Quote from: InnocentByStander on July 01, 2025, 11:03:37 AMQuote from: NAG1 on July 01, 2025, 09:33:37 AMQuote from: Caesar on July 01, 2025, 09:26:30 AMSt Galls were a truly outstanding team but the club didn't have the "conveyor belt" of young talent coming through to keep them at the top. The interesting thing about Cargin at the moment is the amount of youth already being blooded into their senior team.
As I've said before, this is a Cargin team supposedly in transition and even if St Brigids or Creeggan get over the line this year, I'd expect Cargin to remain the team to beat for a long time yet.
Genuine question, where is that assumption coming from?
I might have missed it but I don't see Cargin competing strongly at any of the juvenile ages groups. So when that group of experienced players eventually go, there just doesn't seem to be the quality to replace.
Or maybe I have missed something?
See this is the difference in Cargin and other clubs. Although Cargin have been at the top of the tree now for a few years now but when St Galls were the main team Cargin were still always second best, since probaly 1995 (or earlier) Cargin have been one of the top 2 teams. But we have not always been the strongest at Juvenile one or two good teams through the years back to back minor championships 2019/2020. But what makes the difference Cargin will get as many senior players from a bad minor team as they get from a good Minor team.
You don't need a conveyor belt of minor championships, you need a conveyor belt of 3/4 good players in every team to develop through to senior teams.
I get what you are saying but you are adding these players to a group of high quality players who are approaching the end of their careers. Once they go the quality goes with them, it is fair play to them that they have made this model work.