Qualifer Live Blog

wet and miserable Monday morning all round the country......

hopefully we get a tie to look forward to....

The List of teams :
Us* Antrim*
Armagh*
Fermanagh 
Tipperary
Carlow*
Derry*
Galway
Laois 
Limerick
Longford
Westmeath
Wicklow
Tyrone
Sligo
Offaly*

* equals home team 

Who do we want to avoid:
any northern team......even Antrim and Fermanagh but especially Tyrone
 

Who do we want to get a win: they beat us not too long ago but Carlow!

Who do we want to see up close and personal: to see how Tyrone operate would be quite the sight  

Who do we want to hear for best atmosphere: Armagh, no doubting it...nearest team to us and a manager from there would really add to the spice of the local affair and the decibel levels.

Who do we want to avoid petrol wise : We have a guaranteed home draw so...unless we get draw out second to Derry who also have a home advantage, that is the longest away draw we can get....

Who do we want to settle a Grudge: Westmeath...we have some unfinished business there.defo.


8.30 and draw hasn't even begun.....well done GAA!!!!!

8.35 and still nothing.....

8.36 loads of adverts and people probly missing the draw as a result of it.

8.36 air force one has landed so we'll hold it back......are RTE for real!!!!!!!!!!! 

8.37 Whelo in again he must have slept in the office! 

8.38 one final good swirl!! woop!

8.38 Tyrone........ Offaly Phew!

8.38 Galway........Tipperary! phew again

8.39 Derry oh man...my nerves.....Sligo 

8.39 Westmeath....come on!!! give us them!!! Boooo Fermanagh! 

8.40 Laois....can we draw them???  Carlow!! local derby

we're gonna get Armagh

8.40 Armagh!!....ahhhhhhh oh wicklow

Antrim?
8.40 Louth..right here we go! ha Antrim!!  

8.41 Longford Limerick....

First impressions
Antrim.....not as easy you'd think....they spanked us in the league the last time we played them in Belfast in 2010...they've bullied our girls in recent seasons too! 

However, we've also beaten them at home in qualifers before in Drogheda 2004.....they're a division lower than us and will be 2 lower than us after they got relegated this season... they lost a couple of their top players....the McCanns and Scullion to unrest....

We should get the win.  

thanks for reading...now scurry back to work(or bed if you're lucky) with ye! @louthproud