Limerick Premier Division 2007/08

[Neutral Jo]

Not saying there is anything wrong with it. I totally accept that
players want to achieve but the point you may have missed is that
players playing for a club that is not strictly there own will lead to long term implications such as -
(1) There will be another Wembley in a few years mark my words
(2) Players you will find that join @ U17 & U18 level will return to their own clubs leaving the clubs like wembley in trouble at Junior level.This has happened at Fairview most recently.
(3) After youths (u18) if there is a squad of 16 players at wembley tell me where will they go next? Not all can go to Wembley Juniors so these players are left in no man's land in my opinion? Only a few will make it to the Juniors some will go to Limerick and some will become a victim of the system.....

[Neutral Jo]

Ya Big Mac agree with you 100%
I was just reviewing the Premier Teams.
Keith McNicholas is an example to all players of loyalty.

[Super Rovers]

Not saying there is anything wrong with it. I totally accept that
players want to achieve but the point you may have missed is that
players playing for a club that is not strictly there own will lead to long term implications such as -
(1) There will be another Wembley in a few years mark my words
(2) Players you will find that join @ U17 & U18 level will return to their own clubs leaving the clubs like wembley in trouble at Junior level.This has happened at Fairview most recently.
(3) After youths (u18) if there is a squad of 16 players at wembley tell me where will they go next? Not all can go to Wembley Juniors so these players are left in no man's land in my opinion? Only a few will make it to the Juniors some will go to Limerick and some will become a victim of the system.....

granted alot of players will leave for bigger and better things ie: john teirney, john grant, darren harrington, eddie brazier to name a few and others will return to their own clubs that they started with or live near. i never said that wembley were going to get them at junior level, but my point is that everyone seems to say wembley are destroying the underage structure by the so called "poaching" of players. the fact is we have them at underage level and then they move to the big clubs in town from there. but the thing is everyone seems to say wembley "poach" them when in fact they are really poached off us to. ie christy o neill never played for fairview before this year, cant say he is a clubman.

[MitreSize5]

Littleman
In response to your post i think you have maybe stumbled upon
the Pike phenomenon. Comparing them with Liverpool however is
absolutely ridiculous.
In my humble opinion there is much wrong with Pike as i watch a
lot of Junior Football in my old age.
(1)Lack of pace all over the pitch!Outlined this before.
Its a valid point but there are very few pacy players around, we've managed to get by locally but will probably always struggle at a higher level for pace
(2)Player unrest at stories of certain players getting paid etc.
This has ben done a thousand times already - Im not going there
(3)Players 'represent' club as opposed to fight for it and love it.
This didnt stop fairview winning a hat full of FAIs backboned by a Dub, a couple of Geraldines men - J.Purcell, B.Buckley, a few from Granville - Gaga, T.Barrett and a smattering from other clubs and counties
(4)Underage structure
This one really ****es me off and has been used a stick to beat Pike with for years. Pike at the moment have a thriving schoolboy structure fully supported by the committe. There are junior players at a lot of clubs in town who played schoolboy with Pike in the last batch that came through.
(5)General antagonism between board and everyone.
A new chairman and 'Board' we appointed this year

Other clubs are becomming stronger in Limerick as well.
Teams of the future are Regional Aisling and Wembley
with aisling and wembley having strong underage structures.
Wembley seem to poach where as aisling have the catchment area.
Balla have always been there or there abouts.
Carew seem to be in trouble.
Corbally are inconsistent.
Janesboro have Pike like problems.
Summerville,Star,Granville yoyo clubs
Fairview potentially on the rise again very young squad

It never stops amazing me peoples pre occupation with Pike. Its now got to the stage that a bloke who probably never seen pike play (littleman) is passing judgement

anyway for what its worth I've responded above

[Hoops 1967]

Ya Big Mac agree with you 100%
I was just reviewing the Premier Teams.
Keith McNicholas is an example to all players of loyalty.

Didn't he play underage with Geraldines

[Gerry the ferry]

In all fairness its only what that club deserves they'll never get anywhere players run that club.

Agreed,Players are definately running that club
Anyone that says otherwise is talking noncense

[Gerry the ferry]

Ya Big Mac agree with you 100%
I was just reviewing the Premier Teams.
Keith McNicholas is an example to all players of loyalty.

Great player,great loyalty......
Deserves to be playing Premier Football every season

[superhero]

Mc Nicholas is only at Mungret because he is afraid of what his Mrs would do if he left!

[abbeyvale]

Ya Big Mac agree with you 100%
I was just reviewing the Premier Teams.
Keith McNicholas is an example to all players of loyalty.

Keith McNicholas has played with Croom, Dines, View & Mungret and the the last 3 in the last 10years,

[abbeyvale]

It never stops amazing me peoples pre occupation with Pike. Its now got to the stage that a bloke who probably never seen pike play (littleman) is passing judgement

anyway for what its worth I've responded above

Tommy Barrett never played with Granville, he played with the Dines.

[summervilleman]

Have to agree managers pick the teams and not the players, any truth that the summerville keeper has handed in a transfer request sville man to drop down to the b team..?heard this from a mate of he's in work.Wots going on at all over there in long ball wonder land.

Yes i heard a wee rumour about our keeper alright but he ain't going anywhere i'd say....As for the b team...I would gladly play for them..Was signing a C form at the start of the year but was asked to Play A's again so i couldn;t say no...MAYBE next year i will take the plunge down..Probably still won't be good enough to play in them leagues either according to half of ye

[MitreSize5]

Tommy Barrett never played with Granville, he played with the Dines.

talk about splitting hairs

[themerryman]

Yes i heard a wee rumour about our keeper alright but he ain't going anywhere i'd say....As for the b team...I would gladly play for them..Was signing a C form at the start of the year but was asked to Play A's again so i couldn;t say no...MAYBE next year i will take the plunge down..Probably still won't be good enough to play in them leagues either according to half of ye

Havent seen u play much so dont know if u are good enough for them or not
So jury is out on that , what seems to be upsetting all these players anyway
pretty strange that half a dozen players would want to leave just half way through a season.
Lucky for ye that ye have a big squad and can cope with the loss .

[summervilleman]

Don't know why they are all thinking of leaving..Half of them are mad anyways he he...Sure we will have to see what happens in the coming weeks..I'll keep ye posted on proceedings...Its been a rough enough year though with losing a manager and all that!!

[Monster]

Brian Buckley gone back to Fairview.

[abbeyvale]

Brian Buckley gone back to Fairview.

Rumour or Fact?
Great signing for View if its a fact and they will now be in with a great chance of winning the league!!

[abbeyvale]

1.Fairview Rangers 10 / 21
2.Ballynanty Rovers 8 / 19
3.Janesboro............9 / 17
4.Aisling Annacotty 9 / 16
5.Carew Park......... 11 / 16
6.Regional United.... 9 / 16
7.Wembley Rovers..11 / 15
8.Pike Rovers......... 7 / 13
9.Summerville Rovers 9 / 9
10.Corbally United.... 12 / 9
11.Star Rovers.......... 9 / 6
12.Granville Rangers... 8 / 4

Fixtures:
Sunday 20/01/08
Balla v Summerville OFF

[Green_Hoop]

Rumour or Fact?
Great signing for View if its a fact and they will now be in with a great chance of winning the league!!

Massive rumour...

[Monster]

Its a fact lads

[studsup]

just wonderin is there any site to view the limerick district youth table and fixtures or where could i find that info??