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well scaffa what you say with the jumping up 4 divisions for the players will be hard on the club as a whole but not many teams would put it up to douglas hall msl fact i played in that game last nite and the coaching and set up the have is something else not many aul teams would beat them ... figo was the man for grattan last nite that man has some skill in his locker i tell ya !! off to OZ for a month now so when he gets back will he stay !! or will he go !!
Real shame whats happening up in Gratton. A club with so much history in the AUL. Very hard on a up and coming 2nd division side to fill the boots of their Prem side in a short space of time. If these results continue, im not saying they will, but players can only take so much of being on the wrong end of a hammering. Sad really because the "Killer Bs" could have progressed through the divisions but its not to be and the prospect of playing the Prem sides every week could be just a bridge too far for Grattan.
Goodluck to them.
Bad lose Ollie! As for Grattan tough first game for the new management! Douglas hall are a good side probably the best in the MJL. I Can't understand why premier league teams are short players, do players not want to play premier league? Any thoughts people!
Sorry lads wondering here whats happened with Grattan- saw them pre season playing a game and didnt look too bad- has Gavin finished up managing them.
[SIZE=2]Having suffered a few disapointing results in the last few weeks, drawing with Knockavilla felt like losing the game considering the number of chances we missed and the stupid goals we conceded and bowing out of the MJC against Village where again we contrived to miss a hatfulof chances, saying that we had no one to blame but ourselves and they are harsh lessons to learn. Yesterday we welcomed Blarney Street and for the winners a place in the open stages of the FAI Junior Cup awaited the victors.
Coachford 1 Blarney Street 0
First and foremost great credit goes to Pat Murphy for allowing the game proceed, whilst the pitch in general was in good nick, one of the goalmouths was nt perfect and he gave it every chance to allow it thaw. Some refs would have turned up , called it off and taken their few quid. He refed it well, allowing advantage where possible and always spoke to the players calmly and respectfully.
Blarney Street were well organised, up for it and appeared to be at full strength, Willie Bruton is a huge addition to them, very clever player. We were short a few bodies ourselves, however the lads who came in took their chance and can be pleased with their performances. The big advantage of having a good squad, Mr. Stokes will have a nice headache this week! The game was played at a good pace and both teams had chances to open their account before the break, our keeper Ray Moynihan making a super double save that Jungle Gym would have been proud of and Ken Hogan clearing off the line from Willie Bruton. We contrived to miss our usual few chances!! I felt we shaded the second half and went ahead with ten mins to go, Colum Gradys cross met with a super header from Ken Hogan. Held out and should have added a second with the street pushing on, when Keith Linzell rounded the keeper only to hit the post with the goal at his mercy!!
Overall a good performance in difficult conditions, delighted to be in the pot this week and hoping for a home draw, cant remember the last time we got out of Cork in this cup. It will be a great experience for the squad. The squad is strong & is going to get stronger this week, I ll keep my powder dry, word travels fast!!
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Park hitting Ballyvolane for 8, would love to have seen that!! Any reports on that lads.
Balllyvolane where 3 up in the first half and then got hit for 8. They had one sent off too. I wasn't there but I know a few of the lads with ballyvolane. They weren't too pleased and I can't imagine the long spin home after was much fun either.
Good result for us though against Bohs. 3-1 down at half time and brought it back to 3-3 in the last minute. Looking forward to playing them up in Leeds Park!
No report on the Blackstone v Pearse game - fairplay to Pearse - as for others well.........................
as you said dixie"s cousin douglas hall are the best MJL team around and all the best to the cork teams left in the fai junior cup its rebuild time for grattan now !!! as for playing premier football some clubs have the players and others clubs dont have the players for it ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Dixie's Cousin
That's true Killer, but looking at the weather people will have time to rebuild and regroup
but dixie it very hard to bring players in from other clubs most players these days are with there clubs years and years,,, your only getting players that are not with clubs and there not with clubs for a reason either they dont want to play or just show up when they feel like it it that the right attitude to have at your club??? NO!!!! would be my guess
well transfer window opens wednesday, let the merry-go-round begin
Missed the game due to shopping commitments abroad!!
Spoke to 5 or 6 involved. We are very disapointed and we didnt play well at all. Only 2 or 3 out of 14 got a pass mark! Seperate accounts say we should have had 2 or 3 penalties.
And, in the irony of local football, one of our lads had to go a party where the whole Pearse team were..............poor fella!!
With the two above us dropping points, It was a big opportunity wasted. Sometimes the best thing to follow is a tough one and away to Kanturk will be that.
Kilumney putting the results together.
I understand Douglas Hall Juniors would be good, but the scoreline still shocked me when I saw it. Fairplay Killer, you seem to have the right attitude.
Now that all the text votes are in, who won the "Boo Factor" down in Little Island?
"""" I understand Douglas Hall Juniors would be good, but the scoreline still shocked me when I saw it. Fairplay Killer, you seem to have the right attitude. """"""
thanks horse but trust me douglas hall MJL would match any AUL premier league side
im sure the new manager has a few ideas of the players he might want so it will be a fun transfer window for the gratts !!!!
What was final score in match versus Douglas Hall Killer. Rumours doing the rounds that 7-1 may have been too Kind??? As for Boo Factor Horse theres action taking place today and tomorrow with manager announcement due thursday hopefully.
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no rumours booboys 7-1 was the out come not ashamed to say we faced a much better team than us on the nite
hi lads, Inswinger agree with our post. hit everything on the head! I too have to commend Pat Murphy for giving us those few mins too get the game going. Was dissapointed as one should be losing a match, thought we could have been 2/3 up in the first but didnt get going in the 2nd half. We travelled with a full squad wuth Paul Hogan been the only absentee tried a few things, different playeres, different positons. Managment had said the Fai and Mjc we would be rotating giving the whole squad games , the League and Aoh been giving precedence. Hoping to get in 1 or 2 in the transfer window. Looking at things, Mjc next week away to Springfield who are going well so a very tough fixture there, probably i think Aoh following so that mid December, be lucky to have 3 leagues played in the league come January. We will i hope be stronger and look to push on in the league.
Boo come on we want answers!!!! Littleman is on his way down the carraigtohill dual carraigeway as we speak!!!!
Was at the Douglas vs Grattan game on Sat night, great set up by the way, all we were short was a heater thou!!!! Douglas good footballing side , the use the pitch well and a few ex senior players, well deserved. As for the gratts it was always gonna be tough. Only 3 1st team players were playing, Dave Sull, Pello and Figo. As for asking players to step up 4 divisions , yes i agree but the new manager has to be given time. Was talking to Dean and he has said there wiping slate clean starting fresh and looking to move on from it. I wish him all the best as do all involved with Blarney St.
Park vs Ballyvolane unbelievable!!!! never heard of anything like that before!
Horse ya agree the joys of local ball , meeting the opposition in town afterwards!!! its a thing i love about our game the different way we all see things!
Looks like Grattan are in for a real hard year. May take years to recover but 'killer b' keep the head up this happens to every club. I think you said Dean was the new manager, hopefully he does well, usually these are the guys who keep the club afloat but get little recognition. Killer this problem with B team players having to play with the A team is a problem that all big clubs have. I know that Castleview struggled with it for years but its a problem that the club must deal with if it wants to grow.