Mayo Super League 2009

saw joe keane today in action,sorry dont think he is going to start for mayo this season looks good enough in the air but no where near the quailty defender of lawlesss,geraghty,burke,walsh,reilly as a centre half. i know fahy had bad day at office in iorras today but even when a team is well bet, quailty shows through,might prove me wrong but thats my opinon.fahy play good football just met an iorras team on fire today,have let themselves down over last couple of weeks had point to prove today.

We were outclassed today by a more skillful, youthful and fitter team. Fair play to erris they will be top 3 in super league anyway. Hopefully we can learn from mistakes made which were punished by a hungry erris team.

On centre back discussion neither impressed me for erris. I assume the reilly lad was missing? Both that played today are decent on the ground decent in air and decent defenders, not mayo class. Reffing was appalling for both sides!

Results

Results, Sunday July 6th

Castlebar Celtic 3 - 3 Straid & Foxford
Iorras Aont 7 - 2 Fahy Rovers
Kilmore 1 - 3 Ballyheane
Manulla 3 - 0 Ballina Town
Snugboro P - P Westport Utd

From RTE Aertel.

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Originally Posted by Norm

Results, Sunday July 6th

Castlebar Celtic 3 - 3 Straid & Foxford
Iorras Aont 7 - 2 Fahy Rovers
Kilmore 1 - 3 Ballyheane
Manulla 3 - 0 Ballina Town
Snugboro P - P Westport Utd

From RTE Aertel.

why was the snugboro game called off? shock result with ballina losing to manulla, manulla seem to be coming into it as the league goes on. kilmore and s&f seem to be in trouble at the earlier stage.

Any reports on any of the games?

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Originally Posted by theboy

why was the snugboro game called off? shock result with ballina losing to manulla, manulla seem to be coming into it as the league goes on. kilmore and s&f seem to be in trouble at the earlier stage.

Any reports on any of the games?

Great result for Manulla. We were walloped good and proper by all accounts, I wasn't there.
As for S&F, I think its very early yet and they have enough quality to pick up points.
I've no idea why Snugboro V Westport was called off.

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Originally Posted by Norm

Great result for Manulla. We were walloped good and proper by all accounts, I wasn't there.
As for S&F, I think its very early yet and they have enough quality to pick up points.
I've no idea why Snugboro V Westport was called off.

your right very early days yet, along way to go for all teams yet.

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League table for Elverys Sports Super League Team P W D L + - +/- Pts Westport United 5 5 0 0 16 5 11 15 Ballina Town 6 4 0 2 13 8 5 12 Iorras Aontaithe6 3 1 2 15 9 6 10 Manulla 5 3 1 1 10 9 1 10 Snugboro United 5 3 0 2 9 7 2 9 Fahy Rovers 6 3 0 3 11 13 -2 9 Castlebar Celtic6 1 3 2 11 14 -3 6 Ballyheane 5 2 0 3 6 9 -3 6 Straide & Foxfo 6 0 2 4 6 14 -8 2 Kilmore 6 0 1 5 4 13 -9 1

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think a bereavment late Saturday evening in Westport was the reason their match was postponed.

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Originally Posted by joe_denilson

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think a bereavment late Saturday evening in Westport was the reason their match was postponed.

your right joe that was the case alright.
wasn't at the celtic game but i heard s and f went 2nil up and were pegged back to 2all. celtic then went 3-2 up and s and f equalised in the last minute. sounded like a great game.
big win for manulla and also a decent win for ballyheane down there

How many teams go down this year and how many come up from the prem.

Ballyheane 2-2 Snugboro

Ballina Town 3 v 0 Straide & Foxford Utd.
Ballyheane 2 v 2 Snugboro Utd.
Fahy Rovers 5 v 2 Manulla
Iorras Aontaithe 1 v 0 Kilmore
Westport Utd. 3 v 2 Castlebar Celtic

Great result for Fahy, (especially after Manulla's win over Ballina last week) was the score a fair reflection on the game.

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Originally Posted by Footy Mad

Ballina Town 3 v 0 Straide & Foxford Utd.
Ballyheane 2 v 2 Snugboro Utd.
Fahy Rovers 5 v 2 Manulla
Iorras Aontaithe 1 v 0 Kilmore
Westport Utd. 3 v 2 Castlebar Celtic

Great result for Fahy, (especially after Manulla's win over Ballina last week) was the score a fair reflection on the game.

Fahy 5-2 Manulla

Pitch was in good condition, surface was quick with the rain. Manulla had the better of the opening 20 mins scoring first through Clarke, pass played in to his path and he finished well. Fahy woke up a bit and got a goal against run of play through michael goggins, then flood gates opened up with gary goggins grabbing 2 before the break. Tomas Keane scored with a one on one after 10 mins in second half, manulla scored a header from a corner with 20 mins to go and Gary Goggins rapped up his hattrick with a brilliant chip from a tight angle with ten mins left. All in all it felt pretty comfortable out there from a players point of view but Manulla might be kicking themselves that they weren't 2 up before we got going. Good win and confidence back again after blip last week! Thomas Keane and Gary Goggins were best on show.

manulla v fahy

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Originally Posted by GoodFootball

Fahy 5-2 Manulla

Pitch was in good condition, surface was quick with the rain. Manulla had the better of the opening 20 mins scoring first through Clarke, pass played in to his path and he finished well. Fahy woke up a bit and got a goal against run of play through michael goggins, then flood gates opened up with gary goggins grabbing 2 before the break. Tomas Keane scored with a one on one after 10 mins in second half, manulla scored a header from a corner with 20 mins to go and Gary Goggins rapped up his hattrick with a brilliant chip from a tight angle with ten mins left. All in all it felt pretty comfortable out there from a players point of view but Manulla might be kicking themselves that they weren't 2 up before we got going. Good win and confidence back again after blip last week! Thomas Keane and Gary Goggins were best on show.

Poor conditions to play football,but fahy worked harder and deserved the result,Tom Keane had a fine game and also Gary goggins scored a few gems. With three assists from robbie moore in the game also.Roger clark scored a great goal,was always a danger,but didnt get good service.The Fahy defence hadnt much to do,but their keeper appears dodgy under a high ball(seen ballyheane game also).The super league is a real ding dong affair,hard to predict most results.Well done to the SL underdogs on another fine result.

Apart from being pleasantly surprised with how Fahy are doing, I think the season has been a bit of a bore in general as well, and I think that's reflected in the lack of interest on this thread compared to previous years. People are putting in less reports and there's not as much banter and conjecture as before. That's down to a couple of things I guess; Castlebar's main team being in a different league (literally, not metaphorically!), Westport seemingly walking the title without even getting into third gear and the usual deflation of interest in a website which started meteorically and has wavered since. Also, there seems to be a lot of guys conspicuous by their absence who would have posted quite frequently (Thunderblaster, The Don, 352, Renovator, Leveller to name but a few) who are fairly rarely on now. Not pointing the finger obviously, just illustrating that it's less fun than before.

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Originally Posted by FahyForever

Apart from being pleasantly surprised with how Fahy are doing, I think the season has been a bit of a bore in general as well, and I think that's reflected in the lack of interest on this thread compared to previous years. People are putting in less reports and there's not as much banter and conjecture as before. That's down to a couple of things I guess; Castlebar's main team being in a different league (literally, not metaphorically!), Westport seemingly walking the title without even getting into third gear and the usual deflation of interest in a website which started meteorically and has wavered since. Also, there seems to be a lot of guys conspicuous by their absence who would have posted quite frequently (Thunderblaster, The Don, 352, Renovator, Leveller to name but a few) who are fairly rarely on now. Not pointing the finger obviously, just illustrating that it's less fun than before.

I agree, things have been pretty quite, the SL is near the halfway mark and you would hardly no its on. Has alot of the interest gone from the SL? Do westport not care that much anymore since celtic's 1st team have left the league? all the other teams seem to be fighting it out with each other, with alot of these teams having there own troubles behind closed doors. Maybe alot of the interest is gone from the players therefore people are losing interest!!!!

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Originally Posted by theboy

I agree, things have been pretty quite, the SL is near the halfway mark and you would hardly no its on. Has alot of the interest gone from the SL? Do westport not care that much anymore since celtic's 1st team have left the league? all the other teams seem to be fighting it out with each other, with alot of these teams having there own troubles behind closed doors. Maybe alot of the interest is gone from the players therefore people are losing interest!!!!

Maybe whats missing is there is no rivalry between teams anymore. Ballyheane, Manulla, Snugboro and Westport used to have a rivalry with Celtic but not anymore seen as its Celtics second team that play SL. Alot of teams seem to think Westport will definitely win it this year and so have nothing to play for. I think theres a few twists to come yet, Westport aren't playing that well and if Ballina and Erris are consistent, either of them have a chance to win it too. The rest of us will battle it out to stay up.

What has happened to S & F? We are playing them this Sunday so i'll reserve judgement till then but they must be playing rubbish??

Guys I was at a meeting last year in the Welcome Inn organised by the ML. The aim of the meeting was to establish and put in place certain ground rules for this season including standards of coaching in the SL, scrappage of mid season break, start time for all divisions e.t.c. A large portion of the meeting was taken up with promotion of "B" teams into the SL and the possibility of a Club having 2 teams in that division. What I am getting at is the fact that Castlebar Celtic have got their wish and are now playing their old "B" team at this level and I think that it would be fair to say that they just dont cut it in this division. They have 6 points from a possible 21 and I feel that if S&F hadn't lost so many players then Celtic would be in the relegation places insted of 3rd bottom. Whats your oppinion on this and what do you think will happen next year if Iorras "B" and Westport "B" finish in the top 2 in the premier division. There was the possibility of the SL being reduced to 8 teams if this trend continued. Maybe this is why there is a lack of interest this season, what do ye think?

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Originally Posted by murphs jewels

Guys I was at a meeting last year in the Welcome Inn organised by the ML. The aim of the meeting was to establish and put in place certain ground rules for this season including standards of coaching in the SL, scrappage of mid season break, start time for all divisions e.t.c. A large portion of the meeting was taken up with promotion of "B" teams into the SL and the possibility of a Club having 2 teams in that division. What I am getting at is the fact that Castlebar Celtic have got their wish and are now playing their old "B" team at this level and I think that it would be fair to say that they just dont cut it in this division. They have 6 points from a possible 21 and I feel that if S&F hadn't lost so many players then Celtic would be in the relegation places insted of 3rd bottom. Whats your oppinion on this and what do you think will happen next year if Iorras "B" and Westport "B" finish in the top 2 in the premier division. There was the possibility of the SL being reduced to 8 teams if this trend continued. Maybe this is why there is a lack of interest this season, what do ye think?

Would it be better if the SL was reduced to 8 teams next year, each team playin each other 3 times?? i think if westport B and iorras B finish in the top 2 of the premier league that should be it, no one goes up and no one goes down. this on the other hand could effect the SL that if the bottom 2 or 3 teams saw that they wouldnt be going down then the ineterest would be totally gone for them.

in relation to "Goodfootball's" coment of S&F, i think the fact they have lost 3 players craig reape, alan mcdonnell and gerry gaughan doesnt help, but they should have enough there to put a good run together. 3 players couldnt have had that much of an impact.

i personally cant see kilmore picking up many more points. however, i do think that s&f and celtic will both pick up more points and i think that this may make the relegation battle more interesting. if the likes of manulla and ballyheane dont start picking up more wins then they may be dragged into a dog fight.
on the 8 teams it may make the league tighter and more interesting. might be worth a try

I honestly don't think there is much difference in the Super League this year when compared to previous years apart from the absence of a decent Celtic side to challenge Westport.

Celtic and Westport have won 6 of the last 7 S.L. titles. So far this season, in the absence of Celtic, it has been a one horse race.

In recent years the trend has been for the mid table teams to do the minimum required to stay up with the newcomers usually sent packing after one season, with the exception of Snugboro in recent seasons.

This year has presented an opportunity for the 2nd tier teams to step it up and so far none of them have taken that opportunity.

A decent run from Ballina or Erris can shake up Westports dominance.
Westport will drop points this season, in fact I expect Ballyheane to get something this weekend.

I think there definately has to be two teams relegated from the S.L. this season, regardless of the decision on the teams coming up. A league without the threat of relegation is pretty pointless.