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Replying To Square_B:  "We're well in it here down in Aughrim. Wicklow are going well to be still in it despite early goal chances. It's a pity we can't get a few 2 pointers but early doors yet. Poacher has this team well drilled, I hope it continues into the second half."
Poacher showed his cards in the championship last year after being mocked for league effort. He is a top manager and no reason why ye wont be in contention for promotion again. Great effort after such a trip down.

martinjoe (Mayo) - Posts: 565 - 25/01/2026 15:46:48    2653084

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Great effort by the lads considering who we were missing but unfortunately a defeat all the same. If ever the value of having someone to kick 2 pointers was shown it was today. A draw would have been a fair result. We could rue that yet

JimmyNail (Leitrim) - Posts: 317 - 25/01/2026 16:41:35    2653114

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Replying To martinjoe:  "Poacher showed his cards in the championship last year after being mocked for league effort. He is a top manager and no reason why ye wont be in contention for promotion again. Great effort after such a trip down."
Apparently I'm not allowed to say he's better than your lad who left us in a state or question why you keep coming here commenting on Leitrim football.

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1695 - 25/01/2026 17:53:10    2653130

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Replying To JimmyNail:  "Great effort by the lads considering who we were missing but unfortunately a defeat all the same. If ever the value of having someone to kick 2 pointers was shown it was today. A draw would have been a fair result. We could rue that yet"
100%. Wicklow were not great shakes. After what I seen today, we're better than I thought but still lacking a few hardy bucks around the field. We're still a light enough team. Imagine how much better we would be with the few lads in Australia & Barry McNulty. Even Beirne might have been useful today be it starting or from the bench. Definitely Barry would have played havok in midfield today. I thought Keegan had a decent game, caught and handled some good ball. Tom Prior was phenomenal, ran round the place linking up play well. Ryan O'Rourke also had a great game, anytime he got the ball he looked dangerous. The backline held up well enough but the 2 pointers killed us. I would also have my doubts about how much pressure they could take, would have been a different story had one of those two Wicklow first half chances had gone in. All in all, Poacher has the team well drilled and I hope they learn from today as we are well capable from what I seen.

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1695 - 25/01/2026 20:12:11    2653161

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