Limerick Premier Division 2013/14

[booster 03]

Players not getting paid. Ha ha ha ha ha
Take your head out of the clouds man.

I'd say 1% of junior players get paid when you break it down.

[rooney10]

Rumour has it john Tierney of pike is on d verge of transferring over to st.michaels on december 1st if the refs haven't been sorted by den !!

[Two Feet Up]

I suppose the majority of refs and players are in it for the love of the game and if they get 'expenses' then good on them.

I can't understand the refs getting expenses on top of their match fee tbh. players travel around to the various teams in the leagues, putting petrol in their cars etc and paying a fiver a week for fees etc. It is now turning out to be an expensive hobby.

this is going to carry on for a bit I suspect!

[TopperHarley]

I suppose the majority of refs and players are in it for the love of the game and if they get 'expenses' then good on them.

I can't understand the refs getting expenses on top of their match fee tbh. players travel around to the various teams in the leagues, putting petrol in their cars etc and paying a fiver a week for fees etc. It is now turning out to be an expensive hobby.

this is going to carry on for a bit I suspect!

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Nobody goes out on a pitch and takes all sort of abuse for 90mins for the Love of the game

[republican]

It's just been proven that you can't have soccer without refs.. It sickens me. We're gone as bad as the GAA. The only people getting paid and their holding Junior players to ransom. Doesn't matter what way you dress it up, saying it's the LDMC fault etc. It's not, it's entirely greed, power pushing and attention seeking by the referee society. It's a closed book, I've witnessed first hand some of the most blatantly poor refereeing performances over the past few years. There is no standards to refereeing in a Limerick. You do a weekend course and your on the books. No adjudicators, no disciplining if refs. Mistakes will happen but some of the arrogance shown by referees to cover their own incompetence is laughable to say the least. Remember this, you can't have soccer without refs but you more importantly can't have soccer without players coaches etc. Referees aren't the most important people crossing the white line, It's the players who do it for free.

Il finish with this, there is some good refs, excellent refs in fact,in limerick but they are in the minority.

i dont know the reasoning for the refs strike but its very harsh n players, managers and supporters not to have football. why didnt the limerick lge get in refs from tipp, desmond, clare lges etc to cover the games your refs would see how powerful they are then.

[Second]

Any news on lads going from loi to junior

[TopperHarley]

i dont know the reasoning for the refs strike but its very harsh n players, managers and supporters not to have football. why didnt the limerick lge get in refs from tipp, desmond, clare lges etc to cover the games your refs would see how powerful they are then.

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Beause the above refs from Clare Tipp ect already get the fees that the Limerick refs are lookin for...why would they come to Limerick for a paycut??

[Two Feet Up]

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Beause the above refs from Clare Tipp ect already get the fees that the Limerick refs are lookin for...why would they come to Limerick for a paycut??

and their travel expenses would be massive :-)

[Two Feet Up]

that is what the fee is for, no?

The expense should not be part of it but that I suppose is for the fai and I don't want to deviate from the topic in hand. Its all about the source. Not sure what the teams have to suffer if its all over one word, why can't the FAI confirm their understanding/explanation of the word 'source' in the agreement.

If the word is not clear in the agreement and its signed , who wins this one? Can see this dragging out to be honest! summer football may be on the way by default !

[booster 03]

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Beause the above refs from Clare Tipp ect already get the fees that the Limerick refs are lookin for...why would they come to Limerick for a paycut??

I've read refs saying they do it for the love of the game.. Haha.. Some maybe.. All.. Definitely not!! And I've also seem them telling everyone about their expenses for jerseys flags etc. It costs a player in our club €10 every Sunday plus €50 at the start of the season for insurances fees etc, not to mention the general cost of as the lads say, petrol for the car of a Sunday etc. So I won't give any sympathy to a ref giving the poor mouth about there manly €48 they get every Sunday. It's plenty enough for ye. And if ye do manage to disrupt the soccer so much to get a pay rise then I hope there's stonget sanctions taken against inadequate refs in the league.

[Fairkop]

I've read refs saying they do it for the love of the game.. Haha.. Some maybe.. All.. Definitely not!! And I've also seem them telling everyone about their expenses for jerseys flags etc. It costs a player in our club €10 every Sunday plus €50 at the start of the season for insurances fees etc, not to mention the general cost of as the lads say, petrol for the car of a Sunday etc. So I won't give any sympathy to a ref giving the poor mouth about there manly €48 they get every Sunday. It's plenty enough for ye. And if ye do manage to disrupt the soccer so much to get a pay rise then I hope there's stonget sanctions taken against inadequate refs in the league.

good post,maybe given the poor representation the clubs feel they get from the local council and the ..hold to ransom attitude of local referees its time for clubs AND players alike to look at other alternatives and organise themselves accordingly.

[sportsfanatic]

I know totally off the ref convo, but just wondering if anyones know how good Killarney Celtic are this year, I know Carew played them. In the Munster Champions Trophy earlier in the season?

[thomas72]

I know totally off the ref convo, but just wondering if anyones know how good Killarney Celtic are this year, I know Carew played them. In the Munster Champions Trophy earlier in the season?

There a good side well able to play ball Carew had the chances in 90mins to win the game especially 2nd half didn't take um and got punished in extra time.

[footballfriend]

Played them at the weekend. Solid outfit. Experienced at the back and are dangerous up top with McCarthy (Junior trialist) and Petarious (wrong spelling probl). Two fast forwards who will create chances.

[republican]

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Beause the above refs from Clare Tipp ect already get the fees that the Limerick refs are lookin for...why would they come to Limerick for a paycut??

extra bunce

[sportsfanatic]

Thanks lads, We played them last year in last 16 of Munster and got beaten 3:2, playing them in 4th of FAI on the 24th just wanted to see if they were still a good footballing side and by the sounds of it they are.

[hotspur]

Rumour has it john Tierney of pike is on d verge of transferring over to st.michaels on december 1st if the refs haven't been sorted by den !!

Its a done deal,and more to follow,Pike will probably have to pull out,or else get the grace that Wembley got,and get in the LOI players,they just might be okay then,

[mrman]

how come Boro and pike are not down to play next weekend, have pike a few injuries and did someone have a word in the fixture secretaries ear, it wouldn't be the first time. how many of the ldmc committee have an interested in how pike do, I can think of at least 3 of them. bad form to say the least.

[sportsfanatic]

Heard Geraldines are playing Ballingarry from the desmond in a friendly tomorrow night in UL

[hotspur]

how come Boro and pike are not down to play next weekend, have pike a few injuries and did someone have a word in the fixture secretaries ear, it wouldn't be the first time. how many of the ldmc committee have an interested in how pike do, I can think of at least 3 of them. bad form to say the least.

It suits boro a lot more than it does Pike,