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Replying To meathbasedfan: "agree wrong time of year for this competition. a lot of teams won't release players as the adult championships start around that time and prep for those are in full swing. also lads can be on J1's so we aren't necessarily seeing the top U20's playing this competition. a simple competition of 2 group games and winners straight to the final or a knockout like in Roscommon which started last week would be better. too many games conceded in our competition when held in the summer." It was moved to the summer for sound reasons. When played at this time of year, lads are away in college midweek and working at weekends, not willing to give up their days work for a 2pm game on a Sat or 12pm game on a Sunday. games hard to fix as everyone is missing players. Impossible to train except for a Friday night. Games being conceded. It's no better. If it was started in last week of June (after LC) and given the whole month of July, with a midweek round or two thrown in, you could have a good competitive championship. That of course would be predicated on the league being finished. But the advent of the 3 point league games now at that point in the calendar and the issue in previous years of some clubs either not entering, or worse, refusing to let their 18/19 year olds who are playing senior play meaning the games were devalued, means that it isn't the right way to go about. With the current lie of the land fixture wise in the Summer and more clubs bringing match playable floodlights on stream, maybe it could be moved back to this time of year with evening games, be a help to the U20 selectors too. Dodgy_Pass (Leitrim) - Posts: 442 - 13/11/2026 13:59:22 2700286 Link
Replying To JimmyNail: "Looks like Keith Keegan is going abroad so he will be a big loss for next season for both club and county. Not sure have we lost any more of this year's panel or gained any back who left previously." Squidgy will be a big loss, he always gave 110%. LM94 (Leitrim) - Posts: 20 - 13/11/2026 14:35:31 2700288 Link
Replying To LM94: "Squidgy will be a big loss, he always gave 110%." Absolutely huge loss to Leitrim and even bigger loss to Mohill. A hardy bit of stuff that had the footballing abilities to go along with it. leitrimlad15 (Leitrim) - Posts: 135 - 13/11/2026 16:10:31 2700294 Link
Replying To Dodgy_Pass: "It was moved to the summer for sound reasons. When played at this time of year, lads are away in college midweek and working at weekends, not willing to give up their days work for a 2pm game on a Sat or 12pm game on a Sunday. games hard to fix as everyone is missing players. Impossible to train except for a Friday night. Games being conceded. It's no better. If it was started in last week of June (after LC) and given the whole month of July, with a midweek round or two thrown in, you could have a good competitive championship. That of course would be predicated on the league being finished. But the advent of the 3 point league games now at that point in the calendar and the issue in previous years of some clubs either not entering, or worse, refusing to let their 18/19 year olds who are playing senior play meaning the games were devalued, means that it isn't the right way to go about. With the current lie of the land fixture wise in the Summer and more clubs bringing match playable floodlights on stream, maybe it could be moved back to this time of year with evening games, be a help to the U20 selectors too." Maybe they could make it like u23 soccer and allow 3 overage players e.g. a team only has 15 registered players U20, and if they're not named on the clubs first 13 it would give more game time to fringe players. I kid, that would be abused to hell and back and the competition will lose meaning. Unfortunately we are a small county where most young players are not around during the week once they finish school, there's no catch all solution to it gaelsboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 862 - 13/11/2026 20:17:28 2700310 Link
Replying To LM94: "Squidgy will be a big loss, he always gave 110%." So sorry to see Keegan gone.He was brilliant last year and a big loss. joeman123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 695 - 13/11/2026 20:54:34 2700312 Link
Replying To LM94: "Squidgy will be a big loss, he always gave 110%." Definitely a big loss and one we can ill afford. Got stuck in and had a bit of strength behind him. Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 2541 - 14/11/2026 08:03:26 2700318 Link