Limerick Division 1B 2008/09

**gazza** · 24/02/2009, 10:41 PM

haha martin neary who was in the other half of field and point blank save hahahahaha he saved it with his face some one said he only woke up at 6 o clock that night to ask what happened and i dont even like fairview oscar

**leather** · 24/02/2009, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by the real deal

that is a very good point to make........if it was two years ago when the boro pitch was actually good

and where were u and your present club playing 2 years ago??

**oscar** · 24/02/2009, 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by gazza

haha martin neary who was in the other half of field and point blank save hahahahaha he saved it with his face some one said he only woke up at 6 o clock that night to ask what happened and i dont even like fairview oscar

what a pack of lies gazza

**oscar** · 24/02/2009, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by footymad

Who's comparing

. You must be the groundsman very touchy ........

no

Originally Posted by leather

Said i would not get involved but here goes. There were 2 patches of sand on the pitch.one approx 2yrds x 4 yrds and another of 2yrds x 3 yrds.this was necessary because of ongoing problems with the corporation storm drainage sytem that runs directly under the pitch and seems to be leaking through broken pipes. when there is any rain of a heavy nature the water backs up from hyde rd and all of janesboro, up through these areas. this caused the 2 VERY SOFT AREA's as above.Janesboro are awaiting info from corpo, who by the way wanted to come in last october and start digging for the drains. the rest of the pitch was fine and like any soil based pitch that has a lot of traffic on it divots alot.

he is

**leather** · 25/02/2009, 6:33 AM

Originally Posted by messi

which guys do you think could do a job with premier team? Same applies for the boro team,tom mac up front is lethal, as good as iv played against,would def get on d majority of premier teams.

Neary...S.Madden if you get the whole package tuned in.

**Pike B** · 25/02/2009, 7:43 AM

Originally Posted by leather

Neary...S.Madden if you get the whole package tuned in.

This arguement has been done lads. And I'll say now what I said then. It's all about training and fitness.
There are guys playing Premier who are average footballers, but bust their backsides training and look after themselves. That allows them to play at that level despite not being able to pass a ball 5 yards.
Then in 1A 1B and maybe even a few lower divisions there are a handful of good footballers who if they applied the same work ethic, could easily play Premier.
Its not rocket science in the end. I'd go so far as to say there are 1 to 3 potential Premier players at View B Boro B and even ourselves, Coonagh Park and a few of the country teams. But potential is one thing, application is what counts.

Anyway, back to this league,
Caherdavin 2 V 2 Knockainey
Coonagh 4 V 1 Holycross

**gazza** · 25/02/2009, 8:41 AM

never thought id see the day pike B THAT YOU SAY SOMETHING THAT MADE SENSE

**Pike B** · 25/02/2009, 9:05 AM

Originally Posted by gazza

never thought id see the day pike B THAT YOU SAY SOMETHING THAT MADE SENSE

I surprise myself sometimes!

**lankyboy26** · 25/02/2009, 1:27 PM

Originally Posted by Pike B

This arguement has been done lads. And I'll say now what I said then. It's all about training and fitness.
There are guys playing Premier who are average footballers, but bust their backsides training and look after themselves. That allows them to play at that level despite not being able to pass a ball 5 yards.
Then in 1A 1B and maybe even a few lower divisions there are a handful of good footballers who if they applied the same work ethic, could easily play Premier.
Its not rocket science in the end. I'd go so far as to say there are 1 to 3 potential Premier players at View B Boro B and even ourselves, Coonagh Park and a few of the country teams. But potential is one thing, application is what counts.

Anyway, back to this league,
Caherdavin 2 V 2 Knockainey
Coonagh 4 V 1 Holycross

well said pike B. Couldn't agree more with you on that one. Played premier myself when i was really really fit. Wouldn't be able for it now. Definitely players playing in lower divisions who have the talent but don't have the interest or motivation. You should try surprise yourself a bit more!!! Some lads playin premier have very little attributes other than stamina and sheer determination

**Pike B** · 25/02/2009, 1:58 PM

Originally Posted by lankyboy26

well said pike B. Couldn't agree more with you on that one. Played premier myself when i was really really fit. Wouldn't be able for it now. Definitely players playing in lower divisions who have the talent but don't have the interest or motivation. You should try surprise yourself a bit more!!! Some lads playin premier have very little attributes other than stamina and sheer determination

Had half a season Premier with Granville once, and less than that with our A team. Speed of the game is very intense, so a good touch helps but I found that a lot of teams outside Pike Fairview etc, couldn't really play good football. They'd grind it out with a lot of high tempo kick and rush stuff. Terrible to watch but can be effective.
Park are about the only team I've seen in our division keep it on the floor for long periods, and even they have their bad moments.
I heard a bloke on their sideline shout 'no football' a few times near the end of our game with them.
I said it was shocking to their centre half, who shrugged and said' welcome to the Clare league'!!

**lankyboy26** · 25/02/2009, 2:17 PM

Originally Posted by Pike B

Had half a season Premier with Granville once, and less than that with our A team. Speed of the game is very intense, so a good touch helps but I found that a lot of teams outside Pike Fairview etc, couldn't really play good football. They'd grind it out with a lot of high tempo kick and rush stuff. Terrible to watch but can be effective.
Park are about the only team I've seen in our division keep it on the floor for long periods, and even they have their bad moments.
I heard a bloke on their sideline shout 'no football' a few times near the end of our game with them.
I said it was shocking to their centre half, who shrugged and said' welcome to the Clare league'!!

i watched a good few premier games last season. thought balla played some lovely stuff at times. unreal amount of long ball by the lower sides though. seen a few 1B games this season, i haven't seen pike though. janesboro like to play ball, and fairview play nice stuff. saw park at the start of the season when they were losing all those games and they looked average. caherdavin are handy when they play well, so are knockainey, that'll be a good game on Sunday if it goes ahead

**Pike B** · 25/02/2009, 2:20 PM

Originally Posted by lankyboy26

i watched a good few premier games last season. thought balla played some lovely stuff at times. unreal amount of long ball by the lower sides though. seen a few 1B games this season, i haven't seen pike though. janesboro like to play ball, and fairview play nice stuff. saw park at the start of the season when they were losing all those games and they looked average. caherdavin are handy when they play well, so are knockainey, that'll be a good game on Sunday if it goes ahead

Caherdavin played us on our A pitch, they had a chance to show their stuff as Johnny Giles would say, and they just heaped it forward every time. They were route one merchants.
We try playing right but to be honest we are short about 4 or 5 players in key positions. But we do try.

**lankyboy26** · 25/02/2009, 2:50 PM

Originally Posted by Pike B

Caherdavin played us on our A pitch, they had a chance to show their stuff as Johnny Giles would say, and they just heaped it forward every time. They were route one merchants.
We try playing right but to be honest we are short about 4 or 5 players in key positions. But we do try.

that surprises me about caherdavin. Maybe they were nervous playin up there! Some of those lads might never have played there. Ye are short 4 or 5? That's half the team man. Not good! If ye beat bruff, holycross and cals i reckon ye will stay up

**the real deal** · 25/02/2009, 4:40 PM

Originally Posted by leather

and where were u and your present club playing 2 years ago??

i knew i would get a reply out of you and it was a joke thought u would have realised that

but itisnt what it used to be all the same

**oscar** · 25/02/2009, 6:57 PM

Originally Posted by Grinder64

Would think the caherdavin match wil be off, knockainey are down for a lawson cup game sunday morning against corbally

Coonagh 1 Holycross

**On The Ball** · 26/02/2009, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by the real deal

that is a very good point to make........if it was two years ago when the boro pitch was actually good

Come on now.I wouldnt even call bruff's a pitch.A field in an estate.

**On The Ball** · 26/02/2009, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by messi

which guys do you think could do a job with premier team? Same applies for the boro team,tom mac up front is lethal, as good as iv played against,would def get on d majority of premier teams.

Shame boro have such a wealth of strikers.

**On The Ball** · 26/02/2009, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by Pike B

This arguement has been done lads. And I'll say now what I said then. It's all about training and fitness.
There are guys playing Premier who are average footballers, but bust their backsides training and look after themselves. That allows them to play at that level despite not being able to pass a ball 5 yards.
Then in 1A 1B and maybe even a few lower divisions there are a handful of good footballers who if they applied the same work ethic, could easily play Premier.
Its not rocket science in the end. I'd go so far as to say there are 1 to 3 potential Premier players at View B Boro B and even ourselves, Coonagh Park and a few of the country teams. But potential is one thing, application is what counts.

Anyway, back to this league,
Caherdavin 2 V 2 Knockainey
Coonagh 4 V 1 Holycross

Exactly.Work,work,work.D Giovanni Trappatoni way.

**On The Ball** · 26/02/2009, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by Pike B

Had half a season Premier with Granville once, and less than that with our A team. Speed of the game is very intense, so a good touch helps but I found that a lot of teams outside Pike Fairview etc, couldn't really play good football. They'd grind it out with a lot of high tempo kick and rush stuff. Terrible to watch but can be effective.
Park are about the only team I've seen in our division keep it on the floor for long periods, and even they have their bad moments.
I heard a bloke on their sideline shout 'no football' a few times near the end of our game with them.
I said it was shocking to their centre half, who shrugged and said' welcome to the Clare league'!!

It's 1b in fairness,teams probably just wanna get up a division then improve trainin n work on the passing aspect.if you're expecting to see an arsenal type passing game in limerick let alone 1b theres only a handfull of teams capable.

**On The Ball** · 26/02/2009, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by Pike B

Caherdavin played us on our A pitch, they had a chance to show their stuff as Johnny Giles would say, and they just heaped it forward every time. They were route one merchants.
We try playing right but to be honest we are short about 4 or 5 players in key positions. But we do try.

Caherdavins home pitch is about as long as pikes home pitch is wide.Thats why they struggled.