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I guarantee you, if Carrick had to of beaten Slashers, we wouldn't be hearing a peep from Eugene. Frank74 (Longford) - Posts: 235 - 19/08/2026 11:28:18 2690409 Link 0 |
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Listed to Eugene's interview on Shannonside, ended by saying people would have viewed Carrickedmond as sitting ducks for relegation but they have proved that wrong. Hardly true when in 2024 they were in a relegation final and lost but like many others stayed up on appeal. 2 years later and back in a relegation playoff having lost 4 from 4. Hardly a strong case for a team being above the intermediate grade, good luck to them if they stay up but they need to take their medicine if they cannot win the relegation playoffs. Its down to the many years of appeals from entitled clubs and lack of backbone at co board that we landed on a bloated senior championship gladiator (Longford) - Posts: 50 - 19/08/2026 11:42:21 2690416 Link 0 |
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Listened to the interview yesterday myself and to be honest I'm quite surprised Eugene came out publicly and said what he said. He is a man with huge football knowledge and is highly regarded across the county. However, I think there are times where you are best keep your opinions to yourself and this was one of those times considering the controversy surrounding Carrickedmond staying up in 2024 despite losing the relegation play off. I agree with what another poster said here regarding these comments would not have been made if Carrickedmond had gotten through to the quarter finals. Obviously, they are not relegated yet and have a fighting chance of staying up. But in fairness if you lose four group games out of four and fail to escape the relegation series then you probably do deserve to go down to intermediate and earn your place back up at Senior.
BadgerDog (Westmeath) - Posts: 23 - 19/08/2026 14:39:51 2690453 Link 0 |
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Agree with all, apart from the Intermediate runners up getting a play off to go senior. You should have to win a championship to go up. I would look at the leagues and give the team who finishes second in those, a chance to win a play off against the second bottom team of the higher league. Frank74 (Longford) - Posts: 235 - 19/08/2026 15:09:49 2690464 Link 0 |
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I reckon they will stop at 10 and not reduce further. I can see arguments for keeping it at 10 as going lower takes out any quarter final stage completely. In the 10 scenario, I agree that top in each group should push on to semi-final with second and third playing it out to decide who plays them in that semis. Having 4 from a group of 5 going thru doesn't drive teams to be competitive throughout the group stage IMO - much better to have 3 of 5 from each going thru. The bottom team from each group then play in relegation final to decide who goes down. Problem is clubs have to agree to that and stick with it, even when they end up in that relegation final. We will all be in that final at some point with a smaller championship size. Normalising going down and coming back up will be good for football in the county as it will keep intermediate competitive too and mix things up more regularly. Intermediate has had lots of tight games in recent years, but the measure of whether it is competitive in any real sense comes when we face our peers in Leinster, and we score very poorly on that front at the moment. Eugene is entitled to his view, and he is a man I respect and who has more than earned the right to have a view on it too. I just don't agree him on this. Nothing wrong with a mix of views I suppose, or robust and respectful debate on it. LongfordgaaAbú (Longford) - Posts: 692 - 19/08/2026 15:20:48 2690466 Link 1 |
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just a take on the level of football in the likes of longford leitrim , i think its time longford look into developing a college or a third level inststitue in the county it can be seen the success sligo with atu and westmeath with tus athlone are now having at underage. If a college was to be built in longford or along the outskirts like drumlish or ballinalee it would do wonders for the county Avensis2012 (Leitrim) - Posts: 12 - 20/08/2026 10:23:57 2690551 Link 0 |
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Im going to express my opinion fully on what I think the structure of Longford Championship Football should be. Sportrex (Longford) - Posts: 25 - 20/08/2026 12:41:00 2690591 Link 0 |
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I've said for a long time it should be 3 championships with 8 teams. Frank74 (Longford) - Posts: 235 - 20/08/2026 13:15:51 2690605 Link 0 |
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I would probably prefer that model. It would mean two groups of four, so each team would have 3 group games, and to avoid almost everyone going thru to knockout, you need top 2 going thru to semi-finals just as you have in IFC today. So a team would have maximum 5 games in Championship if they reach the final, which is only 1 more than the old days of knockout football. That might get pushback. Maybe the whole thing is overengineered today, and a shorter c'ship with three group games, semi-finals and final might get it all played off by mid September and in better weather and might be just fine for everyone involved.
LongfordgaaAbú (Longford) - Posts: 692 - 20/08/2026 20:21:19 2690680 Link 0 |
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Largely agree here Frank except I would leave the junior at 5 teams. Each team play each other once with the top team straight to the final and 2 versus 3 in a semi final. All club second/third teams need to be kept in a separate reserve championship and league (similar to Cavan) to avoid the farcical scenes of this year's Division 2 happening again, which they will.
liosbreac6265 (Longford) - Posts: 298 - 21/08/2026 09:27:10 2690708 Link 0 |
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I agree, 2 groups of four with yes just top two making QF. Bottom 2 in each group playing off for Relegation. While there maybe less matches, there will be better quality and bring crowds back as there would be something on the line every match. In group phase, do what they do in some counties. Round 1, Make a draw for it. Round 2, Two winners from Round 1 play each other and two losers play each other* Round 3, Remaining fixtures. *If one match ends in a draw in Round 1, then complete a draw for Rounds 2 & 3. That way there are unlikely to be dead rubber matches in Round 3. What we need is better quality matches which will boost attendances, increase entertainment and of course produce a better quality player for the county team. It will also mean that our teams particularly the Intermediate and Junior champions been able to compete in Leinster which is not the case now. B&G (Longford) - Posts: 441 - 21/08/2026 09:52:34 2690713 Link 0 |