Longford Football (& Hurling) Thread

[LaurelEye]

How come Killoe are favourites?

*kicks seafoid on the shins under the table*

Reputation.

Colmcille 3-14 Killashee 2-8

Colmcille make it through to the quarter-finals.

But they didnt win last year. So I was wondering. Did Mullinalaghta ambush them last year or do they really have the pedigree to get to a Leinster semifinal?

The bookies obviously view things in a particular way. Last year was not an ambush.

So is 7/4 a good price ?

*diplomatic silence*

I think the other bookies have longer odds on Mullinalaghta. Killoe have a larger base and a deeper bench.

Dromard, if they get past Longford Slashers next weekend and then get a good draw, might be awkward.

[seafoid]

How come Killoe are favourites?

*kicks seafoid on the shins under the table*

Reputation.

Colmcille 3-14 Killashee 2-8

Colmcille make it through to the quarter-finals.

But they didnt win last year. So I was wondering. Did Mullinalaghta ambush them last year or do they really have the pedigree to get to a Leinster semifinal?

The bookies obviously view things in a particular way. Last year was not an ambush.

So is 7/4 a good price ?

*diplomatic silence*

I think the other bookies have longer odds on Mullinalaghta. Killoe have a larger base and a deeper bench.

Dromard, if they get past Longford Slashers next weekend and then get a good draw, might be awkward.

All the bookies seem to run groupthink

[LaurelEye]

Final round of group matches this weekend:

Group 1:

Killoe v Mullinalaghta, Fri 8pm, Monaduff
Longford Slashers v Dromard, Sat 5.30pm, Newtownforbes

Mullinalaghta 4pts, +12
Killoe 3pts, +5
Longford Slashers 1pt, -11
Dromard 0pts, -6

Killoe v Mullinalaghta is a case of deciding who gets to win the group and be put at one end of the draw. Dromard may be too cute for Slashers.

Group 2:

Clonguish v Abbeylara, Sun 7pm, Ballinalee
Carrickedmond v Mostrim, Sun 7pm, Ardagh

Abbeylara 4pts, +14
Clonguish 2pts, +3
Mostrim 2pts, -3
Carrickedmond 0pts, -14

Mostrim should wrap up the qualification question by being too strong for Carrickedmond. Abbey may have the added confidence to get one over Clonguish.

Group 3:

Killashee v Fr Manning Gaels, Sat 7pm, Cloonbonny
Ballymahon v Colmcille, Sat 7pm, Newtownforbes

Colmcille 6pts, +14
Ballymahon 5pts, +15
Fr Manning Gaels 3pts +5
Granard 2pts, -16
Killashee 0pts, -18

Colmcille and FMG should both win - the only question is whether Drumlish can close the score difference gap on Ballymahon.

Odds:

Paddy Power (http://www.paddypower.com/bet/gaa-sports/gaa-football/longford-senior-football-championship?ev_oc_grp_ids=112918):

Killoe 10/11 Evens 10/11 Evens
Mullinalaghta 7/2 3/1 5/2
Abbeylara 15/2 13/2 11/2
Clonguish 10/1 14/1 11/1
Dromard 9/1 12/1
Longford Slashers 15/2 14/1 12/1
Colmcille 12/1 14/1
Mostrim 40/1 20/1 33/1
Ballymahon 40/1 50/1 33/1
Fr Manning Gaels 50/1 40/1

Boylesports (http://www.boylesports.com/betting/sports-a---z/gaa---football/club-football/longford-sfc-2017/?navigationid=24.1,86196.1,86603.1,2941616.1):

Killoe 11/10 Evens
Mullinalaghta 3/1 5/2
Abbeylara 7/1 15/2 6/1
Colmcille 14/1 12/1 10/1
Longford Slashers 6/1 9/1 12/1
Clonguish 10/1 16/1 12/1
Dromard 6/1 15/2 14/1
Mostrim 33/1 16/1 33/1
Ballymahon 66/1 25/1 20/1 33/1
Fr Manning Gaels 66/1 80/1 33/1

Ladbrokes (https://sports.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/betting/gaelic-football/gaelic-football/club-football/2017-longford-senior-football-championship/225065985/):

Killoe Evens 6/5
Mullinalaghta 3/1 7/4 15/8
Abbeylara 8/1 7/1
Clonguish 7/1 9/1 10/1
Longford Slashers 8/1 14/1 9/1 10/1
Colmcille 12/1 14/1
Dromard 9/1 11/1 14/1
Ballymahon 40/1 20/1
Mostrim 33/1 20/1 28/1
Fr Manning Gaels 50/1 80/1

Billy's trips to Boylesports in Donabate obviously bearing fruit there.

[LaurelEye]

Mullinalaghta 3-10 Killoe 0-13
Dromard 1-13 Longford Slashers 2-8

Colmcille 2-13 Ballymahon 2-11
Fr Manning Gaels 1-18 Killashee 2-12

Mostrim 2-12 Carrickedmond 1-14
Clonguish 1-12 Abbeylara 0-14

[seafoid]

So the bookies were dealing in fake news. Sad!! 

J. K. Galbraith:"The conventional wisdom"gives way not so much to new ideas as to "the massive onslaught of circumstances with which it cannot contend".

especially goals

[LaurelEye]

Quarter-final draw:

Mullinalaghta v Killoe, Sat 26/8, 6.45pm
Dromard v Clonguish, Sun 27/8, 6.30pm
Ballymahon v Mostrim, Sat 2/9, 6.45pm
Colmcille v Abbeylara, Sun 3/9, 6.45pm

[seafoid]

Quarter-final draw:

Mullinalaghta v Killoe
Dromard v Clonguish
Ballymahon v Mostrim
Colmcille v Abbeylara

When are they on?
Presumably the Mullinalaghta match will be on Sky sponsored by Paddy Power

[LaurelEye]

Latest odds:

Paddy Power (http://www.paddypower.com/bet/gaa-sports/gaa-football/longford-senior-football-championship?ev_oc_grp_ids=112918):

Killoe 10/11 Evens 10/11 Evens 11/8
Mullinalaghta 7/2 3/1 5/2 7/4
Abbeylara 15/2 13/2 11/2 6/1
Dromard 9/1 12/1 9/1
Clonguish 10/1 14/1 11/1
Colmcille 12/1 14/1 16/1
Mostrim 40/1 20/1 33/1 22/1
Ballymahon 40/1 50/1 33/1 28/1

Boylesports (http://www.boylesports.com/betting/sports-a---z/gaa---football/club-football/longford-sfc-2017/?navigationid=24.1,86196.1,86603.1,2941616.1):

Killoe 11/10 Evens 6/4
Mullinalaghta 3/1 5/2 13/8
Abbeylara 7/1 15/2 6/1 5/1
Dromard 6/1 15/2 14/1 10/1
Clonguish 10/1 16/1 12/1
Colmcille 14/1 12/1 10/1 14/1
Mostrim 33/1 16/1 33/1 25/1
Ballymahon 66/1 25/1 20/1 33/1

Ladbrokes (https://sports.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/betting/gaelic-football/gaelic-football/club-football/2017-longford-senior-football-championship/225065985/):

Killoe Evens 6/5 11/8 6/4
Mullinalaghta 3/1 7/4 15/8 7/4 13/8
Abbeylara 8/1 7/1 6/1 13/2
Clonguish 7/1 9/1 10/1 8/1
Dromard 9/1 11/1 14/1 9/1 10/1
Colmcille 12/1 14/1 16/1 14/1
Ballymahon 40/1 20/1 25/1
Mostrim 33/1 20/1 28/1 22/1 25/1

[LaurelEye]

Relegation play-off:

Granard 2-18 Fr Manning Gaels 1-10

So after 42 years at Senior, four Connolly Cups (including a three-in-a-row), and a one-point loss in a Leinster semi-final, Drumlish drop down to Intermediate for 2018.

Mullinalaghta 2-8 Killoe 0-14

Narrow escape for us with a goal to draw in stoppage time and a Killoe kick hitting the wrong side of the upright in the last seconds.

Clonguish 1-14 Dromard 0-15

Dromard will be aggrieved with refereeing that saw them reduced to 14 men for 35 minutes and their entire management team sent to the stand.

Paddy Power (http://www.paddypower.com/bet/gaa-sports/gaa-football/longford-senior-football-championship?ev_oc_grp_ids=112918):

Killoe 10/11 Evens 10/11 Evens 11/8 13/8
Mullinalaghta 7/2 3/1 5/2 7/4 13/8
Abbeylara 15/2 13/2 11/2 6/1 5/1
Clonguish 10/1 14/1 11/1 5/1
Colmcille 12/1 14/1 16/1
Mostrim 40/1 20/1 33/1 22/1
Ballymahon 40/1 50/1 33/1 28/1

Boylesports (http://www.boylesports.com/betting/sports-a---z/gaa---football/club-football/longford-sfc-2017/?navigationid=24.1,86196.1,86603.1,2941616.1):

Killoe 11/10 Evens 6/4
Mullinalaghta 3/1 5/2 13/8
Abbeylara 7/1 15/2 6/1 5/1
Clonguish 10/1 16/1 12/1 11/2
Colmcille 14/1 12/1 10/1 14/1
Mostrim 33/1 16/1 33/1 25/1
Ballymahon 66/1 25/1 20/1 33/1

Ladbrokes (https://sports.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/betting/gaelic-football/gaelic-football/club-football/2017-longford-senior-football-championship/225065985/):

Killoe Evens 6/5 11/8 6/4 13/8
Mullinalaghta 3/1 7/4 15/8 7/4 13/8
Clonguish 7/1 9/1 10/1 8/1 5/1
Abbeylara 8/1 7/1 6/1 13/2 11/2
Colmcille 12/1 14/1 16/1 14/1
Ballymahon 40/1 20/1 25/1
Mostrim 33/1 20/1 28/1 22/1 25/1

Funnily enough, Killoe's odds drift out and Mullinalaghta's odds drift in after a quarter final that most people on the ground expected Mullinalaghta to win. Clonguish must fancy their chances of taking a team that will be playing three games in three weeks on the hop in the semi-final.

[LaurelEye]

Mostrim 1-16 Ballymahon 0-12

Shamrock and The Insider make it through to a semi-final for the first time since 2010.

Mullinalaghta 1-12 Killoe 0-8

Abbeylara 0-15 Colmcille 0-14

Colmcille needed to get a goal at the end but couldn't break through.

Paddy Power (http://www.paddypower.com/bet/gaa-sports/gaa-football/longford-senior-football-championship?ev_oc_grp_ids=112918):

Mullinalaghta 7/2 3/1 5/2 7/4 13/8 8/11
Abbeylara 15/2 13/2 11/2 6/1 5/1 7/4
Clonguish 10/1 14/1 11/1 5/1 11/2
Mostrim 40/1 20/1 33/1 22/1 16/1

Boylesports (http://www.boylesports.com/betting/sports-a---z/gaa---football/club-football/longford-sfc-2017/?navigationid=24.1,86196.1,86603.1,2941616.1):

Mullinalaghta 3/1 5/2 13/8 4/6
Abbeylara 7/1 15/2 6/1 5/1 9/4
Clonguish 10/1 16/1 12/1 11/2 6/1
Mostrim 33/1 16/1 33/1 25/1 14/1

Ladbrokes (https://sports.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/betting/gaelic-football/gaelic-football/club-football/2017-longford-senior-football-championship/225065985/):

Mullinalaghta 3/1 7/4 15/8 7/4 13/8 8/13
Abbeylara 8/1 7/1 6/1 13/2 11/2 11/5
Clonguish 7/1 9/1 10/1 8/1 5/1 6/1
Mostrim 33/1 20/1 28/1 22/1 25/1 16/1

Not sure why Clonguish are drifting out. They haven't played Mullinalaghta this year but ran them close in last year's Leader Cup final (arguably should have beaten them except for the referee) and have beaten Abbeylara on the other side of the draw.

[Shamrock Shore]

Let the good times roll again.

The dream final of Columbas v Mostrim now a real possibility.

Sky Sports on alert.

[Shamrock Shore]

Is there any possibility of Dromard not being laughed out of Leinster Council chamber?

[LaurelEye]

Is there any possibility of Dromard not being laughed out of Leinster Council chamber?

If there isn't, no-one's told us.

Mullinalaghta 1-11 Clonguish 0-14

[Shamrock Shore]

Another close shave for ye boys. Heard ye were playing Killoe as well as Clonguish.

Super Sat next weekend. Mostrim will be able to do our homework for the final

[seafoid]

Mostrim 1-16 Ballymahon 0-12

Shamrock and The Insider make it through to a semi-final for the first time since 2010.

Mullinalaghta 1-12 Killoe 0-8

Abbeylara 0-15 Colmcille 0-14

Colmcille needed to get a goal at the end but couldn't break through.

Paddy Power (http://www.paddypower.com/bet/gaa-sports/gaa-football/longford-senior-football-championship?ev_oc_grp_ids=112918):

Mullinalaghta 7/2 3/1 5/2 7/4 13/8 8/11
Abbeylara 15/2 13/2 11/2 6/1 5/1 7/4
Clonguish 10/1 14/1 11/1 5/1 11/2
Mostrim 40/1 20/1 33/1 22/1 16/1

Boylesports (http://www.boylesports.com/betting/sports-a---z/gaa---football/club-football/longford-sfc-2017/?navigationid=24.1,86196.1,86603.1,2941616.1):

Mullinalaghta 3/1 5/2 13/8 4/6
Abbeylara 7/1 15/2 6/1 5/1 9/4
Clonguish 10/1 16/1 12/1 11/2 6/1
Mostrim 33/1 16/1 33/1 25/1 14/1

Ladbrokes (https://sports.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/betting/gaelic-football/gaelic-football/club-football/2017-longford-senior-football-championship/225065985/):

Mullinalaghta 3/1 7/4 15/8 7/4 13/8 8/13
Abbeylara 8/1 7/1 6/1 13/2 11/2 11/5
Clonguish 7/1 9/1 10/1 8/1 5/1 6/1
Mostrim 33/1 20/1 28/1 22/1 25/1 16/1

Not sure why Clonguish are drifting out. They haven't played Mullinalaghta this year but ran them close in last year's Leader Cup final (arguably should have beaten them except for the referee) and have beaten Abbeylara on the other side of the draw.

The bookies very trína chéile this year.
That Mullinalaghta team will be talked about 50 years from now . Such a team is a very rare pearl in such a small parish.