Limerick 37 academy

[Lim till i die]

Just as an aside. The issue of poor wages came up and that this could have meant that players didn't want to sign. Does that mean that some of the junior clubs are paying players? Surely not!

It's a FARCE

[magpies]

I started this thread just to get info on what was happening with the academy and what was going to happen going forward,i wasn,t trying to stir up hassle for LK37 or Ger Finnin,a few people jumped on the wagon and started to make a big issue out of somthing that wasn,t their.
I know it probably helped LK37 application if it stated it was starting out an academy with LDSC and more luck to them,i was just worried as a manager of Desmond schoolboy teams that we might be left out in the cold,I know now by the responses from Ger that we will not.
Just one idea for all at LK37 for the coming year and into the future,if they could hold a tournament for the years u12-u16 for the three Limerick schoolboy teams plus maybe clare and play it off on the one day at UL.It would give people a taste of all local talent and would generate great interest.
Best of luck for the coming year to all at LK37,and a word of caution to supporters,Rome wasn't built in a day.

Well said such a simple idea that should be straight forward to carry out. Can't wait for the Kennedy Cup this year the groups have been announced

[4tothefloor]

Hi 4

I apologise if you feel I was getting ratty with you, this is far from true. There are a number of reasons why all players were not visited and asked to sign the biggest reason is "time" I was trying to put the point of view that there are 9 people involved in the management committee and aside from the on field activities there were a host of other issues to be dealt with. Daniel is as you said a superb player and I hope that come the end of the DL season he will be available for the L37 squad but that will be up to Daniel. We had 2 weeks to pull a squad together and in that time we encountered a number of problems. one of these was the fact that some teams in the city and county are still competing in national and regional cups and were reluctant to have their players approached. We did on two occasions announce on Limerick county radio and on the city radio and also on tipp radio that we were looking for players and all were welcome to attend training sessions. If we had even a few weeks more we would have had a much larger squad.

In relation to the independent I have not seen the article but the quote sounds like something I would say, I will take on board any suggestion and will always evaluate constructive criticism. The thread was taking a direction that we were ignoring the county and that is not the case, and while I would still have the same sentiments the line where I asked not to be replying to this type of post again was probably bourn of frustration and I apologise for it as it was out of character. Again please do not take the post personally and in 1 or 2 weeks we will be announcing plans to scour the region for all available talent for the U20 side and the senior squad all names are welcome and we will view all who merit a visit.

Hopefully the county players will feel that the club is fully committed to them

Fair enough, thanks for the reply

there was no one from my junior club asked to sign? i was talking to lads in the town you especially were ringing players constantly up to six weeks ago i will always support lim37 but cant understand why someone like yourself can get so involved with a loi club even in the management side how bad is that?even the local ldmc didnt want you with them lim37 has no hope with the likes that with them

Well firstly, everyone involved in junior football in Limerick seems to hate each other anyway, so it's no surprise to hear that kind of stuff......

Secondly, why is it that everything the junior naysayers 'contribute' involves hearsay? You were talking to 'lads' - what lads? Name them. And if you can't, why bother posting? How do you know that these lads weren't talking bull? And it's laughable to bring up wages, as I said before, you'd swear the LDL was the premiership. I presume the wages and length of contract would be relative to the quality of the player being signed - a half fit junior player unproven at LOI level. L37 were right to take the approach that they did. Who wants to be left with a load of players on long decent paying contracts if it turns out that they're not up to it at LOI level? That's just common sense....especially in your first year.

[Market's Field]

Old Keeper. I'm glad you came back and apologised, your original response certainly came across as you being impatient with someone asking some fairly valid questions and raising concerns. There are some guys on this forum (and it's not only one ) who seem to want the whole thing to fail and be able to run back here saying 'I told you so...' However, there are plenty of others who genuinely want to see Limerick senior soccer succeed and they comment and ask questions because they care.

Soccer at all levels in Limerick (senior, junior and schoolboy) has been poorly served by administrators over the years. I just don't get the constant slagging between junior and senior soccer on this forum. True soccer fans would love to see Limerick excel at all levels. The real enemy of soccer in this town is rugby which is winning the hearts and minds of kids via schools and rugby clubs. The only way that can be reversed is to put a proper structure in place to put soccer in Limerick back on the map. Best wishes with all the efforts but resist the tempatation to react defensively if the comments on this forum starting getting negative if early results go against Lim 37 (as I fear they might but sincerely hope I'm wrong). Stick by the longer term plan.

[Hoops 1967]

Glad to hear that L37 are starting a youth academy, the soccer youths of this region need a local LOI youth team that they can aspire to and L37 needs a good youth system to develop players for the future.

I think that an under 20's team is needed and the sooner it's in place the better. We don't want the best under age players in this region going to cork or galway and L37 missing out.

Hopefully when the junior soccer season ends a few more of the best juniors players in the region will give LOI a chance.

Limerick soccer needs a good LOI team and hopefully L37 will be successful. If cork and derry can do it then so can we!