Football in Shannon 2014/15

Originally Posted by Shuffleruns

Hopefully, few more quality players in if they got promoted and I think they'd stay in the premier div... the bottom half of the table clubs are on par with Shannon town. IMO.

Lads snap out of it.They haven't a hope of promotion.Last time they were prem look what happened.Wembley and Newport for promotion or Kilmallock.

Wembley to win the league. Is between ST and they rest you mentioned to go up with them!

Originally Posted by Shuffleruns

Hopefully, few more quality players in if they got promoted and I think they'd stay in the premier div... the bottom half of the table clubs are on par with Shannon town. IMO.

Where do you think they need to strengthen though? Strong enough defence, the 5 in midfield all very good players with pace on the wings and Gerry up front! They'd need to bring players in out of town to really strengthen and can't see that happening!

Yeah that wouldn't happen... Could be a few players tempted around in clubs like Newmarket, bridge, Olympic, even avenue that might fancy a crack at link premier football. The holy grail of irish football.

Massive game next if they're serious about winning promotion this season.

Every game from here in is a massive if they have any hope at all. Some of the teams have 4 extra games played and nearly every team has at least 2 extra games played than ST. Anyone know why they are so far behind ?

If they got promoted they would need an influx of players to try and finish mid table premier. Have they a consistent starting 11, or is the squad being rotated much ?

If they get a good run of form and build momentum, then who knows, they could sneak promotion, but it's a big ask all the same.

sure I think they should worry about getting there first. Would be a great achievement to get promoted but would need the best players in the town to sign and also get a few more experienced ones possibly from outside...

I know you're right, time will tell.

Mungret3-1 Shannon town defeat today.. Looks like it's 1A football again next year! Can't see promotion now tbh.

Told ye that.

Too many teams can raise their game against better opposition, yet they can't perform the same week-in-week-out, it's a shame really. It's the same with so many clubs, players up their game to take a scalp off a better team, but what's the point if you can't be at your best every week ?
This is a prime example of this.

It happens to a lot of teams - look at Fairview, they beat Janesboro in Fai and Pike in the Munster Junior - then go out of the same competitions against weaker teams.

Originally Posted by Shuffleruns

Mungret3-1 Shannon town defeat today.. Looks like it's 1A football again next year! Can't see promotion now tbh.

Town were 1 nil up with 15 to go. Gerry Kelly through 1 on 1 flicks it over the keeper and the keeper jumps and flicks the ball with his hand 5 yards outside the box. The ref gives a free kick and no card and says the keeper didnt intentionally handle it. After he said he couldn't send him off as Mungret had munster junior next week and he would have been suspended.
Mungret player said they were embarrassed with the result.
It was the worst decision i have ever seen from a ref.

Originally Posted by 2legged tackle

Town were 1 nil up with 15 to go. Gerry Kelly through 1 on 1 flicks it over the keeper and the keeper jumps and flicks the ball with his hand 5 yards outside the box. The ref gives a free kick and no card and says the keeper didnt intentionally handle it. After he said he couldn't send him off as Mungret had munster junior next week and he would have been suspended.
Mungret player said they were embarrassed with the result.
It was the worst decision i have ever seen from a ref.

And what happened for the 3 goals Mungret scored? They were the ref's fault I suppose. In all fairness, Shannon Town were never in with a chance of promotion

It doesn't make a difference lankyboy26, the above incident sounds completely unacceptable by the referee. It's a joke that he can do that and have no repercussions.

If that was to happen any team, then I can see how things could unravel for the rest of the game - seems that ST let that decision get the better of them and throw them for the rest of the game. It shouldn't happen, but it does. Mungret get lifedt up by the decision and ST
get frustrated - so in answer to your question, it pretty much was the refs fault - albeit ST should have tried to rise above it on the day and just tried to see out the game, instead I'm sure they lost all focus.

Originally Posted by Football-Unites

It doesn't make a difference lankyboy26, the above incident sounds completely unacceptable by the referee. It's a joke that he can do that and have no repercussions.

If that was to happen any team, then I can see how things could unravel for the rest of the game - seems that ST let that decision get the better of them and throw them for the rest of the game. It shouldn't happen, but it does. Mungret get lifedt up by the decision and ST
get frustrated - so in answer to your question, it pretty much was the refs fault - albeit ST should have tried to rise above it on the day and just tried to see out the game, instead I'm sure they lost all focus.

Originally Posted by 2legged tackle

Town were 1 nil up with 15 to go. Gerry Kelly through 1 on 1 flicks it over the keeper and the keeper jumps and flicks the ball with his hand 5 yards outside the box. The ref gives a free kick and no card and says the keeper didnt intentionally handle it. After he said he couldn't send him off as Mungret had munster junior next week and he would have been suspended.
Mungret player said they were embarrassed with the result.
It was the worst decision i have ever seen from a ref.

Dont believe the ref would say that as i dont think he would be suspended for MJ following week.Suspension would be served in local comp.

Originally Posted by Football-Unites

It doesn't make a difference lankyboy26, the above incident sounds completely unacceptable by the referee. It's a joke that he can do that and have no repercussions.

If that was to happen any team, then I can see how things could unravel for the rest of the game - seems that ST let that decision get the better of them and throw them for the rest of the game. It shouldn't happen, but it does. Mungret get lifedt up by the decision and ST
get frustrated - so in answer to your question, it pretty much was the refs fault - albeit ST should have tried to rise above it on the day and just tried to see out the game, instead I'm sure they lost all focus.

They lost because they conceded 3 and scored 1. Ok the ref was wrong but if they kept it together they win 1.0. Cant blame the ref for the 3.1 defeat, yes he made the wrong decision at 1.0 but refs make mistakes.

Originally Posted by YNWA

They lost because they conceded 3 and scored 1. Ok the ref was wrong but if they kept it together they win 1.0. Cant blame the ref for the 3.1 defeat, yes he made the wrong decision at 1.0 but refs make mistakes.

Having seen Shannon Town a few times this season, they never looked like a promotion chasing side. Wembley, Kilmallock, Newport and Mungret are better sides in my opinion and it was always going to be 2 from those 4 to go up, and it has looked like that since the start of the season

Lads, have to agree with ST on the poor decision by the ref, it was a sending off all day long. Did he not send him off as Mungret had a MJC game the following week?, only he knows that! Mike Kiely would never have admitted it to anyone if he did either. Turning point in the game was when when Jamie Cullen was forced off soon after, he was dominating the midfield up to that point and after he went off Mungret got a foot hold. ST are definitely on a par with the top teams in 1A and stranger things have happened, go on a run of wins and things can change very quickly. All the top teams still have to play each other so no reason to give up hope yet. Mungret beat Moyross 1-0 last year with around 6 games to go, after the game Moyross were out of it, or so it looked, won their last 6/7 games and won the league by 4 pts.

Originally Posted by maestro

Lads, have to agree with ST on the poor decision by the ref, it was a sending off all day long. Did he not send him off as Mungret had a MJC game the following week?, only he knows that! Mike Kiely would never have admitted it to anyone if he did either. Turning point in the game was when when Jamie Cullen was forced off soon after, he was dominating the midfield up to that point and after he went off Mungret got a foot hold. ST are definitely on a par with the top teams in 1A and stranger things have happened, go on a run of wins and things can change very quickly. All the top teams still have to play each other so no reason to give up hope yet. Mungret beat Moyross 1-0 last year with around 6 games to go, after the game Moyross were out of it, or so it looked, won their last 6/7 games and won the league by 4 pts.

Fair comment Al. Good to see that players from other clubs come on and agree with other club on such nonsense decisions....

The referees are making bad decisions in all the games. we just have to get on with it. It won't bet he referees fault for Shannon Town not getting promoted this season