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Thought we done reasonably well against a very decent Roscommon team. Some days the balls go over the bar more than wides but not yesterday. You can't have shooting accuracy like yesterday and expect to win. Real positive was the fight back to the very end. The new rules make for much more exciting games though and I'd rather lose in a game like yesterday than win a game 0-0-08 to 0-07 which was happening under the old rules.

The 3up/back rule will be un-manageable in club games. There will be murder on the sidelines as there's no way one ref can police that especially when you add in the mix games played in long grass and poorly marked pitches.

It was great to be back in Drogheda and see a full bank this early in the year.

ged (Louth) - Posts: 305 - 03/02/2025 17:02:19    2589261

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Replying To PK57:  "It's impossible to judge Louth properly with the amount of players missing at the moment. We were without Ryan Burns, Dan Corcoran, Ciaran Keenan, and Conor Grimes yesterday. While in the squad overall we are without Anthony Williams, Bevan Duffy and Ciaran Byrne(presumably all injured). We are expecting players only out of U20 level to win us games against a team like Roscommon who are the best team in the division."
Hadn't saw that one but if true then we would have had another point. Anything could have happened. Don't think Joey was at same game. New rules mean a big lead can be hauled back quickly. This nearly happened yesterday and also last week.. Good that our lads are fighting. I'd have good hopes for them.

19616609 (Louth) - Posts: 1663 - 03/02/2025 23:35:59    2589317

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Roscommon much better team on Sunday, fully deserved the win, wont criticize our lads too much , still a few missing and craig lennon early departure a blow.

Definitely need to beat Cavan or we will be looking down the table instead of upwards in my opinion.

One thing i will say about Sunday, our goalie making more bad kick outs/lack of concentration, cost us 4-6 points, similar in Mullingar the week before.
Great shot stopper, but collectively as a team and him , must improve.

louthman57 (Louth) - Posts: 298 - 04/02/2025 09:56:21    2589362

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Rossies the better outfit and good luck to them, they'll get promoted. Our lads battled well and with so many missing players its great to see so many young lads and new players getting a run out. Cavan is a must win for sure and they badly need a win on their home patch.

Shearer (Louth) - Posts: 902 - 04/02/2025 13:43:23    2589432

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New rules reinstate a dominant midfield wins you the game. Kick outs all contested. Louth need to be street wise with the shooting for 2 point scores particularly around frees received

Ajam2777 (Louth) - Posts: 13 - 05/02/2025 22:54:06    2589697

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Replying To louthman57:  "Roscommon much better team on Sunday, fully deserved the win, wont criticize our lads too much , still a few missing and craig lennon early departure a blow.

Definitely need to beat Cavan or we will be looking down the table instead of upwards in my opinion.

One thing i will say about Sunday, our goalie making more bad kick outs/lack of concentration, cost us 4-6 points, similar in Mullingar the week before.
Great shot stopper, but collectively as a team and him , must improve."
I think the new rules are ideal for Deckie Byrne in goals. See what Rafferty did for Armagh on Saturday night. Kicking long points etc as he did for Mochta's last year.

19616609 (Louth) - Posts: 1663 - 06/02/2025 00:52:36    2589704

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Another Westerns man on the way to a Monaghan club. Don't like to see it personally.
Has the time finally come for a Seans/Glyde/Westerns superclub to emerge?

Eddie the Exile (Monaghan) - Posts: 1149 - 06/02/2025 11:42:25    2589734

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No complaints. The best team won. The Rossies took their chances. Louth did not. That was some crowd there in Drogheda. It was their first league game there in five years. More worrying they have not won a league match there since 2019.

Ollie2 (Louth) - Posts: 971 - 07/02/2025 09:19:26    2589843

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Replying To Eddie the Exile:  "Another Westerns man on the way to a Monaghan club. Don't like to see it personally.
Has the time finally come for a Seans/Glyde/Westerns superclub to emerge?"
Its very disappointing to see this happen Westerns. They've nurtured some top talent there in the form of Tommy Durnin and this young Maguire chap. How are their mentors feeling who put the hours and years in at juveniles?

It's not easy on smaller clubs in the county and I can foresee senior amalgamations in the not to distant future or even clubs disbanding. County board aren't in touch with the smaller rural clubs. They've increased the monthly levee to €300 per month after running the €200 Darver levee for the last 15 years and its been the same for all clubs. Clubs like the Seans, Westerns, Ann Rovers etc pay the same as a Cooley Kirkham's and there's a vast difference in membership fee take ups which leads to a larger financial They've allowed top young talent leave smaller clubs to larger clubs, they've allowed senior and intermediate clubs vote on league matters this year without proper consultation and dialogue, they've entered a D4 team in to the KMS shield.

A few years ago there was a proposal for a Baile Talun type parish regional team to enter the senior championship and it was rejected, at least this would have helped Westerns etc keep these guys.

Shearer (Louth) - Posts: 902 - 08/02/2025 11:17:58    2589987

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Compliments to the producers of last week's programme. Lots of interesting stuff like what Ollie has in his head. E.g. captains since 1943 or number of games played by current panelists. Keep it up.
Ironic to have a minute with Craig. Hope he recovers soon.
It was a bit pricey @ €5 when 40% sponsored.

19616609 (Louth) - Posts: 1663 - 11/02/2025 17:08:00    2590646

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Replying To 19616609:  "Compliments to the producers of last week's programme. Lots of interesting stuff like what Ollie has in his head. E.g. captains since 1943 or number of games played by current panelists. Keep it up.
Ironic to have a minute with Craig. Hope he recovers soon.
It was a bit pricey @ €5 when 40% sponsored."
Paddy Keenan was the best Louth captain we ever had. What a player and a what leader. A role model on and off the pitch.

Ollie2 (Louth) - Posts: 971 - 12/02/2025 09:45:37    2590709

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Replying To Ollie2:  "Paddy Keenan was the best Louth captain we ever had. What a player and a what leader. A role model on and off the pitch."
Paddy was super. He had so many great games against top teams but one performance I won't forget . We were playing Waterford in Frahers Field in Dungarvan in the last round of the 2011 Division 3 league. Half way through the second half we were well down and heading to Division 4. Paddy turned the switch and took off. Twenty minutes later we were in Division Two and qualified for the division final which we won. The sheer joy of it and the changed mood for all in red.

Paddy played for Ireland against Australia one Saturday night in Croke Park and turned out for the Pats the following morning in the Clans field.

A man for all seasons.

19616609 (Louth) - Posts: 1663 - 14/02/2025 00:32:45    2590916

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Replying To 19616609:  "Paddy was super. He had so many great games against top teams but one performance I won't forget . We were playing Waterford in Frahers Field in Dungarvan in the last round of the 2011 Division 3 league. Half way through the second half we were well down and heading to Division 4. Paddy turned the switch and took off. Twenty minutes later we were in Division Two and qualified for the division final which we won. The sheer joy of it and the changed mood for all in red.

Paddy played for Ireland against Australia one Saturday night in Croke Park and turned out for the Pats the following morning in the Clans field.

A man for all seasons."
Paddy's calibre don't come around too often he was the complete package that every county would only dream of having.

francie81 (Louth) - Posts: 210 - 15/02/2025 22:37:29    2591253

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Replying To francie81:  "Paddy's calibre don't come around too often he was the complete package that every county would only dream of having."
Let's call a spade a spade, beaten today by a better Cavan team, beaten 2 weeks ago by a far superior Roscommon team and lucky to get a win v Westmeath. Today just confirmed to me that we need full defence ( Craig and Dan back ), need a partner for Tommy in midfield, probably better going with young McDonnell from Martins and blood him in, it may take a few games. In attack we have Sam who is doing good in open play but needs to work on his frees to get back to we're he was. We need Keenan and Tom Jackson fully fit, they are class acts. Andy doing a job but is fit for 50/60 mins, he could be better coming on for last 20 mins possibly. Need more out of Downey, Grimes and Burns. I'd go with younger fellas the to start or come in as impacts, I've seen enough of Murphy, Leddy, Casey and Matthews to know that they won't set the world on fire on the scoreboard or in football ability. Would go with the young Ardee keeper, he's has to be the future number one.

Southlouther (Louth) - Posts: 16 - 16/02/2025 20:19:27    2591423

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Replying To Southlouther:  "Let's call a spade a spade, beaten today by a better Cavan team, beaten 2 weeks ago by a far superior Roscommon team and lucky to get a win v Westmeath. Today just confirmed to me that we need full defence ( Craig and Dan back ), need a partner for Tommy in midfield, probably better going with young McDonnell from Martins and blood him in, it may take a few games. In attack we have Sam who is doing good in open play but needs to work on his frees to get back to we're he was. We need Keenan and Tom Jackson fully fit, they are class acts. Andy doing a job but is fit for 50/60 mins, he could be better coming on for last 20 mins possibly. Need more out of Downey, Grimes and Burns. I'd go with younger fellas the to start or come in as impacts, I've seen enough of Murphy, Leddy, Casey and Matthews to know that they won't set the world on fire on the scoreboard or in football ability. Would go with the young Ardee keeper, he's has to be the future number one."
Team selection and subs have been madness first three games. Tom Jackson is fully fit but just want picked in the squad today as far as I know. Some lads who started shouldn't even be on the bench, madness

LouthFan18 (Louth) - Posts: 12 - 16/02/2025 22:42:46    2591461

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Same performance yesterday as i seen for the previous other games, no real surge in attack, sideways and backwards, us playing with the wind should be running at teams and taking scores .

Cavan certainly tried it in second half and paid off for them.

We missed a few goal chances, need to start banging them in.

Again, third game in a row, the goalkeeper costing us a lot of scores, great shop stopper, but his concentration and distribution of kick outs becoming a weak spot.

A must win in Drogheda next week V Down or we are in a spot of bother.

louthman57 (Louth) - Posts: 298 - 17/02/2025 08:55:14    2591494

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Not many positives yesterday.....only 2 I can think of were young Nally and Sam kicking afew from play...unfortunately 1.17,1.15,0.18 isn't enough to be winning games and I can't see us hitting 2.23,we go to long in games without registering scores....I don't understand Louths decision yesterday regarding taking a handy 1 pt free outside the arc to shoot for 2 and miss it,and afew minutes later get a free 2yds inside the arc and kick for 1,in my opinion I'd do it the other way round.........

Fkd12 (Louth) - Posts: 186 - 17/02/2025 11:31:39    2591540

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Team selection is an issue some of the lads in starting 15 and on the bench not up to it. We seemed to have lost our way since last year and believing the hype, 1 swallow doesn't make a summer!! Serious issues are, keeper, midfield, score ratio, player selection. I also don't like the way Brennan is smiling in the interviews, where is the pain, cause I don't see it. Loose to Down and we are fu..... Sort the team out Ger, you have made Leinster finalists 2 years running, look very ordinary. Not 1 Louth person thought we would loose yesterday. That's the expectation now and rightly so.

joej (Louth) - Posts: 1610 - 17/02/2025 13:20:25    2591568

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Very disappointed with the result and the performance yesterday. The keeper needs to be dropped. Bring in the Marys keeper. The table now is taking shape. Roscommon looks like they are going up. Westmeath looks like they are going down. Cork, Meath and Monaghan look like they are fighting for the second promotion spot while Louth, Down and Cavan looks like they are all avoiding the second relegation spot. Louth simply have to beat Down on Sunday.

Ollie2 (Louth) - Posts: 971 - 17/02/2025 18:50:11    2591657

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Replying To joej:  "Team selection is an issue some of the lads in starting 15 and on the bench not up to it. We seemed to have lost our way since last year and believing the hype, 1 swallow doesn't make a summer!! Serious issues are, keeper, midfield, score ratio, player selection. I also don't like the way Brennan is smiling in the interviews, where is the pain, cause I don't see it. Loose to Down and we are fu..... Sort the team out Ger, you have made Leinster finalists 2 years running, look very ordinary. Not 1 Louth person thought we would loose yesterday. That's the expectation now and rightly so."
Have to agree with just about most of that, looks like a very disjointed team to what we know there is something wrong somewhere when we lose games in the manner that we did yesterday, and I like many others did not expect to lose that no disrespect to Cavan in saying so. Big 4 pointer coming up we need to bounce back and show what we have being for the last couple of seasons.

francie81 (Louth) - Posts: 210 - 17/02/2025 19:25:35    2591659

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