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Replying To CarlowJuniorB: "Very optimistic view of Gannon at the moment. Had one run with Eire Og juniors and over in Athy now. Bit much to put him as the next great successor to Joe." Of course it's optimistic Managers have to start somewhere and hopefully Joe will stay in post for a few years yet My Point about Sean Gannon is that in time he may be the man to step I would not rule out Barry Hayes or even Daniel St Ledger as two other Carlow men who could lead our footballers I the future. I know what Gannon gave as a footballer and I am fairly optimistic he will make a good county manager in time I said in time, not now. Blackbog (Carlow) - Posts: 798 - 10/03/2026 20:30:57 2660850 Link
Replying To sportingplay: "I agree with a lot of what has been said above regarding the players and the successes of previous years. We've had some incredible servants over the last number of seasons and probably the best hurling team we've ever put out. I have huge admiration for that group and what they've achieved. That said, this has been a very tough league campaign and, even with the players we have at our disposal, it has been hugely disappointing. Antrim, Down and Kildare are teams I would expect us to beat or at least compete strongly with nine times out of ten. Antrim are currently at a low point and that was a game we should have won. All credit to Kildare - they are flying at the moment. Hopefully they can sustain that level of performance for their Leinster campaign and into next year. It would be great to see them pushing on and adding to the competitiveness of the Leinster Championship. Wexford are also at a low point. There was a huge opportunity there to beat them. Yes, we stayed with them for large parts of the game, but in reality it was still a poor performance against a woeful Wexford team. Looking more broadly, I see what's happening in other counties: the work being done at underage level, the structures in place, and the standards of training being brought to adult teams. Granted I'm not at the coalface, but I simply don't see that same level being applied in Carlow. The old adage that "we train every bit as hard as the top teams" does not really apply! This isn't a criticism of the players - players do what they're asked to do and I would never question their commitment. But the supports and structures around them are not there! I would also have serious concerns about our management and backroom team selections at adult level. There is genuine talent within the county in terms of modern, up-to-date hurling coaches and S&C coaches, yet I don't see any of them involved with our county teams. On a positive note, I was delighted to see a homegrown management team appointed for the minors. Hopefully they are given the space and the supports needed to develop and build something long term." Woeful is a pretty harsh assessment of us. As it stands we'll only lose out on promotion due to score difference. Clare were all Ireland champions two years ago and Dublin are the most settled team in Leinster. Most of our current 15 lost Leinster under 20 finals by a point to eventual all Ireland winners. Some of them have Leinster minor medals, and 5 of them have Leinster senior medals. In transition rather than woeful. In any case we'd appreciate a favour next weekend if you could arrange that. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4320 - 10/03/2026 22:17:28 2660862 Link
No St. Mullins side in the football league matches. Are they fielding at all this year? Heard a while ago that the Blues aren't Junior A still because they aren't fielding a side. CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 125 - 11/03/2026 19:00:03 2660954 Link
Replying To Blackbog: "Of course it's optimistic Managers have to start somewhere and hopefully Joe will stay in post for a few years yet My Point about Sean Gannon is that in time he may be the man to step I would not rule out Barry Hayes or even Daniel St Ledger as two other Carlow men who could lead our footballers I the future. I know what Gannon gave as a footballer and I am fairly optimistic he will make a good county manager in time I said in time, not now." Would Nolan in the fighting Cocks not be in a conversation in the future? Any lad that can get a Carlow team to a Leinster final should have merit in discussions shouldnt they, young coach too so could easily be in the mix further down the line more4me (Carlow) - Posts: 130 - 11/03/2026 21:15:06 2660961 Link
Replying To CarlowJuniorB: "No St. Mullins side in the football league matches. Are they fielding at all this year? Heard a while ago that the Blues aren't Junior A still because they aren't fielding a side." St Mullins never enter the football league though, or haven't in years. They just enter the championship. Maybe not even that this year if what you heard is true. Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1798 - 12/03/2026 11:40:30 2660990 Link
Replying To more4me: "Would Nolan in the fighting Cocks not be in a conversation in the future? Any lad that can get a Carlow team to a Leinster final should have merit in discussions shouldnt they, young coach too so could easily be in the mix further down the line" Yes good point He was not on my radar but to get Fighting Cocks to a Leinster final was a great achievement. Looks like all things being equal we will have great home grown options in the coming years Blackbog (Carlow) - Posts: 798 - 12/03/2026 11:57:57 2660998 Link
Replying To Onion Breath: "St Mullins never enter the football league though, or haven't in years. They just enter the championship. Maybe not even that this year if what you heard is true." Ah couldn't remember if they had the last few years. But I had heard a while back that they weren't fielding any team in the championship so the Blues won't get relegated to junior B. CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 125 - 13/03/2026 09:53:53 2661064 Link
Replying To CarlowJuniorB: "Ah couldn't remember if they had the last few years. But I had heard a while back that they weren't fielding any team in the championship so the Blues won't get relegated to junior B." With the change away from the split season where football was coming second i assume SM decided they can't be bothered with football now which they see as a bit of end of season craic and they won't be letting it interfere with hurling in any way. Saves the blues from relegation but tbh that's probably no harm as with Lee Walker back they'd surely run away with Junior B if in it. Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1798 - 13/03/2026 14:41:43 2661097 Link
John Phiri and Kyle Nolan back from long term injuries and both included in the squad for tonight. Beat of luck to all. Carlow Rising again tonight hopefully. Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1798 - 14/03/2026 09:18:34 2661134 Link
Replying To Onion Breath: "With the change away from the split season where football was coming second i assume SM decided they can't be bothered with football now which they see as a bit of end of season craic and they won't be letting it interfere with hurling in any way. Saves the blues from relegation but tbh that's probably no harm as with Lee Walker back they'd surely run away with Junior B if in it." I warned stuff like this would happened when the county board ditched our wonderful split season. Expect Naomh Brid to struggle badly this year and Carlow Town and Burren Rangers to go backwards too. And Mt Leinster Rangers to fall off in football. The whole thing is a disaster. CARPS (Carlow) - Posts: 1054 - 14/03/2026 13:43:26 2661144 Link
Replying To CARPS: "I warned stuff like this would happened when the county board ditched our wonderful split season. Expect Naomh Brid to struggle badly this year and Carlow Town and Burren Rangers to go backwards too. And Mt Leinster Rangers to fall off in football. The whole thing is a disaster." You right CARPS. It's already happening. Clubs not talking to or helping each other with trainings etc and chaps can't do 5 trainings a week so will being forced to choose. DolmenDave (Carlow) - Posts: 70 - 14/03/2026 14:31:31 2661146 Link
Best of luck to carlow footballers today hopefully they can get the win and we go up. Also worth noting london have a chap by the name of Liam Murphy a carlow chap who played underage with fenagh before moving great athlete and footballer and great to see him involved with a county team even if its not carlow. On the split season I think this will hurt hurling more than football in the county can't see naomh brid kildavin or Burren rangers being as strong going forward as there traditionally football clubs first. Can't see what was wrong with putting football first for a year to trial that before reverting back to split season. ITSCHOLAR (Carlow) - Posts: 326 - 14/03/2026 15:07:31 2661149 Link
Replying To CARPS: "I warned stuff like this would happened when the county board ditched our wonderful split season. Expect Naomh Brid to struggle badly this year and Carlow Town and Burren Rangers to go backwards too. And Mt Leinster Rangers to fall off in football. The whole thing is a disaster." I'm inclined to agree but I hope you're wrong. We'll know soon enough when teams start preparing for championship. Apart from the clubs you mentioned interesting to see what happens to the hurling revival that had started in Kildavin. Also what will happen in Bagenalstown where they are genuinely stuck between two stools being senior in hurling and football and just hanging on to the coat tails of the top teams in both codes but still short of making a breakthrough in either. Any fall off in effort in one could easily see them relegated but on the contrary if they try to push hard in both at the same time they won't progress at all in either and risk falling back in both. The split season gave them a chance of pushing in both. Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1798 - 14/03/2026 15:08:39 2661150 Link
Replying To ITSCHOLAR: "Best of luck to carlow footballers today hopefully they can get the win and we go up. Also worth noting london have a chap by the name of Liam Murphy a carlow chap who played underage with fenagh before moving great athlete and footballer and great to see him involved with a county team even if its not carlow. On the split season I think this will hurt hurling more than football in the county can't see naomh brid kildavin or Burren rangers being as strong going forward as there traditionally football clubs first. Can't see what was wrong with putting football first for a year to trial that before reverting back to split season." That was one of the worst performances I've been at.. terrible result, have the wheels fallen off already! No tactics or ones that didn't work persisted with for full match without chinage.. Carlowtothecore1 (Carlow) - Posts: 117 - 14/03/2026 19:42:05 2661166 Link
A Fenagh man scoring a goal for London against Carlow tonight TheBarrowLad (Carlow) - Posts: 2 - 14/03/2026 19:44:54 2661167 Link
What a disaster...... Bimb (Carlow) - Posts: 590 - 14/03/2026 19:50:34 2661170 Link
Replying To ITSCHOLAR: "Best of luck to carlow footballers today hopefully they can get the win and we go up. Also worth noting london have a chap by the name of Liam Murphy a carlow chap who played underage with fenagh before moving great athlete and footballer and great to see him involved with a county team even if its not carlow. On the split season I think this will hurt hurling more than football in the county can't see naomh brid kildavin or Burren rangers being as strong going forward as there traditionally football clubs first. Can't see what was wrong with putting football first for a year to trial that before reverting back to split season." Murphy from Fenagh with the only goal of the game, every cloud has a silver lining Carlowrising (Carlow) - Posts: 199 - 14/03/2026 20:00:42 2661173 Link
What a disaster tonight. Can't do pressure Jack L (None) - Posts: 3197 - 14/03/2026 20:31:37 2661176 Link
As bad of a performance that I have seen in a long long time. The free missed right in front of the posts summed it up. Onto next weekend. Still in our hands. CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 125 - 14/03/2026 20:31:51 2661177 Link