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Best of luck to Pete he will need it.How many of the team that played in this years Leinster championship were of inter county standard,you wouldn't need the fingers on one hand to count them.Picking the best players from club teams you usually end up with many similar types,which usually means small and light and no ability to stop an opponent who runs directly at them.Hopefully Pete can find a number of young players who are physically big and mobile and give them the full length of his contract to mole them to do a particular job for the team.Forget about division 2 status concentrate on the future with a different approach and a different type of player for us to be able to compete in a respectable manner.If he is not going to change the personnel immediately the county will be no better off at the end of his term.Pete your going nowhere with the present panel.The old saying still holds its harder to get off the team than to get on. elizabeth12 (Louth) - Posts: 21 - 01/10/2017 00:38:42 2052054 Link
Elizabeth 12. Some post for a first post. Hope your right. ninjasmyth (Louth) - Posts: 755 - 01/10/2017 01:49:16 2052057 Link
Replying To elizabeth12: "Best of luck to Pete he will need it.How many of the team that played in this years Leinster championship were of inter county standard,you wouldn't need the fingers on one hand to count them.Picking the best players from club teams you usually end up with many similar types,which usually means small and light and no ability to stop an opponent who runs directly at them.Hopefully Pete can find a number of young players who are physically big and mobile and give them the full length of his contract to mole them to do a particular job for the team.Forget about division 2 status concentrate on the future with a different approach and a different type of player for us to be able to compete in a respectable manner.If he is not going to change the personnel immediately the county will be no better off at the end of his term.Pete your going nowhere with the present panel.The old saying still holds its harder to get off the team than to get on." Stick on the pan there lizzy!! gooch13 (Louth) - Posts: 656 - 01/10/2017 09:46:57 2052078 Link
Elizabeth 12. Some post for a first post. Hope your right. ninjasmyth (Louth) - Posts: 755 - 01/10/2017 14:49:25 2052115 Link
Its some post but there is nobody disagreeing with the comnent. Valid points being made I think. Nothing to change i feel for next 2 years, to stay in div 2 is a big ask, win 2 chship games on the bounce is a big ask, players to leave panel after chsip exit is a definite. McGrath is a decent man but Louth football is in an awful state from top to bottom of county. The standard of senior football is deplorable, no county ground and in general i think gaelic football in general is suffering. Next year and there after soccer is going to run toe to toe with Gaelic from March to September so its going to be harder to get kids involved in the sport. joej (Louth) - Posts: 1615 - 01/10/2017 20:13:34 2052189 Link
Replying To joej: "Its some post but there is nobody disagreeing with the comnent. Valid points being made I think. Nothing to change i feel for next 2 years, to stay in div 2 is a big ask, win 2 chship games on the bounce is a big ask, players to leave panel after chsip exit is a definite. McGrath is a decent man but Louth football is in an awful state from top to bottom of county. The standard of senior football is deplorable, no county ground and in general i think gaelic football in general is suffering. Next year and there after soccer is going to run toe to toe with Gaelic from March to September so its going to be harder to get kids involved in the sport." My God you are awful negative what makes you think that Louth football is in an awful state apart from you saying so? Don't just say underage structures cause there is savage work being done at county level and in some clubs. Hence why the likes of Glen Emmets and St Kevins are now recording huge numbers at cúl camps, up there with some of the more dominant clubs in the county. They are starting to reap the rewards with success in their communities on and off the pitch. We also had a Louth minor team who lost out to Dublin in the Leinster final and recorded the smallest deficit of the competitive year against the All Ireland champions Kerry. The help and structure templates are there for all of us to use so underage is no excuse. So why, in your opinion, is Louth football suffering? WheresDeBallBag (Louth) - Posts: 458 - 01/10/2017 22:40:25 2052231 Link
Replying To elizabeth12: "Best of luck to Pete he will need it.How many of the team that played in this years Leinster championship were of inter county standard,you wouldn't need the fingers on one hand to count them.Picking the best players from club teams you usually end up with many similar types,which usually means small and light and no ability to stop an opponent who runs directly at them.Hopefully Pete can find a number of young players who are physically big and mobile and give them the full length of his contract to mole them to do a particular job for the team.Forget about division 2 status concentrate on the future with a different approach and a different type of player for us to be able to compete in a respectable manner.If he is not going to change the personnel immediately the county will be no better off at the end of his term.Pete your going nowhere with the present panel.The old saying still holds its harder to get off the team than to get on." Any suggestions as to who these universal soldiers who currently arnt on the panel are? I think we currently have a group of lads who commit and work hard to represent our county as best they can and have done so the last few years. I'm not saying there is no room for Pete to find some new contributers but I don't think it is fair to fault the current panel especially not with some imaginary stronger candidates. You do know Elizabeth when the lads where talking about Cuchulainn earlier they where only joking he's not able available for selection he's sticking to the small ball not willing to commit to the fitness required for the big ball game. WheresDeBallBag (Louth) - Posts: 458 - 01/10/2017 22:57:33 2052235 Link
WTBB You obviously didnt attend louth v longford in the qualifiers back in june, Louth were not all interested on the day in going any further in the cship. joej (Louth) - Posts: 1615 - 02/10/2017 12:14:40 2052354 Link
Replying To WheresDeBallBag: "My God you are awful negative what makes you think that Louth football is in an awful state apart from you saying so? Don't just say underage structures cause there is savage work being done at county level and in some clubs. Hence why the likes of Glen Emmets and St Kevins are now recording huge numbers at cúl camps, up there with some of the more dominant clubs in the county. They are starting to reap the rewards with success in their communities on and off the pitch. We also had a Louth minor team who lost out to Dublin in the Leinster final and recorded the smallest deficit of the competitive year against the All Ireland champions Kerry. The help and structure templates are there for all of us to use so underage is no excuse. So why, in your opinion, is Louth football suffering?" Excellent post WheresDeBallBag. some serious work going in at underage at some clubs. Glens & st kevins as you mentioned, St Marys, Mairtins another two. I think other clubs should look at those clubs set up and follow suit. I think one thing that needs to be improved is the structure in underage leagues. if we get that right the county will be on the right road. with Pete McGrath now involved and Colm Nally involved at coaching and games level we need to get their expertise into more use at club level sharpey (Louth) - Posts: 193 - 04/10/2017 11:43:39 2052947 Link
Replying To joej: "WTBB You obviously didnt attend louth v longford in the qualifiers back in june, Louth were not all interested on the day in going any further in the cship." Job for the year was complete at that stage joej. Our goal was promotion and they achieved that and instead of applauding them you move the goal posts. You are a critic not a supporter. You are displaying signs of perfectionism which is an awful affliction. Usually perfectionist are unfairly critical of themselves and not of others striving for excellence. Nothing is ever perfect, look at Dublin and the mistakes made across the year and even in the final. Yet they accomplished what they set out to achieve so are rightly congratulated. I'll ask you the same question as I asked the flash in the pan that was our elizabeth, name some of these better options that are out there available for selection? Please don't come back with the doom and gloom of " there is no one that is the problem" we're in Div 2 enjoy it man! WheresDeBallBag (Louth) - Posts: 458 - 04/10/2017 13:41:32 2053000 Link
Are you for real ball bag, perfectionism Jesus christ im attending Louth games for the last 30 years, ob cup, league, chship, friendlies etc. We have a good bunch of players but it didnt take much last june, namely the worst kept that kelly was leaving for then to decide to throw the towel in and let a very ordinary Longford team steam roll them out of the cship. This crap of job done for the yearis utter rubbish,yes promotion was secured, box ticked even though we capitulated in the league final after us suposedly peaking for the league. Whats wrong with trying to win 2 chship matches in a row? Remember the Wicklow game this year, we very lucky to get over the line. I am all for being optimistic but realism has to prevail. I am involved with under age at my club, if the CB get their act together we might win over the kids who will instead play soccer, rugby or not at all. joej (Louth) - Posts: 1615 - 04/10/2017 23:02:59 2053173 Link
Ball bag your popularust view point is admirable to the fluffy snowflake posters on here but back in the real world the aim this year was not promotion. It was for most louth fans to stay in div 3 and win 2 chship games and hopefully beat the auld enemy in parnell park, so dont be giving it all that about promotion, not 1 Louth supporter thought for 1 second back in march that we woukld get to Div 2. joej (Louth) - Posts: 1615 - 04/10/2017 23:13:19 2053178 Link
Replying To joej: "Ball bag your popularust view point is admirable to the fluffy snowflake posters on here but back in the real world the aim this year was not promotion. It was for most louth fans to stay in div 3 and win 2 chship games and hopefully beat the auld enemy in parnell park, so dont be giving it all that about promotion, not 1 Louth supporter thought for 1 second back in march that we woukld get to Div 2." Since when do the supporters set a teams goals Joej? Clearly Colin and the lads geared themselves entirely for the league as they hit the ground running. Even the fact that some of the players had made plans for the summer really does suggest championship was not in their mind. Is Louth football not in a better place than it was 12 months ago? Was it not the crop of players that you are criticising who got us there? You are coming across as an intellectual snob, who needs to critisise others to boost your own ego. You started with the Louth players and now you've moved onto the "fluffy" posters. Try broadening your perspective and maybe you might find it's OK to appreciate others achievements. WheresDeBallBag (Louth) - Posts: 458 - 05/10/2017 14:22:50 2053313 Link
Replying To joej: "Are you for real ball bag, perfectionism Jesus christ im attending Louth games for the last 30 years, ob cup, league, chship, friendlies etc. We have a good bunch of players but it didnt take much last june, namely the worst kept that kelly was leaving for then to decide to throw the towel in and let a very ordinary Longford team steam roll them out of the cship. This crap of job done for the yearis utter rubbish,yes promotion was secured, box ticked even though we capitulated in the league final after us suposedly peaking for the league. Whats wrong with trying to win 2 chship matches in a row? Remember the Wicklow game this year, we very lucky to get over the line. I am all for being optimistic but realism has to prevail. I am involved with under age at my club, if the CB get their act together we might win over the kids who will instead play soccer, rugby or not at all." That very ordinary Longford team you are talking about Joej beat Monaghan well in Clones in a qualifier last year. They pushed Donegal all the way in a qualifier in Ballybofey this year and may well have beaten them were it not for a questionable sending off this year. Anyone who travelled to Drogheda for our match against Longford this year expecting a win didn't know what they were talking about. I was very apprehensive before the game and it was justified. They are a bigger, physically stronger team than us. We were beaten by a better team. Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6196 - 05/10/2017 18:49:51 2053414 Link
Ballbag You have not commented on the points I have made.. I dont feel I am being overly critical on the Louth team and yes they have done well to gain promotion. Read my previous posts znd i naver once critisised Colin or the team. However you insist on slinging mud in my direction and name calling. I suggest you are coming across as a big child. Your only contribution is to state the obvious and popular viewpoint. See you at the county final. Watch the standard of football on show. How many blues players on the Louth team? We know the Gaels have a few. Clogherhead have 4/5 on Louth team and look what happend to them in the cship. I know where Louth fooball is at , do you? joej (Louth) - Posts: 1615 - 05/10/2017 23:45:34 2053469 Link
Greengrass Tipp were physically bigger than us 1 to 15 and we beat them in the league. Boys didnt want to know against Longford. Ffs i was there it was a scorcher, great day great craic but the boys had enough, which is fair enough but please dont tell me that Louth were up for it. joej (Louth) - Posts: 1615 - 05/10/2017 23:49:42 2053471 Link
Replying To joej: "Greengrass Tipp were physically bigger than us 1 to 15 and we beat them in the league. Boys didnt want to know against Longford. Ffs i was there it was a scorcher, great day great craic but the boys had enough, which is fair enough but please dont tell me that Louth were up for it." Is that the same Tipp team you said we "capitulated" against in the league final ? Longford at their best are a better outfit than we are . They beat Monaghan in championship football last year in Clones . Would we do that ? Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6196 - 06/10/2017 02:04:01 2053476 Link
Any word on who the full back room team is ? Red2017 (Louth) - Posts: 122 - 10/10/2017 11:57:05 2054357 Link
Replying To Red2017: "Any word on who the full back room team is ?" Probably Paddy Reilly 19616609 (Louth) - Posts: 1742 - 11/10/2017 00:17:43 2054552 Link
Wayne Kieran's is one I believe. Redzer_Brown (Louth) - Posts: 153 - 11/10/2017 08:38:15 2054568 Link