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Replying To Carlowtothecore1: "100% but it's now lost all credibility." Agree. Absolute joke. Kyle will be embarrassed I'm sure also. Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1908 - 02/10/2026 17:59:10 2695961 Link
Replying To Carlowbushultra2021: "Senior Eire og by a landslide Rathvilly by 1/2 (could go either way but rathvilly probably just have a small bit to much) Inter Tinryland by 4 Balloon by 4 Tullow always crumble when it comes to the big moments if balloon can get Duffy and co firing they'll be hard stopped Junior A Blues to beat myshal but will be a dog fight Pal to just about beat leiglinbridge" Is Pa kavanagh not an Eire og player? Carlowtothecore1 (Carlow) - Posts: 185 - 02/10/2026 21:50:04 2695978 Link
Replying To Carlowbushultra2021: "Senior Eire og by a landslide Rathvilly by 1/2 (could go either way but rathvilly probably just have a small bit to much) Inter Tinryland by 4 Balloon by 4 Tullow always crumble when it comes to the big moments if balloon can get Duffy and co firing they'll be hard stopped Junior A Blues to beat myshal but will be a dog fight Pal to just about beat leiglinbridge" Eire Og by 7+ too much firepower, OL very poor this year. Rathvilly v Pal - Rathvilly by 5. Conor Doyle and Kevin Murphy to see Rathvilly over the line. Tinyrland and Ballon to ease through into a final. Optimist2013 (Carlow) - Posts: 29 - 03/10/2026 02:33:06 2695982 Link
Replying To Carlowtothecore1: "Is Pa kavanagh not an Eire og player?" No he left and went back to the blues he was originally a blues man when he was a chap Carlowbushultra2021 (Carlow) - Posts: 16 - 03/10/2026 11:57:01 2695997 Link
Replying To Onion Breath: "Agree. Absolute joke. Kyle will be embarrassed I'm sure also." Why? It's a fan vote isn't it? It's a bit of craic CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 234 - 03/10/2026 12:38:50 2695999 Link
Replying To Carlowbushultra2021: "No he left and went back to the blues he was originally a blues man when he was a chap" Played with eire og, Danny Hayden also a strange one cause he was always eire og. They had a massive influx of players this year from other clubs. CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 234 - 03/10/2026 12:42:37 2696000 Link
That senior game was a great spectacle. Rathvilly Just about deserved to edge it, Kevin Murphy is a serious serious footballer. Optimist2013 (Carlow) - Posts: 29 - 03/10/2026 22:03:58 2696064 Link
Two interesting interesting senior semi finals! I thought Rathvilly were probably the better team in their semi but Pal must be really disappointed with their performance. Their worst performance of the year and their only defeat. Rathvilly are a very seasoned, composed side. Talent all over the field and leadership all over the pitch. The other semi was another mad game. Old L must be wondering how they have made it to another final after THREE defeats already this season in the group. EO never got going, and must be very disappointed to go out with a whimper. I think it opens the questions to the new structures of the championship. Far too many games in the group. How can Old L still be even in the championship after three defeats? What will the EO management say now? They were praising the structure after their draw with Pal. I think five games is too many, we don't have 8 senior clubs imo, and with five games it guarantees the bigger clubs passage into the knockout rounds. Whereas before, one defeat and you were under pressure and two meant you were pretty much gone. Not sure what other people's thoughts are on it. Not taking anything away from Old L, I think they've been excellent in the knockouts rounds, today and the last day. But I just think there was a lot of poor & unnecessary football in the group. Which does impact dual clubs also. Scallions9991 (Carlow) - Posts: 3 - 04/10/2026 17:52:24 2696130 Link
Replying To Scallions9991: "Two interesting interesting senior semi finals! I thought Rathvilly were probably the better team in their semi but Pal must be really disappointed with their performance. Their worst performance of the year and their only defeat. Rathvilly are a very seasoned, composed side. Talent all over the field and leadership all over the pitch. The other semi was another mad game. Old L must be wondering how they have made it to another final after THREE defeats already this season in the group. EO never got going, and must be very disappointed to go out with a whimper. I think it opens the questions to the new structures of the championship. Far too many games in the group. How can Old L still be even in the championship after three defeats? What will the EO management say now? They were praising the structure after their draw with Pal. I think five games is too many, we don't have 8 senior clubs imo, and with five games it guarantees the bigger clubs passage into the knockout rounds. Whereas before, one defeat and you were under pressure and two meant you were pretty much gone. Not sure what other people's thoughts are on it. Not taking anything away from Old L, I think they've been excellent in the knockouts rounds, today and the last day. But I just think there was a lot of poor & unnecessary football in the group. Which does impact dual clubs also." Eire og look like their day has run for a small while, could only listen on kclr but when Quinlan is openly saying they brought in too many older players and haven't blooded youth players you know it's a bad sign. Gannon and benny kavanagh seemed like mad decisions and clutching at straws. Have never been a big fan of the new structure from the off, it's good for the likes of myself in junior b and c because it keeps us kicking ball and really the gulf in teams isn't a big deal. For senior, inter and junior A, there is no jeopardy for the teams that are ahead of the pack and allow for an off day. That lack of threat leads to complacency and dead rubber games. No other county championship has 6/7 games like Carlow in simpler formats CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 234 - 04/10/2026 18:49:36 2696135 Link
Replying To CarlowJuniorB: "Eire og look like their day has run for a small while, could only listen on kclr but when Quinlan is openly saying they brought in too many older players and haven't blooded youth players you know it's a bad sign. Gannon and benny kavanagh seemed like mad decisions and clutching at straws. Have never been a big fan of the new structure from the off, it's good for the likes of myself in junior b and c because it keeps us kicking ball and really the gulf in teams isn't a big deal. For senior, inter and junior A, there is no jeopardy for the teams that are ahead of the pack and allow for an off day. That lack of threat leads to complacency and dead rubber games. No other county championship has 6/7 games like Carlow in simpler formats" Eire Og invented the format last year as they couldn't stay out of relegation battle. Looks like 3 games last year was too few while 6 this year is too many. Heard they've got a new proposal ready that caps Ito at 5 next year. Big victory for genuine gaa duel players today Carlowtothecore1 (Carlow) - Posts: 185 - 04/10/2026 20:54:08 2696151 Link
A few points after this weekend, Not enough people talk about the rapid decline of Myshall in both Hurling and Football, Pal are too small OL are right now, better than they were last year, Blues are so direct and surprisingly disciplined. Ballon have some very good footballers, but can't get turned over as much as they did against Tullow in the final, TaosHum (Carlow) - Posts: 252 - 04/10/2026 22:58:36 2696175 Link
Was in at both Senior semis this weekend. Rathvilly v Pal was a great game fantastic tempo with some fantastic direct football. It was a goalfest and a joy to watch. Rathvilly looked comfortable throughout but nearly let Pal back in at the death. EO v OL hadnt the same tempo but i was shocked at how poor EO were. With all there county stars they failed to show up. Only Adam McArron stepped up. Chris Bkake and Conor Hulton were poor for the YIs. They look like a team that has come to the end of the road. If they dont blood there younger players it will be a long time before they win again. Management made some strange calls, dropping Dunphy and bringing on players who have been loyal servants over the years but whos legs are gone. I heard management stepped down after the game. Fair play to OL who were the much better team and won comfortably. James Dowling was a constant thorn and the no4 for OL was excellent. Ian Atkinson won a lot of ball around the middle. Sets up what should be a good final with Rathvilly prob the bookies favourites. jigger (None) - Posts: 108 - 05/10/2026 09:30:51 2696198 Link
No Surprise EO management stepped down. They seem to melt when its a must win game and both last year against MLR and yesterday against OL they only scored 1.07 yet they are meant to have great forwards and 10 or 11 in with the county team. Myshall are in huge trouble alright and getting worse each year. Dualclub1 (Carlow) - Posts: 311 - 05/10/2026 10:35:23 2696210 Link
Replying To TaosHum: "A few points after this weekend, Not enough people talk about the rapid decline of Myshall in both Hurling and Football, Pal are too small OL are right now, better than they were last year, Blues are so direct and surprisingly disciplined. Ballon have some very good footballers, but can't get turned over as much as they did against Tullow in the final," Serious rethink needed in Myshall. If they spent as much time kicking the ball on Friday as opposition players they'd have some chance, still stuck in 80s timewarp. Carlowtothecore1 (Carlow) - Posts: 185 - 05/10/2026 10:36:54 2696211 Link
Replying To jigger: "Was in at both Senior semis this weekend. Rathvilly v Pal was a great game fantastic tempo with some fantastic direct football. It was a goalfest and a joy to watch. Rathvilly looked comfortable throughout but nearly let Pal back in at the death. EO v OL hadnt the same tempo but i was shocked at how poor EO were. With all there county stars they failed to show up. Only Adam McArron stepped up. Chris Bkake and Conor Hulton were poor for the YIs. They look like a team that has come to the end of the road. If they dont blood there younger players it will be a long time before they win again. Management made some strange calls, dropping Dunphy and bringing on players who have been loyal servants over the years but whos legs are gone. I heard management stepped down after the game. Fair play to OL who were the much better team and won comfortably. James Dowling was a constant thorn and the no4 for OL was excellent. Ian Atkinson won a lot of ball around the middle. Sets up what should be a good final with Rathvilly prob the bookies favourites." Not surprised the lads stepped down if that's the case. Looking at the report I was shocked to see that only mccarron scored outside of the goal. OL seemed to epitomise the modern football that pace and young legs rule the roost. Only difference between pal and OL is the size of players and bit of experience. OL ran and ran and ran at EO and when you're bringing on lads who best days are behind them it's a stark difference. They have three teams in there but are lads being held back? Who's over myshall in hurling and football? The footballers a few years ago got to the inter final a few times in a few years, is the lack of underage teams the issue? They have the hurling semi final in minor tonight but can't remember the last time they won it or were in the final. Going off what I heard it looks like they barely play football at all but the hurling wouldn't represent that at all either. CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 234 - 05/10/2026 11:18:36 2696226 Link
Replying To Dualclub1: "No Surprise EO management stepped down. They seem to melt when its a must win game and both last year against MLR and yesterday against OL they only scored 1.07 yet they are meant to have great forwards and 10 or 11 in with the county team. Myshall are in huge trouble alright and getting worse each year." Are the best club footballers all playing for Carlow right now? Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20782 - 05/10/2026 11:56:27 2696240 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Are the best club footballers all playing for Carlow right now?" Any predictions from the Carlow faithful for the finals coming up in my opinion it'll be Rathvilly Ballon Palatine Tullow Ballon Carlowbushultra2021 (Carlow) - Posts: 16 - 05/10/2026 23:55:07 2696343 Link
Is Jordan Morrissey back or home on holidays? Bainisteoir (National) - Posts: 627 - 06/10/2026 00:24:18 2696344 Link
Anyone out at the minor hurling semi finals last night? Just saw the scorelines, probably no surprise on who's in the final but a seriously impressive win for Naomh Eoin over Burren Rangers 5-23 to 16 points. That is some scoring especially under lights in October. The final should be a cracker between Bagenalstown and Naomh Eoin, two decent sides. ACarlowGael (Carlow) - Posts: 63 - 06/10/2026 08:50:16 2696349 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Are the best club footballers all playing for Carlow right now?" Chatting to some of the lads, Joe has apparently asked a bucket load of new lads to come trial for the new season like he did last year. So hopefully something can be found there. CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 234 - 06/10/2026 10:37:04 2696369 Link

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