Munster Senior League

[greengrass]

congrats to rockmount in a very competetive finish to the season

[ball-hop]

Congratulations to Rockmount - proving yet again that the league is a marathon, not a sprint. They put a serious run of results together and last night was the culmination. In fairness, they had two previous opportunities (Marys & Avondale) to clinch the league.
Better team on the night, no complaints.

[razor]

if thats what wins u leagues they local soccer in cork has a long way to go

It's all very well being a football purist but it's a results business in the end, congratulations to Rockmount

mounts antics towards the ref were a disgrace which started after 30 seconds with their keeper charging out of his box to tell the ref 'deal with it'

Surprised he was able after hobbling off last Friday night

[ball-hop]

Quoting myself from January

.....I hope disciplinary issues don't come back to bite us. We're going to be missing the three lads for a couple of games and I hope it doesn't hurt

The microcosm of our season - disciplinary issues which did really hurt during the middle part of the year. with players missing along the way, the steady team selections (had to) disappeared and seemed to unsettle everyone. Last night saw more problems - I made it 7 yellows for us, 2 more on top of that to make 2 reds. The falling apart of discipline was a real disappointment on the night.
Overall, a disappointing end for us, when there was so much promise early on in the season. In truth our results in the second half of the league were uninspiring and it took results out of our control to even get us into the position for a playoff.

[Silly Billy G]

O'Connell cup Semi tonight
Blarney 2-1 Everton

goal here: http://vimeo.com/24512118

[casilles]

Congrats to all at the Mount. Some league to win. Credit to all involved. Huge turn out imo id say it was more like 1000. there was close to 600 at the game friday night and there was far more last night. Also good to see the league donating the proceeds to charity. Taught it was a goog game to watch. Hall had a a few great chances, 2 in the 1st and a great save from Brendan in the 2nd. People come on here and knock the Mount for the type of football they play , well for those in attendence last night it was a different display from them. the webt long on a few occasions but with Kinger in the middle they knocked it around and imo opinion beat Duglas at there own game.

Lads would welcome some opnions on this: Paying to watch amateur football { not knocking last night} I travel around and get in alot of games over a season weather its Junior or Senior. 3 euros doesnt sound like much but added it up over a season could be close to 100. well i took in 5 games last month in 1 week and cost me 24, I get over paying for playoffs and Intermediate cup games but some clubs are carging now for O connell and Beamish cup games bit Irish aint it???

[razor]

In truth our results in the second half of the league were uninspiring and it took results out of our control to even get us into the position for a playoff.

Despite the poor 2nd half to the season, a draw against a relegated UCC in the 2nd last match would have won you the league.

goal here: http://vimeo.com/24512118

Maybe goal line technology isn't that far off
Fantastic goal.

[Sparky]

QUOTE "Lads would welcome some opnions on this: Paying to watch amateur football { not knocking last night} I travel around and get in alot of games over a season weather its Junior or Senior. 3 euros doesnt sound like much but added it up over a season could be close to 100. well i took in 5 games last month in 1 week and cost me 24, I get over paying for playoffs and Intermediate cup games but some clubs are carging now for O connell and Beamish cup games bit Irish aint it??? "

Totally agree. I think clubs should leave a bucket out and donate if you wish.

1. Well done to Rockmount, Billy and all the players. Great 2nd half to the season.
2. Well done to Avondale on their success also.
3. Douglas Hall. Where do I start? Can anyone tell me How many RED cards the Seniors got this year and how many YELLOWS? I would put my house on it that it is a record!!!! It cost them the title and it cost them so much respect from the neutrals. They will all blame Biscuits out there but I dont think he ever told anybody get sent off. Players need to look at themselves only.

Some great banter over the season, brilliant stuff.

[ball-hop]

Despite the poor 2nd half to the season, a draw against a relegated UCC in the 2nd last match would have won you the league.

The final series of results (the last month) will serve as a painful reminder for some time to come.

[Glenbuck]

Casements tighter pitch????? seriously, casements pitch is the biggest pitch in the senior league. with the exception of maybe bandon. Im in disagreement with an awful amount of comments on this page regarding the rockmount avondale game. First of all.. if Finbarr was goin to give Triggs a red he should have had the bottle to do it after the first challenge and not wait for a challenge for a header. As for a second movement, I was right next to it and there was none, Triggs ain't that type of player. As for Dan Deady and john Lyne, they're two top refs, why couldnt they have done it. Personally I hope Rockmount win the league, as much at it galls me to say it and as much as Glenbucks comments sometimes annoy me because they're totally biased. I think the hall will win though, the BIGGER pitch will suit them.

And here is another totally biased comment for you "Rockmount are the best team in the league". PS Never ever did I say that Triggs was that sort of player.

[Glenbuck]

wonder if biscuits will be at douglas next year even if they beat rockmount?? from all the leaks coming out of the dressing room bout arguments and infighting, would a league win paper over all those cracks????
story with podge is he back ,is donovan fit and are moorsey and kev mul available.Any body got anything else
biscuits and crumbs signing 5 new players next year so will be staying that means 4 to colcorr

podge out long term with knee injury everyone else available

hall trayned last sunday morning at half eight all systems go
glenbuck did mount get arounnd suspensions

Away in England for weekend. Only back in time for kick off last night.

[Glenbuck]

Congrats to all at the Mount. Some league to win. Credit to all involved. Huge turn out imo id say it was more like 1000. there was close to 600 at the game friday night and there was far more last night. Also good to see the league donating the proceeds to charity. Taught it was a goog game to watch. Hall had a a few great chances, 2 in the 1st and a great save from Brendan in the 2nd. People come on here and knock the Mount for the type of football they play , well for those in attendence last night it was a different display from them. the webt long on a few occasions but with Kinger in the middle they knocked it around and imo opinion beat Duglas at there own game.

Lads would welcome some opnions on this: Paying to watch amateur football { not knocking last night} I travel around and get in alot of games over a season weather its Junior or Senior. 3 euros doesnt sound like much but added it up over a season could be close to 100. well i took in 5 games last month in 1 week and cost me 24, I get over paying for playoffs and Intermediate cup games but some clubs are carging now for O connell and Beamish cup games bit Irish aint it???

I think there is a case when they have to pay for 3 officials, otherwise forget it.

[Glenbuck]

Thanks to all for the well wishes. I will pass them on to Billy and lads. Great night last night. Look lads there was a job to be done and the boys went out and did what they had to do. Back in Nov/Dec we were written off. Thanks be to God that Billy Cronin and his backroom staff are so experienced with all that is going on in the MSL that they kept the lads ticking over. The shout out Whitechurch way was, keep ticking along other teams will drop points. And how right they were proved. Huge questions now hang over Douglas Hall and this group of players. Still, it is there problem and thank God it is not ours. Looking fwd to the remainder of the season. O Connell cup on Sunday v St Marys. This is on par with 99 when we won our first one and once again we were written off.

[Billynomates]

Congrats to rockmount last night. Wasnt the pretiest of games but im sure rockmount players and fans dont care what way they played once the league was there. They fully deserved the win and even when Douglas Hall had the league more or less wrapped up Rockmount kept going.

[greengrass]

goal here: http://vimeo.com/24512118

cracking goal
great idea for the goalcam

[maninthemiddle]

congrats to mounts..on the night they deserved it but i just hope there was no kids there watching it....if thats what wins u leagues they local soccer in cork has a long way to go...mount barely put 3 passes together in the whole game..i was astounded at the level of play of some of the so called big names....hall didnt play well in the night but at least they tried to get it down and pass it....500 people is prob accurate but how many of them would come and watch another game after paying a fiver to watch that!!! mounts antics towards the ref were a disgrace which started after 30 seconds with their keeper charging out of his box to tell the ref 'deal with it' when a hall player put in a tackle...needless to say he was booked

maninthemiddle ur opinion - i dont think its any secret that mounts tactics have always been to question (bully) referrees which in fairness gets them results but do the refs nopt see that or are they happy to be seen to be looking after the big boys..the card count at half time must have been 5 -1 id say in a 50/50 game...and how the linesman could give that free for handball is beyond me!!!!so many humps on the pitch it must have been difficult to see

but as they say the league table does not lie so well done mount

in my opinion there is not a whole lot a ref can do to players who use his first name and are in reality only raising there voice and of course using gamesmanship.

the ref has to remain neutral and especially calm in games like last night. he has more to worry about and should be strong enough not to be bullied about.

rockmount did a lot of it last night but i saw plenty of it from douglas as well though not as bad. big difference to in saying "thats a joke ref" to "you're a joke ref". some will book for both some will not book for either.

same goes for the manner its said. if its wild with eyes bulging he gets a card if he is saying it from forty yards away and its barley audible then its different.they were both at it though.it will either get under a refs skin or it wont but it defo wont bully him imo if he is strong.

the card count was high and deservedly so. i myself would have had reds earlier as ther was a 20 minute spell in the second half where it got nasty imo. i thought dan and the linos had a good game. there was loads of yellows but i cant see many that were not. thats down to the players.


i thought it was a huge call to call the handball outside the box. i was down the far corner on the rockmount side so i was miles away and as surprised as anyone to see it. i spoke to several people @ half time including 2 douglas supporters and my own brother who were directly inline and all confirmed the douglas keeper collectd the ball outside the box. a ref on his own may not have seen it. there were not to mnay complaints tbf.

i didnt see one player that stood out from either side last night but it was that type of game. it was a poor and very physical game that rockmount came out on top of and good luck to them. very little skill to admire last night but that happens.very little clear cut chance for both sides.

at least 96fm got a good few bob out of it for the telethon which was the bigger winner on the night. officials gave their match fee as well into the pot.

well done to both teams though as it was still a tense and enjoyable night!

[Shilts]

i thought it was a huge call to call the handball outside the box. i was down the far corner on the rockmount side so i was miles away and as surprised as anyone to see it. i spoke to several people @ half time including 2 douglas supporters and my own brother who were directly inline and all confirmed the douglas keeper collectd the ball outside the box. a ref on his own may not have seen it. there were not to mnay complaints tbf.

Congrats to Rockmount - well deserved win on the night.

With regards to the above incident which in my opinion decided the game (and season maybe?) I can 100% state that the Hall keeper picked up the ball in the "D" outside the box.
I was on the linesmans side but closer to the goal, so he had a better view than me and I could clearly see it - it wasn't even close.
I had missed the start of the game and the lads around me said that he had done it earlier also.

One thing you don't do is give Rockmount set piece opportunities to hurt you.
And the first goal is always vital in these tight games.
I couldn't see Hall getting back into it afterwards.
I'd have liked to see them use more width though to get around Rockmount's defence.

Rockmount did defend like demons - very impreessed with the guys rushing out bravely to make the important blocks when it mattered.
That's what wins leagues!!!

[Reznik]

Beamish Cup Final tomorrow night Blarney v Douglas! Can hall add to the keane cup and get some more silverware from this spiralling season or will they be denied once again?

[Silly Billy G]

Beamish Cup Final tomorrow night Blarney v Douglas! Can hall add to the keane cup and get some more silverware from this spiralling season or will they be denied once again?

Blarney won on penos after 0-0 draw

[Glenbuck]

Blarney won on penos after 0-0 draw

A poor game to be fair, but well done to The Blarney boys for digging it out. Heard last nite that Halls manager has called it a day.