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Replying To Collio:  "Eire Óg had a bad year, but the hatred from everyone else really shines through in this forum, any other team loses a game and not much is said but by god when Eire Óg lose a game it is jumped on. They were the better team today but of course no one one would like to admit that"
No hatred for Eire Og at all & like previous poster had many great battles against them back in the day. However they really do rub people up the wrong way. You are in a relegation battle because you deserve to be there. Didn't win any match in the group & lost to our Hurling Champions. Some of the rubbish the EO management were spouting yesterday was unbelievable stuff. Yes they got the job done against Tinryland but if my small club had a quarter of EO's playing numbers we would never be near a relegation battle. They have the pick of the town & then cry about championship structures because they were in relegation trouble. I'd say have a look at yourselves before blaming the county board

carlo (Carlow) - Posts: 289 - 13/10/2025 14:19:08    2639758

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Replying To CARPS:  "Yes, they were the better team and they deserved to win.

I don't hate Eire Og. Had many great battles with them when we played at that level.

But there is an arrogance among some people at the club (that's undeniable) and it understandably turns people against them. Mount Leinster Rangers dominate hurling but don't rub people up the wrong way like to the same extent those at Teach Asca so often manage to do."
I think you're over egging it here.I heard the interview and while he could have been more diplomatic he was making the point that the current system is crazy.When you consider that bagenalstown have had to play 6 weeks in a row it just emphasises the ludicrousness of it. They won't play another competitive game until March and they didn't play one all summer. Ditto wrt Grange and they're out again next week. It's disastrous for the game and why certain people can't or refuse to see this is mind boggling.

Overthebar53 (Carlow) - Posts: 398 - 13/10/2025 14:34:30    2639764

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Replying To CARPS:  "Yes, they were the better team and they deserved to win.

I don't hate Eire Og. Had many great battles with them when we played at that level.

But there is an arrogance among some people at the club (that's undeniable) and it understandably turns people against them. Mount Leinster Rangers dominate hurling but don't rub people up the wrong way like to the same extent those at Teach Asca so often manage to do."
Spot on....agreeing with you a lot lately. Not sure what that means haha

DolmenDave (Carlow) - Posts: 31 - 13/10/2025 14:55:53    2639772

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Replying To Overthebar53:  "I think you're over egging it here.I heard the interview and while he could have been more diplomatic he was making the point that the current system is crazy.When you consider that bagenalstown have had to play 6 weeks in a row it just emphasises the ludicrousness of it. They won't play another competitive game until March and they didn't play one all summer. Ditto wrt Grange and they're out again next week. It's disastrous for the game and why certain people can't or refuse to see this is mind boggling."
Listened to their interview on The Leftwing Back socials if that's the one people are talking about here. They just complained about the structure of the championships the same way people did here last week, with how it negatively impacts football in the long wait between league and championship. League finished in May and then it's a 6/7 week run off of championship. It's ridiculous in the same vein that rangers don't play a competitive match for 2/3 months prior to Leinster campaign.

EO are where they deserve to be given they won 1 or 2 matches in 2 years but I don't think either code is happy with the current format.

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 29 - 13/10/2025 15:21:03    2639780

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Next year you will need 7 weeks for senior hurling championship (5 weeks of group games, semi finals and final) and 6 weeks for senior football championship (3 weeks of group games, quarter finals, semi finals and final.

There's 17 weeks between the first weekend in July and last weekend in October. It should be possible to run them concurrently and build in a few breaks. It's probably safe to start them a week earlier in June too.

Now the problem is on the hurling side, Naomh Brid, Burren Rangers, Carlow Town will struggle to have their players available for preparing for championship games without co-operation of the football clubs which they pull from. On the other hand, football clubs having 3 months off in the middle of the summer is not ideal either so there's probably no perfect solution. Which one has the lesser of two evils.

ACarlowGael (Carlow) - Posts: 13 - 13/10/2025 15:57:15    2639797

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Replying To CarlowJuniorB:  "Listened to their interview on The Leftwing Back socials if that's the one people are talking about here. They just complained about the structure of the championships the same way people did here last week, with how it negatively impacts football in the long wait between league and championship. League finished in May and then it's a 6/7 week run off of championship. It's ridiculous in the same vein that rangers don't play a competitive match for 2/3 months prior to Leinster campaign.

EO are where they deserve to be given they won 1 or 2 matches in 2 years but I don't think either code is happy with the current format."
I agree, they deserved to be in the relegation. But as seen interview taken out of context and being turned against them. The championship structure is ridiculous, both things can be true. Again everyone says how bad an eire Óg team it is yet they drew with both county finalists. Are they the best team in carlow, no. Are they as bad as they're made out to be here, also no.

Collio (Carlow) - Posts: 41 - 13/10/2025 16:00:53    2639801

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