**Match Thread** Tues April 14th @19:15 ; Wesley - The Full Irish 0-3 Boardeaux

homerjay2005

so, new season, only way is up. aim is simply to win the league this time after a 4th and a 2nd place in previous seasons. we have the squad to do it, but the summer season will see us miss players and the players that may not see much action in the first few weeks, will have a massive part to play as we progress. every game is a must win and even losing one game could cost us.

we ended the season on an 8 game unbeatebn run, our best ever form, so more of the same please. this is the squad i think, pleae amend if im wrong.

Goalkeepers -

Daryl -
Clayton -

Defence -

Keith
Martin -
Ed - YES
Dan -
Michael -
Cathal -
Geoff -
Mick Mc -

Midfield -

Gav -
Iain - Injured
Lepo -
Dave -
Mark -
Conor -
Collie -

Strikers -

Ciaran -
Jules -
Eddie -
Art -

LeixlipRed

Thought we were playing Full Irish first but might be a good thing we're not. Can't wait for this. Going on holidays on Wednesday so a win would be a nice send off please :cool:

LeixlipRed

Also, they don't seem to have filled the other spot in the league yet which is damn frustrating. That'll mean missed games if they don't sort it out.

FrankGrimes

Bring it!

Goalkeepers -

Daryl -
Clayton -

Defence -

Keith
Martin - Yes
Ed - YES
Dan -
Michael -
Cathal -
Geoff -
Mick Mc -

Midfield -

Gav -
Iain - Injured
Lepo -
Dave -
Mark -
Conor -
Collie -

Strikers -

Ciaran -
Jules - hell yeh
Eddie -
Art -

thelepo

Goalkeepers -

Daryl -
Clayton -

Defence -

Keith
Martin - Yes
Ed - YES
Dan -
Michael -
Cathal -
Geoff -
Mick Mc -

Midfield -

Gav -
Iain - Injured
Lepo -YES
Dave -
Mark -
Conor -
Collie -

Strikers -

Ciaran -
Jules - hell yeh
Eddie -
Art -

helimachoptor

Goalkeepers -

Daryl -
Clayton -

Defence -

Keith- Yes
Martin - Yes
Ed - YES
Dan -
Michael -
Cathal -
Geoff -
Mick Mc -

Midfield -

Gav -
Iain - Injured
Lepo -YES
Dave -
Mark -
Conor -
Collie -

Strikers -

Ciaran -
Jules - hell yeh
Eddie -
Art -

Nunu

Goalkeepers -

Daryl -
Clayton -

Defence -

Keith- Yes
Martin - Yes
Ed - Yes
Dan -
Michael -
Cathal -
Geoff -
Mick Mc -

Midfield -

Gav -
Iain - Injured
Lepo -Yes
Dave -
Mark -
Conor -
Collie -

Strikers -

Ciaran -
Jules - yes
Eddie - YES
Art -

Cycling from work...I'll be there just after 8.

Idu

Best of luck tonight lads. Won't be out as walking any great distance is still a struggle. Start with the physio this week so hopefully on the road to recovery soon enough

emc2

Goalkeepers -

Daryl -
Clayton -

Defence -

Keith- Yes
Martin - Yes
Ed - Yes
Dan -
Michael - Yes
Cathal -
Geoff -
Mick Mc -

Midfield -

Gav -
Iain - Injured
Lepo -Yes
Dave -
Mark -
Conor -
Collie -

Strikers -

Ciaran -
Jules - yes
Eddie - YES
Art -

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Goalkeepers -

Daryl -
Clayton - Yes

Defence -

Keith- Yes
Martin - Yes
Ed - Yes
Dan - Yes
Michael - Yes
Cathal - Injured
Geoff - Yes
Mick Mc - No - Wedding

Midfield -

Gav - Yes
Iain - Injured
Lepo -Yes
Dave - Yes
Mark -
Conor -
Collie - Yes

Strikers -

Ciaran - Yes
Jules - yes
Eddie - No - Work
Art - Yes

helimachoptor

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Thought we were playing Full Irish first but might be a good thing we're not. Can't wait for this. Going on holidays on Wednesday so a win would be a nice send off please :cool:

We're against TFI now Martin

LeixlipRed

Bizarre.

emc2

This has gone back to the original fixture list that they had.

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emc2 wrote: »

This has gone back to the original fixture list that they had.

Yeah, it has, but they said in the email this morning that they mailed last week about it.

Do you have any record of that Mick?

LeixlipRed

Well it hadn't been changed on the site. I checked yesterday and we were down to play Shacktar.

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I checked it this morning before I texted.

Then I got that email.

emc2

Des wrote: »

Yeah, it has, but they said in the email this morning that they mailed last week about it.

Do you have any record of that Mick?

nope although this fixture was in the email at the start of the month and it said that the fixture will not be changed.

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emc2 wrote: »

nope although this fixture was in the email at the start of the month and it said that the fixture will not be changed.

So they just changed it this morning.

:rolleyes:

Anyway, no matter. Although it means Eddie misses out because of it.

emc2

Des wrote: »

So they just changed it this morning.

:rolleyes:

Yea, it looks that way alright.

homerjay2005

lets hope they aint going to mess about with the fixtures again this year. bizarre how they changed it, makes no sense. we better check every week. difficult game, really tough one in fact.

helimachoptor

homerjay2005 wrote: »

lets hope they aint going to mess about with the fixtures again this year. bizarre how they changed it, makes no sense. we better check every week. difficult game, really tough one in fact.

Spot on Ed, will provide a tough start to the league but a game in which we are more than capable of getting the 3 points.

FrankGrimes

Cowboys Ted. (Astro.ie not The Full Irish!)

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Goalkeepers -

Daryl -
Clayton - Yes

Defence -

Keith- Yes
Martin - Yes
Ed - Yes
Dan - Yes
Michael - Yes
Cathal - Injured
Geoff - Yes
Mick Mc - No - Wedding

Midfield -

Gav - Yes
Iain - Injured
Lepo -Yes
Dave - Yes
Mark -
Conor -
Collie - Yes

Strikers -

Ciaran - Yes
Jules - yes
Eddie - No - Work
Art - Yes

Still waiting to hear from three people.

thelepo

I'm off work at 5.50, but it's straight out on the luas line so I shouldn't be too late. Maybe 7 o'clock

dfx-

Goalkeepers -

Daryl - Yes
Clayton - Yes

Defence -

Keith- Yes
Martin - Yes
Ed - Yes
Dan - Yes
Michael - Yes
Cathal - Injured
Geoff - Yes
Mick Mc - No - Wedding

Midfield -

Gav - Yes
Iain - Injured
Lepo -Yes
Dave - Yes
Mark -
Conor -
Collie - Yes

Strikers -

Ciaran - Yes
Jules - yes
Eddie - No - Work
Art - Yes

Still waiting to hear from two people

homerjay2005

looks like conor has pulled out of the squad and also mark possibly, as he cannot afford it.

considering both can play in CM and CM is a weakspot, i think that is a disaster. losing derek is softened with collies and Iains inclusion but with Iain out injured, were back to square one - having to play players there who are out of position. i think mark is coming down tonight anyway to see what the story is.

so what does this mean, do we need to get in 2 more quality players?

LeixlipRed

Just because I played right full for boards doesn't mean I'm playing out of position when I play centre mid. I played there for years when I was younger (and, eh, fitter). What's the story with Conor? We won't get any more players in at this stage. Nothing we can do really. We done without Derek for half a season last year so we'll have to make do.

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Conor's going nowhere.

You should get a job with a tabloid paper Ed.

He's in the squad.

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LeixlipRed wrote: »

Just because I played right full for boards doesn't mean I'm playing out of position when I play centre mid.

I know that.

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homerjay2005 wrote: »

do we need to get in 2 more quality players?

I'd take as many quality players as we can get.

Gav has said to me that another bloke he knows is interested in playing. Supposed to be a good CM/CB.

I might ask him to bring him this evening.

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Goalkeepers -

Daryl - Yes
Clayton - Yes

Defence -

Keith- Yes
Martin - Yes
Ed - Yes
Dan - Yes
Michael - Yes
Cathal - Injured
Geoff - Yes
Mick Mc - No - Wedding

Midfield -

Gav - Yes
Iain - Injured
Lepo -Yes
Dave - Yes
Conor - Yes
Collie - Yes

Strikers -

Ciaran - Yes
Jules - yes
Eddie - No - Work
Art - Yes

homerjay2005

3-0 win. great result, edgy first half, was even enough but we were super in the 2nd half. dave, jules and art with the goals. full value for the win, they hardly had a sniff, our defence was superb.

FrankGrimes

Yeh, nice performance tonight - nothing earth shattering but a nice solid shift put in across the board. They're a solid and well organised team and that our keeper barely had a save to make is a good marker to go by.

For me Collie and Conor bossed the midfield like I haven't seen us do before and that gave us loads of go forward ball. Yeh we were a bit edgy and rushed on it at times and yeh we spurned a few opportunities to whip it in early but for me it'd be pretty picky to not be happy with that performance and a solid 3 points.

helimachoptor

I felt we never really got into top gear but thankfully never did the full irish. Great midfield peformance and a good start to the season.

LeixlipRed

Yeh, never really clicked into top gear as the lads say. Much more to come from us. Good start!

homerjay2005

collie grew into the game big time and got better and better as he went on. conor was solid throughout. having players in there who are natural in that position is vital. long long way to go, but we are on a great run, 8 wins and a draw from 9 and a great way to start the season.

i thought in the 2nd half we were superb to be honest.

Nunu

Well done lads:)

Extremely pissed off at the fixture change from a purely personal point of view. I hate missing games, especially when I know I could have made it if the bastards gave a bit more notice!:mad:

Anyway, clean sheet and a few goals, good stuff.

Draupnir

Great start lads well done, top of the league this morning?

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Draupnir wrote: »

Great start lads well done, top of the league this morning?

Yeah, we had the best result in the league last night.

We strolled though that match, in fairness, Full Irish never really turned up.

We'll have to be a bit more aware in future games I think, we were a step behind the play, Full Irish were a step and a half behind the play, that's why it looked so comfortable for us.

We contained them in our third of the pitch though, well done to the defence/gk on that one, a clean sheet is always to be commended.

Also, for the forwards to get three goals, three different scorers too, that's good. It's nice to have the options up front, and Eddie also adds another dimension there for when we need it. (genius sub by me to bring Art back on when I did:D)

When Conor and Collie get used to each other's games they'll be an excellent centre midfield pairing, and we still have great options on the wings.

Looking good lads, the squad will be tested this season, it's all about how resilient we are.