I hope he does too. Fair Play for no hard feelings. The guy has to be given a chance and he can do a lot with his experience. I forgot that he's bound to be a good player as well. It's a bargain at any price.Originally Posted by gazza2
wonder will he do a dykes and start bringing in players to improve the squad?I hope he does too. Fair Play for no hard feelings. The guy has to be given a chance and he can do a lot with his experience. I forgot that he's bound to be a good player as well. It's a bargain at any price.
He could do, we're no starngers to that sort of thing. I think he'll assess the squad and see what he needs. Either way he has a team there who won an FAI and everything in Mayo a few times so he's starting off with a pretty successful bunch of lads, the B team has come on a lot too. I think he may stay local, after all, Castlebar are the current 'fashionable' club in Mayo if you want a semi-pro setup and a big head, so they'll probably continue to do a Chelsea and nick all the good players for their reserves in order to corner the market, which will leave us with a bunch of committed local lads playing for themselves and THEIR club.
exciting times for westport united, will be a good siper league thie year, gnasher, wherabouts is eoin mchale these days?? is he still playing?? have not seen his name on the westport team sheet in a while??
I was reading on one of the local publications that Straide and Foxford United may be sending in a letter of complaint to the MAFL on allegations of "poaching" by Castlebar Celtic. Somehow, I think that Celtic will be in the clear on this one if the matter is being pursued.
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He's still playing but he's been injured for a while, medial ligaments I think. Probably won't play this season in the league.
FCS Connacht Youth Cup Final at 7:00 tonight in Milebush Park. Castlebar Celtic V Renmore. My money is on Celtic to win.
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Will that go ahead with the rain and wind that is out there. It is like mid November, I say Mid November
Match called off. The weather is great advertisment for summer football!!I'm sure that people in Iceland are laughing at us!!
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I hear the Heane have signed a couple of Galway players. Gary Fitzgerald, former Galway UNited, and Chris Monaghan. John Clarke must be the link man. They'll be good additions to yer squad Don I'd say. Have you seen them?
We operate with a small squad,so this should beef the squad up a little. Both players look ok in training but the game against our old buddies Manulla should tell us more.
inducement
these are interesting times ahead I think S& F has a case.
If one had read the Mayo News they say he A. Neary was offered the captain arm band if he signs for Celtic that being the case then the player was induce by Celtic.
Unless Celtic ask for a retraction from The Mayo News which I doubt they will get, they wouldn't write it unless they had there facts in order.As for the league they should be asking the M News for further information as to the content of artical.
But then again you are asking el duce to investagate his club which I doubt he will
They are indeed interesting times and while Straide and Foxford might be our near neighbours I feel rightly sorry for them and with no disrespect to Castlebar Celtic I hope S+F Utd have a case. Bad enough to lose a quality player and the obvious repercussions thats having on the club but to have him poached by whatever incentive C'bar Celtic have offered. As I've said before I have a feeling Dykes is looking to the immediate future and would like to make an impression on the elite of Irish football by claiming an FAI Cup scalp against Shamrock Rovers raising both his and perhaps the clubs profile and hence the signing of a string of Mayo League's finest players. With such a string of signings I think Castlebar Celtic will hurt themselves more than anyone else with the number of young players who will not get a look in and they'll become a 'paying out' side.
Brendan
I remember about 8 -10 years ago S+F tried to poach Keith Bourke and Fintan McHale to join them in the Connaught Senior League and both players had meetings with club officials in Healys in Pontoon and there were letters in the local papers saying this and that so its not the first time this has happened!!
The CSL had a winter season, we play summer soccer ( even though its hard to tell the difference at the moment). I think S&F feel agrieved by the manner in which celtic conducted themselves. By the way please don't be using the eye for an eye line to try and justify the poaching of players!
Yes your right,(the Don) this whole set up with Celtic is turning out to be a bit of a joke. id love to know how the actual castlebar lads feel about this. they cant be happy not making there own town team because an out sider has changed the whole set up.
I was'nt using the eye for an eye thing, all I was trying to point out was that this is not the first time this has happened so we should not be suprised by what Celtic are doing. Read the post next time.
Next season will the interesting season at Celtic, a lot of A team "born Castlebar men are on the bench, next season I could see them heading to the rivals, it could end up making the likes of Heane, Manualla stronger.
Then if/when Dykes jumps ship it will leave the A team weaker as he will prob bring the "new signings" with him
I see they drew with Derry last nite.
http://www.derrycityfc.net/displaystory.php?storyid=450
Not hugely significant though with Derry's lineup. It really matters on Sunday afternoon against Shamrock Rovers. This is David V Goliath!!
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just like to add further to the debate that celtic are the club at the moment everyone looks up to, all the big players want some part of the action.
How ever one should wonder where are there youth players going to get a chance to play for them.My thoughts are they will be over looked by dykeys he only interested in winning at all cost and raising his ego.so rather worring who celtic sign next just look and see who of there youth would like a shot at playing at the highest level
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