Not so sure about Moher making the final. I'd go for experience over youth any day and the Avenue B lads (when they have a full team) aren't exactly over the hill yet!!!Originally Posted by CousinSylDolan
[QUOTE=Prem Rep!]Newtown and Avenue will also be a good game tonight in which we may see a stalemate to suit all other contenders.
Newtown V Avenue Match is on tomorrow night in Ballycasey.......
Not so sure about Moher making the final. I'd go for experience over youth any day and the Avenue B lads (when they have a full team) aren't exactly over the hill yet!!!
I'd be inclined to agree with you there.
Avenue B will be well up for it & even more so since they felt they threw it away last year .Could be wrong about that but as far as I remember they made the semis last year as well & were knocked out by Mountshannon even though they had dominated the game from start to finish.
Just bringing up my predictions from early in the season
I still think Bridge utd will win the premier. I was well wrong about Lifford/Oldtown though. I didn't think they would be where they are now & they can still win it. Connoly are gone & I still think Cratloe will be relegated.
Moher will probably go down as well.
In the 1st I still think Bridge Celtic will triumph but tonights game is massive.
Mountshannon have suprised me & they may have done enough to go up with their points in the bag. Olympic have also suprised me but fair play to them. They should have enough to go up along with Bridge Celtic.Kilkishen are the only other team in the mix but they will be dissapointed by the season overall.They can still catch Mountshannon for a playoff but would have to beat Oly & Bridge in their remaining fixtures which is a tall order.
As predicted Bunratty & Kilrush will go down.Kilmaley may have to play a relegation play-off but they should win that if its the Burren that is.
In Div 2 Hermitage have ran away with it & unless they **** it up Avenue B will go up with them.The Burren will most likely play off for promotion but I expect them to stay in Div 2. This division has been most notable this year for the fact that Kincora dropped out before the start of the season & both Cratloe B & Tullcrine dropped out lately. So I expect nobody will get relegated from this division.
Kilkee should win Div 3 but a cause for concern must be the fact that their form isn't great at the moment.Ennistymon will finish 2nd & its between Manus & Oly B for 3rd. Tulla B also dropped out of this division.
All in all my predictions look to be on course in the main with a couple of suprises. It will all be known in a couple of weeks.
6-1 says it all, no need to say anything your faces after the game said it all, Kilkishen to finish 3rd now.
Bridge Celtic 6 Shannon Olympic 1
(Scorers for the Bridge: Ger O' Connell 1, Paul Mcevoy 1, Ricky Moate 3 and an own goal from Olympic Player.)
Any other results??
Bridge Celtic 6 Shannon Olympic 1
(Scorers for the Bridge: Ger O' Connell 1, Paul Mcevoy 1, Ricky Moate 2, David Hickey 1 and an own goal from Olympic Player.)
Wow that was just emphatic. Champions elect for sure !!
Kilkishen beat Bunratty B 4 - 1 tonight.
Yip a very bad night for Olympic but these things happen in football, teams get nights where nothing falls right but we'll take it on the chin and move on fair play to Bridge they took advantage of how bad we played and mad us pay but that was last night and its over now,we have 3 games to go and 3 wins and where up , then we will get a chance next season to put last nights result right....hope Bridge can go on and win it now but we will finish second and if they slip up then who knows, as they say its a funny old game ...good game Bridge
lifford 0 0 newmarket
lifford and newmarket palyed out an entertaining scoreless draw last night. after paddy dunne had settled down and stopped giving frees in the wrong direction(for both teams) it was an open match with both teams going for and a couple of good scoring chances. both keepers made good saves, mike haeth making a full length stop from whacker lawlor. Lifford probably had the better of the 2nd half chances and had a great chance to win it with the last kick of the game but jonny ryan made an excellent stop to keep his side in the title race.
Fair play to both sides who played sporting soccer ..... and magically no dismissals except for 2 spectators by that magic man in black.... Pa Dunne!.....now get out onto the road r we'll have no match..go on, go on
Is that the same Ger O'Connell that played in goal with the Clare Hurlers now with Limerick Hurlers and played with Pike At the start of the season??
Yes it is the same guy.
That is the same Ger O'Connell yeah!!!!!!!
Rats B were up to their old tricks again last night. Went 1-0 up again and then conceded the usual calamity of goals... Of the 4 conceded 1 was a possible handball (I'll have to question SD), and OG, a penalty and a mistake by our sub keeper. The clearance off the line by Kilkishen at 1-1 early in the second half was crucial and to be fair Kilkishen were the better team...despite all their bickering at that poor lad in the middle of the field.
Frankie Coote in the hat was some sight.... Made the trip worthwhile.
Jeez lads that 6-1 was some result last night... I never expected a scoreline like that. Did Olympic show up at all or were Celtic just truly SPECIAL on the night. Celtic have some fine players all over the field... Hickey,O'Connell, Moate....
Am I right to say Olympic need 9 points from their last 3 games to go above Mntshn. Away to Corofin and Kilmaley in the space of 3 days next week and home to Kilkishen in the last game. Still possible of course.
Those 4 dropped points against Kilrush could prove costly though!!!!!
Were Oly in the game at all last night or was it over early on??????
What king of team lined up.
Ger played very well last night as did everyone on the Bridge celtic panel..
What a result (6-1) who can stop them scoring, they looked extremely good going forward last night and their defence is very strong too.
Great game to watch, you could feel the tension.... Fair game eventhough there were some tough battles on and off the pitch... Majority of S. olympic players very sporting and maybe on a different night, things could have been so much better for Olympic, but its fair to say the best team on the night won. The game had everything, great passing and some great goals.
The league is there for them but have they the bottle to finish the job and get that place in the Premier... We'll have to wait and see...
Full team, i think if we had taken a few of our chances it would have been differnt but it just was not going to happen,one of those night's every thing they touched turned to gold and everything we touched turned to..well lets just say we have a lot of lead if anyone wants it, it hurt but it will spur us on for the rest of the season
Yeah, fair play to Bridge. Deserved the win. 6-1 was very flattering as possession was about 50-50 but 2/3- 1 would have been a fairer reflection. But take nothing away from Bridge, they definately deserved deserve it. Didnt help us Gazzie and Kieran McCarthy getting injured but these things happen. Not sure what chances people are talking about us missing. I dont remember one clear cut chances we created, a few speculative efforts perhaps but thats all. Ger(jellylegs)O'Connell fell about all over the place(as predicted by me earlier in this thread) but in the end he was too good for our defence, and is a great addition to bridge Celtic. That Ricky guy is also a fine player, very enthusiastic runner.
we really wanted the win last night but maybe we've been taught a lesson in how to put a team under pressure when we dont have the ball. That was the difference last night.
Olympic started quite strong with their big centre-forward winning alot of ball in the air (Why wouldn't he be after the Butt rubbing he got before the game? You really don't want to know..)
The Bridge scored the vital first and then second goal at key times in the first half (P. Mcevoy and then Own goal). Olympic went flat with the shock i think.
Of course olympic went all out to get back into this vital game but this just left space for the quick wingers of B.C(T. Howard very good down the right and s. Byrnes down the left was very effective.)
Bridge then totally knocked the wind out of Oly sails with 2 more quick goals from R. Moate and G.O'Connell... The game had everything with penalty appeals on either side and loads of banter from both sets of supporters, players and managers...Oh and mr halloran got his fair share of abuse.
Great game for us though which was capped with a fantastic individual goal from david hickey and then a very soft goal which Ricky Moate gratefully accepted after olympics keeper had butter fingers.
B.C- team : Goalkeeper:Sean fleming Defence: William slattery,Daniel Aherne, Brian Cosgrove, Patrick Murtagh. Midfield Trevor Howard, Ricky moate, David Hickey, Shane Byrnes Forwards Paul Mcevoy, Ger O' Connell Subs: Peter Murphy
I never knew that he transferred from Pike...Good player very quick..Best of luck to him..Hopefully he can do a good job for our hurlers too we could badly do with a good run
Have a little grace in victory we may meet again....
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