enda williams more than deserves his place. as with shane cox, i hear he is training well, we are missing many players and he unlikely to start in champ but i have no qualms about putting him in for now. shanley is the target man and provider of quick ball to less physical mimnagh and magee. no arguments. it's the best team we can muster up and well capable of winning, so spd quit being so negative and no stupid comments on bowls which im sure shanley and willie would struggle at, they dont have the patience to play a sport like that. willie might be tempted though because of the older generation women who attend those events

khafelnikov (Longford) - Posts: 91 - 29/01/2009 11:36:49    192993

What sure they have the patience of fishermen!! they wud have to have patience the way they stand around doin nothin for an hour!!

Lpd (Longford) - Posts: 165 - 29/01/2009 13:57:05    193175

longford eh?!

sean15 (Galway) - Posts: 32 - 29/01/2009 14:40:44    193233

sure enda williams warned the westmeath centre forward that he'd put a ticket on his car

ondaflop (Longford) - Posts: 83 - 29/01/2009 17:05:25    193440

Longford team was announced last night. Team is:
1 P. Farrell
2 Brady
3 O'Connor
4 N Farrell
5 Williams
6 Masterson
7 Cox
8 Flynn
9 K Mulligan
10 Foy
11 Smyth
12 Morgan
13 Mimmnagh
14 McGee
15 Berry

Oddball (Roscommon) - Posts: 952 - 30/01/2009 07:38:40    193870

Thats a very weak team .....

but maybe thats the best thats available ....

Don't see Magee starting at full forward surely ??

PearsePark (Longford) - Posts: 278 - 30/01/2009 10:00:05    193926

very poor midfield to be honest,flynn way to slow for intercounty football he was cleaned against louth so he was..would rather see kevin smyth there in midfield ahead of him to be honest

HollywoodHogan (Longford) - Posts: 22 - 30/01/2009 10:16:22    193948

I'd imagine Smith will start at midfield. Berry will drift with the two boys inside, both capable of scoring. McGee is most dangerous when inside rather than out the field. This is a rebuilding exercise. While it would be great to be challenging for honours, realistically if we survive we will do well. Shoul;d achieve that. For the development of the team they do not want to be playing in div 4.

Jack L (None) - Posts: 3150 - 30/01/2009 11:37:43    194039

id have D. Brady in corner forward n giv him the free roll in the forwards!! Berry wing back!!
If sean Meeanaghan wasn injured he wud easily be there ahead of Willie because he can move and he is a threat goin forward!! Paul Devine is playin with nthe u21s he wudn be far off corner back either!!

Lpd (Longford) - Posts: 165 - 30/01/2009 14:38:09    194254

Were you at that game against Louth hollywood hogan? I didnt think flynn was roasted at all....he was about the only player to physically stand up to louth at all actually. Longfords problem is that we are physically to small in so many areas. Aside from flynn and K Smyth there is no other player with a real physical presence. I would have those 2 midfield for starters. Ive been to all games this year so far and its the same oul problem for us. Very very weak full back line...far too easily exposed. I hope Glen Ryan comes up with a solution because if longford dont stop giving away easy goals then we are always gonna be up against it.

1. Watters
2. Brady
3. N Farrell
4. Mc Donnell
5. Masterson
6. A O Connor
7. S Cox (deserves a go after a good performance against ait)
8. Flynn
9. Smyth
10. Berry
11. Mulligan
12. Morgan
13. Mc Gee
14. D Farrell
15. Mimnagh

Best 15 available at the moment in my opinion.....best of luck against Cavan Lads.

Ld (None) - Posts: 6 - 30/01/2009 17:45:41    194477

Sorry LD but thats the actual team thats starting Sunday. Was at the session myself when team was named.

Oddball (Roscommon) - Posts: 952 - 30/01/2009 19:02:30    194520

think flynn deserves his place on the team and if he can make an impression over the next few games would like to c him keep a place 4 the later stages of the year aldo would b suited better 2 full 4ward wen all d big name players return!! muliligan and flynn are th eonly ones who will b the main physical presence on the team and although experimental again with limited numbers some nice footballers getting a chance!!

yupouttadat (Longford) - Posts: 83 - 31/01/2009 16:03:10    194834

BET OF THE WEEKEND ON GAA


CAVAN TO WIN @ 8/11 OR
CAVAN HALF TIME/ FULL TIME 6/4

GET ON!

longjohns (Longford) - Posts: 1 - 31/01/2009 17:19:22    194872

Think things might go pear shaped for Glen in this league campaign. Was talking to 2 players during the week and they were saying with the injuries and pull outs from the squad they'd be lucky to beat Tipp in the league. And in relation to the injuries they said the 2 Bardens, Sheridan and Dowd will be out for at least 5-6 games of the league and even then they might not make the championship game with lack of training.

Oddball (Roscommon) - Posts: 952 - 31/01/2009 18:17:59    194894

wel i heard dat derz onli one abbeylara player playing...Kevin Smyth, whos playing at wing back...
half forward line is Shane Doyle,D.Morgan,Willie Skelly,
Williams is centre back.Shanley Full forward
and mimnagh isnt starting.

thegooch (Longford) - Posts: 20 - 31/01/2009 23:27:36    194991

sorry oddball but that isnt the team thats starting.In fact it's a good bit different from the team thats starting.peter foy in corner back, flynn and mulligan in the middle and danny keenan corner forward

heyhey (Longford) - Posts: 80 - 01/02/2009 11:32:34    195056

That may be the team that you and everyone else heard but thats the 15 that will be taking to the field. Just because their not numbered 1 -15 on their own jerseys doesn't mean they won't be starting. Mark my words thats the starting team. Doing a Ger Loughnane. Naming a 1-15 but actually playing the 16-30!!!

Oddball (Roscommon) - Posts: 952 - 01/02/2009 13:30:46    195091

Great win lads haha !!!!!!!! No one gave us a hope, but great performance !

Whoever said about Williams, Cox and Shanley and bowls ?? - they were all excellent

anlongfort (Longford) - Posts: 101 - 01/02/2009 16:52:00    195158

Hey oddball that was'nt the team starting after all that you named

anlongfort (Longford) - Posts: 101 - 01/02/2009 16:54:03    195161

what a win!!!Kevin Mulligan and The Bull were on form.Few mistakes here and there but in my opinion they were longfords best players.Shanley was showing for ball like the corner forwards should have been...scored a great point after taking his man out of the game with a dummy..McGee should have showed more..although he scored a couple of good points..
Before the game i was slightly pessimistic about winning any games in the league but the team showed great heart which has been missing in recent matches...
Another good point to the game was longfords defence which were very solid up until the introduction of seanie johnston..johnson was found hard handled when he came on but the defence again became solid for the dying minutes.very important to todays victory.We were probably a bit lucky with the goals but you have to be in the right place at the right time.
Was shocked to see Shane Doyle playing.He might have scored a goal but didint make enough of an impression in my opinion.
Enda Williams,Noel Farrell,Dermot Brady,Padraig Berry,Peter Foy all played well.Very happy to see Waters in goals.He seems alot smarter than sheridan as far as time wasting is concerned.Kick-outs mightnt be as good but they're not bad either.

thegooch (Longford) - Posts: 20 - 01/02/2009 16:57:40    195163