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2024 Junior A Football Championship

Its not my point at all.

My point is that Eire Og could potentially win a league in say Mid Cork with a senior player piled team which is not a true reflection of their actual Senior squad thus could go to a county league based on that and the likes of Donoghmore who would probably win the majority of other divisional league at there ease may not get the chance to go up to the County league based if they had lost to the likes of Eire Og
Very Valid point in fairness,
Mallow, Rosscarbery and Valleys all are 2nd teams who won the divisional league with probably loaded teams in early season. Does Fock all for development of football really as you point out..
There are 60-70 smaller clubs being neglected by the Cork county board, and most are football orientated in rural areas which possibly explains it.
The lack of meaningful competition will have inevitable consequences
In 20 years time we will have some gurus in suits producing a 5 year Corkness plan to try and get GAA going again in these areas!!
 
I fancy them to win it. Great work going on up there especially at underage over the last number of years and great people involved.

Im just saying it's a bit much to have 2 articles this year and an article at the start of last year on one Junior Team.
 
Apologies for my leave of unexplained absence gents i was serving a 2 month ban thanks to some sour unnamed feen on these sports forums. Id be backing Carbery rangers to win the divisional league qualifier quite handy. Very strong mix of current seniors/ ex seniors and young lads. Championship for them will be a different story. They will be expecting to use 6-8 of their current starting team to the first team. They will still be an effective outfit but i cannot see them being crowned carbery champs. I still stick with my earlier predictions of st. James, kilmacs, argideen and marys as my front runners. Mathunas seem to be focusing on the hurling hence there relagation in the carbery league. Caheragh are starting to come good from what im hearing but without the o driscolls due to some interesting gossip i dont see them having enuf to get past the top 4. Barryroe and Ballinascarthy and in the same boat. they seem to have found it tough to balance playing in the county hurling league and carbery football as both did good in both leagues but not great. Those county hurling leagues are tough and fatigue and sore bodies as well as emigration has played a huge part in both respective league placings. Goleen can go into the championship quietly confident. they will be viewed as underdogs but as a club that only focuses on the big ball they will always be on teams radars. If i had to predict early id go for st james - marys final with marys finely pipping them- WCC
 
Apologies for my leave of unexplained absence gents i was serving a 2 month ban thanks to some sour unnamed feen on these sports forums. Id be backing Carbery rangers to win the divisional league qualifier quite handy. Very strong mix of current seniors/ ex seniors and young lads. Championship for them will be a different story. They will be expecting to use 6-8 of their current starting team to the first team. They will still be an effective outfit but i cannot see them being crowned carbery champs. I still stick with my earlier predictions of st. James, kilmacs, argideen and marys as my front runners. Mathunas seem to be focusing on the hurling hence there relagation in the carbery league. Caheragh are starting to come good from what im hearing but without the o driscolls due to some interesting gossip i dont see them having enuf to get past the top 4. Barryroe and Ballinascarthy and in the same boat. they seem to have found it tough to balance playing in the county hurling league and carbery football as both did good in both leagues but not great. Those county hurling leagues are tough and fatigue and sore bodies as well as emigration has played a huge part in both respective league placings. Goleen can go into the championship quietly confident. they will be viewed as underdogs but as a club that only focuses on the big ball they will always be on teams radars. If i had to predict early id go for st james - marys final with marys finely pipping them- WCC
Great insight to carbery division
With old few league finals to play, has anyone any other predictions for other divisions? Or carbery
 
they seem to have found it tough to balance playing in the county hurling league and carbery football as both did good in both leagues but not great
It’s hard alright for the rural dual clubs with a relatively small pool of adult players who are relied upon to play both codes to go week after week for 4 months, often in poor weather on heavy pitches.
 
In Carbery, I agree with WCC on the top 6 teams. St Colums should also be up there with all the cork underage players they’ve had and are seriously underperforming. You’d have to make kilmacabea favourites to win it out again.
 
In Carbery, I agree with WCC on the top 6 teams. St Colums should also be up there with all the cork underage players they’ve had and are seriously underperforming. You’d have to make kilmacabea favourites to win it out again.
Colums relagated with 5 losses and 1 win - Those lads seem to get a bit of extra luck making those panels - speaking from experience being in the backroom team for the rebel og u16s a few years ago, a good unnamed volunteer from colums(who i cant name or ill get banned again from this account) happened to be one of my fellow u16 selectors and his son makes the minor panel and even the matchday squad the year later so id be taking their cork underage players representation with a pinch of salt. tbf to them young Alan K with the 20s is a fantastic talent and a gentleman
 
Id say Kilmacs and St James are probably well ahead of the pack in Carbery...although you wouldn't rule out St Mary's, Timoleague, Bal, Barryroe, Carbery Rangers catching either team on their day, I just feel both those sides have the experience and youth mix just right and it will take a good team to stop either of them winning it out...
 
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