Ahoy their Bella an a little Norrie News
Nice to hear from you again Bella.Cant really get my head around whats happened to the Killer B's.It all started way back against Leeview,they were supposed to be bottom dwellers an we were at home,done deal one would have thought.We had a good 15 or 16 an were thrashed 6 nil at home,since then its been narrow loss'es or draws since then .We have enough games to sort ourselves out though.Looks like another handy spin for ye Tue,away to Castle Celtic,what times the plane leavin.:p
The semis are on next weekend an the followin weekend,both in Casement Park.I know I made reference to the Aul gettin the 4 sides together over drinks an food an doin the draw some where special but even I was impressed when it happened in the Kiln on Tuesday at the Oscar Traynor do,well done to the Aul commitee.:)
Blarney Street an Glenthorn drew 4 all tonight in the Prem.Olli an the Streets to get back with differing reports no doubt.;)
Czec Dinny is currently out in White's cross in a nursing home enjoying what little time he has left in comfort.We call out on a regular basis an sit an talk an he joins in the conversation when he feels up for it an we laugh about the ol' days,it makes him happy over the last 2 seasons Dinny has had the Premier trophy out in the nursing home on his bedside for a few days an he was proud as punch.Hes one of the last true living legends an everybody at our club an a lot outside idiolise him.Nice of you to ask of him. thanks very much for askin.
On the ref thing Czec your right,he has a family an a job with people he knows an he only dose the refereeing job as a hobbie which he gets paid for,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but despite rumors most players dont get paid,they have a right to ask for a ref who will be impartial,ensure that dangerous tackles are punished,an most actually pay script to have this so called privilage,so they can go back to thier jobs,their familys an say they enjoyed themselves.
Instead some one gets a call to say their son or husband is in the C.U.H.If it was your son being kicked from pillar to post an the man in the middle wasnt ensuring that the game was bein refereed safely,what would you do.Would you shake the refs hand after the game an say "well ref you were great" all the while you while you watch your players hobble off the pitch into the dressin room an in there all you can see is bruise marks an stud marks on players legs an chests,well thats what I had to look at after that game.Certain knocks you take for granted,part an parcel of the risk of playing but its the blatent stuff that gets me irate,the stuff he could have prevented,and didnt.So forgive me I dont share your sentiment about what effect my comments have on a referees charcater,tis my players safety or any players safety to be honest I'm more worried about rather than how any ref was being view afterwords in the public eye.
We no doubt will debate further issues in the future an I look forward to it.
.Subject finished an time to move on.
Blarney street 4-Glenthorn 4
firstly littleman i agree with you about the kiln on tue night..the 4 semi finalists being invited in for the draw was a great idea and it was very proffesional.the aul got it right on this occassion and also with having neutral venues for these games so well done all round...last saturday we drew 2-2 with glenthorn and last night was 4-4. you would have to say the semi final is evenly balanced..
on both occasions we found ourselves chasing the game in last 10 mins..last night we were 2 down with 15 gone and managed to bring it back to 2 all..at this stage we were totally on top but with 2 quick breaks up the field mickey forde grabbed two great goals..4-2 down..but in fairness to our lads they rolled up the sleeves and really went at them and deservedly got one back through john betts and with 5 to go anthony goulding buried one from the edge oof the box.. again we pressed hard for a winner but it wasnt to be..glenthorn did take off two of their stronger players at 4-2 but again with 10 to go we brought on danny quinlan and they just couldnt handle him...over the two games we have given away some soft goals though and with their attacking options you just cant do this..greaney and mickey forde and fintan are all very dangerous but if we can come up with something to lessen their impact then we have a chance..they also found us very hard to deal with and jp thompson had them nervous every time he got it...but from my point of view scoring 4 at home and only drawing then something is not right..but we will address it and hopefully get it right.. should be a cracker next sat night