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Replying To Yellaman:  "12,000 tickets already sold ?"
As another Wexford poster has said, best to be ignored!

ThePowerhouse (Leitrim) - Posts: 299 - 27/05/2026 13:10:05    2675989

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Replying To Viking66:  "They got relegated in the League ok, but beat Longford, who then knocked out Clare, and beat ourselves in the TC.
They are one of the form teams in this years TC, much though it must pain you to read that.
If form is only decided on the last 2 games, what form are you in?"
Im in good form thank you for asking and yourself?

bláthach (Leitrim) - Posts: 559 - 27/05/2026 13:26:06    2675993

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Replying To Pikeman96:  "I just browsed into this Leitrim thread for the first time this morning, on account of our upcoming Tailteann Cup match.

Let's just say something tells me this Gantric character shouldn't always be taken seriously :)"
It use to be a decent thread with well informed Leitrim posters however most have departed now and you are left with the likes Gantric,ohwow, blathach who offer next to nothing to the discussion.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3970 - 27/05/2026 13:46:11    2676002

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Replying To ohwow:  "Shows the league doesnt matter. Wexford recently promoted being beaten by a badly coached Fermanagh side who were sent to the basement in the league. You would hope Leitrim can give it a good go."
Id rather be in div2 of the League playing Dublin, Tyrone etc than playing in the TC myself.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19852 - 27/05/2026 14:26:17    2676025

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Replying To bláthach:  "Im in good form thank you for asking and yourself?"
Not too bad! Working outside the workshop today lad!

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19852 - 27/05/2026 14:42:34    2676033

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Replying To Yellaman:  "12,000 tickets already sold ?"
Ah yes the travelling Wexford faithful have bought 10000 of them Ive been told ;-)

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19852 - 27/05/2026 14:43:43    2676035

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Replying To Yellaman:  "12,000 tickets already sold ?"
You'd be well advised to avoid some of these self-proclaimed experts .
Schools have closed and some lads are experimenting with disused laptops.

Of course Wexford are deserving of respect, they're D2 for the coming league.

The aforementioned 'shrewd football men' are fictional.
It's A replying to A masquerading as B and further on.

Boxtyeater (Leitrim) - Posts: 792 - 27/05/2026 15:05:07    2676049

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If it looks like trolling or other drivel.... please dont take the bait. Ignore completely, never respond and in time - the above-mentioned half-wits will disappear, it will then be worth coming back more often.

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As to the match - being in Carrick is huge, for example I have a feeling that Wexford would have beaten Fermangh on their home patch. There is plenty of evidence (Div 2) and results (beat Westmeath for promotion and toe-to-toe with Down in Croke Park, a team that beat us comfortably) to confirm Wexford are clearly above us in the pecking order, and the worst draw we could have got would have been away to Wexford.

But of course things aren't that simple - Leitrim are exuding a level of confidence I haven't seen in a long time. It points to a real contest, and a tricky hurdle for Wexford. Some doubts - like all smaller counties injury concerns Barry McNulty and Tom Prior are big losses, I have my doubts they'll be available. Second thing - a bit of 'bad blood' (sadly) with our old friends Carlow, over remarks that were made about us post their loss to Wicklow, and other 'stuff' - Leitrim clearly 'pumped' last Saturday. No such motivation against Wexford - you wouldn't want to be relying on it, but sometimes its does add fuel to a team. ( Wexford may have a gripe against us over the soft penalty a few years ago, but cant see that being a motivation really, time has passed, wasn't our fault ( referree decision), was acknowldeged).

The home advantage matters if Wexford don't silence the home support early and it gets close. Bit of pressure on them as the favourites ( I assume) and its close into the last quarter. Be interesting to see the odds

Solo_Run (Leitrim) - Posts: 227 - 27/05/2026 16:54:43    2676107

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Great win against Carlow, sat in the stand behind Stephen Poacher and saw first hand his unquestionable passion for this team, Correct me if I m wrong but I think it's 2018 since we won two championship games, I think playing at home is a great advantage and hopefully this young team can make their own bit of history by winning Silverware for the first time since the FBD in 2013.

lecture250 (Leitrim) - Posts: 136 - 27/05/2026 18:22:28    2676131

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Replying To Gantric:  "A true Leitrim man wouldn't have to ask that question, of course it was that amazing FBD win. Other counties could only hope for such a victory.

Onto Wexford and my sources tell me there are 12,000 tickets sold so far, Leitrim people are really getting behind this quality team."
Sure Pairc sean only has a 9,000 capacity

LM94 (Leitrim) - Posts: 4 - 27/05/2026 21:51:29    2676166

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Replying To lecture250:  "Great win against Carlow, sat in the stand behind Stephen Poacher and saw first hand his unquestionable passion for this team, Correct me if I m wrong but I think it's 2018 since we won two championship games, I think playing at home is a great advantage and hopefully this young team can make their own bit of history by winning Silverware for the first time since the FBD in 2013."
NY and Louth was it? we have gotten 2 wins in the TC in a year, 2024 but against Waterford and a toothless Longford team so we are definitely a better outfit today

gaelsboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 776 - 27/05/2026 22:53:29    2676188

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Replying To Gaa_lover:  "It use to be a decent thread with well informed Leitrim posters however most have departed now and you are left with the likes Gantric,ohwow, blathach who offer next to nothing to the discussion."
Kind of ironic about writing a post complaining of posts offering nothing when you yourself have just written a post offering nothing.

And wholly unsurprising you have left out posters from other counties who have flooded this space with sneering comments about our team and county in your criticisms.

ohwow (Leitrim) - Posts: 204 - 28/05/2026 07:10:41    2676203

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Replying To Gantric:  "Why you question me? Everyone of the Leitrim supporters on this forum acknowledge the vast quality we have and our strong standing in the province but when I mention it I cannot be taken seriously??"
No. Every one of the Leitrim supporters on this forum acknowledges the great strides we've made under Steven Poacher in the past 14 or 15 months or so; we've come a long way from that regrettably abandoned game against Fermanagh to putting it up to Galway and the defeating Sligo for the first time in an age and reversing the hammering we got against Carlow. But "strong standing in the province"? A bit more respect and respectability maybe, for sure. But we're not deluding ourselves. We still lost to Galway and Down in this year's championship.

About Carlow: I regret any needle between our two proud and often downtrodden footballing counties. When Carlow got promoted from Division 4 in 2018, the goodwill towards them, nationally and in Leitrim, was enormous. Carlow had been in Division 4 since the four-division was brought in for 2008, and Leitrim joined them the following year, where we languished for about ten years. Leitrim escaped from Division 4 the year after Carlow. We both made instant returns to the basement, but we've both won promotion again since then. Counties like ours should be enjoying a friendly rivalry and urging each other on.

Tacaí Liatroma (Leitrim) - Posts: 1306 - 28/05/2026 09:44:32    2676215

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Replying To Gantric:  "A true Leitrim man wouldn't have to ask that question, of course it was that amazing FBD win. Other counties could only hope for such a victory.

Onto Wexford and my sources tell me there are 12,000 tickets sold so far, Leitrim people are really getting behind this quality team."
If you're going to wum it,could you at least make the effort to be witty.

Seniorleague (Galway) - Posts: 33 - 28/05/2026 10:11:23    2676220

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Replying To lecture250:  "Great win against Carlow, sat in the stand behind Stephen Poacher and saw first hand his unquestionable passion for this team, Correct me if I m wrong but I think it's 2018 since we won two championship games, I think playing at home is a great advantage and hopefully this young team can make their own bit of history by winning Silverware for the first time since the FBD in 2013."
Poacher is great entertainment on the line, his passion is being passed on to the players. I hope Pairc Sean is packed next week, this young team is a team we can be really proud off. They deserve big support.

3rdmidfielder (Australia) - Posts: 491 - 28/05/2026 10:30:22    2676223

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Replying To LM94:  "Sure Pairc sean only has a 9,000 capacity"
God be with the days there'd be 13 or 14k wedged into it

ohwow (Leitrim) - Posts: 204 - 28/05/2026 11:44:13    2676237

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