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Jesus thats a bit rough, did he not play nice against you:). He would be considered by the Heane lads one of the best to have played for them, maybe not one of the sanest however. Also I think most of the Heane lads are capable of the odd fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by yellowmonkey
Very boring this year lads.
Who do people will think will finish top, get relegated etc...
you mean will it be a two horse race again... westport took their foot off the gas last year can they get back to their best again, and can Ballina keep their feet on the ground in order to defend their title by the sounds of them celebrating beating Shamrock Rovers under 17s I cant see it happeningQuote:
Originally Posted by GoodFootball
i think Ballina will win it again with waestport a close second.
Manulla and Erris to battle for 3rd spot. The rest are all in danger of going down in my opinion. Very hard to call with 4 teams going down (which is a joke but them the rules).
Well done to S and F on reaching the semis in Connaught by the way. hope ye go on and win it. hel be flying fit for the Super League anyway which will give ye a head start on other teams anyway. S and F might be a surprise package this year and be able to challenge the top 2 if there Connaught Cup run is anything to go by but ill stand by my earlier prediction and say the might be in danger of going down.
looking at the table from last year you will need 20 points plus to survive. going to be very tough season for all of us in danger of the drop. looking forward to the battle now, not long to go ;)
Just left Charlestown game with Swinford, Swinford scored after 5 mins and I thought it was going to be a complete humiliation but Charlestown to their credit stuck to their guns and got back n the game with a well worked goal and were 3-1 up when I left with 10 mins to go. Swinford looked very fit but have no real quality players. Their manager is very vocal and will get a lot of attention this year for his ability to shout and roar for a full 90 mins. Cant see them surviving in the SL without bringing in some quality players, as i said very fit but no real playmaker. Charlestown on the other hand seamed to start slowley but were more than able for this SL outfit and had what seamed like 5 or 6 first team players not even togged out. Cant take too much from friendlys but im sure a local darby should have been enough incentive to get players rilled up and espically to impress an new manager but Swinford just faded totally in the 2nd half.
Swinford were very poor alright. We are without 5 or 6 first team players from last year through injury who should all be coming back over the next few weeks. The new manager is having a look at all players A + B from last year and everyone is getting a chance. I think come start of season you will see a very different Swinford.
Any scores from todays games please?
Westport 2, Celtic 0
Iorras 1, Ballyheane 0
Swinford 2, Ballina Town 3
Nothing too surprising about those results, apart from possibly the closeness of the scores. Swinford should be proud of getting within a goal of the champions, whilst Ballyheane's demise is obviously exaggerated too, losing by just the one away to Erris. I was at the Westport Celtic match, which was scrappy in general, due in the main to a very hard, bobbly pitch. Not a great deal between them really, Westport a bit more composed but Celtic looked very fit and up for it. Not really a great deal to be learnt from today I should think... How did S+F get on? 4-3 down last I heard... hopefully they got one back..Quote:
Originally Posted by Footy Mad
What kind of a side did Westport have out and did Celtic have many of their youths side involved?Quote:
Originally Posted by FahyForever
Fahy Lads
I hear we will now play you next week!!!! What happenend the wedding Bells? Is it on towns pitch??
That was last weekend! It's on town's pitch alright. See you then..Quote:
Originally Posted by pixiehead
Cant believe theres no movement on this forum after the weekend?
What did you think of Game yeasterday Fahy Lads
Draw was a fair result i think?
Looks like Swinford mean Buisness this year!!!
wow seriously no interest at all this year.. celtic 0-2 straide& foxford fair result paul moran and ashley atkinson with the goals in 1st half. celtic young and fit will cause teams problems but didnt really cause our keeper much trouble at all lot of possession no end product... fahy next always tough game..
Thought we were very rusty in the first half, didn't work as hard as we could've but still had the better chances. Was harsh penalty seen as the ball was won before the man was taken. Not many chances for Fahy and no shots to save for our keeper either.Quote:
Originally Posted by pixiehead
Second half was different, we came out fresher looking and got the goal back, again the ref gave a dodgy penalty to Snugboro, keeper and striker both took eye off ball and clashed, no. 9 again making a meal out of it and winning his second peno. We showed battling qualities in a very physical game after that and deserved to get the equaliser. Probably had more chances, but goals win games and we didn't take enough of them to win.
Having played in the game, I was not happy leaving the pitch with less than 3 points, thought we deserved it, but maybe a draw was a fair result from an unbiased point of view.
Were ye happy with draw?
Looking forward to game with S & F, hopefully we can improve on a poor record against ye, tough one indeed ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by robben 11
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Originally Posted by GoodFootball
Draw was a fair result in the end. both keepers had very little to do throughout the game really. On the first Pen little bit harsh but he did come through the back off him. As the ref gave the pen it should have been red for the defender as he was last man. ref wasnt the best anyway, making up his own rules in the game. Ask for a foul throw and he gives ye a free kick, whatever thats about.
it was a good but fair battle and a good kick start to the season for both teams. thats a point more from last seasons total for us anyway so were happy out :o
I think if you pick up a point in your first game thats away from home its not bad. Credit for the moneen surface it was the best ive seen it in a long time if not quite hard under foot! By the way Notts County are still looking for their crest back Fahy :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by GoodFootball
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Originally Posted by pixiehead
THIEFS!!!! :messed:
That's got yellow background, ours has white ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by pixiehead
They can't afford to go after us anyway...
And it was exposed on this same thread last year anyway. Huge scandal that it is. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by GoodFootball
Westaro Cup 2010
A.Swinford v Iorras Aontaithe
B.Straide & Foxford Utd v Westport Utd
C.Castlebar Celtic v Manulla
D.Snugboro Utd v Ballyheane
E.Ballina Town v Fahy Rovers
R2
D v E
You will always be exposed by Pixiehead investigates!! :cool2:Quote:
Originally Posted by FahyForever
Erris 4 - Celtic 1
Swinford 1 - Westport 3
Manulla 3 - Ballyheane 2
Snugboro 0 - Ballina 2
S+F 1 - Fahy 1
No big surprises so far in the league I think, unless you consider Swinford beating Ballyheane last week a surprise, which I dont. I actually think the league is basically the way it will stay, in terms of there being three distinct groups. The first has Ballina Westport and Erris, who will battle for the top three spots. The second group contains Manulla and S+F, who are between the top group and the bottom group of five, four of whom will be relegated (unless a B Team comes in the top two in the Premier league). Anyone have an opinion on that assessment? Do you agree that it looks like Fahy, Snugboro, Celtic, Ballyheane and Swinford will fight for survival? Or might S+F or Manulla become involved? I think S+F are strong enough to pull free of this group and also have some players coming back, or so I'm told. Manulla are traditionally good enough to avoid any difficulty but I have no idea what they are like this year to be honest. Be nice to get some debate going though, this thread is on it's arse.
I agree except I'm not convinced that S & F are good enough not to be involved in the relegation battle.Quote:
Originally Posted by FahyForever
Swinford v Iorras Aontaithe Home
Straide & Foxford Utd v Westport Utd Home
Castlebar Celtic P v P Manulla
Snugboro Utd v Ballyheane Away
Ballina Town v Fahy Rovers Home
................tumbleweed..................:dead-flower:
Well why don't you post something and try and get it going again?Quote:
Originally Posted by pixiehead
Ballyheane seem to have got a few players back in action and should be allright if they can keep them playing all season.
Ballyheane are masters of just doing enough and looking at their team sheet against Snugboro they looked stronger than previous weeks, I hope they can go on and string a few good results together.Quote:
Originally Posted by rava
I would say that Ballyheane need to win another couple of games if they are to survive in the Super league, but looking at the paper it would appear as if they are getting back some more of their players. Has Sean Fahy and Peter Burke finished playing.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Don
Manulla could be the surprise packet this season although it is hard to see anyone toppling Ballina again this season. They have a lot of scoring power in Duffy and Lavelle.
Peter Burke did not even finish last season with them & I hadnt noticed Sean Fahy missing. Two players that would make any superleague side and hard for Ballyheane to replace I imagine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bestie
Joe and Pixie are ye getting a little worried about things yet or have ye more players to return.
A little worried. I didn't see the Ballina or Ballyheane games but the Westport result was fully expected. Don't think we have anyone to come back. The team on Sunday was patched up though, couple had flu, puking at half time. Finished with 10 because of injuries. The only bright spot, is looking at the table, a win puts us up to 6th. Where that win comes from is the question.Quote:
Originally Posted by rava
Just going to be a major scrap with everyone around ye by all accounts. Still, looking at the Boro squad they have several players from last years 'B' side and they struggled in Division 2 let alone in the SL. A bit like Celtic 'B' last year. It's a huge ask for guys who have to step up to a mighty bigger stage than playing in the lower tiers of Mayo football. Like you Joe, can't see where ye are going to pick up many points, only thing is that ye are in similar company at the bottom without too much to choose between the bottom 4-5 teamsQuote:
Originally Posted by joe_denilson
With 4 or 5 games played now at this stage, is the league startin to take shape of how it'll finish?? of is it to early. i no there's a few teams to play a couple of game so maybe by then it'll be easier to see. by the half way mark of the season i think things will be pretty clear.
Look its no secret that we have lost almost all of last years Squad bar 5-6. The rest of the squad is last years B team. There are a couple of clubs in similar situations. Nobody expects us to get off the bottom anyway. The gaffer and the lads are doing their best but the odds are stacked against us. Sometimes you know its not going to be a nice day :thunder: but you put on your hat :hat: and jacket and get the fcuk on with it :arrogant:Quote:
Originally Posted by rava
its basically a B team we have but theres no point in complaining about it. we knew what it was going to be like for the season ahead and we deserve to be were we are now. its just up to the whole team to stick together and fight for survival. most games are won in Mayo if you get stuck into other teams and thats something we havent been doing as yet. but we are still working in training and numbers are still high so we just need to keep working at it and see what happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back n the game
Fair play for stickin at it lads, alot would have pulled the plug when they knew it was goin to be tough. but there's along way to go yet for alot of teams, so who knows how it'll finish at the bottom assuming that this 8 team league goes ahead, as no one seems to no what the story is..
maybe this has already been explained but why are yee missing so many of last years squad?apologies if so-just curiousQuote:
Originally Posted by etoo