Clare League Season 2008/09

good to be back, reading all the interesting predictions
good start by the avenue,few footballers to join em in a few weeks as well but long way to go yet.
n/market / lifford 2 games lost thats gonna hurt by seasons end
rineanna will take points off the top teams but never raise it for the mediocre games an that will be their down fall
corofin / bridge to go straight down
seems clare league tryin to get the season over by xmas again, 3 games in 7 days , prob be a period of time where a team wont get to play for a month due to weather
any news on oscar traynor? any interest?

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Originally Posted by Clifford

easy lads. their midfield has been combo of herlo, gary flynn, anthony whyte, aidan keane ritchie neylon and david smyth. all six footers plus (not) and shoot balls of fire from their arses. there are a lot bigger fitter physical teams in bunratty, moher, burren, newmarket wont be short either in that stakes. as for bridge and corofin teams, they were weakened and i'd even say most clubs b teams would have taken points off them on those particular days. everyone thought they were the team to beat last year as well and avenue won nothing. the avenue lifford game could have swung either way. those derby games are always very close and form usually goes out the window in them. clubs will start to get full strength in the next month so then will be the test for every team. dark horses moher

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True enough Moher could be the dark horses especially now as the football season draws to a close their team is going to get a lot stronger.

I think if you combine the Avenue midfield and their defence together they have a fairly physical team. They will have David Russell back as soon as Eire og are out of the championship which will add even more bite to their midfield, along with Aidan Keane who hasn't kicked a ball for the last 18 months I think they will be more than a match physically for any team in the middle of the park.
Its one thing having a physically big team but the players have to be able to use it, and I don't thing Bunratty can, I would even think newmarkets midfield isn't that powerful. Centre midfield Niggles I don't see him winning many 50/50 balls on a cold wet sunday morning.

nmkt 3 corofin 1, lucky enough didnt play all that well and corofin hit the bar a couple of times when the game was nil nil. they will feel unlucky not to have picked up anything from the game. any reports on the other games??

www.claresoccer.net updated

Good performance by Bunratty who led 3-0 early in the 2nd half. From what I hear it was a close game and Bunratty 'keeper did well to keep Avenue out.

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Originally Posted by celts1888

first i have ever heard of a team getting relegated for a player manhandling a referee... if true player should have been suspended for a long while by clare league .. he gets punished ( supposed to ) and not club ... newmarket won game 2-1 lifford missed penalty end of story history now :D

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Old Git this quote is from Celts1888 and not from me .

Burren 0-0 Bridge Utd..Real scrappy contest in very soft ground and long grass..burren down to 10 men just before half time, bridge dominated the game and funny it was burren had the better clear cut chances.. Bridge scored a perfect goal from a corner keeper dropped the ball behind his back while on the line and defender cleared from a foot or two behind, terrible decision when the ref was 5 yards from it and in clear view..bridge need a striker but on the positive side its a clean sheet after conceeding 10 goals in 2 games.bridge will get better but need to score goals as i said need a striker:

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Originally Posted by the special 1

david russell is useless are you telling me he can use the ball..only if its in the air..how many times did he get sent off last year???answer that

aiden keane is a great player good to hear he is back..

as for bunratty are you telling me the likes of evan glynn,noel and con
collins cant play ball...

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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]You're having a laugh mate. "David Russell is useless" because a player has a discipline issue doesn't making him useless. Go around and watch any game on a sunday morning and count how many times the ball is in the air? We don't play good flowing football like the limerick or dublin leagues so teams in clare can do quite well where they have a physical presents in midfield.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I never said anything about Bunratty not been able to play ball, I actually think thay have some fine ball players and going on yesterdays result they could well a have a great season. [/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]What I did question was could they match teams physically? (Last year in the Cup Final they where found wanting in that department) If they can this could be their season. [/FONT][/COLOR]

Hacker, what is the field like for sunday? I suppose the grass is lovely and long and the livestock will be in on friday to trim it?;)

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Originally Posted by Avenue1990

Hacker, what is the field like for sunday? I suppose the grass is lovely and long and the livestock will be on friday to trim it?;)

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excuses already avenue 1990 pitch is the same as it always was :D

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Originally Posted by old git

excuses already avenue 1990 pitch is the same as it always was :D

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avenue 1990 what lifford games have u seen this year??? or is it a trade secret. what have you made of em? strenghts weakness????

sure ye must know by now lads as well if its not the pitch that screwed avenue then its the ref and when that fails we´l blame lydon the fixture secretary because its all a conspiracy.

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Originally Posted by the special 1

david russell is useless are you telling me he can use the ball..only if its in the air..how many times did he get sent off last year???answer that

aiden keane is a great player good to hear he is back..

as for bunratty are you telling me the likes of evan glynn,noel and con
collins cant play ball...

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this is a first special one agreeing with you because its usually horse manure you talk, but two out of three aint bad. aidans quality and bun boys are no mugs and would grace most prem teams. they will be in the running for all cups in clare this year and play some super football. but david russell been useless??????
i know one thing and thats i´d prefer to be playing with (soccer lads soccer) russell than against him. if lifford had him they´d probably have won the holy grail by now as they have been missing one ingredient from their dream team and thats balls which russ has in abudance. so as it stands russ has more league medals than the whole lifford team together oh pa wilson and aussie have medals cause they played with russ and the avenue. not a cheap shot(i´l leave that to you) at lifford cause i´ve great respect for them but special one you make me want to hate them (bit like avenue1990, whose not from or played with avenue i might add)

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Originally Posted by Avenue1990

Hacker, what is the field like for sunday? I suppose the grass is lovely and long and the livestock will be in on friday to trim it?;)

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Originally Posted by hacker

its like a mud bath after the lifford game last week..any rain could put it in doubt but weather promised good..

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Avenue1990 just to clear things up, Rineanna's 'pitch' is never in a good state. When there's grass on it its normally too long and the rest of the time its mainly mud with a few clumps of grass sticking up here and there. It'd be a close call between that field and Corofin's for the worst in the Premier this year. I think if Rovers had a nice pitch like Lifford or Newmarket etc they'd do worse, its so bad that the sides who like to play football and get the ball down rarely enough get points there or if they do not many. You cannot play soccer there so I reckon Rovers will maintain a solid start to the season and get at least a point from Sunday.

The Premier League looks like it's going to be a close four-horse race this season between Bunratty, Avenue, Newmarket and Lifford. The Ennis derby 2 weeks ago was tight but Avenue's greater determination won it for them, they've been training like dogs for the last couple of months.

Munster Junior Predictions:
Corofin A
Burren
Bunratty
Newmarket and Bridge Celtic to be decided in extra-time or pens

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Originally Posted by the special 1

as it stands if i was picking avenue team if russell had to play it would be centre half as he dives into tackles in midfield..

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Better off he dives into tackles in the box is it?

www.claresoccer.net updated

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Originally Posted by hacker

rineanna 1 avenue 2
good game rovers missing a few bodies but avenue deserved to be ahead at half time.(half time 2-0).maybe not by 2 though.rovers much better in second half could have got a point battled hard til the end..fair play to avenue very organised team..well able to play it around..opens up the league again wit every team exept bridge celtic having lost a game..

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Yea i think we deserved it alright,,ye may have snuck somethin in the end.what did u make of the sendings off?

any one like to predict, its gone very quiet..
Corofin Harps A V Bunratty A
Newmarket Celtic A V Bridge Celtic A
Burren United V Moher Celtic A

Predictions - Rats / NOF / and Moher wins -
I think it quiet because nobody wants their head chewed off for giving an opinion !
By the way how is skinny and skinner getting on with the reds ?

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Originally Posted by Planners

Predictions - Rats / NOF / and Moher wins -
I think it quiet because nobody wants their head chewed off for giving an opinion !
By the way how is skinny and skinner getting on with the reds ?

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training well, two good additions. only eligible to play this weekend so thats why they have'nt figured so far.

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Originally Posted by out red

any one like to predict, its gone very quiet..
Corofin Harps A V Bunratty A
Newmarket Celtic A V Bridge Celtic A
Burren United V Moher Celtic A

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Cant look past Bunratty and Newmarket Celtic but Burren and Moher will be hard to call so I'll go for a draw there

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Originally Posted by out red

training well, two good additions. only eligible to play this weekend so thats why they have'nt figured so far.

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Only eligible to play this weekend? What a joke.Colm ryan,rineanna and the clare league have made fools out of themselves.Rineanna were told to sign the forms last week at the league meeting.Its turns out that the day the lads asked for a transfer,colm ryan rang the league secretary to ask if they would be able to play against rineanna the next game.He was told yes so all phones off.Then they sent jimmy a letter saying he was suspended from the club to hold up the transfer.The league also said at the meeting that the ban doesn't stand and they had to sign the form.The lads have missed 4-5 games because of rineanna breaking the rules and the league decided that no punishment was required.Maybe im wrong but surely clubs should be fined over this??:ball:

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Originally Posted by manalishi

Only eligible to play this weekend? What a joke.Colm ryan,rineanna and the clare league have made fools out of themselves.Rineanna were told to sign the forms last week at the league meeting.Its turns out that the day the lads asked for a transfer,colm ryan rang the league secretary to ask if they would be able to play against rineanna the next game.He was told yes so all phones off.Then they sent jimmy a letter saying he was suspended from the club to hold up the transfer.The league also said at the meeting that the ban doesn't stand and they had to sign the form.The lads have missed 4-5 games because of rineanna breaking the rules and the league decided that no punishment was required.Maybe im wrong but surely clubs should be fined over this??:ball:

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the whole affair was a bit childish to be honest, the lads are eligible now though so lets move on. what goes around comes around, relationships between the two clubs have always been excellent so i only hope it continues

Manaleshi - we have gone through already - the lads transfers were held up because they had not paid their affilations etc -end of ! - - try to keep up !

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Originally Posted by Planners

Manaleshi - we have gone through already - the lads transfers were held up because they had not paid their affilations etc -end of ! - - try to keep up !

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This should be good:D

Good God go easy lads....

There will be all out war in the Parish:mad:

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Originally Posted by Planners

Manaleshi - we have gone through already - the lads transfers were held up because they had not paid their affilations etc -end of ! - - try to keep up !

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Who has gone through this already? It wasn't because of money because the lads had the money available the day they asked for the transfer.Dont be talking through your hole planners:o

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Originally Posted by CousinSylDolan

Good God go easy lads....

There will be all out war in the Parish:mad:

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When are Newmarket and Rineanna due to play each other.
I'll have to try and get down to watch that one:eek:

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Originally Posted by hacker

fact 1 ask the players had they ever approached our secretary with form or money,

fact 2 jimmy was also at that meeting last monday week.and couldn't have the money available untill the thursday after.

fact 3 my phone never got turned off as i had nothing to hide from..

fact 4 yes i did ask league would he be eligable to play..this was after jimmy went back on his promise when he said he didn't want transfer untill after newmarket game..

fact 5 would newmarket have signed a form for one of there players before playing rineanna..i think not..

fact 6 for ye that don't know after we beat newmarket jimmy approached me leaving the field..looked around to make sure nobody was looking and shook my hand with a great big smile and said great f...ing result.

fact 7 skinny's transfer was never brought in to question he simply couldn't pay his money..or maybe waited until jimmy's transfer went through..

fact 8 no club should have to take the verbal abuse that jimmy threw at rineanna officials after the newmarket game..

fact 9 the few newmarket players who called our club a disgrace after that game should maybe look in the mirror and see how they acted after game..some of them wouldn't even shake hands with players from rineanna..(real sportsmen) 1 club man told me to f.ck off when i offered my hand..should be gracious in defeat like we were in our pitch last year...

fact 10 ..stop hiding behind a name putting up stupid posts... you should keep out of something you obviously don't know the full facts about

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A lot of facts there Hacker but you have to admit that Rineanna, as a club acted very unprofessionally and should have been dealt with by the clare league.But instead they brushed it under the carpet. I think Outred posted rule a rule relating to the matter already.

On the other hand the behaviour of the newmarket players after their game was terrible and they let themselves down. This stuff should be dealt with off the pitch and for you to say that Jimmy pulled you aside is clearly a ploy to upset jimmy at his new club.Was talking to him the other day and he is delighted with his eventual transfer to a team that hopefully will be fighting for honours instead of relegation.Think the rovers are safe now though so maybe it could be their year!!

Come on lads can we please get back to talking about Clare SOCCER and forget about the who done whats and why. Ye are all beginning to sound as paranoid and defensive as poor oul Clifford.:D

as for the rule outred posted maybe he should have read the rule above that..

Rule 78: A club wishing to sign a player registered with another club must advise that club (in writing) that they wish to approach the player. A copy of said letter must be forwarded to the C.D.S.L.

who would we advise the whole rineanna commitee went in hiding for the week. should we post it to the home shed, old back road half way between newmarket and shannon.

Nice to see that ye now have a copy of a rule book:D

Hacker, I believe ye are far better off without players who do not want to play for ye. There are always going to be players who have no loyalty and are waiting for other offers. I think once a player signs for a club the soonest he should be allowed to leave is January.

is there a new back road:p

ya it used to be the old main road:p

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Originally Posted by Avenue1990

Come on lads can we please get back to talking about Clare SOCCER and forget about the who done whats and why. Ye are all beginning to sound as paranoid and defensive as poor oul Clifford.:D

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thats right oh rightgeus one. you seem to be very selective on what messages u reply too. i have no problem with talking on clare soccer or anyone else for that matter but when you come to the table under avenue club banner and start ruffling feathers like you do one can only ask questions. we have asked at training etc for this 1990 to stop his manure as all you really are is counter productive to avenue, the club you pretend to have an affiliation with. you seem to have an agenda to rub peoples nose in it or irritate them. (you certainly do it to me and i'm avenue to the bone) you then look at who played in 1990 and know it couldn't be any of these guys as they'd never let the club down, like YOU do. skinny, rochie, mallers, john man, jp, mannix, black. pleassssseeeeeeeee its an insult to even associate yourself with them. so do defensive clifford and all of avenue a favour and go support someone else. or am i just been paranoid.

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Originally Posted by Clifford

thats right oh rightgeus one. you seem to be very selective on what messages u reply too. i have no problem with talking on clare soccer or anyone else for that matter but when you come to the table under avenue club banner and start ruffling feathers like you do one can only ask questions. we have asked at training etc for this 1990 to stop his manure as all you really are is counter productive to avenue, the club you pretend to have an affiliation with. you seem to have an agenda to rub peoples nose in it or irritate them. (you certainly do it to me and i'm avenue to the bone) you then look at who played in 1990 and know it couldn't be any of these guys as they'd never let the club down, like YOU do. skinny, rochie, mallers, john man, jp, mannix, black. pleassssseeeeeeeee its an insult to even associate yourself with them. so do defensive clifford and all of avenue a favour and go support someone else. or am i just been paranoid.

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clifford .. some fine soccer players you named above.. had many a game against them usually lost most of them as well.. as for blackie
the most gifted / talented player i had the joy to play against and even managed the odd game on the same team as him he was some player :ball:

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Originally Posted by old git

clifford .. some fine soccer players you named above.. had many a game against them usually lost most of them as well.. as for blackie
the most gifted / talented player i had the joy to play against and even managed the odd game on the same team as him he was some player :ball:

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no disrespest to davey wall and paul carr (well he playd at a higher level) i think clare only capped junior internationals. nwkt had the collins o'meara, avenue had o'connor mannix charlie donnellan played for both both no one would lace the boots of black. the man was gifted. if i'm not mistaken i think peterbourough wanted to take black across. dont know why he never went. it would probably have been a stepping stone for him i think he was that good. the man is now plagued with back problems. on the plus side his son robin (8 i think) is going to be a cracking player as well.
jp as blind and all as he is and peter cosgrove could have played at a higher level. so that leads to the million dollar question do you think the standard was better 20, 15 years ago then it is today?

[quote=Clifford;1028354]no disrespest to davey wall and paul carr (well he playd at a higher level) i think clare only capped junior internationals. nwkt had the collins o'meara, avenue had o'connor mannix charlie donnellan played for both both no one would lace the boots of black. the man was gifted. if i'm not mistaken i think peterbourough wanted to take black across. dont know why he never went. it would probably have been a stepping stone for him i think he was that good. the man is now plagued with back problems. on the plus side his son robin (8 i think) is going to be a cracking player as well.
jp as blind and all as he is and peter cosgrove could have played at a higher level. so that leads to the million dollar question do you think the standard was better 20, 15 years ago then it is today?[/quote]

now thats a question to get this forum going. must admit the nmkt avenue games of the 80's and 90's were some games. i only believe the standard has gone up in the last 2 years and would hand on heart have said the sides of the 80's and 90's were better than whats around now. you have named some cracking players from that generation and even though im a nmkt man i always thought newtowns sean lyndsey was different class

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Originally Posted by Clifford

no disrespest to davey wall and paul carr (well he playd at a higher level) i think clare only capped junior internationals. nwkt had the collins o'meara, avenue had o'connor mannix charlie donnellan played for both both no one would lace the boots of black. the man was gifted. if i'm not mistaken i think peterbourough wanted to take black across. dont know why he never went. it would probably have been a stepping stone for him i think he was that good. the man is now plagued with back problems. on the plus side his son robin (8 i think) is going to be a cracking player as well.
jp as blind and all as he is and peter cosgrove could have played at a higher level. so that leads to the million dollar question do you think the standard was better 20, 15 years ago then it is today?

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straight answer standard was way higher in the good ould days ..

some front line blackie / bernard collins / sean lindsay would have scored you some goals and destroyed any defences :D

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Originally Posted by Clifford

thats right oh rightgeus one. you seem to be very selective on what messages u reply too. i have no problem with talking on clare soccer or anyone else for that matter but when you come to the table under avenue club banner and start ruffling feathers like you do one can only ask questions. we have asked at training etc for this 1990 to stop his manure as all you really are is counter productive to avenue, the club you pretend to have an affiliation with. you seem to have an agenda to rub peoples nose in it or irritate them. (you certainly do it to me and i'm avenue to the bone) you then look at who played in 1990 and know it couldn't be any of these guys as they'd never let the club down, like YOU do. skinny, rochie, mallers, john man, jp, mannix, black. pleassssseeeeeeeee its an insult to even associate yourself with them. so do defensive clifford and all of avenue a favour and go support someone else. or am i just been paranoid.

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As HACKER SAYS;

FACT 1; I reply to all your messages i think you will find.

FACT 2; I dont have the legs anymore to be able to be training with the young lads so i wouldnt know what ye (Pat, John or Alfonso) ask at training regarding foot.ie

Fact 3; I have an affiliation with Avenue as a Supporter or does that count anymore? Maybe i should think about my loyalties when ye come knocking on the door looking for a couple of hundred euro for the kids to play soccer or ye want books to be bought?

Fact 4; The above names mentioned above;;;all quality players legends even,,

Fact 5; This is a site for opinions if you dont like mine then let me apologise in advance or in this case the aftermath but iv no problems listening to yours

I only wish we could get on Cliff...;)

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Originally Posted by Avenue1990

As HACKER SAYS;

FACT 1; I reply to all your messages i think you will find.

FACT 2; I dont have the legs anymore to be able to be training with the young lads so i wouldnt know what ye (Pat, John or Alfonso) ask at training regarding foot.ie

Fact 3; I have an affiliation with Avenue as a Supporter or does that count anymore? Maybe i should think about my loyalties when ye come knocking on the door looking for a couple of hundred euro for the kids to play soccer or ye want books to be bought?

Fact 4; The above names mentioned above;;;all quality players legends even,,

Fact 5; This is a site for opinions if you dont like mine then let me apologise in advance or in this case the aftermath but iv no problems listening to yours

I only wish we could get on Cliff...;)

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so you have kids playing underage for avenue. well the money goes towards the payment of lees road austro and pitches (roughly €15,000 a year) and i hope you enjoyed the book.
i have no problem whats so ever with your affiliation or opinions. in fact i'd like nothing more to win the four cups on offer and munster and fai, but i don't put the cart before the horse????? what the hell am i on about....
let me jog your memory. its hard enough to win any of the above without making it harder.

these are some comments you made and some you recieved.

Hacker, what is the field like for sunday? I suppose the grass is lovely and long and the livestock will be in on friday to trim it?;)

Originally Posted by Avenue1990 
Cheers Bossman...Very interesting draws. Two good ties between Newmarket and Rineanna and Avenue and Bunratty.It cud be the year where we see a team from the lower division make the final and cause a shock as this draw is suited to them. As for Avenue Im delighted with the draw. We played bunratty in the league few weeks ago and played them off the park with football but couldnt score. More of the same again i think...

i think you'll find the draws are rineanna v newmarket and bunratty v avenue ie rineanna and bunratty at home..
you remind me of a guy that use to post here called the boss...
he kept on throwing out smart comments about how lifford played teams off the park...and how we beat them world beaters....

i wonder are you the boss in disguise...
if you think your going to go to bunratty and win easy i think you should open your eyes..
i'd say your avenue team mates are delighted your on here blowing your trumpet

Exactly.Totally agree with you.In order to win the cup you need to beat the best. and we will!!

best of luck to you .. but your comments here won't help your chances .. i'm sure a few clubs out there will fancy a crack at avenue now "If you are going to go on performances in Clare then Newmarket have had a great run and went top of the league which on current form makes them the best in the county. "

True - Newmarket deserve the award as its their first time on top of the premier league in Clare since the late 1990s id say!!

"Bitter"

Not in the slightest. Let them have their time in the limelight.They have waited long enough for it! Normality will be resumed soon enough ie. avenue back on top

Does anyone think theres some shocks in store for the weekend? Should be some good games either way. Who do people fancy in the next round. I wouldnt mind Corofin.
We had yet to play bun ratty who knocked us out on pens and you still tried your best to gee mwkt our sworn enemies up with this beauty.

I wont lie and say were not dissappointed but we should have won the game. Anyways best of luck to Bunratty. We are a wounded team and we will do everthing to win the league starting next sunday with victory over newmarket.

typical avenue sour grapes..you came on here saying ye would win against bunratty.take your beating can't wait til ye lose league too.

The man utd of clare wont lose the league

People are talking about newmarket and avenue as they are on top of the table as are Lifford. No one has forgotten about ye. As for winning the double it wont take much for ye to bottle it id say. Enjoy being top of the table after wednesday because after we play ye it will be a 2 horse race between us and Newmarket. That is of course they dont start fighting with each other and bottle it also.

have to agree its in our hands now but saying that we have to get the points first. A good result for Newtown and an even better one for avenue and lifford. Once we get the win on sunday against lifford i think were coasting providing of course we beat bunratty tonight - but we owe them from the cup but its going to be a tough one.

Originally Posted by Avenue1990 
rats are going down?? typical after good cup result cant get themselves up for the bread and butter of the league

Fair enough Avenue1990... but its comments like the the above that do you no favours.
I think you will find the lads were fairly "up" for it last night.

now if you still don't know what i'm on about i don't think we'll ever get on.
hopefully you'll see the light and let boss back on his pedestal. lets this be the end of it and we'l move on

so you won't be doing the avenue 200 club????????