Mystic's megs crystal ball did,nt see that one comin.
Been out of work for a few days so pardon me for my lateness in postin.Firstly regardin us an the Coachford game,we were good for the first 15 an then Coachford should have beatin us because after that were terrible.It was one of those games we would have had to win ugly if you understand me an some of our lads just wer'nt up for it on the day.A lucky point.
Grattan 3 Villa 1.
Brusin Norrie derby to say the least.The first 45 we could'nt get 2 yards without bein blown up into the air.The ref even got frustrated with the amount of ego's that were tryin to kill each other.We came out the worst again an again with persistant fouls.I'v been lucky or unlucky to have played in some Norrie battles but this was a first half of physcial abuse I havent seen for a while.We lost Harry to a shockin head wound late in the first half an Goldsmith limped of after another late double tackle on him,yet no reds.If Tom Tully had bein doin this one Villa would have been down 1 or 2 men by half time.0/0 at the break,pardon my pun.
Half way through the 2nd sub BB played two 1,2's with Danny an crossed for Eric to finish of a truly stunning goal.The 2nd was a peno,great work again between Cans an Jp which resulted in Cans gettin taken down.Danny from the spot cool as you like.Villa pulled one back A brave finish by there striker in fairness because he was clung big time by Smithy.Could of been a red an a peno if the ball had not of trickled in.3rd goal came near the end,cross to the near post Goldsmith got a flick an rebounded in off the defender on the line.An ugly win,hard fought with 3 great goals.Thats how it needs to be done sometimes,the hard way.We bossed the game for the most part but the difference between the Coachford game an this one was that for the most part everyone was prepared to fight hard for each an every ball.WIt was'nt a game for the purist except for the quality of our 3 goals .We settled down an played ball in the 2nd half after takin our kickin an got what we deserved.Danny Dunne was a class apart on the night.
Tizz,Bog ???????????????????????
littlemans questions an answers
Littlemans tupence worth
1) Best team you've come up against?.Castlebar in the Fai,very organised,solid skillful.
2) Best player you've come up against or witnessed for those of us retired!?!:Dhehehehe for me in his alround game Varian from Kinsale,I could mention half a dozen Grattan players but that would be a bit biased.
3) Best away ground?.......Park,pitch is always in great condition.
4) Atmosphere?Any Grattan V Kinsale home or away is always great for spectators
5) Worst away ground?!?Glenthorn or Villa
6) Best ref.TomTully by a country mile.
7) Best win ? Newtown 5/1 away in the last 16 of the Mjc.
8) Worst defeat ? Fai at home to Castlebar.1/1 apeice goin in to extra time an we couldnt get the winner even with a man extra,a home draw if we had beaten them in the quaters.heartbreakin.Oh ya nearly forgot the Aoh loss to Tizz an Bog ranks a close 2nd.
Just a quickie but a goodie
Grattan V Kinsale,,,,,,,,,,the Gratts to put this one to bed once an for all.
Coachford V Park,,,,,,,,,after some of the comments I heard from the Coachford people last week after the game I cant see them doin us any favours.Park win.
Ballypheane V Villa......Bally to win by the odd goal in 5
Leeside Munster Champions
Well done Leeside on winning the Munster Junior Cup, make's us all a bit prouder to be part of the Cork AUL
The rule of thumb,Tom's thumb that is.
Sorry but I couldnt resist that one,:D
Congrats to Leeside an Rebel.Great win an for what ye have gone through lately I hope it in someway can soften the sorrow that your club has had to deal with an are still even dealin with.I would also hope that the Mjc is sittin on Jimmy Barrs bedside willing him to get better soon.Well done again from all up in O'Neill Park.I've been on the Mjc thread an for the most part is well wishers all round excepting for the usual suspects from outside rebel HQ who wouldnt be able to be gracious under any circumstances.Another Munster title for the rebels an between Leeside an Rockmount the rest of Munster an beyond cant hold a candle to ye.
On Saturdays game,well it was a bit of a non event for me.When I saw who was on goal (Jeremy wearin a big yellow top,big bird sprang to mind)for Kinsale I thought fcuk this I'm toggin off,hahaha no we did share a joke about it when I had a chat with him before the game.No all things aside it takes some balls to come up to our place an step up to fill the goalkeepers position if hes unavailable.For me neither side for the most part was really bothered to get in to top gear so to speak.Kinsale just went through the paces an we just kinda took advantage of it.Dont get me wrong we played well its just that there was no bite to the game as such,probably me own fault because I was expectin somtin else altogether.I was near my usual spot near the bottom goal for the peno so I cant really comment.But there were plenty of missed opertuinitys in the first half besides the peno.
The 2nd goal was only a matter of time in comin along an Shinky capped of a fine display with a good finish. We put in a good team performance on the day overall.We dominated start to finish for the most part its just I would have liked a few more goals,im selfish.As for the rest or should I say Toms part,well I'm always happy when he refs because he wont take shiit from knowone an he wont tolerate dirty players.Hes not everyones cup of tea an considering the Aoh is on Friday the red card was maybe harsh.But in sayin that Tizz, a 50/50 needs 2 players to tackle.The young lads is just that young, an he lunged into the tackle as Shinky was skipin away.A yellow in anyones book.The second was harsh I agree but only in terms of what ye have goin on Friday.Im surprised he was left on the pitch an even more surprised some of your more experienced players didnt have a word with him to calm him down a bit before it came to the 2nd yellow..He was also envolved in the incident with Cans which I thought was worse than the other 2 but he is only a young fella an he played the game at a high tempo with his heart on his sleeve tryin to impress an has suffered for it.
A tough price to pay but I think everyone at the game an especially on ourside were tryin to stop Tom givin him the yellow,I'v never came across a side tryin to stop a ref sendin off one of the opposition in such a vital game.We were able or forced to rest a few ourselves after the Battle of Punch 'o' Villa and they should all be back for the Kanturk game.Its seems we have to go win in Kanturk.Well if thats what we have to do thats what we will do.The Bally game was switched to Sunday because of all the Communions an stuff.I might have a chat with the man up stairs meself if we need an extra bit Sunday to get us over the line.
Just a little thought,the golden boot.Is it me or what but its all Prem A on the top half an the Prem teams on the bottom half.Jp has 35 goals in all competitions this year,37 last season an he wont even get a golden "sizzler"