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Words cant describe how bad we were today .... Laurel , wouldnt be too sure of our quarter final place , given our performane today ....

Making the journey back from London to see us start our championship campaign ....
Will be a tough opening game v Killoe , have heard Killoe have been hit with allot of emigration , dont know how accurate that it , but they will be keen to get revenge over us after beating them in quarter final last year ...will bring my boots just in case Gerry needs me !!!

one or two injury concerns coming into the game at the weekend , but everyone should make it , Slashers are rightly favourites and I would expect them to advance to the finals , however its a semi final and anything could happen ! ...so all we can do is our best and see what happens !
Its been 18 years since we've appeared in Pearse Pk in late September , (16yr long years I have played for) , so we are long overdue an appearance ! , might be a step too far for our current team at the moment

Laurel , nice to see a little Karma once in a while , although like already stated , I feel for the Clonguish players who had nothing to with last weeks debacle ! .... I think ye will give Slahers lots of it , I wouldn't one bit surprised to see you come through that game !
the cutehoor approach has worked so far ! , unlike us cocky lot ! 

Just judging Killoe on their performance v Columba's Billy , they looked pretty ordinary , it was the most favourable draw out of the 3 options of Dromard, Abbey and Killoe! ...will be a tough game , not doubts about that !
Only got in for the last game , very surprised at result , was umpire at Cashels first game and they were very poor , I heard Colmcille had a few of their leading lights injured and in fairness to Cashel , they pushed Abbey very close .

No doubt Laurel , losing your midfielder had a huge bearing on game ...as P Barden dominated in the 2nd half... they had two of three around K Mulligan everytime he had the ball ...hopefully ye can pick it up again next weekend

Laurel ...
Ye had a great chance to knock out them out , points system doesn't seem fair when Cashel go through in their group with 2pts and you have to play off with 4pts , they really played well in the 2nd half ...Dowd going to full forward made a huge difference ...silence after the final whistle was deafening !! ...nobody had a clue around me what the situation was ....
We put away Granard without too much problems ...out of the relegation teams , Id expect them to go down ..
It was a happy little group of Edgerstown players when the draw was made ...avoided Dromard and Abbey ...Killoe are beatable , but must have improved since they played St Columba's ...

Another good win for ye Laurel ...barring a complete collapse , you are in the quarter finals ..

Our group has been turned up on its head after Ballymahon hockeyed Granard , if they beat Slashers , (tight pitch in Allen Park , might suit them ) , they could give Slashers lots of it , from our point of view , its would be great to see Slashers continue where they left off with us ! 

If Ballymahon win , we are as good as gone !  have to be looking at giving Granard a 14pt hiding to guarantee qualification if that happens , potentially at the expense of Slashers , which is highly unlikely !

So if we beat Granard , Slashers beat Ballymahon , we are through !

Laurel ,
As it was me who brought up this subject ....(sorry I did now !!  ) , I was at training last Friday evening and this was the chat I was hearing from the lads ...
I was only looking for clarification and was in no way trying to devalue your win, as per my original mail I thought ye thoroughly deserved your victory , and was delighted to see ye do so ... as was Auld Longfordian 
I was on a similar deal many moons ago in Boston ! and came back to play in the club championship that year (and to repeat an exam !!! )
Anyway Laurel , hope the original post didnt offend , wasn't my intention , should keep such questions to PM's in future !
onto matters on the field ...how are you fixed for Ardagh ?...win that and your sitting pretty in a quarter final spot !

So Forfeit ....
What are your thoughts on the game on Saturday evening ? .... you should go into the match as favourites , was impressed with Philips inside and Smith was accurate from the 40' ...Brady will be a loss for ye in the full back line ...although ye have the other Bairns lad to slot in there
...Paul Kelly first championship outing against his old club ... a bit like Rooney coming back to Goodison ! ...

Laurel ,
Word on the street is that Killoe are lodging an objection ...... is there any substance to it ? , if so then its very poor form from Killoe , as they were beaten fair and square !!!

Ballymahon had a very bad day at the office on Saturday .... so I wouldn't read much into the manner of our victory .... although we did play very well at times ...Brian Farrell was immense , Fintan Coyle cleaned up around the middle , Hannon and P Smith did very well in defence and attacked with pace ... one of our panelist's ,  will remain unmentioned ,had a considerable amount of money on us to win @ 2/1 ...he had a nervous first few mins , but calmed down after that !
Slashers always looked comfortable , it took them a while to shake Granard off , P Kelly and Philips will be a handful.
Performance of the weekend has to go to St.Columba's .... outplayed and outscored a very fancied Killoe outfit , great to see , and they will be very confident of securing a quater final spot.

Fantastic win for the minors , wasn't at it myself , but saw highlights on TG4 last night , did very well after being under pressure for most of the 1st half from Offally ! ....

We have Ballymahon in Killoe in the first round of the championship on Saturday evening , important game , as winner of this will fancy themselves to win v Granard and get into knock-out stages .....

Shamrock ..congrats to auld Shore on his award ...was talking to him a few weeks ago , on his birthday , cycling by the garage !....

happy new year to one and all ... haven't been on board for a long time now !

How are all the shore's doing ? did you make it back during the Christmas ? , just back from 3 week holiday in Belize , missed all of the weather , from watching the frontline last night , looks like the place shut down !

Longfordian Sr is back at the helm this year  , he will have his work cut out !!

was in Kerry at the weekend actually (cycling the ring ! ) we got wind that Kerry were training and wandered down to have a look only to find a closed session ! ...no spectators allowed ! .....

By all accounts ...Kerry have received the proverbial shoe up the you know what and are training like demons ! , however with unfamiliar soirroundings and a partisan corwd ..... you never know !

got tickets for the Boss ...or Longford v Kerry ....what would Jesus do ?