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Topic: Mick Fitzgibbon Limerick U 16 Football Manager
LimerickExileInClare
(749 Posts)
Posted: 06-Jul-2012 00:51
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See where Mick Fitzgibbon is the Manager of the Limerick U 16 Football team -back to his roots
I presume that's the same Mick Fitzgibbon that got 6 .caps for Ireland in the 90s including tour of New Zealand.
Played for Trinity Shannon Connacht and Ireland and deserved more caps, a ferocious tackler but sure I suppose he wouldn't be from Ballysteen if he couldnt look after himself !
gorgeous gus
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Posted: 06-Jul-2012 07:33
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From Askeaton not Ballysteen,same parish but different towns,played and won a county Junior with Ballysteen.
This message has been edited - 06-jul-2012 @ 07:34
jim corr-nikova
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Posted: 06-Jul-2012 08:00
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In my minds eye, i remember him against Wales. The Welsh were moving the ball along the line, the camera is following the predicted line of the move but loses the ball because Fitzgibbon had buried the poor Welsh player with the ball with a sickening tackle. Or did I imagine all this?
Pete Moss
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Posted: 06-Jul-2012 09:21
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Agree Gus - same parish but different time zones!!!
Barry
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Posted: 06-Jul-2012 11:28
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I played on a football team with him many moons ago.

Great guy to have with you but always considerd him to be more of a rugby player than a footballer.

Dead sound guy and wish him the best.
ollscoil
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Posted: 06-Jul-2012 12:43
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What are Mick's football coaching credentials? Every underage level is important but I would argue you need a really rounded coach for U16's as they are that midway point between adult type training and underage development. This isn't a role I would appoint lightly so I hope Mick has the necessary experience and abilities. On top of that everybody taking Limerick underage teams should be on the same page and the work of one age group should be feeding into and working on the work done at the levels above and below. Is this happening I wonder?
Open the Shoulders
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Posted: 06-Jul-2012 13:35
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Originally posted by ollscoil:
What are Mick's football coaching credentials? Every underage level is important but I would argue you need a really rounded coach for U16's as they are that midway point between adult type training and underage development. This isn't a role I would appoint lightly so I hope Mick has the necessary experience and abilities. On top of that everybody taking Limerick underage teams should be on the same page and the work of one age group should be feeding into and working on the work done at the levels above and below. Is this happening I wonder?

Mick Fitzgibbon has been very involved in underage coaching with his club for a good few years now. He has also done coaching courses up to at least award 1 and probably award 2 level. There are a lot of our county underage mentors in both football and hurling who have nowhere near the experience or qualifications of this man. on top of that he brings experience of top level sport which can only be an advantage.
ollscoil
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Posted: 06-Jul-2012 13:46
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Good to hear Mick has some decent experience and I hope there is a good understanding between coaches working with the various age groups.
South Limerick Referee
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Posted: 07-Jul-2012 00:06
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He has brought this group of players up from Under 14 and in fairness he was a footballer who became a rugby player. Being a former international Rugby player doesnt mean he would be a bad football trainer.

In fact the more I see people training, sometimes the better GAA players dont necessarily make the best trainers/coaches at all.

1.They may not have the patience to deal with underage players

2.If they happened to be instinctively gifted as players themselves, they may not understand how to improve players.

Would John Fitzgibbon of Cork for instance one of the most naturally gifted goalscoring corner forwards of any era have had the ability to coach/train All Irleand winning forwards that might not have had his instinctive ability, someone like Stephen McNamara of Clare, Bonnar Maher of Tipperary, Conor Clancy of Clare, Cormac Bonner of Tipperary, Timmy McCarthy of Cork, John Hoyne of Kilkenny???

I remember seeing someone training kids once, and he said to them, 'Dont mind this rubbish about working on your weaker foot, if you can kick well enough off one side, you wont need the second'. In those few moments, he made dirt of all the hard work being done by their trainers, who had put a lot of emphasis on developing them as two footed players.
The Minstrel
(646 Posts)
Posted: 07-Jul-2012 01:15
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Originally posted by jim corr-nikova:
In my minds eye, i remember him against Wales. The Welsh were moving the ball along the line, the camera is following the predicted line of the move but loses the ball because Fitzgibbon had buried the poor Welsh player with the ball with a sickening tackle. Or did I imagine all this?

I remember that tackle very well - Tony Ward nearly had a orgasm in the commentary booth!
The Serb
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Posted: 07-Jul-2012 01:43
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Originally posted by gorgeous gus:
From Askeaton not Ballysteen,same parish but different towns,played and won a county Junior with Ballysteen.

Mick never won a county junior with Ballysteen. He won a west against St Senans in 92 but Ballysteen got defeated by Ballylanders in the county semi final that year. He was a strong full forward who got a few goals in the county quarter final that year versus Treaty Sarsfields who incidentally had another rugby international in their side, Eddie Halvey.
LimerickExileInClare
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Posted: 08-Jul-2012 19:44
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Gorgeous Gus.
Ballysteen a town? in my day it was a hamlet with a church and Hayes Shop.
Some great footbaling families and players from back there played with Ballysteen/Askeaton.
Tony Fitz Anthony Moran Paddy Ives ShaneGallagher Ranahans,Carrigs one of whom Paddy passed away recently in Shannon and whose son Finbarr played hurling and football for Clare.
I see where some one mentioned Eddie Halvey in this post a amn who also played football for Limerick Senior Team
The Serb
(110 Posts)
Posted: 08-Jul-2012 20:16
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Yeah still only a hamlet. It was Hollands shop which is closed now as is Hayes Post Office. They have a new GAA field now.
Originally posted by LimerickExileInClare:
Gorgeous Gus.
Ballysteen a town? in my day it was a hamlet with a church and Hayes Shop.
Some great footbaling families and players from back there played with Ballysteen/Askeaton.
Tony Fitz Anthony Moran Paddy Ives ShaneGallagher Ranahans,Carrigs one of whom Paddy passed away recently in Shannon and whose son Finbarr played hurling and football for Clare.
I see where some one mentioned Eddie Halvey in this post a amn who also played football for Limerick Senior Team
johnny cash
(737 Posts)
Posted: 08-Jul-2012 21:33
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did eddie halvey play a decent share of gaelic then?

Originally posted by LimerickExileInClare:
Gorgeous Gus.
Ballysteen a town? in my day it was a hamlet with a church and Hayes Shop.
Some great footbaling families and players from back there played with Ballysteen/Askeaton.
Tony Fitz Anthony Moran Paddy Ives ShaneGallagher Ranahans,Carrigs one of whom Paddy passed away recently in Shannon and whose son Finbarr played hurling and football for Clare.
I see where some one mentioned Eddie Halvey in this post a amn who also played football for Limerick Senior Team
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