NFL Division 2 2012

GalwayBayBoy · April 08, 2012, 04:14:06 PM

Heartbreak for Galway. Kildare get penalty with last kick of the game 3 minutes into injury time to salvage a draw to take them up. Galway were about 5 seconds away from promotion. Best Galway performance in a long time. Played Kildare off the pitch during the second half. Finished Galway 0-18 to Kildare 2-12. Cracking game.

Hardy · April 08, 2012, 04:16:11 PM

Quote from: Ard-Rí on April 08, 2012, 04:10:39 PM
And down we go. Let the heads roll.

No talk of rolling heads on LMFM. They're on about a big task for "Banty and the boys" to get ready for Wicklow in the Championship but, sure we'll have Kevin Reilly and Shane O'Rourke, etc. What a load of shite. Matty is "looking forward" to the Wicklow game!

Dinny Breen · April 08, 2012, 04:21:14 PM

Quote from: GalwayBayBoy on April 08, 2012, 04:14:06 PM
Heartbreak for Galway. Kildare get penalty with last kick of the game 3 minutes into injury time to salvage a draw to take them up. Best Galway performance in a long time. Played Kildare off the pitch during the second half. Finished Galway 0-18 to Kildare 2-12. Cracking game.

Get in there Johnny Doyle, Kildare much the better side in the first half but had no answer to Galway in the 2nd half with the introduction of PJ looking like the winning of the game for Galway but then came the madness and JD doesn't hide from those situations, cometh the hour...

Clarin Pearl · April 08, 2012, 04:23:32 PM

Not wanting to make a habit of congratulating last minute disappointment, but great stuff from Galway. A back bone has been found alive and well. The line in the sand has been drawn and we are going in the right direction. Not sure how fast we'll be going forward but progress at least. it wasn't because of today that Galway aren't in division One next year.

Shortso79 · April 08, 2012, 04:27:41 PM

Division 2

Pos.    Team    P    W    D    L    F    A    Pts.
1    Tyrone    7    7    0    0    11-92    1-66    14
2    Kildare    7    4    0    2    9-105    7-94    9
3    Galway    7    3    0    2    4-93    5-85    8
4    Louth    7    2    0    3    4-98    9-93    6
5    Westmeath    7    3    0    4    4-79    7-97    6
6    Derry    7    2    0    4    3-84    7-92    5
7    Meath    7    2    0    5    5-77    5-83    4
8    Monaghan    7    2    0    5    6-87    5-105    4

Hardy · April 08, 2012, 04:32:38 PM

Banty on LMFM now.

Very disappointing.
Two one-point defeats have made the difference. (!!!)
Listen, it was wild disappointing.
Listen, our performance today was very very poor.
When Louth scored the second goal, it knocked us back.
Listen, to be fair to the lads sent off, we came out the wrong side of a couple of fracases ... Listen.
Very disappointing.
You know, listen, we made more wrong decisions that Michael Collins today.
You know, listen, it's a scenario here where everybody is drained and disappointed and .... listen, we have to take it from there.
Certainly, listen, they'll be back together next week, but listen there's nobody dead here - all that matters now is the Leinster Championship.

And that's it. The interviewer never asked him when he's f***ing off!

Main Street · April 08, 2012, 04:33:31 PM

We'd take Banty back

Unlike Meath, we only had a slither of hope before the game today of staying up, so we've gone through most of the grief process already. Nudie Hughes on Northern Sound was totally exasperated, the future looks very bleak according to Nudie, no team will have an iota of apprehension about meeting us in the championship.

Dangleberrys · April 08, 2012, 04:35:57 PM

Louth and Westmeath deserve credit for staying up, having been odds on favs for dropping to Div 3, congrats to both. As regards Galway not making it to Div1, its a blessing in disguise. Trying to compete up there while building a new squad is near impossible, Div2 will be of much greater benefit to a team thats rebuilding. Meath and Mon will find it difficult in Div3 too....

ross4life · April 08, 2012, 05:01:10 PM

Quote from: Jinxy on January 28, 2012, 05:07:04 PM
Quote from: ross4life on January 28, 2012, 04:42:20 PM
Tyrone,Kildare look the pick of the bunch there. Derry,Galway,Meath you can never tell how serious any of those will take the league?

Get back in the Division 3 thread where you belong.

Right again. Jinxy may i be the first to welcome you to Div 3.

Dinny Breen · April 08, 2012, 05:04:09 PM

Quote from: ross4life on April 08, 2012, 05:01:10 PM
Quote from: Jinxy on January 28, 2012, 05:07:04 PM
Quote from: ross4life on January 28, 2012, 04:42:20 PM
Tyrone,Kildare look the pick of the bunch there. Derry,Galway,Meath you can never tell how serious any of those will take the league?

Get back in the Division 3 thread where you belong.
Right again. Jinxy may i be the first to welcome you to Div 3.

Brilliant

bhgmk · April 08, 2012, 06:09:39 PM

So it's farewell to Div 2 and off to Div 3 we go.

I'm gutted, but driving home from Omagh two weeks ago I felt this was on the cards.

Where to now (other than Div 3)? What happens to Banty, judging by the tone of his interview with Brendan Cummins on LMFM, he's not planning on leaving.

saffron sam2 · April 08, 2012, 06:32:10 PM

Those of us who have consistently railed against Banty's style of "football" will have a wry smile this evening as we sip our Pinot Noir.

seafoid · April 08, 2012, 06:46:22 PM

Div 3 for Meath is shocking. Galway were so close. I hope we get meath in the qualifiers again

Hardy · April 08, 2012, 06:47:08 PM

Some are saying the players' body language shows they don't want to play for Banty. Others say they're just not interested, don't give a shite, etc. What's the perception of those who've been to the league matches?

timmyot501 · April 08, 2012, 06:57:22 PM

Monaghan played like the outfit that they are, a div 3 outfit. No gameplan, no intensity, no leadership, no good. And in the end we didn't need the calculators to do the sums either. When eamon wuz appointed we were told he wuz going to take us to the next level. Just didn't think it would be so low so fast.