Cork AUL 2009/10

**timmypav** · 02/02/2010, 9:20 AM

Glad to see ye are on the up on all fronts Innish. I always keep a lookout for your results as my brother Steve and nephew Paul played with ye one time. Keep it up.

**Innishvilla** · 02/02/2010, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by timmypav

Glad to see ye are on the up on all fronts Innish. I always keep a lookout for your results as my brother Steve and nephew Paul played with ye one time. Keep it up.

Cheers. If I have the right guy Steve still calls to see the odd game but his focus is his golf handicap. Paul is playing with Killumney with a few seasons???
Both fine players...

Also I'd like to wish old foes Grangevale all the best in their trip to Waterford. It is a credit to the club to come back from potential disaster when they were relegated to division 3 a few years back to now be more than holding their own as a 1st division side and looking forward to a big trip in the MJC.

**super_mario** · 02/02/2010, 11:58 AM

Beat by postal celtic on saturday evening in mayfield all weather pitch, How we lost i still dont know like in first have we must have had at least 70percent posession, we started rather slowly and our centre half was caught ball watching after 25 and we were punished but from then on it was totally one sided we pushed and pushed but they defended well and saw us out till half time,

The second half was more one sided than the first and we had 2 at the back and even our keeper played the 2nd half on the half way line as we pushed and pushed for a goal, they cleared 2 off the line in 30seconds, hit the post, had a penalty shout (not given) missed a sitter from 6 yards, striker in 1 on 1 and ref called offside, he was at least 2 yards onside, and then in the last minute ball played in to one of our players (he knows who he is) hahaha and from all of 2 yards he put the ball the only place in the whole goal he couldnt score and will go down as one of worst misses i have seen,

So it was one of those extremely frustrating days where a team dominates and do everything except score, so in the bigger scheme of things this cup wasnt the most important thing and although it would have been nice to keep the run going maybe its a blessing in disguise as far as the league, city cup, and st michaels cup are concerned.

**the owl** · 02/02/2010, 2:41 PM

Is it just my screen or did Marios post look very strange. It seems to happen to the lasts post everytime ???

**LeedsPk** · 02/02/2010, 6:18 PM

been watching a while and said id join in since we've been a main topic as of late, im playin wit leeds in prem a and played sunday, chumps- fair comment but ye have to remember we have gone from 2nd division to prem a in 1 season and have a very young side, im 27 and wud prob b the oldest. we lost keith and lost stephen mcgee thru injury for the season- 2 big losses, not many teams could cope with loosing that quality. Sayin that we are holding our own in a tough league which most of our players have never played in before.

Waterloo are a good side and surprised us, me included, they have only been beaten once this season so im told and have beaten coachford already, they wont b 2nd div for too long and i wish them all the best against janesboro- tough draw

Now to gary nolan- alot of ott comments i have to say, ye have to remember gary is still only 21 and is learning, i agree wit the guv, he is a top player prob the best iv played with in the aul, playing with him week in week out i see the kickings he gets and its frustrating to watch let alone be the one who is gettin kicked around the pitch so maybe a **** and a moan now and again can b excused. He is on the aul panel on merit and best of luck to him, i nice fella and a top player

Now we wil try to turn chumps into champs this wk by doin alot of ye and ourselves a favour by beating kanturk, i hear they have a handy striker, anythin else??

**Doug89** · 02/02/2010, 7:22 PM

Originally Posted by Innishvilla

Cheers. If I have the right guy Steve still calls to see the odd game but his focus is his golf handicap. Paul is playing with Killumney with a few seasons???
Both fine players...

Also I'd like to wish old foes Grangevale all the best in their trip to Waterford. It is a credit to the club to come back from potential disaster when they were relegated to division 3 a few years back to now be more than holding their own as a 1st division side and looking forward to a big trip in the MJC.

Innish, thanks for the good wishes, much appreciated. We'll be up against it on Sunday but shur we'll give it our best shot!!

**olachico** · 02/02/2010, 9:33 PM

ballincollig first team to withdraw from AUL - Puts a different slant on the premier A league table!!

**littleman** · 02/02/2010, 9:56 PM

Grattan 2 Knocavilla 0.

Sorry for the delay in gettin a report in.If last weeks result was pleasing because of its all round display,this weeks one was pleasing because we just did what we needed to,to get the points.You cant say a professional attitude because its only a junior game but we all know what i mean,we wanted 3 points an we did exactly what we had to to make sure we got those points.

Knockavilla were workman like an honest,battled well an even caused us a worry or 2 but we were comfortable throughout I thought an our defence looked very sharpe.We all hear the one about 'on another day we could have scored more' but when you have one of those days,you have to make sure you at least win the game,which we did.Shaws got a smashing volley an young Gerry Kelleher got his 2 nd goal in as many games,in as many starts.

We had a great start to the season an let our self down badly in all the cups an that me speaking honestly but over xmas we regrouped an We probably trained when knowone trained an it looks to have sorted us out big time.In the league 5 wins from 7 is very good,but in that 7 we have 4 clean sheets an the 2 losses we have suffered well we are dissapointed,bitterly so that we didnt tale at least 4
points from the 6 on offer in those games,why we didnt was our fault an not down to the opposition.But it all looks like its heading towards a good finish to the season,an we all like that.

**the owl** · 02/02/2010, 10:04 PM

Welcome Leedspk, Fair dues for taking our comments (chumps) in jest and i hope ye do turn that around next week in kanturk. Good side, very fit but have been dropping a fw points of late.
Ballincollig gone......does that mean that teams get points or points taken off ??

**fruice** · 02/02/2010, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by olachico

ballincollig first team to withdraw from AUL - Puts a different slant on the premier A league table!!

any reason why they are gone?

**littleman** · 02/02/2010, 10:38 PM

The same reasons as when every other team end up jackin it in,too many distractions off the field for lads nowadays an not enough lads willing to put the effort in to sustain a team,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

**oscar** · 02/02/2010, 10:40 PM

lads where can i find yer fixtures for this weekend,that aul site is pure confusing

**LeedsPk** · 02/02/2010, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by the owl

Welcome Leedspk, Fair dues for taking our comments (chumps) in jest and i hope ye do turn that around next week in kanturk. Good side, very fit but have been dropping a fw points of late.
Ballincollig gone......does that mean that teams get points or points taken off ??

well we must be doin something right if ther is a so called 'hype' about us and the aul manager has an eye on us, alrite for a team who played 3rd div football 2 yrs ago and didnt even win the 2nd division last yr.

i know a fella who trained wit kanturk pre season and said 2hrs physical both tue and thur, its paying off for them tho but they are goin thru a bad patch as of late so maybe we have them at the rite time. big squad and being able to cope wit the backlog better than ur rivals will win this league and most leagues this season, 2/3 games a week once the nite games kick in will be tough ona small squad, injuries and work will cause feirce problems so maybe all ye managers better keep fit incase ye get called upon- even u guvnor!!!

**LeedsPk** · 02/02/2010, 11:23 PM

the echo

**olachico** · 02/02/2010, 11:23 PM

Ballincollig are gone because they lost loads of players to their Senior team - is the MSL side was struggling - we played and lost to them at the start of the season when they had some semblance of a side - in all honesty we should have beaten them 10 nil that day the ball just wouldnt go in - we played them recently and it was a totally different side - in effect a 3rd division AUL side - I would imagine that those players got sick of getting battered and thought it better to withdraw. All teams will get 6 points if they didnt play them - so we will be the only team who didnt get 6 from them :-(

**olachico** · 03/02/2010, 2:42 AM

Originally Posted by oscar

lads where can i find yer fixtures for this weekend,that aul site is pure confusing

Oscar try here http://www.isrscork.com/fixhome.htm should find what you are looking for - I assume you want to watch waterloo??

**shetland** · 03/02/2010, 7:13 AM

Originally Posted by LeedsPk

well we must be doin something right if ther is a so called 'hype' about us and the aul manager has an eye on us, alrite for a team who played 3rd div football 2 yrs ago and didnt even win the 2nd division last yr.

i know a fella who trained wit kanturk pre season and said 2hrs physical both tue and thur, its paying off for them tho but they are goin thru a bad patch as of late so maybe we have them at the rite time. big squad and being able to cope wit the backlog better than ur rivals will win this league and most leagues this season, 2/3 games a week once the nite games kick in will be tough ona small squad, injuries and work will cause feirce problems so maybe all ye managers better keep fit incase ye get called upon- even u guvnor!!!

from what i am aware leeds team that won the ist division last year folded their second division team went up to replace them,.they were joined by a number of the disbanded team as well,so i think ther is where the hype comes from .and the fact yere manager said yee have the best player in the au l.

**Innishvilla** · 03/02/2010, 8:03 AM

Originally Posted by olachico

Ballincollig are gone because they lost loads of players to their Senior team - is the MSL side was struggling - we played and lost to them at the start of the season when they had some semblance of a side - in all honesty we should have beaten them 10 nil that day the ball just wouldnt go in - we played them recently and it was a totally different side - in effect a 3rd division AUL side - I would imagine that those players got sick of getting battered and thought it better to withdraw. All teams will get 6 points if they didnt play them - so we will be the only team who didnt get 6 from them :-(

Lads is it just me or is it a disgrace that a town the size of Ballincollig can't keep 2 teams running??? I know there are other teams in the area but according to Wiki the town population is 16,000. The have 2 teams competing in each schoolboys age-group (I think) they won the MSL 1st Division last year - and again one or two teams (only you in this case Ola) get punished for having played/dropped points a team that folds... I thought after last year they'd have changed the rules and wiped Ballincolligs records???

**Shilts** · 03/02/2010, 9:44 AM

Originally Posted by Innishvilla

Lads is it just me or is it a disgrace that a town the size of Ballincollig can't keep 2 teams running??? I know there are other teams in the area but according to Wiki the town population is 16,000. The have 2 teams competing in each schoolboys age-group (I think) they won the MSL 1st Division last year - and again one or two teams (only you in this case Ola) get punished for having played/dropped points a team that folds... I thought after last year they'd have changed the rules and wiped Ballincolligs records???

Don't get me started!
This rule where the innocent teams that have played the team that withdraws (in this case Ballincollig) are the only ones that can possibly be hurt is not fair.
A league is supposed to produce the best team.
No one can complain about bad draws like in a cup. Everybody plays everybody twice.
Not so in the Cork AUL.

The team that withdraws should have their record wiped from the league.
This is the rule in Irelands top league (LOI).
This is the fairest solution - why does the AUL continue with an UNFAIR method of dealing with this situation???
Their failure to change this rule after what happened in last years Premier Div astounds me.
We can give out about the team that packs it in, but how about not p****ng off the decent teams that fulfill all their fixtures.

**LeedsPk** · 03/02/2010, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by shetland

from what i am aware leeds team that won the ist division last year folded their second division team went up to replace them,.they were joined by a number of the disbanded team as well,so i think ther is where the hype comes from .and the fact yere manager said yee have the best player in the au l.

That was the original plan but it didnt work out that way. out of the current team only dean buckley would have been playing prem a with the 1st team if they had not folded, keith would have as well but he only played 1 game this season ( against ballicollig so sort of doesnt count now) so i wouldnt really count him. All the rest were the 'b' team and had a 1st div fixture against mayfield changed to a prem a game against greenmount 3days before the season kicked off. Staying in the division in my eyes would be a good season and we can build on that then - hopefully that clears up the confusion

Both u and i know Conny Madden is the best player in the aul