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U19 should be treated as a vital competition now that minor is u17 and be seen as the bridge to senior football. Surely you could run this at some stage of the season once county u20 and minor is over and before u17 and senior championship is played? Maybe clubs could unearth a couple of players before senior championship. I know it is tough with club league and u17 league but there are not that many teams in it and it could be run off quickly.

Conor Laverty has some job on his hands! 2 best teams on show tonight, apart from Liam Kerr no real quality, and the contempt for eachother obvious!

No doubt all great players brick and lots of counties could name players eg Conor McManus......Mattie Forde.....prob will be players that won all irelands or maybe somebody like keegan  or higgjns from mayo though.
Can't believe I forgot dooher but prob others will spring up too!

Forgot about Lee keegan.....had Keith higgins in and he hadn't won an all ireland.......maybe just swap them.......loved higgins though!

Pretty sure we will see a team announced from 2000 to 2022 just like the hurling so here is a first stab at that:
Cluxton
Marc OSe
Moynihan
Higgins
Mccarthy
McGeeney
McCaffrey
Fenton
Cavanagh
Connolly
Cooper
Kilkenny
Clifford
Con
Canavan

Some I couldn't get in
Dara and tomas Ose
Michael Murphy
Declan OSullivan
Ricey
Philip Jordan
Stephen. ONeill
Mcmahon and Cooper
Paul Flynn
James Odonoghue
Karl Lacey
Brian McGuigan

What an inspirational man with an amazing legacy. Even the spat with Henry Shefflin had you admiring him for having the balls to be like that despite what his club mate had went through this year. Would be amazing to hear the story behind that at some stage. Hopefully another book in the future. Until then happy retirement to the legend that is Brian Cody.

Alternative view
Maybe Kerry are not that good and Galway will win. Kerry beat a poor Cork team, a Mayo team and Dublin team in differing stages of decline and missing key players. They struggled at varying times in all 3 games. Maybe Galway are not good enough to beat them but maybe they are.
Keep Clifford to under 6 points and they have a real chance if they can get their forward line and midfield moving to near their potential.
Hoping for a great game and wouldn't mind seeing the great player that is Clifford getting his winners medal.
Maybe Galway by 2
Probably kerry by 7

Kerry by 7

Cavan by 4
Galway by 2
Kerry by 4

Derry by 4
Dublin by 14
Galway by 2
Kerry by 8

Westmeath by 3
Cavan by 5

Roscommon 4
Cork 4
Mayo 2
Donegal 1

Monaghan 2
Meath 2
Cork 3
Tyrone 4
Leitrim 2
Cavan 3
Westmeath 4
Offaly 7

Dublin 4
Kerry 16
Roscommon 2
Donegal 4
Offaly 2
Tipp 7
Westmeath 8
Fermanagh 2
Antrim 4
Sligo 7
Cavan 8

Offaly by 4
Wicklow by 4