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That divisional game does sound like it was harsh on Temple. There seems to be plenty errors in relation to most the cups!Quote:
Originally Posted by AULboy
In relation to Temple going MSL, are teams able to switch over again? I thought MSL were trying to cut down on teams and even this year I heard there might be a few teams who wont get their application renewed.
You would imagine if it was open again for teams to move that Coachford would surely make switch at this stage?
Any word on Greenmount for next season lads? Will they be back? Be a shame to lose them entirely.
Hard to have any sympathy for temple. The behaviour of their sideline and players is embarrassing. Definitely wouldn’t be tolerated in the MSL.
Some parts to that story don’t add up the rule book works both ways and if the AUL were in breach of the rule book Temple have to right to appeal.Quote:
Originally Posted by AULboy
The thing I couldn’t figure in the Temple situation was we all heard the A team was gone and by the rule book the B team replaces them and the B team becomes the premier team and the lower ranked team folds.
This was obviously put to Temple ,the B team says screw that we are staying put in division 3.
Temple then put together a thrown together A team which took some awful hammerings.
Fair play to those boys that stepped up in to this situation.
If temple don’t go MSL won’t this all play out again next season and if not the teams will have to come together and play premier anyway.
And costing other clubs some success in league 3.
Can anyone make out what’s going on with the county cup? Looking at the fixtures and banteer v bweeng to play in the second round after bweeng getting knocked out last week by boscos ??
Taken from the below website.
https://www.corkaul.com/2023/05/aul-...-8th-june.html
Tuesday 6th 7pm ko;
County Cup S/F;
Bweeng/CFCBanteer B/ Boscos v Hibs/Churchville/Ard Na Laoi, Vtba, S Madine.
Looks like Bosco's and Bweeng could be doing it all over again.
Surely Bweeng have to be out at this stage. Dont know the situation with Banteer they shouldnt be screwed either if they are not at fault.
Banteer v Bosco's would seem like the logical choice in this situation.
But who knows
bweeng were beaten fair and square by boscos already. Giving them another crack at it no matter the circumstances seems crazy. But then again the whole thing is crazy ? why would banteer not be in it? They were in the semi of the AOH. Surely would fancy the county cup for themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hacker
The most important thing to have as an Aul team is not players , money or facilities,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,it's a sence of humor.
Agreed giving Bweeng a second bite of the cherry seems a bit mad allrite.Quote:
Originally Posted by latte2012
Not saying Banteer shouldnt be in it. I dont know the situation for their game against Bweeng.
Did they forfeit or did the AUL plain forget about them.
Serious change in mentality from AUL to stop these errors. Clubs and the people involved are very passionate. It's their whole week, takes up serious time. To be messed around with mistakes, chaotic fixtures and a lack of commitment to their responsibility is not acceptable.
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Originally Posted by Hacker
Who knows is right!
It looks like they just forgot about the Bweeng Banteer fixture originally. That second round game is down for the Friday night and the semi final down for the Tuesday night and not even a fixture made for the quarter final vs Boscos then?!
The fixtures really have become farcical, Watergrasshill are down to play the semi final of the County cup the night before the AOH final, obviously that wont take place but surely a bit of common sense is needed when doing the fixtures. The season will be nearly into July
Was the Mossie Linnane replayed?
No Risteard, mistakes are best put under the carpet an not spoken about. If we don't speak about it we don't have to address it. SO LETS NOT SPEAK ABOUT IT.
Those decisions are made by the enlightened ones.
Saying that there's dogs in the street probably know more than all of us as to how the so called "league" works.
So , let's not cast aspersions on any group an just appriciate that we are apart of a group who appriciates feedback (cause there watchin) an only wants the best for the league
There , now I'm off the hit list .;)
Apoligoes from earlier, Internet signal can be dodgy on the road .
Congrats to Cathedral on a fantastic season. Hope they keep the momentum going into the next few seasons. They deserved a day out at the cross in fairness. No doubt they will enjoy the celebrations anyway.
I agree , better team won this morning. Twas a decent game in fairness but the extra quality up front told in the end for Cathedral . A few really top class strikes . Good crowd as well. Best of luck to Cathedral , enjoy the success an we'll done to Grattan for never giving up.
First 30.MINS Catherdrsl should of battered Grattan.
Last 15 Grattan had Cathredal on the ropes.
First 10 in the 2nd Grattan battered Cathedral, then a corner that was never a corner (an let anyone who actually saw the saw the game admit it wasn't a corner ) was awarded an a bad individual error was compounded by 2 more bad errors an in 5 mins its 3 nil.
The rest is neither here nor there, game over .
But please keep it real.
Some tis only a game a ball , let's be fair.
Fully agree. I was at the game also and as a neutral I thought it was a decent game. Naturally being a few divisions higher they were by far the better team in possession, while they had all of the ball in the first 30 there wasn't many clear chances to be fair, grattan could have easily got one at the other end too. For the first 10 mins or so of the second it was all Grattan, Duffy(linesman) gave a corner that wasn't a corner, keeper should have dealt with it, fella on the line could have dealt with it, neither did and Cathedral had a tap in. Even after that Grattan had a spell where they had a corner etc. Then there was an injury to a player and after that Cathedral scored 4 goals in 5 mins or so, poor defending, mistakes, lovely strikes. Congratulations to Cathedral, fine side and wish them continued success, commiserations to Grattan Bs, never a 6-0 game and they gave a good account of themselves. Great crowd up watching
no one will remember any of that game and the record won’t say it was never a corner ..it will state cup win cathedral and much the better team to big up to Niall built a fantastic team great credit due to all involved nice double he put in a hard service on and off the pitch for this ..aul a disgrace guy s set out at seasons start for a visit to the cross trust the aul to come up short.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Bourne
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Originally Posted by LetItLong11
buttevant are going back aul i think , some others from premier 2nd division dropping to junior. do wonder would coachford fancy themselves to give msl a rattle. surely their players must be getting fed up of playing the same few teams all the time.
AUL would want Turners Cross for all finals, they'd have had limited numbers. However, a better facility would have been a better choice for final.
Will that be Buttevants Senior team? What division likely?
There has been rumours of clubs making a return from the MSL for the past number of years and nothing so far.
If one comes you could see a few more follow but is there anything concrete to prove that Buttevant returning is true?
well they'd pulled out of their league by feb which is shambolic. can they be trusted to complete a league season in the junior tiers? not sure why the msl would want to keep a hold of a club who was acting like thatQuote:
Originally Posted by fruice
If memory servers me right the season they left the AUL they didn’t field a team on a few occasions.
They were premier A at that stage after a few very good years.
You would imagine any team returning from Senior would have to go premier A at worst but wouldn’t surprise me if they ended up in the 1st division
I heard Killumney have folded. It's a shame but I think that's going to be the way with a few teams over the next season. Commitment levels have only gotten worse
If Killumney are gone it’s a real shame saw them last season and they were excellent.
But it isn’t their 1st time falling down.
But there is a clear theme emerging most teams that fail have done so before.
Greenmount this season and possibly Killumney.
Blarney St did last season, the likes of the Glen, Bohs, Central Rovers the list goes on.
The key here is structure there is no structure in any of these teams and while they might be very strong teams.
They have no plan b should things become tricky and there could be a million reasons for things becoming tricky.
And you can be sure we will see some of these teams return to the AUL in the near future.
So now the question of divisions will once again rear its head we know for sure 2 teams are gone from division 2 and possibly more up along and Knocknaheeney the only team confirmed to be returning.
The AUL tried to do something with no relegation but with teams folding the benefit of this has been lessened.
County Cup saga continues.
Winner of tonight's Churchvilla v Ard Na Loa will play Bosco's on Sunday morning.
Looks like both Bweeng and Banteer out
Madness if that’s the case. Banteer didn’t even get a chance to play ??Quote:
Originally Posted by Hacker
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Originally Posted by latte2012
Did they want to ?
yep kilumney are gone too heard it last week
Bweeng got a walkover against them that was never meant to happen I think. Mistake by the AUL. At this stage they may not even want to bother playing. The AUL made a huge mess with this by the sounds of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hacker
hard to believe how a club can win a cup and fold 2 weeks laterQuote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
Congrats Shandon on winning Div 2, superb achievement to go unbeaten 2 seasons on the trot
Great achievemen by Shandon. Their players and management have been fantastic. Keep things going, add 3-4 players to the team and they will be one of the top favourites again in 1st Division next season.
They’ll win Div 1 with the squad they have, it’s weaker than Div 2. Only thing that could stop them is Knocka or Buttevant being dropped in there.
There's a very limited amount of teams you would say are strong across the divisions even at their level of division. 11 come to mind and that includes 3 division three sides who have been at top of theirs.
Standards across all of Cork soccer have dropped. Some senior teams leave a lot to be desired as well.
Big club, small club, whoever it may be, similar problems of commitment, interest, participation, pathways, etc., are there in a lot of clubs. Cork soccer was in a far stronger position 15 years ago. Remember the interest in Night Owls, 7 a sides, the cups, this forum, representative teams, transfers, rumours. It may never be of the same level of interest across all levels. I wonder has the introduction of LOI at underage played a part in Senior League drop off? Many give up after U19 now. As a result, "Junior players" are playing senior.
Banteer back in county cup v Bosco's on 6th
Winner semi final on 8th v Churchvilla
Final 10th
A bit tight on schedule.
Certainly an element of that is true about standard and interest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Play it out
But no matter the standard a well run club won’t allow what goes on with some teams happen within their club.
Firstly in well run club you won’t tolerate lads who are hot and cold with commitment.
Secondly you will ensure you have an adequate numbers of players to cover you for the majority of situations.
Thirdly you speak to your players and you have a plan for unavailability’s.
And finally and probably most importantly you keep adding to the panel players come and go for various reasons but you must replace them you won’t always be able to replace like with like but numbers are key.
Glad banteer are getting a shot in the cup. Harsh on boscos having to play a quarter final again tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hacker
Speaking of well run clubs congrats to grangevale on being announced as champions in premier A.