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#31
Been thinking now, getting out of Division 2 is still important but if you were Colm O'Rourke would you bother with the Leinster Championship next year. I never thought that would be something I'd ever say (or type) out loud but these are unprecedented times.

Save your powder for the All Ireland group stage might be the way to go. Perhaps that's what Mayo and Westmeath did this year.
#32
Derry just ran out of steam and the shooting form that they had in the first half faded away as the legs got heavy. I Really thought they had Kerry shook in the first half especially Clifford. I think Kerry will come right in the final and win.
#33
Great to win a title in Croker after 13 years but we have to build on this. Goals remain the same as this year. Win Div 2. Reach/Win Leinster final and at the group stage take a few scalps at the very least.

Down just need a bit more time. The Laois game probably didn't help perceptions a bit like our game against Cork at the start of the league.

#34
Quote from: restorepride on July 15, 2023, 11:11:36 PM
Quote from: Walter Cronc on July 15, 2023, 11:05:01 PM
Any idea of expected attendance? 40-50k?
Nearer the 40 I would have thought, maybe even less if Kilkenny and New York don't bring a wheen!  :D  It feels as if not as many Derry supporters travelling as v Gaillimh last year.  Croke Park have given an expected figure of 50,000 - so they might be in the know!! :o
If they had put the Meath-Down game on today it might have been close to a sell out.
#35
Quote from: From the Bunker on July 15, 2023, 05:24:52 PM
Quote from: seafoid on July 15, 2023, 05:10:21 PM
Both teams had a good Tailteann campaign. Some good players developed. The TC is a good reboot.

The reality for both these counties - is that the Tailteann Cup was not what this competition was envisaged for?

I don't know how much was learned by both really?

Kept the squad together a bit longer and gave lads a chance to earn their place but the two Down games and Antrim were the only games that gave us a real challenge.

Division 2 and Leinster next year will be a different reality.
#36
Quote from: imtommygunn on July 15, 2023, 04:43:31 PM
Quote from: thejuice on July 15, 2023, 04:39:29 PM
Much better second half and shooting improved massively. Jack Flynn was some man in the second half.

Is he Bernard's son?

No relation. Harnan and the McEntees are the only "legacy" players on the team really. Maybe there's others.
#37
Much better second half and shooting improved massively. Jack Flynn was some man in the second half.
#38
Poor shooting by both teams but we're somewhat on top.
#39
We're going well but need to make it count on the board.
#40
Jammiest of jammy goals
#41
It's on the wrong day. Loads of people looking for tickets. Croker is sold out. Should have been on before Kerry Derry
#42
Quote from: GoldCoastRossie on July 13, 2023, 04:18:44 PM
In my part of Meath not a single flag or banner out for the Taileann Cup final, you would not even know its on and the local club has a few lads on the team.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02tT2JUQpJDzTTBSPeamPCVvVUnPYjFKaEN1fHvNUq9YEaSwMiwBbyojhNMPZGYhm1l&id=100040058451376
#43
A chance to avenge 91. Made me cry so ye did.  :'(

Hopefully Colm O'Rourke puts himself on from the start and not wait till it's too late to kickstart the comeback
#44
Hard to know, we were much tighter defensively against Down last time out but Down looked more dangerous against Laois. How much was it Down improvement and Laois being bad, probably a bit of both. We were opened up by Antrim a good few times and we probably can't afford a slow start again.

We have some top forwards in Lynch, Morris and Costello. They'll keep us in the game but our backs remain porous and if there's any substance to Downs destruction of Laois then we're definitely underdogs. Our win against Wexford was facile as they were completely open and standing off us the whole game.
#45
Don't think we need a third tier just because Laois aren't pulling their weight at the minute. Don't know why this management team was kept in place. Things can improve for Laois quickly if the right people get stuck in.

If anything Down and probably Meath are showing that they shouldn't be in the TC in all honesty. Also bringing third placed teams out of the group have resulted in poor teams getting further than they should.