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Replying To CarlowJuniorB:  "Serious bottle shown to get over that. Incredible group of players"
Really hope they get a big crowd for the London game. They deserve it. To go to Ballycran and Mullingar and come back with statement wins like those is sensational.

Also, we should remember what happened last November, when pre-season preparation was thrown into chaos so late in the day. Pat Bennett deserves a lot of credit for turning it around after a difficult start.

CARPS (Carlow) - Posts: 1099 - 11/05/2026 10:48:17    2672246

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The first 40 minutes was atrocious yesterday but fair play to the lads for digging in and should/could have won the game in normal time and extra time. It would have been easy to coast to the full time whistle. It can't be underestimated the impact of not having Mikey Bambrick, Colm Hulton, Eoghan Ruth, John Murphy. Was Colin Byrne also injured?

Focusing on the positives, I thought Lee Walker, Conor Doyle and Jamie Clarke were outstanding. Jamie's direct running was the reason we got back into the game in the first place. Conor Crowley was also unmarkable when he came on, 6 points from play is a great contribution.

Very disappointed with the crowd, I was shocked when I walked into the grounds. Antrim were never going to travel but how many were there from Carlow? 600 odd?

ACarlowGael (Carlow) - Posts: 42 - 11/05/2026 10:51:39    2672252

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Will assume the match will be against Leitrim in two weeks and they will be gunning for us after the league game.

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 165 - 11/05/2026 13:24:17    2672316

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Replying To ACarlowGael:  "The first 40 minutes was atrocious yesterday but fair play to the lads for digging in and should/could have won the game in normal time and extra time. It would have been easy to coast to the full time whistle. It can't be underestimated the impact of not having Mikey Bambrick, Colm Hulton, Eoghan Ruth, John Murphy. Was Colin Byrne also injured?

Focusing on the positives, I thought Lee Walker, Conor Doyle and Jamie Clarke were outstanding. Jamie's direct running was the reason we got back into the game in the first place. Conor Crowley was also unmarkable when he came on, 6 points from play is a great contribution.

Very disappointed with the crowd, I was shocked when I walked into the grounds. Antrim were never going to travel but how many were there from Carlow? 600 odd?"
What would you expect. We all paid hard earned money to look at the shameful effort against Wicklow, and then for the manager to use an excuse that they were still exhausted from a game two weeks previous. I was there yesterday but many obviously decided it wasn't worth the value.
You have to earn the supporters respect..
heard the Leitrim manager saying after their Galway loss that they were disrespected in advance. Weird one considering their previous outing was a hammering from us.
Think we dodged a bullet with that appointment .

Carlowtothecore1 (Carlow) - Posts: 145 - 11/05/2026 13:47:05    2672329

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Replying To Carlowtothecore1:  "What would you expect. We all paid hard earned money to look at the shameful effort against Wicklow, and then for the manager to use an excuse that they were still exhausted from a game two weeks previous. I was there yesterday but many obviously decided it wasn't worth the value.
You have to earn the supporters respect..
heard the Leitrim manager saying after their Galway loss that they were disrespected in advance. Weird one considering their previous outing was a hammering from us.
Think we dodged a bullet with that appointment ."
You're taking the league win celebrations and Wicklow result on its face with zero nuance to it. Carlow's first bit of silverware in nearly a century, the lads were completely entitled to go and celebrate the win. Hardly ever comes around. Along with that, there are still the commitments to doing the rounds and going to schools, sure they had an open training session. The game just came a week or two too soon, look at nearly every other team that reached the league finals. Wexford got pumped, Meath lost to Westmeath in a similar lethargic fashion, cork weren't great against Limerick and Longford were put to the sword completely. Down the only one that went well. Our eyes were off the ball not surprisingly, meanwhile Wicklow had an extra week to lick their wounds and come back against a tough loss to us and an awful result against Longford.

Yesterday was terrible for 40 mins but given the much weakened panel we had missing three key starters, to show the bottle and fightback to get back in after being 10 points down and to also concede a goal against the start of extra time is a tough one. I'll reserve judgement just yet on the year.

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 165 - 11/05/2026 21:22:49    2672462

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