25/10/2009 18:19:51
Cavan_Slasher
County: Cavan
Posts: 3012

465919 The standard in Louth must be really bad after the hiding Mattock Rangers got !! I thought they would be better than that !!

The standard isn't really bad in Louth its abysmal!!! But when you have a LCB that couldn't care less then it's no surprise.

However, I wouldn't be so hard on Mattock. They are from a small population (like most clubs) and in the last 6 years they have reach a Leinster Semi-Final and Final. Also look at some of the counties that have gone far in recent years - Carlow, Wicklow and so on. When was the last time that a Tyrone or Kerry club won a club final?

Club football doesn't necessarily relate to the inter-county scene. If it did then, because of Mattocks recent successes Louth might actually have gone somewhere.

Real Louth fan (Louth) - Posts: 3157 - 26/10/2009 09:27:23    466290

Eunans I was being sarcastic,your everywhere claimin Eunan's will win this Eunan's will win that.They will win Sweet FA.

fredrickwood (Roscommon) - Posts: 2871 - 26/10/2009 13:58:25    466455

Real Louth fan
County: Louth
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However, I wouldn't be so hard on Mattock. They are from a small population (like most clubs) and in the last 6 years they have reach a Leinster Semi-Final and Final. Also look at some of the counties that have gone far in recent years - Carlow, Wicklow and so on. When was the last time that a Tyrone or Kerry club won a club final?

No disrespect meant towards Mattock at all just disappointed at the poor one sided game, also for the players themselves who i'm sure put in the effort all year along with the club itself, the standard doesn't auger well for the game in louth considering they are the best in it.
Maybe portlaoise are as good as they looked.

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 26/10/2009 17:40:18    466655

louth is a soccer county.

millhouse (Meath) - Posts: 892 - 26/10/2009 19:02:58    466709

The winner won't be from Mayo anyways going by yesterday's game..
This is not anti-Mayo as I'm a Galway man just my opinion.

Galway11 (Galway) - Posts: 570 - 26/10/2009 21:00:34    466802

I was at yesterdays game Charlestown will give most a game.........it will take a good team to beat them.....

tomaoo7 (Dublin) - Posts: 5896 - 26/10/2009 22:15:39    466888

Dromore have a good side .

Hogan79 (Tyrone) - Posts: 2 - 27/10/2009 00:44:47    466998

re. to RLF

the last time a Kerry club won the AIB football championship was only about 2 yr's ago Dr. Crokes,your right about what you said about any Tyrone club's alright,fair disapointing the way you never hear the the likes of Dromore or Airgeail Ciaran's winning anything on the intercounty club stage

Duffy89 (Wexford) - Posts: 3320 - 27/10/2009 02:13:39    467015

Duffy89
County: Wexford
Posts: 1702

re. to RLF

the last time a Kerry club won the AIB football championship was only about 2 yr's ago Dr. Crokes

The last time a Kerry club won the AIB football championship was in 1996, Laune Rangers.
Dr. Crokes got to the All Ireland final in 2007 but lost to Crossmaglen.

Cloonan14 (Galway) - Posts: 142 - 27/10/2009 09:55:05    467066

RLF, are there too many clubs in the Wee County ? Mattock Rangers are from quite a small village, Collon, and have achieved a lot at county level i.e. three senior titles in the last 10 years. Things are different at provincial level where they could come up against a team from Dublin with a huge pick or a team from Portlaoise, a big town with only one team in it. However this defeat puts things in perspective regarding strength of panel, where one or two good players who are not fit on the day can lead to the complete downfall of the team. It should not happen to that extent though where a team can only manage 2 points in an hour. Apart from blaming the county board for holding back the entire county, how do you explain this defeat ?

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 27/10/2009 11:47:03    467166

Cavan_Slasher
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467166 RLF, are there too many clubs in the Wee County ? Mattock Rangers are from quite a small village, Collon, and have achieved a lot at county level i.e. three senior titles in the last 10 years. Things are different at provincial level where they could come up against a team from Dublin with a huge pick or a team from Portlaoise, a big town with only one team in it.

drogheda and dundalk are both bigger than portlaoise how come they're not beating Collon, the size of the catchment area doesn't seem to be the defining criteria

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 27/10/2009 16:07:31    467521

dHorse, from reading the Louth Board it seems that Drogheda and Dundalk have loads of teams and this makes them weak and fighting for the same players. Apparently Dundalk has something like seven teams inside the town boundaries and Drogheda had six !! Portlaoise has only one !!

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 27/10/2009 17:01:50    467608

27/10/2009 02:13:39
Duffy89
County: Wexford
Posts: 1711

467015 re. to RLF

the last time a Kerry club won the AIB football championship was only about 2 yr's ago Dr. Crokes,your right about what you said about any Tyrone club's alright,fair disapointing the way you never hear the the likes of Dromore or Airgeail Ciaran's winning anything on the intercounty club stage

Fair enough but I also mentioned Tyrone. And how many have they won compared to Dublin, Armagh and Cork clubs?

Point is that club success has little or no bearing on the inter-county scene.

Real Louth fan (Louth) - Posts: 3157 - 27/10/2009 18:00:34    467679

Cavan_Slasher
County: Cavan
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must admit 7 seems a lot for one town, considering how strong soccer is. over the years the bigger towns dont tend to have a stranglehold on the provincial titles. portlaoise are probably a cut above the average at the moment ok, but in the county final arles kilcruise gave them a good run, and they probably have less of a catchment area than mattock given the circumstances in Arles. maybe it was just an off day but judging from the louth posters it seems all's not well in the county.

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 27/10/2009 18:06:22    467686

dHorse, all is not well in a lot of the border counties !! Portlaoise seem to be a very good team though. I know from a friend that they expected to do well last year too but failed to do so. Maybe this year !!

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 27/10/2009 18:47:30    467746

rathnew so come on the village rathnew all the way

delboydub (Dublin) - Posts: 665 - 27/10/2009 19:14:58    467783

Drogheda and dundalk are towns with populations of just 40thousand each. Portlaoise has 15 thousand. I dont think that's a fair argument. Them two louth towns if ya put em together have more than all of laois! Be interested in knowing how many clubs are in similar sized towns like tullamore, athlone etc. Maybe 1 club in portlaoise is low by country standards?

Markymark (Laois) - Posts: 644 - 27/10/2009 20:09:11    467855

Real Louth Fan: "However, I wouldn't be so hard on Mattock. They are from a small population (like most clubs) and in the last 6 years they have reach a Leinster Semi-Final and Final. Also look at some of the counties that have gone far in recent years - Carlow, Wicklow and so on. When was the last time that a Tyrone or Kerry club won a club final?"

Exactly, the club/county thing often doesn't relate. In the 90's my own club Eire Og in Carlow won 5 Leinster titles, and got to 2 All Ireland Finals...while the county side never even got to a Leinster semi final in that time. Then when the Eire Og side got a bit old, O'Hanrahans the other Carlow Town club went and won Leinster in 2000!

The Real 1944 (Carlow) - Posts: 1114 - 28/10/2009 23:36:28    469232

delboydub
County: Dublin
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467783 rathnew so come on the village rathnew all the way

C'mon the jim jims

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 28/10/2009 23:57:51    469265

Cavan_Slasher
County: Cavan
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467746 dHorse, all is not well in a lot of the border counties !! Portlaoise seem to be a very good team though. I know from a friend that they expected to do well last year too but failed to do so. Maybe this year !!

I'm not a town man but always like their football. i still think there's something missing............WOOLY

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 28/10/2009 23:59:37    469267