Cork AUL 2012/13

Great idea in theory Oldlegs and with a bit of tweaking could even work. But in all honesty do people still think this would stop players blaming the official after a result goes against them. Not at all. As soon as one of them young linesmen make a tough decision you would have fellas coming on here saying he don't know what he is doing or he is out of his depth or what ever. The fact is it ill always happen. The losing team will always blame the officials one way or another. Just alone by reading this forum in the weekend gone several clubs have blamed the ref for results going against them either directly or indirectly. Surely some one on here benefitted from a referees decision but you don't see them coming on here and giving him credit. I think it's about time players and managers had a look at themselves first because they are the one who miss the chances or give away goals. Not the ref. best of luck to Pearse in the draw. Fingers crossed for home draw

Thanks Hubba there goes my dream of being on aul commitee :( . Triggs thanks be nice to have linesman . Just a question on aul funds what are they used for ??? And without dragging up old news what was the aul doing with that amount of cash ??? Was there a plan or what was the thinking behind it . Be nice if aul gave something back to clubs ie in grants or even low interest loans .

Best of luck too Pearse...loadsa of ex team mates out there and too notch manager.

Happy with that draw tricksey?

Away draw to Carew best of luck lads

Lads I hope ye all travel with us were representing cork aswell up there might aswell forget were all against eachother for the day

My idea would be to improve referreeing standards by cutting out repeat errors for a start. Twice we had a grade one official this season who made an error twice. He compounded the error twice when he had ways not to. If that came up at a refs meeting a month or six weeks later and they discussed how to handle it next time, that official would learn. We won one of those games by the way!

We had one of the top officials on the local game make a horrendous error a few years back that did change momentum in a game. He is still a top official in my opinion. However, for example, there is another Grade 1 official who I have seen three times this year and he gets five or six decisions right out of ten. He should not be Grade 1. Grade 1 needs to be getting 8 or 9 right.

Someone mentioned managers and players need to be better. What is being missed is that we pay to play - they get paid. Just looking for value for money.

The AUL would take any good footballing man on board. They are overworked amateurs.

Anyone who was at the meeting when the missing money story broke saw the AUL chairman in pieces. If he knew about the money and was acting, then he should get an Oscar!!

Best of luck Tricks!

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Originally Posted by Hubba Bubba

I will support ye tricksey if ye get to the final that fair enough;)lol hopefully ye get more additions to yere team by then because from what i hear yere squad is getting thinner not tricksey now;)lolhow many of ye are in charge of the tricksey account

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Thanks hubba
There's less of us then ye lol

Hold a place on the bus for me Tricksay . I'll bring the hulu hoops a

Can someone post up the Munster junior draw please

For Aidan sitting all alone in a dublin hotel . I know your over the moon about getting into the Aoh semi's but really drinking on your own in Dublin !!!!!!!! Best of luck in yere City challange game !!!!!!

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Originally Posted by tricksey

Thanks hubba
There's less of us then ye lol

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welldone tricks great draw bud the very best of luck to you kid .

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Originally Posted by Horse24

Lads, we can moan and groan about refs but it is the same moans from a decade ago and will be the same in a decades time unless we do something. Looking at the eight Prem and Prem A fixtures for next week, I don't know one guy, only had another guy once so won't comment. Leaves six, 3 are ok. They make mistakes but overall get most things right. The key is that you can talk to them and they will explain decisions. We mightn't like it but at least there is respect. Two of the others make the same mistakes again and again. The key is that they mightn't even know that they do cos who tells them? The last guy is rising through the ranks, but I know teams don't rate him.

People need to realise that we are not looking to hang anyone- just looking for value for our money. The opinions of the teams are not taken into account.

I plan to suggest a form of refs report from teams , set mail address or standard form for example. We send in our opinions and they are reviewed once a month by league and representative from refs association together. After a while, a pattern will emerge of teams who report only when they lose and other redundant opinions, but also other patterns will emerge. The league can see what refs/teams don't get on and it might help them avoid confrontation. Common errors by the same ref can help the refs society advise the ref. win for everyone.

Ask your clubs what they think before AGM and let me know in pm if you want.

Saw a teenager ref a game yesterday. Got 90% of his decisions right. Looks a prospect.

Did I hear Robbie Walsh and his manager had a dressing room confrontation after the Street game?

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Thats a great idea about a form of refs report cant see the leagues and referees going for it but putting a proposal to the AGM's is worth a shot be interesting to see what they would say might make them take the games a bit more seriously.

Thanks for the support lads hopefully we go up to Carew and do aul proud

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Originally Posted by robot

Killumney v douglas for me

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Bit unfair to Ballinhassig and Lakewood after all they did get to Semis and as you said it is hard to get there, it's all very well to say it looks that way on paper
but as all clubs and teams know, anything can happen in a cup match, so no one should get cocky

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Originally Posted by The Boar

Bit unfair to Ballinhassig and Lakewood after all they did get to Semis and as you said it is hard to get there, it's all very well to say it looks that way on paper
but as all clubs and teams know, anything can happen in a cup match, so no one should get cocky

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relax bud that just his opinion hes puting no one down unlike me i hope kilumney destroy them lol .

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Originally Posted by littleman

2 leg semis in the Aoh,,,,,,,,,, complete an utter joke an mockery of the most highly regarded competition in not just Cork, but those that hold an Aoh as there highest acolade,an i have no doubt some will say sure tis only a Cork thing,,,,,,, havin a Aoh medal used to mean a lot cause it was a nightmare to reach a final,now we have 2 bites at the cherry,,,,,,,,, just my opinion,an i know its been this way 4 or 5 seasons




On the refs thing ,,,,,,,,,,.
was at a game once where a player lambasted a ref,,,,, the ref returned fire an asked. " do i tell you how bad you were".,,,,,,,,im the first to say its a poor standard,,,,,,, but how would ye feel if refs had a thread about the worst clubs to ref in cork,,,,,,an score them on a match card,,,...

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Having an AOH cup medal does mean a lot to everyone who has one and anyone that doesn't have one would I'm sure would like to have one, the semis used to always be played in Turners cross as well and were a very big occassion, but by making them two leg they deprived teams of playing in turners cross yet again, but we have come to expect these types of decisions from the AUL.

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Originally Posted by The Boar

Bit unfair to Ballinhassig and Lakewood after all they did get to Semis and as you said it is hard to get there, it's all very well to say it looks that way on paper
but as all clubs and teams know, anything can happen in a cup match, so no one should get cocky

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agree with ya too a point anything can happen in a cup match. but there two legged semis now the weaker teams wont get away with it twice. quality will prevail. cannot for the life of me understand why there 2 legged. imagine the fa changinng the fa cup to 2 legged semis thered be a mutiny.

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Originally Posted by six-yard-box

agree with ya too a point anything can happen in a cup match. but there two legged semis now the weaker teams wont get away with it twice. quality will prevail. cannot for the life of me understand why there 2 legged. imagine the fa changinng the fa cup to 2 legged semis thered be a mutiny.

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semi shouldnt be at turners cross though .

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Originally Posted by Liamsean

good idea old legs but it would be the clubs that would have to pay , all da Aul are interested in is topping up the money that was stolen by there great friend

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Shouldn't be passing comments about people like that on here.