Limerick Premier Division 2008/09

**halo16** · 09/07/2008, 1:37 PM

Originally Posted by MitreSize5

thats a bit unfair, he really stood up to the plate when Keith Hartnett was injured towards the end of the season and didnt let anyone at pike down.

exactly my point bud,theres no doubting the man has ability but imo he plays when it suits him e.g was happy to let hartnett do it all for him earlier in the season.in fairness how many real big games did pike have at the end of the season?balla in the lawson id say?wudnt exactly count wembley to be a big game.

**hoops12** · 10/07/2008, 9:08 AM

Originally Posted by halo16

exactly my point bud,theres no doubting the man has ability but imo he plays when it suits him e.g was happy to let hartnett do it all for him earlier in the season.in fairness how many real big games did pike have at the end of the season?balla in the lawson id say?wudnt exactly count wembley to be a big game.

pike had 5 cup finals to win towards end of season to win league as any slip up and balla would have won it,there is no doubting daves ability but he did take time to settle and hopefully next year he will be better for having a year under his belt

**leather** · 10/07/2008, 9:59 AM

let me see... Lawson,what where the other 4 cup finals that pike played at the end of last season?

**the hoops** · 10/07/2008, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by leather

let me see... Lawson,what where the other 4 cup finals that pike played at the end of last season?

if you read it right he said pike had 4 games like cup finals to win league leather

**abbeyvale** · 10/07/2008, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by the hoops

if you read it right he said pike had 4 games like cup finals to win league leather

no he didnt

**Roadend** · 10/07/2008, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by hoops12

pike had 5 cup finals to win towards end of season to win league

I'd say that's fairly conclusive

**see's it** · 10/07/2008, 11:50 AM

are pike a better club (not just A team) then the boro taking everything on board?

**pearse4t3** · 10/07/2008, 11:58 AM

Originally Posted by see's it

are pike a better club (not just A team) then the boro taking everything on board?

Good question. What would you base it on, teams, facilities, underage, trophies, financial situation and over what period of time??

**Spudd** · 10/07/2008, 11:58 AM

Originally Posted by see's it

are pike a better club (not just A team) then the boro taking everything on board?

Imo balla gotta be up there with there Ateam in the prem and Bteam 1 of the stronger team 1A.

**Football Alien** · 10/07/2008, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by pearse4t3

Good question. What would you base it on, teams, facilities, underage, trophies, financial situation and over what period of time??

on the grand scheme of things there isnt much to seperate them, on all the topics stated by pearse4t3 you couldnt really say that one is much better then the other, and you'd obviously put fairview in there as well.

problem balla have is their facilities, and in all fairness that lets them down big time, and thats not knockin balla as a club

**halo16** · 10/07/2008, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by Football Alien

on the grand scheme of things there isnt much to seperate them, on all the topics stated by pearse4t3 you couldnt really say that one is much better then the other, and you'd obviously put fairview in there as well.

problem balla have is their facilities, and in all fairness that lets them down big time, and thats not knockin balla as a club

1. on the facilities side of things id say boro are better over the larger dressing rooms,pikes dressing rooms very small imo,

2.pitch wise id say they are equal.

3.underage?to my recollection are they both only rebuilding there schoolboy sections at the moment?

4.imo pike pip it on the trophy front.they seem to win something every year,boro tend to do it every 2 or 3 years.

5.both clubs look in good financial nick to me but the commitees only know the real truth there i take it?

6.id have fairview on the same level as pike and boro for facilities,pitch,financial but imo they are streets ahead in the trophy and underage set ups even though they havent won much the last few years.

**leather** · 10/07/2008, 12:35 PM

Halo16....
1. agree
2. Pike's better in the wet Boro's better when normal weather prevails, i know very seldom these days
3. agree
4. agree
5. no idea about pike's but would imagine very solid.
6. i think that the fairview model is the one that all clubs should be aiming for..

**the dazzler** · 10/07/2008, 12:42 PM

pikeys pitch one of the best in munster never mind town am i right in saying that they have drainage in both fields and boro and the view dont?

**leather** · 10/07/2008, 1:15 PM

i think that Pike is a sand based pitch,Fairview's is a sand/soil based pitch. pike was ahead of its time but does suffer in dry weather. View is a more modern build and takes a huge amount of matches..both of the Boro's pitches are soil based. the main field has a pipe draingae system with a secondary sand slit sytem which was installed last season. the 2 nd field has piped drainge only. both suffer in very heavy rain but as a rule are playable,get very heavy..boro's pitch were constructed in the early 70's when the soil,pipe drainage was the latest tech...a lot of work ongoing to improve both pitches through aeration and topdressing yearly..

**see's it** · 10/07/2008, 1:41 PM

the financial situation
are the top clubs soley relying on the bar to make money for the clubs?

**Football Alien** · 10/07/2008, 1:43 PM

Originally Posted by leather

i think that Pike is a sand based pitch,Fairview's is a sand/soil based pitch. pike was ahead of its time but does suffer in dry weather. View is a more modern build and takes a huge amount of matches..both of the Boro's pitches are soil based. the main field has a pipe draingae system with a secondary sand slit sytem which was installed last season. the 2 nd field has piped drainge only. both suffer in very heavy rain but as a rule are playable,get very heavy..boro's pitch were constructed in the early 70's when the soil,pipe drainage was the latest tech...a lot of work ongoing to improve both pitches through aeration and topdressing yearly..

leather does john ryan still do the groundkeepin down the boro, did fantastic work with the pitch, cuttin the grass, lining the pitch etc.. and all on his own time. good clubman all round

**MitreSize5** · 10/07/2008, 2:58 PM

the crowd in the golf club took over maintaining Pikes pitchs last season and there has been a huge improvement in the surface. You mightn't have noticed it but it had become quite bumpy in parts before this.

**see's it** · 10/07/2008, 3:19 PM

Originally Posted by MitreSize5

the crowd in the golf club took over maintaining Pikes pitchs last season and there has been a huge improvement in the surface. You mightn't have noticed it but it had become quite bumpy in parts before this.

waste of time really,most of the time the ball is in the air!