26 at the Cork AUL training last night out in CSN - so nowhere near the 51 that were listed as to be expected
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26 at the Cork AUL training last night out in CSN - so nowhere near the 51 that were listed as to be expected
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Originally Posted by olachico
Was that due to the squad being cut or did people just not turn up????
Mario,
Id say some genuine excuses..............and some ungrateful &^%$_^%$)
Some things never change i suppose Horse do they, Looking forward to our game on Sat should be a cracker, although our game last Sat in the Fairfield was spoiled really by the wind.. Hope it doesnt do the same this weekend..
Bohemians 1 - 0 Blackstone
Absolutely brilliant 3 points today from a very tough game agaist our northside rivals 3 wins from 3 and puts us top of the league.
Balckstone or Horse!!! will probably think they deserved a point but the old saying if you dont take your chances...........
On the game 1st half was a tight one but Blackstone should have gone 1 up but the no. 7 Banger (i think) hit it wide from our on rushing keeper......
2nd half we started like a train and should have scored only to be denied by the woodwork twice but did score after 65 mins when our right back Willy O Shea went on a great run and let fly from 20 yards to put us 1 up thought the keeper could have done a bit better but nonetheless we had the lead
Last 15 mins we seemed to sit on the lead and Blackstone came at us and could equalized from a great chance from Fordy but again put it wide.Last couple of mins Blackstone put the pressure on but we held on well enough to claim all the points.
Blackstone i think will still be there or thereabouts at the end of the season and will take a lot of points of teams.........
I dont disagree with any of that Scaffa - I was in goal as our keeper was injured - my view was obstructed for the goal but I still should have done betterQuote:
Originally Posted by scaffa7
get ye're keeper out to the AUL trials - he is quality
fair play to Cork aul manager Niall o Reagan with us knocking him for looking after to many teams, he is offering his time to give Aul teams a hand with training programmes if needed!!
have a look at the aul site
well done niall
F.A.I Junior cup
Village 1 Kanturk 1 aet village won 6-5 on penaltys
We took the lead on 86th minute from john dennehy!They scored on 90minute from the best goal ive ever seen!
A volley from 30 yards straight in the top corner!Sick way to lose on penos again!
Good win scaffa,i said back in august after playing ye,that it would be hard to get points up there!!
On the game i thought it was very even and both had chances ye with 2 misses one in each half and us hitting the cross bar twice, maybe at the end of the day neither team would have complained with a point each but to win this league getting 3 points like that is what will make or break your season..
Ye are a good team and certainly will be there or there abouts come the buisness end of the season im sure of that, as always another tight game against yerselves where we were only seperated by a single goal..
Regarding our keeper (David Cronin) yes your right he is a class act and we've been saying that all last season we are prob bit biased but he is definately top 2 or 3 in the AUL if not the best, our right back is worthy of a shot at AUL trial (willy o shea) centre mid (Niall Collins) Trevor hallissey, Christy Driscoll all prob will get a trial in the coming weeks, Although seen as it was down to the club to e-mail the manager (NOT THE BEST SYSTEM IN MY OPINION) i suppose its the clubs fault none have been out there so far.......
Mario, what other system would you use for AUL selection? Who knows players better than their own managers?
Scarf my Rose-tinted BRFC glasses are alive and well. Good honest opinions from both Bohs guys. As the week went on, we were a bit wary as we lost a few players to work and injury. As happy with our performance as you can be when losing. Disappinted in the performance of the man in the middle. Didn't think it was a free in the build up to the goal - not taking anything away from the great strike. Mr Hallisey I think (11) was lucky to see out the game. Not for any malice but didn't apply same rules that he did to us. Good side Bohs. Wanted to watch keeper and full backs following your build up. Think left full went off but other two stood out. Good tough fair game. Great tackle by small Jim as our winger flew up the wing!
Fairview 2 - 0 Macroom A
Just saw this result Fairview on a good run at mo Gratton and Macroom 2 big premier scalps in the last 2 weeks......any report on the game Holden??
Also fair play to Rathcoole, Postel Celtic and Castle celtic who recorded good wins over MJL teams in the FAI Junior Cup
[FONT=Helv][SIZE=2][FONT=Helv][SIZE=2]Rockmount 2-1 Leeds
Very unlucky not to come away with a win here. Played the better football in the first 45 mins and should have converted a few of the chances we created at least. Denied a penalty too in the first half that I feel should of been given, can understand why it wasn't to be honest.
Started well again in the second half and deservedly took the lead through Deane Buckley who capitalized on defensive mistake to round the Rockmount keeper. Moments later we conceded a penalty that was certainly more ball to hand, than hand to ball. Our centre half's hand was down by his side and the ball struck it as one of the Rockmount players tried to square the ball.
Rockmount came more into the game after this, and kept the ball well for periods. They took the lead about ten mins later though a well taken volley. Looking back at it now we should of cleared the ball before it got to their player. We pushed for an equaliser but to no avail. Created a fair few more half chances but couldn't convert them. Denied another penalty in the second half that was very similar to the one Rockmount were given when one of their players blocked the ball with both his hands from an indirect free kick inside their box.
Overall very disappointed not to go through the next round after out playing the MSL side for the majority of the match. We could blame the ref as he seemed very biased towards the MSL side with the penalty and through a blatant foul throw in the build up to their second but in the end if we had been more clinical we could of gone through.
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http://www.corkaul.com/2010/10/full-...-2nd.html#more HERE THE RESULTS FROM THE WEEKEND ATCION
sorry about the late post was a big weekend in macroom with the gaa so i tagged along two good friends playing....ave to wait till its on our website before i can put it up scaffa i dont do them.they went up 2 after ten minutes our defence was cat.not making excuses missing 3 including myself came on with 15minutes into 2nd half.fairplay to them they wanted it more....
AOH CUP 2ND ROUND PREDICTIONS
Macroom A v Carrigaline Utd,home,Knockraha v Ballintotis,home,Rylane Celtic v Millstreet Celtic,away,
Grattan Utd A v Blackstone Rovers,home
Hibernians A v Ballincollig,home
Killowen v Buttevant A,home
Cork Road Celtic v Glenthorn Celtic,away,
Churchvilla v Brooklodge Utd,away,Greenmount Rangers v Glanworth Utd,home,
Corkbeg v Leeds,away
St John Boscos B v Castle Celtic,away
Kinsale A v Greenwood A,home
Cathedral Celtic v Dunbar Celtic A,away
Passage v Macroom B,away,Castleview v Leeside A,away
Carrigtwohill Utd A v Leeside B,home,Kilreen Celtic v Village Utd,home,Park Utd B v Glenvale,away,
Rathcoole Rovers A v Pearse Celtic away.UCC A v Greenwood B,home
ucc b vBlarney St Ath,away
Crescent Ath v Springfield A,away
Kanturk B v Knocknaheeny Celtic,home
Inter City Celtic vwilton a,away
Killumney Utd v Dunbar Celtic B,home
Kinsale B vBohemians,away
Innishvilla A v Knockavilla Celtic,home
Rathcoole Rovers B vDonoughmore Ath,away
City Wanderers vSt John Boscos A,home
Weekend action for the gattan lads :AOH CUP 2ND: Grattan Utd A v Blackstone Rovers, O’Neill Park
AUL3A : Buttevant v Grattan Utd, Buttevant
Hi lads anyone have news on the next round of the FAI. Big game for ye re first team in o neill park, killer b. Met a few of ye re lads and alot after leaving since the season began. Great win for knockavilla down in Leeside, bluey has been very quiet of late. Not that anyone seems to be complaining!!
Knockavilla's win really sets up the local derby clash in the AOH cup this weekend. It'll be Innishvilla's 3rd premier/prem A team in a row having beaten Pearse in Munster Junior, lost on peno's to Ballyvolane and now local rivals Knockavilla.Quote:
Originally Posted by Inswinger
Also once again only one team promoted from divisions 1, 1a, 2, 2a & 2b. I know the divisions 1 & 1a have only 1 promoted but this has been the case for as long as I can remember and it does add to the competitiveness of the premier divisions, still tough to get out of those divisions - due to this arrangement you have for example Division 1a with 11 teams 1 up and 1 down - Douglas Hall & Kilreen are in danger of pulling away from the chasing pack, Passage need to get going or they could drop away at the bottom, the division is in danger of being meaningless to almost 8 clubs by Christmas with the relegation and promotion almost sorted - not the way it should be...
all is good inswinger, im just waiting for my buddy LITTLEMAN but seems to be no sign of him at all. Heard they lost a few as you say there. Wasn't at game last week so cant really comment on it as i havent seen lads since then, all i know is that we went down to 10 early in first half so i suppose you always going to struggle then. Out of FAI and MJC but i think that we not to worried about that at all, last year long cup runs seemed to catch up with us and we didnt have enough in tank for the league push at end of season, which is no1 priority down in Paradise this year!!!!.
aul squad been named in too weeks....
F.A.I. UMBRO JUNIOR CUP 3rd ROUND DRAW
CORK AREA.
1 Castleview v Midleton
2 Crescent Ath. v Kinsale F.C.
3 Park United v Crofton Clt
4 Wilton Utd. v Rathcoole Rovers
5 Tile King Ballyvolane F.C.
6 Glenthorne Clt v College Cors.
7 Grattan Utd. v Fairview F.C.
8 Douglas Hall A.U.L. v Carrigaline Utd. "B"
9 Rockmount v Douglas Hall m.s.l.
10 Castle Celtic v Village United
11 Postal Celtic v Millstreet Clt.
12 Coachford F.C. v Glenvale F.C.
13 Brooklodge M.S.L v Blarney St.Ath
14 Everton A.F.C. v Knockavilla Clt.
15 Carrigtwohill Utd. v Cathedral Clt.
16 Springfield F.C. v Hibernians F.C.
Got this from the fai forum, home draw for us which is all you could ask for, do nt know much about glenvale. Im sure our city contingent will though!!
how many rounds of the F.A.I. UMBRO JUNIOR CUP are there ????
I guess cork will have 4 qualify for out of town section. Which is the last 64 of competition.Quote:
Originally Posted by killer"B"
2nd post
About 57 i think thats before you get out of Cork :bigsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by killer"B"
As we go through a quiet spell on the forum............maybe the beginning of the end..who knows!...a few general questions.
The crap with Rooney during the week ****ed off every premier league fan when it showed how little the club means to most of them.
In a local sense, for the city teams - do you have a catchment area and does it come into your thinking when signing a player? Do players who are playing with "their" club try harder? For the country teams, should your club stay local or bring in players from whereever they can?
Were Avondale & Rockmount right to move so far from their catchment areas or does it really matter?
AOH Cup
Grattan 0 -2 Blackstone Rovers - wasnt there myself due to work commitments
I asked a similiar question last year horse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Horse24
To be honest I would say any city club that does not have an underage system will struggle to get massive loyalty from players. There are always exceptions, great club men who stick things out through thick and thin but for the most part in the city anyway players have grown up in different clubs and end up in a different club for a whole host of reasons. Players that come through underage and stick with their club do have more pride in the jersey i feel.
Its different for county teams as if you are playing for your parish there is always that sense of pride.
P.S. great result today. Were ye good or is the story of Grattans demise true?
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Originally Posted by pacman
Even the Parish pride seems not to be as strong as it was. It suprised me that a town like Ballincollig took so long to get pitches as an example. I always thought their was a strong town pride out there. Too many sports maybe?
Great win for us today. We are delighted. For me personally as a Liverpool/Blackstone fan, I had gone 11 games without a win!!!
We scored twice early, but both sides were attacking well. We just seemed to be coping a bit better - they hit the post with a long range bullet in a frenetic start. 2 up at the break, and could have had one or two more. Saw half of the second half. We defended for the first ten as expected, but then had a great chance to make it three, which we didnt take. We saw it home apart from the odd scare. Having just come through a rough patch ourselves, Grattan just look like a good team who are low on confidence. No hiding the fact that they have lost a few players, but they did ok today - one win will set them off.
Kinsale B 2-3 Bohemians
The scoreline does not reflect that game one bit flatters Kinsale to be honest controlled the game for 80 mins led 2 nil at the break goals from Deccie Gostal and John cronin had us comfortably ahead.
John added his 2nd of the game after 55 mins to make it 3-0 but infairness we should have been winning this game by 5 or 6.
We got sloppy in the last 10 mins and conceded 2 goals but we should have added a 4 th before the ref blew for full time to give us a deserved win.
A.O.H. Cup 2nd round.
Killowen 1 Buttevant (A) 4.
We made our exit from the A.O.H. cup and our unbeaten home record also ended on Saturday. We were missing 2/3 regulars but no excuses as we didn't play well. First half was scoreless, however, our keeper was kept on his toes and made a couple of crucial saves. We conceded twice in the opening 5 minutes of the second half but pulled a goal back after 60 minutes to give ourselves a glimmer of hope. Buttevant converted a penalty with 20 minutes to go that virtually sealed the game. They added a fourth in the closing minutes to make it 4-1.
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Leeds 6 - 3 Corkbeg
The ultimate game of two halves.
We went 5-0 up at half time with four goals from Deane Buckley and one from Johnny Cooney. Played them off the park for the 45 mins and scored 5 great team goals.
Second half was a different story as we eased off and credit to Corkbeg for coming back out in the second half and taking the game to us. They brought it back to 5-3 before we had a man sent off. Terence Buckley tapped one in to ease our nerves towards the end making it 6-3.
Overall a crazy game of football played on a great surface. (Why can't more teams have pitches like that?) Happy to be through to the next round but looking forward to getting back to the league at the weekend.
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Just to show I can moan when we win too!!!
I had a run in with the official at the weekend during our game. 100% my fault, a complete over reaction and I thought he put me in my place well.
In our few games involving this official so far this season, we have had all 50/50 and most 60/40 decisions go against us. Both games were against higher ranked teams, so I had a theory that subconciously he favoured the higher ranked sides. In the last day or two, I wonder if its anti-us. Not sure but one to watch.
I will again ask officials who read this forum to please put consistency as one of the items at the top of your list. I actually do not have an issue if an official decides he isnt going to blow for foul throws, as an example, or book for kicking the ball away. But he has to apply his decision to both sides. Two weeks in a row now, we have been caught.
I believe one of the Coachford B guys suffered a nasty injury at the weekend. Any update from the Coachford lads.
As a Littleman update, he came into our dressing room and was very gracious in defeat. Our lads were delighted with his few words. The Gratts will rise again, I have no doubt.
Oh Yeah, I forgot.....................Mr Holden..............do you have to be in the front of EVERY picture!!!!!
what picture would that be horse?????
Yeah unfortunately for the player in question he had a nasty break, so best wishes for a speedy recovery. Was nt at that game and was away for the Ballyvolane game as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Horse24
Big game for Grattan against Macroom, they really need a win as they look like they could struggle, which would have been unthinkable at the start of the season.
The pics from the Holden, sorry I mean Macroom, awards on the Echo!Quote:
Originally Posted by holden10
big game for us also a win would be great 2 from 3 wouldnt be a bad start for us..only saw it today horse cam just seems to follow me haha...
Castleview 2-3 Bohemians
Very phsical game played up Castleview today nobody was pulling out of challenges and there was a fair few yellows shown today!!
On the game like last week we nearly wrecked this game led 3-0 and again went lapsy daisy and conceded 2 stupid goals when this game should have really been wrapped up.
Went 1 up after 25 mins when Deccie Gostal got his head to a cross from Willy o Shea......Stayed that way till half time
2nd half we started the better and I made 2 nil !!!! after 55 mins and soon added a third when John Cronin finished off a great move off a Deccie Gostal pass.
But again like last week we seemed to take our foot of the peddle and fair play to Castleview they came back at us and scored 2 goals but infairness we had 2 more chances in the last 10 mins that should have finished them off
So thats 4 wins from 4 and we sit nicely at the top of the table....... finished wit Castleview now for the rest of the season thank god it will be no easy place for teams to come up there and take 3 points!
GRATTAN 3 MACROOM 5
what can i say lads what a game.when up 2-0 they hit us back with 2 before the break.ours heads were down a manager give us a good talking to at the break came out got the 3rd from another header.they scored again 3-3.made it four it an unbeliveable free kick wraped it up when 15 to go with the 5th and the 4th for myself..
leeside at home next week gonna be an even tougher test...