Elvery's Super League 2008

**Whipitin** · 16/04/2008, 8:00 PM

Predictions for games at the weekend????? Some interesting games!!!!

**Thunderblaster** · 16/04/2008, 9:41 PM

Rumour has it that the next Snugboro home game, the team will be greeted with a ticker tape reception of red and yellow cards, given their accumulation of the cards from the Texoil sponsored referees!!

**spinster** · 17/04/2008, 1:04 PM

ballina v snugboro- draw
ballinrobe v castlebar celtic - away
claremorris v bangor hibs - away
manulla v ballyheane- home
westport v erris- home.

some good games, real test for snugboro, and claremorris and bangor will see this as a 6 pointer!
any views?
any chance ballinrobe could upset celtic after there unfortunate loss in fai cup? cant see it somehow

**Whipitin** · 17/04/2008, 5:36 PM

Bangor should be 2 strong for claremorris. Westport/Erris could be a cracker!!! Celtic easy 3, massive game for Snugboro, if they win dey will be serious title contenders. Manulla and Balyheane could go either way!!!

**juan pablo** · 18/04/2008, 9:14 PM

ballina v snugboro- away
ballinrobe v castlebar celtic - home
claremorris v bangor hibs - draw
manulla v ballyheane- away
westport v erris- draw

Come on the Robe!!!!!!!!!!

**Fireball** · 19/04/2008, 9:58 PM

Results:
Ballina Town 2 v 1 Snugboro Utd.
Ballinrobe Town 1 v 4 Castlebar Celtic
Claremorris 0 v 2 Bangor Hibs.
Manulla 3 v 2 Ballyheane
Westport Utd. 3 v 1 Iorras Aontaithe

**spinster** · 24/04/2008, 11:29 AM

ballyheane vs wesport- westport
bangor hibs vs ballinrobe-ballinrobe
celtic vs ballina-cancelled
claremoris vs manualla-manualla
erris vs snugboro utd-draw

**the grape vine** · 24/04/2008, 11:39 AM

ballyheane vs wesport- away
bangor hibs vs ballinrobe-home
celtic vs ballina-cancelled
claremoris vs manualla-draw
erris vs snugboro utd-home

**irishyop** · 25/04/2008, 4:46 PM

ballyheane vs wesport- home
bangor hibs vs ballinrobe-home
claremoris vs manualla-away
erris vs snugboro utd-away

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**the grape vine** · 06/05/2008, 9:34 AM

i here the Boro were back in the transfer market, and two big celtic players have signed up !!

**Closed Account** · 06/05/2008, 9:40 AM

Originally Posted by the grape vine

i here the Boro were back in the transfer market, and two big celtic players have signed up !!

Gone for one weekend and I miss everything, give us a clue there grape vine?

**No. 7** · 07/05/2008, 9:28 AM

Originally Posted by the grape vine

i here the Boro were back in the transfer market, and two big celtic players have signed up !!

Yes, Aiden McGeady and Shunsuke Nakamura.

Unfortunatley i hear the Boro must wait for the Scottish season to finish up before they are eligible to play. Should be two good squad players.

**Closing Time** · 07/05/2008, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by the grape vine

i here the Boro were back in the transfer market, and two big celtic players have signed up !!

Yes, it seems that the Boro have started a new trend in paying players. Heard they have offered one ex Celtic player a great offer to play for them, dont know if he accepted it or not, but he would be mad not to. Fair play to them if they have the money why not go for it. Made a great start in the League and it could be their year if they get a few more players in (need to replace D. Flynn), maybe from Galway, that if the Heane have not them all signed up what I hear. Another club always willing to pay for talent. I myself would not be involved with Celtic if we went down this road. Paying a manager OK but paying players no way. I know Celtic would loose alot of people if this happened. Anyway they dont have the money, but fair dues to the Boro & the Heane, both have great set-ups.

**Norm** · 07/05/2008, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by Closing Time

Yes, it seems that the Boro have started a new trend in paying players. Heard they have offered one ex Celtic player a great offer to play for them, dont know if he accepted it or not, but he would be mad not to. Fair play to them if they have the money why not go for it. Made a great start in the League and it could be their year if they get a few more players in (need to replace D. Flynn), maybe from Galway, that if the Heane have not them all signed up what I hear. Another club always willing to pay for talent. I myself would not be involved with Celtic if we went down this road. Paying a manager OK but paying players no way. I know Celtic would loose alot of people if this happened. Anyway they dont have the money, but fair dues to the Boro & the Heane, both have great set-ups.

How is paying a manager ok and paying players completly unaccaptable?? Its an amateur junior league, surely paying anyone is wrong?
Or as I see it, if one club is willing to pay for a manager then the next step is always going to be some other club paying players. Its an unfortunate natural progression.
Its all known as "expences" anyway, so no-one is really getting paid!!
I could be wrong, but your post is verging on a diplomatic masterpiece, albeit, I feel, written through gritted teeth.
Jump off the fence and let us all know how you really feel about the possibility of Snugboro poaching 2 of your players.!

**Leveller** · 07/05/2008, 1:19 PM

Originally Posted by Closing Time

Yes, it seems that the Boro have started a new trend in paying players. Heard they have offered one ex Celtic player a great offer to play for them, dont know if he accepted it or not, but he would be mad not to. Fair play to them if they have the money why not go for it. Made a great start in the League and it could be their year if they get a few more players in (need to replace D. Flynn), maybe from Galway, that if the Heane have not them all signed up what I hear. Another club always willing to pay for talent. I myself would not be involved with Celtic if we went down this road. Paying a manager OK but paying players no way. I know Celtic would loose alot of people if this happened. Anyway they dont have the money, but fair dues to the Boro & the Heane, both have great set-ups.

Boro starting the trend?

Stop talking rubbish!

Your club were paying those LOI players long before Boro started (if they are paying them).

**irishyop** · 07/05/2008, 3:21 PM

Originally Posted by Leveller

Boro starting the trend?

Stop talking rubbish!

Your club were paying those LOI players long before Boro started (if they are paying them).

Paying who out of interest? The big attraction for players who joined Celtic was that there was a big chance of them getting noticed by LOI or UK scouts due to Gavin Dykes experience and contacts within the game, NO PLAYER WAS OR IS BEEN PAID.

From this a number of players have moved on from Celtic to LOI clubs, without Gavins contacts the chances of that happening would have been a hell of a lot less.

If the Boro do get them 2 players then it will be in a very strong position to challenge for Super League honours this year.

**theboy** · 07/05/2008, 3:34 PM

Originally Posted by irishyop

Paying who out of interest? The big attraction for players who joined Celtic was that there was a big chance of them getting noticed by LOI or UK scouts due to Gavin Dykes experience and contacts within the game, NO PLAYER WAS OR IS BEEN PAID.

From this a number of players have moved on from Celtic to LOI clubs, without Gavins contacts the chances of that happening would have been a hell of a lot less.

If the Boro do get them 2 players then it will be in a very strong position to challenge for Super League honours this year.

spill the beans lads, whos these 2 players???

**irishyop** · 07/05/2008, 3:40 PM

Originally Posted by theboy

spill the beans lads, whos these 2 players???

That would be up to Joe to disclose I think, personally I wont be doing that.

**Closed Account** · 07/05/2008, 3:50 PM

Whilst I'm not naive enough to think that denying rumours on a messageboard will sway anyones opinion, I'm sure people have made their mind up already, here's my tuppence worth anyway.

Snugboro United are not paying any players. Our club can't afford it, our committee wouldn't support it and our management wouldn't agree to it.

SG is getting his badges paid for(offer available to all players)and he and our other coach are being reimbursed for their time. The rest of the players signed, about 6 of them wouldn't of been offered money(some of them haven't even paid there membership yet

, so if they're getting paid, it isn't a lot!)

I don't know who the two players rumoured are(doesn't matter). I've being trying to guess but I must admit my powers of deduction have escaped me. I wouldn't disclose it anyway, nobody likes being talked about on a forum. And I've no problem with Closing Time posting these rumours on the board. Each to there own, we all have our "anonymity".

Tough game Saturday evening for the Boro, away to Westport. Don't think its in the Sports Park. They'll be well up for it after the opening day of the season. The winner has to travel to either Bangor or Belmullet, so it looks like the tougher side of the draw.