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Former Laois footballer Peter O'Leary is favourite for Longford job. Follow him on twitter poleary7, knows his stuff.

LimerickForLiam24 (Limerick) - Posts: 115 - 25/07/2024 15:44:13    2561541

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Replying To #Putitup:  "Who locally do you look for ? The manager needs to be someone that will be respected by club players and will put structures in place with county board from 1st meeting. I was speaking to a player yesterday who said they were waiting on a Tuesday afternoon to see if they had to go to Dublin to train or if it would be local, the week before meath championship they trained in Forgney, Pitch was only cut for them and loads of holes and bumps.
Who-ever comes in needs to Dictate the standards and not be a yes man, then the players will follow that and can have no excuses, the setanta group should be already workingwith any u20 and senior players that were involved to be screening as much as possible to see where they are through club season. He doesn't have to be a coach, there is 3r4 really good coaches in the county but also it can be a good outside coach.
If it was to be outside the county manager obviously Mickey Graham is no.1 but after that is it a Luke Dempsey, Fergal O'Donnell or Dermot McCabe that have been in Longford club football before and not just a name that has no real attachment.
Locally then you have a number of lads that have been in there at some level before selectors or u20s."
Luke Dempsey had his turn.

Hitachi (Longford) - Posts: 5 - 25/07/2024 17:34:51    2561563

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Replying To Hitachi:  "Luke Dempsey had his turn."
I'm not saying he is the option, I actually don't think he's the right one but I just suggested 3 who have intercounty experience and also been in the club game in Longford the last number of years. Could add Frankie Dolan to it now too

#Putitup (Longford) - Posts: 27 - 25/07/2024 18:48:34    2561576

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Replying To LongfordgaaAbú:  "Inevitable that PC was going to go. Might take a while to fill the role. Very unlikely to be anyone from outside the county. Not a job many would want at the moment."
Plenty will want the cash that comes with it. The CB won't have to look too long if they don't want to

liosbreac6265 (Longford) - Posts: 225 - 26/07/2024 09:44:47    2561656

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Eamon O'Hara managing Mohil in Leitrim just down the road was snubbed for the Sligo Job and has been with Mohil since. I'd personally like to see him manage Leitrim but Longford is a better job right now for someone with little inter county management experience. Realistically if you get the best 20-25 players in Longford committed for 2025 then you will get out of Div 4.

The big one would yee gamble on Rory Gallagher? Obviously not gambling on his football coaching but the potential backlash of the appointment

lugdrum (Leitrim) - Posts: 329 - 26/07/2024 11:07:05    2561681

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Replying To lugdrum:  "Eamon O'Hara managing Mohil in Leitrim just down the road was snubbed for the Sligo Job and has been with Mohil since. I'd personally like to see him manage Leitrim but Longford is a better job right now for someone with little inter county management experience. Realistically if you get the best 20-25 players in Longford committed for 2025 then you will get out of Div 4.

The big one would yee gamble on Rory Gallagher? Obviously not gambling on his football coaching but the potential backlash of the appointment"
Don't care how good of a coach he is, it's not worth it. The public backlash would be huge. Even a club in Monaghan got slated for letting him take a session. Any team that gives him a job is asking for trouble

Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 40 - 26/07/2024 13:09:39    2561732

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Replying To Bluelake:  "Don't care how good of a coach he is, it's not worth it. The public backlash would be huge. Even a club in Monaghan got slated for letting him take a session. Any team that gives him a job is asking for trouble"
Personally I'd love to see Leitirm go after him they won't get a better opportunity to get one of the best coaches in the game and the county board also having bargaining power to go with it. Can't see it happening it's a risk not many people will be willing to take.

lugdrum (Leitrim) - Posts: 329 - 26/07/2024 14:53:46    2561789

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Replying To lugdrum:  "Personally I'd love to see Leitirm go after him they won't get a better opportunity to get one of the best coaches in the game and the county board also having bargaining power to go with it. Can't see it happening it's a risk not many people will be willing to take."
You would ya? Says a lot about you as a person. The problems in Leitrim are deep rooted and you want to add Rory Gallagher to it. Christ of almighty. Anyhow, Rory Gallagher won't kick pints over the bar.

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 886 - 26/07/2024 15:23:53    2561802

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