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Replying To Dunlavin4Miley:  "Dunlavin v Agb - Dunlavin by 2
Rathnew v Barndarrig - Rathnew by 8
Kiltegan v Tinahely - Tinahely by 1
Eire Og v Bray - Eire Og by 2
Pats v Balto - Balto by 3
Blessington v An Tochar - An tochar by 4"
I think AGB and Blesso will come out fighting this week. Basically knock out games for some of the teams now.

Dunlavin vs AGB - AGB by 4
Rathnew vs Barndarring - Rathnew by 5
Kiltegan vs Tinahely - Kiltegan by 2
Eire Og vs Bray - Bray by 3
Pats vs Balto - Balto by 6
Blessington vs An Tochar - Blesso by 3

Victorious87 (Wicklow) - Posts: 601 - 24/08/2024 07:33:47    2566517

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Replying To minor93:  "Any stand out players so far in the championship lads? Anyone worth a look in Inter or Junior A?"
In the senior , Eoin Darcy is at his best , young Eanna Nolan for An Tochar is doing very well in his first year out of minor. Rathnew defenders with Ollie Byrne, JT Hayden and Jamie Snell are a quality outfit. Joe Prendergast oozes quality, baffles me how he didn't get more game time with Wicklow. James Boland is a real player , his battle with Darragh Fee in the an Tochar Kiltegan game was intercounty standard. Saoirse Kearnon for Avondale is a real standout and should really be in around the county setup too. Ben Brosnan is really showing his class in the inter grade and after seeing John Fox in the flesh at junior A he has real potential.

TeamActimel (Wicklow) - Posts: 12 - 24/08/2024 10:23:01    2566533

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Is that Wexford Ben Brosnan?

FrankieJoe (Wicklow) - Posts: 87 - 24/08/2024 20:14:11    2566607

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Replying To FrankieJoe:  "Is that Wexford Ben Brosnan?"
The very same , a delight to watch

TeamActimel (Wicklow) - Posts: 12 - 25/08/2024 10:04:30    2566655

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Replying To willielee:  "Dunlavin v AGB. Agb by 4
Rathnew v Barndarrig. Rathnew by 9
Kiltegan v Tinahely. Kiltegan by 2
Eire Og v Bray - Bray by 1
St Pats v Baltinglass Baltinglass by 7
An Tochair v Blessington. An Tochair by 2
Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1121"
Not a million miles away

heavyheart19 (Wicklow) - Posts: 141 - 25/08/2024 21:52:38    2566775

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Who will be brave enough to forecast who will be 2nd, 3th and 4th in Group 2 ??

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1237 - 26/08/2024 09:20:03    2566837

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Replying To heavyheart19:  "Not a million miles away"
Not bad at all. A broken clock is right twice a day!

willielee (Wicklow) - Posts: 41 - 26/08/2024 10:40:42    2566876

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Replying To Freethinker:  "Who will be brave enough to forecast who will be 2nd, 3th and 4th in Group 2 ??"
Does the top four in each group qualify for the quarter finals? Does the teams that fail to quality for the quarter final play in the relegation playoff?

wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 2014 - 26/08/2024 10:55:05    2566881

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Replying To wicklowsupport:  "Does the top four in each group qualify for the quarter finals? Does the teams that fail to quality for the quarter final play in the relegation playoff?"
I think - but could be wrong, that first in group 1 plays 4th in group 2 second in group 1 plays 3rd in group 2, 3rd in group 1 plays 2nd in group 2 and 4th in group 1 plays 1st in group 2. If this is incorrect, no doubt we will be enlightened pretty quickly.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1237 - 26/08/2024 12:15:50    2566915

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Replying To Freethinker:  "I think - but could be wrong, that first in group 1 plays 4th in group 2 second in group 1 plays 3rd in group 2, 3rd in group 1 plays 2nd in group 2 and 4th in group 1 plays 1st in group 2. If this is incorrect, no doubt we will be enlightened pretty quickly."
Correct. Last in both groups goes into relegation playoff. 5th season done. All still to play for

StrandedinWW (Wicklow) - Posts: 37 - 26/08/2024 12:29:36    2566918

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Interesting results from over the weekend. Are An Tochar now guaranteed top spot in group 1? If so, could be an opportunity for Tinahely if An Tocher decide to field a weaker team and give some lads a rest.

liam500 (Wicklow) - Posts: 185 - 26/08/2024 16:44:54    2566991

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Replying To liam500:  "Interesting results from over the weekend. Are An Tochar now guaranteed top spot in group 1? If so, could be an opportunity for Tinahely if An Tocher decide to field a weaker team and give some lads a rest."
From what I see, Tochair are struggling to find their best combination. They are a much more formidable outfit now than 2 yrs ago. Strength, experience and bench wise. I'm still not convinced that they have reached the stage where you could say that they would be fancied to lift Sam. The likes of Rathnew, Balto and even Kiltegan are seasoned sides.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1237 - 26/08/2024 17:25:50    2567006

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Replying To Freethinker:  "From what I see, Tochair are struggling to find their best combination. They are a much more formidable outfit now than 2 yrs ago. Strength, experience and bench wise. I'm still not convinced that they have reached the stage where you could say that they would be fancied to lift Sam. The likes of Rathnew, Balto and even Kiltegan are seasoned sides."
Sorry - getting way ahead. Lift Miley, obviously not Sam. Only way Wicklow will ever lift Sam is when some player brings to a do of some kind.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1237 - 26/08/2024 18:53:50    2567024

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Replying To Dunlavin4Miley:  "No chance of Cian O Sullivan playing for Dunlavin this year. Left the squad early in the season. Had to much on off the pitch to fully commit.
Dunlavin doing well though. Don't think many teams will fancy playing them in the latter stages"
Flying

Albundy19 (Wicklow) - Posts: 65 - 26/08/2024 21:36:31    2567044

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I said it before the first match that I thought Pats would be in a relegation play off and I'm 70 minutes away from being right. Regardless I can see them beating Barndarrig... however here's a question for Urban ( I use it loosely I know its not a cosmopolitan) clubs. Are the clubs who are seeing an influx of populations into their towns availing of the resources coming in. Nevermind targeting kids for under 10 teams etc.

Are they actively looking at adult players who may be available to join their senior ranks and possible club transfers. I'd be curious to see of the likes of Greystones, Wicklow, Bray.... how many of the starting 15 are locals...and how many have been actively brought in by the clubs through an adult open evening or something similar.

Food for thought....seems baffling

Localfollower (Wicklow) - Posts: 8 - 26/08/2024 22:32:38    2567047

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Despite what appeared as an attrctive triple header in Aughrim last sunday the overall standard was poor and only the closeness of the games kept peoples attention. The attendance was disappointing the only real atmosphere was cr
eated by the Kiltegan and Tinahealy followers. Tinahealy looked to have the game wrapped up at half time but Kiltegan true championship battlers worked their way back into the game and brought off an important victory. Its hard to work out what is missing with Tinaheay as they have many talented players but they have failed to deliver so far and as the wait goes on the task becomes more difficult. Are they going to follow in the footsteps of AGB . They now face a real challenge in their final match to reach the playoffs.
Pats continue their decline and have failed to replace the majestic McWalter or unearth new talented players to regenerate the team .Very disappointing considering their population base. Baltinglass continue to splutter and have to rely upon the ageing McGrath for many of their scores.. They seem to lack someone to take the game by the scruff of the kneck. The have a tendency to completely fade out of games and despite dominating sections of the game yesterday Pats would have overtaken them if they had another one or two quality forwards. A major improvement will be needed and a more consistent effort if real progress is to be made.
An Tochar looked by far the most impressive of all the teams so far and it will take a very fit and consistent team to hold their fast and talented players over 60 minutes. The return of their 2 injured players has added more firepower to their performance. Yet they have to meet a tigerish team like Rathnew to see how they will cope . Blessington have been badly hit with injuries this year and hav e only a skeleton team from last year which explains their poor run so far.

Optimisticobserver (Wicklow) - Posts: 133 - 27/08/2024 15:12:36    2567169

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Any thoughts on the management for the minor Football for 2025, in my opinion there is enough talent in Wicklow under age to challenge for a Leinster title, in my opinion.

Albundy19 (Wicklow) - Posts: 65 - 27/08/2024 17:45:17    2567192

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Replying To Albundy19:  "Any thoughts on the management for the minor Football for 2025, in my opinion there is enough talent in Wicklow under age to challenge for a Leinster title, in my opinion."
I'll be pilloried for saying this but I think we don't have the coaches or managers internally who can get the best out of our underage teams. When the going gets really tough at the business end of the u17 and u20 Leinster, we are always found wanting. Some of the selectorial decisions at u20 in recent years are hard to fathom. Sometimes it seems as if teams are being selected on a geographical or familiar basis. These are just my opinions to which I am entitled. When we get into a Leinster final at these levels, I will be first up to say I was wrong.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1237 - 27/08/2024 21:14:41    2567219

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Replying To Freethinker:  "I'll be pilloried for saying this but I think we don't have the coaches or managers internally who can get the best out of our underage teams. When the going gets really tough at the business end of the u17 and u20 Leinster, we are always found wanting. Some of the selectorial decisions at u20 in recent years are hard to fathom. Sometimes it seems as if teams are being selected on a geographical or familiar basis. These are just my opinions to which I am entitled. When we get into a Leinster final at these levels, I will be first up to say I was wrong."
Have to agree about the under 20 team the past 2 or3 years. Some strange decisions which cost dearly.

heavyheart19 (Wicklow) - Posts: 141 - 28/08/2024 12:19:42    2567353

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Replying To Freethinker:  "I'll be pilloried for saying this but I think we don't have the coaches or managers internally who can get the best out of our underage teams. When the going gets really tough at the business end of the u17 and u20 Leinster, we are always found wanting. Some of the selectorial decisions at u20 in recent years are hard to fathom. Sometimes it seems as if teams are being selected on a geographical or familiar basis. These are just my opinions to which I am entitled. When we get into a Leinster final at these levels, I will be first up to say I was wrong."
I don't know what decisions you refer too. Looking at squads through the past few years there are plenty of clubs included so I can't see any geographical bias. Coaches make mistakes and perhaps will have looked back in hindsight. They don't have the squads long because of the u19 championship as compared to other counties, the 20s manager outlined this at a meeting with the county board. There was full article in the wicklow people.

StrandedinWW (Wicklow) - Posts: 37 - 28/08/2024 16:41:36    2567403

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