Limerick Premier Division 2007/08

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Originally Posted by timmy

lads in response to this to get a neutral version. I was up at this match at about 10.20. was talking to the ref and he said wembley were trying to convince him for 20mins to get the match on cause they have munster junior next week. he said he played a match a few weeks ago in the snow boro and fairview and got slated for it and if he played this the pitch would be unplayabe for months. it looked grand outside so i walked it with a few of my friends and we all agreed that it should have been called off.

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You have wrong referee there , the referee who did that fairview and boro game you mentioned , wasn't refereeing any match at weekend. :)

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Originally Posted by foxtrot

Through out the years i have never seen a club to call off as many games as wembley. They are very protective of their pitch and if its in any bit of a dodgy condition they won't play a game on it. Schoolboy games are always been called off there too its a joke. The season will be going on for a long time yet if games aren't being played in these conditions

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thats wembley for you

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Originally Posted by Neutral Jo

This situation is a farce.
This is made worse with the 10:30 kick-offs.
Premier league games should be played in the afternoon
as well. 10:30 is stupid when the weather is poor. At least
afternoon games would allow work to be done to the pitches.

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I have to agree with the above, why do premiere games kick off at 10:30 on a sunday morning, not only is it bad for the players and everyone involved but also for spectators...whos' going to get up that early on a sunday to watch a game of football...it's a joke!

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Originally Posted by Jock MIB

You have wrong referee there , the referee who did that fairview and boro game you mentioned , wasn't refereeing any match at weekend. :)

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sorry he said some match a few weeks ago. just presumed it was the boro view match.

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Originally Posted by Hoops 1967

I have to agree with the above, why do premiere games kick off at 10:30 on a sunday morning, not only is it bad for the players and everyone involved but also for spectators...whos' going to get up that early on a sunday to watch a game of football...it's a joke!

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Well from what i heard a few years ago the reason that the higher divisions match's are on in the morning times is because b4 the lower divsion matchs were down for the mornings but because most of the people playing in the lower divisions weren't as committed to football they often seen a lot of matchs called off because of lack of players..So they switched the top leagues games to the morning and players who are committed enough would not go out on a saturday night and be up for a game on a sunday morning...Any truth in this does anyone know..?? i am all for afternoon games!!
Premier fixtures for this weekend
Carew v Corbally ..... M.Kiely
Star V Fairview........R Peiper
Janesboro v Summerville...M Bourke
Granville V Pike................T Mazur

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Originally Posted by Hoops 1967

I have to agree with the above, why do premiere games kick off at 10:30 on a sunday morning, not only is it bad for the players and everyone involved but also for spectators...whos' going to get up that early on a sunday to watch a game of football...it's a joke!

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Lads I dont agree at all. IMO 10:30 is a great KO time. Game over at 12.30 and you still have the whole day to spend with the family, go to the pub, watch the football on TV etc.

there is an argument for both morning and afternoon matches, personally i prefer the afternoon starts but thats just me.

on a slightly different topic, i am surprised one of the more progressive clubs have not put in floodlights and play their games on a friday night leaving peoples weekends free

if refs are doing 2 games a day makes more since to have premier games first as they will be faster pace and ref will be fresher

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Originally Posted by papa-j

Lads I dont agree at all. IMO 10:30 is a great KO time. Game over at 12.30 and you still have the whole day to spend with the family, go to the pub, watch the football on TV etc.

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Sunday noon kick offs would suit everyone I think.

Premier League Table
1.Ballynanty Rovers..10 / 25 (Max Pts 61)
2.Fairview Rangers 12 / 25 (Max Pts 55)
3.Pike Rovers......... 11 / 25 (Max Pts 58)
4.Regional United.... 11 / 22 (Max Pts 55)
5.Janesboro............13 / 21 (Max Pts 48)
6.Aisling Annacotty 11 / 20 (Max Pts 53)
7.Wembley Rovers..13 / 18 (Max Pts 45)
8.Carew Park......... 14 / 17 (Max Pts 41)
9.Summerville Rovers 14 / 12 (Max Pts 36)
10.Corbally United.... 13 / 9 (Max Pts 36)
11.Star Rovers.......... 12 / 9 (Max Pts 39)
12.Granville Rangers... 12 / 7 (Max Pts 37)

Sunday 23.03.08
Carew Park v Corbally
Star Rvs V Fairview
Janesboro v Summerville
Granville V Pike

I know the fixtures were posted already but I'm just trying to keep the table and fixtures together, as it makes life easier.

carew 2- 1 corbally would be a good result for us
star 1- 5
boro 1- 1 smville
pike 8- 0 granvile

theses results imo see summeville safe and granville and corbally goosed and relegated

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Originally Posted by no17 fan

carew 2- 1 corbally would be a good result for us
star 1- 5
boro 1- 1 smville
pike 8- 0 granvile

theses results imo see summeville safe and granville and corbally goosed and relegated

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nice to see that u think we will get a result up in the boro anyways!!

How come there are no Ballynanty players on the Limerick Oscar Traynor squad.They are top of the Limerick league.:confused:

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Originally Posted by no17 fan

carew 2- 1 corbally would be a good result for us
star 1- 5
boro 1- 1 smville
pike 8- 0 granvile

theses results imo see summeville safe and granville and corbally goosed and relegated

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U being very optimistic there with some of those predictions IMO
Carew 0-3 Corbally
Star 1-1 Fairview
Boro 3-0 Sville
Pike 2-0 Gville

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Originally Posted by summervilleman

nice to see that u think we will get a result up in the boro anyways!!

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Originally Posted by Gerry the ferry

U being very optimistic there with some of those predictions IMO
Carew 0-3 Corbally
Star 1-1 Fairview
Boro 3-0 Sville
Pike 2-0 Gville

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i have faith in the summerville strikers to do the job against the boro maybe getting the win isn't out of the question,boro are a good side but not as good as some other teams who beat us bad this year i think it was only a couple of late goals that flattered them in portland at the start of the season,,, that said if our best aren't there on sunday wont be easy to get anything out of the game,,,looking forward to the weekend any results for the four teams at the bottom gives them a great chance of survival

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Originally Posted by no17 fan

carew 2- 1 corbally would be a good result for us
star 1- 5
boro 1- 1 smville
pike 8- 0 granvile

theses results imo see summeville safe and granville and corbally goosed and relegated

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Who's US?

Heard Corbally "A" team are struggling to get "A" players training?? Only 4 or 5 each night!!!!

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Originally Posted by littleman

How come there are no Ballynanty players on the Limerick Oscar Traynor squad.They are top of the Limerick league.:confused:

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I told you already, you wont get any info on Balla until after your game this weekend.

We'll answer all your questions on Monday ;)

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Originally Posted by no17 fan

i have faith in the summerville strikers to do the job against the boro maybe getting the win isn't out of the question,boro are a good side but not as good as some other teams who beat us bad this year i think it was only a couple of late goals that flattered them in portland at the start of the season,,, that said if our best aren't there on sunday wont be easy to get anything out of the game,,,looking forward to the weekend any results for the four teams at the bottom gives them a great chance of survival

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A game is 90 minutes plus, whether a team scores early or late in the game is irrelavent, they still scored and ye lost against the Boro at home.

That said, the Boro are not as strong as they used to be, but have some good match winners in their side.

I fancy them to win by the odd goal.

Carew 2-1 Corbally
Star 2-2 Fairview
Boro 3-2 Sville
Pike 4-0 Gville

Sorry Abbey but if I wanted any info on Ballynanty and its players I could and have at this stage got it from Doughlas Hall an Avondale from where we are from.The reason I asked the question had nothing to do with bein sneaky or underhanded an I would not expect ye to put another Limerick club at a disadvantage,it just was because the report on the Star had no Bally players on the startin 11 or subs and I found that hard to belive because they have some excellent players,simple as that.

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Originally Posted by littleman

Sorry Abbey but if I wanted any info on Ballynanty and its players I could and have at this stage got it from Doughlas Hall an Avondale from where we are from.The reason I asked the question had nothing to do with bein sneaky or underhanded an I would not expect ye to put another Limerick club at a disadvantage,it just was because the report on the Star had no Bally players on the startin 11 or subs and I found that hard to belive because they have some excellent players,simple as that.

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Didnt mean to come accross like that bud.

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Originally Posted by abbeyvale

Who's US?

Heard Corbally "A" team are struggling to get "A" players training?? Only 4 or 5 each night!!!!

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Didn;t train at all last week such was there numbers

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Originally Posted by Roadend

Didn;t train at all last week such was there numbers

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Not a good sign when your fighting relegation!!!

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Originally Posted by Roadend

Didn;t train at all last week such was there numbers

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you'd be wrong there pal

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Originally Posted by see's it

you'd be wrong there pal

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I thought roadend was a Corbally man? Maybe I'm wrong?

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Originally Posted by see's it

you'd be wrong there pal

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Ah, no I wouldn't.

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Originally Posted by littleman

How come there are no Ballynanty players on the Limerick Oscar Traynor squad.They are top of the Limerick league.:confused:

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They had originally 3 in the squad and two pulled out earlier in the season as they wanted to concentrate on club football, still have 1 in the squad but is injured at the moment.

in all fairness could someone tell me why there are no balla or fairview players on the oscar traynor team,its defies logic seen as the two teams are joint top of the premier and you have a couple of 1a players on it,i reckon a pick of balla and the view would beat the current panel handy enough,fair point??

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Originally Posted by dell hell

in all fairness could someone tell me why there are no balla or fairview players on the oscar traynor team,its defies logic seen as the two teams are joint top of the premier and you have a couple of 1a players on it,i reckon a pick of balla and the view would beat the current panel handy enough,fair point??

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Maybe there just not good enough,who knows what drugs Aidan Ryan is taking???In fairness to the 1A players Heffernan scored twice and Leo Wong is a joy to watch so its hard to be critical when there winning

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Originally Posted by dell hell

in all fairness could someone tell me why there are no balla or fairview players on the oscar traynor team,its defies logic seen as the two teams are joint top of the premier and you have a couple of 1a players on it,i reckon a pick of balla and the view would beat the current panel handy enough,fair point??

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That's probably correct dellhell but the problem is getting these players to play for the oscar traynor panel ! This has been a topic of conversation for the last couple of years but you'll never get all the best players in town interested or available to play ! I know for fact some of the best players in this town have refused to play this tournament no matter who the manager is. ;)

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Originally Posted by abbeyvale

Not a good sign when your fighting relegation!!!

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went to watch there game against aisling afew weeks back and they looked like they had 14 0r 15 at that game.heard the same myself regarding the numbers at training,that it has been as little as 3 0n occasions.numbers at training was supposedly the main reason pa mulluly left.i do know that they have alot of lads working out of limerick during the week but you have to say that them kind of numbers dont bode well for a team fighting relegation.does anybody have any info on what kind of numbers the rest of the premier teams get for training?

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Originally Posted by dell hell

in all fairness could someone tell me why there are no balla or fairview players on the oscar traynor team,its defies logic seen as the two teams are joint top of the premier and you have a couple of 1a players on it,i reckon a pick of balla and the view would beat the current panel handy enough,fair point??

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Not at all...And from my last viewing of the League table aren't Pike joint top as well?Fairview have yet to play many matches with the top 4 and from who they've played in the top 4 it didn't go too well for them...

And as said,its near impossible to knock a winning team in fairness,Aidan Ryan hasn't done much wrong this season..

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Originally Posted by dell hell

in all fairness could someone tell me why there are no balla or fairview players on the oscar traynor team,its defies logic seen as the two teams are joint top of the premier and you have a couple of 1a players on it,i reckon a pick of balla and the view would beat the current panel handy enough,fair point??

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What would your joint View/Balla team be?
We can judge after that (but I'd tend to agree with you)

lads dont want to play Oscar traynor full stop and clubs dont want their players playing it either ..... until that changes your never going to see a full strenght Limerick OT side

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Originally Posted by Green_Hoop

Not at all...And from my last viewing of the League table aren't Pike joint top as well?Fairview have yet to play many matches with the top 4 and from who they've played in the top 4 it didn't go too well for them...

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Fairviews results so far against the other top sides dont seem too bad to me GreenHoop. Ya they got beaten well in the first week of the season by Pike in Pike, but haven't lost a game since. Have beaten Regional and Boro, drew with Aisling, yet to play Balla.

Carew Pk 2-1 Corbally
Star 1-3 View
Boro 2-0 Summerville
Pike 3-0 Granville

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Originally Posted by Nesta

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Fairviews results so far against the other top sides dont seem too bad to me GreenHoop. Ya they got beaten well in the first week of the season by Pike in Pike, but haven't lost a game since. Have beaten Regional and Boro, drew with Aisling, yet to play Balla.

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Nesta
Have ye lost any players to L37 this season?

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Originally Posted by MitreSize5

lads dont want to play Oscar traynor full stop and clubs dont want their players playing it either ..... until that changes your never going to see a full strenght Limerick OT side

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has been like that as far as i can remeber. I think a few managers don't want their players playing on it. In recent years the teams at the top of the table seem to have nobody on it, some players could not be arsed and as said some clubs/managers don't want their players on it. I think the timimg of the games play a part this year, the weekend before FAI. It is easy to get hurt and miss out a big game the following week.
I think the players who do play should get more recognition with a full set of gear etc. Pride is enough for some, to play at a higher level for others is enough.
Hopefully this years OT team will do well ... with soccer in Limerick they should be pushing year in year out in the OT !!!

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Originally Posted by abbeyvale

Nesta
Have ye lost any players to L37 this season?

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james hayes but i honestly dont think he would have got in the fairview team with everyone available.Seems to me Mike Kerley has gone for players with a lot of pace.

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Originally Posted by Nesta

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Fairviews results so far against the other top sides dont seem too bad to me GreenHoop. Ya they got beaten well in the first week of the season by Pike in Pike, but haven't lost a game since. Have beaten Regional and Boro, drew with Aisling, yet to play Balla.

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Wouldn't call Boro a top 4 team anymore with the players they lost..Regional have yet to win a trophy in anything...We'll see how ye fair against Balla and Pike...