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The venue is an absolute disgrace, should be parnell Park. That aside, Yes Kikdare did beat Louth 2 years ago in Tullamore, but Louth are different gravy now. Kildare will huff and puff but Louth need to win to get into the Sam Maguire, and when they need to win they find a way. Tough game but Louth to win by 4 or 5.

joej (Louth) - Posts: 1615 - 15/04/2025 13:49:43    2602049

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Calling all Kikdare fans on the Louth page, would ye not start a Kildare page, if you are so assured about your counties footballing abilities, you would think one of you would start a Kildare page. Like surely to god you would think, 1 of your 7 supporters would look after this???

joej (Louth) - Posts: 1615 - 15/04/2025 13:54:07    2602051

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They have there own active fanzone

ninjasmyth (Louth) - Posts: 743 - 15/04/2025 23:30:30    2602148

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I think bookies will give some value on Kildare in this game, I think Kildare will improve and be very confident going in to it. Louth might have hit their ceiling

dickie10 (UK) - Posts: 813 - 16/04/2025 01:35:41    2602151

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Replying To dickie10:  "I think bookies will give some value on Kildare in this game, I think Kildare will improve and be very confident going in to it. Louth might have hit their ceiling"
Louth are 8/13, Kildare 13/8, Draw 17/2

Louth -1 5/6, Kildare +1 11/10

PaddyPower

DundalkGael (Louth) - Posts: 938 - 16/04/2025 10:21:51    2602180

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Replying To Ollie2:  "Yeah Louth are demoted if they lose to Kildare. Louth have reached their third Leinster semi-final in a row. This is the first time since 1998 that they achieved this. Louth are looking to reach the Leinster final for the third year in a row. They have only achieved this once between 1912 and 1914. Louth have never won a Leinster semi-final outside of Dublin and Louth."
That's a stat and a half. Louth aiming for a first/creating a bit of history.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 367 - 16/04/2025 15:54:14    2602263

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Replying To joej:  "The venue is an absolute disgrace, should be parnell Park. That aside, Yes Kikdare did beat Louth 2 years ago in Tullamore, but Louth are different gravy now. Kildare will huff and puff but Louth need to win to get into the Sam Maguire, and when they need to win they find a way. Tough game but Louth to win by 4 or 5."
I agree the venue is an absolute disgrace to the Louth supporters, Being brought to Newbridge last week for our "home " game was bad enough but to have to go to Tullamore instead of Navan or Parnell Park next week is shocking. Was any thought given to the extra expenses of supporters or the extra carbon use? I have nothing against Tullamore or its facilities. Indeed it's always good to play Offaly there. I don't think it will affect our players where the game is played. I am confident their next game will be in Croke Park. It's a supporters issue.

On the question of supporting the supporters I cannot understand why Louth County Board have fixed the Division 1 game Cooley v Pats for 7.00 on Sunday week in Cooley. The game was transferred from Saturday night for some reason but why fix it for Sunday. To my knowledge the Peninsula people are great supporters of the Louth team, irrespective of it's make up, They should not be expected to attend a game in Tullamore at 2.00 pm and then rush 157 km back to Cooley for a local derby at 7.00pm. More madness. You couldn't enjoy the sandwiches like that.

The issue in both the above cases is a lack of common sense. I worry for the future.

19616609 (Louth) - Posts: 1679 - 17/04/2025 23:30:34    2602513

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Replying To Drax_the_destroyer:  "That's a stat and a half. Louth aiming for a first/creating a bit of history."
Another stat that will blow your mind is for the first time ever Louth, Meath, Dublin and Kildare all reach the semi-finals for the first time ever in the same season. History is there to be made.

Ollie2 (Louth) - Posts: 1014 - 18/04/2025 17:21:31    2602627

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