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Another goal conceded at home by the island! 

#cutthecrap. Numbers are not your problem. The willingness of your a vast number of your players to play games twice a week is questionable. Did you not have a thirds team some time ago?

You concede goals nearly every game for the last 5/6 years. Despite the fact that you have very talented midfield and forwards. Where has the grittiness and steel gone from a club once renowned for making it difficult for the opposition - where defending in packs was as natural as kicking a ball - long before Tyrones puke football was even a thought!
As for our club we are just coming up against a Kilcoo era of dominance

I'm sure like other clubs you would have utilised around 40 players during the season. Yet you continue to concede matches at senior reserve and senior level. How you manage your resources is an internal issue you must address.

No one fears travelling to Loughinisland anymore. Not even Carryduff!
When was the last time you had a defender shoulder an opponent to the floor or dive and block a ball! Joseph Doran probably the last player to do so ! And that's going back a bit!

The writing was on the wall when you were conceding reserve games during the year - denying senior squad members games - shame on you.

Therefore some of these 19, 20 21 year olds play 5 or 6 games per season !! Foundations built of sand !!

Oilean Blues, Blue Island & Cut The Crap.

Loughinisland have really dropped the ball on this one. Did they really want promotion ? or are they content to bask in Intermediate glory/level. Conceding matches has been an ugly trend within this rudderless club for some time, with numerous senior reserve games conceded this year.

Tuesday night was the perfect chance for the blues to beat the Kingdom - with loughinsland poor record at home this year the wide spaces at Owen Roe park would have suited their new style of play. Conceding 17 points at home to Darragh Cross, Losing to Carryduff at home and the humilation by the RGU at home are just three recent examples of the implosion taken place at the historic club.

With Martin Clarke  and 5 other regulars ruled out for last Tuesdays fixture The Island should took the game and  especially with their opponents just having failed in capturing the IFC title. I believe the score difference they needed to achieve was 16 points - this was a realistic goal.

With a porous defence and a lack of steel in attitude the blues have no one to blame but themselves. The RGU game was a must win - They haven't beaten the RGU in 10 years!!!

If they couldn't go to Kilcoo and beat the kingdom on a sunny October evening whats their chances of turning up in Burren on a Friday night next year for a league fixture.

How did the An Riocht game go tonight ?