It’s the morning after the defeat in Killarney, a day where, when the final whistle blew, it looked for all the world like our Championship run had ended for this year. But it hasn’t. This odd Championship structure, which we’re only now getting our heads around, sees us back in action yet again in a week’s time, this time with […]
The majestic Magillicuddy Reeks provided an idyllic backdrop to today’s Super 8s meeting with Kerry at Fitzgerald Stadium. Down on the pitch, though, where the sun beat down and where the temperature was in the high twenties, what was on view was, from our perspective, far less attractive. Kerry were always on top in this game and they beat us […]
We’ve successfully negotiated our way through the qualifiers, encountering and overcoming far tougher opposition on the way than we had to do on previous backdoor runs. Our 2019 Championship odyssey now shifts back from straight knockout to three guaranteed outings over the next four weeks in the All-Ireland Quarter-Final group stage, aka the Super 8s. Our first opponents in Group […]
Right, it’s time to call time on the Man of the Match poll from yesterday evening’s Round 4 qualifier match against Galway at the Gaelic Grounds. It was another close result this week, with James Carr eventually edging out Darren Coen – who was named as MOTM by Billy Joe Padden on Sky Sports – for the prize. James ended […]
It appears the tide has, indeed, turned. Mayo being Mayo, we had to have more drama at the end than we really needed to but, over the course of the 78 or so minutes that were played, we bossed the game for large spells and were full value for the three-point win with which we eventually came away from the […]
So we’ve drawn Galway in Round 4. There’s more than a little bit of poetic justice in this. Had we gone the direct route we’d still have had to beat Galway in the Connacht final to make the Super Eights. This is now the task that faces us on Saturday evening at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick (throw-in 7pm), only […]
Okay, it’s quizzical monkey time once again, as we contemplate another qualifier draw in the morning. This one is for Round 4 and, as usual, it’ll take place on the RTÉ Radio One Morning Ireland show, just after the 8.30am news bulletin. This is the final football qualifier draw of the year and the pairings made in the morning also […]
I think we’re safe enough declaring the result of this one. Kinda need to as I want to lash up another poll now, this time about who we might pluck from the bowl in the morning. So, without further ceremony, congrats to Darren Coen who has, with 34% of all votes cast in the poll, been voted our Man of […]
My poor heart. Well, we won and this gets us into the Monday morning hat once again, where we’ll be drawn against one of Cavan, Cork, Galway or Meath in next weekend’s Round 4 of the qualifiers. But, boy, did we make hard work of it, collapsing over the line at the finish to win by a single point. And […]
As you all know by now, the Round 3 qualifier draw this morning paired us with Armagh. This knockout tie has been set for MacHale Park on Saturday evening, where throw-in will be 7pm. The match will be shown live by Sky Sports but sure ye’ll all be at it so that’s not really relevant. So, then, what do we […]