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i am only pulling your leg bud...i read the post;)Quote:
Originally Posted by passandmove
Wembley 4 Hibs 0,good result for us tonite against a spirited Shannon side,a Keith Ryan hatrick an og accounted for our goals,glen view away next for us,best of luck to hibs for rest of season.
Wembley 5 Glenview 0......carew at home next.....nasty!!
Murroe 2 Carew park 5, Jonathan grant 2 john connery 2 Jamie o Sullivan.
pike 3 0 geraldines had a pop at the dines management last week but to be fair they had it spot on for 60 mins yesterday until a silly error cost them..their centre midfielder who went off injured was a huge blow and a silly mistake on the hour mark was the turning point..for a side to come up from 1a and compete in the premier like they have done they deserve a lot of credit very young team against a very experienced pike side yesterday and it was the best performance i have seen so far this season from pike the hunger and desire was there for all to see and if they keep that up i can see them being very hard to beat for the remainder of the season..hopefully ldmc make the carew park and pike league game a 2 o clock ko should be a cracking game...
Janesboro 4-1 Pike Rovers
An eventful game to say the least at Estadio Pearse this morning. Boro started the game in a 4-2-3-1/4-4-1-1 shape, with Waters playing off lone striker Clarke. Lee O'Mara was in to partner Pa McGarry at the back. Pike began with a more traditional 4-4-2 shape with Okoro and Moloney as the two frontmen. Moloney was pulling right early on, dragging McGarry out, and with Wayne Colbert pushing on and supporting Doona at right mid, it looked like Pike were poised to create a decent opportunity from that side. Lee O'Mara was forced to make a couple of key interceptions from crosses early on. It was the home side, however, that would strike first. An excellent free kick, delivered by right full Wayne O'Donovan, turned into his own net by Pike midfielder Keith Hartnett.
Boro's shape up top was causing Pike problems. Waters was dropping into areas between the lines where he wasn't being picked up, and Clarke was causing Colm Enright problems with his movement and pace. Eventually, he was to be booked for a pull back on the striker after good work from Declan Nash on the left put his teammate through. That man Wayne O'Donovan stepped up again with the resulting free kick. It was one of those balls that you knew would result in a goal as soon as he struck it. Lee O'Mara applied the finishing touch with his head. 2-0.
Pike took action soon after by making two substitutes. Tommy Heffernan was introduced at right back for Conor Moloney, with Wayne Colbert moved into the centre to sweep behind Colm Enright. Paul Doona was also removed for Dave Ryan. The away side went on to create three glorious chances. First, an excellent through ball from Pa Moloney to John Okoro - the resulting shot was smothered excellently by keeper Dave McNamara. He should have scored. Then, a cross from the left by Eddie O'Donovan resulted in a close range headed chance for Keith Hartnett. Again Pike were denied. Finally, just before half time, referee Clancy awarded them a dubious penalty. It appeared that Lee O'Mara had won the ball with his sliding challenge in the box but the official thought otherwise. Particularly galling for Boro fans, as Clancy had refused to dismiss Enright minutes earlier for what seemed like a clear second bookable offence. Keith Hartnett missed the resulting penalty.
Second half began in the same pattern, with an early chance for Pike missed by Okoro. Boro incidentally now had Hurley playing at centre half as McGarry was removed at half time. Donnan was now in the middle, Waters on the right, with sub Pa Barry playing off Clarke. Pike changed shape about 5-10 minutes in, moving to a 4-3-3, with Hanrahan as the deepest midfielder and three strikers upfront in all phases. They didn't have much chance to bed into this however - Moloney was dismissed for a straight red after a poor attempt at a challenge on Aidan Hurley.
This was a key moment in the game. The Pike management decided to perservere with 3 strikers, removing defender Colm Enright, and introducing striker Alan Barry in the middle of the three. They were now 3-3-3, with Colbert one-on-one against Clarke, and no cover on the flanks. Minutes later they were unsurprisingly carved open as sub Pa Barry ran straight through the centre of their midfield/defence unchecked, and made it 3-0.
Really Boro should have ran rampant from this point as Pike were wide open. Pa Barry did make it 4-0 with an excellent strike from outside the box. Adrian Healy also saw an effort cleared off the line by Hartnett. And Shane Clarke hit the bar with a header from a corner. Boro, however, seemed happy to play out time, even when a late injury to Dave Ryan reduced Pike to nine men. A Hanrahan free kick, finished by Hartnett, provided a consolation for Pike.
The story of the game is a relatively simple one. Great set piece delivery put Boro two up. Three reasons cost Pike the chance to come back - poor finishing, poor discipline and poor management of the dismissal. There was a sense, even after the red card, that Pike would get back into it had they been more conservative with their shape. Instead they handed Boro the initiative, which they grabbed with two great finishes from Pa Barry.
Finally, without saying who was responsible, encouraging one's players to deliberately set out to take out opposition players is utterly reprehensible. Full credit to the referee for stopping the game to address it.
Wembley 1 Carew park 8
Wembley 1 Carew 8,score doesn't do the game justice.......it should have been 20,a very dark day for Wembley rovers football club,lack of quality is 1 thing but no heart or fight is just unacceptable......well done to Carew best of luck next Sunday.
Fairly spot on in your assessment alan . 2 corrections - the referee was george clancy not "molloy" and harnett put his penalty wide.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlanOB
Fairly spot on in your assessment alan . 2 corrections - the referee was george clancy not "molloy" and harnett put his penalty wide.
bad day all round for pike ,conceded 4 goals,missed a pen,[was not one imo],had a player sent off correctly[could have had 2 more sent off] and shipped another injury which adds to the few they have already and played poorly throughout.hopefully those injured players will be fit for next week.boro deserved their win thought their keeper made a few good saves and waters caused pike a lot of problems.in the bigger scheme of things pike have bigger fish to fry one would hope this defeat wont effect them.
Cheers. Yeah I'm not sure where I got Molloy from. Put it down to a long weekend!Quote:
Originally Posted by HuRya
Could have sworn McNamara got a hand to it but in fairness my view was slightly obscured so I must have just convinced myself he did.
Great win.
well done to the boro lads yesterday.. lets keep it up untill the seasons end..
I have a problem with this right here. What your insinuating is that this person was openly and actively telling his players to 'take out' as you put it, the opposition's players. This is not what was said at all. I was 3 feet from the man in question. The referee picked up only the latter part of the statement. Exactly what was said was more to do with insisting that the Pike players pick up their game and play harder and tougher. It was said in the heat of the moment and by a man with several times your knowledge on this game and with far more class than you could ever hope to have.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlanOB
I too was standing close to the man in question. I heard the full statement, as I'm sure did Georgie Clancy. The words and the intent behind them were as clear as day to him, to me, and to every other objective person in earshot. He would not have stopped the game to reprimand him if he was simply "insisting that his players pick up their game". Now perhaps you know Georgie Clancy's ears better than I do, but judging by how animated he was when he spoke to the individual in question, I'd say he heard exactly what I heard.
Incidentally, there was an equally awful statement from the same sideline late in the second half that wasn't picked up on. This second statement only served to confirm the intent behind the first.
Terrible carry on..if your a good winner you have to be a good loser..AOB your report of the match was spot on well doneQuote:
Originally Posted by AlanOB
sorry zizou,but i feel you need to change that pike scented aftershave you have on,i heard what was said in this instance and tbf AOB is correct and the ref picked it up perfectly too.very poor attitude for a man...with knowledge and class.....imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zizou
I don't no why aob gets so much stick on this forum for his match reports,he is a neutral that is not involved with any club and I for one think his reports are most of the time spot on, was not at the game yesterday so I won't make a comment about,,couple of Weeks ago he done a report on another game and he got hammered by the winning team.I always enjoy reading your match reports and if I found that something was wrong I would be the first to point it out.keep up the great reporting aob.
I disagree. Also, if you were both that close to the same sideline as myself, you'd have heard a home player threaten to 'knock out' one of the Pike players. A hell of a lot gets said in the heat of the moment in competitive games, it's all part of it. Any of you who thinks anyone involved on the Pike bench would deliberately encourage their players to hurt opponents, is wrong. It's a matter of perspectives and context in this case. I see it how I see it. As do you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fairkop
Another excellent report from Alan, an excellent result for Janesboro and one that will worry pike a week before their biggest game of season but if any team can turn it around in a week it is them. Has anyone starting teams from yesterday? I know Moloney and Doona were replaced after half hour and that Gavin O'Shea started which surprised after he walked out in jackman park last week. As for what is said on the sideline, it's not always right what is said but I'm sure it was all in the heat of a game especially at such an important stage of season
Janesboro
McNamara; O'Donovan, O'Mara, McGarry (Barry), Harkin; Hurley, Healy; Donnan, Waters, Nash; Clarke
Pike
Ryan; Colbert, Enright (A. Barry), C. Moloney (T. Heffernan), O'Donovan; Doona (D. Ryan), Hartnett, O'Shea, Hanrahan; Moloney, Okoro
Just to address this point - js79 is referring to a report I wrote on an FAI game recently. I posted a link to it on the Facebook forum in order to increase the readership. Instead I was subjected to abuse from the goalscorer on the day and at least two supporters of the winning side. None of their comments dealt with the content of my report. Much like Zizou's comments earlier, their intent was to merely to diminish and belittle me in whatever way they could.Quote:
Originally Posted by js79
Like you say, I'm a neutral. I genuinely have no affiliation to any club. But that was hard to stomach. Classless, pathetic, moronic behaviour.
Saying a thing in the heat of the moment is one thing,telling us about his knowledge and past class is pure foolish,not sure who shouted in these comments but all he is showing is a total lack of knowledge and class,clowns like these should be banned from grounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zizou
I cannot comment for anyone else or their recent actions towards yourself, but my intention in this instance was simply to give another perspective and alternate response to a particular segment of your report. I didn't comment on the other 90% of it. As for 'diminishing' you, as you rather over dramatically put it, I've neither the time nor the energy for such trivial pursuits. Perhaps, on reflection the last couple of lines of my initial reaction were in poor taste. I am retracting them now.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlanOB
If you choose to be a match reporter, be prepared to have your opinions and viewpoint challenged regularly, especially when they address sensitive and controversial aspects of important games. I find for the most part, your reports to be informative and interesting reading. However, I do find you’re dispensing of tactical advice to experienced managers with superb winning records, a little naive.
I'm looking forward to a great weekend of football for Limerick, and that's the last I'll say on the events of the weekend just gone.
First of all, I appreciate your retraction.
Secondly, I am quite comfortable with having aspects of my reporting challenged. Indeed many of the respondents to this report have picked me up on things in the past and I've engaged with them.
Thirdly, if indeed my "tactical advice" is so "naive", would it not be easy for you and your fellow club members to pick it apart? Why has the content of my criticisms never been challenged? Why is the response always personal? And why should a so-called "superb winning record" preclude an individual from the receipt of criticism?
Just to paraphrase you, if he's going to choose to be a top level junior manager, he should be prepared to be challenged when he makes a perceived error. And I'm sure he is. It's his apostles that seem to be extremely uncomfortable with it.
:D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by AlanOB
As funny as I found that, if you knew me personally, you'd know, an 'apostle' is about as far from the truth as possible.
I'll fill you in on the joke sometime.
Glad you enjoyed it!
So he's not The Messiah then? ;-)
No, his just a really naughty boy��
Brilliant.
have you ever managed in the game Alan?? Your wrong with tommy Heffernan on 2 counts.that pike manager has forgotten more than you'll ever know.actually most managers have to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlanOB
Credit where it's due lads. Alan gives exceptional reports on local games. Where else would you get such an in depth report on a junior soccer game. Local papers carry about 4/5 lines on each. Looking at that pike team and allowing for the fact that Mullins and tierney were missing, this is one of the weakest pike squads in last 10 years. 3 or 4 of their squad at the moment wouldn't have been near it in the recent past. Kavanagh is a huge loss, Barry and Moloney are not the force of old. Similar to united though they are always competing in the big competitions at the end of season and local sides fear them
Excellent reports?Hartnett took no pen.Tommy Heffernan didn't come on right full.and Molloy was not the refQuote:
Originally Posted by Hollywood Hogan
As for the worst team in 10 years.Mj final. Semi final of FAI and a big shout in winning the league not bad for worst team in 10 years.
Feel free to correct any errors if you wish.
One of the players involved on the day has already been in this thread to vet the report. He found two minor errors which I've corrected, one of which was the referee naming slip.
Tommy Heffernan (if that's indeed who it was - I may have the name wrong) did indeed come on at right full in the first half, in place of Wayne Colbert who was shifted to the centre instead of the withdrawn player Conor Moloney.
And I'm 100% sure that Keith Hartnett took and missed a penalty before half time, unless one of the other Pike players is a really, really good mime.
I've never claimed that I'm going to get every detail right. There are no replays in junior football. I would hope that my reports are judged by those who read them based on the actual analysis contained within rather than the minutiae.
Then again, based on your "contributions" on here, that might be expecting a bit much of you.
hospital vs carew park
first spot in the lawson cup final up for grabs this saturday night and this tie seems to be a mouth watering affair with both clubs having great seasons so far. hospital to be fair will have nothing to loose come kick off and will throw everything they have at a very good carew team, having won their division 1B league, in thier league cup final, beating many teams above team fairview and regional and ran jansboro close loosing 4 3 hospital will have nothing to be afraid of. they have two strickers in barry ryan and sean o brien who have scored over 70 goals between them and have very good midfielders in keith o connor and chris dineen who will all pose a threat to the carew defence and i have a feeling it could be a tough day for mark keane and his defence. on the other side of things both grant and connery will be very hard to stop if they start running at the hospital defence and it will be up to the experienced head of ken o loughlin to put a stop to these top class strickers. on paper carew are most certainly the stronger team but i have a feeling hospital have a good chance to take carew all the way, it wouldnt be the first time they over turned a premier team.
prediction: 2 2 full time could go either way in extra time
were and when is the Moyross v Janesboro game on, I heard to night in Jackman Park that its been transferred to Jackman Park next Saturday night can anyone confirm that
Predictions
hospital 1-4 Carew park
Moyross 1-5 Janesboro
Why is it been transferred to jackman.is their work been done on moyross pitch or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrman
100% it's on in moyross ladsQuote:
Originally Posted by hotspur
Hospital 0 Carew park 3
With all the attacking talent on show last night it was fitting that 3 defenders scored the carew goals.credit to hospital for putting up a brave battle last night.very physical and young team,you can see why they gave so much trouble to the teams in the Lawson and other cup games.Quote:
Originally Posted by rooney23