Well lads
how are Maymount fixed for the semi - when's the last competitive match they played, are they missing anyone, do they fancy there chances?
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Well lads
how are Maymount fixed for the semi - when's the last competitive match they played, are they missing anyone, do they fancy there chances?
Last 2 league games of the season were 1:1 with Grattan and 2:2 with Leeside.Quote:
Originally Posted by backodanet
Hard to judge as Both Leeside and Grattan already knew their fate at that stage; But best of luck to them...
very best of luck to them, would be some win if they could pull it off....havnt seen that much of maymount in last 6 months so not really qualified to assess their chances!
Best of luck to Maymount at the weekend.
Which Maymount will turn up tho'?
The Maymount who 'on their day' can give anyone a game, or the Maymount who get beaten by teams who don't have half their ability.
Pike came 2nd in their league, a long way ahead of Corbally who took Maymount to pens. Pike are the hot favs but I reckon the long layoff will suit Maymount more than Pike... so you never know! :ball:
First i'd like to wish Maymount the very best of luck.As a firm supporter of AUL teams its always great to see them challange for the bigger cups.
But on a more realistic note its a bit of DAVID/GOLIATH.
Grattan beat Pike in the Fai in a crackin game and every one of Grattans players had to play at 110% to do so.Maymount played Grattan 3 times this season.Losin 3/1 and 5/2 and drawin 1 a peice in a nothin end of season league game.
Maymount have some very good players but they have a lot of run of the mill players with short fuses.Pike are openly reguarded as one of the most physcial sides in junior football and I would have my doubts about Maymount keepin their heads.Not only that but Pike are strong in every position and just as strong on the bench in terms of footballing ability.They have or had a couple of Irish junior Internationals and a half a dozen Oscar Traonor players this season alone .Maymount have some excellent players in most positions but are also weak in one or two.It would be great to see a AUL side reach the final of the MJC but I think it might just be to big a cherry for Maymount to bite off.
Only thing is that in the big competitions Pike have a habbit of ****n the course when it comes to the crunch and it would'nt be the first time they lost a semi to a seemingly weaker side.If Maymount have any chance and its a slim chance its Tim Long and how he plays will decide it.
Again best of luck to Maymount and I hope you send Pike back to Limerick beaten by another Cork side.
i wouldn't write off maymounts chances yet....strong rumours that pike are missing four players thro holidays and mcgarry is not playing either....
one off game and both sides pretty rusty....best of luck to them...
cork sides appear to be much more competitive at the moment....
lads pike say there gonna be missing players every week they'll be there with a full team!Quote:
Originally Posted by thirdeye
i see the cork aul beat the msl 3-1 last night.... what if anything can be read into that?? one grattan player on the score sheet another man of the match....surely grattan must be team of the year?? any takersQuote:
Originally Posted by Shilts
In the AUL Ballyphehane are one of the best teams i've seen gone from 1b to Prem A to Prem in three years. They will be a big force next year. Grttan without doubt best this year in Premier.
I'd give team of the season to Grattan but a big mention to two others.Quote:
Originally Posted by bellavistaman
Ballypheane have won promotion for the last 4 years in a row. Going from 3rd division to premier in the minimum time possible.
Knockavilla (Div 1) finished 2nd in league to just miss out on promotion, won the St. Michaels cup and won the County Cup no mean feat for any side.
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Ya agreed Ballyphehane are a class act, played against them 3 times this season and was only more impressed each time.
Just to clarify. That MSL team was selected from their junior teams. That's from the 2nd and 3rd teams of the senior clubs (playing in the MSL junior section). I would imagine that an MSL Senior selection would be too strong for an AUL selection.Quote:
Originally Posted by thirdeye
Team of the year could go to Grattan but the AUL normally give it to teams who've won more than 1 trophy. Ballyphehane maybe, but didn't they get it last year? They'll hardly give it to the same team 2 years running will they?
Just found out Kinsale relegated to Premier A with Macroom for next season."Villa stay up
From Billy Lyons' website:Quote:
Originally Posted by pass&move
PROTEST DECISION
The AUL have announced their decision on the Villa Utd protest against Kinsale which said that the seasiders played an illegal player in their late season draw.
AUL secretary Martin Conlon: "The decision is to award the game and the points to Villa and to remove Kinsale from the league. This also means that according to rule that Kinsale will be relegated to Premier A with Macroom for next season."
rumour has it that maymount have joined forces with temple utd. and gone to senior league.....that coupled with the chinese whispers that three out of the aoh cup semi-finalists are also thinking along those lines doesn't bode well for the aul...maybe it's time the aul had a look at themselves and ask why...time for new blood and new ideas there methinks.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Innishvilla
I've heard Kinsale are pushing hard to move MSL. I know they never had a good relationship with the AUL, they always felt the bias was towards city teams, even though they were the most successful team in the premier in the last 5 years. I'm guessing this relegation is one final swipe from the AUL...Quote:
Originally Posted by thirdeye
Perhaps that might also go a way to explain some of the more recent defections to MSL... Blarney, Passage, Ballinhassig to name a few... I know they moved mostly for football reasons but...
Also were Temple a spin off from Rockmount?
[QUOTE=Shilts;702107]Just to clarify. That MSL team was selected from their junior teams. That's from the 2nd and 3rd teams of the senior clubs (playing in the MSL junior section). I would imagine that an MSL Senior selection would be too strong for an AUL selection.
Team of the year could go to Grattan but the AUL normally give it to teams who've won more than 1 trophy. Ballyphehane maybe, but didn't they get it last year? They'll hardly give it to the same team 2 years running will they?[/QUOTE]
they did get it last year alrite they won th e league and cup double so did springifled in the same league only 1b, Ballyphehanes was 1a or 1c not sure, Ballyphehane won all awards springfield didnt get one????????
Based on your comments it would look like Knockavilla have a strong chance they have won 2 cups this year from the same division as Ballypheane were in last year (1a) but if the AUL city bias continues as it normally does (Springfield from Cobh) I would figure Grattan will get team of the year.Quote:
Originally Posted by bellavistaman
Also just to clarify, I am not saying the Ballypheane last year or Grattan this year do not deserve team of the year they both had excellent years. But if a close decision comes down to a choice between city and country based teams the AUL goes with the city team more often than not...
Heard that said many a time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Innishvilla
i wouldn't touch that one but i can say that i am no fan of the aul...sometimes success can be measured in terms other than trophys and the reason i felt grattan would be worthy winners, is after winning premier a last year to win the premier this year and be five minutes from an fai cup semi-final, to have in their squad the first aul player to get a cap i believe, 6 members of the aul squad and losing semi finalists in two other competitions is a huge season....i don't have a vested interest by the way but i watched some of their football this season..very entertaining and always goals...
Ya hope grattan get it, would say it is a no contest they wil get it surely.
Well said thirdeye agree with you 100%
Another Grattan player called up to the Irish side Pa Connors to play against the USA in July
Great to hear.
Jesus well done Grattan! Thats unbelievable to be fair! Do they know someone with a bit of power or what? Unusual for cork based players to get some well deserved recognition. Any news on the clubs going up Munster Senior?
Lakewood gone MSL , Kinsale gone MJL & Maymount join Temple to become Temple/Maymount Rovers thats what I've heard
John Paul O'Sullivan and Pa Connors have been selected to play on the Ameture side and not the Junior.I always thought the Ameture side was just for senior league players and the junior for junior league players.
Gerry Smith the Irish manager must rate them very highly to promote them to the Ameture panel.It is unbeliveable to think that their are 2 Grattan(AUL) junior players on the panel .Fantastic achivement for the players and especially their club.
I dont mean to sound spitefull but its great to see Grattan an AUL club being in the spotlight instead of being in the shadows of the MSL for a change.
Well done JP and Pa and do us proud:DAnd 3 cheers for Grattan for givin us a chance to see CORK AUL players representin their country down in the Cross.Be great to have a full house would'nt it:D
I know Lakewood have excellent facilities but how can a team that finished 3rd in AUL 1 go MSL and premier champions for 4 from last 5 yeas go MJL??? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by pass&move
Lakewood are not going Munster Senior League they have to start in the Munster Junior League section thats the way the MSL works.No matter what league you come from whether premier,senior or 3rd division if you do not have an existing team in the MSL you have to start at the bottom and work your way up.Passage,Castleview the list goes on.
Kinsale will have to do the same just like Lakewood.Its just remember that Kinsale were relegated from the AUL Premier to Premier A because they were caught cheating.Cant see them being allowed get away with it just because they want to change leagues.Maymount will just take Temples place and share with them thus Templemount(hahahahahahah):ball:,thats why they joined.
I have been actively reading all posts on this website for some time and just had to register so that I could make a point which has been nagging at me for a long time. Its about the condition of some of the soccer or so called soccer pitch'es in the Cork AUL and what really annoys me is that the Referee's see them as fine (or is it they dont want to lose the money) they are definetly the worse pitch'es I have ever seen - fields cut to look like a soccer pitch that is what the most of them are. Unless the AUL set a standard we will continue to lose any half decent players to the MSL.
on the other side of that arguement ive been out done the warm up the loteverybody agree the pitch is more than playable then the referee calls it off, take the money. Joke!Quote:
Originally Posted by Soccer Fan.
Yes I have seen that also with Referee's the only way I can see out of that is. They turn up well before the players start their warm up and inspect the pitch. However another way out is if each club had a pitch inspector who could be a neutral and lets say he is made known to the referee's before the season starts - then over time Referee's and these so called club pitch inspectors could form a decent alliance and that would cut out half the rubbish we get over the season.
Sounds like a good idea, but maybe if teams stoped doing 15 mins warm up's on the playing surface(in winter this does more damage than the actual fixture). i have seen teams here in limk destroy parts of pitches even before the match starts. in winter this area will not recover and will actually cause more fixtures to be postponed. i have witnessed a limk team chew up one of the most used parts of a playing surface and the complain that the pitch is dangerous to play on.....
I think You might have got this one wrong littleman . When Passage,Castleview and co went Senior they went into the 1 or 1a sections with the chance of getting promoted to Premier,the MJS is ccompletely different.The MJS is like the Senior sides second teams look at the Junior Premier Division ,Avondale,Everton,Rockmount,Douglas Hall ect.Quote:
Originally Posted by littleman
Yes U are right there Pass&Move the Junior section of the MSL is made up of nearly all second teams competing in either the 1st Div. or the Premier Div. of the MSL. I see the MJL section as a rival to the Cork AUL into the future if the AUL dont start treating teams from the County the same as teams in the City equally fair. It is obvious to me over the years that there is and has been a bias from the AUL towards the City teams!!Quote:
Originally Posted by pass&move
heard a rumour park united from mitchelstown want to leave aul and go munster senior league
Another County Team - need I say anymore!!Quote:
Originally Posted by balls
Unfortunately the standard of facilities in the AUL doesnt afford all teams the luxury of being able to warm up on a second pitch. Surely your not suggesting that teams revisit the dark days of arriving just moments before a game starts? I feel its up to the clubs themselves to ensure that their pitch is playable. Teams in the premier league over the last 5/6 years have come on leaps and bounds in terms of their preparation and training etc... However i do feel it is important to note that some of the pitches that our best junior teams are being forced to play on is a disgrace. Grattan and up to last year Village are a prime example.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soccer Fan.
No I am not suggesting going back into the dark ages - I am also a believer in doing good warm ups and equally as important is the warm down after games and I do agree with you that Premier leagues have come on in leaps and bounds on this front but the same cannot be said for their facilities Im afraid. I also agree with you in regards to Grattan & Village's pitches but you forgot to mention the worse one of all St Aidans where Glenthorn play - Disgraceful pitch for good dedicated Premier players who train and play hard and then ask them to play there - No wonder they leave!!.Quote:
Originally Posted by qwertyui
Anybody play in Kanturk, shockin pitch, Villages is poor too but the day i played there it was ****in so nothing could be done.