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It was "super" for Leitrim 1st half in Tuam when leading 0-10 to 1-4 and "thanks but please no thanks" 2nd half as outscored 1-15 to 0-4

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 658 - 10/01/2026 15:01:31    2650541

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Replying To Drax_the_destroyer:  "It was "super" for Leitrim 1st half in Tuam when leading 0-10 to 1-4 and "thanks but please no thanks" 2nd half as outscored 1-15 to 0-4"
Lol it's FBD man getting all excited for beating Leitrim out the gate in January haha and you say Andy is getting ahead of himself... !

S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 642 - 10/01/2026 15:31:27    2650545

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Good run out against Galway. Very competitive for 45/50 mins. Faded badly last 10/15 minutes. Plenty of positives, Gaffey kicking 3 two pointers, Tom Prior playing very well, great to see Ryan back, Jack Kelly came on and kicked a few nice scores, huge work rate throughout the team, negatives we struggled on our own kick out it needs work, slow to breaking ball few costly turnovers etc we faded last ten minutes, game became very scrappy with all the substitutions. Looking forward to the start of the league.

3rdmidfielder (Australia) - Posts: 436 - 10/01/2026 18:19:55    2650584

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Replying To S1234:  "Lol it's FBD man getting all excited for beating Leitrim out the gate in January haha and you say Andy is getting ahead of himself... !"
Calm your jets Clare. Be super and offer up some thanks.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 658 - 10/01/2026 19:20:38    2650593

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Replying To Drax_the_destroyer:  "Calm your jets Clare. Be super and offer up some thanks."
Lol clare. .

Humble as always you are ...!

S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 642 - 11/01/2026 11:40:14    2650636

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Replying To S1234:  "Lol it's FBD man getting all excited for beating Leitrim out the gate in January haha and you say Andy is getting ahead of himself... !"
You're fairly excited yourself if you feel the need to come on to the Leitrim page to have a go at others.

Backheel (Leitrim) - Posts: 229 - 11/01/2026 14:04:14    2650647

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Replying To Backheel:  "You're fairly excited yourself if you feel the need to come on to the Leitrim page to have a go at others."
It seems to be the place to be for the rest of the Connacht counties, their own threads must be fairly drab!

alalalalalum (USA) - Posts: 217 - 11/01/2026 17:01:51    2650678

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Replying To Backheel:  "You're fairly excited yourself if you feel the need to come on to the Leitrim page to have a go at others."
Lol ...

S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 642 - 11/01/2026 22:33:30    2650728

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Roscommon lost heavily yesterday please. This is very nice thank you. Bye

bláthach (Leitrim) - Posts: 381 - 12/01/2026 19:20:24    2650848

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Replying To bláthach:  "Roscommon lost heavily yesterday please. This is very nice thank you. Bye"
Your right. As I said earlier we do our best. Keep Leitrim doing their best. Tangles with Waterford and Carlow incoming. We've a bigger dish to fry. We'll do our best. Keep it cool around Glencar. Love yo all. Hugs, thanks very much,please.

moros (Roscommon) - Posts: 1216 - 12/01/2026 21:31:53    2650859

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Replying To moros:  "Your right. As I said earlier we do our best. Keep Leitrim doing their best. Tangles with Waterford and Carlow incoming. We've a bigger dish to fry. We'll do our best. Keep it cool around Glencar. Love yo all. Hugs, thanks very much,please."
How do you fry a dish please? Thanks so much as I know you will reply to me.

bláthach (Leitrim) - Posts: 381 - 12/01/2026 23:20:52    2650874

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Lets try to take this back on topic.....

The 1st round in less than 2 weeks and straight into the frying pan with Wicklow. It's a really tough game to start straight into. I fear for our chances given it's down in Wicklow which is always a hard place to get a result. And you can't say our team is stronger than 2025. I think the best we can hope for is 2nd but realistically it's midtable, 4th/5th. Wicklow & Antrim have to be the favourites to go straight back up. We're also up against it again with only 3 home games, we always seem to get the bad luck of the draw when it comes to that. Thoughts?

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1651 - 13/01/2026 07:13:59    2650879

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Replying To moros:  "Your right. As I said earlier we do our best. Keep Leitrim doing their best. Tangles with Waterford and Carlow incoming. We've a bigger dish to fry. We'll do our best. Keep it cool around Glencar. Love yo all. Hugs, thanks very much,please."
Do ya use Pyrex or the ones Nevin Maguire sells in the supermarket?

alalalalalum (USA) - Posts: 217 - 13/01/2026 10:05:56    2650887

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Good to see that the spring league has been scrapped, what do you all think of the new league format?

Loughallenbanks (Leitrim) - Posts: 21 - 13/01/2026 18:51:21    2650962

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Think we all agreed it was a Micky mouse cup and served as challenge matches with little or no bite to them. I would have ran it but on a knockout basis, 2/3 games max if you didn't progress but no real objections to scrapping them either, will it mean championship will finally be started in July and finished in September for senior to junior A or just longer gaps between games...

gaelsboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 716 - 13/01/2026 21:27:13    2650971

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Replying To bláthach:  "How do you fry a dish please? Thanks so much as I know you will reply to me."
Probably should have said fish my Leitrim friend. Will cast for a pike in Dromod some day. Keep the faith. Love and hugs.

moros (Roscommon) - Posts: 1216 - 13/01/2026 23:00:22    2650976

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Replying To Loughallenbanks:  "Good to see that the spring league has been scrapped, what do you all think of the new league format?"
Can you explain it please?

AverageFootball (Leitrim) - Posts: 27 - 14/01/2026 08:34:11    2650984

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Replying To Square_B:  "Lets try to take this back on topic.....

The 1st round in less than 2 weeks and straight into the frying pan with Wicklow. It's a really tough game to start straight into. I fear for our chances given it's down in Wicklow which is always a hard place to get a result. And you can't say our team is stronger than 2025. I think the best we can hope for is 2nd but realistically it's midtable, 4th/5th. Wicklow & Antrim have to be the favourites to go straight back up. We're also up against it again with only 3 home games, we always seem to get the bad luck of the draw when it comes to that. Thoughts?"
Unfortunately we are restarting the rebuilding process all over again. Division 4 is the most competitive of the national leagues but it is a good starting point for some of these young players to learn the trade. I wouldn't be too focussed on promotion as unfortunately I think that may be beyond our grasp at this point in time. This will definitely be a year to blood the new stock.

A tough start against Wicklow but we have Waterord a week later at home. The target for this league should be to tighten ourselves up defensively as we were wide open last year. We should be aiming to win 3 from 3 of our home games and make Pairc Sean a place where opposition don't like to visit.

southleitrim_mafia (Leitrim) - Posts: 163 - 14/01/2026 09:08:49    2650988

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Huge improvement in the performance last weekend against Galway compared to what we seen against Roscommon even if the Roscommon team was stronger.

We dropped off considerably when Poacher started to make substitutions in the final quarter - We are still missing a huge amount of players so this is to be expected.

Killian Gaffey is a huge improvement in goals. We struggled on breaking ball in the middle third however.
I'm not sure if this is a structural thing with how we are set up or if it's a personnel issue.

Tom Prior was arguably the best player on the pitch once again. If he could just work on his weak foot it would really propel him to the next level,
Ryan O'Rourke was excellent for the half he played
Jack Kelly even at such a young age and for the size of him has played himself into the team for the first league game.

Our defence is still a huge concern.

Was Conor Reynolds injured or did Poacher whip him off because of the poor turnover he gave that led to a Galway score?

Are Paul Keaney and Colm McLoughlin injured or why have they seen no game time? Same goes for Darren Cox who seems to have osteitis pubis like half our players over the last few years.

Our defence is a real issue.
Unless Radek Oberwan comes back onto the panel now that Sligo IT are out (Which it doesn't seem like he will) Mark Diffley will have to play at 6. I'd play Cillian McGloin as a wing-back beside him.
I'm really not sure if you can risk playing Donal Feely and James Rooney in the same line of the field - both struggle for speed at inter-county level but Poacher seems to value Rooney.

We need Conor Quinns Height and physicality but I'm not sure he has the required temperament for Inter-county level as he's likely to get 50m against him for mouthing or trying to row with the opposition

How bad are Honeyman and McNultys injuries? Will they be back for the league? Same for David Feeney

I'm going to guess what team Poacher will pick for the first league game if everyone is fit. It's not necessarily what I would choose.


Killian Gaffey

Conor Reynolds Kieran Clancy Eanna McNamara

Cillian McGloin Mark Diffley James Rooney/Sean Harkin

Barry McNulty
Conor Quinn

Tom Prior Riordan O'Rourke David Feeney/Paul Keaney

Jack Kelly Ryan O'Rourke Paul Honeyman


What do people think?

Leitrim1234 (Leitrim) - Posts: 354 - 14/01/2026 09:38:52    2650993

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Replying To AverageFootball:  "Can you explain it please?"
The league begins on the 21st of March and there will be 10 games in total with games being played every second week. There's a format of two round where rounds 1-7 will be played as normal and then the final 3 games will be worth 3 points for a win with the finals looking to finish up around the 25th of July. That's for the division 1&2 teams I'm not sure if it's the same format for div3 teams, I presume it will be.

Loughallenbanks (Leitrim) - Posts: 21 - 14/01/2026 10:53:42    2651007

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