in xmas..Especially in the league!!

My top 2 will have to be Hospital and Kilfinane! :D

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Havint played Hospital so cant comment,Kilfinane are very strong on there tiny cabbage patch pitch but wont do much away from home,

St pats were very strong when we played them how the hell did they lose 4 of 5?

Pallas Balla so far for me but it is very very early!

[lankyboy26]

easy easy are you serious about athlunkard being the weakest team? but ye lost 3-1 at home to them so what does that make ye? and by the way their centre half wasn't afraid to head the ball for the second goal against ye, despite 4 of yere players marking him!!! ye were 3-0 down and it could've been a lot more. and by the way in kennedy park's club notes in wednesday's leader ye said that ye lost to a "good athlunkard side"!!! so make up your mind!!! of the teams i've seen hospital were the best

[Easy Easy]

easy easy are you serious about athlunkard being the weakest team? but ye lost 3-1 at home to them so what does that make ye? and by the way their centre half wasn't afraid to head the ball for the second goal against ye, despite 4 of yere players marking him!!! ye were 3-0 down and it could've been a lot more. and by the way in kennedy park's club notes in wednesday's leader ye said that ye lost to a "good athlunkard side"!!! so make up your mind!!! of the teams i've seen hospital were the best
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We had bags and bags of chances against Atlunkard and it was just one of those games that you lose and wonder how the hell did that happin!
Aisling , Balla, and Kilfinane are a lot stronger and id worry a lot more about them,Villa will fall away IMO,
4 PLAYERS HA HA it was a free header,he would of ducked if challenged like the rest of the game!

[lankyboy26]

man i don't know what game you were watchin!!! were you playin? ye had good possession in the 1st 20 minutes without really creating anything. then ye went 3-0 down and athlunkard took the foot of the pedal. the ref even gave ye a free one on one with their keeper despite him being about 5 yards offside!!! yere 2 strikers didn't do anything in the whole game coz they were marked out of it. the 2 centre midfielders ye had were good. and giving the tallest player on the pitch a free header in the box won't get ye promoted!!!

[mogus]

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We had bags and bags of chances against Atlunkard and it was just one of those games that you lose and wonder how the hell did that happin!
Aisling , Balla, and Kilfinane are a lot stronger and id worry a lot more about them,Villa will fall away IMO,
4 PLAYERS HA HA it was a free header,he would of ducked if challenged like the rest of the game!
your all talk ye think all yer players are class and ye only finished 4th in 2b ye shouldnt even be in this division as for athlunkard being the weakest team the score doesn't lie and all i can remember of yere chances was one clear cut besides yer goal. they beat ye once and they'll beat ye again and they'll finish above ye. plus the only team to beat ye is athlunkard.. i bet your comment on monday will say ye were missing 2 to 3 squad players and ye missed a load of chances the same as every other game. if you spend more time away from the PC you might get fitter and help your team a bit more

[Easy Easy]

then ye went 3-0 down and athlunkard took the foot of the pedal.

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Pure comedy,we dominated the whole first half they got out the half once with the goal from the right winger,he was the only threat and with our full back line back he wont be much of one when we play them again!
I think they scored from every shot they got and we missed at least 7 great chances!
It was just one of those games you get once a year that everything goes wrong but im not to worried about it as we made a lot of changes that day and it went a bit wrong,we have learned from that!