Clare Junior Soccer

[oldspice]

for one most clare teams do not give the commitment that Limerick teams give,also i have seen Jimmy Houlihan a few times and he is a fine player,i think personally himself and Donnacha Kelly are 2 good for olympic,if they want to play for a hometown team they have Newtown,Park and to a lesser extent Shannon Town,this is where these lads will shine,not languishing in the 1st division,no disrespect meant to Olympic

If you have a continuing situation where the likes of Jimmy and Donncha abandon them, then Olympic will languish in the first ... or worse!!! This season they made a concentrated effort to get promoted and came up just short. If they had succeeded, then who knows what progress could have been made. In the last few seasons, Newtown have just survived in the premier and even went down once, but, luckily for them they managed to bounce back immediately. Do you feel that when they went down, all their best players should have jumped ship just because they were out of the top flight for a season? If that had happened, thay could have gone into free fall like has happened to St. Pats, Kilmaley, Tulla and a few Ennis teams in the not too distant past. Prem Rep said it ... What about a bit of pride in your club?

[old boy]

And what about having a bit of pride in your local clubs. I get really bloody annoyed when people harp on about having to go to Limerick to fulfill ambition.
The Clare league were in a super position a couple of seasons back after winning the Oscar Traynor. That was a very very strong premier league back then, proven by the performances of our county team. Plus let me guarantee you no club fancy coming to face the clare sides in FAI or Munster Junior and I would also add we probably have a better record when it comes to Limerick V Clare ties.
But then the Limerick scouts came on the scene and poached 6 or 7 of the county's top players. Personally I think the players who left owed more to the clare league and their clubs than to jump on the EGO train to Limerick.
Whats wrong with staying with the league we've been in since 10 year olds and trying to improve it? Lets face it, your not going to get snapped up by the Man United s or Arsenals at this stage!
As for Jimmy, give him a break. Fine player, but it takes 20 players to have a successful season, no scapegoats please!

were have you been for the last few years ... the clare league standard has been dying for 5-6 years now .... the oscar traynor team won last year with a
lot of hard work with players involved & a lot of luck along the way
to prove a point the clare league got knocked out at the first attempt this year.... a lot of the problems go back to the clare league officals themselves ...... how many junior teams in clare now have youth teams !!! i am not saying for everybody to go and join limerick league... but why are a lot of our best players suddenly going now to limerick ... even the so called top teams in clare avenue / bunratty / newmarket / bridge / newtown have struggled to produce good teams over the last few years... these teams above should have no problem attracting good new players ... but it does not seem to be happening... if i am correct avenue were the last clare league team to reach an fai final many years ago... so 1 oscar traynor trophy win in the last 20years not a great achievement
as for slagging jh ... everybody has their own opioin ... jh can make us all look stupid ... by doing the business next season on the pitch

[shelbourne1904]

If you have a continuing situation where the likes of Jimmy and Donncha abandon them, then Olympic will languish in the first ... or worse!!! This season they made a concentrated effort to get promoted and came up just short. If they had succeeded, then who knows what progress could have been made. In the last few seasons, Newtown have just survived in the premier and even went down once, but, luckily for them they managed to bounce back immediately. Do you feel that when they went down, all their best players should have jumped ship just because they were out of the top flight for a season? If that had happened, thay could have gone into free fall like has happened to St. Pats, Kilmaley, Tulla and a few Ennis teams in the not too distant past. Prem Rep said it ... What about a bit of pride in your club?

In my opinion the difference between the standards in Clare and Limerick is down to the numbers playing and the GAA influence on the Premier.Just look at the clubs you mentioned Pats Kilmaley and Tulla.All teams based on the irregular appearances of good GAA players whenever it suits them.If they didnt use these players and developed football players through the ranks then they would find the corrrect level for their strengths and not have these traumatic experiences of the fall down to their real levels as is happening now.If you bring in strong players from time to time you will get dramatic results which will falsify your results and along the way do damage to clubs who refuse to use the GAA heads in preference to deicated football players. Furthermore all you have to do is look The GAA Champion to see why young fellas might migrate to the Limerick league.If they perform well they will get coverage but not in Clare,have alook at the reports for the FAI and Munster area finals.Are these reports or notes written on a stamp.Was there anyone even there from that GAA periodical .Finally please understand that junior football leagues are judged by club success in FAI/Munster cups .The Oscar Traynor does not count!!!!(I do not mean to understate the achievement of last year)but when players around the country ask you who you play for they dont mean which League they mean which club.If your club has won or had success in any of the above 2 then thats rated.

[shelbourne1904]

Lads, no-one plays well in every game. A few weeks ago people were singing jimmy's praises. Cop on, its only junior soccer. Over the course of the season Jimmy has played very well and certainly should not be ciritcized for his contribution. Why would bunratty have a divine right to hold on to a shannon man??? Most people want to play for their hometown club.

Thats one that always gets me.Why do Shannon players play for their local club in Bunratty.Is it snobbery??Is it the American tourist attraction ??or is the fact that there are better pubs to go on the **** before and after the matches??Are they ashamed of Shannon??
Someone please explain this phenomena(please note there are no words missing in this comment)

[shelbourne1904]

I left bunratty for my own reasons-not that it has anything to do with you.Dont know where the commitment comes into it.I gave my all for bunratty last year and olympic this year.As for ambition-what do you think we have been trying to do at olympic this year make up the numbers-i dont think so.

Folks,
Who is Jimmy Houlihan???

[Nibzer]

dose anyone agree with me that the league goes on way 2 long, i think we should be playing mid-week games,in shannon the gaa have an amazing pitch thats under flood lights. i think we should all send a letter asking the chairman of the clare league 2 make it happen, do all u guys agree?it will make it a better and more interesting season. we can all make this work but we have 2 do it as a team all in 4 each other. "all for one and one for all" cheers.

"newtown manager jim rocks is on the look out 4 new players, hes already a couple of players 4 next season, also heard james mc dade is on the way 2 park rangers b next season best of luck james :"

The above posts werent from me...i forgot to log out on monday and sum knob called fanners posted um while i was at home!!

[old boy]

They join cos all the teams in shannon that play in the clare league are ****.

may be **** but looking at last season finished bunratty are now also at this level od **** correct me if i am wrong but how long is it since bunratty won a major trophy !!!!!

[CousinSylDolan]

may be **** but looking at last season finished bunratty are now also at this level od **** correct me if i am wrong but how long is it since bunratty won a major trophy !!!!!

Will you stop posting... Your not making any sense at all and dont seem to know enough to base your arguments on!!!!!

[shelbourne1904]

Formally with the double winning bunratty last season-now with special olympic.You must not know as much as you think you do if you dont know him.I hear newtown are on the look out for players for their challenge for the fai junior cup next season.ha ha ha area finals what a bunch of jokers.

It must be that I feel I dont need to know things that are not important.Like first division teams panel members!!!!
Is there anything else you could enlighten me about??.Im always willing to listen in case there is something important to be heard.

[OpenGoal]

Will you stop posting... Your not making any sense at all and dont seem to know enough to base your arguments on!!!!!

you tell em cousinsyl, this website is gone to the dogs. There was a time when people used to come on here and discuss decent topics but i suppose this is the time of year when the schools close and the kids sit at home on front of the internet writing rubbish. If slagging is what this is supposed to be, its of a very low standard!

[Kicks]

With the proposed joining of Park and newtown collapsing newtown are still faced with the problem of not being able to build a strong enough team as the best players are tempted away to Limerick. This is why I think that it might not be a bad idea to try to join with shannon town. They would get access to the limerick league just as they were hoping to do with Park. Also the A team from the two clubs would be a fairly even mix of newtown and shannon town players where as if they had joined with park the a team would have mainly been made up of park players. The problem they had with park in choosing whoses facilities to use for the a team wouldnt be an issue as newtown clearly have the better set up. I know that shannon town didnt give much consideration to joining with the other 3 shannon teams before, but maybe this has because they foresaw that park would see themselves as being the biggest club and try yo get everything their own way. With newtown and shannon town it would be equally benefical for both teams ie newtown get access to limerick, shannon town get better facilities, and both sets of players have as good a chance as each other of getting on the first team. I dont think that it would take long for them to get in the premier either and maybe it wouldnt be long before park arent the best team in shannon anymore.

[oldspice]

With the proposed joining of Park and newtown collapsing newtown are still faced with the problem of not being able to build a strong enough team as the best players are tempted away to Limerick. This is why I think that it might not be a bad idea to try to join with shannon town. They would get access to the limerick league just as they were hoping to do with Park. Also the A team from the two clubs would be a fairly even mix of newtown and shannon town players where as if they had joined with park the a team would have mainly been made up of park players. The problem they had with park in choosing whoses facilities to use for the a team wouldnt be an issue as newtown clearly have the better set up. I know that shannon town didnt give much consideration to joining with the other 3 shannon teams before, but maybe this has because they foresaw that park would see themselves as being the biggest club and try yo get everything their own way. With newtown and shannon town it would be equally benefical for both teams ie newtown get access to limerick, shannon town get better facilities, and both sets of players have as good a chance as each other of getting on the first team. I dont think that it would take long for them to get in the premier either and maybe it wouldnt be long before park arent the best team in shannon anymore.

It may not work and not being from Shannon I don't know whether there would be personality clashes etc. but at least someone has got back to what this thread is supposed to be about!!!

[old boy]

With the proposed joining of Park and newtown collapsing newtown are still faced with the problem of not being able to build a strong enough team as the best players are tempted away to Limerick. This is why I think that it might not be a bad idea to try to join with shannon town. They would get access to the limerick league just as they were hoping to do with Park. Also the A team from the two clubs would be a fairly even mix of newtown and shannon town players where as if they had joined with park the a team would have mainly been made up of park players. The problem they had with park in choosing whoses facilities to use for the a team wouldnt be an issue as newtown clearly have the better set up. I know that shannon town didnt give much consideration to joining with the other 3 shannon teams before, but maybe this has because they foresaw that park would see themselves as being the biggest club and try yo get everything their own way. With newtown and shannon town it would be equally benefical for both teams ie newtown get access to limerick, shannon town get better facilities, and both sets of players have as good a chance as each other of getting on the first team. I dont think that it would take long for them to get in the premier either and maybe it wouldnt be long before park arent the best team in shannon anymore.

would imagine same problems would arise as what happened between park & newtown... were do you play your matches / what colours does new team wear ... also a lot of personality clashes involved also i would think.... believe reason behind newtown joining park rangers was because they are in premier league ... newtown would disband & be absorbed into park rangers set-up ... then in a couple of months into new season park rangers would approach limerick league to change their name .. eg shannon utd / athletic... rumour has it this merge was so advanced between park & newtown a new set of playing gear had been bought & new crest was on gear ... but now it seems this is dead .as both clubs have pulled out of merge .. can anybody advise on this

[Nibzer]

you tell em cousinsyl, this website is gone to the dogs. There was a time when people used to come on here and discuss decent topics but i suppose this is the time of year when the schools close and the kids sit at home on front of the internet writing rubbish. If slagging is what this is supposed to be, its of a very low standard!

Whys it gone to the dogs then...?cos were not talking bout bunratty b or olympic all the ****ing time...is that it!?!

To be honest i think its goten better..

[OpenGoal]

Whys it gone to the dogs then...?cos were not talking bout bunratty b or olympic all the ****ing time...is that it!?!

To be honest i think its goten better..

you'd be best heading back to school and learning how to spoke england my friend.

Also, your kidding no-one with the "best of luck to James mcDade" statement, when we actually know YOU are James mcDade........I wasnt going to say anything but since youre being a pr*ck........
S'pose its true what they say, the only thing worse than being spoken badly of, is not being spoken of at all. So go back onto some other website now where no-one knows you, and you can talk about yourself all you like.

best of luck, knobzer...........

[number?]

haha u lurk

[Nibzer]

Hahaha...your telling me to go back to school you ****ing *****...Think you should go and take some reading leasons or something mate!!

Go Back and read my second last post and you'll see it wasnt me dat posted them yesterday!!

And where'd you get me acting like a ***** from?All i was saying is im delighted that ye have shut up talking bout the first division for awhile...you'd wanna chill out abit....Why you so angry?? is it because we won 3 cups and ye won none..?Bit of jelousy there..? or Maybe because your associated with possibly the worst team in shannon...Their their my friend...one day you might be as good as us..

Anyway...Knobzer....i like it!

[old boy]

Hahaha...your telling me to go back to school you ****ing *****...Think you should go and take some reading leasons or something mate!!

Go Back and read my second last post and you'll see it wasnt me dat posted them yesterday!!

And where'd you get me acting like a ***** from?All i was saying is im delighted that ye have shut up talking bout the first division for awhile...you'd wanna chill out abit....time of the month issit?understandable..

Anyway...Knobzer....i like it!

can both off you chill out !!!

[Nibzer]

Hahahahaha....

[OpenGoal]

can both off you chill out !!!

cool as a cucumber old boy.......my last comment seems to have struck a nerve with knobzer tho. Poor lad, f'ing and blinding, should stick to selling t-shirts and socks.........

Relax James, its only a bit of fun