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Anyway I look forward to a good minor championship, I would say both Louth and Kildare could be the teams to beat. Laois might just make final if either others slip. Interesting games ahead. Btw I speak of Leinster only. royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 07/05/2017 15:31:25 1984975 Link 0 |
McConnon is not the manager, it's Ken Hickey from Bagenalstown who was a selector on the team that got to the Leinster final ten years ago. McConnon was manager of the Carlow u/21s this year and last and I'm afraid whilst he has a good record with club sides he has never down anything with Carlow underage sides, including minor in the past. Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1412 - 07/05/2017 16:46:21 1984987 Link 0 |
Kildare barely got over Carlow in last round so they're certainly not favourites this time round. Surely Laois must be in with a shout after beating the best team in Leinster?? St.Conleth (Kildare) - Posts: 1696 - 07/05/2017 16:54:19 1984990 Link 0 |
After Meath handed dubs game, yesterday was always going to be a difficult job. So hard to know with Laois but time will tell
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 07/05/2017 18:00:07 1984999 Link 0 |
Leinster Quarter Final Draw panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2771 - 07/05/2017 22:03:47 1985069 Link 0 |
Look lads its only the one poster from Meath who continually gets carried away, TheWestIsAwake (UK) - Posts: 529 - 08/05/2017 10:06:32 1985132 Link 3 |
Kerry minors gave cork a 10 point batin in cork rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 11/05/2017 10:37:10 1985899 Link 0 |
That lad is some player.
Groundball (Wexford) - Posts: 122 - 11/05/2017 13:42:41 1985958 Link 0 |
So Donegal beaten today by Antrim. Game went to Extra Time with our lads winning by a point at the long whistle. Great result! Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 21/05/2017 16:44:39 1988840 Link 1 |
Yes it was a good game, exciting football all throughout. Congrats to Antrim, there is character in that side. They came back from 3 points down in extra time to win it. Some great long range scores too. Hard luck our lads, no back door means no 2nd chance. But that is proper championship football.
Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 21/05/2017 20:13:22 1988979 Link 1 |
Very good high quality game in Ballybofey at the weekend with Antrim deserving winners. They were the more composed side throughout and as DLMAN said showed great character to come through at the end. Donegal were in the position to win the game twice despite been 7 points down at one stage. Unfortunately they lacked the composure necessary to see out the game. It was a very young side with only 3 players from last years team available and I think this showed throughout with alot of nerves on display. Again Peader Mogan was immense and he is a guy who will follow Jason McGee, and Niall O'Donnell into being senior stars of the future. Liam Quinn was excellent for Antrim especially in the first half and special mention to Rurari Brolly who made some impression when he came on. My feelings before the game were that Donegal were not as strong as the previous 3 years and that the best 4 teams in the province at the grade were on the same side of the draw (Donegal, Antrim, Derry and Tyrone) and I think this proved correct. The semi final whoever Antrim play will be worth seeing before the senior game on the 18th. My Leinster dark horses in Offaly also fell by the wayside at the weekend. panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2771 - 24/05/2017 22:34:10 1990449 Link 0 |
"Laois unlike Dublin were actually a good side..." Well the Dublin minors cant be all that bad now after all eh... ;o) Beating the favourites Kildare in their own back yard 1-16 to 0-14 Dubs v Louth in the Leinster Final Great achievement so far by Louth by the way. Fair play to them. Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 3684 - 05/07/2017 22:59:22 2011258 Link 0 |
Final 8 now: opa01 (Cavan) - Posts: 500 - 06/07/2017 08:31:20 2011326 Link 0 |
Great win for the Dublin minors and nice to be back in a Leinster final, its been a while for the young Dubs. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4441 - 06/07/2017 10:18:18 2011383 Link 0 |
Good game last night and an impressive win for Dublin, number 11 looked a level above everybody on the pitch and they controlled the middle pretty well at times. if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3685 - 06/07/2017 10:43:20 2011400 Link 0 |
Great to see Louth get to a final and hopefully they put up a good showing in the final if not win it but the Dubs comeback win over Meath seems to have unlocked alot of their potential and they will be tough beat. I know my own fancies to do well in Leinster Offaly were undone by Louth and they were a good side though as always really hard to weigh up against other teams. As shown in Ulster Antrim who were really good in beating a young Donegal side in a high quality got beat out the gate against Derry which just shows the sometimes unpredictable nature of the grade. In saying that I expect the winners to come from Kerry and Galway semi final granted Galway win Connaught and both their quarter finals. panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2771 - 06/07/2017 13:24:04 2011495 Link 0 |
Underage football known for the odd shock but how i see the last ever Minor AI championship playing out. ispeakwisdom (Roscommon) - Posts: 2487 - 06/07/2017 18:04:39 2011601 Link 0 |
I have not seen Derry myself but going by their results it would take a very good Dublin team to beat them if of course they both get to a semi final as provincial winners. Derry beat a good Tyrone team and followed it up by spanking Antrim the last day. That was definitely a good Antrim side but I would the one sided result was a combination of a very good Derry performance and Antrim blowing up on the day. I remember saying to myself in Ballybofey after they beat Donegal that they would wanna get back down to planet earth very quickly as they celebrated the win on the pitch as if they had won Ulster even though it was just a quarter final.
panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2771 - 06/07/2017 20:56:30 2011677 Link 0 |
Congrats to the young Duns who beat Clare by 2-11 to 0-10 points in Portloaise today. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4441 - 07/08/2017 15:52:54 2030339 Link 0 |
Best of luck to the young Dubs today. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4441 - 27/08/2017 09:20:05 2038467 Link 0 |