Lads, lets get behind the team on friday!! Lets forget about last night and get a must win!! What are your views on this game? Dont forget, put the posters up around town and lets get a huge crowd!!
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Lads, lets get behind the team on friday!! Lets forget about last night and get a must win!! What are your views on this game? Dont forget, put the posters up around town and lets get a huge crowd!!
Meh.
Season ended last night
I've seen it all before too many times
Meh
Still house at 5 so? or 6? :D
Havent been at a game since the Athlone game last year.Cant get any worse than that.Gonna have a look anyway
Think ye will beat em lads..they arent up to much..
Looking forward to the game on Friday, the next 3 are must wins to set up the 6 pointer V Finn Harps in the battle for 3rd, i would be delighted to finish 3rd now and get a chance at the playoff. A lot of soccer left to play yet! :ball:
Lads
Just wondering what the format for promotion is?
Is the winners go up automatically and 2nd play 2nd from bottom in a play off??
Juts curious as the L37 website has L37 underlined so I thought it might be 2 from each div going into a 4 team play off for pormotion??
1 auto, 1 playoffQuote:
Originally Posted by abbeyvale
1 straight up, 1 straight down. 2nd and 3rd in the First Division play off with the winners taking on second bottom in the Premier for the last top flight place. So as things stand Dundalk would replace Longford and the winners of a Cobh - Limerick game would play Waterford for the last spot.Quote:
Originally Posted by abbeyvale
really? why :confused: it'd be a joke if the 3rd placed team won promotionQuote:
Originally Posted by sadloserkid
Why? Sure that's how Galway did it last year (even without the inconvenience of taking part in the playoff). :DQuote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
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Originally Posted by abbeyvale
1st goes up autmatically, then 2nd plays 3rd in a once off game where 2nd are at home. The winners of that play 2nd last from the Premier League over tow legs.
agree, anybody think main reason could be finances, or more publicity.Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
well ya, both really!! I mean if it was two legs it would be different but say Cobh finish way head of Limerick in terms of points and then Limerick beat them by a fluke then it would be a joke!!Quote:
Originally Posted by bellavistaman
the system works well in the championship in england, it gives teams more to play for towards the end of the season, say cobh do end up running away with second spot, it still leaves l37 and harps with a lot to play for going into the run in instead of just having to fulfil fixtures, good idea imo
I reckon 1-0 to L37.
We'll miss 10+ open goal chances
while Paugie nets the winner for ye.
I like the way your thinking! But i think Tierney will get off the mark. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
L37. 8/11.
Draw. 9/4.
Athlone. 10/3
Who fances E30 on Athlone then?
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Originally Posted by Monkfish
Would be worth it if we could score from open play but I guess one has to go in sometime and the referees are getting good at giving us penalties.
True enough, but it kind of defeats the purpose of having a league.Quote:
Originally Posted by inexile
A league means that a team which has proven itself superior to another over al arge number of games (not always directly against the other team of course) will finish in a higher position and reap whatever rewards there are.
A playoff at the end of the league negates the whole idea.
I can understand it to some extent when the number of teams in each division is changing, with more being relegated than promoted or vice versa, but in this case the number is 2 up 2 down, so it seems completely unnessecary.
Wouldnt be complaining if Limerick made it up that way though.
I think play-off is a good idea. Should be a two-leg fixture though. It avoids a load of dead rubbers late in the season. As for Cobh being hard done by (cue fiddles), well it could be any team. Cobh could be the beneficiaries another season.
As for negating the need for a league - I don't know about that. You still need a league to decide the play-off berths. Its not like Wexford will be getting into a knock-out competition for promotion.:)
I'll be pleasantly surprised if the FAI don't put up Finn Harps for having nicer buses than the rest of us regardless of whether it's us, Harps or Cobh who win the play off to be honest. They have form after allQuote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
God bless them if they doQuote:
Originally Posted by jebus
Actually they could couldn't they? Did Cobh get a Premier license last year? If they don't have one they ain't getting in. Plus from next year on isn't the league set up changing? I remember hearing something about cutting the Premier by two clubs and having a 10 man Premier League?Quote:
Originally Posted by bellavistaman
we have our premier licence thank christ, i heard that too few weeks back. after last year they cant pull more stuntsQuote:
Originally Posted by jebus
Dont worry mate ye wont be needing it,yer goin nowhere judging on yer performance against us last week.....We were rubbish but ye werent much better....Ye"ll fade away like ye always do in the second half of the season....Cobh have no backbone....Ye were all born Spineless:D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by bellavistaman
we'll see, if we drop out of top two its replacing you, rhymes and all. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Gerry the ferry
1 - 0 to the super blues :)
Soccerbot forecasts and recent form .Makes interesting reading:
Form Table (Last 6 weeks) Pld Pts Avg
1 Finn Harps 5 13 2.6
2 Cobh Ramblers 5 11 2.2
3 Dundalk 5 8 1.6
4 Limerick 37 FC 5 8 1.6
5 Monaghan United 5 7 1.4
6 Kildare County FC 4 4 1.0
7 Shelbourne 4 4 1.0
8 Kilkenny City 5 3 0.6
9 Athlone Town 5 3 0.6
10 Wexford Youths 5 3 0.6
PredictFinal Table Pld Pts
1 Dundalk 36 82
2 Cobh Ramblers 36 82
3 Limerick 37 FC 36 71
4 Finn Harps 36 63
5 Athlone Town 36 44
6 Kildare FC 36 43
7 Shelbourne 36 36
8 Monaghan 36 29
9 Wexford Yths 36 20
10 Kilkenny City 36 16
i predict the super blues to win 3-0,kelleher hat-trick
lets do the business now boys and we can all go to the still house for celebrations
MORE....
Limerick37
League Position 3
Previous Position 3
Current Form D W L D W D W W W L D D W W L
Athlone TownLeague Position 5
Previous Position 5
Current Form L L W D L W L W L W L D L D D
Predicted Outcome Home Win
Scorers
(5) Padraig Moran 8 games since last score
(4) Kevin Waters 2 games since last score
(3) Ross Cosgrave 2 games since last score
(2) Paul Danagher 2 games since last score
(2) Brian Buckley 6 games since last score
(2) Davy Wall 11 games since last score
(2) David Goldbey 15 games since last score
(1) Derek McCarthy 0 games since last score
(1) Pat Purcell 1 game since last score
(1) Joey Maloney 6 games since last score
Total Games Played 19 (9 home, 10 away)
Biggest Win 3-0 29/05/07 19:45 v Wexford Youths (Home)
Biggest Loss 3-0 01/06/07 20:00 v Finn Harps (Away)
Biggest Home Win 3-0 29/05/07 19:45 v Wexford Youths (Home)
Biggest Home Loss 0-1 20/04/07 19:45 v Dundalk (Home)
Biggest Away Win 0-2 09/03/07 19:45 v Cobh Ramblers (Away)
Biggest Away Loss 3-0 01/06/07 20:00 v Finn Harps (Away)
i'd happily take thatQuote:
Originally Posted by shelbourne1904
Im just heading to the Still House now boys for the victory celebrations....
Well done skee you got your tactics spot on...
Well done to the Colbert and Kelleher especially for the goals they got...
the 2 boys along with Tommy will fire us back to premier where we belong
Kevin Waters was had a brilliant game, illustrates how much of a loss he was last weekend.
Great 1st half , Waters and Colbert were outstanding, McCarthy very busy up front.
Good stuff from everyone in fact, big difference in midfield as has been said,
Athlone were poor on the night though and the 2nd half was poor allround.
but what about.Ski, what the fcuk is he playing at? how much are we gonna get fined again for that crap on the sideline again?
to be honest it was ridiculous why ski got sent off. i was right behind it when it happened. the athlone manager was roaring at the ref all match and all ski done was give out about a stupid decision the ref made and was sent off for it.
I think it might be the manner that he uses when giving out more than anything. I am amazed that it took so long this season for people to realise that he has an abusive manner on the sidelines.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
I hope the rumours round Jackman about where he is going next season aren't true
Two observations Battery Rover and myself had last night.....
First off, is the Lion pregnant, or overweight?!
And what's the story with the advertising hoardings around the pitch? Take away the free ones like eircom, errea and Live95, and there is practially nothing. Not having a dig or anything, was just struck last night about how little there was.
If right was right he should have been f***** off there last weekQuote:
Originally Posted by Battery Rover
Wayne Colbert is looking an excellent player, Carthy as sharp as I've ever seen him
And what about Kevin Waters :)
YawnQuote:
And what's the story with the advertising hoardings around the pitch?
Does someone with more time want to do the whole Limerick Senior Football -v- All Local Business for the umpteenth time for this guy??
Suffice to say these things take time
Great result lads hope ye finish second, and obviously beat dundsalk in playoffs. Weird to think yere stars on the night played our 21s 2 nights b4 hand to no avail(bar no8 who was class IMO). Well done Lims 37 but dont get any ideas bout 2nd place!!!