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They are getting better though and I am not sure other teams are. I think you are over estimating St Brigids Caesar as I don't think they are in that group yet. (yes they're going ok in the league but very early stages for that).

Creggan 2+ years ago were the team that could challenge them but seem to have dropped off. If they can get back to their previous level then maybe they can challenge them. Jury still out for PG1 in championship (no offense BS!) too. LD not quite as good now either. They really should have beat them in Corrigan that time but Finucane basically have Cargin 2 goals. Honestly find it hard to see them being beat for a few years with the current lie of things.

I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss St Brigids who have been underachieving for a while, but I suppose time will tell

The scary thing is this is Cargin in transition and yet they are still a step ahead of the rest. The aul boys are being slowly phased out with quality young players already adding their value.

It's certainly not impossible that the likes of Creggan, St Bridget's or PG1 could beat Cargin on a good day, but I suspect anyone waiting on Cargin's dominance coming o an end will be waiting a long time.

Clooney's aging team are starting to show a few too many miles on the clock, but you have to respect them as a small rural parish who have probably maximised their potential from the resources available to them for the last decade. That's more than most clubs can say!

They look like they are in a good place, and still have a few county players to add back into the team too:

Connor Stewart, Paddy McAleer, Kavan Keenan

Are St Galls back? 5 from 5. Best start in a long time surely?

Leagues form and championship form are two different animals

I'm just glad we look like not being relegated

St Galls have obviously been rebuilding for a while now but it looks like there is a crop of quality young players on the verge of coming through now. Would expect them to kick on now compared to recent years

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Everyone wants to be the best, so compare yourself to the best, at one point in time it was st galls at this point in time its Cargin.

Looking at the production line of players coming through, it looks like Cargin will be the benchmark for quite some time

[proactively went and sought players as Portglenone have done]

My post was regarding Portglenone as it was topic of recent discussion that other contributors posted about. I didnt quash anything, if Cargin proactively went and sought players as Portglenone have done then thats wrong, no matter when it happened Why on this discussion board does everything come back round to the Toome men. Theres more to Antrim county than the people from the Lough.

Is this actually what happened here? That's a significant allegation so please share the facts!

My understanding is that it is usually a player who approaches a club, who then decide if they can accept the player.
 
In this case, it's two local players who fell out with their home club in a different county several years ago and haven't been able to play club football in Ireland ever since. Very different scenario from the picture you are trying to paint!

What has happened to the major investment that we went into Gealfast ? What have been the Outcomes to date, any reports, stats, progress to date etc available and made public to the Clubs. Surely Questions need to asked?

How much of a major investment was given and what were your expectations?

It's a fair question to ask. All initiatives whether successful or otherwise should be open to evaluation

Have to agree with Marty34, them 3 clubs he just mentioned are leading the way in terms of culture. Casements model though i wouldnt be a fan of. over the years they have taken players not wanted by their clubs and put them in ahead of their own breed. And to be frank, its never worked for them. Maybe Lynn and Co. can change that now, but theres alot to be said for a club who brings through their youth and achieves success

Every club in the county have accepted a few blow-ins over the years. I highly doubt it's part of any club's planned development model.

[Derry GAA - Coaching and Development Strategy 2021 - 2026]

I have posted this before but here's a link to 'Derry GAA - Coaching and Development Strategy 2021 - 2026'

https://www.gaa.ie/football/news/the-story-behind-derry-football-s-resurgence/?fbclid=IwAR3ajz-OGvQ05EOEWDil6XTYEZ04_U2Zj6JdQNCAfnBUgv6KfSuBbedxbXk

Follow the link and you will see the full 20 page PDF.

Fixing the state of reserve football should be a big priority. My own club's reserves only played 4 or 5 games last year because other clubs kept forfeiting. Young players have walked away because they spent all lasy year training for very few matches.

@Bannside - What about putting together a team selection of injured players? Would be a strong team on paper!

Maintaining our Division 3 status would be an impressive achievement given the quality and injuries to our current squad.

What a farce