MFA Junior Champions Cup 2011/12

**JA023** · 13/09/2011, 12:17 AM

Originally Posted by balls

all results to form except the abbeyfeale result. they should be beating west cork league opposition

Why should abbeyfeale be beating west cork league opposition? Excuses of Gaa don't wash, a good performance by a WCL team who are only just getting going in their season, well done Bunratty, watch out Pike

**limkdesmond** · 13/09/2011, 9:03 AM

Abbeyfeale utd were missing 7 players due to gaa..they are favourites to win the county football as they are in the county semi final and were told not to play against bunratty..a handy draw for pike in the next round

**Mission Bell** · 13/09/2011, 9:22 AM

Originally Posted by limkdesmond

Abbeyfeale utd were missing 7 players due to gaa..they are favourites to win the county football as they are in the county semi final and were told not to play against bunratty..a handy draw for pike in the next round

Told not to play? By whom?

**southern kid** · 13/09/2011, 9:06 PM

told not to play by their gaa manager, its the players i blame in dat situation, grow some balls like an play if that what the player wants.its happening all the time in west limerick.

**Mission Bell** · 14/09/2011, 8:19 AM

Originally Posted by southern kid

told not to play by their gaa manager, its the players i blame in dat situation, grow some balls like an play if that what the player wants.its happening all the time in west limerick.

Thought as much. What a shame.
When a chance comes for a club to pit themselves against the better teams something like this happens. It's the guys who run the these clubs and have worked hard to make football available for people who I feel sorry for.
However, I agree with you that if a guy wants to play football and is told not to do so because of another code it does not say much for him.

**nononsense** · 14/09/2011, 9:33 AM

Originally Posted by Mission Bell

Thought as much. What a shame.
When a chance comes for a club to pit themselves against the better teams something like this happens. It's the guys who run the these clubs and have worked hard to make football available for people who I feel sorry for.
However, I agree with you that if a guy wants to play football and is told not to do so because of another code it does not say much for him.

Agree with you. Fact of the matter though is most players involved in both codes, gaa and soccer, gaa will get first choice. Its a cultural thing, bred into the brain from schooldays e.g. the national game, for the parish, etc etc. It will always be that way, especially in rural areas. Sadly, in this case, it shows disrespect to this new and prestigious competition.

**First** · 14/09/2011, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by nononsense

Agree with you. Fact of the matter though is most players involved in both codes, gaa and soccer, gaa will get first choice. Its a cultural thing, bred into the brain from schooldays e.g. the national game, for the parish, etc etc. It will always be that way, especially in rural areas. Sadly, in this case, it shows disrespect to this new and prestigious competition.

We also had the same issue last week where players chose hurling over football but that is their decision. When you sign players who are involved in both codes then that is the chance you take. We fulfilled the fixture with the lads available to us, and they gave a very good account of themselves. We would love to have travelled with a full squad to choose from because if we did we would be still in it.

Dual codes will always clash and imo the players themselves will decide what they do on the day.
Pressure being applied from either faction is unfair.

**Mission Bell** · 14/09/2011, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by First

We also had the same issue last week where players chose hurling over football but that is their decision. When you sign players who are involved in both codes then that is the chance you take. We fulfilled the fixture with the lads available to us, and they gave a very good account of themselves. We would love to have travelled with a full squad to choose from because if we did we would be still in it.

Dual codes will always clash and imo the players themselves will decide what they do on the day.
Pressure being applied from either faction is unfair.

I understand and the fact that in rural areas, especially, you dont have the pick available in urban centres.
That is one of the main reasons why lads from the country go and join the bigger clubs because football is the number one.

**limkdesmond** · 14/09/2011, 4:11 PM

It's a pity really for the other abbeyfeale players who wanted to win the game and now missed their chance to play pike rovers in the next round

**Shilts** · 03/10/2011, 1:16 PM

QFinal
Tile King v Kinsale
Sat 2.30 ko

Big game this weekend for us.
We've never come across Tile King before so I don't know how good they are.
We will be giving them plenty of respect though.
Any league champions would be dangerous on their own turf.

**Shilts** · 08/10/2011, 3:54 PM

Tile King 1
Kinsale 8

Quite a mismatch here.
This game was done and dusted early on and was blown up with 20 mins left.

Great to make it to the semis tho

**twohalves** · 09/10/2011, 3:44 PM

Pike rovers 2-1 Bunratty (Cork).

**prawnsandwich2** · 10/10/2011, 8:06 AM

Originally Posted by hightackle

Pike not at the races today saying that alot of players rested (boyle,boris,tierney,moloney)enright out with three broking toes out for two or three months i say.(hammer fell on leg at work)

big loss for pike if true.
was outstanding against the boro a few weeks back.
young byrnes will probably go in there.

**hotspur** · 10/10/2011, 12:44 PM

Was the draw for the next round made?

**theboywonder8** · 10/10/2011, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by hotspur

Was the draw for the next round made?

Pike play winners of clonmel town and Killarney Celtic,TSDL played OT yesterday so I presume that's why it didn't go ahead yesterday,according to tsdl forum though it was a St michaels selection against cork,players from St michaels B were called into the squad.

**fifty50** · 10/10/2011, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by hightackle

Pike not at the races today saying that alot of players rested (boyle,boris,tierney,moloney)enright out with three broking toes out for two or three months i say.(hammer fell on leg at work)

enright was not involved in any accident at work and was walking just fine today