I was there shetland ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by shetland
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I was there shetland ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by shetland
Macroom B 2 Village United 2 (Village win 4-2 on penalties)
Macroom B so nearly pulled off a giant killing when they took premier A side Village United all the way before losing on penalites.
In fact, the home side can feel slightly aggrieved that they found themselves out of this prestigous competition. The home side started brightly, and Village were not allowed the time they wanted on the ball. Patrick Burns and Barry Fitzgerald led from the front, making sure the Village defence did not get the time they wanted on the ball. Both sides were getting plenty of set plays, with first Macroom forcing a series of corners and free kicks, but to no avail. Then the away side got their share, again the scoreline remained deadlocked. The home side hit the front, when a superb long ball from Peter Burns found the energetic Barry Fitzgerald, whose chest set him up perfectly to sublimely chip the onrushing keeper Graham Murphy in the Village net on 27. Daniel Downey was causing all sorts of problems on the left flank with his direct running. The premier A side seemed shocked and Macroom continued to snuff out their danger from set plays. The home side nearly got their second, when a Patrick Burns effort was well saved on 31. They did however get their second on 33, when a free kick from John Ronan came back off the wall to him, and he lashed his volley passed Murphy to set up a great platform for the B's. The feeling was if they could hold their two goal lead until half time, the upset was on. But Village did get one back before half time, when a free kick was deflected off the Macroom wall into the path of Thomas Dinian, who finished well.
The second half found Village enjoying a lot of possession, but Macroom were defending resolutely, and trying to hit Village on the break.Eric Cambridge and Ian Long were performing well, and were enjoying more possession as the half wore on. Village got their equaliser on 72, when it was Ian Long who found some space on the right flank, and his cross come shot found the top corner. A great goal. Village were pressing now, and had a few long range efforts easily saved. Macroom had Burns to thank in goals for giving them extra time, when he pulled off an excellent reaction save to deny Kieran O'Callaghan's header. Extra time was even, with both side continuing with some excellent on the ground football. Denis Cronin was unlucky when he just ran out of grass after being played through by a brilliant Brendan O'Mahony pass. Patrick Burns had a chance to win it for Macroom, but his shot was snuffed out by an excellent tackle from Derry O'Gorman. Penalties were required with Village winning out in the lottery. An excellent combative free flowing game, with best performers for Macroom all fourteen men, with the same for Village.
Suprised by the Ballyv and b/stone result. I played in the games last year and they were very tight affairs so my old clubs new signings must be having a significant affect. Not suprised about Paddy in the middle, a quality player. Were ye missing anyone Horse ?
i know you were olachico i shook your hand after game as i did vincie forde,still dont know why this utter rubbish was said,to me blackstone will always be a tough team to play and to beat that was proven last season,one man team absolutely not skilly can score forde a handfull and beven a good defender. on saying that a brilliant result for ballyvolane and the football at times was top drawer and for your centre back to say we were the best team to play yee so far says it all,best of luck for rest of season,Quote:
Originally Posted by olachico
Ah normally its voices I hear in my head - not laughter . About the one man team comment - one of your players must have been lying so or taking the mick ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by shetland
yes owl ,some quality new signings ,garry nolan,alan murphy,colin keane,along with the emergence of minors john corcoran and dave linehan ,has made a huge differene to us,hope to see you at a game soon,i see your new side is doing well too.Quote:
Originally Posted by the owl
i honestly dont know but the only laugh i had was when our centre back skived a back pass unintentionally back to or keeper and yee wanted a free.,also from what i hear there was a few words between you and j c,dad that wasnt plesent either,look game is over now onwards and upwards for both teams.best of luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by olachico
The few words between myself and JC dad were not in relation to Ballyvolane FC ;) and really this isnt a place to discuss them. I was actually speaking to him today after the game but you probably already know that :pQuote:
Originally Posted by shetland
no bother at all point taken ,no offence meant ,talk soon
Shetland, We were disapointed in lots of things about yesterday........not least the scoreline. We genuinely thought we had a good chance to win it. We learned things and hopefuly we wont feel this bad next weekend!!
A week is a long time in football....................
totally agree a week is a long time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Horse24
Thanks ghost ya we probably wanted it more in the end run good to get a win over our northside friends ........well looking forwarding to another battle against another noorie team should be another good game against Ballvolane....................
Any report on the Leeds V Glenthorn game ?
No one from either club posting here anymore it seemsQuote:
Originally Posted by TheRock
Thats unfortunate, was interested to hear how the 8 goals had come about.
Plenty of goals being scored in the premier divisions either way . . .
draw made.. a few interesting ties:ball:
Yes indeed a few nice AOH ties.
When you anticipate cup draws, of course you want a team from your own division or a lower division.
So, in theory, we had 10 teams we didnt want in the three cups................
Ballyvolane, Wilton & Grattan!! I worked it out to be a 1000/1 shot that we would draw 3 Premier sides.
The Grattan game is one to look forward to - the fear beag and his buddies. We had a good tussle in pre-season & we both had similar late disapointments to Leeside recently. We are over our defeat of last weekend now, it hurts a bit still for me because we didnt do ourselves justice.
So we head into the Wilton game at the weekend and beyond to O Neill Park with the belief we can get something in both games. Two really hard games, but these are the kinda games you want in football.
first league game away to knockavilla saturday.first time this season we ad a full squad training last night everyone back from holidays and injuryies our season starts saturday.....
you can have no more excuses so holden.Quote:
Originally Posted by holden10
Yup have to agree no more excuses we heard them all early on wit players injured and been on holidays ......expecting big things from Macroom this yearQuote:
Originally Posted by bieber
Well you did tip yourselves for a top 5 finish or even a big challenge for the title!!!!
Will be watching on eagerly Holden