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The big Graveyard behind The Hyde!😄

Anyone at the 20s final? Good win for The Harps. Can they push on at senior next year?

Excellent from Port yesterday. Clinical. Smelt blood and showed no mercy. They also have Keith Bracken, Jake Foster and Daragh Slevin to come back into the running for the semi final.
They'll still be outsiders but I expect them to give this an almighty go.

Didn't see anywhere to post about this.
It's a terrible time of the year to be playing football but still some interesting games have taken place.
Looks like Ballyroan Abbey are going to be the team to beat. They play Portlaoise in one semi final.
In the other semi final Graigue will play whoever wins tonight between Mountmellick Parish and Courtwood/Emo.
The B seems to be quite competitive too with not too many walkovers (although they will probably increase in the next week or two). Ballylinan, Crettyard/Spink, Rosenallis, Clonaslee and Na Fianna Og all still in the running.

I believe it's far from a done deal yet - this mystery man in line for the BA job!

Surely no truth to zack tuohy rumour?

Junior final? Surely not?

A couple of managers gone. Pauric Clancy has left Ballyroan Abbey and Eddie Kinsella is finished in Courtwood. Both being replaced from within their own management teams I've heard.

I think Port are timing their season well and I expect them to win by 5 or 6 points.
I think O'Dempseys just might be a little bit over confident and I can't see why Courtwood can't win this. First game might be a cracker.

Good luck to him. He has a huge task on his hands.
No more than Sheehan with the footballers, there's a massive job before a ball is struck trying to get the best possible panel to commit.

Graigue and Josephs coming up short yet again. We really shouldn't be surprised. Clubs with far less numbers and resources seem to have more fight in the belly when the chips are down.
Port will hardly beat Portlaoise as easily as last year's county final the way both are playing? Still, it's Port's to loose.
The other semi should be close. Nice to see either of them in the final. If you'd offered both of them the scenario they are in this morning at the start of the year, they'd have jumped at it.

I was there too. Dreadful game. The Rock were just so, so poor without the O'Neill chap. Victor Oladapu tried very hard for them - he's a good chap.
Good achievement by O'D's to keep second team up intermediate. Big Dan is a big loss to their seniors. He offers something different.

First game today was OK. Enjoyable enough. Courtwood were slightly the better team for me. Just about deserved it but will have to be an awful lot better to have any chance v Graiguecullen.
Park gave it a right go in the second game but their inexperience cost them. Still they can be proud of their year. O'Dempseys pulled away well but wouldn't be happy with the first 40 minutes or so.
Didn't see last night's games. Fair play to Clonaslee. They have reinvented themselves big time as a good footballing side with none of the shite that they used to go on with. They are likely to stay senior for a long time now.

Ballyroan Abbey v Mountmellick - Mountmellick by 3
Timahoe v Arles Kilcruise - could be close - Arles by 1
The Rock v O'Dempsey's - I'm hearing O'Dempsey's aren't overly concerned about staying up so The Rock by 4

Courtwood v Rosenallis - Courtwood by 2 or 3
O'Dempsey's v Park-Ratheniska - O'Dempsey's by 9
Ballyroan-Abbey v Ballyfin - Ballyfin by 1
Stradbally v Clonaslee-St Manman's - Stradbally by 4


Ballylinan v Emo - Emo by 6
Arles-Killeen v Killeshin - very hard to call - Killeshin in a replay?!!

It's nearly 2 months now since Cheddar stepped down. It's absolutely criminal that the next senior hurling manager isn't in place. Kilkenny (yeah, different kettle of fish I know) replaced Cody inside a fortnight. Offaly have their job filled. Waterford, Cork, Tipp all acted quickly enough.
Is there anyone in the know who can actually explain the delay?