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well the fact that most of the 12 were 19 or 20 when they played for corbally is one reason blackjack and there was never more than 6 of the above on the same team.all im saying is that if you put the 12 lads into a corbally squad they would be alot better the same way as the dines would with abbeyvales 12.but sure in the end of the day its in the past so what does it matter.would make things interesting tho all the same if it happened on both accountsQuote:
Originally Posted by blackjack
good point abbey.and 3 of pikes best players also.in fairness your list are all playing junior in town now.with regards to roadends post about them being "the minor " team of the time in there isnt many of them in abbeys 12 . bobby ryan,niall nestor,paul dillon,derek o neill,mark hedderman,glen houlihan,abbeyvale,stephen walsh.as far as i can remember them lads were the mainstays of the dines minor team.dont even remember seeing any of them playing junior bar of course dillon and ryan who went on to better places.Quote:
Originally Posted by abbeyvale
are any of the above even playing football any more abbeyvale?shame if not.they were all very good players who would have made a crack junior side if they has stayed together
I understand the players leaving because at the end of the day Geraldines don't have the same facilities or BANKROLL of the big teams. The frustrating thing about it is that it's going to stay like that. As long as Pike and Fairview keep picking the best players from each team in Limerick then nobody will ever touch them. Abbey there's another few missing from that list you posted...going back 3-4 years Geraldines had a brilliant 17's and Minor team along with Wembley. Wembley won the FAI U-17 and Geraldines did the league and cup double. Dines lost the quarter final on peno's to Crumlin. Wembley then beat Crumlin in the final. The whole point of that is 4-5 of that Geraldines team played Premier with different clubs this season, same goes for the Wembley team. Dines had the same manager from that minor team this season in the Premier and couldn't field 11 players consitently. Some of thse players would rather sit on the bench than play regularily. 93 goals conceded but at least 12 of those league games were without a keeper. The sickening thing is that we've probably the best schoolboy set up in town. To be honest i don't now where the club goes from here
Abbey rovers had a very strong team 7/8 years ago I think ?? I know A Barry and the 2 hannons played does anyone know there squad back then ? they have good facilities and now there in 2b.......
Nope, none of them playing ball in town bud.................Quote:
Originally Posted by tedd11
whose complaining alan,its a hypethetical question.i personally dont think that squad of players would have finished in the top three.think a couple of them have a league medal with the boro but thats it,because pike and fairview have won everything since.why havent these players signed for view or pike.?????????????????????Quote:
Originally Posted by abbeyvale
In fairness what ever team pike put out against us next tues nite,we are going to be up against it.All we can do is give it everything and hope for the best.We have enjoyed the last 3 years playing premier and we dont want it to finish yet.The run of results that have gone against us to leave us in this position have been incredible.But we just have to focus on pike and hope view and aisling do the business.Also well done to view minor team on a great win last weekend.
Is it me or is this Déjà vu about schoolboy players, and how numerous team's would have 25 FAI Cup's if they had stayed together.... From my experience clubs certainly don't own a schoolboy and they are more than entitled to play for whoever they want, you really can't moan if a player up's and leaves. It's their prerogative at the end of the day. And most of the time, on a whole, if a player leaves it's often for good reason's.. Player's are attracted to winning team's, success. You'll always have the top 3/4 team's attracting the better of the players.
Well said blinx it's all about ifs and buts and how's and why's.at the end of the day a player will sign for who HE wants to sign for.a lot comes down to who is manager of a club because I know a lot of players who have left clubs because of managers.abbey and ted I think yere own clubs had that problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by blinkx
because only 11 players can play for both them teams blackjack.there are probably 40 players good enough to play for them teams in limerick but alot of lads would rather play every week.winning trophies means nothing if warming the bench half the time.you may as well be over the wall with the supporters cause you arent contributing being one of ten subs.its ridiculous.there are lads down in fairview with 3 F.A.I medals who havent played 30 mins in a game except for maybe a first round against kilfinane.in the latter rounds them teams pick themselves and managers wont change if the team is winning no matter how crap individuals are playing.pike and fairview arent that much better than everybody else.the are just way better consistency wise.they play the whole season where there challengers in recent years lose 2 games in january and are gone.if regional,boro,aisling be consistent for a full season it would make for a very interesting league.a big part of that consistency is having players willing to be subs to get there hands on a medal.you can lose 3 or 4 and pike/fairview will have replacements every bit as good.thats whats winning them leagues and they will continue to do so with huge squads.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackjack
I personally think the LDMC should cap the amount of players you can sign to 18 and if your going through a bad injury spell mits time to call in lads from the B team.it will make the league more competitive
Great Call.........Quote:
Originally Posted by tedd11
guarantee you there are 6or 7 clubs in the premier league who signed more players than pike this year.so lads get yere heads out of the clouds.capping the amount of players, what if you havent got a b team.what would make the league more competitive would be for clubs like aisling,regional,boro to a certain extent to start putting out their strongest teams in all games,not just the chosen few.aisling are doing it for years and getting away it.Quote:
Originally Posted by abbeyvale
Suppose it's a reflection on the club at the end of the day but the point is that the top teams are getting stronger by picking the best from around. Everyone else is falling behind and it's not going to change. Winning the league and Touhy isn't enough for them anymore. Signing 20-25 players and going for the FAI. Great for the big clubs but everyone else is suffering for it, including Limerick
If wembley win and corbally lose also assuming Kilmallock win as they seem most likely to do so will it go to a play off or goal differenceQuote:
Originally Posted by abbeyvale
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Originally Posted by mulla
corbally v fairview OFF
Why is it called off?nobody in our club has heard anything about it!Quote:
Originally Posted by thomas72
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Originally Posted by gommie06
prob because fairview have an FAI final on sunday cant expect the view to play tomorrow with a massive game on sunday. its only fair that its off view now will be able to play a full team against ye and make the last round of games fair.
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Originally Posted by redcardrory
i know that but even the LDMC would help out a limerick club with the biggest game in junior football in the country going ahead on sunday LDMC want the fai cup back in limerick aswell.
and to be honest if it did go ahead tomorrow how would that be fair on wembly and kilmallock the view would put out a B team against corbally its the fair thing to do IMO.
all matches going ahead tommorow.Quote:
Originally Posted by white line
Its just been confirmed corballys game goes ahead tomorrow!Sure what have pike to play for anyway whats to stop them puttin out a b team against wembley!?Quote:
Originally Posted by faces
and fairview could do the same with yee as they have final sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by gommie06
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Originally Posted by gommie06
sorry lads i was told by a view player that the game was off must inform him he was wrong :)
Aisling will be putting out the strongest team available to them, between injuries, suspensions and players away we are down players for tomorrow. If the game went ahead as planned on the 30th May we would have had a stronger squad available.
Your right UL will not have a team going out there.
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Originally Posted by magnet
well if the LDMC had a pitch worthy of an FAI final or LOI football maybe it would be on in jackman. the LDMC have nobody to blame but themselves with all the money there fleasing out of clubs all over the town and county with there yellow card fines not forgetting the season fees they can well afford to look after that pitch but they refuse.
I just heard today that Fairview were docked nine points in the Premier league a few years ago for not Registering Robbie Kelliher correctly. Pike were definately the best team in town but surely if a precedent is set the ldmc should stick to their guns and dock points or was it a different story with colm carroll. did he not need to be regradwed?
I am not knocking jackman, just stating what i consider to be the facts,been to jackmann for 4 fixtures this season...pitch is poor , involved with ldmc team a few years ago and the pitch was even worse...had a player get injured during warm up because of the surface...compare it with turners cross........and yes the boro did play there this season and were beaten. By the way there is no bigger critic of our own facilities than myself....all you can do is try too improve them as best you can...
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Originally Posted by Spindoctor
what are on about i only asked a poster who bought up abbey on what happened them how there in 2B when they had all them good players.
as for pike i agree with you
as for the girlfriend remark mmmm ill do it :)
as for stay off foot its all about opinions if you dont like them tough so NO.
welcome to the boards we are going to be great friends i can see it ;)
predictions tonight lads
Wembley 1 v 3 Pike
Kilmallock 2 v 1 Aisling
Carew 1 v 1 Balla
Corbally 2 v 1 View
Can't see wembley beating pike,agree with the rest though.Quote:
Originally Posted by redcardrory
Not sure Kilmallock will get it that easy against Aisling - when was the last time Kilmallock beat Aisling? Also heard Aisling have a better side travelling than most people think. Then again Kilmallock have more to play for. Will be an interesting end to the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by the bandit
As i said we are missing alot of players, Steve Goggin, Dan Goggin, Alan Quill, Gordon Roe, John Meskell, Anto McDonald, Shane Murphy, Des Keenan but we still have 15 players travelling this evening.
well its all down to tonight best of luck to all teams involved its a really tough ask for wembley pike have 18 or 19 very good players but you never know there at home.
i can see kilmallock getting the 3 pts with UL havin lads away or working
iv a sneaky feeling corbally wil get what they need tonight against a weak fairview team they have been in great form they need 1 more good performance out of them.
carew 0 balla 2
carew had i think 4 A players playing rest were B players 0-0 at half time balla scored on 70mins through conway tacked on there 2nd in the last kick of the game
wembley 2 pike 2
from what i heard wembley were 2-1 up pike levelled 2-2 wembley missed a pen in the last min dont know what the others scores were to know how big of a miss that was.
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Originally Posted by thomas72
ya but if kilmallock drew wembley would of got a playoff or if corbally lost it could even be a 3 way tie.Quote:
Originally Posted by mulla
waiting for official scores to come in to see how big a pen miss that was.
pike were 2 1 up.brutal match.pike had a strong side out.neville,cleary,donovan,enright,slattery,ryan,h artnett,colbert,lee,moloney,nabs.fair play to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by thomas72
sorry ,thought wembley were 2 points away from third from bottom so it was either win or bust for them to have any chance,could be wrong thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by thomas72
yep they had to winQuote:
Originally Posted by mulla