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Replying To liosbreac6265:  "It is easy to see what happened here. An offer was received, so an attempt to strongarm Longford CB was made. The CB refused to be shaken down and so the offer was accepted. Of course this does not suit the "County Board is the root of all evil" brigade"
Why would Solan attend club games on a Friday evening in Longford and step down on Monday if he had an offer in place and planned to go.
It is clear he had requests to the CB but was refused and then left. Offaly acted fast then and got him appointed. Good young managers are a scarcity. They may have been well down the line in the recruitment process and struggled to get any candidates they were after hence a swift appointment of Solan.
Our county board are on a very tight budget to try and have match funding in place for grants to get the COE off the ground. No match funding will mean no grants and with a small population and reduced fundraising capacity as a result compared to other counties it will be a struggle to finance the COE.

I also believe the level of support the bi-weekly 50/50 draw is getting is appalling across the county. They are struggling to hand out €1k every 2 weeks. If we all are serious about supporting the county and supportig facilities development we should support and ensure it is a large jackpot every time, this in turn will gain traction from outside and get more entries for the chance to win

datsit (Longford) - Posts: 41 - 27/08/2026 16:04:25    2691562

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Replying To Sportrex:  "Senior:
Colmcille to beat Clonguish by 2
Slashers to beat Granard by 4
Abbeylara to beat Mullinalaghta by 2
Ardagh Moydow to beat Ratchline by 3
Killoe to beat Dromard by 7

Intermediate:
Mostrim to beat Cashel by 1
Connollys to beat Gaels by 8
Grattans to beat Ballymahon by 3
Killashee vs Killoe has been postponed"
Ardagh to pip Rathcline and Abbey to beat Mullinalaghta comfortably. The rest of the games mean nothing and so could go either way. Why is the Killashee and Killoe match postponed in the intermediate?

liosbreac6265 (Longford) - Posts: 301 - 27/08/2026 17:32:19    2691579

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Replying To datsit:  "Why would Solan attend club games on a Friday evening in Longford and step down on Monday if he had an offer in place and planned to go.
It is clear he had requests to the CB but was refused and then left. Offaly acted fast then and got him appointed. Good young managers are a scarcity. They may have been well down the line in the recruitment process and struggled to get any candidates they were after hence a swift appointment of Solan.
Our county board are on a very tight budget to try and have match funding in place for grants to get the COE off the ground. No match funding will mean no grants and with a small population and reduced fundraising capacity as a result compared to other counties it will be a struggle to finance the COE.

I also believe the level of support the bi-weekly 50/50 draw is getting is appalling across the county. They are struggling to hand out €1k every 2 weeks. If we all are serious about supporting the county and supportig facilities development we should support and ensure it is a large jackpot every time, this in turn will gain traction from outside and get more entries for the chance to win"
People are already supporting there own club draws too. To say that people need to keep shelling out is totally unfair, members of clubs are just after being forced to spend upwards of €3k per club on car draw tickets, there was a fundraiser dinner in johnstown house there was a race day also. Yes the COE needs support but your ordinary club members are not the people who should be forking out

Clonbonnyrabbitt (Longford) - Posts: 151 - 27/08/2026 18:07:25    2691581

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One of two things happened...

1) He was approached by Offaly and he then asked CB to match or counter that offer and they said no, so he took the Offaly offer.

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2) He stepped down after not getting support for whatever he was looking for, and the Offaly offer then came once (and because) he became a free agent.

I have no idea which it is, and nor does anyone else on here. You have to ask why he was sat watching club games in Longford just 48 hours prior to stepping down (and his entire management team stepping down too). Nobody would have noticed or passed any remarks if he wasn't there, so if he had an offer already from Offaly and was in negotiation with CB on staying or going, would he have made the journey to watch local championship? I doubt it. But like everyone else on here, I am guessing and do not know.

LongfordgaaAbú (Longford) - Posts: 695 - 27/08/2026 20:19:20    2691593

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Replying To liosbreac6265:  "Ardagh to pip Rathcline and Abbey to beat Mullinalaghta comfortably. The rest of the games mean nothing and so could go either way. Why is the Killashee and Killoe match postponed in the intermediate?"
The game has been wiped. Both sides already set to face each other in the relegation group phase anyway, a bit silly to call off a championship game over it though

Clonbonnyrabbitt (Longford) - Posts: 151 - 28/08/2026 10:56:44    2691668

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Replying To liosbreac6265:  "It is easy to see what happened here. An offer was received, so an attempt to strongarm Longford CB was made. The CB refused to be shaken down and so the offer was accepted. Of course this does not suit the "County Board is the root of all evil" brigade"
How do we explain Diarmuid and his management team stepping away? Offaly hardly approached him as-well. This is squarely at the feet of certain members of the CB. Ask the players from both codes and they know exactly what went on and are happy to say it as it is also. Stunting the development of the provinces footballers and hurlers for the sake of the training centre is ludicrous. We will have excellent facilities in 10 years time and no teams to take to the field. Imagine sending a county team out to Shroid to train for the championship and expect that to be ok for a standard to set.

Blueandgoldoflongford (Longford) - Posts: 6 - 28/08/2026 14:54:56    2691709

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Replying To Blueandgoldoflongford:  "How do we explain Diarmuid and his management team stepping away? Offaly hardly approached him as-well. This is squarely at the feet of certain members of the CB. Ask the players from both codes and they know exactly what went on and are happy to say it as it is also. Stunting the development of the provinces footballers and hurlers for the sake of the training centre is ludicrous. We will have excellent facilities in 10 years time and no teams to take to the field. Imagine sending a county team out to Shroid to train for the championship and expect that to be ok for a standard to set."
Diarmuid had a much better offer in a higher profile county as a coach that he could not turn down for his own career progression. He was done excellent work in the 2 years with Longford hurling. Couldnt blame him for accepting the new role.

datsit (Longford) - Posts: 41 - 28/08/2026 16:29:10    2691726

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