Friendly if we can?

Savman

Sure why don't we just whip on some short shorts and enter the ladies league, they'd never know for sure :D

KdjaCL

Savman wrote:

Sure why don't we just whip on some short shorts and enter the ladies league, they'd never know for sure :D

Showers would be fun.



kdjac

Savman

Sorry this sunday out for me I'm afraid

Roddy23

I'm hopeful of making it myself on Sunday. Will be down in the backarse of Mayo Saturday night, so It'll be straight into the jammer Sunday morning. If I'm not gonna make it, I'll sort Mark or Neill out with the spons if its needed. Fairplay

FrankGrimes

here lads, its a friendly against another team we're playing on sunday yeh? whats the story with our jerseys - they must be ready by now?

If I need to, I can bring my red Accenture jerseys but would prefer not to cos washing them after you smelly bast*rds isnt my favourite pastime

MrJoeSoap

Any idea what colour the other team wears?

_blank_

I don't know.

I'm ringing their manager later, and I'll ask him.

Gileadi

ill be there on sunday, maybe hanging together...maybe not, time will tell

Roddy23

Lads mates team cant make it this weekend, they won't have the players. Theyve said they will defo be around Sunday week, so if we can just postpone it till then.

Whats the story with 3rock, are we up there this Sunday?

Xavi6

For me there's no point in getting a full 11 a side pitch unless we are guaranteed to have 22 players down, either amongst ourselves or with another team.

L5

I think we should just book coolmine again for this week.

cormie

I think booking Coolmine every week is madness to be honest. 4 weeks and we've spent 1K between us. It's not the right size pitch and the goals are tiny too. The thing is, we're booking it for daylight times when there's places like the Phoenix park available for free. Even if we needed to have a place for when it's dark, I still think there are much better options than Coolmine.

L5

I don't think there's any point in us playing on grass anymore. We're playing in an astro league, we need to get used to it. It plays totally different to grass,much faster game. A bigger pitch with fullsize goals would be great,but we really need to stick to astro I think.

Savman

L5 wrote:

I don't think there's any point in us playing on grass anymore. We're playing in an astro league, we need to get used to it. It plays totally different to grass,much faster game. A bigger pitch with fullsize goals would be great,but we really need to stick to astro I think.

Have t'agree...

I play 11-a-side on grass on Saturdays, it's like its a completely different sport to astro soccer. I see some really iffy players look "good" on grass simply cos its mostly a physical game, jumping for headers and what not. The astro is much more skill based and suits attackers more me thinks.

I'd say all footie would end up like astro footie if FIFA ever did away with the slide tackle rule (which they threatened at one stage iirc...)

cormie

Yeah, astro would be better to play on if that's the type of league we're going for, but there must be a full size pitch (the type that will be played on in the league) available and hopefully nowhere near the madness of €240:eek:

Roddy23

I thought KDJACL was looking into getting a game or two up on the pitches up in 3Rock. Think they're full size astro 11 a side pitches.

Savman

cormie wrote:

Yeah, astro would be better to play on if that's the type of league we're going for, but there must be a full size pitch (the type that will be played on in the league) available and hopefully nowhere near the madness of €240:eek:

€240 is a bit much alright, the astro in coolock is €65p/hr but no use for anything above 5 or 6-a-side. Maybe taking it for 1hr instead of 2 might be an option but that needs better punctuality folks!

cormie

The 7 a side in Louglinstown, same surface as Coolmine, but no sideline, just walls (it's outdoor though), with proper sized nets, is €25 per hour!! and if nobody is waiting on it, you can stay for as long as you want. €240 is crazy in comparrison for a pitch that's not even the same that we'll be playing the league on.

Roddy23

Lads i gave DCU a quick ring there about the possibility of getting the full size astro pitch for an hour. Said she'd get back to me. I asked how much it would cost for the hour - said something in the region of 140e. So she's to get back to me.

MrJoeSoap

Are you a student there? Might be cheaper if someone is a student.

L5

Roddy23 wrote:

Lads i gave DCU a quick ring there about the possibility of getting the full size astro pitch for an hour. Said she'd get back to me. I asked how much it would cost for the hour - said something in the region of 140e. So she's to get back to me.

theres a couple of dcu students on the team i think. That pitch would be perfect, i played a league on it when i was in DCU, its exactly the sort of pitches we'd be playing on...

Roddy23

Are you a student there? Might be cheaper if someone is a student.

I'm not no. Think there is a few on the team from DCU, remember someone saying it before. She's going to ring back, as she wasn't sure if the Sports area is open on Sundays.

L5

If she asks then tell her we're mostly dcu students. they have a thing about that i think.

Roddy23

Just off the phone from UCD, there 11 a side astro pitch is fully booked up. Its going to be like this for the rest of term- as their Superleague has just kicked off.

cormie

how much was it anyway Shane do you know? What about threerock?

MrJoeSoap

Anyone played in Three Rock before? Looks very nice.

http://www.threerockhc.com/WebSite/Templates/Image_Display_Image.asp?imageid=52
http://www.threerockhc.com/WebSite/Templates/Image_Display_Image.asp?imageid=54

Anyone have an account or contact there? Would be worth looking into. Doubt its cheap though (just for Cormie! ).

Roddy23

Played a few astro league matches up there before. Lovely pitch, and class facilities - no more changing on the pitch. Played about 2/3 years ago, its a bloody big pitch.

cormie

If we're actually going to be playing on a full sized "hockey" pitch then there's one in a school in Bray that's only €60 per hour for the full pitch. The surface looks the same, although I prefer the kind of surface in coolmine/loughlinstown (and the phoenix park:D). It's fully lit by floodlights too.

Searched google and found this thread. Seems to have a good list of what we're after:)

FrankGrimes

yeh I tried UCD aswell yesterday but no joy.

For me the main priority is that we play on a full size pitch with full size goals. Them goals in coolmine just encourage you to aim at the center of the goal as its too small to pick a spot and that gets attackers into bad habits. In all the training sessions and games we've played I still haven't had a chance to shoot into a full size goal and it does make a difference cos the more practice you get on it the more you can shoot on instinct without having to stop and lookup.

There was lads shooting from 30 yards there the other day which is no use on them goals. Give us full size goals and I'd say shoot on sight.

Yeh astro and grass are different but I'd go full size grass over coolmine. Playing on full size grass will help everyones' fitness and give us proper shooting practice, corners practice, long throws etc.

Obviously full size astro is top choice, and here's a list of pitches I used call for work, pity I don't have numbers, but maybe a few here can lookup a couple of places and call them and post updates, we might get one out of this list or other places people know of. If we get one I'd say we should book it right up to the start of the league, but that's just my twenty cents.

Leicester Celtic
St Judes GAA, Templeogue
Dublin Bus, Liffey Valley (too far away though)
Gym in Loughlinstown?
Iveagh Grounds, Crumlin
Crumlin United, Pearse Park Crumlin
Muckross School, Donnybrook
Newpark Blackrock
Rathdown Glenageary
Loreto Bray
Railway Union, Sandymount
St. Benildas Stillorgan
St. Colmcilles Knocklyon
Wesley College
St. Columbas College, Whitechurch
YMCA – Sandymount?

L5

FrankGrimes wrote:

Loreto Bray

Rang these....its booked all day every sunday, only hours are 8-9pm, or 9-10pm