**Match Thread** Mon 29-Sep-08 ; St. Colmcilles @ 20:00 Boardeaux v CPI Mortars

homerjay2005

ok, so this is our last friendly. i will put everybody who is interested in playing on the list and see how it goes. then handing over to des and mikie to pick their squad....last chance for people to stake a claim for the first few games. The squad size is massive, but eventual one will be smaller. a lot of options now in midfield which is the one thing that i am pleased with over last season as we struggled there at times and had to play bout 10 different lads in there over the season.


GK (2) -

Daryl -
Clayton -

Defenders (10) -

Martin -
Ed - YES
Dan -
Michael -
Simon -
Keith -
Cathal -
Dave (PHB) -
Mick McEvilly -

Midfielders (11)-

Lepo -
Larry -
Derek -
Peter -
Gav -
Mark -
Conor -
Iain -
Robbie -
Peader -
Dave -

Forwards (5)-

Art -
Eddie -
Ciaran -
Karl -
Jules - NO (injured)

i aint forgotten anybody have i?

WeAreShels

I'm back for this one.


GK (2) -

Daryl -
Clayton -

Defenders (10) -

Martin -
Ed - YES
Dan -
Michael -
Simon -
Keith -
Cathal -
Dave (PHB) -
Mick McEvilly -

Midfielders (11)-

Lepo -
Larry -
Derek -
Peter -
Gav -
Mark -
Conor -
Iain -
Robbie -
Peader -
Dave - YES

Forwards (5)-

Art -
Eddie -
Ciaran -
Karl -
Jules - NO (injured)

LeixlipRed

Got all clear with wrist but have slight knock on my ankle so not sure if I'll make it for this game. Shall know tomorrow I'd say

helimachoptor

GK (2) -

Daryl -
Clayton -

Defenders (10) -

Martin -
Ed - YES
Dan -
Michael -
Simon -
Keith -Yes
Cathal -
Dave (PHB) -
Mick McEvilly -

Midfielders (11)-

Lepo -
Larry -
Derek -
Peter -
Gav -
Mark -
Conor -
Iain -
Robbie -
Peader -
Dave - YES

Forwards (5)-

Art -
Eddie -
Ciaran -
Karl -
Jules - NO (injured)

I'm in

LeixlipRed

Went to physio about ankle today. It's just mild sprain, not bad. But wont make this game. Will be working to achieve some sort of fitness for first game of season though I'm sure it will be a while before I get a run out.

Fatmag

GK (2) -

Daryl -
Clayton -

Defenders (10) -

Martin - No
Ed - YES
Dan -
Michael -
Simon -
Keith -Yes
Cathal -
Dave (PHB) -
Mick McEvilly -

Midfielders (11)-

Lepo -
Larry -
Derek -
Peter -
Gav -
Mark -
Conor -
Iain -
Robbie -
Peader -
Dave - YES

Forwards (5)-

Art - Yes
Eddie -
Ciaran -
Karl -
Jules - NO (injured)

emc2

GK (2) -

Daryl -
Clayton -

Defenders (10) -

Martin - No
Ed - YES
Dan -
Michael -YES
Simon -
Keith -Yes
Cathal -
Dave (PHB) -
Mick McEvilly -

Midfielders (11)-

Lepo -
Larry -
Derek -
Peter -
Gav -
Mark -
Conor -
Iain -
Robbie -
Peader -
Dave - YES

Forwards (5)-

Art - Yes
Eddie -
Ciaran -
Karl -
Jules - NO (injured)

Baggly

GK (2) -

Daryl -
Clayton -

Defenders (10) -

Martin - No
Ed - YES
Dan -
Michael -YES
Simon -
Keith -Yes
Cathal -
Dave (PHB) -
Mick McEvilly -

Midfielders (11)-

Lepo -
Larry -
Derek -
Peter - NO (work)
Gav -
Mark -
Conor -
Iain -
Robbie -
Peader -
Dave - YES

Forwards (5)-

Art - Yes
Eddie -
Ciaran -
Karl -
Jules - NO (injured)

Idu

GK (2) -

Daryl -
Clayton -

Defenders (10) -

Martin - No
Ed - YES
Dan -
Michael -YES
Simon -
Keith -Yes
Cathal -
Dave (PHB) -
Mick McEvilly -

Midfielders (11)-

Lepo -
Larry -
Derek -
Peter - NO (work)
Gav -
Mark -
Conor -
Iain - YES
Robbie -
Peader -
Dave - YES

Forwards (5)-

Art - Yes
Eddie -
Ciaran -
Karl -
Jules - NO (injured)

homerjay2005

GK (2) -

Daryl -
Clayton -

Defenders (9) -

Martin - NO
Ed - YES
Dan - YES
Michael -YES
Simon -NO (Away)
Keith -YES
Cathal -YES
Dave (PHB) -
Mick McEvilly - YES

Midfielders (11)-

Lepo - NO (Work)
Larry -
Derek -
Peter - NO (Work)
Gav - YES
Mark -YES
Conor - YES
Iain - YES
Robbie -
Peader - YES
Dave - YES

Forwards (5)-

Art - Yes
Eddie -
Ciaran -
Karl -
Jules - NO (injured)

taidghbaby

GK (2) -

Daryl -
Clayton -

Defenders (9) -

Martin - NO
Ed - YES
Dan - YES
Michael -YES
Simon -NO (Away)
Keith -YES
Cathal -YES
Dave (PHB) -
Mick McEvilly - YES

Midfielders (11)-

Lepo - NO (Work)
Larry -
Derek -NO
Peter - NO (Work)
Gav - YES
Mark -YES
Conor - YES
Iain - YES
Robbie -
Peader - YES
Dave - YES

Forwards (5)-

Art - Yes
Eddie -
Ciaran -
Karl -
Jules - NO (injured)[/quote]

Kiith

GK (2) -

Daryl -
Clayton -

Defenders (9) -

Martin - NO
Ed - YES
Dan - YES
Michael -YES
Simon -NO (Away)
Keith -YES
Cathal -YES
Dave (PHB) -
Mick McEvilly - YES

Midfielders (11)-

Lepo - NO (Work)
Larry -
Derek -NO
Peter - NO (Work)
Gav - YES
Mark -YES
Conor - YES
Iain - YES
Robbie - Yes, although i may be a few minutes late.
Peader - YES
Dave - YES

Forwards (5)-

Art - Yes
Eddie -
Ciaran -
Karl -
Jules - NO (injured)

dfx-

GK (2) -

Daryl - YES
Clayton -

Defenders (9) -

Martin - NO
Ed - YES
Dan - YES
Michael -YES
Simon -NO (Away)
Keith -YES
Cathal -YES
Dave (PHB) -
Mick McEvilly - YES

Midfielders (11)-

Lepo - NO (Work)
Larry -
Derek -NO
Peter - NO (Work)
Gav - YES
Mark -YES
Conor - YES
Iain - YES
Robbie - Yes, although i may be a few minutes late.
Peader - YES
Dave - YES

Forwards (5)-

Art - Yes
Eddie -
Ciaran -
Karl -
Jules - NO (injured)

homerjay2005

look like a right strong squad for our final game. Just a reminder that we need to have the money in tomorrow to show our interest in the squad. not sure when des is picking it. these lads wont be bad so we need to make sure that we end the pre season unbeaten.



Daryl - YES
Clayton - YES

Keith -YES
Ed - YES
Dan - YES
Michael -YES
Cathal -YES
Mick McEvilly - YES

Larry - YES
Gav - YES
Mark -YES
Conor - YES
Iain - YES
Robbie - Yes, although i may be a few minutes late.
Peader - YES
Dave - YES

Art - Yes
Ciaran - YES


OUT/No Word from -

Dave (PHB) -
Eddie -
Karl -
Jules - NO (injured)
Martin - NO (injured)
Peter - NO (Work)
Lepo - NO (Work)
Derek -NO
Simon -NO (Away)

Nunu

I'll be there....thought I text you Ed?

Take a lift too if it's going from usual spot?

homerjay2005

Nunu wrote: »

I'll be there....thought I text you Ed?

Take a lift too if it's going from usual spot?

not sure eddie:o:o:o

ill give u a text tomorrow when we sort of drives, but ya, usual spot about 7.20 or so

LeixlipRed

Good luck tonight guys and I'll see ya next week when the serious stuff starts.

Idu

I did my knee playing a match over the weekend so I'm out for this one. Physio later today so I should get the full extent then

LeixlipRed

Just twisted it or something more nasty?? Hope it's not too bad

homerjay2005

hope its not a serious one ian.....

dont forget white tops lads, will have the full kit back for next week.

Idu

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Just twisted it or something more nasty?? Hope it's not too bad

Wasnt in a tackle or anything so I'm hoping I just twisted it. Doesnt feel too bad today but still sore

Kiith

I'm also out for this tonight lads. We've had two servers fail in work today, so i'm gonna be staying late tonight unfortunatly.

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Daryl - YES
Clayton - YES

Keith -YES
Ed - YES
Dan - YES
Michael -YES
Cathal -YES
Mick McEvilly - YES

Larry - YES
Gav - YES
Mark -YES
Conor - YES
Iain - YES
Peader - YES
Dave - YES

Art - Yes
Ciaran - YES


OUT/No Word from -

Dave (PHB) -
Eddie -
Karl -
Jules - NO (injured)
Martin - NO (injured)
Peter - NO (Work)
Lepo - NO (Work)
Derek -NO
Simon -NO (Away)
Robbie - No (Work)
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homerjay2005

another win to end preseason unbeaten. we were 2-0 up at half time, both from Ciaran, the second a sublime team goal that ended up in 3 first touch passes and a first time volley into the net.

Gav set me up for 3-0 and Peader set up Mark for 4-0. at this stage we made alot of changes and it disrupted the flow of the game, they got 1 back from a set piece (again) and then they got another from a long throw which went into the net for a bad goal.

overall, considering the bad conditions,we did just about ok, but we could have done alot better. im glad we played poor tonight but still won, as its something to work on and we know that even though we are on a good run, theres still effort needed to be put in.

once again disappointed with the late set piece goals, we need to do better, no excuses as of next monday. both goals were individual mistakes. if wecut these out, we can go somewhere no doubt.

LeixlipRed

Good to know we won when playing poorly. Also nice to see a poor performance as how many times do you see teams flying in pre season and capitulating in the regular season (Shels and Spurs this year for example!). Really looking forward to next week even though I'll be looking on from the bench. We should have no fear this season and hopefully people wont be complacent after a good pre season.

Also, think Ed and Michael deserve a lot of thanks for their efforts in keeping things ticking over in pre season with Des being on the job hunt. Good work lads

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LeixlipRed wrote: »

Also, think Ed and Michael deserve a lot of thanks for their efforts in keeping things ticking over in pre season with Des being on the job hunt. Good work lads

Amen to that, well done lads.

dfx-

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Also, think Ed and Michael deserve a lot of thanks for their efforts in keeping things ticking over in pre season with Des being on the job hunt. Good work lads

Agreed..and good tests at that.

From the sideline, it was a comfortable result while the passing at times was off in the first half. I don't quite know how or where their late pressure came with frees and shots, probably the amount of changes we made.

No excuse for the second goal and didn't see the first as I was just getting on, but still, unbeaten in pre-season and two wins from the last three. Some great goals and a couple of missed chances

homerjay2005

actually ya,we scored 3 excellent goals tonight, all well made, all of them great team moves and lovely one touch passes for assists. indeed, all our goals lately are from open play and are well worked. its a bit worrying that we aint scoring from set pieces, but sure suppose we cant complain and be greedy. if we carry on scoring like this, then we will all be very happy and once again, a good spread of the goals tonight with 3 scorers and mark and Ciaran getting on the scoresheet for the first time for us.

emc2

good result over all lads, It's nice to be able to off the pitch saying we weren't great and still beating a decent team by a couple of goals. I think we've come on well over the pre-season. It will really stand to us. Fair play Ed for organising this group of Monday night games for us.

The hard work starts next week lads - lets keep it going!

helimachoptor

Wasnt a pretty game thats for sure.

First 2 goals were well worked starting off with 2 great throw ins from the RB:D.

Again with the set piece conceding a goal but at least it was just one.

Dfx hang your head in shame for that second goal:D From where I saw it I think it was actually going wide before you went near it:eek:

the football wasn't pretty but we didn't shy away from the physical game so well done on that.

Idu

Great result lads and a great end to a really good pre-season.

I never made it to the physio because I couldnt get out of work. Been a bit of a common theme the last few weeks and I think it probably will be the case for the next few months at least. With that in mind I'm going to have to step out of the squad. Not fair on anyone to have a player who's availability would be in doubt every week until very close to kick off. Definitely not the way Des and Mick would want to be running a squad.

I'll be keeping an eye on your results anyway and if you're ever stuck later in the year obviously I'll step in if able. Hopefully by the time the summer league rolls around things will have calmed down and I can go back playing

homerjay2005

**** it anyway Ian, sorry to hear that . leaves us a bit short now in the middle.

you sure things are going to be bad for a few months?

can you make the piss up thursday nite anyway?

LeixlipRed

That's crap Ian. What exactly do you do? I guess from your posts you work in finance. Just curious to know exactly where. Running hedge funds I assume, you bastard

Idu

I'm a trader so this is kind of a once in a lifetime opportunity with whats going on in the markets now

LeixlipRed

Cool. Short selling is suspended though so I would have thought opportunities would be limited enough? I know more about the maths of it then how it actually works in practice so I'm probably talking through my arse

emc2

Iain, Sorry to hear that man. Keep a eye out and if we're low on numbers and you can make it sure come along.

Hope thinks settle down work wise for you.

FrankGrimes

Fair play once again lads, that's a good result, though not a surprise at all to be honest given the standard of the squad and how well the players are gelling. How did the standard of the opposition compare to say the average league team from last season?

Yeh fair play to Ed and Michael for the great organisation but also to the players for the solid turnouts (that's what fear of losing your spot will do!) - we've always said it was needed in the off-seasons but organisation always fell to the same people and the committment wasn't there, but this time it's been well organised and the committment is there. If you build it, they will come!

The real test will come on a night with bad weather, a bad ref and jammy opposition. When you go 1 or 2 nil down in those circumstances it's not just about ability, which this team clearly has, it's as much about character. My money would be backing this squad to come through in those circumstances as there's not many players in the squad that will get complacent.

Very sorry to hear that Iain but can understand the situation you're in with work at the moment. Crazy times indeed. I'd imagine with the ban on short selling the opportunities are coming in deciding at just what point a falling bank share price becomes a good value 5-year term investment (e.g. AIB down 16% yesterday)?

Idu

We dont trade individual stocks so the short selling ban doesnt apply to us. We can still short outright markets like the FTSE, DAX, DOW etc so a near 800 price sell off in the DOW like yesterday is the stuff dreams are made of. This is an amazing opportunity for me to really set myself up and the cost of missing the reaction to that no vote in the US is just too great at the moment. This will all come to an end eventually, thing is I just dont know when so it's hard to commit to anything else. Make hay while the sun shines and all that

homerjay2005

janets_on_clubs wrote: »

We dont trade individual stocks so the short selling ban doesnt apply to us. We can still short outright markets like the FTSE, DAX, DOW etc so a near 800 price sell off in the DOW like yesterday is the stuff dreams are made of. This is an amazing opportunity for me to really set myself up and the cost of missing the reaction to that no vote in the US is just too great at the moment. This will all come to an end eventually, thing is I just dont know when so it's hard to commit to anything else. Make hay while the sun shines and all that

hmm, des has some money "resting in his account" from our finances.....can you turn this into a massive sum, so that we can all get free entry to coppers on thurs night?:D

Idu

homerjay2005 wrote: »

hmm, des has some money "resting in his account" from our finances.....can you turn this into a massive sum, so that we can all get free entry to coppers on thurs night?:D

I cant think of any better investment

thelepo

Well done lads. Sorry I couldn't make it. As with a few weeks ago I had work on Monday at 8pm, but no customers turned up, so I was wasting my time.

All gung ho from now on. This is a great run, very positive.

LeixlipRed

You must be dealing in fairly hefty sums of money then Ian if you're only dealing with the indexs :eek: Must be some crazy commission to be made there