Weekend reports

Joined : 03 Nov 2006 Posts : 37

The A league may look good on paper but the standard of what i've seen so far is worse than the junior league and that includes a couple of the eircom league proper reserve teams,i'm all for people trying to improve themselves and clubs doing likewise but i predict this league will have fallen by the wayside within 2-3 years.Best of luck to mervue and salthill for giving it a go,i wish ye well but i think it will all end in tears.

Joined : 13 Nov 2006 Posts : 1233

Joined : 13 Dec 2006 Posts : 132

Lads the A league is a step up from Junior football.Thats why we have divisions ,4th is of a lower standard than third division football ,Second division is lower than 1st division etc.get the idea.If the Galway teams are struggling at A level its a reflection on the poor state of Galway Football and that includes managers, coaches ,clubs , administrators etc.Very easy to be critical but what can you do to improve the situtation?

Joined : 03 Jul 2007 Posts : 69

Joined : 13 Nov 2006 Posts : 1233

GG, that was not meant as a slur on Salthill, just an example because i firmly believe the Prem and rest of junior leagues are poor , Galway Utd are poor and i think that they should put their energy and resources into getting these sorted before they started or entered a new league,a league in which i think they are out of their depth. All this Eircom league has done is started a premiership like bidding war , in which according to rumours , all sorts of offers are being put on the table, legal or otherwise !!!The only leagues worth watching in my view are the juvenile leagues.
Bono, according to reports its not a big jump above a poor prem. league, you wouldnt need a step ladder by any means and as i said above get your own house in order first with a good quality junior set up and then by all means if capable of competing on a level playing field in Eircom League , take the jump!!! We will see at end of season how our big two have done in their travels all over the country!!!

Joined : 06 Dec 2006 Posts : 37

Joined : 13 Dec 2006 Posts : 132

I've been in junior dressing rooms on a Sunday morning and it smells like a pub .You have fellowes bragging about where and what they done last night and what they drank.In the other corner guys have their head in their hands and are unable to stand upright.Then someone else comes in looking for gear as they have'nt been at home yet.The manager is on the phone looking for players and the Chairman is down knocking on an U16s door because we have'nt a team.This my friend is the reality of junior football in this county and it goes on in every club in the city and county.If you have players who want to play at a higher level then the A league is a step in the right direction.Neither Mervue or Salthill said anything about winning it.They are having a look because both clubs realise that junior football is mediocre at best.I've seen the effort that both clubs put in by teaching players how to look after themselves and prepare properly for football at a higher level.The likes of West are and always will be resentful of progressive clubs .They are a glorified pub team catering for has beens and football nomads.

Joined : 13 Nov 2006 Posts : 1233

We seem to agree on one thing bono , give me an underage team anyday , but your right in your assessment of Junior football and some of the higher divs have the cheek to slag off div 4 , as a pub league!!!
My above posts are my own personal opinions re wrong timing and getting our own house in order first , teams being out of their depth ect. I am not trying to convert anyone to my religious beliefs , its just my reading of the situation and again my opinions........... Wink

Joined : 06 Dec 2006 Posts : 20

any1 hear the results from 2nites game ,, cant believe u ave to pay E10 to c salthill pay is it the same wiv G.U.F.C and mervue

Joined : 09 Dec 2006 Posts : 73

Galway United 1 Limerick 37 0
Salthill 0 Drogheda United 1
Bohemians vs Mervue - OFF

There is normally no admission fee at Galway United or Mervue United A matches, although, in my opinion, both sides should charge E5 to help defray referees fees, travel, etc.

Joined : 13 Nov 2006 Posts : 1233

Am not arguing Ronan, but whats the point with the poor turn out at each match as little as a fiver could reduce it further , thus shooting themselves in the foot !!! Surely these clubs did their sums before taking the plunge .

Joined : 13 Dec 2006 Posts : 132

Shamrock Rovers 0 Mervue Utd 1 ,a win in Dublin is a great achievement considering they walloped Salthill 6-0.

Joined : 09 Dec 2006 Posts : 73

Echoes of '91, well done Mervue.

Salthill 0 Finn Harps 1.

Joined : 03 Nov 2006 Posts : 37

Joined : 06 Dec 2006 Posts : 37

Great result for Mervue against a good Rovers side. But obviously they would have been better off playing against Oranmore or Corrib Rangers in the Premier League, according to some people. A win out in the Swamp is better for developing players so they say. Rolling Eyes

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[quote]Great result for Mervue against a good Rovers side. But obviously they would have been better off playing against Oranmore or Corrib Rangers in the Premier League, according to some people. A win out in the Swamp is better for developing players so they say.

Subject: Re: Weekend reports Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:57 pm

Age : 28 Joined : 25 Jan 2007 Posts : 748

Joined : 06 Dec 2006 Posts : 37

[/quote]Tribesman,you earned your bread and butter reporting on junior games the last couple of seasons,the expenses must be alot better in this new A league for you with all the travelling,no wonder your praising it to the last,the fact remains the current MERVUE A team would not win the GALWAY PREMIER,while i wish them luck in this A league and i was delighted to see them win yesterday,1 swallow doesn't make a summer and when this all ireland league comes about in the next year or 2,the A league will be a distant memory and you'll be back down the swamp reporting with your tail between your legs.[/quote]

This team is far removed from the Mervue junior team. Have a look at the line ups. Eric Browne and Dave Goldbey the only two from last years side, so the remainder will still be involved this year.

Good one. I'll be down the Swamp covering games anyway, definitely without a tail between my legs. Wouldn't miss it for the world. No travelling involved in this, just covering the home games.

Again ye're missing the bigger picture. The Galway league has failed to produce players capable of playing League of Ireland football in the last couple of years. It wasn't that long ago that Ollie Neary, Jumbo Brennan, Donie Farragher, Ricky Flaherty et al brought Galway Utd on a great run when the team played at Crowley Park. The Connacht Senior League helped them progress to that level. This A League will hopefully do the same. It may well fail but at least give it a chance.

Yes Buddy, Salthill were hammered. But learned from it and were unlucky to lose 1-0 to two good sides in the last few weeks. And it was Rovers who mauled them which makes Mervue's achievement all the more noteworthy.