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Disappointing to hear a number of Carlow players have dropped off the panel. Especially with the league season only 4 games in. Did anyone hear any names? Fringe or starting players? On the point of Cake selecting a panel of upwards of 32/33 players. Would smaller counties not be better off working alongside their u20s and picking a smaller senior panel as a result? I'd imagine like Laois at this stage, once you get past number 19/20 on the panel there are lads on the panel who will never get within an ass's roar of a starting 15. I mean if your the senior manager and you need training players, why not expose your u20s to it as opposed to calling in players in their mid to late 20s who are nowhere the standard required. Matador (Laois) - Posts: 10 - 27/02/2025 14:25:50 2593504 Link
Sadly the rumours are true. Not going to name lads on here as it's no fair, but it does seem to be a real s*show in there This probably a shorthall moment for those who remember that brief reign. Totally predictable from the start. Barrowsider (Carlow)** - Posts: 1693 - 27/02/2025 15:47:04 2593515 Link
Replying To Barrowsider: "Sadly the rumours are true. Not going to name lads on here as it's no fair, but it does seem to be a real s*show in there This probably a shorthall moment for those who remember that brief reign. Totally predictable from the start." You did call it barrowsider in fairness. I was hoping you were wrong but not at all surprised. The trouble is we haven't got a very dynamic county board so I reckon we're stuck with this shambles for the year. Overthebar53 (Carlow)** - Posts: 318 - 27/02/2025 16:04:23 2593519 Link
Reminiscent of Mickser Condon's reign, if true. Passer_By (Carlow) - Posts: 524 - 27/02/2025 16:27:44 2593525 Link
Replying To Overthebar53: "You did call it barrowsider in fairness. I was hoping you were wrong but not at all surprised. The trouble is we haven't got a very dynamic county board so I reckon we're stuck with this shambles for the year." It's really disappointing to read that we have lost panel players.But in my opinion it's not a surprise. I say that because if you have a panel of 39 then surely it's almost impossible to have fellas feel left out as you cannot play them all. Looking at the hurlers- it's so seldom that fellas leave ir drop off. Hard to figure it out to be honest. Giving the county board a whacking is nonsensical as what can they actually do if players decide they have had enough! Players have left for all sorts of reasons and there is little anyone can do about it unfortunately Sad too that these players are highly unlikely to come back in again in the future. As.for underage players joining - I think they should stay with their own age groups. The jump for.most pplayers from underage to seniorn is huge and.most are not aable to bridge it in a short time. carlowman (Carlow) - Posts: 1855 - 27/02/2025 16:45:27 2593532 Link
At least during the Andy Shorthall reign in 2007, division's 3 & 4 were split in to 2 groups of 8 so we played better opposition who wouldn't normally be in the basement tier Monaghan, Roscommon and Clare, now they are getting hammered by fellow division 4 teams. During the Mick Condon reign we had a championship win against Wicklow that year, but the Shane Curran regime seems to be a demolition job from the get go. 3 Grange players have left, 2 Eire Og, 2 Palatine, 2 Bagenalstown, 1 from Graiguecullen, and possibly more? And a selector. As others have said, surely it's time to pull the plug otherwise we will have to field an u20 team for The Tailteann cup. Carlowrising (Carlow) - Posts: 160 - 27/02/2025 18:09:15 2593549 Link
Replying To Overthebar53: "Maybe better in the long term to lance the boil now. Several people here were always very dubious about this appointment and it appears they have been proven correct albeit earlier than even the most pessimistic of us expected. If these rumours are even partially true it's time to end this charade and try and get someone genuine in for championship/tailteann cup." Absolutely spot on OTB. This has been a charade from the start even with the most optimistic of Carlow fans. They need to stop the bleeding now before more players walk away. And it's not than 3 that have walked seemingly. Bracker1984 (Carlow) - Posts: 22 - 28/02/2025 00:22:09 2593611 Link
Replying To Barrowsider: "Sadly the rumours are true. Not going to name lads on here as it's no fair, but it does seem to be a real s*show in there This probably a shorthall moment for those who remember that brief reign. Totally predictable from the start." You did call this early to be fair to you. Seems your predictions came true unfortunately. Bracker1984 (Carlow)** - Posts: 22 - 28/02/2025 00:23:28 2593612 Link
Whilst the football is in tatters again Our hurlers continue to operate at a high level It's also great to see Carlow Town becoming a Force at under age in the county. That can only be positive. Looking forward to game on Sunday Blackbog (Carlow) - Posts: 735 - 28/02/2025 08:49:22 2593626 Link
It doesn't give me any great pleasure to be right and I think looking back at the comments I definitely wasn't the only one to predict it. I'm an old cynic at this stage I've said it many times before but the whole thing from 14s up needs to be dismantled and rebuilt with people who actually have a passion for Carlow football. Barrowsider (Carlow) - Posts: 1693 - 28/02/2025 10:16:57 2593644 Link
Just seen the team for V Wicklow Can see Lee Walker and Darragh o Brien are missing and Sean Murphy is a sub. And Ross Dunphy is back in starting fifteen Can't work out who the other missing players are. Blackbog (Carlow) - Posts: 735 - 01/03/2025 14:03:51 2593896 Link
Replying To Blackbog: "Just seen the team for V Wicklow Can see Lee Walker and Darragh o Brien are missing and Sean Murphy is a sub. And Ross Dunphy is back in starting fifteen Can't work out who the other missing players are." Must be extended panel members Bimb (Carlow) - Posts: 490 - 01/03/2025 16:17:07 2593915 Link
Replying To Blackbog: "Just seen the team for V Wicklow Can see Lee Walker and Darragh o Brien are missing and Sean Murphy is a sub. And Ross Dunphy is back in starting fifteen Can't work out who the other missing players are." Shane Clarke … major loss coming into a period of drying ground when his pace will be missed. Grange lads seem to be all gone too. Not surprised Darragh O'Brien is gone the way they messed him around last week. Tomorrow is all about the hurlers anyway. Huge swing game ahead. Hopefully they can finally nail Antrim who we owe big time (and none more so than Chris) and set themselves up for a real go at promotion which if it happened would be probably the greatest achievement of any Carlow inter county team since the leister senior football winning side. To be in the top seven in the country, in league anyway, would be remarkable for a county our size but it is very achievable. Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1483 - 01/03/2025 17:06:20 2593923 Link
Replying To Onion Breath: "Shane Clarke … major loss coming into a period of drying ground when his pace will be missed. Grange lads seem to be all gone too. Not surprised Darragh O'Brien is gone the way they messed him around last week. Tomorrow is all about the hurlers anyway. Huge swing game ahead. Hopefully they can finally nail Antrim who we owe big time (and none more so than Chris) and set themselves up for a real go at promotion which if it happened would be probably the greatest achievement of any Carlow inter county team since the leister senior football winning side. To be in the top seven in the country, in league anyway, would be remarkable for a county our size but it is very achievable." Will be tough going tomorrow. I'm confident we'll win if we play to form but never easy against Antrim regardless how they've been going. Hopefully Carlow people will come out in numbers to support the lads. Unusedsub (Carlow) - Posts: 106 - 01/03/2025 17:20:47 2593926 Link
Replying To Onion Breath: "Shane Clarke … major loss coming into a period of drying ground when his pace will be missed. Grange lads seem to be all gone too. Not surprised Darragh O'Brien is gone the way they messed him around last week. Tomorrow is all about the hurlers anyway. Huge swing game ahead. Hopefully they can finally nail Antrim who we owe big time (and none more so than Chris) and set themselves up for a real go at promotion which if it happened would be probably the greatest achievement of any Carlow inter county team since the leister senior football winning side. To be in the top seven in the country, in league anyway, would be remarkable for a county our size but it is very achievable." Shane Clarke is still there . Playing tomorrow Blackbog (Carlow) - Posts: 735 - 01/03/2025 17:42:52 2593933 Link
Replying To Blackbog: "Shane Clarke is still there . Playing tomorrow" Sorry you're right. I meant Jamie who seems to be gone. Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1483 - 01/03/2025 19:19:39 2593976 Link
Replying To Onion Breath: "Sorry you're right. I meant Jamie who seems to be gone." Yes Jamie Clarke . I misses him Blackbog (Carlow) - Posts: 735 - 01/03/2025 20:46:56 2594000 Link
Dismantle and rebuild. supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3124 - 02/03/2025 00:00:27 2594047 Link
Well, that was very disappointing.... the last puck of the ball. CARPS (Carlow) - Posts: 780 - 02/03/2025 17:58:37 2594186 Link
Wasn't at the hurlers game but seems like we lost a point rather than gaining one like we did in Offaly. Seems to have gone out of the game for a period and antrim capitalized there's never much between these two teams when they play and games are always top notch to be fair. Hopefully we can get something from Dublin game next week would have taken 4 points out of 6 to start the league. ITSCHOLAR (Carlow) - Posts: 306 - 02/03/2025 18:22:29 2594193 Link