Josh Giurgi now unlisted in FAI Connect. We'll always have those goals against Kerry he was fond of
Josh Giurgi now unlisted in FAI Connect. We'll always have those goals against Kerry he was fond of
Disappointing to let the 2 goal lead slip, but probably a fair result overall. Longford in total control the first half, Wexford the second. And the lads did good to hold out as long as they did.
Sitting on 29 points now, same as last season but with 7 games to improve on it. Hopefully get to mid 30s at least to finish out the season
Said it here before, no idea why there's such secrecy around incomings and outgoings. As for tonight, one hell of a game. I didn't actually think we played that well first half, was more a case of Wexford being absolutely stink. Second half their left winger destroyed us, he effectively turns the game by winning a penalty and getting a man sent off. We did well to hold on after that even though it was three points we really needed. Simply have to win Friday nowOriginally Posted by MoydowMonty
Left winger destroyed because Yoro is a poor player. Got caught there time and time again.
I would have fancied getting 4 points from those last 2 games, but all we got is 1. We'll soon be coming up against the top 4 and won't be fancying ourselves against them, so we really need some points off Harps. We don't get Athlone till the final day
Sounds old fashioned but someone really needed to smash the winger last night, the fact we kept letting him get 1 v 1 against players he'd already proven he could beat was crazy
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Okay, last week our slims hopes vanished when blowing a two goal load against Wexford. Tonight is a test for manager and the squad, are we up enough to challenge Harps who are very much in the mix for the last play off place, can we upset their plans and keep our very slim hopes of 5th alive?
Anyone still saying the playoff dream is on needs to have their head checked. Too inconsistent to make that run and we still have to play the top 4. Of the remaining 7 games I'd say the max we can hope to pick up is 10 points, and I'd take 6 of those if you offered it to me.
I didn't even cop how good a form harps are on. Even more difficult game tonight than I first realised
Was thinking by the end we should be winning that game, but then Harps missed 2 big chances in the final minute and suddenly i was happy to take a point. Good effort tonight, bit too much sloppiness letting us down.
I want to talk about Manny. I'll be utterly sour if he ends up leaving because of how little he's playing. And I wouldn't blame him one bit. But if he knows where the net is, is local and fans love him yet is missing out on training because it's too far away which in turn means he misses gametime, then I'm sorry but something is seriously wrong there. Bringing him on against Shams with 30secs of time to go was a massive p1sstake I thought. We should be pulling out all the stops to keep him next year. He also has 5 goals in f**k all gametime. He should be getting more than a few minutes cameos, and he showed that tonight
I thought that was an absolutely woeful performance tonight.
Harsh. Compared to some of the sh1te we've been served up with hammerings, tonight was far better. Had our spells where we genuinely put them under pressure. As did they in fairness. But it wasn't woeful
Thought it was a dreadful game and I thought Longford were terrible too.
It was woeful. We have to eventually get past the "oh they worked their socks off" element every week, that's the bare minimum that should be expected.
We are not leaning from our mistakes defensively, conceding crazy goals in recent months. We put them under pressure for a few minutes after the equalizer but beyond that they hit the woodwork three times.
How many times did we swipe and hack at the ball tonight and present it straight to them. Basic passes going all over the shop, they weren't much better by the way but they did shade both halves. It was a truly awful game and had we not got the late goal we'd all be on here calling it out for what it was, a terrible performance.
We are just about still alive in the play off race after tonight that's the only good news but we'd have to pull out some truly remarkable results in the next few weeks for that to be true.
Lol I dunno then, me and a friend both enjoyed it, and we've seen the same sh1te this season. The lowest low for me was that 1-1 against Cobh. That was woeful, and tonight was certainly better than that, but expectations are probably that low right now.
I do agree that those stupid mistakes giving the ball away and constantly giving it back to teams does get tiring. And forget about the playoffs, Treaty pulled 2 ponts ahead after their win, it's not happening. We now have more points than last season, the aim should be to get to mid 30s with a couple more wins and end on somewhat of a high. Playing for pride now, nothing else
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What is the issue with missing training, I doubt its where it is more about when and how he gets to it. Is it to do with transport, work or college?
That I don't know. My guess is he's still based in Longford or somewhere nearby and it's awkward to get all the way up to St Francis to train. Depending on whether he's working or in education that's another factor added in.
But the man now has as many goals as Murtagh and played a fraction of the time. I understand not starting him if he's missing training, but to me he has enough credit in the bank to be deserving of more than a few minutes off the bench.
We absolutely can't lose him. That would just sour a lot of fans.
I think, and I could be wrong, that he got a promotion or a new position or something along those lines and the hours clash with training, plus trying to get to Dublin as pointed out above. Murtagh is an excellent young player, I've no issue with him leading the line but fully agree Manny should be getting on much earlier in games.
Yeah Murtagh has earned his starting position in fairness to him. Would just love to see Manny flourish more. I'd also love to try to 2 of them up front together, it often feels like Murtagh is left alone up there to do too much
Just on Manny, if hes on amateur con then not much you can do. If hes on a pro con, likely very small as is, unlikely we could offer much more so no advantage to the young lad in signing for anything more than 1 year at a time.
I just want to say I think it's absolutely amazing news that the club is launching a senior women's team. My sister was an incredible soccer player and came up at a time when there were only 1 or 2 girls teams in Longford, they had to play against the boys every week, was no bother to her, they'd often lose 7-3 with her bagging the hat trick, it really improved the girls playing against boys. There were some really really good players in Longford at that time but they pretty much all ended up choosing GAA after the age of 16 as there were no girls teams at that age group. She ended up winning an AI medal in Croker with Longford but I often think of the amount of talent that was lost.
It's been brilliant to see us launch U17/u19 teams and we've already had a player capped at international level.
It's incredible to think of the amount of teams we know have within one club, it's probably a big factor in the first team budget being so small compared to the past.
Given we now have so many families that have a connection with the club, we really should be aiming to increase attendances significantly.
It's absolutely a welcome announcement but as you've pointed out it's now very expensive to be a LOI club. Correctly so as the top level of football in the country, but people need to be aware of how much money the club needs each year just to stay afloat. I have major concerns about the sustainability of LOI football in Longford.
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