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Replying To anklesockhater:  "The magpies of Leitrim GAA, they will take any disgruntled footballer and promise them stardom. Been picking up players from surrounding clubs for years, they have cast the net a bit further this time"
really? Examples?
fairly sure their current panel came through underage bar the aforementioned recent imports.
i did know a few lads that joined from other clubs but that was when they were junior and no underage path to adult. 3 lads do not make them Parnells

gaelsboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 651 - 08/07/2025 15:50:49    2624416

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Replying To anon3:  "The CCC allowed an U17 league game to go ahead on Friday night, 2 players who would be starters for the u16s got injured, one late withdrawal on Friday night.
Few away on holiday and the Gaeltacht.
Throw in time was to facilitate players going to some gig in Dublin that evening, read into that what you want about players' commitment.
Croke Park schedule the academy games, so hard blame the CB on that one.


Tell me did you ever ask your club's coaching officer to ask about the academy structures at a coaching officers meeting???"
Fair enough. That explains it then. Young lads in Longford obviously don't go on holidays, to gigs or the Gaelteacht.

ThePowerhouse (Leitrim) - Posts: 243 - 08/07/2025 16:55:43    2624436

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Replying To ThePowerhouse:  "Fair enough. That explains it then. Young lads in Longford obviously don't go on holidays, to gigs or the Gaelteacht."
The initial argument was why did Leitrim only have 18 on the match day panel. I gave a reason.

If it's a small panel then there must be a reason behind that

anon3 (Mayo) - Posts: 38 - 08/07/2025 22:05:44    2624501

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I've argued here that we're actually producing more higher quality players then ever. Some don't see that but if you actually break it down and go through whos been priduced in the last 10 years, theres no argument.

However, two things can be true.

I'd also feel like there needs to be a shake up of the top men over our academy/coaching and games structures.

Its a huge job now in each county and even more so in a smaller county.
Structure of competitions, coaching/developing our coaches, amalgamations, Schools Gaa, underage S&C. Etc.

Theres no reason these should be 'jobs for life' and we need accountability and the 'best in class' that we can attract and I'd feel strongly that we don't have that currently.

LongBall94 (USA) - Posts: 16 - 09/07/2025 10:18:35    2624562

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Replying To LongBall94:  "I've argued here that we're actually producing more higher quality players then ever. Some don't see that but if you actually break it down and go through whos been priduced in the last 10 years, theres no argument.

However, two things can be true.

I'd also feel like there needs to be a shake up of the top men over our academy/coaching and games structures.

Its a huge job now in each county and even more so in a smaller county.
Structure of competitions, coaching/developing our coaches, amalgamations, Schools Gaa, underage S&C. Etc.

Theres no reason these should be 'jobs for life' and we need accountability and the 'best in class' that we can attract and I'd feel strongly that we don't have that currently."
It's very hard to 'sack' any employee in this country so some out of box thinking will be needed on that front....

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1423 - 09/07/2025 12:07:54    2624586

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Replying To ThePowerhouse:  "Fair enough. That explains it then. Young lads in Longford obviously don't go on holidays, to gigs or the Gaelteacht."
Conveniently ignoring the u15 result are we?

Just to remind you of it

Leitrim 10:15 (yes ten goals)
Longford 1-8

What's your thoughts on the structure of that result?

boxtyburgerbuns (Leitrim) - Posts: 435 - 09/07/2025 14:09:59    2624630

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Replying To LongBall94:  "I've argued here that we're actually producing more higher quality players then ever. Some don't see that but if you actually break it down and go through whos been priduced in the last 10 years, theres no argument.

However, two things can be true.

I'd also feel like there needs to be a shake up of the top men over our academy/coaching and games structures.

Its a huge job now in each county and even more so in a smaller county.
Structure of competitions, coaching/developing our coaches, amalgamations, Schools Gaa, underage S&C. Etc.

Theres no reason these should be 'jobs for life' and we need accountability and the 'best in class' that we can attract and I'd feel strongly that we don't have that currently."
I've said all along that we're able to produce top quality footballers. I put that down to the work of the player themselves, their parents and their clubs. Very little credit should be attributed to the input of the county board either in its role in organising games or the self appointed "academies".
There's only so much the various coaches of our inter county teams can do with the raw materials handed to them. Trying to transform a bunch of players in 4 or 5 months is delusional. They're handed a panel whose skills, speed of thought, S+C, football IQ is way behind their peers. Instead of focusing on what they should be doing, they're expected to bring these players up to speed in 4 or 5 months. The reality is they should have been doing this for the past 3 or 4 years. That is the fault of the county board. That's their job. That's where we are failing.
Credit where its due, albeit belatedly, there are attempts to improve the quality at senior club level. It needs to be extended all the way from under 13 up.

ThePowerhouse (Leitrim) - Posts: 243 - 09/07/2025 14:57:19    2624642

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Replying To LongBall94:  "I've argued here that we're actually producing more higher quality players then ever. Some don't see that but if you actually break it down and go through whos been priduced in the last 10 years, theres no argument.

However, two things can be true.

I'd also feel like there needs to be a shake up of the top men over our academy/coaching and games structures.

Its a huge job now in each county and even more so in a smaller county.
Structure of competitions, coaching/developing our coaches, amalgamations, Schools Gaa, underage S&C. Etc.

Theres no reason these should be 'jobs for life' and we need accountability and the 'best in class' that we can attract and I'd feel strongly that we don't have that currently."
Well that's just a personal attack against the head of games seeing the GDAs have been in situ for 5 years and then the previous 3 were in situ 5 years previous to that.

Which conveniently coincides with those 10 years.

Agreed that they would be better served with another full time employee so that there can be a more concentrated effort on club and academy.

Clubs need to identify people who want to actually be coaches as opposed to a daddy who will stop coaching once the son hits 18.

Plenty of initiatives have been tried but ultimately the majority of club coaches don't care

anon3 (Mayo) - Posts: 38 - 09/07/2025 17:11:20    2624680

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