***MatchThread*** 17th Dec 19:15 WES1 EweTuppers

Lovely Bloke

This is a very important game, coming after last week's week off and with a 2 week break coming up, three points is essential for us to maintain the gap between ourselves and the rest. Three points will also go a long way to moving us toward our goal.

123 are not playing this week, so they will be guaranteed the three points from the game week, meaning it's absolutely essential we have as many people as possible at this match.

It's the early one, and it's the week before Xmas, so everyone needs to make an extra effort to get there on time and warmed up, the temps are to drop to more normal December temps by Tuesday.


Ed -
Cathal -
Craig -
Damo -
Keith -
Derek McD -
Paddy -
SteMcD -
Ciaran -
Darren -
Luke C -
Dave -
Jules -
Ste K -
Derek McL -
Kingsley -

helimachoptor

In, and remember lads traffic will be utterly mental

sReq | uTeK

Yea I'm in for this one.

In

mrDerek

in as is kingsley and keaner if they havent txt yet

Lovely Bloke

Ed - in
Cathal - in
Craig - in
Damo - in
Keith - in
Derek McD - inj
Paddy - in
SteMcD - inj
Ciaran - in
Darren - in
Luke C -
Dave - in
Jules - in
Ste K - in
Derek McL - in
Kingsley - in

homerjay2005

need to close off the year with a win, these lads seem to be hard to score against as we found out the last time.

with 123 having the walkover, our lead is only 1 point at the moment so its important we do the business here.

mrDerek

outa curiosity what injury does Derek have thats had him out so long

Lovely Bloke

mrDerek wrote: »

outa curiosity what injury does Derek have thats had him out so long

You might be able to ask him tonight, but I don't really want to discuss that kind of thing on a public forum.

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Baldy Conscience wrote: »

You might be able to ask him tonight, but I don't really want to discuss that kind of thing on a public forum.

Was his willy swollen

Lovely Bloke

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Was his willy swollen

No card this week please.

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Baldy Conscience wrote: »

No card this week please.

Shouldn't be giving the team away.

helimachoptor

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Shouldn't be giving the team away.

Subs can be sent off too

Mousewar

Just in case my text isn't seen, I'm out afterall. I'm not a huge loss in my current form anyway but just want to make sure youse know.
Ankle again, same old same old.

FrankGrimes

Bring it!

FrankGrimes

3-0 win with an outstanding hat-trick from Dave, including an absolutely epic 30-yarder Yeboah style in off the underside of the bar.

Very difficult conditions to play in, hard to control the ball and weight the pass in that heavy wind, but keeping a clean sheet in the 2nd half after going in 2-0 up at half-time made for a fairly clinical performance.

4 points clear at Christmas and 27 points from 30 is an excellent position to be in, especially when you consider we only really played to our full potential for one devastating half recently. So there's room for us to lift it a notch or two still and if we do, we'll be very hard to catch, which will be needed as 27 from 30 is the best position any team has been in at Christmas since we've started in this league and as Ste said, being only 4 points clear means we're up against quality contenders so we need to keep standards rising.

Defo on for 5-a-side in early January to shake off any rust.

Merry Christmas lads.

Lovely Bloke

Excellent performance lads, that was a great win, and to keep the clean sheet and even score in that second half was absolutely fantastic.

I think they had one clear cut chance from the free kick in the first half.

helimachoptor

Good win and 3 points in a very windswept pitch.

Onwards to the new year

Well done everyone. That was quite a battle in that second half. I felt like a rugby playing just wanted to make ground with the ball

Have a great Christmas everyone. I'll be away the week of the planned 7 a side but enjoy

homerjay2005

good win, plenty of positives though we could have been out of sight at half time and a better team may have punished us with that wind in the second half.

123.ie up next:eek:

helimachoptor

No, dates are wrong we don't okay then til the end of Jan

Lovely Bloke

helimachoptor wrote: »

No, dates are wrong we don't okay then til the end of Jan

No according to the website we are against 123 next

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Baldy Conscience wrote: »

No according to the website we are against 123 next

it's a 6 pointer on the 7th, win and we're 7 clear, lose and we're 1 clear.

They've been a bogey team for us in the past, hopefully we can put that to bed.

DeviantD

Hi Guys,
Great to catch up last night and watch the game. I am out for the season as my disk in my lower back burst out and is hanging down my back, got an injection last week and can walk more freely but no football for the season. I will keep an eye on boards to see how you are getting on and try drop out to watch from time to time.

Good luck for the season Derek

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DeviantD wrote: »

Hi Guys,
Great to catch up last night and watch the game. I am out for the season as my disk in my lower back burst out and is hanging down my back, got an injection last week and can walk more freely but no football for the season. I will keep an eye on boards to see how you are getting on and try drop out to watch from time to time.

Good luck for the season Derek

best of luck with the recovery derek I know what it feels like.

mrDerek

DeviantD wrote: »

Hi Guys,
Great to catch up last night and watch the game. I am out for the season as my disk in my lower back burst out and is hanging down my back, got an injection last week and can walk more freely but no football for the season. I will keep an eye on boards to see how you are getting on and try drop out to watch from time to time.

Good luck for the season Derek

hopefully therel be a winners medal for ya at the next awards.

homerjay2005

lads,
astro just sent an email around saying pitches would be open apart from the obvious days and available for renting.

would it be worth getting a friendly going around the 2nd or 3rd???

i should be able to muster up 22 players if the majority of us here would be up for it to make one team anyway.

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homerjay2005 wrote: »

lads,
astro just sent an email around saying pitches would be open apart from the obvious days and available for renting.

would it be worth getting a friendly going around the 2nd or 3rd???

i should be able to muster up 22 players if the majority of us here would be up for it to make one team anyway.

Ed ill be down in sligo until the 5th so sadly its a no go for me but i have a lot of games in the mix back home including our annual xmas day match on the beach.

Mousewar

I'm in dire need of gametime so i'll show up for anything that even resembles a match.

helimachoptor

I'm probably not around til the 4th but if there's something on then I'll play

homerjay2005

helimachoptor wrote: »

I'm probably not around til the 4th but if there's something on then I'll play

Saturday the 4th would be the likely date.

FrankGrimes

I'm o for a match if its a runner. Worst case lets at least get a 5 aside going on Saturday afternoon. Between us, Ed's team and mates we'd be able to get 10-12 together no doubt.

homerjay2005

have we much interest for Saturday morning then for 5 a side?

can ring around tomorrow (sportsco ringsend is the ideal place or even UCD)

mrDerek

Too far out for me 7 a side coldcut would be good haha