Replying To S1234: "Well it wont be ye that Andy is concentrating on Galway will beat ye wel ."
Where did I say it would be us he would be concentrating on? Thank you for pointing this out please. Your contributions are absolutely superb. Thank you so many millions.
A few points before I get onto the big game on Saturday.
I've no solution to it but the club league is starting to become irrelevant/embarrassing at this stage. Having starred games is all well and good in most counties where there is a big population but in Leitrim we just can't handle it. Some of the reports from the games last weekend are eye-opening of the standard of teams that were put out. The bigger teams are now pretty much using them as Pre-season.
Hearing reports of referees getting outrageous abuse at the weekend again. Theres a reason we really struggle to entice new refs in the county and it always seems to be certain clubs who are the culprits. The same clubs don't even have any Refs taking games either.
Onto Sunday. It'll be interesting to see how Poacher targets this game. Gavin Reynolds is out so one change will be necessary. Galway are huge around the middle so we might need to bring in some brawn. Colm McLoughlin has got a good few U20 games into his legs lately after injury and would be well able to mix it for an hour so I could see him being an option. Or do you start Ben Guckian if he is fit?
The match up's then will be interesting - Poacher smartly used Cillian McGloin to man-mark Cian Lally the last day. Would he trust him closer to goal on Finnerty?
Winning our own kickouts is going to be the barometer which will show how close we can keep this game. If we can't get a foothold with primary possession and on a warm day on a fast pitch Galway could run through us.
Barrry will obviously be targeted and after Tom Prior having such a good game against them in the FBD I'd assume they could send Johnny McGrath after him.
The likes of Keith Keegan, Oisin & Fergal McLoughlin finally showed that they can mix it at Inter-county level the last day so if they can all maintain that standard hopefully we can be competitive. We are going to have to up the amount of 2 pointers we kick and Barry will be pinned down so Ryan and Co will have to be as efficient as possible.
Reality is we are going to be under the cosh so we need a huge Leitrim support - it's the least the players deserve after the great performance in Sligo.
third midfielder (Leitrim) - Posts: 362 - 22/04/2026 09:43:53
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Just when we've recovered from this childish swooning and blowing kisses I'm taking the opportunity to alert a few contributors to the fact that the game is on Saturday. Has any of the serious Leitrim supporters any news on fitness / availability of our charges…