Clare League 2013/14

**Shuffleruns** · 03/08/2014, 6:39 PM

They could of went to the bridge, Newmarket or ennis for the same result

**footballfriend** · 03/08/2014, 8:17 PM

Avenue drew 2 all last year with them. And I think newmarket narrowly lost in a friendly also. Its preseason lads. You cant make much from games played.

**Two Feet Up** · 05/08/2014, 8:56 AM

Originally Posted by old git

not a very good test if hammered 6-1 ?? and to make it worse they went in with under strenght team and no goalkeepers

sometimes you learn more in defeat than when winning !

**Planners** · 05/08/2014, 9:07 AM

"They could of went to the bridge, Newmarket or ennis for the same result "

Disagree with you there Shuffles - Carew are one of Limericks best sides , Olympic are one of the Clare Premier Leagues worst sides - had they gone to any of the above mentioned sides they would have given them a good game , you have to consider that none of the current CPL teams have achieved anything in the National Leagues .

**Planners** · 05/08/2014, 9:12 AM

Originally Posted by Two Feet Up

sometimes you learn more in defeat than when winning !

how is losing 6-1 a learning curve - it breads lack of confidence and moral , i hope your not in management two feet !!

**new boots** · 05/08/2014, 10:07 AM

Have to agree with Planners - CSL is poor compared to other leagues , nothing achieved in a long time

**Two Feet Up** · 05/08/2014, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by Planners

how is losing 6-1 a learning curve - it breads lack of confidence and moral , i hope your not in management two feet !!

surely when you lose a game you see what weaknesses you have, where you were punished, how limited your team are. Who said anything about a curve, it must be great in your brain, we win we are great, we lose we are crap! btw its easy to manage a team that wins, try managing one that isn't winning!!!!

**Planners** · 05/08/2014, 1:52 PM

[QUOTE=Two Feet Up;1770382]surely when you lose a game you see what weaknesses you have, where you were punished, how limited your team are. Who said anything about a curve, it must be great in your brain, we win we are great, we lose we are crap! btw its easy to manage a team that wins, try managing one that isn't winning!!!![/Quote

i agree to a certin point but these lessons would be achieved in a closer fought contest , the only thing you learn from a 6-1 defeat is that your boxing above your weight , i'd be fairly sure that after 3/4 goals hte head drops and players tend not to give a fiddlers what the final resutl is , they only want to get off the pitch !

obviously its easy to manage a team thats winning but alot of the winning of games is done in pre season and training , i really hope your not a manager

**new boots** · 05/08/2014, 1:54 PM

well said planners

**Two Feet Up** · 05/08/2014, 3:04 PM

[QUOTE=Planners;1770428]

Originally Posted by Two Feet Up

surely when you lose a game you see what weaknesses you have, where you were punished, how limited your team are. Who said anything about a curve, it must be great in your brain, we win we are great, we lose we are crap! btw its easy to manage a team that wins, try managing one that isn't winning!!!![/Quote

i agree to a certin point but these lessons would be achieved in a closer fought contest , the only thing you learn from a 6-1 defeat is that your boxing above your weight , i'd be fairly sure that after 3/4 goals hte head drops and players tend not to give a fiddlers what the final resutl is , they only want to get off the pitch !

obviously its easy to manage a team thats winning but alot of the winning of games is done in pre season and training , i really hope your not a manager

you sound like you know what you are talking about

!

A good manager and good players will be looking to take any positives out of it and limiting the mistakes, then improving themselves ! Or else they can go play weaker teams to pat themselves on the back when they win......

**old git** · 05/08/2014, 8:50 PM

Originally Posted by Planners

"They could of went to the bridge, Newmarket or ennis for the same result "

Disagree with you there Shuffles - Carew are one of Limericks best sides , Olympic are one of the Clare Premier Leagues worst sides - had they gone to any of the above mentioned sides they would have given them a good game , you have to consider that none of the current CPL teams have achieved anything in the National Leagues .

planners .. how can you say Olympic are one of the clare premier leagues worst sides before the league has even started ?? they have a decent squad and added a few good players would fancy them to do ok in premier this season and would be a big surprise if the finished in bottom three

**Second** · 06/08/2014, 12:37 AM

Originally Posted by old git

planners .. how can you say Olympic are one of the clare premier leagues worst sides before the league has even started ?? they have a decent squad and added a few good players would fancy them to do ok in premier this season and would be a big surprise if the finished in bottom three

I agree with planners I dont think they will be strong enough..especially physically you look at all the top premier teams they all have a ball winner in the middle of the park and a big strong fast centre half..I dont think olympic have them.. they have very skillfull lads with good energy but that won't be good enough. . Hopefully im wrong. .

**Planners** · 06/08/2014, 9:16 AM

Dont get me wrong OG , i admire Olympic and all they've done , good club men, but for some reason they promise the sun moon and stars at the start of a season and end up fighting relagation ! , seems to happen every year - i suppose when you look at the squad alot of the players are average and as second says physically average , dont like mentioning names but RQ is pushing on and has lost alot of his pace that would have normally got him through games , he would be considered one of the better players !

**old git** · 06/08/2014, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by Planners

Dont get me wrong OG , i admire Olympic and all they've done , good club men, but for some reason they promise the sun moon and stars at the start of a season and end up fighting relagation ! , seems to happen every year - i suppose when you look at the squad alot of the players are average and as second says physically average , dont like mentioning names but RQ is pushing on and has lost alot of his pace that would have normally got him through games , he would be considered one of the better players !

planners

i have to disagree again " i admire olympic on what have they done ??? good club men ?? "
they have no underage set-up /youth team have a pitch which needs alot of work to make it playable in winter ? only survive year to year getting (poaching) players of other teams in shannon i would agree on looking good pre season and falling away as season finishes .. but this year i think they have added players to squad to stay up i would take a guess and say it has been a while since you last seen olympic play they only problem i can see is trying to keep all the squad happy as a lot of the lads they have signed would be expecting to play every week.

**Planners** · 06/08/2014, 10:17 AM

OG
Many teams in Clare survive as one team club , dont think there would be enough teams down through the leagues if this wasnt the case !
I have played against Olympic last season and have seen them play over the season . there isnt one team in Clare that dosnt "poach" players and its the nature of the beast , lads move from club to club under the impression they are better than they think !
We'll have to wait and see how they get on ..........