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Hard luck but the bigger picture is is looking very good. Connacht football is top of the pops. Only 2 or 3 years ago Sligo went the entire league with zero points. Now they are promoted most likely as champions. Leitrim are coming too big time. McNulty is class and ye have a chance to get one over them in a months time. Andy on RTE radio is just looking for that little bit extra fitness to keep it going for 80 Minutes.

Keephimthere (Roscommon) - Posts: 85 - 26/03/2023 16:37:25    2466745

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Hard luck to today you showed great bravery and courage to get back into the game when it was slipping away. After today and over the whole league this is my team to Face Ny

1. N O'Donnell
2 C Renoylds
3. M Diffley
4. P Maguire
5. D Casey
6. S Quinn
7. A Flynn
8. P Dolan
9. D Wrynn
10. D Rooney
11. J Heslin
12. M Plunkett
13. B McNulty
14. K Berine
15. T Prior

Maybe a few positional changes but I think that is our best 15 for NY. You know to put pace in a team when the ground is Astro turf and with Rooney, Heslin and prior you have lots of pace while also having options for kick outs and Marks with plunkett McNulty and Beirne.

Paul Keaney is off the pace in the games I seen him and so is Donal Flynn. Obviously Ryan O'Rourke is fit I'd be putting him in off the bench. I'd love to get another crack at Sligo in the Connacht semi final but NY will be a huge test first

Champotime18 (Leitrim) - Posts: 398 - 26/03/2023 17:10:52    2466775

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Great response from the lads today to come back from 8 points down , Tom prior excellent when he came on and in my opinion should be starting in the corner for New York . Sligo are that bit more conditioned than us and probably deserved the win . Andy wasn't happen for the full time whistle to be blown early , but I couldn't see us working a goal at that late stage . I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say this , but in my opinion Keith Beirne let us down today . It's plain to be seen that when he's really needed he'll shy away . In the last two county finals and today , when the team really needed him to step up and supply the scores , he wasn't there . All well and good kicking points for fun when it doesn't matter , big time players will step up and kick them in the vital moments of the game….

leitrimman1994 (Leitrim) - Posts: 12 - 26/03/2023 20:41:26    2466904

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Congrats to Sligo and good luck in division 3. We just weren't good enough, extremely close but just short. Yes the referee had a shocker and some of his decisions were nonsense. Surely we should have had a second half penalty and every crazy decision that should have gone our way was punished by Sligo with a score like the sideline ball that Shane Quinn left and it was awarded to Sligo, Sligo got a score from it, Keith blatantly tripped up, sligo got a score from it and so on … but in all honesty and as bad as the ref was Sligo still had more than us they were fitter, stronger, faster and more intelligent on the ball. Some of their quick passing and ability to always have an option when inside our 45 was top class.

Agree with previous poster about Paul Keaney and Donal Flynn. Keaney is obviously talented and his attitude and determination to win is excellent but he hasn't done anything when I've seen him in the green and gold to warrant a starting place. Was Donal Flynn playing today?? He was missing so much I'm expecting him to be on the side of a milk carton when I go shopping next!!

Casey was a massive loss for us and was Ryan throughout the league. Is it true Ryan has walked in solidarity with Riordan??? Hopefully this is just a rumour.

Leaving Keaney midfield with Dolan and Wrynn at full forward was madness. I know Andy switched it but it was too late. When Wrynn came out we took over.

Barry McNulty looks the real deal, for an 18th year old at this level he looks sensational and Tom Prior had a stormer when he came on. Surely these two have to start in New York.

The age profile of the squad looks good for the future and the younger players in that squad will surely be a step up again next year, hopefully we can push on in 2024 and go up. No one in the division next year is better than us if we stay together. The heart they showed today to never give up and almost nick it is commendable and I hope the team are not too despondent.

What would concern me is that with Ross, mayo and Galway pushing on in Division 1, Sligo were always the team we could compete with lately but they have had our number the last few games we played. Now I know we pushed them all the way today but if they push on to division 2 we could be left completely behind in Connacht. Remember Sligo won the minor 2021 championship and was runner up in 2020. We haven't been in a final since 2002, 21 years ago. They are also the current under 20 champs. We always get the few God given talents and McNulty seems to be the next of them for us but we need some good learned and coached players coming through, if we don't start producing the goods soon underage then Connacht competitiveness is going further and further away.

leitrim4sam (Leitrim) - Posts: 556 - 26/03/2023 21:25:36    2466923

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Replying To leitrimman1994:  "Great response from the lads today to come back from 8 points down , Tom prior excellent when he came on and in my opinion should be starting in the corner for New York . Sligo are that bit more conditioned than us and probably deserved the win . Andy wasn't happen for the full time whistle to be blown early , but I couldn't see us working a goal at that late stage . I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say this , but in my opinion Keith Beirne let us down today . It's plain to be seen that when he's really needed he'll shy away . In the last two county finals and today , when the team really needed him to step up and supply the scores , he wasn't there . All well and good kicking points for fun when it doesn't matter , big time players will step up and kick them in the vital moments of the game…."
As a Sligo person I can't let that attack on Keith Beirne go without a comment. By far the most influential player across all the teams in Div 4 and you, supposed to be a Leitrim man knife him. Without Beirne you would probably be on 4 points coming in to the game. His scoring rate up to yesterday was off the charts. Thankfully he didn't have a good game yesterday or we may not have won. He destroyed us last summer in the Tailteann cup. With the public slating from an anonymous poster, why do people wonder that sometimes young fellas won't commit to the cause .

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1214 - 27/03/2023 08:39:05    2466965

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We were confirmed today as the highest scoring team across all the divisions. It really shows that defense is our weak link. I believe that the lads are good defenders I don't think it's down to the players that we've shipped so many scores. Maybe tactically it's something Andy and the lads can look at before the championship maybe set up a bit more defensive against tougher opposition. I think Andy in the past few games has got his team selection wrong. Jack heslin has been one of our best players in this campaign besides Keith beirne. Even coming on in the past two games he's had a big influence. Ino he had two wides yesterday but when he settled into the game he set up loads of chances and the goal. Can't understand why he's been dropped the past two games and speaking to members of the panel they don't know why either.

southleitrim_mafia (Leitrim) - Posts: 106 - 27/03/2023 12:44:56    2467044

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A ridiculous comment about Keith Beirne. Wish we had a lot more like him.

SeanMacDiarmada (Leitrim) - Posts: 354 - 27/03/2023 13:01:32    2467051

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Replying To southleitrim_mafia:  "We were confirmed today as the highest scoring team across all the divisions. It really shows that defense is our weak link. I believe that the lads are good defenders I don't think it's down to the players that we've shipped so many scores. Maybe tactically it's something Andy and the lads can look at before the championship maybe set up a bit more defensive against tougher opposition. I think Andy in the past few games has got his team selection wrong. Jack heslin has been one of our best players in this campaign besides Keith beirne. Even coming on in the past two games he's had a big influence. Ino he had two wides yesterday but when he settled into the game he set up loads of chances and the goal. Can't understand why he's been dropped the past two games and speaking to members of the panel they don't know why either."
You weren't speaking to any panelest or else they are telling you lies because he was in fact injured and didn't have a full game in him. As for Keith Berine not performing on big days he scored 1-7 against Laois last week and made some unbelievable catches when the chips were down out around the middle. While he didn't have his best of days he's still kicked a savage point from play and made a few great catches. Very unlucky not to score a couple of goals and he's unselfish runs and play means he creates space for others inside which is why Ryan O Rourke is such a loss because he would thrive in the space Berine leaves by dragging defenders out of the way.

Champotime18 (Leitrim) - Posts: 398 - 27/03/2023 13:37:39    2467070

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Replying To leitrimman1994:  "Great response from the lads today to come back from 8 points down , Tom prior excellent when he came on and in my opinion should be starting in the corner for New York . Sligo are that bit more conditioned than us and probably deserved the win . Andy wasn't happen for the full time whistle to be blown early , but I couldn't see us working a goal at that late stage . I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say this , but in my opinion Keith Beirne let us down today . It's plain to be seen that when he's really needed he'll shy away . In the last two county finals and today , when the team really needed him to step up and supply the scores , he wasn't there . All well and good kicking points for fun when it doesn't matter , big time players will step up and kick them in the vital moments of the game…."
You should apologise for saying Keith Beirne let us down yesterday.

By his own high standard he wasn't at his best.Never the less he made a huge contribution not just with scores but also with assists.

Without Keith Beirne we would never have got as close to Division 3 as we did.

He is a fantastic player, a great role model for our youth and I think I speak for 99.9 % of Leitim supporters when I say we are proud of him.

joeman123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 299 - 27/03/2023 13:53:30    2467076

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Replying To leitrimman1994:  "Great response from the lads today to come back from 8 points down , Tom prior excellent when he came on and in my opinion should be starting in the corner for New York . Sligo are that bit more conditioned than us and probably deserved the win . Andy wasn't happen for the full time whistle to be blown early , but I couldn't see us working a goal at that late stage . I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say this , but in my opinion Keith Beirne let us down today . It's plain to be seen that when he's really needed he'll shy away . In the last two county finals and today , when the team really needed him to step up and supply the scores , he wasn't there . All well and good kicking points for fun when it doesn't matter , big time players will step up and kick them in the vital moments of the game…."
Ridiculous comment!! To slate a man that is the top scorer across all divisions by a mile, is downright wrong!! Keith was well marshalled yesterday and is always targeted by defences. Sligo had their homework done on him yesterday and it was a chance for others to stand up and make the difference, but unfortunately they didn't. Perhaps you should concentrate on criticising the number of younger players that have either left the panel or didn't join up with the panel this year. Once they are dropped or don't get game time, they throw the dummies out of the pram and leave. And unfortunately they are encouraged to do so by their parents! #millennials

TaytoFoley (Leitrim) - Posts: 76 - 27/03/2023 14:33:15    2467090

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Great response to a scurrilous remark with no foundation about Keith Beirne. Yesterday was the his best day with his accuracy but I saw a player that left everything on the field. He caught some great ball and harried defenders all day, some leading to turnovers. The 2 County Finals remark is from someone who wasn't there to appreciate how bloody good he was and kept Mohill in the hunt when others went missing. He was double marked yesterday like most days which leads to the question why no snide remarks against the free player, who really should be shining when Keith is being held by 2 players. Also a common trait amongst Leitrim supporters is to celebrate the flash player who never committed and bemoan the players who give it their all. Maybe that's the reason we continue to fall short. Time to appreciate these great players who give so much to give us great afternoons like yesterday. That resurgence in the second half sends us to NY with a lot more hope than we had 20 mins in to the 2nd half. That takes the culmination of spirit and belief as well as physical endeavours and skill. Our lads have it. Keep it up. The results will come.

bananapublican (Leitrim) - Posts: 876 - 27/03/2023 15:02:49    2467101

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