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Replying To Clonbonnyrabbitt: "Fantastic win for Longford away to Clare, Dylan Farrell with another big performance him and Oisin O'Tooole from dromard have been Longfords best players all year. Well done to solan and his team" the four of Oran Kenny Dylan Farrell Oisin O Toole and Dessie Reynolds have been longfords best this year imo Longfordlad1985 (Longford) - Posts: 75 - 24/05/2026 12:05:33 2674992 Link
Replying To Longfordlad1985: "the four of Oran Kenny Dylan Farrell Oisin O Toole and Dessie Reynolds have been longfords best this year imo" Considering that they were missing Dessie Reynolds it was some performance. They certainly deserve another day out. If they avoid Down they have a chance the next day B&G (Longford) - Posts: 428 - 24/05/2026 12:49:06 2675001 Link
Great win yesterday. Credit to players and management. Looked gone when Clare took the lead, but we seem capable of a goal or two late on nowadays. Dylan Farrell having a stormer of a season. McGuinness in goal made some vital saves when the chips were down. What happens now with county players for club league games? The Chairman said at the championship draw last week (link below) that there was an agreement in place for clubs to play three rounds of the leagues with county players. There's only two rounds left for most clubs, so would seem that agreement is not going to be honoured? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goHotbxSNXg&t=1s (League discussion starts at 32:20) LongfordgaaAbú (Longford) - Posts: 674 - 24/05/2026 14:13:03 2675024 Link
Replying To LongfordgaaAbú: "Great win yesterday. Credit to players and management. Looked gone when Clare took the lead, but we seem capable of a goal or two late on nowadays. Dylan Farrell having a stormer of a season. McGuinness in goal made some vital saves when the chips were down. What happens now with county players for club league games? The Chairman said at the championship draw last week (link below) that there was an agreement in place for clubs to play three rounds of the leagues with county players. There's only two rounds left for most clubs, so would seem that agreement is not going to be honoured? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goHotbxSNXg&t=1s (League discussion starts at 32:20)" It's a joke. The county players could end up playing 4 or 5 games for their clubs now. That's the thanks clubs get for developing good players....see sweet all of them until championship....and then how do you blend them back into the team considering the lads who hold down the fort for the 9 or so club league games. Needs sorting out ASAP. Spinx (Longford) - Posts: 1552 - 24/05/2026 17:23:05 2675076 Link
Replying To Spinx: "It's a joke. The county players could end up playing 4 or 5 games for their clubs now. That's the thanks clubs get for developing good players....see sweet all of them until championship....and then how do you blend them back into the team considering the lads who hold down the fort for the 9 or so club league games. Needs sorting out ASAP." Longford are the only county in Ireland that will have the senior league finished on the 6th of June. That is not mike solan's fault. Longford beat Clare and people are still giving out. If the chairman gave mike solan the team he put him in charge of the players. The lads cant be expected to play in the Tailteann and the club league on the same weekend Clonbonnyrabbitt (Longford) - Posts: 132 - 24/05/2026 20:17:39 2675146 Link
Replying To Spinx: "It's a joke. The county players could end up playing 4 or 5 games for their clubs now. That's the thanks clubs get for developing good players....see sweet all of them until championship....and then how do you blend them back into the team considering the lads who hold down the fort for the 9 or so club league games. Needs sorting out ASAP." Is this not what the split season is for? Surely the clubs know this. Intercounty season is in full swing, hardly and clubs expecting County players to play league games. This definitely does not happed down here. Willies24 (Leitrim) - Posts: 51 - 24/05/2026 20:22:26 2675148 Link
Replying To Clonbonnyrabbitt: "Longford are the only county in Ireland that will have the senior league finished on the 6th of June. That is not mike solan's fault. Longford beat Clare and people are still giving out. If the chairman gave mike solan the team he put him in charge of the players. The lads cant be expected to play in the Tailteann and the club league on the same weekend" Who's blaming Mike Solan? Spinx (Longford) - Posts: 1552 - 24/05/2026 21:20:43 2675167 Link
Replying To Willies24: "Is this not what the split season is for? Surely the clubs know this. Intercounty season is in full swing, hardly and clubs expecting County players to play league games. This definitely does not happed down here." Do Leitrim not have a Spring League and then the proper league? We go straight into the proper league where 9 games will be played and clubs will be missing their County players for the whole lot of it. Spinx (Longford) - Posts: 1552 - 24/05/2026 21:22:32 2675168 Link
Replying To Spinx: "Who's blaming Mike Solan?" Nobody on here but the chairman should not be promising at a streamed draw that the players will be released when they are busy training for important championship matches Clonbonnyrabbitt (Longford) - Posts: 132 - 24/05/2026 21:29:59 2675172 Link
Replying To Spinx: "Do Leitrim not have a Spring League and then the proper league? We go straight into the proper league where 9 games will be played and clubs will be missing their County players for the whole lot of it." Yes we have a spring league, Willies24 (Leitrim) - Posts: 51 - 24/05/2026 21:34:56 2675177 Link
I don't think there's much problem with the way it's gone this year apart from one piece. If you don't play an inter County game, you should be playing club to ensure you get minutes, whether on bench or not in 26 Rockshorecider (Longford) - Posts: 82 - 24/05/2026 22:52:30 2675197 Link
Replying To Clonbonnyrabbitt: "Nobody on here but the chairman should not be promising at a streamed draw that the players will be released when they are busy training for important championship matches" Yes, that sounds like the chairman had no faith in the players or management to beat Clare......now the question is, what is the chairman going to do about the remaining 2 fixtures?!! Will they be postponed? If ever there was a point to be made to resurrect the non county player leagues, this is it! Spinx (Longford) - Posts: 1552 - 24/05/2026 23:56:19 2675212 Link
Replying To Spinx: "Yes, that sounds like the chairman had no faith in the players or management to beat Clare......now the question is, what is the chairman going to do about the remaining 2 fixtures?!! Will they be postponed? If ever there was a point to be made to resurrect the non county player leagues, this is it!" The games should be played as they are on the fixtures. Club players have lives too and should not have their league games moved around at short notice. Moving fixtures around in the middle of holiday season when players will have made plans to avoid missing multiple games would be totally wrong Clonbonnyrabbitt (Longford) - Posts: 132 - 25/05/2026 10:09:25 2675260 Link
Replying To Clonbonnyrabbitt: "Longford are the only county in Ireland that will have the senior league finished on the 6th of June. That is not mike solan's fault. Longford beat Clare and people are still giving out. If the chairman gave mike solan the team he put him in charge of the players. The lads cant be expected to play in the Tailteann and the club league on the same weekend" Nobody is blaming Mike. You can be fully behind the county team and still have concerns about what is happening to the club game. If there is a commitment in place from CB that county players would be available to clubs for three rounds of the league, then the last three rounds of the league should have been parked until after Longford were finished in competition. Right now we effectively have the old Bertie Allen cup masquerading as the league, and nobody at club level will be the better for it. That's the opposite of what a split season was meant to be. League should have been parked until Tailteann Cup was over. The real reason we can't do that is because the Championship is effectively another league and the system can't absorb two long club competitions and intercounty too. I would vote for the last 3-4 rounds of league to happen after intercounty is over, and then a much shorter championship. If the status quo continues, the league will lose all meaning. LongfordgaaAbú (Longford) - Posts: 674 - 26/05/2026 01:07:38 2675591 Link
I'm not sure what is happening in Div.2. Its gone from 2 groups of 6 teams having just finished to now having 3 groups of 4 teams. This split has not been based on standing at the end of the 2 groups. How is this going to work in terms of promotion/relegation. The results in Div2 have been a bit crazy up until now, with the odd big beating for the stronger teams. The Intermediate championship will won by the most disciplined and best organised team. Nothing between a lot of those teams. botheyesclosed (Longford) - Posts: 155 - 26/05/2026 10:06:30 2675626 Link
In a lot of counties, county players do not play in the leagues. If they are looking for meaningful solution to add value to the leagues, they should balance of the groups for Senior. Intermediate and Junior championship. Eight teams in each. Two groups of 4 with Top 2 qualifying for semi finals. 1. Championship would be ran off in tighter timeframe. 2. There would be quality matches, add to the competitiveness of the competition, hence, the competitions would develop quality players. 3. Would be able to play 3 rounds of league after the TC. Who do dual counties manage B&G (Longford) - Posts: 428 - 26/05/2026 11:22:57 2675663 Link
Replying To botheyesclosed: "I'm not sure what is happening in Div.2. Its gone from 2 groups of 6 teams having just finished to now having 3 groups of 4 teams. This split has not been based on standing at the end of the 2 groups. How is this going to work in terms of promotion/relegation. The results in Div2 have been a bit crazy up until now, with the odd big beating for the stronger teams. The Intermediate championship will won by the most disciplined and best organised team. Nothing between a lot of those teams." I don't know, it's all a bit mad to be honest! I thought originally the split was going to be top 3 in both groups in together and play for the league and bottom 3 in each group into a second group to battle for survival. It was also going to be extra points for a win as clubs were supposed to have their county players back by then. On the county website they have rules and regulations set out for underage football and hurling and nothing for the adult leagues and championships! Make it make sense!!! Frank74 (Longford) - Posts: 211 - 26/05/2026 11:33:33 2675671 Link