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with claremorris promoted,will Glynn stay or is he still on the cards for celtic?
Tough Draws for the 4 Mayo teams in FAI Cup draw - think Ballina have the best chance in getting through as they are home to a Kerry team while Castlebar Celtic playing Limerick opposition away and Westport and Erris going up to Dublin for they two games
Cheers!indeed i do have a bit of 'leaning' towards a club alright but i wont mention who it is just yet.played against both Balinrobe and Killala this year and i have to say that i was far more impressed by both the spirit in which Balinrobe played and the attitude they showed whether they won,lost or drew a game.
Renovator (Thanks for the begrudging welcome!!;) )
Just afraid that i couldn't say the same about the Killala lads(yes manager-Peter McD included)i acknowledge that he has contributed a lot to the Mayo League over the years and fair play to him for doing that.My only gripe is that from my experience(and it is indeed only my own experience)i have found him to be an extremely bad loser when his team is defeated.its all good and well to be a little upset after losing a game but to turn your back on a man who is offering his hand to be shook after a game is just plain bad manners and petulant.This has happened on a number of occasions after playing them so it wasn't just a one-off.I just think that if you're beaten by another team you've got to shake hands and get on with it.
on another issue-who did the Mayo teams get in the next round of the fai cup?are they winnable games?
Peter McD is a legend in Killala and a legend to Mayo football!!:D
I have to agree with the lads who have a slight gripe with the man in question. Although this is not a forum for character assasination, the fact is that Killala's manager is the Jose Mourinho of Mayo football, without the know-how or players. We have played them innumerable times and there has always been an excuse or a problem at the end of the match. He has refused to shake hands after, and on a couple of occasions thrown a string of abuse towards the opposition bench. Having said that, I applaud that sort of attitude generally. F##k everyone apart from your own team. At least for ninety minutes. Forget about it then!
Well done to the Mayo Ladies soccer team who won the FAI Cup on Saturday night. In conditions that can only be described as hurricane like, Mayo played their hearts out,and overcame a strong UCD side(all on soccer scholarships) who had players who have graced pitchs for Ireland and professional clubs in England alike. I was there on Saturday night and it made me as proud to be a Mayo man as when the Mens GAA team overcame the Dubs (again) in Croke Park. Emma Mullin played like a woman possesed and showed skills that barring the Super League, would make her a much sought after striker in the Mens league. Their defence was coolness personified as the waves of the UCD attack in the second half tried to find a way through. Ive seen many a Mayo team play be it Soccer and GAA but ive never seen a team so close knit and work so hard for a cause they knew they deserved. If I wore a hat id take it off, to the Management,the people involved behind the scenes and most of all, to the players. You did the county proud,such a fantastic advertisement for Mayo soccer i dont think i'l ever see again.
It is a huge honour for the game in Mayo!!:) :D
Hey guys, we all missed it. Last Sunday, 26th, it was the first anniversary of the Renovator changing our lives forever as he was indoctrinated into our little community.
Was also at the game, the girls showed great grit and determination but a lot of credit has to go Aidan and Michael. I think they actually played better than last year when they beat UCD.
Well not many mayo teams can say that they can look forward to European football next year but the girls can!!!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64883328@N00/ Hope this works
anyone know when Claremorris are playing Achill in the premier division promotion playoff?take it Milebush be the venue??
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Originally Posted by swinfordfc
Swinford didn't get promoted cause they were not good enough swift full stop. so your saying its ok for celtic to sign who they want - ye are throwing alot of money about the place at present - ye sign neary and also tried to sign gaughan but he went back playing gaa for knockmore, its easy to win a title when you get the best players from around the county and outside it, remember this is ye first title since 2001 long time to be waiting for the supposing best team in mayo wont you think, now tell me this - do you think snugboro will stay up with flynn, duffy and collins gone? i tell you the answer for you , they havent a hope! 3 big players gone from they just to served dykes. dykes is after one thing - to win the FAI Junior Cup cause celtic are mad that westport won it before them and that erris had won a national title as well (under 18 youths cup) and celtic have won NONE. now put your toys back in your cot
So your axe to grind is the fact that you dont like clubs signing players from other clubs. Is the onus not on the player to be big enough to say no to the move. Even the dogs on the street know **MOD EDIT:LEAVE IT OUT** but yet nearly everyone he asks to sign for Celtic ends up signing. You see players as a rule of thumb like to look back on their career and say what they've won and if they feel that they have a better chance at Celtic then so be it. Now some of his signings have been strange to say the least judging by the players he told to go but the signings of players from other clubs is nothing new to the Mayo league. If I were to mention Manulla, as they were the biggest club to practice this but because its Celtic here people are bleating on about it. In fairness Celtic did go about some of these in an underhand way but it still went on before Dykes' arrival. Futhermore to your statment that the Superleague is a joke because of Celtic is a joke in itself. There are only the Top Four that really push each other every year so wheres the other clubs and that in itself is rare. Ballyheane start off every year like a house on fire and this year they were nearly relegated, Manulla who have some gifted players can throw a game and get away with it no problem, and where we have a Premier Division where the fifth placed team can get promoted so I dont think its fair that you can lay all the blame at our door. Personally I dont have a problem with players that want to better themselves and play at a good standard but according to you and your buddy thats wrong
By the way Reno I was just fighting my corner that was on the other site
was out in castlebar last nite and heard then peter burke is leaving ballyheane,does anyone know if it true??? he would be a great signing for any super leageue team !!
In fairness to swift i have to say that i feel he has a very valid point with regard to players having their own mind.if a lad feels that he would be better off playing for somebody who they regard as being a better team then let them off i say.there is a lot of lads leaving clubs but at the end of the day its their decision.i play for a reasonably small club and we couldn't possibly cope if we were to lose even one or two of our better players but if one of them decided that they wanted to go then thats their perogitive,regardless of the situation they leave their former team.
In another point mentioned in his post i also think that it is an absolute disgrace that manulla appear to have gotten away with the throwing of a super league game-surely there should be some form of punishment for a team that does that??maybe they should be relegated place of another team?just a thought!!
that what i also think? but it was from a ballyheane person i heard it !! so there must be some truth in it...
Sure 'The Don' is a BHeane man is he not? Can he confirm this?
Why the question marks!. Peter has been with the club since he was a youth and while you can never say never, it would be a major shock if he was to move on. Yes I have heard the rumours circulating and if it is from Ballyheane players you would hope they would show a little more cop on.
well the person i heard it from was a ex-ballyheane player. i would imagine that none of the ballyheane player's would like to lose a player like him.
Have no clue as to whether or not Peter Bourke would consider moving to Celtic, but he would certainly be an exceptional signing for any team in Mayo. As well as being a top class centre-half, he is a great leader. I remember us playing them in the FAI Cup last year and one of his team mates going down Cristiano Ronaldo-style under a fair challenge. Bourke roared at him to get up so hard that I thought the poor lad was going to cry! Spoke to him after the match and he seemed totally sound - too sound to abandon his mates for a team of mercenaries I would have thought. In unrelated news, he looks a bit like the chap from Futurama.
great win y/day for ballina town,nice to see a good footballing team doin well.
Yes congrats to Ballina Town on reaching the last 32, hope they get a home draw in next round
Full credit to ya I was beginning to think I was fighting alone against the kiljoys of football.
the renovator understands quite well what your club has gone through its a pittty that new man of celtic who's just sign up couldn't for just one moment take off the shades and see the damage that his club is doing to others.
by the way I here the boy kelly is moving on from Celtic.
Am looking for the club colours of teams that have played Galway United at competitive level in the past.
What are the club colours of Straide and Foxford ?
Do Mayo and District League use green and red ?
All help appreciated, please pm me or post here.
Thanks,
PD.
S&Foxford wear orange & black..