Good win today for Boscos Boys. These lads should be on 4 pts now. I'm not clear on how last weeks defeat affects promotion but he seems to have the lads motoring well.
Replying To JohnnyBlaze: "I was at last nights game and the Leitrim game. Carlow were deserved winners last night and are a better football team than us, I expect them to win the league.
McConville has gone to the media today bemoaning referee decisions, thats worrying. Wicklow did not deserve to get anything from last nights game. To give him his due, his verdict after the Leitrim game was spot on. We were very lucky to get the win. I will also say his half time team talk was impressive last week, as we came out in the second half went 6 up, but coughed that lead up which is a running theme.
Strangely I still expect us to be promoted, I feel we have the players to do so. However the favourites tag we received in the run up to the league does not suit us. That will in my opinion be the highlight, as we will not go as far in the Tailteann Cup this year. Once we come up against Division 3 opposition we will be knocked out. So even if promotiom happens this year, we wont last in Division 3.
There are those who will call this outlook negative, but if you are going to the games its hard to see otherwise. McConville to his credit has stayed on in the hope of getting us promoted to put on his CV. This is his final year with us, he will not stay a second year promoted or not. Hopefully last nights defeat gives us the jolt we need and we get promotion. Then tear up the script go on a run in the Tailteann, but not going off performances so far."
I think this Div 4 will have a few twists and turns in it yet. Reading the Leitrim page, Waterford could have won that game yesterday. London are proving that their fair form last year was no fluke and could be around at the business end. Antrim will wake up and make life tough for a few teams. Not too sure what to make of Tipp. I suppose what I am saying, promotion is still possible, but we need to wake up and start playing football.
Replying To liam500: "Minors had their first challenge game yesterday. Beat Leitrim fairly convincingly. Hopefully they will have a good campaign this year."
That team was held in high regard last year when u16. Let's hope we get a good run in Leinster. To make a final would be nice, for a change.
Replying To wicklowsupport: "Probably but ye still needed the referee to blow his whistle at the end to get your two points."
Ridiculous statement really, just trying to make yourself feel better. Carlow were 10 points better and don't forget that it was a breach at the end that you originally got your free off.
Pretty deflating defeat in Carlow. I know you can say it's only January, Winter football etc, however if you look coldly at it, this is a Carlow set up that was in disarray last year under Shane Curran and they've gotten a good , local , respected manager in place and are seeing immediate results.
We , on the other hand, have had good continuity under the same management set up now for a few years , so you'd reasonably expect to be building towards something in terms of structure, patterns , end product. However , it doesn't seem to be there and by all accounts (I didn't see the game) Carlow done us over fairly handily in the end.
Relying on our goalkeeper for scores is a bad spot to be in given the new rules and how open the game has become with teams now routinely racking up 20+ points per game.
Like I said , it's January and Winter football and it can be literally a different ball game when the ground hardens up, but would expect to be seeing more evidence of progress at the moment.