Vlog?

Hi lads,

I'm thinking of doing a fortnightly video blog on football in general! Be it English Premier league, Munster senior league or AUL, I'll take questions and answer them through the video blog,

Let me know your thoughts and i'll put something together,

Dean

A little insight into Preseason

What is preseason?

I personally think preseason is a way of getting morale high, when new players come into a team or even with Castleview it’s a way of the new manager or new player to get used to their surroundings. Some players come up to a new club to make an impression, but getting sick at the side of a pitch doesn’t do much for their image.

When the players arrive they might think this is going to be hell or heaven. I never enjoyed preseason because I’m not a huge fan of running! But players need to be at least 75% match fit after training all summer, with preseason games looking after the other 25%. Some managers or coaches want to run players into the ground, I think players should be pushed a little more than normal training to get them back to the level of the season before.

Our season starts this friday, now it is a cup game so we will see if the interrupted preseason helped or not.

Dean

Preseason

What is preseason?

Is it a vomit inducing ritual that coaches bring down upon players to stamp their authority, a rue by coaches to blood new players into their mindset or a moral boosting session to show the players they are in this together? All will be told by a coaches point of view this week on my blog.


Dean

New season

So lads, a new season is nearly upon us. Time for the players who said they would sign to go elsewhere and the players that want to try a higher level to give it their all,

We are back next week so I'll be back blogging like there's no tomorrow on the ins and outs of preseason!!

Dean

AUL Predictions

Innishvilla is Champion, Innishvilla was second for most of the competition but caught Six-yard-box on the final day!

Innishvilla 81

six-yard-box 78

Skippy 71

Douglas Local 71

Bluey 56

Radiostar 52

the Owl 49

Horse24 43

donaldihno 41

Thebooboys 32

sharpshooter 28

footiefanatic 27

Oldlegs 23

offside rule 20

2 weeks left and 1 point in it

six-yard-box 78
Innishvilla 77
Skippy 71
Douglas Local 65 
Radiostar 52
Bluey 52
the Owl 49
Horse24 43 
donaldihno 41
Thebooboys 32
sharpshooter 28
footiefanatic 27
Oldlegs 23
offside rule 20

What a finish!

So another season finishes, no more waiting for Saturday afternoon, no more banter on a Monday and no more fantasy football. Well that is until the Euros start and added to that is Ireland in the mix. Looking back on the Premier league season, it will go down as a normal season but the finish is something Hollywood couldn’t write.The final day of the season had it all Ups, Downs, Ins and Outs! From Joey Barton doing what he does best(walking down the tunnel) to Paul Merson’s reaction on camera to City stealing victory in ‘Fergie Time’, QPR staying up(unfortunately), Bolton going down!

Looking back we all witnessed something that will never happen again, to win the premier league is tough but to be a goal down in the 90th minute and to win the match is miraculous. Hats off to City, they play attractive football, but I personally dislike some of their players. Some players show their true colours when they win. For example Vincent Kompany an excellent player and he showed he is gracious in victory, then you have the likes of Tevez, he is the complete opposite!

What is also great this season is Everton getting 7th again, more points than last season and finally a goal scorer in Jelavic. Finishing above Liverpool is an added bonus!

So we sit and wait for the European championships, what will it bring us, will we look back on it like we still do with Italia 90? Hopefully!

Dean

Reminder

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Each group will have it’s own tailored sessions over the 6 week period. We want to coach each group the fundamentals of football and how to carry the right attitude forward to their own clubs. Small groups with Kick start certified coaches so each player gets the full attention of the coach.

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Latest Cork AUL predictions

six-yard-box 73
Innishvilla 71
Skippy 65
Radiostar 52
Douglas Local 60 
the Owl 49
Horse24 43 
donaldihno 41
Bluey 45
sharpshooter 28
Thebooboys 32
footiefanatic 27
Oldlegs 23
offside rule 20

Best Season Ever

As my first season with Castleview Seniors comes to a close all i can say is it was the most enjoyable season so far in my football career. From my first ‘nervous’ preseason session to sitting in the dugout down in Waterford it’s been fantastic. I went into this season with the mindset of learn as much as I could, and by god i have learnt alot. 

The bunch of lads up in Castleview Seniors are a great bunch of players that I can now call and great bunch of friends. But from day one they were on my back and rightly so. They must of thinking ‘Who is the guy, coming up here telling us what to do?’ But to be honest I would do the same and players don’t cut you slack and will give you grief if you mess up and I love it!

I must say the club have been fantastic, they have looked after me with my courses and are letting me run my academy within the club grounds, most of this is down to Rodney Power and I can’t thank him enough, I’ve seen what their plans are and I hope i’m part of them for many years.

Patsy Freyne, Ger Rennie and Eric Barrett have also looked after me, and I couldn’t ask for more. Patsy has thought me so much on the training pitch and in the dressing room. His speed and wit is second to none. Ger, what can I say about Ger, if i coach for 50 years I could never match his man management skills, the players love him and he’s some man to hit the bar from the half way line. Eric is another fantastic coach, again great with the lads, works tirelessly for the club with all the goalkeepers and probably a bit crazy(Aren’t all keepers!).

But all in all i’ve loved it and i look forward to preseason already! But first the academy, it’s time to give the kids something back!

Dean

Latest Predictions

Not much movement but Six Yard Box has opened a bit of a lead

six-yard-box 72
Innishvilla 65
Skippy 60
Radiostar 52
Douglas Local 51 
the Owl 46
Horse24 43 
donaldihno 41
Bluey 38
sharpshooter 28
Thebooboys 30
footiefanatic 27
Oldlegs 23
offside rule 20

European Diving Championship

Well the european diving championship is nearly decided and I did think Barca and Real would of coming through with Busquets and Pepe in their ranks. But Munich and Chelsea had the last laugh, they must of tampered with their diving boards! 

On a serious note, I don’t know how anybody can say La Liga is the best league in the world, Barca strung nearly 2000 passes together over 180 minutes, that’s 11 passes a minute! But what good is that when you don’t put the ball in the net. Real Madrid on the other hand thought Ronaldo and the crowd would pull them through the fixture but sadly NO. 

So it’s down to the “pensioners” in every sense of the word and Ze Germans next month, for me an easy win for Munich, they will be able to cope with the physicality of Chelsea and are technically just as good. Plus the biggest goal hanger since Lineker, Mario Gomez should put 1 or 2 away easily. 

Dean

Midweek AUL Predictions update

Six-yard-box is 3 points ahead but can be clawed back by Innishvilla with one correct score


six-yard-box 65
Innishvilla 62
Skippy 55
Radiostar 52
Douglas Local 48 
Horse24 43 
the Owl 42
donaldihno 41
sharpshooter 28
Thebooboys 28
footiefanatic 27
Bluey 25
Oldlegs 23
offside rule 20

CS4L Academy Update

Well lads, it's really gathering pace, i'm currently talking to 2 extra coaches to be part of the CS4L team. So far on the team we have Ger Rennie(Castleview Senior Assistant Manager), Ivan Bevan(Blackstone Rovers, Cork Under 15 assistant manager) and myself Dean Evans(Castleview Senior Coach, Everton FC Scout). I'm hoping got announce the names of the other coaches by the end of the week.

Dean

Weekend update

So close this year for Castleview, down to the last game of the season and we just missed out on promotion, but we still have a say in things. We meet Bandon this saturday, we could ruin Niall O Regan’s chances of double promotion. We’ll see how that runs but it could end up being a 4 way playoff to get promotion to the premier league.

As squeeky bum time got closer I’m sure Alex Ferguson did not want to play Everton, and it didn’t end well for United, especially being 4-2 up with 10 minutes to go. Eight great goals I must say, a fantastic match for the neutrals! Wolves were destined to go down when they looked at their remaining fixtures, do I feel sorry for Terry Connor, yes, I know how he feels all too well, but that’s football, somebody has to go down.

A massive boost for our juniors this week, moving into third place with games in hand in the AUL  Premier A, team of the month with AUL and with the under 19’s league finished they get to use the best of the 19’s, massive push left for them but promotion seems to be on the cards.

I put out the academy details on thursday and i’ve seen massive interest in it, I just hope it keeps up, i’m really looking forward to it as it will test me and the club to hold such events in the future. My scouting and coaching hat will be on during the whole event so we’ll see how it goes

Dean

CS4L Poster

AUL Latest

Not many points gained:

six-yard-box 57
Innishvilla 53
Radiostar 46
Skippy 45
Douglas Local 42 
donaldihno 41
Horse24 36
the Owl 29
sharpshooter 28
Thebooboys 28
footiefanatic 27
Bluey 25
Oldlegs 23
offside rule 20

Summer academy

CoachingSkills4Life Summer Academy in association with Castleview AFC are proud to announce our summer academy! Starting the end of may for 6 weeks. 

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Saturdays: Ages 4-7(Group 1)           10am-11pm
                 Ages 8-10(Group 2)         1pm-2:30pm

Sundays:   Ages 11-13(Group 3)       10am-11:30am
                Ages 14-16(Group 4)        1pm-2pm



Register now by emailing naedsnave1@mac.com or call/text Dean 0879553942

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Respect for the Reds!

Well the weekend finished with the Reds having the upper hand...again! But the real winners over the weekend were the Merseyside Fans. The respect shown for each other was immense, they showed every other rival in europe how it should be done. You could hear a pin drop during the minute silence before the match. You can’t buy or fabricate that type of respect, it’s handed down and passed along the terraces to real fans.

On the day the better team won and as funny as this sounds coming from an Everton fan, I do hope Liverpool win the whole thing, simply because they gave it their all. I’m not a huge fan of Liverpool in general but I have more respect for them than I do for Chelsea.

A terrible mistake from Distin lead to their goal and looking back it was a schoolboy error that shows why he isn’t the best centre backs around. Suarez finished it perfectly and Carroll did what comes best to a guy over 6’4” get the header on target and more than likely it will go in but I still think he’s brutal!

I do think this victory papers over the massive cracks that is Liverpool FC but that’s a whole new blog entry.

Coming up this week are 2 massive games for Castleview AFC Seniors, Carraigaline on thursday night and Tramore sunday morning, nothing less than 6 points will be good enough in the push for promotion.

Dean

Latest AUL predictions

Six-yard-box and Innishvilla are starting to open gap but still plenty to play for

six-yard-box 54
Innishvilla 52
Radiostar 45
Skippy 44
Douglas Local 42
donaldihno 39
Horse24 31
the Owl 29
sharpshooter 28
Thebooboys 28
footiefanatic 27
Bluey 25
Oldlegs 23
offside rule 20

Blue or Red

It’s like the 80’s all over again, Everton and Liverpool in Wembley! I would of preferred the final but beggars can’t be choosers I suppose. Merseyside Derby on one side, north London derby on the other, four teams trying to salvage a season that is either on the way down or add to a successful season so far.

But this weekend means so much more, pride of the city? One up on a family member or best friend? A side bet with a work colleague? A facebook status disaster? Wembley will be awash with Blue and Red on saturday afternoon as Moyes and Dalglish lead their men onto the pitch, the crowd will scream with their high pitched scouse accents. Brothers and Sisters will text each other across the imaginary war field that has seen these 2 teams battle so many times before! Family members, one in blue and one in red will jeer, taunt and ridicule each other’s team. I’m sure texts will be flying around on saturday afternoon between me and a few close friends too!

When is comes to football form goes completely especially derby games let alone cup games, so I’m not even going to call this one! Everton will be without their best player this year Pienaar and Liverpool will be without Reina? Come 12:30pm on saturday I will be on the edge of my seat, sweaty hands, old school jersey and a bunch of diehard toffees around me. It’s times like this i feel sorry for people that don’t support a team or even have an interest in football, it’s goosebump time!

Also this saturday there will be a minute silence in memory of the 96 fans who lost their lives in Hillsborough, a sad day for everybody involved in football! I just hope it’s not a dirty match, a fair match and a positive outcome for the blues of course!

Dean

Midweek Update

Nobody really made extra points, except Innishvilla! Drawing Level with Six-Yard-Box

six-yard-box 48
Innishvilla 48
Skippy 42
Radiostar 39
Douglas Local 38 
donaldihno 37
Horse24 30
sharpshooter 28
Thebooboys 28
footiefanatic 27
the Owl 25
Oldlegs 23
Bluey 24
offside rule 20

Cork AUL Predictions Latest

Looks like the big winner at the weekend was Six-Yard-box

six-yard-box 48
Innishvilla 45
Skippy 42
Radiostar 39
Douglas Local 38 
donaldihno 35
Horse24 30
sharpshooter 28
Thebooboys 28
footiefanatic 27
the Owl 25
Oldlegs 23
Bluey 23
offside rule 19


http://foot.ie/threads/162071-Cork-AUL-Predictions-2011-12/page9

Who's in your team?

We all have a favourite player, a favourite for now and an all time favourite. Mine are Tim Cahill and Duncan Ferguson. Two very similar players, tough, robust players that get in your face from the get go, two guys that will die for the jersey they wear! But throughout my years of supporting football many players have played that I’ve said I’d love to have them in my team, so who is your favourite eleven? The guys that you always like watching or the guys you hate your team to be playing against. From menacing to the mercurial, the tough to the talented, the everlasting to the ingenious!

Goalkeeper: Peter Schmeichel

I hated him, but at the same time loved him. He was was like an extra centre back, captain and manager on the pitch. From his ‘star’ saves to scoring goals you just had to like him as a player. He was guaranteed to get you 15 clean sheets a season and with United that is converted into 45 points straight away. 

Right Back: Cafu

Who’s that old man booting up and down the wing? Of course it’s Cafu! He never stopped, with his cheeky smile he rarely scored but got countless assists. Twice world cup winner, Champion’s League winner, add in a super cup and cup winners cup(Remember that cup) he won it all. There are many right backs out there that could slot into that position but I would pick him for fitness and tenacity.

Left Back: Denis Irwin

Our man from the south side, Alex Ferguson still reckons he is the best signing pound for pound. He could play right back, left back, centre back and even get you a couple of goals. I think the only blemish on his career was getting relegated with Wolves.

Centre Back: Tony Adams

The last of the old school centre backs. Top notch player, no nonsense and could get on the score sheet aswell. A one club player, he won everything in England and I’m sure he would of won more if it wasn’t for a fantastic United team in the 90’s. Bit strange thinking he stopped playing top flight football when I was 21 and started when I was 1!!!

Centre Back: Lucio

A proper centre back, fast and takes no prisoners. Unusual looking at a good Brazilian centre back but he has everything. World cup winner, Serie A and Bundesliga winner he has the medals to show his class. He’s one of the players you just like.

Right Midfield: David Beckham

Obviously hated him when I was younger but again another player that can turn a match in an instant. From the half way line lob to the world cup qualifying goal against Greece in 2001, managers could always rely on him and still do. He’s won cups in 3 countries and countless individual honours. An all round great player.

Left Midfield: Ryan Giggs

You don’t win twelve championships by being an average player. Another player that can turn a game and we all witnessed that against Arsenal in the semi final of the FA cup in ’99 which set up the treble for United. He credits his longevity down to Yoga and training hard. Some people may say it’s something else ;-)

Centre Midfield: Roy Keane

Our Roy from mayfield, a true captain, some people hate him some people love him. I would say great player, great captain, probably an eejit! No nonsense midfield general who  made the transition from league of ireland to premier league winner. I know he has a champions league winner’s medal but i’d say he doesn't recognise because he wasn’t playing. His career was tarnished by the World cup incident but that is a whole new blog entry!!!

Centre Midfield: Zinedine Zidane

It has to be the French Genius, his touch was something else, his vision and passing were sublime, his heading wasn’t too bad either. World cup, Euros, Champions league, La Liga and Serie A winner he has the medals to boot, he even collected the Ballon D’or in ’98. I would of loving to see him in the premier league but with his sending off in the 06’ world cup final his career finished on a low but still a great player. 

Striker: Cristiano Ronaldo

It was a toss up between Ronaldo and Alan Shearer but i had to go for Ronaldo just down to his sheer mass of goals he scores, to date over 250 in 450 games which going on form will be much higher than’s Shearer’s career total. The only downfall in Ronaldo is he hates seeing his team mates score, he must have a hugh goal bonus! Can be very irritating at times but is basically a goal machine.

Striker: Lionel Messi

First name in my team, simple as that. Sometimes I feel sorry for Ronaldo because he is playing at the same time as Messi, because if they weren’t Ronaldo would be the best. Sadly for him they are and Messi wins hands down. Sometimes words can’t describe how good Messi is. Touch, balance, vision, passing and finishing are all unbelievable. Again another player that has won everything, well except the World Cup but i don’t think that will ever happen. 

So who is in your best 11? Is somebody going to be crazy enough to but Paul McShane right back? Eh, no!!!

Dean

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Some people believe football is a matter of life and death...

Bill Shankly once said:

"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that"

You must admit the guy could of being onto something, but with recent events I think it’s a little different now. With the recent news of Petrov’s sickness and Muamba’s heart scare we can all see that everybody in the game can be brought together, even if it’s a rival being sick or being injured, by something personal. Teams and players all over the world wore t-shirts saying they were thinking of these 2 players. A fantastic advertisement for the game to show that the minute we step off the pitch even the biggest enemies can still remain friends, or even think of each other.

Muamba recently tweeted a picture of himself sitting up in hospital which is great news, but will the boy play football again? Who knows! I’d say right now he couldn't care less as long as he can be with his family. Petrov arrived at Villa park on saturday, with his wife and small kids, to a round of applause by both sets of supporters which you could see made him quite emotional.

At the end of the day it is a sport, and it’s not more important than life and death, family is! These 2 players would give up everything to be fit and well just as long as they can be with their families! All the years I’ve been involved with football my proudest moment was when I first played football with my small fella out in my garden. Football is by far the greatest sport on earth but nothing compares a kick about with your child!

Dean

An up and down weekend

An up and down weekend for myself but a great week for Castleview! Well the weekend started with me looking at the league table thinking if Everton beat West Brom and Liverpool lose we could be ahead of the old enemy on sunday evening! When Everton duly delivered with a clinical 2-0 victory over the baggies we were half way there. Some strange results followed on saturday with Arsenal losing to London rivals QPR and City drawing with Sunderland. I think we will have a few more upsets before now and the end of the season, especially with 5-6 teams in the relegation battle.

Sunday morning was a beautiful morning, the kind of morning you want to wake to when you know you have a match, but sadly we lost to what seem to be our bogie team this season Tramore Ath. On the plus side it was a cup match so no ground lost on our league rivals! The pitch was horrible, it was rock hard, it seemed like it was about 10 yards across and the bobble didn’t help anybody but then again Tramore had to play on it aswell! But fair play they are through to the next round and I wish them all the best. 

I managed to catch the second half of the Liverpool game yesterday and it wasn’t the best match, terrible football and loads of mistakes. Newcastle deserved their win and seem to be very good value for money in the league this season, but what is going on with Liverpool? Do they need a change? Do Liverpool fans consider this a good season? Are they at the level they should consider their norm now? I don’t think so, they are still in the top 3 big clubs in English football. They should be top 3 in the league every season, but do they have to make fundamental changes to their ethos to move forward again as a club!

This week Castleview AFC’s under 19’s won the Premier League by a massive 9 points, this truly shows that if you focus on the youth you will get huge benefits in the future, I’ve seen first hand this season when a few of the lads were called to play for the Seniors and slot into the team perfectly. They are on for the treble this season after winning 1 cup and in the semi final of another. I look forward to the coming seasons to see this young guys mature into great senior players. Well done to everybody involved in the Under 19’s.

Dean