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Post by glengael on Apr 10, 2024 13:03:23 GMT
This Division will be close enough. Some teams on the upward curve and some maybe trying to rebuild.
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Post by tpo on Apr 10, 2024 15:26:54 GMT
Not looking good for KOR & Dingle
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Post by mainevalley on Apr 10, 2024 15:41:50 GMT
Kor are in big trouble for quite a while. can see them staying intermediate for a while. Dingle are suffering from alot of injuries and players with Kerry. I'd say only have 3/4 starters players at the moment, the rest just B players.
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Post by crokes86 on Apr 13, 2024 11:24:21 GMT
I agree O’Rahillys are going to struggle. Laune Rangers have a nice young team and will get better. Crokes should be there . Glenflesk Rathmore Kilcummin should survive. Legion and Dingle will do enough to stay up. Gaeltacht will struggle I think .
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Post by mainevalley on Apr 21, 2024 19:00:07 GMT
Legion caught again with last minute goal. Kilcummin missing loads too. Legion seem to lack that killer instinct and a bit of togetherness. Crokes flying again. Important win for glenflesk. Laune rangers going well too
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Post by mg72 on Apr 21, 2024 22:04:06 GMT
Good win by Laune Rangers against Rathmore today. This report was on their fbook page.
Laune Rangers made it four wins from four games on Sunday afternoon when they claimed the points from their encounter with Rathmore in a sun-soaked J.P. O’Sullivan Park. An early purple patch from the home side saw them claim the upper hand in the opening quarter, however Rathmore began to settle in and came into the game for the second quarter to let just two points between the sides at half-time; 1-07 to 1-05 in the home side’s favour. The second half was an exciting and tense battle with two further goals from both sides, however it was Laune Rangers who finished the stronger going on to win 3-14 to 3-09 at the full-time whistle.
John Tyther opened the scoring for the home side with a point from a free in the second minute. Oisín Birmingham pounced for Laune Rangers’ first goal in the 6th minute when he was on the receiving end of a good pass from Matthew Leslie and took his goal well to finish it to the back of the Rathmore net. Rathmore responded well with a goal of their own from corner forward Anthony Darmody to let the score 1-01 to 1-00 in the home side’s favour with 7 minutes of the opening half played. Dáire Cleary pushed the home side further ahead with two points in as many minutes before Darragh Nagle slotted over from play for Rathmore’s first point of the afternoon and it stood 1-03 to 1-01 in Rangers’ favour with 11 minutes played. Laune Rangers’ wing back Ciarán O’Sullivan travelled the length of the wing to claim the ball from Fiachra Clifford and slotted the ball over the bar to push Laune Rangers 3 points to the good, 1-04 to 1-01, with 15 minutes played.
Rathmore began to settle into the game at this stage and this was reflected on the scoreboard with a point from Brendan O’Keeffe and two from Ciaran Collins (1 free) in the minutes that followed to level the game at 1-04 apiece heading into the final 10 minutes of the half. Dáire Cleary pushed Laune Rangers ahead once more in the 23rd minute after he worked hard to win back possession. Cleary added another to his tally in the 26th minute when his fisted effort went over thanks to some earlier super defending from Oisín Birmingham and Patrick Daly. Laune Rangers’ Callum Moriarty saw his shot saved and pushed out for a 45’ in the 27th minute. The 45’ was taken short and a subsequent mark called by Fiachra Clifford who sent the ball over to bar to let the score 1-07 to 1-04 in Rangers’ favour. The final action of the half came from a James Darmody point. The Darmody brothers linked up well to close Laune Rangers’ lead to 2 points at the short whistle. Half-Time score: Laune Rangers 1-07 to 1-05 Rathmore.
Laune Rangers opened the second half scoring in the 2nd minute with a Fiachra Clifford effort from play to put 3 points between the sides once more. A quiet patch ensued with both defences working hard to over-turn possession and both sides registering a number of wides. Rathmore substitute John Moynihan got his name on the score-sheet in the 9th minute with his own well taken effort. Rathmore were then awarded a penalty in the 10th minute when centre back Dan Murphy was fouled. Ciaran Collins stepped forward to take the shot and cooly slotted the ball to the Laune Rangers’ net to swing the lead in the visitor’s favour, 1-08 to 2-06. Laune Rangers’ replied immediately with their second goal of the afternoon. Substitute Tom Whittleton’s attempt at a fisted point came off the upright and was pushed into the net by Stephen Sealy who was running in. The lead swung once more, back in Rangers’ favour; 2-08 to 2-06 with 11 minutes of the second half played. Rathmore went down to 14 men when Fionn Hoolohan received a black card, which following an earlier yellow card resulted in Hoolohan being shown a red card. John Tyther put Laune Rangers 3 points ahead once more in the 12th minute before Rathmore’s Dan Murphy added another for the visitors in the 16th minute. Both sides swapped scores again soon after with Fiachra Clifford adding a pointed free for Rangers and his counterpart, James Darmody, adding a free for Rathmore at the other end and the game stood 2-10 to 2-08 in the home side’s favour heading into the closing 10 minutes of the game.
Laune Rangers’ Patrick Daly had just entered the game when he added his name to the scoresheet with a well taken point and it was a 3-point game once more. James Darmody kept his side’s tally ticking away with another pointed free in the 21st minute. Rathmore pounced for their third goal of the afternoon in the 26th minute when Cian Dineen linked up well with Dan Murphy who cut through the Rangers’ defence and found the net to put the visitors ahead by one point, 2-11 to 3-09, at a vital time in the game with just 4 minutes of normal time remaining. Laune Rangers dug deep, lead by substitute Gearóid Hassett on his return from injury. Hassett was fouled in the 28th minute and Patrick Daly converted the resulting free to level the game at 2-12 to 3-09 with two minutes remaining. Hassett was involved again in the 29th minute when he went through for his own fisted effort to give the home side a one-point advantage once more. Laune Rangers’ won the resulting kick-out and worked hard to keep possession. Hassett was involved once more and headed towards goal and was again fouled, with Fiachra Clifford converting the free on the 30-minute mark. Rathmore went down the field in search of a goal but Laune Rangers’ defence worked hard to over-turn the ball once again and went on the counter-attack. Dáire Cleary powered through the Rathmore defence and sent a bullet to the back of the Rathmore net in the game’s final action – quite possibly the move of the match. Full time score: Laune Rangers 3-14 to 3-09 Rathmore.
Team and scorers:
Laune Rangers: Pádraig Ahern, Seán Cleary, Oisín Daly, Rory O’Connor, Oisín Birmingham (1-00), Patrick Carey, Ciarán O’Sullivan (0-01), Callum Moriarty, Eoin Clifford, Fiachra Clifford (0-04, 1m, 2f), John Tyther (0-02, 1f), Stephen Sealy (1-00), Dáire Cleary (1-04), Eoin O’Sullivan, Matthew Leslie. SUBS: Gearóid Hassett (0-01), Tom Whittleton, Patrick Daly (0-02, 1f), Stephen Gannon, Killian Spillane.
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Post by mg72 on Apr 28, 2024 22:52:20 GMT
Another win for Laune Rangers. Report from their fbook
Credit Union County Senior Football League, Division 1
Spa: 2-09
Laune Rangers: 2-11
Spa hosted Laune Rangers on Sunday afternoon last in their Credit Union County Senior Football League round 5 encounter. In what was the proverbial game of two halves, Laune Rangers had the upper hand in the opening half, while their hosts took control of the 2nd half. However, it was Laune Rangers who got the scores when it mattered most and emerged victorious at the final whistle, maintaining their fantastic start to this year’s League campaign, and remaining on the top spot alongside Dr. Crokes.
Laune Rangers opened the scoring in the 3rd minute with a point from play from Gearóid Hassett before Spa sharp-shooter Evan Cronin sent over a free in the 4th minute to level the game at 0-01 apiece. On the kick-out, Laune Rangers’ Oisín Birmingham played a one-two with Eoin O’Sullivan with Birmingham continuing his run and slotting over a point to put Rangers one point to the good. In the 6th minute, Laune Rangers’ Fiachra Clifford did well under pressure to find Patrick Daly who sent over Rangers’ third of the afternoon, 0-03 to 0-01 in the visitors’ favour. Gearóid Hassett intercepted the resulting Spa kick-out and went through for the game’s first goal giving Rangers a five-point cushion, 1-03 to 0-01. Evan Cronin replied with a point for the home-side in the 8th minute. Soon after, a Laune Rangers side-line kick was brought in for dissent, making it all the easier for Patrick Daly who added to his tally to let the score 1-04 to 0-02 in the visitors’ favour with 10 minutes of the opening half played.
Spa sprung for their first goal of the afternoon in the 11th minute when corner forward David Spillane split the Rangers defence and cooly slotted the ball into the net to close Rangers’ lead to two points. Fiachra Clifford and Dáire Cleary linked up well for Rangers in the 12th minute with Cleary turning and splitting the posts with his effort. Dan O’Donoghue landed another well-taken effort for the home-side soon after to let two points between the sides once more, 1-05 to 1-03 in Laune Rangers’ favour mid-way through the opening half.
A Fiachra Clifford free followed by another free from the boot of Patrick Daly put Laune Rangers four points ahead by the 23rd minute. Spa’s Ryan Carroll added his name to the score-sheet for the home-side in the 27th minute before Fiachra Clifford added the final point of the half for the visitors soon after. Score at the half-time whistle: Laune Rangers 1-08 to 1-04 Spa.
The second half started slowly with both sides working hard to dispossess the other and both registering a number of wides in the opening minutes. Spa, however, emerged for the second half with a renewed fire in their belly and upped the ante. A pointed free from Evan Cronin in the 8th minute closed their deficit. Cronin was on hand again a minute later with another effort, this time from play, to let just two points between the sides once more, 1-08 to 1-06. Spa’s second goal came in the 11th minute. A David Spillane effort dropped short and was spilled by Pádraig Ahern in the Laune Rangers goal. Spa’s Cian Tobin was on hand to knock it passed Ahern into the Laune Rangers net and the game swung in Spa’s favour, 2-07 to 1-08. Another Spa point quickly followed giving them a two-point lead and plenty confidence. Spa substitute Michael Kearney put the goal between the sides in the 15th minute.
As the minutes ticked by, both sides found it increasingly difficult to maintain possession and the game turned into a scrappy affair with both sides again registering a number of wides. Laune Rangers, however, were finding it particularly difficult to get their grip back on the game. Scoreless in the second half until the 27th minute when Fiachra Clifford went on the attack before finding Seán Cleary who steadied himself and sent over his first point of the afternoon. Laune Rangers’ Eoin Clifford saw his effort curl beautifully over in the 28th minute and it was a one-point game heading into the closing minutes. John Burke won the resulting kick-out for Laune Rangers and headed on the attack. A little side-step as he approached the on-coming Spa keeper, Shay O’Meara, and Burke sent the ball goal-bound giving Laune Rangers a two-point lead once more, 2-10 to 2-08 with 30 minutes played. Substitute Matthew Leslie pushed Laune Rangers further ahead when he added another free to Laune Rangers’ tally in the 31st minute. It made for a nervous final few minutes as referee Tom Corbett let the game continue and Spa battled hard in search of a goal. The game’s final score came from Ryan Carroll who pointed from play for Spa in the 33rd minute. Full-time score: Laune Rangers 2-11 to 2-09 Spa.
Team and Scorers:
Laune Rangers: Pádraig Ahern, Ciarán O’Sullivan, Seán Arthurs, Oisín Birmingham (0-1), Eoin Clifford (0-1), Seán Cleary (0-1), Tom Whittleton, Callum Moriarty, Shane Daly, Stephen Sealy, Fiachra Clifford (0-2, 1f), Patrick Daly (0-3, 2f), Gearóid Hassett (1-1), Eoin O’Sullivan, Dáire Cleary (0-1). SUBS: Killian Spillane, John Burke (1-0), Jason Browne, Matthew Leslie, Roan Moriarty.
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Post by dubaigaa2022 on Apr 30, 2024 19:43:53 GMT
Looks like Crokes to lose - no one even giving them a game at this stage ... Crokes and the Laune up soon... hopefully - we will get a contest
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Post by dubaigaa2022 on Apr 30, 2024 19:48:27 GMT
Kor are in big trouble for quite a while. can see them staying intermediate for a while. Dingle are suffering from alot of injuries and players with Kerry. I'd say only have 3/4 starters players at the moment, the rest just B players. Tralee football in a bad state - KOR heading for Div 2, Na Gaeil & John Mitchells heading to 3 - Stack will win Div 2 BUT lack quality up front .. Where are St Pat now? There should be one Tralee team for the CC
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Post by mainevalley on Apr 30, 2024 20:31:05 GMT
Kor are in big trouble for quite a while. can see them staying intermediate for a while. Dingle are suffering from alot of injuries and players with Kerry. I'd say only have 3/4 starters players at the moment, the rest just B players. Tralee football in a bad state - KOR heading for Div 2, Na Gaeil & John Mitchells heading to 3 - Stack will win Div 2 BUT lack quality up front .. Where are St Pat now? There should be one Tralee team for the CC Very good point. Pat's play B teams in division 5 these days. Stacks caught for forwards alright but have a good squad. Na gaeil ship has sailed and Mitchell's can't seem to bring them through either even with the setup they have out there. Where are all the young players in tralee, are they are all playing with the surrounding areas as no population in the town centre? Churchill and ballymac seem to be improving?
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Post by greengold35 on May 1, 2024 14:18:55 GMT
Tralee football in a bad state - KOR heading for Div 2, Na Gaeil & John Mitchells heading to 3 - Stack will win Div 2 BUT lack quality up front .. Where are St Pat now? There should be one Tralee team for the CC Very good point. Pat's play B teams in division 5 these days. Stacks caught for forwards alright but have a good squad. Na gaeil ship has sailed and Mitchell's can't seem to bring them through either even with the setup they have out there. Where are all the young players in tralee, are they are all playing with the surrounding areas as no population in the town centre? Churchill and ballymac seem to be improving? Think it’s bit of a stretch to say KO’R are in “ big trouble for a while” - contested a county final in ‘21, Munster & Kerry senior club champions in ‘22. Their problems since then is emigration - Jack Savage, Karl Mullins, Cormac Coffey, Gavin O’Brien, Cian Sayers all emigrated since AI semi final; Padraic Neenan returned to his home club ; their older brigade have maybe this season only . Add in 3 panellists with Kerry U20s and therein lies your answer - that’s 9 starters all in their teens & mid to late 20s, 2/3rds of a team. Their catchment area is mostly made up of older estates, not many young families moving into the area - reality is that no team could handle that level of numerical & quality loss.
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Post by mainevalley on May 1, 2024 15:14:04 GMT
Very good point. Pat's play B teams in division 5 these days. Stacks caught for forwards alright but have a good squad. Na gaeil ship has sailed and Mitchell's can't seem to bring them through either even with the setup they have out there. Where are all the young players in tralee, are they are all playing with the surrounding areas as no population in the town centre? Churchill and ballymac seem to be improving? Think it’s bit of a stretch to say KO’R are in “ big trouble for a while” - contested a county final in ‘21, Munster & Kerry senior club champions in ‘22. Their problems since then is emigration - Jack Savage, Karl Mullins, Cormac Coffey, Gavin O’Brien, Cian Sayers all emigrated since AI semi final; Padraic Neenan returned to his home club ; their older brigade have maybe this season only . Add in 3 panellists with Kerry U20s and therein lies your answer - that’s 9 starters all in their teens & mid to late 20s, 2/3rds of a team. Their catchment area is mostly made up of older estates, not many young families moving into the area - reality is that no team could handle that level of numerical & quality loss. I still can't see them winning intermediate this year can you?
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Post by greengold35 on May 1, 2024 15:35:27 GMT
Think it’s bit of a stretch to say KO’R are in “ big trouble for a while” - contested a county final in ‘21, Munster & Kerry senior club champions in ‘22. Their problems since then is emigration - Jack Savage, Karl Mullins, Cormac Coffey, Gavin O’Brien, Cian Sayers all emigrated since AI semi final; Padraic Neenan returned to his home club ; their older brigade have maybe this season only . Add in 3 panellists with Kerry U20s and therein lies your answer - that’s 9 starters all in their teens & mid to late 20s, 2/3rds of a team. Their catchment area is mostly made up of older estates, not many young families moving into the area - reality is that no team could handle that level of numerical & quality loss. I still can't see them winning intermediate this year can you? In a word , no! As I have said, there are too many absentees - none of the players mentioned will be returning- too dependent now on young inexperienced players plus guys in their mid 30s whose best days are behind them.
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Post by bishop on May 1, 2024 17:37:14 GMT
I still can't see them winning intermediate this year can you? In a word , no! As I have said, there are too many absentees - none of the players mentioned will be returning- too dependent now on young inexperienced players plus guys in their mid 30s whose best days are behind them. Did I see somewhere Jack Savage playing last weekend? Are David Moran and Tommy playing ball this year?
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Post by mike70 on May 1, 2024 18:10:47 GMT
I still can't see them winning intermediate this year can you? In a word , no! As I have said, there are too many absentees - none of the players mentioned will be returning- too dependent now on young inexperienced players plus guys in their mid 30s whose best days are behind them. Looking at results of games to-date, they seem to have competed, not hammered, but with the loss of the players mentioned, there definitely going to struggle, they also have a new management I believe, probably don’t have the experience, div 1 in kerry can be pretty ruthless and they seem to concede a high number of goals from the results.
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Post by greengold35 on May 1, 2024 20:39:39 GMT
In a word , no! As I have said, there are too many absentees - none of the players mentioned will be returning- too dependent now on young inexperienced players plus guys in their mid 30s whose best days are behind them. Did I see somewhere Jack Savage playing last weekend? Are David Moran and Tommy playing ball this year? Yea, Jack is back for a few weeks but heading to the US shortly- neither Tommy nor David have returned.
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Post by exiled on May 1, 2024 22:51:29 GMT
The division system in Kerry is a joke. When you have div 1 teams playing junior it's not good. Only senior teams should be playing division 1..It's how it's done in most counties.
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Post by mainevalley on May 1, 2024 23:56:11 GMT
The division system in Kerry is a joke. When you have div 1 teams playing junior it's not good. Only senior teams should be playing division 1..It's how it's done in most counties. I wouldn't change our county lge structure, it's what makes Kerry club scene unique and the envy of other counties and it's one of the reasons intermediate and junior teams do so well when representing the county -the fact they are playing a higher level week in week out. I know that Cork have changed there county lge structure to ours now to try catch up with us. They used never let there junior teams mix with intermediate and senior clubs up til two years ago when junior teams joined division 5,6,7 and let them promote themselves up if good enough.
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Post by mike70 on May 2, 2024 4:50:09 GMT
The division system in Kerry is a joke. When you have div 1 teams playing junior it's not good. Only senior teams should be playing division 1..It's how it's done in most counties. I wouldn't change our county lge structure, it's what makes Kerry club scene unique and the envy of other counties and it's one of the reasons intermediate and junior teams do so well when representing the county -the fact they are playing a higher level week in week out. I know that Cork have changed there county lge structure to ours now to try catch up with us. They used never let there junior teams mix with intermediate and senior clubs up til two years ago when junior teams joined division 5,6,7 and let them promote themselves up if good enough. The county league structure is a reflection of a club year on year, agree not to be changed mainvalley.
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Post by greengold35 on May 2, 2024 10:15:16 GMT
The division system in Kerry is a joke. When you have div 1 teams playing junior it's not good. Only senior teams should be playing division 1..It's how it's done in most counties. I wouldn't change our county lge structure, it's what makes Kerry club scene unique and the envy of other counties and it's one of the reasons intermediate and junior teams do so well when representing the county -the fact they are playing a higher level week in week out. I know that Cork have changed there county lge structure to ours now to try catch up with us. They used never let there junior teams mix with intermediate and senior clubs up til two years ago when junior teams joined division 5,6,7 and let them promote themselves up if good enough. The county league structure, in place since 1972, has served us well; what’s detracting from it is the county players not being involved from senior & U20 squads. There are 80 players approx nit involved - if a senior panellist isn’t making the match day 24 then he should be playing for his club. The U20s should be available up until 14/21 days before first round of the championship- competition can only help with preparation.
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