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Two brilliant results at the weekend! The minors in particular look an excellent team. Looks a tough draw for the u20s but home advantage is a boost. Hope a big crowd turn up to support both teams.

End of a pretty terrible under 20 football campaign tonight.
That group did OK at under 17 but seemed t OK be a huge loss of players in the three years.

2003 will live with me forever. RIP Micko. 

Really hope I'm wrong but that is a team very light on experience and scoring power.
Leitrim are probably in the same boat but I fear for us against the stronger Division 3 teams and would consider staying up an achievement.

Lovely. Enjoyable game.

Dire stuff altogether, two poor enough outfits. Either EC or Kilcoo would relish playing either of them.

Yeah, doubt if Crokes should bother turning up at all for the semi-final.

I know it's only the league phases of the school hurling year but I see Heywood and Portlaoise CBS getting hammered by Banagher (B) and Carnew (C) respectively in the junior grade.
2 out of the 4 primary hurling schools in the county.  Maybe I'm being a tad dramatic in the assessment but that's a worrying sign in my opinion.

You're not being one bit dramatic. This is essentially the county minor grade.

Would it not be more last year's minors? I know a lot of lads did the Leaving last June that were playing adult hurling (and football).
The results are very worrying though.

Congrats to Kilcavan tonight.
Caught most of the final on Clubber.
Well deserved. The wing back Lawlor was exceptional. Full forward good too.
Think they'll be comfortable enough in intermediate next year.

Didn't see Ballylinan game but Ballyfin are in big bother based on yesterday.
No James Finn and they were beaten after 15 minutes.
Must be strong favourites for the drop.

Have Crettyard improved that much this year or is it a case that the other teams in the championship have fallen off. PR are definitely a shadow of the team they were two years ago. Arles-Kilcruise look more akin to a junior side and only for a walkover could well have been in a relegation final. Whoever does get relegated down from senior this year shouldn't have too much bother bouncing straight back up in 2025.

Think Crettyard have improved this year but some of the other teams have gone back a bit.
Crettyard probably favourites to win but Mountmellick dont seem to ever have put out their best performance that they are capable of for a full match they were beating portlaoise by 13 points and then let in 3 goals in 5 minutes, they missed a lot of chances in the game against Arles Kilcruise, they beat Park Ratheniska well but should've beaten them by more Park Ratheniska don't seem to be any mirror of the team that beat Mountmellick in the final a few years ago. If Mountmellick put out a good performance in the final and have someone to take on evan o carrol they should have a good chance though, with that being said will be hard with the overlap between the footballers and hurlers and they have a busy few weeks ahead and trying to manage to not get injured.

I just can't see Mountmellick stopping Evan O'Carroll. And even if they do, I still think Crettyard have more quality all around the field.
Park-Ratheniska will be very disappointed. Never raised a gallop against MM.  And Annanough will be happy enough. They weren't in the relegation battle and that would have been their number one priority.

O'Dempseys could have Shane Nerney for semi-final.

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Good calling there - just missed Mountmellick!

Think Joe's vulnerable without Dempsey and Murphy but might edge the Town.
O'Dempseys and Graigue will win easily.
Port v B Abbey could be close. Very hard to call so I won't!

Is Dempsey injured??

Both of them out for year with ACL injuries I believe.

Mountmellick have recovered well from that first round loss.
And they've a chance against PR I think.
Cretty should be too strong for an improved Annanough.
Hard to see it not being PR v Crettyard final though.

Think Joe's vulnerable without Dempsey and Murphy but might edge the Town.
O'Dempseys and Graigue will win easily.
Port v B Abbey could be close. Very hard to call so I won't!