MatchThread 22nd Jul 21:00 COLM Ballalley

helimachoptor · 19-07-2014 11:20pm #1

Absolutely must win game here.
We are 2 points behind Ballalley, they have a game in hand. A win puts us 1 point ahead we are playing on the pitch we are familiar with, we'll probably have a couple of lads back from injury and given the time it'll be cooler.

After Ballalley played us they had the results below in their next 5 games
2 wins & 2 draws & 1 loss

Cathal
Ciaran
Cillian
Conor
Damo
Darren
Derek
Derek McL
Jules
Keith - in
Kings
SteK
SteMcd
Julius
Heggo
Brian

sReq | uTeK · 19-07-2014 11:35pm

In.

Someone should message collie.

Frisbee · 20-07-2014 1:07pm

Keaner · 20-07-2014 10:15pm

mrDerek · 20-07-2014 10:33pm

homerjay2005 · 21-07-2014 12:26am

Ive been dropped from the squad it seems!

CaesersSon · 21-07-2014 6:58pm

Mousewar · 21-07-2014 10:33pm

homerjay2005 wrote: »

Ive been dropped from the squad it seems!

Bad luck!
I'm sure you'll work your way back in!

IN

sReq | uTeK · 22-07-2014 12:09am

collie said he could play if we needed him.

Keith / Des give him a text.

SteMcD1 · 22-07-2014 12:14am

in.

can run around and whatever but not sure how my legs will hold up to getting tackled. felt fine running so i'm optimistic but we'll see.

Lovely Bloke · 22-07-2014 8:11am

Cathal - in
Ciaran - in
Cillian - in
Conor - in
Damo - in
Darren - in
Derek - in
Derek McL - in
Jules - away
Ed - in
Keith - new baby
Kings - in
SteK - in
SteMcd - in
Julius - in
Dave - in
Heggo - inj
Brian

homerjay2005 · 22-07-2014 2:11pm

this is the biggest game we have played in many seasons, last year we had a big points cushion for most of the season, so no game was that important (we won them all anyway).

this one however, is a league decider. lets do this.

Mousewar · 22-07-2014 2:16pm

homerjay2005 wrote: »

this is the biggest game we have played in many seasons, last year we had a big points cushion for most of the season, so no game was that important (we won them all anyway).

this one however, is a league decider. lets do this.

Looks like we have a good squad. It's our preferred pitch. No excuses.

Lovely Bloke · 22-07-2014 2:17pm

Mousewar wrote: »

Looks like we have a good squad. It's our preferred pitch. No excuses.

yeah, we've 14 or 15 coming out.

Big congrats to Keith by the way, who became a father yesterday.

Keaner · 22-07-2014 2:45pm

Congrats Kieth!
Tonight it's all in lads! run until you cant anymore! tackle hard! and dont give them a second!

helimachoptor · 22-07-2014 2:53pm

Cheers lads, absolutely enormous game tonight, 3 points is a must

sReq | uTeK · 22-07-2014 3:46pm

helimachoptor wrote: »

Cheers lads, absolutely enormous game tonight, 3 points is a must

So why the **** are you not coming, she's had the baby get her to start doing her job and you can do yours on the pitch.

Lovely Bloke · 22-07-2014 3:48pm

:rolleyes:

I think I'll start posting all the texts I receive from Darren.

helimachoptor · 22-07-2014 3:49pm

I'll likely be there, we're home and my brothers missus is a mid wife and is staying til tomorrow, I also seem to be getting on her nerves! Will decide later on though

sReq | uTeK · 22-07-2014 3:55pm

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

:rolleyes:

I think I'll start posting all the texts I receive from Darren.

It's called being creative.

helimachoptor · 22-07-2014 10:22pm

Twice we take the lead, twice they score once with a deflection against the run of play and the other from a free while their striker has a go at Murtagh, never mind the hacking down on Cillian

Plenty of fight out their lads, a definite positive

homerjay2005 · 23-07-2014 9:19am

its a game we controlled, but without creating too many clear chances. the difference between the teams is stark, we play it on the ground and rely on creativity where they are physical, direct and very very rough, both of their goals were from set pieces, after they scored 2 from set pieces also in the first game.

their second goal (what every happened before it) is the best goal that ive seen, it was a 1 in 100 shot that if he tried for the next 3 years wouldnt come off.

overall we played really well and also our defending has been excellent the past 4 or 5 games, compared to earlier in the season.

helimachoptor · 23-07-2014 11:18am

Ballalley have 2 very tough games coming up.

A draw and a loss is a very real possibility in their next 5 games, we just need to make sure we get maximum points from our games

homerjay2005 · 23-07-2014 11:35am

helimachoptor wrote: »

Ballalley have 2 very tough games coming up.

A draw and a loss is a very real possibility in their next 5 games, we just need to make sure we get maximum points from our games

they only have 4 games left and theres one round of fixtures missing off the list,

Brown Bag Utd
EweTuppers FC
Cork Exiles FC

the game in hand, is against the full irish. there is a chance that game was already played, but the score was not updated. anybody know somebody in the full irish who we can ask what happened in that game?

we are now in a battle for 2nd and 3rd also, assuming they won their games last night, both Cork and BNY are only 1 point behind us if they win their games in hand and we still have to play BNY.

win our 3 games and we could win the league, but drop any points and we could finish 4th - its that tight.

realistically tho, Ballalley have a 5 point advantage with 3 games left and its theirs to lose. we have dropped silly points this year, i think its 11 points from winning positions and that is something we need to work on, we are not finishing games well - is that a fitness issue? too much emphasis on attack, rather than being solid and closing out the game?

will be very sickening to lose the league by a couple of points after conceding late goals in games we should have won - the 2-2 v ewetuppers stands out, as well as the game last week - silly mistakes that cost us dearly.

homerjay2005 · 23-07-2014 11:40am

it actually looks like Ballalley, Cork and BNY all have no scores entered for the start of the season against the full Irish so either the scores were not entered or the games were cancelled for some reason.

anybody know what happened with that?

in theory, the Full irish if they have 6 games to play, can still actually win the league but its weird that they appear to have 3 games not played.

Mousewar · 23-07-2014 11:48am

homerjay2005 wrote: »

it actually looks like Ballalley, Cork and BNY all have no scores entered for the start of the season against the full Irish so either the scores were not entered or the games were cancelled for some reason.

anybody know what happened with that?

I think the Full Irish joined the league late. Initially there were only nine teams so Ballalley and Cork missed a game each in the first two weeks as they were drawn against the vacant slot. Full Irish played in Week 3 against Exeter but then there's no score for them against BNY for week 4 - not sure what that's about.
Those games will have to be played to be fair but I'm not sure when. I doubt they've been played already or the results would be there. The big worry is that the Full Irish won't bother to make arrangements to play them as they'll have nothing to play for and the other teams will get walkovers.

homerjay2005 · 23-07-2014 12:02pm

Mousewar wrote: »

The big worry is that the Full Irish won't bother to make arrangements to play them as they'll have nothing to play for and the other teams will get walkovers.

full irish in theory, can win the league by winning all 6 games, its unlikely of course, but they defo can finish 2nd or 3rd also.

Mousewar · 23-07-2014 12:04pm

Well hopefully they do well enough to keep themselves interested. Although not too well as we play them next week.

helimachoptor · 23-07-2014 12:42pm

Andy (i think ) from the TFI posts here a bit, I dont think they're the type to give walkovers

TFI beat Ballalley 4-0, i would be hopeful they'll get the win or at least a draw there again.

Exiles and Ballalley drew, Exiles are big physical team aswell and wont be intimidated so that could go either way.

These are the 2 games where we would expect ballalley to drop points.
PResuming they win their other 2 games, they did only beat Brownbag 1-0 so its possible they could drop some points there aswell.

Anyway presuming 2 wins and then a loss and a draw, ballalley end up on 40 points

3 wins for us is also 40 points but we are 13 goals ahead which they are unlikely to make up.

We have 3 very tough games coming up, from the 3 games earlier in the season we got 4 from 9 points.

BNYmellon will be tough, TFI will be tough and i think this will be our 3rd/4th time finishing a season against the monks and while they wont have anything to play for they got a draw from us last time and will be hopeful of having some input into the title race.

mrDerek · 23-07-2014 2:47pm

homerjay2005 wrote: »

they only have 4 games left and theres one round of fixtures missing off the list,

Brown Bag Utd
EweTuppers FC
Cork Exiles FC

the game in hand, is against the full irish. there is a chance that game was already played, but the score was not updated. anybody know somebody in the full irish who we can ask what happened in that game?

we are now in a battle for 2nd and 3rd also, assuming they won their games last night, both Cork and BNY are only 1 point behind us if they win their games in hand and we still have to play BNY.

win our 3 games and we could win the league, but drop any points and we could finish 4th - its that tight.

realistically tho, Ballalley have a 5 point advantage with 3 games left and its theirs to lose. we have dropped silly points this year, i think its 11 points from winning positions and that is something we need to work on, we are not finishing games well - is that a fitness issue? too much emphasis on attack, rather than being solid and closing out the game?

will be very sickening to lose the league by a couple of points after conceding late goals in games we should have won - the 2-2 v ewetuppers stands out, as well as the game last week - silly mistakes that cost us dearly.

lol defo not this in the last 3 or 4 games iv been increasingly isolated up top theres just no support coming up anymore its like we are sitting deeper or something, either way booting the ball upto me from kickouts isnt a viable option

homerjay2005 · 23-07-2014 2:56pm

mrDerek wrote: »

lol defo not this in the last 3 or 4 games iv been increasingly isolated up top theres just no support coming up anymore its like we are sitting deeper or something, either way booting the ball upto me from kickouts isnt a viable option

possession of the ball dictates how games go.

my point is about how we have dropped 11 points in games this year from winning positions, 2 or 3 of those games should have been closed out and last night was one of them.

we need to know/find out how to win games ugly also, ie games when we are up against strong defensive teams and a goal will decide it.

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