Clare League 2007/08

**Planners** · 15/02/2008, 10:48 AM

Point taken - I assume refs are assigned to games based on their geographical location , perhaps a change in this would make a difference ?

**old git** · 15/02/2008, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by Spudd

Its part and parcel of the game,giving away a bad decision doesnt just happens in the clare league it happens every weekend in the english premiership so being honest maybe refs do have some grudge against teams,but there always going to deny that they do,if you even try and keep away a few refs,you will have no games at all for this league because no one wants the job of getting abuse on a sunday morning,

tough one to call .. i would agree with spudd that some refs may have a grudge against some clubs / players. not a lot can be done you can request to clare league not to have this ref again..?? i'm sure referees must talk to each other about players / clubs especially if they get a lot of abuse from certain teams / players so you could have a referee arriving on a sunday with his mind made up about certain clubs before match even starts . must add though its a tough thankless job being a referee and we all love to blame them for everything

**Planners** · 15/02/2008, 11:05 AM

Tough and thanks less maybe but alot of this is brought on by a biased attitude - if a game is reffed fairly any player / managment cannot have a reason to give out

**Offside** · 15/02/2008, 2:49 PM

Any bookies around giving odds on the cup or the league this season??

**old git** · 15/02/2008, 4:42 PM

Originally Posted by Planners

Tough and thanks less maybe but alot of this is brought on by a biased attitude - if a game is reffed fairly any player / managment cannot have a reason to give out

i don't honestly think it is that bad .. more a case of poor / bad refs rather than biased .. plus how many teams / players play by the rules 100 % now ..

**tulla b** · 16/02/2008, 12:44 PM

look lads at the end of the day it is junior football, you wont have a bunch of Pierre Luigi Colina's doing the games. i think the standard of refs has improved over the last ten years. their is a few bad refs we all know that but i find they only get worse when players are moaning all game.

**Offside** · 17/02/2008, 12:45 PM

Newtown out of the cup!??

**el_nino84** · 17/02/2008, 2:08 PM

Who knocked them out?

**old git** · 17/02/2008, 2:10 PM

Originally Posted by el_nino84

Who knocked them out?

rock rovers 1-0 just got result of clare league website

**Bossman** · 17/02/2008, 6:08 PM

www.claresoccer.net updated

**platini** · 17/02/2008, 6:25 PM

Any results from the premier division?? Was at the Newmarket v Bunratty game (2-1 Newmarket), rats deserved a draw imo, they were misssing quite a few players this morning, they are deep in relegation battle right now and need a few wins quick to avoid the drop, as for Newmarket, not really impressed with them, they do the simple things well but are very direct in going long to the front men, front men are not that strong in the air and defenses will deal with it easily,

**MikeBassett** · 17/02/2008, 6:51 PM

Avenue beat the Burren 2-0. But in all fairness they were very poor and Burren only had 8 men for 40 mins of the 2nd half after they lost the plot a bit. They had a real chance of gettin somethin today but 5 mins into 2nd half they got a free,their right-back put in a great fair tackle on an Avenue man after the whistle. After a bit of handbags from both teams the ref gave burren rightback a very harsh straight red.Burren players went mad at him for a few mins,he then sent off their keeper,one burren player went head to head wit the ref and wasnt booked then another pushed him in the back but he didnt know who did it so he sent off number 6 instead of 5. Avenue created very little after that and were quite poor.Ref bottled given burren a peno later on and avenue keeper made a decent save from a free. 2nd goal came in last kick

**avenueC** · 18/02/2008, 7:06 AM

before anyonethinks im biased i spoke to burren an avenue guys bout game ystrday
pitch terrible no chance to play football, cows would have trouble standin up to graze, nothing much in first half avenue scored scrappy goal just before break
2nd half 1st burren guy sent off 2 footed tackle after whistle went ( ref said he was sent for headbutting but no one saw that!!!!
then 2nd guy went for pushin the ref in the back
3rd guy went for abusing the hell out of him
burren decided they wanted to walk off the field then,
10 mins later game restarted an burren enjoyed their best spell creating a few chances , avneu broke numerous times but over indulged in burrne penalty box an missed a few handy chances till last min they scored again
ref had a tough time,the 40 or so on burren line didnt help, sarcastically clapping every decision an making their feelings known,
thats it in a nut shell
3 horse race, no one else has a chance

**guvnor** · 18/02/2008, 8:19 AM

as for Newmarket, not really impressed with them, they do the simple things well but are very direct in going long to the front men, front men are not that strong in the air and defenses will deal with it easily,[/QUOTE]

Couldnt agree more, Newmarket are fighting above there weight and direct football will get them no where against class "footballing" sides like Lifford(even though they beat them twice!!!)

As for there front men being dealt with easily by defenses - if you look at the table Newmarket have scored 24 goals (joint top with Avenue) and the majority of them have been scored by the small men up front that defences deal easily with

On another point I think its good for Clare soccer that the League is very competitive this year and I dont think anyone could rule Newtown out either.

**platini** · 18/02/2008, 4:48 PM

Originally Posted by guvnor

as for Newmarket, not really impressed with them, they do the simple things well but are very direct in going long to the front men, front men are not that strong in the air and defenses will deal with it easily,

Couldnt agree more, Newmarket are fighting above there weight and direct football will get them no where against class "footballing" sides like Lifford(even though they beat them twice!!!)

As for there front men being dealt with easily by defenses - if you look at the table Newmarket have scored 24 goals (joint top with Avenue) and the majority of them have been scored by the small men up front that defences deal easily with

On another point I think its good for Clare soccer that the League is very competitive this year and I dont think anyone could rule Newtown out either.[/quote]

Newmarkets front men have scored less than half their teams tally this season, in their 10 games played the front men have scored 5 each, i've watched them a few times this season and imo Newmarket are too easy to defend against!

**studsup** · 18/02/2008, 6:24 PM

have to disagree with you here platini.newmarket arent 'punchin above their weight' at all.come the end of the season they'll be there or thereabouts for the league.it looks to me that there a few teams 'punchin above their weight' in the premier alrite like kildysart,burren and bunratty.

id say you shud look at your own team(bunratty) first platini before you go ravin on about other teams not being able to play football and just using the long ball.as far as i can see ye love to use the long ball in bunratty,in fact there's one individual at the back who very rarely plays a pass,its always a big long punt up to one of the centre forwards which he did a lot on sunday too

heard the rineanna moher game was a cracker

**guvnor** · 18/02/2008, 6:46 PM

Newmarkets front men have scored less than half their teams tally this season, in their 10 games played the front men have scored 5 each, i've watched them a few times this season and imo Newmarket are too easy to defend against![/QUOTE]

they must be doing something right if they are in the position they are

**platini** · 18/02/2008, 7:03 PM

Originally Posted by studsup

have to disagree with you here platini.newmarket arent 'punchin above their weight' at all.come the end of the season they'll be there or thereabouts for the league.it looks to me that there a few teams 'punchin above their weight' in the premier alrite like kildysart,burren and bunratty.

id say you shud look at your own team(bunratty) first platini before you go ravin on about other teams not being able to play football and just using the long ball.as far as i can see ye love to use the long ball in bunratty,in fact there's one individual at the back who very rarely plays a pass,its always a big long punt up to one of the centre forwards which he did a lot on sunday too

heard the rineanna moher game was a cracker

Think ur misreadin the posts studs, i never mentioned Newmarket were fightin above their weight, imo (right r wrong) the way they set out their stall is easily defend and this will show in the league postions at the end of the season.

**Prem Rep!** · 19/02/2008, 9:30 AM

Interesting developments in Clare? What are the your views all?

From the start of the 2008/2009 season under Rule 38 of the Clare District Soccer League the third division will be replaced by a new Reserve League for all B teams.
Note: Rules for this Reserve League will be published before the next AGM.

From the start of the 2010/2011 season the Clare District Soccer League will be introducing a licensing system for entry into the Premier Division of the Clare League.
Note: Details will be published before the AGM.

**offside01** · 19/02/2008, 11:26 AM

So those this mean Lifford B Avenue B Bridge Utd B etc will all have to drop down a couple of divisions next season regardless of how well they may do? I can't see them doing that without a fight?