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Replying To carlo:  "Have we learnt nothing. Give respect to every team. Remember Longford last year in Tailteann Cup, we were supposed to hammer them & get a home quarter final?? Remember London in Dcp few years ago??? We are not a team that should be talking about turning up & winning by 10 points. I'll take a 1 point win now if offered it. 8 points on the board after this weekend is all that matters. Last year down in Waterford they made it a real slog & have some decent footballers. After 3 games in which they lost they only have a -11 point difference which shows they have been competitive in all games. Yes we should be beating Waterford but it's this type of game we often screw up. Hopefully we get over the line & them have 3 massive games against Longford, London & leitrim. The last 2 games are in Dcp which is a help"
The difference between Waterford and Longford/London teams is that they have been some what competitive at times previously or challenged in some shape of form. You can count Waterford's wins on one hand. I'm not saying to go and not give them respect while expecting them to roll over. Do give them respect but expect to win given our confidence and play so far this year.

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 102 - 20/02/2026 11:14:16    2657434

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Replying To carlo:  "Yes we are improving but I'm watching Carlow for over 40 years & I only ever remember once getting promoted, that was in 2018 with O Brien & Poacher( he will realish coming back with leitrim) Give respect to every team. As I said we should be beating Waterford but in Div 4 anyone can beat you on a given day. Give respect to every team. If we go on & hammer them great, I'll take 1 point win"
Agree 100%. Each team playing us will fancy their chances of getting a result irrespective of where we think we stand. Absolutely have full belief in what you can do and how you can perform, but also expectations can have downsides and need to be carefully managed. Carlow of all counties need to approach each game the same as the hardest with full focus and respect for their opponents. This is the approach any serious side takes in any sport. To be fair the team will be prepared in this manner, sometimes it the support.

Bainisteoir (National) - Posts: 605 - 20/02/2026 13:01:36    2657463

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Replying To Collio:  "I'm just saying how I think it'll happen, if I'm wrong who cares not as if it'll have any impact over the outcome. Would rather give my opinion on how I think these game will go and be wrong than sit on the fence for every one of them."
Giving your opinion is one thing, a sense of arrogance about it is another.

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1825 - 20/02/2026 13:01:48    2657464

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Replying To carlo:  "Yes we are improving but I'm watching Carlow for over 40 years & I only ever remember once getting promoted, that was in 2018 with O Brien & Poacher( he will realish coming back with leitrim) Give respect to every team. As I said we should be beating Waterford but in Div 4 anyone can beat you on a given day. Give respect to every team. If we go on & hammer them great, I'll take 1 point win"
We were promoted in both 1983 and 1985 and we came second in Division Three South in 1986, but for some reason were bot promoted. Can't remember why. All this was under Vincent Harvey.

Incidentally, Carlow have never been promoted under an outside manager. And we have never gone beyond a Leinster quarter final under an outside manager. The last two times was Turlough O'Brien and Luke Dempsey.

I hope by the time Joe is finished, the county board will have finally woken up to this. I never want to see another outside manager over Carlow footballers again. Bringing in coaches is fine, if the bossman sees fit (like the Poacher experience), but the man at the helm must be a local. So many years wasted on this futile road.

CARPS (Carlow) - Posts: 1028 - 20/02/2026 13:12:42    2657469

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Replying To Collio:  "I'm just saying how I think it'll happen, if I'm wrong who cares not as if it'll have any impact over the outcome. Would rather give my opinion on how I think these game will go and be wrong than sit on the fence for every one of them."
Fair enough Collio

DolmenDave (Carlow) - Posts: 62 - 20/02/2026 13:22:13    2657474

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Replying To Carlowtothecore1:  "Ah come on now! Waterford are the worse football team in the league and championship and that's been the case for years, guaranteed two points every year.. If we don't set our targets higher than worrying about them at this stage, we're going nowhere fast. Leitrim and Longford could be awkward alright!"
All teams deserve full respect. Facts might suggest that Waterford are there for the taking, but facts are just that facts and nobody can know for definite what will happen in any match. We.struggled to beat Waterford last year and tomorrow night we might not win ! Very often when we have expected good perfotmances against div 4 teams, we have really struggled. Yes we should win given the facts but no guarantee. Longford Leitrim amd London will also be very difficult opponents.

carlowman (Carlow) - Posts: 1894 - 20/02/2026 16:22:01    2657509

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