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B teams tend to fade in the second half of the season. Don't think Pike will fade that much though and be just outside the top two. Shannontown, Mungret and Granville will get stronger. For me - Geraldines to win it, Hibs second followed closely by the likes of Shannontown, Pike B and Mungret.
Whoever goes up, we will need to strengthen big time.
It looks like Geraldines and Hibs will get promoted at this stage with the Dines winning it
There is still a lot of football to be played though,Pike B and Balla B will push them all the way
I thought Granville would be a lot higher up the table but there having a very poor season for one reason or another
There are some very poor teams in 1a this year,ie,Charleville Croom
the best thing for them is relegation,maybe they will pick up a few wins in 1b next season
I think it will be a battle to the last with dines and hibs.. With pike or Shannon town third ...pike have the experience and might just pip Shannon town for third .. Shannon towns new management were unlucky with injuries at Start of league and that might cost them..
interesting league now with dines reeled back into the main bunch so plenty to play for yet,as for a fellow poster depicting shannon town as ..cat ..he is indeed entitled to his highly respected and considered opinion.....pike b 0 shannon town 1,oops.think that cat had kittens earlier this season.
who says it's respected..
boywonder you have some neck coming on here saying shannon teams think they are invincible after a few results check all previous pages and i dont think there is one post from any shannon teams praising or predicting how well they are going to do, but instead loads of posts from yourself and your wet dreams about your obsession with pike b. long way to go in season yet and a lot of good teams still capable of winning league.Quote:
Originally Posted by theboywonder8
Lads at the end of the day the best team is the 1 that wins the league.For what its worth i think the Dines man for man are the best and from what im hearing they have 2/3 serious players coming that will send shockwaves through this league.Don't think u can say X and Y is the best player in the league as how do u compare a striker to a defender.Best defender for me would be Shane Madden, Best Midfielder i would not be sure about maybe the lad with Croom in the middle.Forget his name but he is an excellent player.Best Striker between Ian Dore and Jef mac.The next few games are vital for the teams at the top and indeed the bottom.Best to luck to all teams and hopefully it goes all the way.
Yes everyone is entitled to an opinion, but saying Shannon teams coming on here thinking there invincible is not an opinion its an accusation especially as old git said coming from the man whos wet dreaming about pike B, its a tight league and no-one is a cert for promotion lets just hope the league continues to be as interesting as it is now for the rest of the season.
Shockwaves through the league???Quote:
Originally Posted by van der wheil
where are they getting these 2/3 players from,Barcelona??
Ian Dore tore ankle ligaments a few weeks ago and hasn't played any of Geraldine's last 4-5 games. He's on the road to recovery now which is a good thing because they've seriously missed him(even if I am biased)Quote:
Originally Posted by van der wheil
the midlands possibly?Quote:
Originally Posted by deadly man
anyone know the result of the cup match tonight??
It was called offQuote:
Originally Posted by jenventuz
why was it called off??Quote:
Originally Posted by deadly man
I'd guess the weatherQuote:
Originally Posted by jenventuz
Still going to be plenty twists and turns in this division yet and nobody is gaurnteed to win the league or go up. Only a few short weeks ago Grearldines seemed invincible and now look at how many points they've dropped recenley...Shannon Town are the opposite they've got off to a poor start and now are picking up some great results and are quitley sneaking up the table...I expect Granville to really start picking up after the Christmas too.
Personally I think Hibs will go on to win the league myself but like i said anything could happen, one thing is for sure...that it will be an exiting season.
O’Neills Soccer Div 1A
Caherconlish v Shannon Town , 10.30,
Caherdavin Celtic v Ballynanty Rvs, 10.30,
Granville Rgs v Fairview Rgs, 10.30,
Croom Utd v Charleville, 10.30,
Mungret Reg v Pike Rvs, 10.30,
Geraldines 12 8 3 1 34 13 27
Shannon Hibs 13 8 2 3 35 13 26
Pike Rvs B 12 7 2 3 35 20 23
Ballynanty Rvs 12 6 2 4 24 25 20
Caherdavin 11 5 2 4 25 26 17
Shannon Town 11 4 4 3 19 12 16
Mungret Reg 11 4 3 4 21 16 15
Caherconlish 11 4 2 5 17 22 14
Granville Rgs 11 3 2 6 17 24 11
Charleville 11 3 2 6 18 29 11
Fairview Rgs B 13 3 2 8 21 37 11
Croom Utd 12 1 2 9 16 44 5
Fixtures 27/11/11
Caherconlish v Shannon Town , 10.30,
Caherdavin Celtic v Ballynanty Rvs, 10.30,
Granville Rgs v Fairview Rgs, 10.30,
Croom Utd v Charleville, 10.30,
Mungret Reg v Pike Rvs, 10.30
PREDiCTIONS
Caherconlish 2 v 2 Shannon Town
Caherdavin Celtic 3 v 2 Ballynanty Rvs
Croom Utd 2 v 1 Charleville
Mungret Reg 3 v 3 Pike Rvs
predicting some high scoring matches there zizou, not much faith in the defences in the division but then again i suppose you wouldnt being a striker and all :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Zizou
Thinking of current conditions more than anything. Bad pitches make for mistakes and goals.Quote:
Originally Posted by jenventuz
heard geraldines signed half the athlone teamQuote:
Originally Posted by Zizou
With all due respect, what interest would they have in playing in Division 1A?Quote:
Originally Posted by booster 03
[QUOTE=CupWinner99;1555116]With all due respect, what interest would they have in playing in Division 1A?
Who are the athlone lads signing for the dines?
don't know who they signed but i know a few of them trained wit dines during the season so maybe they liked what they sawQuote:
Originally Posted by booster 03
Jason Hughes, Dave Ryan, Paul Danaghar, Brian Collopy, Tommy Barrett and Gary Higgins are the players I can think of that where with Athlone at the end of the season so it could be one of them. They could also just be training with the Dines.
rumour has it that one of those players will be signing for hibs anyways lads dunno about dines......Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
There must be some incentives for him to be going from League of ireland to one A...Have Hibs been taken over by some Dubai Businessmen?Quote:
Originally Posted by jenventuz
Geraldine's are signing all of the above Athlone players as Pat Fenlon has signed Christy O'Neill, Shane Madden, Thomas O'Grady, Ian Dore and Liam Lenihan for Hibs
Gary Higgins used to play out in Shannon so I'd hazard a guess its him.Quote:
Originally Posted by jenventuz
bobby tier, jason travis, paul finnucane and david crowe have signed i was told..... league over!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
good that ateam in 1a can attarct these quality players, think finucane was there last year?Quote:
Originally Posted by booster 03
Hopefully league over anyways, depends how seriously these guys take it
Good guess outta you! higgins signing back to Hibs, dines signing some quality players. This will be interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
Well if ye get Higgins and Derek Byrne and geraldines get the other lads from athlone... They will win league by 10 PTS easy
Heard they are offering him a bottle of lucozade sport and 3 jaffa cakes before every match buddy ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bayern Munchies
Jesus second you seem to know your way around shannon anyway,clearly your not a hibs man..which means your with a less successful club in shannon:) come back to us when yer challenging to get into the premier:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Second
No I'm not with Shannon town either haven't played for a few years but I watch matches on Sundays now.. My point was if dines get 4-5 ex LOI lads they will walk the league .. Ye probably will still get second but in my opinion the gap will be massive..
Also on the point of ye being a successful club in Shannon .. Explain this please as I don't think ye have been in premier for a while have ye... And ye haven't gone up this year yet.. Alot of ball to be played ..
Mungret 2 - 2 Pike Rvs B
Interesting game played in Mungret this morning where we finished the game with only 9 men but instead of been pleased to get a point we are left disappointed not to have taken all 3.
Pike scored inside 60 seconds with a great finish from Mark Phelan (I think!) after some sloppy defending from us but can take nothing away from the finish. We equalised direct from the restart with an equally good finish from Brian Aherne. I wouldn't say there was 2 mins on the clock & we had 2 goals! The next 20 minutes were even enough until we had a man sent off (straight red) for a foul on the edge of our box. Pike went 2-1 5 mins later after again poor defending but a good finish from Phelan again. This seemed to waken us and for the remainder of the half (and prob the game) we dominated. Pa O Donoghue scored a great header just before HT. HT 2-2. We had a second man sent off inside the first 5 mins of the second half (I am biased but I thought it was v harsh). We showed unreal heart after that and missed a pen to win the game. Both teams tried to play football all day, best of luck to Pike B for the rest of the season.
a few results went in their favour today also without them even playing. but agree with you alot of ball still to be played but derek byrne & garry higgins would stiil be two very good additions to their squad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Second