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When will we know the make up of the last 8. I'd imagine the calculators are busy at the minute.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1803 - 10/08/2025 16:25:26    2630874

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Replying To Freethinker:  "When will we know the make up of the last 8. I'd imagine the calculators are busy at the minute."
Dunlavin, Blessington and Bray into relegation play off and Eire Og knocked out as far as I can see

Dunlavin4Miley (Wicklow) - Posts: 30 - 10/08/2025 16:32:45    2630875

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Replying To wicklowsupport:  "I'm following games in Wicklow for about forty years; I've never known Rathnew to lose a championship game by 30 points. Regardless of whether a team is through to next round or not, this type of result is worrying for any club that suffers such a drubbing. Alot of very one-sided games over the weekend with no obvious winner emerging. Does anyone know when draws for next stages are being held?"
It was a really poor decision by the Wicklow county board to not have any seeding based on the group standings. Teams with nothing to play for on last weekend of the championship. St Patrick's Wicklow and Rathnew with nothing to play for got beaten well. I thought it was a very silly decision to change the entire championship structure last minute and re-draw it. You wouldn't get that in most counties even at minor or u15 level.

Bray Emmets, Dunlavin, and Blessington are in the relegation round robin now. Dunlavin will most likely be the favourites to go down, but there must be a pretty obvious softness in Blessington to be in relegation two years running with the talent they have and the big name management team. Bray there's clearly a softness there, and there seems to be little effort put into football compared to hurling. It wouldn't surprise me to see Blessington or Bray go down there.

Eire Og Greystones seems to be the third placed team who don't make a quarter-final on score difference. Again, it seems strange from the outside that a team which was in the last two league finals and were a dodgy penalty away from the semi-final last year have been comprehensively beaten and knocked out of championship. An Tochar have barely scraped into the quarter-finals, by just two points on scoring difference over Eire Og Greystones. With a large county panel representation from An Tochar, and firing their manager mid year in 2024, one might wonder do they need to go for an outside manager for next year.

OldSchoolRules (Australia) - Posts: 36 - 10/08/2025 16:33:45    2630876

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Replying To Freethinker:  "When will we know the make up of the last 8. I'd imagine the calculators are busy at the minute."
Quarter Final:
St Patrick's Wicklow
Kiltegan
Baltinglass
Carnew Emmets
An Tochar
Rathnew
Arklow Geraldines Ballymoney
Tinahely

Out:
Eire Og Greystones

Relegation Round Robin:
Dunlavin
Blessington
Bray Emmets

OldSchoolRules (Australia) - Posts: 36 - 10/08/2025 16:41:45    2630879

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After the Final round of football who is the form team? Kiltegan are coming good for me. I know St pats and Rathnew shipped big defeats but they were through!
Can AGB finally make a claim for Miley? The county champions turned on a solid performance today. The quarterfinals will be interesting

kodak13 (Wicklow) - Posts: 97 - 10/08/2025 17:05:06    2630883

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Replying To OldSchoolRules:  "It was a really poor decision by the Wicklow county board to not have any seeding based on the group standings. Teams with nothing to play for on last weekend of the championship. St Patrick's Wicklow and Rathnew with nothing to play for got beaten well. I thought it was a very silly decision to change the entire championship structure last minute and re-draw it. You wouldn't get that in most counties even at minor or u15 level.

Bray Emmets, Dunlavin, and Blessington are in the relegation round robin now. Dunlavin will most likely be the favourites to go down, but there must be a pretty obvious softness in Blessington to be in relegation two years running with the talent they have and the big name management team. Bray there's clearly a softness there, and there seems to be little effort put into football compared to hurling. It wouldn't surprise me to see Blessington or Bray go down there.

Eire Og Greystones seems to be the third placed team who don't make a quarter-final on score difference. Again, it seems strange from the outside that a team which was in the last two league finals and were a dodgy penalty away from the semi-final last year have been comprehensively beaten and knocked out of championship. An Tochar have barely scraped into the quarter-finals, by just two points on scoring difference over Eire Og Greystones. With a large county panel representation from An Tochar, and firing their manager mid year in 2024, one might wonder do they need to go for an outside manager for next year."
Has to be questions about the attitude in blessington, from county champs in 2023 to back to back relegation battles
I don't think there is much care for the large ball in bray being honest
And with Dunlavin it depends what team shows up on the day, unfortunately they haven't shown up they last two games

Dunlavin4Miley (Wicklow) - Posts: 30 - 10/08/2025 17:26:27    2630886

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Didn't realise that the quarter final draw wasn't seeded on group placings but that would go in some way to explaining the Pats, Rathnew scores and maybe even the Hollywood defeat. Really seems an odd decision but surely the draw is not completely open, ie can you be drawn against a team that was in your group?

FearThoir (Wicklow) - Posts: 14 - 10/08/2025 20:03:22    2630926

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Replying To FearThoir:  "Didn't realise that the quarter final draw wasn't seeded on group placings but that would go in some way to explaining the Pats, Rathnew scores and maybe even the Hollywood defeat. Really seems an odd decision but surely the draw is not completely open, ie can you be drawn against a team that was in your group?"
No you can't get drawn against a team in your group

Annonymous54 (Wicklow) - Posts: 2 - 10/08/2025 20:43:08    2630945

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Replying To FearThoir:  "Didn't realise that the quarter final draw wasn't seeded on group placings but that would go in some way to explaining the Pats, Rathnew scores and maybe even the Hollywood defeat. Really seems an odd decision but surely the draw is not completely open, ie can you be drawn against a team that was in your group?"
Correct you can't play against a team you had in the group stage

kodak13 (Wicklow) - Posts: 97 - 10/08/2025 20:49:14    2630946

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Replying To FearThoir:  "Didn't realise that the quarter final draw wasn't seeded on group placings but that would go in some way to explaining the Pats, Rathnew scores and maybe even the Hollywood defeat. Really seems an odd decision but surely the draw is not completely open, ie can you be drawn against a team that was in your group?"
Only in a county like Wicklow with its history of failure attempt to justify clubs losing a championship match by 30 points based on the club championship structure. If this is tje attitude in clubs then it probably explains why we are at the bottom of the football pyramid.

wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 2125 - 10/08/2025 21:03:22    2630951

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Replying To wicklowsupport:  "Only in a county like Wicklow with its history of failure attempt to justify clubs losing a championship match by 30 points based on the club championship structure. If this is tje attitude in clubs then it probably explains why we are at the bottom of the football pyramid."
I don't buy into the idea that Rathnew in some way took their eye off the ball for today's game. I know some of those lads, I've worked all round Rathnew and for and with many many Rathnew people and players. By the way, I'm not from Rathnew. Rathnew won't easily let anyone put 30 points on them without a fight. They are a proud club and community to a fault. Don't get me wrong, I have often been critical of Rathnew's attitude and tactics to winning games. I have seen them win games they should have lost. Rathnew were caught today and suffered. They were beaten by a better team with a game plan on the day. They are also down 2 players for the next game, and in one case possibly longer. To suggest anything else, only serves to diminish a tremendous, complete display by AGB.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1803 - 10/08/2025 21:19:29    2630956

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Replying To OldSchoolRules:  "It was a really poor decision by the Wicklow county board to not have any seeding based on the group standings. Teams with nothing to play for on last weekend of the championship. St Patrick's Wicklow and Rathnew with nothing to play for got beaten well. I thought it was a very silly decision to change the entire championship structure last minute and re-draw it. You wouldn't get that in most counties even at minor or u15 level.

Bray Emmets, Dunlavin, and Blessington are in the relegation round robin now. Dunlavin will most likely be the favourites to go down, but there must be a pretty obvious softness in Blessington to be in relegation two years running with the talent they have and the big name management team. Bray there's clearly a softness there, and there seems to be little effort put into football compared to hurling. It wouldn't surprise me to see Blessington or Bray go down there.

Eire Og Greystones seems to be the third placed team who don't make a quarter-final on score difference. Again, it seems strange from the outside that a team which was in the last two league finals and were a dodgy penalty away from the semi-final last year have been comprehensively beaten and knocked out of championship. An Tochar have barely scraped into the quarter-finals, by just two points on scoring difference over Eire Og Greystones. With a large county panel representation from An Tochar, and firing their manager mid year in 2024, one might wonder do they need to go for an outside manager for next year."
League counts for little and never has. Maybe Eire Og need to realise that. AGB to finally do the business.

heavyheart19 (Wicklow) - Posts: 164 - 10/08/2025 21:21:51    2630958

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Does anyone know if Sean Egan is back playing for arklow? Heard a few people talking about him coming home from America.

TheAllwhitetelegraph (Westmeath) - Posts: 2 - 10/08/2025 23:38:43    2630996

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Replying To Freethinker:  "I don't buy into the idea that Rathnew in some way took their eye off the ball for today's game. I know some of those lads, I've worked all round Rathnew and for and with many many Rathnew people and players. By the way, I'm not from Rathnew. Rathnew won't easily let anyone put 30 points on them without a fight. They are a proud club and community to a fault. Don't get me wrong, I have often been critical of Rathnew's attitude and tactics to winning games. I have seen them win games they should have lost. Rathnew were caught today and suffered. They were beaten by a better team with a game plan on the day. They are also down 2 players for the next game, and in one case possibly longer. To suggest anything else, only serves to diminish a tremendous, complete display by AGB."
100% hard to see anyway back for the village,is that the worst result in the history of the club?

Albundy19 (Wicklow) - Posts: 107 - 10/08/2025 23:49:58    2630998

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Replying To Albundy19:  "100% hard to see anyway back for the village,is that the worst result in the history of the club?"
I would imagine it is. I hear all kinds of rumours about how things are within that squad. One thing is certain, whoever draws them in the next round will need to be prepared for everything including the kitchen sink coming their way. Has the potential to be ugly if it isn't going well.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1803 - 11/08/2025 09:56:18    2631030

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Replying To wicklowsupport:  "Only in a county like Wicklow with its history of failure attempt to justify clubs losing a championship match by 30 points based on the club championship structure. If this is tje attitude in clubs then it probably explains why we are at the bottom of the football pyramid."
Intentionally or not it must have been a factor somewhere in those results, not saying it's the only reason. If they were knockout games there's no way Pats and Rathnew are getting beat by 24 and 30 points respectively. Beat yes, but not by those scores.

FearThoir (Wicklow) - Posts: 14 - 11/08/2025 10:27:04    2631035

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Have the quarter finals draws been made yet for Senior, Inter & Junior A?

Hawkeye2 (Wicklow) - Posts: 165 - 11/08/2025 13:36:26    2631105

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Replying To Hawkeye2:  "Have the quarter finals draws been made yet for Senior, Inter & Junior A?"
Draw is on Tuesday Night

kodak13 (Wicklow) - Posts: 97 - 11/08/2025 14:04:32    2631111

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Replying To Hawkeye2:  "Have the quarter finals draws been made yet for Senior, Inter & Junior A?"
Tomorrow night ( Tuesday) at 8 o'clock for senior. I presume others also ??

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1803 - 11/08/2025 14:37:44    2631129

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Replying To Freethinker:  "I would imagine it is. I hear all kinds of rumours about how things are within that squad. One thing is certain, whoever draws them in the next round will need to be prepared for everything including the kitchen sink coming their way. Has the potential to be ugly if it isn't going well."
In all my years watching games in Wicklow I have never seen Rathnew take that type of beating or St. Pats, ridiculous scores in both games. I'm still not sure who the favourites would be to win it out from here, maybe AGB? To be fair it could be any of the teams left!

stringfellohawk (Wicklow) - Posts: 140 - 11/08/2025 17:18:22    2631173

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