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Tues July 31st 18:45 Three Rock -v- Mellon Heads
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27-07-2007 11:44am#1
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Anto will be going if he can't get time off work to go to see shels play in Kilkenny afaik. I cant go so I can play. Sfc Red, who expressed his interest in the other thread is going to that game but intends to come along next week afaik. A midweek match in Kilkenny is ridiculous. Ah, the eircom league, tis brilliant
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FrankGrimes wrote:Anyone know what the story with Niall, Colm Field, Enda is?
Yeah, I had a PM from Niall over the weekend, he's off on hols, but he has been injured, he was injured in the cup game, tried to start the nexct game but had to come off. I actually prefer that lads tell me they aren't a hundred percent, than be a liability during games. (which Niall did do that day, but we were fairly short on numbers afai remember).
Colm Field has been out injured for ages too, but he's in contact with me every week anyway.
Enda went off to France a few weeks ago, obviously has no internet connection.
Jules – will be there
Carl (keeper) - will be there
Colm Larkin - will be there
Michael - will be there
Darragh - unknown
Shay - will be there
Mikie - unknown
Colm Field - unknown
Niall - Holidays
Ed - will be there
Keith - unknown
Joe - will be there
Enda - Unknown
Geoff – Will Be There
Gav - will be there
Art - will be there
Anto - Won't be there
Martin - will be there
Sav - will be there
Others - Fran, Ken (both mates of Gav&Jules)
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LeixlipRed wrote:Anto will be going if he can't get time off work to go to see shels play in Kilkenny afaik. I cant go so I can play. Sfc Red, who expressed his interest in the other thread is going to that game but intends to come along next week afaik. A midweek match in Kilkenny is ridiculous. Ah, the eircom league, tis brilliant
Dude sfc red is my foot.ie name, get with the programme
Yeah LR is right. 99% of the time I'd play football myself over watching but the male parental figure has gotten the day off work to bring me so I shall be Kilkenny bound this week but available from then on.0 -
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seansouth wrote:Apart from the sending off!!
Gutted..miss the last game of season over that! First time Ive ever opened my mouth to him and he shows me the line...lesson learned!
He's still a c*nt tho!
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Nope, no room for negativity here, you're off the team.
You make some very good points Sav.
But I think that once we went 3-1, there was only ever going to be one result. They started to lose the heads, just like the team last week, and once that happens, you can kiss goodbye to a result. It was happening to us at the start of the season.
I think it was 2-1 at half time? Gav scored them both. Now, the goal they got was a total fluke, error of judgement from Karl, but these things happen. In fairness, we'd had two free kicks, and Jules' chance before they scored.They had a free kick too. We had made more chances, but yeah, that big lad they had up front was trying to create for them. Our defence did well though, and shut them out.
I made a couple of changes at half time, which I said I'd do, and it took a few minutes for everyone to adjust, but our attacking play in the second half was the best I've ever seen from a Boardeaux team. Good passing, good movement, there were decent options for a pass, this starts with the defenders by the way, but yeah, we played around them, rather than trying to force the issue. Everyone fought for the scraps, and we won the majority of the 50/50 posession.
Our third and fourth goals, Larry and Colm, while not things of beauty, were well worked, we got the ball into the box, and got among the defenders, made them make mistakes. And when the chances came, we took them. That is what has been missing. That bit of luck you talked about, but honestly, I think to a certain extent, you make your own luck at times, with pure hard work, good play and never giving up.
As I said already, after Larry scored, they lost it. That goal was decisive, because I felt thay had started to maybe get a bit more posession around our box, get a couple of shots off. Yeah, maybe one of the shots could have brought it back to 2-2, but, again, the defence held out, as they have done for a good few weeks. We haven't been gifting posession very often, and the back four cover each other very well, and stupidly conceded goals have been cut out.
That third goal galvinised us. We could tell that the other team had started to fight the ref that they were frustrated. Our lads see that, and it relaxes us. "Keep doing what we're doing and we'll be ok, nothing stupid, nothing rash, just keep playing the game". The attackers have confidence in the defenders, and the defenders know that if they can get posession and pick a decent pass, the attackers won't waste it. By gaining posession I mean either forcing a wayward pass, a good tacle on their attacker, or force a shot that goes wide. Make them chase the game.
A couple more chances came our way, and the fourth and fifth goals were the icing on the cake.
It could have been more. Jules' first half chance, your own shot that clattered the bar and Ed's free kick got a decent save out of the keeper. I think they had four, possibly five, shots of note in the whole hour.
I agree with you about the luck. But it's luck that has been passing us by in the early part of the season. Swings and roundabouts I suppose.
Complacancy can be a killer alright, I agree with that, but I suppose that's up to me to not let it take a hold. I better have an aul read of Fergie's book before next week
Jesus, that was long, and I do apologise if it comes accross as a bit ranty, I certainly don't mean that.0
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