Blood is thicker then water!
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Originally Posted by JohnD
BTW Nice work in antagonising the home support and team for the second half by some very questionable (being diplomatic here) chanting by some of the Lims support.Was not needed at a game at this level.:(
John
And ill be ultra diplomatic in my responce. First up i dont think any chant by us limerick fans was in any way an attemt to antagonise the Kerry support or the people of kerry it was in RESPONCE to the kerry teams tactics after they scored a questionable goal (from a kerry point in never crossed the line) The kerry players threw punches and kicks at the limerick players on the way back to the half way line. This was not the first time in the game* as i think you'll agree, but the chant that we gave back was directed twords their actions. After the game limerick fans (5 adults 4 kids) waited to applaud their team off and in a gesture of sporting goodwill we applauded the Kerry team too. Most of the Kerry team thanked us but two went out of their way (both booked for decent on the field earlier) and barated us with some foul abuse. The left back went on about us "growing up and to act like adults as he gestured to us with his finger while funniest of all was the keeper Hennessy (ex cobh and Waterford) who told us to go f*@k ourselves and asked who we had played for? :rolleyes: Dave Conway (Kerry ex Limerick) came over and appoligized and told us they were just down after the game which we could totally understand. But we made the point of this to the Kerry Manager who took it in good form and that was that...or so we thought! Leaving Tralee later who got out of a car next to us but Hennessy. He was alongside me so i said hows it going, best of luck! He came over and wait for this..."just shows how sad ye f*@ks are! comming all the way down to support a f*@king under 21 team ha ha!
Now John im all for games like this cos honestly the passion shown by both sides was commendable and i think BOTH sets of fans responded to the intensity of the game and tensions rose on BOTH sides of the fanszone. The Kerry support didnt chant anything in our direction at all of course ;) And if ;) they did it was directed very much at Limerick supporters! Did you hear it?
* But lets look at the reason for the tension rising amoung the supporters. In the first 20/25 mins it was obvious that Shane Guiren was a target for the center half (no 6) who Punched, elbowed and headbutted him from behind while he also hacked down Chris Jones. Frees were given but no cards which the limerick supporters found incredable. Other hackings were noticable by the ref as he continued to give frees but no cards. His first card was for decent to Hennessy in the Kerry goal. He booked another Kerry player later in the half for an elbow.
Second half and obviously someone had a chat with him cos he started to book players at will. Kupec for (time wasting) he was handing the ball to his full back! Ger Bourke for ??? who knows, Gary Prout for ??? cos the linesman called that one! and i think Dannagher for a hack! The point is the limerick players were being booked. The Kerry players were only being booked as an afterthought (i gotta even up things etc)
In the first 20 mins or so Kerry could or should i say should have recieved three straight reds and several yellows.
With the ref (Kerry) being so lenient with the home team, optimisim by the home team and support rose as did the frustration amoung the Limerick support that he wasnt doing his job. Id agree with you about the pitch, the worst ive ever seen. But my abiding memory is of a neck-less center half running down a hill lunging with both feet up at Jones/Boyle/Kupec/Corbett/Burke and hammering them individually into the stand. Frees...but No bookings!
But the game is over now and lets put it behind us. Conway and Sugrue would be valuable additions to our squad/team. Trip to kerry is cool only 1 hour 10
