You were as well not come over - the riot police got right out of hand towards the end:D That said, I'm still glad we decided against the Town-end bank in the end:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
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You were as well not come over - the riot police got right out of hand towards the end:D That said, I'm still glad we decided against the Town-end bank in the end:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Wexford fans - if your team had shown more belief you may have nicked a point in oriel last night, 2-0 up at ht and cruising we collapsed in the second half and put on a shocking display. was impressed the way the youth kept the ball on the deck and passed it around in the 2nd half.
So I heard. Seemingly we had some chances but gave away 2 simple goals again. It's an improvement on last year though. I don't think we even scored against ye in 4 attempts! What sort of crowd was there? According to our website, we had about 15 at it. Damn Thursday night games!
Everyone has discovered the 'secret' to beating the Youths. Get a corner or a set piece:(
We just don't seem to be able to deal with them. At this stage we panic for every corner and end up letting them in or giving away penos.
I think the secret to beating the Youths is to have at least 8 able bodied men on the park, everything else seems to take care of itself after that :)Quote:
Originally Posted by oldyouth
8? Is it that many??
Jebus, I know that we have only won 1 game (in the cup) this year but the general consensus is that our game against L37 this year was by far and away the worst effort we've put in so far. Hopefully we'll show you a better display in the return fixtureQuote:
Originally Posted by jebus
In fairness I think going 7 games in a row without being able to beat Limerick gives the Youths a fair shout at being named the worst football team in the worldQuote:
Originally Posted by oldyouth
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Originally Posted by Footsoldier
First goal corner by our left full then headed in at back post by our right full - exact same combo as last season
2nd - your central defender lost the ball insdie the box, side pass for a simple tap in
yes this goal was your first v us.
dfc.com reports approx 1,500 at the game
around 10 WY fans but some impressive flags
Thurs nights ? couldnt agree more -silly night for a game, sat would be my choice
But you will have to take great credit at how you played in 2nd half esp as we all thought it was just a case of 'how many more'
Seems to be a reccurring theme, was the very same in the waterford game. Our lack of experience can be glaring at times, i allways feel we need a few auld heads aboard to settle the ship.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
But despite the losses were playing well and keep playing it the way the good lord intended it. Important game against Shels next week now, 3 points would sure be sweet.
I'll have to agree that L37 are our bogey side but your team isn't all that either. If it wasn't free admission for under 12s, nobody would go to your home games:pQuote:
Originally Posted by jebus
Eh? :confused: I think you've mistaken us with Cobh :)Quote:
Originally Posted by oldyouth
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Originally Posted by oldyouth
Our U-12's are only free if the Adult they are with has a season ticket.
Other than that they are €5
I can happily confirm that Longford are every bit as awful as I suspected they'd be.
Nothing team full of nothing players playing rubbish football.
I'll be disgusted if we don't finish ahead of them.
I think I can safely say that we will be battling Wexford for the 2nd
last place in the division. (Thats assuming Yths are as bad as being
made out)
Athlone Towns motto for the year ... Cant Defend, Wont Defend! :o
(orm equally Cant Score, Wont Score)
Of course Youths are as bad as everyone has been making out!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Genuinely that's Athlone added to the list of teams I fully expect us to finish ahead of along with Monaghan, Fingal, Longford, Wexford and Kildare.
Can't wait to see Shels, Dundalk and Waterford. :)
Who was No 10 for yeh? Thought he was decent. Other than that you are muck. How Davy Byrne and Lavine still get a game at this level amazes me. Byrne waddles about the place doing nothingQuote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Dave O'Dowd. Probably the most honest player you'll ever see.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed
Never stops running
Things seem to be goin as expected thus far,with Dundalk,Shels and Waterford leading the way and Sporting,Longford and Limerick looking like they will be tricky opponents for whoever they meet.
The team that has surprised me most is Wexford youths,they gave us a real scare in oriel and didnt stop until the final whistle.
Big win for us against the blues,tough game away to Limerick on Friday,no repeats of the 2nd half of last season hopefully!!!
The youths move to within a point of mighty Limerick after a nice away victory over monaghon, luck was with us apparently but we were bound to get something other than a kick in the kacks off karma at some stage this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
After seeing the Shels and Waterford game and reading reports from Dundalk the gap between us and the leaders is probably not that big as some people think.
We know have two winnable home games against Athlone & Longford the two coming Fridays, 4pts from them would really see ous season take off.
Youths move a point above the mighty Limerick city, i really fancy us for a top 6 finish.
Splurge, your commitment to this thread is examplorary. I doff my internet hat at you, and to LTID
That fact you see Limerick as being 'mighty' makes me weep, and not in joy or prideQuote:
Originally Posted by Splurge
Jebus, I think the 'mighty' could refer to one of your many previous reincarnations, more likely to be Limerick City, Limerick FC, Limerick Utd, Limerick Tuesday or Limerick Right Price Tiles............
Or Limerick 37.
Oh right, sorry I didn't catch your name considering you're so new to the partyQuote:
Originally Posted by oldyouth
We have no past, just a future:)Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
On RTE 1 on Friday afternoon on the Derek Mooney show Padraig Lodge was doing a sports preview of the night's matches and DM asked him where did the name Limerick 37 come from in relation to the news that they were to change their name back to Limerick FC.
PL said that the club was originally founded by 37 people.
Just goes to show that Irish journos have no problem just making stuff up if they don't know the facts :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Fintan Cassidy
You'd get savaged for it if you did it on here...Quote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed
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Originally Posted by Splurge
:D:D:D
Another weekend goes by and the division is starting to take a bit of shape,i think it will be Dundalk,Shels and Waterford as predicted at the start of the year,and anyone who can get 3 points away to the likes of Limerick,Fingal and Longford will be doing well.We were in the same position last season,but if we can win our next two games Kildare and Shels,both in oriel,we will be in a good position.
saw the second half of the Athlone - Dundalk game. Dundalk were in control at that stage (2-0), but kept control through the second half. Cassidy added a nice goal late on. For the 1st Div., I never like counting till close to the end as a number of clubs can come from the pack and take the title.Quote:
Originally Posted by shep
Interesting point here.Quote:
Originally Posted by shep
Having only Shels left to see (I assume they are handy) it looks like the division is divided into three dinstinct groups:
The decent, well organised, bit of strength in depth, teams:
Dundalk
Waterford
Presumably Shels
The smattering of good players and on their day, especially at home, will cause anyone problems teams:
Limerick
Longford (Overall still rubbish IMO but could do alright in the Flansiro)
Fingal
And the downright useless teams:
Kildare
Athlone
Wexford
Mon
I genuinely think whichever of the top three can take the most points away to the handy clubs will have a big bearing on things.
Was very impressed by Dundalk when they came down. Big, strong, experienced and a good bench.
Some of the teams this year are painful though (ourselves included when we have a few injuries)
No it wont because your team is still crap.Quote:
Athlone & Longford the two coming Fridays, 4pts from them would really see ous season take off.
Worst Limerick team in years, crippled by injuries to boot.Quote:
Youths move a point above the mighty Limerick
I hope ye had a good time at the celebratory barndance.
Hey, if our problems keep up you might even beat us at the *cough* ninth time of asking in a few weeks
You could quite possibly finish ahead of Kildare, Mon and maybe Athlone in fairness.Quote:
i really fancy us for a top 6 finish
I would expect us to climb to at least mid table if we can get a decent run without injuries.
We haven't been able to field the same 11 players for two matches running and that doesn't make things easy.
Since our second match we have had at least 8 players under 20 in our match squad as Ciaran Kelly, Davy Byrne, Des Hope, Jim Sheridan between injuries, suspension and unavailability have missed over 50% of games so far this season and they would be guaranteed a place in our starting 11.
We don't have a very experienced squad and when you lose 4 of that quality it hurts the team bad.
On top of all that we are not allowed sign a keeper until July and have a 41 year old goal keeping coach between the sticks for the past 4 matches.
Can you not get a dispensation to sign a new 'keeper if you're stuck?Quote:
Originally Posted by Battery Rover
I believe we don't qualify as we didn't have two professional keepers signed pre season. We have one professional and 2 amateurs. Rule for this is a bit long winded. Someone might be able to post it on here if they have it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schumi
I don't follow your point Lim. Do you think your team is good or the worst in years??Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Don't think Monaghan should be in that category- win their game in hand against Kildare, which they would be expected to, and they would be in fourth place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
As for Wexford, if they won the league you'd probably still claim they're useless.
We've played Monaghan twice in Oriel so far (once in the League Cup) and they were shocking both times. They do tend to do ok at home though.. There is not a chance of them finishing as high as fourth in my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge