Longford Football (& Hurling) Thread

[Billys Boots]

Oh dear, that is a low ebb - any of the Offaly panel need jobs?  

[Billys Boots]

Abbeylara -v- St Patricks, Pearse Park 27/07/2008 15:00 - Qualifiers Rd. 1 Replay 
Emmet Og -v- Longford Slashers, Pearse Park 27/07/2008 16:30 - 2nd. Round

Well everyone laughed at me for tipping Ardagh the last time, but with Keenan in such good form, I'm sticking with them - St. Patricks
Has to be the Townies, doesn't it? - Longford Slashers

[LaurelEye]

Abbeylara -v- St Patricks, Pearse Park 27/07/2008 15:00 - Qualifiers Rd. 1 Replay 
Emmet Og -v- Longford Slashers, Pearse Park 27/07/2008 16:30 - 2nd. Round

Well everyone laughed at me for tipping Ardagh the last time, but with Keenan in such good form, I'm sticking with them - St. Patricks

Find it hard to believe that Abbey will be as bad again. I'd expect them to escape this time, though they won't go much further.

Though perhaps the Lost Sheep will be there again to give Ardagh incentive from the sideline.

Has to be the Townies, doesn't it? - Longford Slashers

Yes.

[Billys Boots]

Though perhaps the Lost Sheep will be there again to give Ardagh incentive from the sideline.

Will he not be entertaining the denizens of New York with his brilliance?

[LaurelEye]

Though perhaps the Lost Sheep will be there again to give Ardagh incentive from the sideline.

Will he not be entertaining the denizens of New York with his brilliance?

Haven't heard anything, but AFAIK he would have to have had the paperwork completed by last Sunday (20th) to be able to go to NYC for the summer.

[LaurelEye]

Abbeylara -v- St Patricks, Pearse Park 27/07/2008 15:00 - Qualifiers Rd. 1 Replay 
Emmet Og -v- Longford Slashers, Pearse Park 27/07/2008 16:30 - 2nd. Round

Well everyone laughed at me for tipping Ardagh the last time, but with Keenan in such good form, I'm sticking with them - St. Patricks

Find it hard to believe that Abbey will be as bad again. I'd expect them to escape this time, though they won't go much further.

Though perhaps the Lost Sheep will be there again to give Ardagh incentive from the sideline.

Well, not sure if the Lost Sheep made it to Pearse Park or not, or whether the spectators are just too far from the sideline there to get the Ardaghs ris, but a fairly comfortable win for a not particularly great Abbey team, who then proceeded to get a stroke of luck in drawing the hapless Granard for the qualifier round. Quarter-finals - but no further on yesterday's evidence.

Has to be the Townies, doesn't it? - Longford Slashers

Yes.

That statement is no longer operative 

[Shamrock Shore]

Excellent. A great win for Mostrim over Dromard to send the Swampies, the defending champions, out of the championship. Our reward is a quarter final place against long time foes and neighbours, Emmet Og.

[North Longford]

Full Draws..........

Quarter Finals
Clonguish v Longford Slashers
Ballymahon v Abbeylara
Emmet Óg v Mostrim
Colmcille v Fr. Manning Gaels

Winners of first paly winners of second etc

Relegation Play Off
St. Columba's v Sean Connolly's
St. Patrick's v Ballymore

[LaurelEye]

Excellent. A great win for Mostrim over Dromard to send the Swampies, the defending champions, out of the championship. Our reward is a quarter final place against long time foes and neighbours, Emmet Og.

A well-deserved win, even if things did get a bit frantic towards the end and Mostrim lost a man on a straight red (I think). In hindsight, Shore Senior should probably have stayed a little longer at the match on Friday night for observation purposes, even if we were muck during the first half.

I'm sure there will be huge sympathy in Colmcille for their beloved neighbours. Billy will be especially distraught.

Apropos of nothing, overheard in the stand at the end of the match from a spectator with a Dromard accent: "Well, they can drink all they like now...".

It will be interesting to see if this has any effect on the Dempsey succession stakes.

Rathcline will be mightily p'd-off with losing by a point in the last seconds of extra time played in semi-darkness just when those in the stand from both sides were calling for the match to be blown up.

[Billys Boots]

Jaysus, has nothing happened in a week?

[North Longford]

Just the usual ..........couple more poor performances by Colmcille teams against Dromard!!!

[LaurelEye]

We're waiting to see who Barack Obama will pick as vice-Presidential candidate. The News has apparently managed to find a possible candidate with a Killashee great-grandfather, so this may have ramifications in the Intermediate Championship race....

Relegation play-offs this weekend, along with Reich vs Townies and Shams vs Abbey.

[Billys Boots]

Reich -v- Townies: has to be Clonguish, doesn't it, have Slashers anything impressive other than young Smith?  Longford Slashers

Shams -v- Abbey: Smullen seems to have done a good job so-far in Ballymahon, though Abbey's run has been impressive (and they have the credentials to win the title when they're not the best team).  Abbeylara

[North Longford]

Really couldn't throw a guess at the first game. Gonna be on the day. Would say Slashers slightly better balanced team overall with Clonguish maybe having one or two better individuals. Think a lot depends on how Slashers handle these.

Would expect Ballymahon to win the second game.

[LaurelEye]

Abbey's run has been impressive

I would beg to differ, but then I was only at the Ardagh matches.