Dirk_Diggler
There is no talk of Newcastle West and Monagae amalgamating, that will never happen, not sure about Tour and Glantine though, if they did join it would be a joke.

allstar10 (Limerick) - Posts: 19 - 19/05/2010 20:16:53    652694

In relation to the amalgamating of teams, lads im not proposing this nor am i 100% for it, im just asking had anyone else hear about it. I work with a lad who told me the county board are considering the idea. To be honest it would be a very hot topic and im sure there are many agruments for and against. I dont want to start a debate, i just want to ask if anyone knew any more. I may have been mistaken about Newcastle & Monega, it could have been Kileedy & Monega .. not from the west so dont know if that makes geographical sense. Good point about Newcastle, big towns probably shouldnt be allowed amalgamate, again apologies for my mistake

Dirk_Diggler (Limerick) - Posts: 12 - 19/05/2010 21:14:50    652786

Dirk - the easy way out is to join up with Johnny next door and try and win a trophy. Amalgamations dont work- there is no spirit, no club loyalty and the ordinary club player loses out. Your average club senior team usually has 7/8 very good hurlers with the rest making up the 15 because they are training and giving their all for the club cause. What would happen to them if 2/3 clubs joined up - all of a sudden, these guys are subs and back playing junior with the club.
Bad idea and the GAA would not allow a mass club amalgamation.

Claughaun had a bad night last weekend as did a few other clubs. But look at other results - Bruree and Knockainey had two great results after a couple of years fighting off relegation. Its all about hard work and putting it in on the training pitch.

If you were a real Claughaun man you wouldnt even be looking at this idea. Claughaun is a proud club with dual senior status and big enough in its own right to stand up on its own two feet. Granted, every club goes through barren spells - only 4 years ago they club won the intermediate title and got to a senior q-final in 2007. 2010 will be a tough struggle but thats hurling. Swings and roundabouts.

Other clubs that have under achieved and no one talks about -

Kilmallock - no title for years with all the talent they have.
Garryspillane - won the title a few years ago and in the relegation last year.
Bruree - won title in 2006 and fighting relegation for a couple of years.
Na Piarsaigh - buckets of underage titles for years and finally got to a senior final in 2009.
South Liberties - lost half a dozen inter titles, came back and won a Munster last year. Bad day last weekend.
Croom - loads of talented guys that played with Limerick and serious under achievers. If anything their result was the shock of the round!
Murroe/Boher - another club with loads of talent and have never won anything.
Adare - you have to admire them. They won u12, u14 and u16 hurling recently as well as 3 senior titles in a row. Also playing competitiively at senior football into the mix and there you have the formula for success.

Any Adare people out there ? You might share the secret to success? I would say hard work and dedication is not too far off the mark.

Dirk - forget about Monaleen and Milford and concentrate on your own club.

GreenFullBack (Limerick) - Posts: 48 - 19/05/2010 21:40:04    652849

Dromcollogher Broadford Intermediate football team to join up with Listowel in the kerry Club Championship

I always had a feeling that Dromcollogher was in Kerry not in Limerick, Is that true they are joining up?

steel (Clare) - Posts: 694 - 20/05/2010 14:27:16    653372

Maybe the Clare football team should enter the Limerick senior football championship steel. It might allow them the chance to win a game in championship anyway.

As for Dromcollagher Broadford joining with a Kerry team, think you need to go back over your geography.

LightningJack (Limerick) - Posts: 86 - 20/05/2010 14:50:57    653431

BACK TO TOPIC AT HAND LADS NO??



anyone think there will be any surprise wins the weekend?? hard to see kildimo win this weekend after only scoring 3 points in there last match even tho they scored 6 goals

sporting (Limerick) - Posts: 303 - 20/05/2010 15:48:53    653549

i expect intrmediate matches to go as follows,ncw to beat k/dimo,k/derry will beat p/green,hos/her to get past mungret,glenroe to beat b/rock,monaleen to pip b/bricken,dromin willbeat tour,b/brown to get over monagea and caherline to beat kileedy.what do other people think?

hectork (Limerick) - Posts: 1049 - 20/05/2010 17:45:18    653791

i wud agree with ur choices but anything can happen

hitmanhart (Limerick) - Posts: 496 - 20/05/2010 20:14:07    653963

Looking forward to games this weekend. Anybody else think that it is great to see the fixture list actually being maintained for once? I like the fact two games so close but maybe a 2week gap for injuries from 1st round might be the only tweek id make, but at least we will have clear picture after the weekend.
As for last weekend bein a west man it was a poor showing. Tour was the biggest shock for me dont know what happened to them totally outplayed. Kileedy normally some tight and hard to beat went down without a fight. Something looks really off there.
Monagea where outstanding against caherline on sat nit by all accounts and they should be pushing hard in qualification now. NCW as expected won the west derby in what was a dreadful game to be honest. Free, free, free. Hanley was good got a few scores but missed a lot ball in 1st half when ncw half back line cleaned up. S nix and kelly where outsatnding all thro. In relation batman thought kderry backs where good enuf and didnt see much scores from ncw half forwards altho frees where awful some them. Thought condon was poor and o sullivan midfield never got goin.
As for weekend coming lookin forward to seein how ncw go against kildimo..bith like play hurlin and think be total opposite of kderry game with a lot of scores and busy goalkeepers. Kderry and pallas will be a battle of survival and i mean a battle ...expect frees and contovesy!!!
Kileedy should recover with a win...and alto i said tour where awful I expect a huge improvement.

gandwalways (Limerick) - Posts: 77 - 21/05/2010 10:38:04    654224

intermediate hurling championship glenroe 3-12 blackrock 1-8

Kenlim (Limerick) - Posts: 864 - 21/05/2010 20:15:19    655028

mungret 1.14 H/H 1.13.shattered after that defeat.we didnt perform at all.needing to beat glenroe now is goin to be difficult

hitmanhart (Limerick) - Posts: 496 - 21/05/2010 21:31:10    655073

Dromin/Athlacca 2-17 Tournafulla 1-09.

ger79ie (Limerick) - Posts: 173 - 21/05/2010 22:01:47    655096

some upset last nyt, great win from mungret against hospital, glenroe brought blackrock back down to earth again...
i thought blackrock and tournafulla would do well this year but there both finding it tough and its not as easy as it looks, relegation semi is looming for 1 of them if not both, along with kileedy...

Will_Ferrell_09 (Limerick) - Posts: 123 - 22/05/2010 09:46:45    655115

Its been a odd inter championship to date. Hospital losing was a shock to me. Tour are going downhill fast but i had heard this prior to the championship start, think they threw in the towel after last year and training is meant to be non existent with them. It highlights how hard it is for small town clubs to compete with the big boys, year in year out. Saying that i cant throw too many stones with my own club Claughaun in serious depression over our hiding to Na Piarsiagh. Is it just me or do you find theres a lot more hammerings being dished out in this years championship? Lots of teams got hammered last week

Dirk_Diggler (Limerick) - Posts: 12 - 22/05/2010 15:26:02    655326

its been very bad for limerick hurling when there is so many onesided matches at all levels.it has been a poor standard so far especially at senior.croom,garryspillane & tournafulla at intermediate have been poor.poor claughaun as well.i am still trying to digest how mungret beat h/h last night.we were awful & mungret deserved their win but we gifted them some very soft scores.we will need to beat glenroe without our captain rossie donovan who will be on honeymoon & our best player donie reale who will be in austraila at the end of june.from being in a promising position before last nights match we now find ourselves up against it to make the quarter finals.i am gutted & it will take ages to get over it.the beauty of the ancient game.on a high one week & a low the next.

hitmanhart (Limerick) - Posts: 496 - 22/05/2010 16:03:03    655355

Great win for mungret last nite they changed there team around and it worked.Blackrock really get n brought down 2 earth they must be burnt out from it all r are they that weak.mungret r no great shakes and were only down a point v glenroe wit 5 mins left although they were being beaten all over the place but H/H will go very close if not beat them and d break could do blackrock good.Looks like a group that could go 2 play offs r score diff.Saw tour v killedy n last years west champ n ncw and they were very poor think they lost by 24points they look like a team 4 the drop if they dont get there act together.it woz great 2 have 2 matches played but its a long summer for teams that r out of the champ n may its very harsh i think anyway.

FORWARD1 (Limerick) - Posts: 17 - 22/05/2010 19:23:13    655489

ballybrown 3-13 monagea 0-08...
handy for ballybrown again, monagea were fairly poor it was nearly all frees they scored!!monagea had man sent off in first half for an off the ball incident...

Will_Ferrell_09 (Limerick) - Posts: 123 - 23/05/2010 11:50:01    655667

kileedy v caherline match report.A small but vocal crowd adorned the stand in bruff to watch this epic encounter.Caherline began the strongest in this battle and up to half time they seemed to be in control of the game.G.Murphy was reliable for caherline with frees and 65s and with that platform caherline went in 0-6 0-3 at half time.the second half was a titanic struggle with kileedy trying to claw back the pts and doing so with the help of mulane at no.12.Caherlines fullback line were outstandind at this point of the game and they take a lot of credit for some fine defending.With 8 min remaining kileedy made it a draw and it was a match that could have gone ethier way.Then came the arrival of sub M.nelligan for caherline and what a gem he turned out to be,scoring 2 pts from play and giving caherline that breathing space they needed.Caherline just about deserved this win but anything short of a win against ballybrown in 5 weeks will see them sitting out the rest of the summer.Ballybrown are a strong outfit and will be red hot favourits just the way Caherline like it!

hamstringsgone (Limerick) - Posts: 6 - 23/05/2010 21:41:21    656110

mike nelligan scored 1pt and if he gets his head right he'd a start!

pullhaard (Limerick) - Posts: 195 - 24/05/2010 10:11:36    656207

Biggest shock had to be mungret what a win and sets this group up nicely. You would have say glenroe look a good bet now as they will meet 2nd in ncw,kderry, kildimo group(cant see any them beatin them on current form altho august long time away). Blackrock and mungret be a very exciting game and also h/h need sumting against glenroe.
Kildimo should have won against ncw and as I said Friday was brillant game. Thought richie mckeogh was superb and think should see off kderry easily enuf on current form. As for pallas -kderry game less said the paper daylight robbery by all acounts and was woeful start to finsh...but good win for kderry seem to be getting a bit of luck each year to qualify but can definitely be ruled out for county honours at this stage(They have not delivered on such promise of a few years ago) NCw also dissappointe me I thought they had a bit more in there armour. Kelly and nix midfield where well out of it and must be a concern. Pallas what can you say two 1point defeats...they are unluncky to be out of it cause if they had qualified would give the bigger boys more trouble than this lot.
Kileedy where awful yesterday and what a bad year so far. After the close miss of last year and draw with ballybrown you would have expected them to build on it but havent. Mullane form is a concern. Monagea where poor also and ballybrown while lookin sharp havent been seriously tested ahead of quarters.
Tour against attlaca was very dissapointing and thought tour would get lot closer than that result.
Think after 2 weeks Attlaca,Glenroe and ballybrown are the clear front runners. Be very suprised if one these doesnt win it and for first time in years appears to be real gaps in standards of teams.

gandwalways (Limerick) - Posts: 77 - 24/05/2010 12:11:16    656362