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Replying To Collio:  "Outside of the hurlers who isn't in that should be for the footballers? Not sure why we always try put them down."
As I a said above I'm not putting the footballers down at all. I'm making the factual comment that the footballers are always missing some.

Players have their own reasons for not committing and in each case that's 100% fair enough. They're amateurs. And so are the hurlers.

I'm not going to name players for that very reason. They all have their own reasons. Some prefer to play soccer in the local pub league, others are studying for exams, others want to concentrate solely on their club, some are building a house, some are working away from Carlow and it's too much to get back to train for county and so on. All valid reasons. It's great that the hurlers aren't affected in the same way. That's my point.

Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1852 - 16/05/2026 12:50:58    2673289

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Replying To Onion Breath:  "As I a said above I'm not putting the footballers down at all. I'm making the factual comment that the footballers are always missing some.

Players have their own reasons for not committing and in each case that's 100% fair enough. They're amateurs. And so are the hurlers.

I'm not going to name players for that very reason. They all have their own reasons. Some prefer to play soccer in the local pub league, others are studying for exams, others want to concentrate solely on their club, some are building a house, some are working away from Carlow and it's too much to get back to train for county and so on. All valid reasons. It's great that the hurlers aren't affected in the same way. That's my point."
Sorry it just came across as a needless swipe but the fact that the hurlers can consistently punch above their weight definitely helps massively with it. Very little glory in the footballers consistently playing division 4, not getting championship wins and throw in the odd pummelling. Hurlers on the other hand have success in Christy ring and Joe Mc the last 20 years, big matches in the Leinster championship and big days out.

If things change and we become more consistent and better days out with the footballers, you'll see more people committing despite those things going on in their personal lives.

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 169 - 16/05/2026 13:31:20    2673295

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Replying To Onion Breath:  "It's not a "drive by" or a criticism of the footballers at all. All credit to the ones who are in there and have committed. It's a factual comment that for whatever reason though there surely is no question that the footballers have never ever been in the position the hurlers currently are where the strongest players in the county are all in with no exceptions (that I can think of anyway).

It is a fact the footballers never have had the strongest team that this county could put out on paper. That has been the case over the years and including through all of the eras when we had some success (success by Carlow standards anyway). The Paudie Doyle team of the 80s, the Bobby Millar of the 90's, the Liam Hayes team of the 00's, the Turlo/Poacher team of the last decade and again this year's promotion winning squad is definitely short a handful of players who aren't available for their own reasons."
There's no player not involved with the hurlers that should be in with the footballers so you're spouting nonsense.

Collio (Carlow) - Posts: 112 - 16/05/2026 15:49:33    2673314

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Carlow hurlers make their mark

Blackbog (Carlow) - Posts: 816 - 16/05/2026 16:44:25    2673322

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Replying To Collio:  "There's no player not involved with the hurlers that should be in with the footballers so you're spouting nonsense."
FFS I never said there is.

Show me where I said that?

I gave lots of reasons why some county standard footballers have opted out of joining the football panel. I never said playing county hurling was one of the reasons!

Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1852 - 16/05/2026 16:53:51    2673324

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Replying To Blackbog:  "Carlow hurlers make their mark"
Very comfortable in the end. Poor enough first half though. Surprised London ran Antrim to 4 points last week.

Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1852 - 16/05/2026 17:00:18    2673328

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Replying To Collio:  "There's no player not involved with the hurlers that should be in with the footballers so you're spouting nonsense."
At least 7 of the starting hurling 15 today would walk onto the football panel and strengthen it, not too mention the subs.Thats common knowledge. The EO MLR Q/f last year backs up that..
There's no one from football panel that would make the current extended hurling panel.
Fair dues to the minor and u20 management teams for facilitating dual players this year btw. Both codes reaping the rewards.
Anyway CROKER here we come.. Yup Carlow, brilliant lads.

Carlowtothecore1 (Carlow) - Posts: 149 - 16/05/2026 19:47:05    2673371

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Replying To Collio:  "There's no player not involved with the hurlers that should be in with the footballers so you're spouting nonsense."
At least 7 of the starting hurling 15 today would walk onto the football panel and strengthen it, not too mention the subs.Thats common knowledge. The EO MLR Q/f last year backs up that..
There's no one from football panel that would make the current extended hurling panel.
Fair dues to the minor and u20 management teams for facilitating dual players this year btw. Both codes reaping the rewards.
Anyway CROKER here we come.. Yup Carlow, brilliant lads.

Carlowtothecore1 (Carlow) - Posts: 149 - 16/05/2026 20:20:48    2673380

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