Mayo League Division 2 2007

**gunner1** · 22/04/2007, 1:05 PM

Originally Posted by MayoToffee

erris cud nt organize a ref unreal bs, wat a great setup, maybe will get the 3 points

who was the ref?I think it was a c/bar man T H.did the team travel?

**MayoToffee** · 22/04/2007, 6:24 PM

nt sure of ref, ya we travelled and got the call 20min down the road only in div 2, 10'o clock on a sunday morn great stuff!

**pixiehead** · 22/04/2007, 7:46 PM

Originally Posted by MayoToffee

erris cud nt organize a ref unreal bs, wat a great setup, maybe will get the 3 points

How do you mean Erris couldnt organise a Ref

. Sure its up to the League. The funny thing is the ref at our game was a Belmullet Man so i dont know why ye didnt have him. Ye mite have been better off anyhow when he lef 2 Ballina players Box one of our lads and leave the Clubs Superleague Manager out Cold

**gunner1** · 23/04/2007, 1:42 AM

Originally Posted by pixiehead

How do you mean Erris couldn't organize a Ref

. Sure its up to the League. The funny thing is the ref at our game was a Belmullet Man so i dont know why ye didn't have him. Ye mite have been better off anyhow when he lef 2 Ballina players Box one of our lads and leave the Clubs Superleague Manager out Cold

only one thing springs to mind,,,write a letter to the mayo league,and bitch to them,the more people that do it '' the more they will listen..

**sinabhuil** · 23/04/2007, 10:42 AM

The ref at our game basically allowed no tackling and no physical contact, he issued about 4 yellow cards to our team. Result the young skillful team took over. We had to take off players who the ref had taken a dislike to. One of our players got booked for a sliding tackle - he took the ball cleanly and did not even touch the C'bar player. The ref told him 'you have to stay on your feet'. When did this become a rule. If a team is so young that the ref has to protect them like this they should not be playing junior football. Sick with a distinct feeling of having been treated badly. His lack of consistency was astonishing with some nasty Castlebar tackles not being punished. As for the penalty - what a laugh.
Saying that the Castlebar lads were fine and played some nice football. Chinese guy at full back showed how the game should be played with gusto, contstantly pushing down the line all the time and when tackles were needed he was not found wanting. Whilst ref did not help and soured the spirit of the game Cross were terrible and C'bar showed the benefit of good coaching now and down thru the years.

**irishyop** · 23/04/2007, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by sinabhuil

The ref at our game basically allowed no tackling and no physical contact, he issued about 4 yellow cards to our team. Result the young skillful team took over. We had to take off players who the ref had taken a dislike to. One of our players got booked for a sliding tackle - he took the ball cleanly and did not even touch the C'bar player. The ref told him 'you have to stay on your feet'. When did this become a rule. If a team is so young that the ref has to protect them like this they should not be playing junior football. Sick with a distinct feeling of having been treated badly. His lack of consistency was astonishing with some nasty Castlebar tackles not being punished. As for the penalty - what a laugh.
Saying that the Castlebar lads were fine and played some nice football. Chinese guy at full back showed how the game should be played with gusto, contstantly pushing down the line all the time and when tackles were needed he was not found wanting. Whilst ref did not help and soured the spirit of the game Cross were terrible and C'bar showed the benefit of good coaching now and down thru the years.

Have to say that the tackle where your man was booked was a joke to be honest, he got some decisions very badly wrong.
For the penalty every now and again refs will pull up for what the Cross lad was at, he was not looking at the ball at all and all he was concerned with was keeping the Celtic lad from getting near the ball, you just cannot do that and expect to get away with it.

Cross have a good bunch of lads there, yer left back who moved up front in the 2nd half looks to have plenty of potential, but too many times ye got involved with the ref, who this season made a point at the beginning of the season to not put up with any crap from players.
Also at one stage one of the cross players ran 20 yards to get involved in hand bags, ye cannot be doing this.
Fitness does not seem to be a problem at all, concentrating on getting the ball down and moving quick and you will be a decent side.

Best of luck for the season

**couchpotato** · 23/04/2007, 11:41 AM

the referee referred to above(i.e. belmullet ref) is undoubtedly the worse referee in the mayo league.

**Mad Moose** · 23/04/2007, 4:23 PM

Originally Posted by irishyop

Have to say that the tackle where your man was booked was a joke to be honest, he got some decisions very badly wrong.
For the penalty every now and again refs will pull up for what the Cross lad was at, he was not looking at the ball at all and all he was concerned with was keeping the Celtic lad from getting near the ball, you just cannot do that and expect to get away with it.

Cross have a good bunch of lads there, yer left back who moved up front in the 2nd half looks to have plenty of potential, but too many times ye got involved with the ref, who this season made a point at the beginning of the season to not put up with any crap from players.
Also at one stage one of the cross players ran 20 yards to get involved in hand bags, ye cannot be doing this.
Fitness does not seem to be a problem at all, concentrating on getting the ball down and moving quick and you will be a decent side.

Best of luck for the season

Thon lad Irishyop sounds like decent fodder for a refereeing course. Do give it some thought. It'll keep ya in the game after you hang up your boots.

Funny Sinabhuil you should mention poor refereeing we have had two sucessive games in which the referee made poor decisions. On both occasions penalties resulted.Firstly last sunday at Snugboro in awarding the homeside two penalties and yesterday against Valley Rovers the referee awarded a penalty against us for what I dont exactly know but the Valley Rovers player was pretty theatrical in his dive. Our centre back was sent off following on from the sending off of our right back a few minutes earlier (second bookable offence - another innocous foul). To be honest it didn't really matter at that stage as Valley Rovers stole or were rather gifted the 3 points and they recorded an unlikely victory. Unlikely after the first half hour in which we should have been 3 or 4 up instead of the single goal we were up by.

**irishyop** · 23/04/2007, 5:16 PM

Originally Posted by Harpsbear

Thon lad Irishyop sounds like decent fodder for a refereeing course. Do give it some thought. It'll keep ya in the game after you hang up your boots.

More chance of me been a "batty boy"

**MayoToffee** · 23/04/2007, 6:03 PM

Originally Posted by pixiehead

How do you mean Erris couldnt organise a Ref

. Sure its up to the League. The funny thing is the ref at our game was a Belmullet Man so i dont know why ye didnt have him. Ye mite have been better off anyhow when he lef 2 Ballina players Box one of our lads and leave the Clubs Superleague Manager out Cold

thats mental.. glad 2 c u didnt get involved

**sinabhuil** · 23/04/2007, 6:58 PM

[QUOTE=irishyop;671423]
Fitness does not seem to be a problem at all, concentrating on getting the ball down and moving quick and you will be a decent side.

Exactly what was said in the dressing room after the game. We did get over concerned by the ref. The problem was in the quality of our play. Too slow to move and too little touch. We will have to work on it. Hard however to turn GAA players into soccer players overnight.

**irishyop** · 23/04/2007, 10:38 PM

[QUOTE=sinabhuil;671892]

Originally Posted by irishyop

Fitness does not seem to be a problem at all, concentrating on getting the ball down and moving quick and you will be a decent side.

Exactly what was said in the dressing room after the game. We did get over concerned by the ref. The problem was in the quality of our play. Too slow to move and too little touch. We will have to work on it. Hard however to turn GAA players into soccer players overnight.

I suspected a bit of GAA "culture" there alright, the Junior B mentality doesn't rub off on the Mayo League refs!!!!

**BallyBoy** · 27/04/2007, 8:35 AM

Jez, lads it's gone awful quiet here the last few days, everyone saving themselves for the weekend? How's the Cup games going to go?

McDonnell Cup Sunday 29th April

Valley Rovers v Glenisland Utd. 2.30pm M. McCay
Hollister v Straide & Foxford Utd. �B� 11.00am P. Redmond
Ballyvary Blue Bombers v Castlebar Town 11.00am M. Regan
Clew Bay Utd. v Snugboro Utd. �B� 11.00am H. Loftus
Erris Utd. �B� v Kiltimagh/Knock Utd. 2.30pm J. Donoghue
Cross Celtic v Swinford �B� 11.00am K. Cox
Castlebar Celtic �C� 3 v 0 Ballyglass �B�
Bye-------Ballina Utd.

**Mad Moose** · 27/04/2007, 8:43 AM

Originally Posted by irishyop

More chance of me been a "batty boy"

I think thats why things went quiet in here to be honest. Sure there's no responding to that like.

The mighty Blue Bombers face Castlebar Town in the cup this weekend. Much the same as for the Snugboro game I shan't profer to make a prediction.

**swinfordfc** · 27/04/2007, 8:47 AM

Originally Posted by BallyBoy

Jez, lads it's gone awful quiet here the last few days, everyone saving themselves for the weekend? How's the Cup games going to go?

McDonnell Cup Sunday 29th April

Valley Rovers v Glenisland Utd. 2.30pm M. McCay
Hollister v Straide & Foxford Utd. �B� 11.00am P. Redmond
Ballyvary Blue Bombers v Castlebar Town 11.00am M. Regan
Clew Bay Utd. v Snugboro Utd. �B� 11.00am H. Loftus
Erris Utd. �B� v Kiltimagh/Knock Utd. 2.30pm J. Donoghue
Cross Celtic v Swinford �B� 11.00am K. Cox
Castlebar Celtic �C� 3 v 0 Ballyglass �B�
Bye-------Ballina Utd.

Some good games there - best one Erris Utd B v K+K Utd

**sinabhuil** · 27/04/2007, 8:50 AM

[QUOTE=irishyop;672006]

Originally Posted by sinabhuil

I suspected a bit of GAA "culture" there alright, the Junior B mentality doesn't rub off on the Mayo League refs!!!!

I stick by my comment on the ref. He killed the game dead and made it into an underage game. Physical contact exists.

**swinfordfc** · 27/04/2007, 8:52 AM

[QUOTE=sinabhuil;674327]

Originally Posted by irishyop

I stick by my comment on the ref. He killed the game dead and made it into an underage game. Physical contact exists.

are ye all set for sunday!

**BallyBoy** · 27/04/2007, 11:21 AM

Erris B & Kiltimagh/Knock certainly seem to be the form teams so far. Ballyvary and Castlebar Town should be a good one - nothing like a local Derby to get the blood flowing!

**couchpotato** · 27/04/2007, 7:09 PM

kiltimagh/knock do look good this year, but like in ballyvarys case its a shame to see them plying there trade in div2, surely both teams are capable of playing premier div football, wats changed in their clubs in the last two r three years