Gaelic County teams 2010

Based on evidence witnessed on Sunday I have no problem with that 15 JB.
The old story...no scoring forwards...Mickey D from Bornacoola would add a bit of muscle but maybe too much "passion".
Won't feature with the pair of bucks tho'....

Shinners wrote:My Preferred Team for Longford 2010:

Stephen Watters - Clonguish

Noel Farrell - Colmcille
Diarmuid Masterson - Dromard
Seamus Hannon - Mostrim

Dermot Brady - Longford Slashers
Enda Williams - Clonguish
Arthur O'Connor - Abbeylara

Kevin Smith - Cashel
Bernard McElvaney -

Danny Keenan - St Patricks
Paul Barden - Clonguish
Francis McGee - Dromard

David Barden - Clonguish
Brian Kavanagh - Kilmacud Crokes
James Martin - Dromard or Stephen Phillips - Longford Slashers

Berry and Dowd will be a huge loss. Can't see them getting out of Division 4 and can't see them upsetting Louth in the Championship either.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out Mr Ryan.

Why won't dowd figure?
Berry will be back come summer, take my word for it.
...and mcelvaney plays for ballymore

I wasn't sure if he was back with them or not cos I heard from a reliable source that he was considering moving to a club out of the county.
Dowd has had a long term back injury and has retired from inter-county. We really need Berry back as he was our best player by a mile last year.

mossbags wrote:

Thomas Clarke wrote:Swinners, what is the story with Tom Parsons? Looked a good prospect 2 years ago, but didn't make the side last summer and you don't expect him to make it this summer either. Loss of form? Attitude? Just lack of progression?

He was on the bench for the Connacht Final last year and started against us on Sunday, scored a point too if memory serves. In fact he was all set to start the Connacht Final last year until MacGarrity's last minute 'miraculous' recovery from a broken jaw sustained only a week beforehand. Nothing wrong with him as far as I can see. In fact I'd happily swap him for Barry Cullinane any day of the week if Swinny can arrange it

Pure lack of a good attitude at county level IMO. he had a fantastic debut season but when he didnt get a contract in the AFL after playing over in OZ for Ireland he was very disappointed.

He's been playing some great stuff for Charlestown over the last few years, I would just love to see him replicate that at county level cause he has the capabilities to be the next Darragh O'Se or Ciaran Whealan and could be one of the players who makes a difference when it comes to Mayo actually winning an All-Ireland.

Unfortunatly,more often than not since his debut season we get performances like the one against Meath last August which was embarrassing to watch, I can only imagine what it was like to be the man top put in that performance.

as for Cullinane, NO THANKS!

Shinners, why no Cian Mimnagh in there? One of Longford's best players last year,especially against Kerry. based on recent club/county form id have him in ahead of Kavanagh!

1. Mervyn Travers AGB
2. Ciaran Hyland AGB
3. Stephen Kelly Eire Og Greystones
4. Alan Byrne Annacurra
5. Patrick Mc Walter St. Pats Wicklow
6. Dara O'hAnnaidh Bray Emmetts
7. Darren Hayden Eire Og Greystones
8. James Stafford Rathnew
9. JP Dalton Kiltegan ( or could Thomas Walsh return? )
10.Tony Hannon Hollywood
11.Leighton Glynn Rathnew
12.Paul Earls St.Pats Wicklow
13.Dean Odlum Newtown
14.Seanie Furlong Kiltegan
15.John McGrath Baltinglass

It wont change much from last year I wouldn't think.
There have been a few new faces on the panel this year, replacing Thomas Walsh in midfield is going to be the big problem.
I havent heard much about McGrath this year don't know if he is still with the county, but he is a very quick forward.

magpie11 wrote:1. Mervyn Travers AGB
2. Ciaran Hyland AGB
3. Stephen Kelly Eire Og Greystones
4. Alan Byrne Annacurra
5. Patrick Mc Walter St. Pats Wicklow
6. Dara O'hAnnaidh Bray Emmetts
7. Darren Hayden Eire Og Greystones
8. James Stafford Rathnew
9. JP Dalton Kiltegan ( or could Thomas Walsh return? )
10.Tony Hannon Hollywood
11.Leighton Glynn Rathnew
12.Paul Earls St.Pats Wicklow
13.Dean Odlum Newtown
14.Seanie Furlong Kiltegan
15.John McGrath Baltinglass

It wont change much from last year I wouldn't think.
There have been a few new faces on the panel this year, replacing Thomas Walsh in midfield is going to be the big problem.
I havent heard much about McGrath this year don't know if he is still with the county, but he is a very quick forward.

Magpie - it will be interesting to see 2nd (or 3rd??) season syndrome with Wicklow this year. There is a great spread on the county team now instead of west or east etc - be interesting to see how it goes. I don't think Micko is taking the League too seriously.

No, he has never seem to of taken the league seriously at all.

It will be interesting to see how many of the players he is using for the league, will actually get a run come championship.
There doesn't seem to be aby great 'find' from the Senior Club Championship, although Kavanagh from Rathnew has been drafted onto the panel, he had a good season partnering Stafford and went on to win the championship with Rathnew, he seems to have a good pair of hands.

On another note, there does seem to be a spread across the county player wise.
It will be interesting to see if it will continue on when Micko leaves.

My guess would be that Kevin O'Brien will take over the reins, a Baltinglass man I think we will see a lot more players from the west on the team then.

Were there geographical divisions before? I hadn't hear of them.

This is the team to win Samin10

1. McEvoy (Dromintee)
2. Mallon (Pearso Ogs)
3. Donaghey (Clonmore)
4. Shannon (Dromintee)
5. Dyas (Dromintee)
6. McKeever (Cullyhana)
7. Duffy (Pearse Ogs)
8. Vernon (Armagh Harps)
9. Toner (Granemore)
10. Mallon (Tir na Nog)
11. Aaron Kernan (Crossmaglen)
12. Swift (Armagh Harps)
13. Forker (Maghery)
14. Clarke (Pearse Ogs)
15. McDonnell (Killeavey)

RMDrive wrote:Were there geographical divisions before? I hadn't hear of them.

Not sure about the politics RM but in the 70s, 80s and early 90s Baltinglass were the team in Wicklow and the power base was in the west. In recent years Rathnew have been the dominant force and St Pats in Wicklow town have enjoyed some success. Between the 3 clubs they have over 50 county titles!

magpie11 wrote:1. Mervyn Travers AGB
2. Ciaran Hyland AGB
3. Stephen Kelly Eire Og Greystones
4. Alan Byrne Annacurra
5. Patrick Mc Walter St. Pats Wicklow
6. Dara O'hAnnaidh Bray Emmetts
7. Darren Hayden Eire Og Greystones
8. James Stafford Rathnew
9. JP Dalton Kiltegan ( or could Thomas Walsh return? )
10.Tony Hannon Hollywood
11.Leighton Glynn Rathnew
12.Paul Earls St.Pats Wicklow
13.Dean Odlum Newtown
14.Seanie Furlong Kiltegan
15.John McGrath Baltinglass

It wont change much from last year I wouldn't think.
There have been a few new faces on the panel this year, replacing Thomas Walsh in midfield is going to be the big problem.
I havent heard much about McGrath this year don't know if he is still with the county, but he is a very quick forward.

There's no Kevin O'Brien in that squad.....KOB was one talented,tough,and hardy bastarx......And an all-right sort to boot..

Unfortunately there is no Kevin O Brien in the team.
The closest we have to that would be Leighton Glynn.
Never had the pleasure myself of watching Kevin play, but have heard all the stories
Leighton is a proper workhorse, I would hate to be the person that marks him, he covers a lot of ground in every match.

At the end of the season there he played a club football match for Rathnew, think it was the 125 final, and then got changed into his Glenealy gear to line out for his hurling team, which he was top scorer in the game.

The league is over now who do you think your first 15 will be..Everytime i think of 15 players after picking them i realise i've left out so many top players...

mullins wrote:The league is over now who do you think your first 15 will be..Everytime i think of 15 players after picking them i realise i've left out so many top players...

In picking a Dublin team? Really?

Dublin's team is one of the easiest to pick, as they have been fairly consistent with selection throughout the league.

Barring injuries, 11-12 of them will be the team that started against Tyrone. The only likely changes would be:

Cluxton for Savage in goals;
Cahill or O'Carroll for Casey (more likely Cahill);
Alan Brogan for Corkery.

McAuley's last 2 games have probably been worthy of a midfield place, but Gilroy has started the same midfield in every league match, so it is safe to assume that he will stick with it for a while longer.

David Clarke (Ballina Stephenites)

Liam O'Malley (Burrishoole)
Ger Cafferkey (Ballina Stephenites)
Keith Higgins (Ballyhaunis)

Donal Vaughan (Ballinrobe)
Trevor Howley (Knockmore)
Kevin McLaughlin (Knockmore)/Peadar Gardiner (Crossmolina)

Ronan McGarrity (Ballina Stephenites)
Seamus O'Shea (Breaffy)

Andy Moran (Ballaghadereen)
Alan Dillon (Ballintubber)
Trevor Mortimer (Shrule-Glencorrib)

Conor Mortimer (Shrule-Glencorrib)
Aiden O'Shea (Breaffy)
Mark Ronaldson (Shrule-Glencorrib)

pretty much the same team I thought it would be back at the beginning of the league with the exception of Donal Vaughan and Seamus O'Shea

I'd expect the Monaghan team that meets Armagh/Derry to look alot like this, providing a full panel to pick from:

Shane Duffy

Dessie Mone
JP Mone
Dermot McArdle

Gary McQuaid
Darren Hughes
Damien Freeman

Eoin Lennon
Dick Clerkin

Stephen Gollogly
Paul Finlay
Rory Woods

Conor McManus
Vinny Corey
Tommy Freeman

I think Banty will pretty much keep with the tried and tested for this game, though a few of the young lads are definately pushing close to a starting spot; Colm Greenan at corner-back, Colin Walshe or Kieran Hughes at wing-back, and Dermot Malone at wing-forward. Personally I'd rather see one of the young backs in for Damien Freeman, or Malone at wing-forward with Vinny moving back to the half-back line and Woods into full-forward. A good while before this game though so anything can happen yet.

Thomas Clarke wrote:Dublin's team is one of the easiest to pick, as they have been fairly consistent with selection throughout the league.

Barring injuries, 11-12 of them will be the team that started against Tyrone. The only likely changes would be:

Cluxton for Savage in goals;
Cahill or O'Carroll for Casey (more likely Cahill);
Alan Brogan for Corkery.

McAuley's last 2 games have probably been worthy of a midfield place, but Gilroy has started the same midfield in every league match, so it is safe to assume that he will stick with it for a while longer.

Well Tc i don't agree there will be a lot of players giving a chance in Leinster...Its on going i've been told that there is players that didn't start any matchs in the league that will be part of the championship squad...

Yep I think Gilroy has a few tricks up his sleeve still. Granted the C'ship is now upon us but I reckon he will try things in June on the basis that if we lose in Leinster it would probably go down OK with a lot of Dub supporters and if the experiments work and we win then he's win - win anyway!

Mullins/Jayo, you might both be right, but I really can't see many changes for Dublin at the start of the championship.

Surely the one of the main reasons for changing the style of play and picking a pretty consistent side in the league was to rebuild confidence. I'd say that morale in the Dublin camp is higher now than it has been for some time, and a large part of that would be down to consistency of system and personnel.

Mullins talks about several players to return, but I'd be curious to know who they are, and whose place they are likely to take for the start of the championship. I can't believe that Gilroy has crafted a new side and style of playing during the league, beating Tyrone & Kerry along the way, only to throw it out the window again in the championship. Still, I guess we will see what happens against Wexford.

TC - Mark Davoren has done his other cruciate in a club challenge and will miss all this season too. Shocking news for the lad and the Dubs. Life can be very cruel. Speedy recovery Mark!

Yeah, I saw that Jayo, very tough on him. He looked a good prospect early last year, but this will be a very tough one to come back from. All the best to him.

Jayo Cluxton wrote:TC - Mark Davoren has done his other cruciate in a club challenge and will miss all this season too. Shocking news for the lad and the Dubs. Life can be very cruel. Speedy recovery Mark!

life can be a real bitch sometimes - tough luck on the lad, coming back once is tough having to do it twice is nearly worse as he knows whats ahead of him.

best wishes on a speedy recovery, he looked a decent footballer before the injury last year.

Jayo Cluxton wrote:Yep I think Gilroy has a few tricks up his sleeve still. Granted the C'ship is now upon us but I reckon he will try things in June on the basis that if we lose in Leinster it would probably go down OK with a lot of Dub supporters and if the experiments work and we win then he's win - win anyway!

whats the story with Mark Vaughan - is he injured or just not in Gilroys plans?????