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The county u16s football had a good win ,it's good to see juvenile team's getting to play at headquarters.

Albundy19 (Wicklow) - Posts: 68 - 17/07/2024 16:19:58    2559773

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Replying To Albundy19:  "The county u16s football had a good win ,it's good to see juvenile team's getting to play at headquarters."
What competition are the u15 footballers competing in? Have they reached a final as you allude to them playing in Croke Park?

It was interesting to read on the hogan stand about Louth appointing an academy director to oversee the academy and a group they call 'rising stars' - is there a similar role in Wicklow? if not, do people think it is down to financial resources?

wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 2023 - 17/07/2024 18:52:12    2559792

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Replying To wicklowsupport:  "What competition are the u15 footballers competing in? Have they reached a final as you allude to them playing in Croke Park?

It was interesting to read on the hogan stand about Louth appointing an academy director to oversee the academy and a group they call 'rising stars' - is there a similar role in Wicklow? if not, do people think it is down to financial resources?"
Apologies Wicklow GAA headquarters.

Albundy19 (Wicklow) - Posts: 68 - 17/07/2024 22:53:20    2559816

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Replying To Freethinker:  "Definitely wisdom in that. Although I heard a rumour earlier saying that Eire Og may have had up to 9 panel members on hols or unavailable for whatever reason. Only time will tell that story. . Personally I'd love to see Dunlavin become strong again. They have contributed many fine footballers for inter county over the years. Mostly when the county has been strong there would be a Dunlavin player or two around."
I heard that Eire had a few missing alright, seems a lot of teams did for the first game going by Garden County Sports fabulous insights (more on that later). AGB were down a few starters , Balto missing Tommy Keogh and a couple others was big , An Tochar missing 4-5 starters, Barndarraig a couple of their huge players. Seems teams are a bit more prepared for the format this year and know while starting strong is of benefit, it's a bit of a marathon and no need to risk fellas early. Also for lads that are away for the first game it's not the end of the world with the 3 week break to when it all kicks off.

Back to Garden County Sport, brilliant brilliant coverage fair play. Best few quid you could spend if you support Wicklow gaa. Nothing generic about their coverage, they had a good grasp on all the teams and players , very refreshing to see. Hopefully get some live streams for the knockout rounds to go with their brilliant commentary.

TeamActimel (Wicklow) - Posts: 12 - 19/07/2024 16:29:58    2560098

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Has anyone heard if Oisin is staying on as manager ?

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1266 - 19/07/2024 20:59:30    2560112

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Replying To Freethinker:  "Has anyone heard if Oisin is staying on as manager ?"
He said on his podcast a few weeks ago that he wanted to stay in Wicklow as he felt he had "unfinished business" there. However, he said it was out of his hands and was up to the players and ultimately the Wicklow Co Board if he was to stay

LilywhiteGael (Kildare) - Posts: 113 - 20/07/2024 15:21:17    2560184

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A few interesting results in the hurling championship over the weekend. Bray may not have it all their own way this year. Kiltegan seem to have recovered their mojo and the Carnew win over Glenealy - holding them scoreless from play according to reports - was no mean feat. Carnew certainly are shaping up as the team to beat, in my opinion.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1266 - 24/07/2024 08:43:21    2561124

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Why is there a 3 week break in the football championship after one game. This doesn't make sense. I understand hurling is on the week football is off. Would It not be better to have week on week off

StrandedinWW (Wicklow) - Posts: 38 - 26/07/2024 15:09:44    2561798

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Replying To StrandedinWW:  "Why is there a 3 week break in the football championship after one game. This doesn't make sense. I understand hurling is on the week football is off. Would It not be better to have week on week off"
Simple, this is Wicklow.

heavyheart19 (Wicklow) - Posts: 142 - 26/07/2024 17:38:05    2561839

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Replying To StrandedinWW:  "Why is there a 3 week break in the football championship after one game. This doesn't make sense. I understand hurling is on the week football is off. Would It not be better to have week on week off"
In my opinion, it is due to a couple of things. Firstly, it seems from the schedule that Wicklow are running the football and hurling championship in parallel. One week is football and one week is hurling. The other option which I think Wexford opt for is to run off the hurling first and the football thereafter. In my opinion, I prefer it to be one week football and one week hurling. I assume the reason they don't opt for this schedule in Wexford is due to the number of dual clubs and players. Secondly and this is something I don't understand about the split season. One of the reasons for the split season to allow club players play in good weather as oppose to playing on heavy grounds in the winter months but in most (if not all) counties, the county finals are still played in October. My understanding is this is to coincide with the Leinster club championship. If the GAA opted to bring forward the Leinster club championship one month, it would force county boards to play a condensed local championship. The only reason I can think they haven't chosen this option is for county likes Wexford, Offaly etc who have a number of players playing both codes. I don't think it is fair to say that it is just Wicklow choosing to do it this way, I think there are valid reasons.

wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 2023 - 27/07/2024 10:36:43    2561894

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Predictions for Round 2 SFC

Tinahely v Balto - Tinahely by 4
Barndarrig v Eire Og - Eire Og by 3
Kiltegan v Blessington - Kiltegan by 1
Dunlavin v Rathnew - Rathnew by 9
AGB v Bray - AGB by 6
An Tochar v St Patrick's - An Tochar by 4

willielee (Wicklow) - Posts: 41 - 29/07/2024 10:17:40    2562486

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Replying To willielee:  "Predictions for Round 2 SFC

Tinahely v Balto - Tinahely by 4
Barndarrig v Eire Og - Eire Og by 3
Kiltegan v Blessington - Kiltegan by 1
Dunlavin v Rathnew - Rathnew by 9
AGB v Bray - AGB by 6
An Tochar v St Patrick's - An Tochar by 4"
Round 2 SFC
Tinahely v Balto - Tinahely by 8
Barndarrig v Eire Og - Eire Og by 5
Kiltegan v Blessington - Blesso by 7
Dunlavin v Rathnew - Rathnew by 3
AGB v Bray - AGB by 6
An Tochar v St Patrick's - An Tochar by 8

heavyheart19 (Wicklow) - Posts: 142 - 29/07/2024 16:59:48    2562722

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Replying To heavyheart19:  "Round 2 SFC
Tinahely v Balto - Tinahely by 8
Barndarrig v Eire Og - Eire Og by 5
Kiltegan v Blessington - Blesso by 7
Dunlavin v Rathnew - Rathnew by 3
AGB v Bray - AGB by 6
An Tochar v St Patrick's - An Tochar by 8"
Tinahely v Balto. Balto by 3
Barndarrig v Eire Og. Eire Og by 9
Kiltegan v Blesso. Blesso by 5
Dunlavin v Rathnew. Rathnew by 6
AGB v Bray. AGB by 6
An Tochair v St Pats. An Tochair by 5.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1266 - 29/07/2024 20:24:26    2562758

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Replying To Freethinker:  "Tinahely v Balto. Balto by 3
Barndarrig v Eire Og. Eire Og by 9
Kiltegan v Blesso. Blesso by 5
Dunlavin v Rathnew. Rathnew by 6
AGB v Bray. AGB by 6
An Tochair v St Pats. An Tochair by 5."
Tinahely v Balto - Balto by 2
Barndarrig v Eire Og - Eire Og by 7
Kiltegan v Blesso - Draw
Dunlavin v Rathnew - Rathnew by 4
AGB v Bray - Bray by 8
An Tochair v Pats - Pats by 1

Victorious87 (Wicklow) - Posts: 601 - 31/07/2024 17:45:43    2563286

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Replying To wicklowsupport:  "In my opinion, it is due to a couple of things. Firstly, it seems from the schedule that Wicklow are running the football and hurling championship in parallel. One week is football and one week is hurling. The other option which I think Wexford opt for is to run off the hurling first and the football thereafter. In my opinion, I prefer it to be one week football and one week hurling. I assume the reason they don't opt for this schedule in Wexford is due to the number of dual clubs and players. Secondly and this is something I don't understand about the split season. One of the reasons for the split season to allow club players play in good weather as oppose to playing on heavy grounds in the winter months but in most (if not all) counties, the county finals are still played in October. My understanding is this is to coincide with the Leinster club championship. If the GAA opted to bring forward the Leinster club championship one month, it would force county boards to play a condensed local championship. The only reason I can think they haven't chosen this option is for county likes Wexford, Offaly etc who have a number of players playing both codes. I don't think it is fair to say that it is just Wicklow choosing to do it this way, I think there are valid reasons."
Too much logic in this post for some of the usual posters who like a good moan!

Victorious87 (Wicklow) - Posts: 601 - 02/08/2024 21:23:57    2563633

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Replying To Victorious87:  "Too much logic in this post for some of the usual posters who like a good moan!"
I truth, I have rarely seen a poor post from that contributor. He sometimes gets stick from the odd one on here who are happy with all within the county , past and present. In my opinion we need more like him.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1266 - 03/08/2024 07:59:17    2563655

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Replying To Freethinker:  "I truth, I have rarely seen a poor post from that contributor. He sometimes gets stick from the odd one on here who are happy with all within the county , past and present. In my opinion we need more like him."
I'm getting worried as people are normally giving me flake on this forum. Thank you for the kind words. I enjoy the exchanges on this forum. I wish other people would join and some of the old posters re join. I'd like to see other posters with diverse opinions posting here as I'm wrong sometimes and it is only when I read other peoples' opinions, that it forces me to assess if my opinion may be wrong. The forum in the past had a number of posters but there only seems to be a handful of us these days. Anyway, hopefully we can keep it going and maybe in time, some other posters will re-join. Enjoy the club matches this weekend.

wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 2023 - 03/08/2024 14:06:43    2563695

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What's everyone's thoughts on the games over the weekend, who's looking strong in senior, inter and junior.

Dunlavin nearly pulled off a surprise over Rathnew, but the only scored 1 point (?) in the second half.
An Tochar continue to win, but I thought they would have beaten Pats by more.

minor93 (Wicklow) - Posts: 78 - 05/08/2024 15:40:48    2563901

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Replying To minor93:  "What's everyone's thoughts on the games over the weekend, who's looking strong in senior, inter and junior.

Dunlavin nearly pulled off a surprise over Rathnew, but the only scored 1 point (?) in the second half.
An Tochar continue to win, but I thought they would have beaten Pats by more."
I was at the An Tochair game. Tommy Kelly might have shaded that one for Pats, had he been available. Having said that, the Roundwood lads fluffed 4/5 goal chances. For me, the jury is still out on them. Bray were played off the field. I can't figure what's gone wrong for them. AGB looking slick but a question mark for them is how they let in 3 goals. Blesso and Kiltegan - again it's hard to gauge that form after just 2 games. Rathnew managed to win despite being a man down. Dunlavin continue to surprise. Eire Og are back in the hunt not that they ever weren't. Balto and Tinahely went as I thought it would. Unfortunately it looks as if Barndarrigs stay at senior might be short. Still a lot of games to play and chances for teams to get back on track. It's shaping up to be an intriguing championship.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1266 - 05/08/2024 17:00:19    2563911

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Replying To Freethinker:  "I was at the An Tochair game. Tommy Kelly might have shaded that one for Pats, had he been available. Having said that, the Roundwood lads fluffed 4/5 goal chances. For me, the jury is still out on them. Bray were played off the field. I can't figure what's gone wrong for them. AGB looking slick but a question mark for them is how they let in 3 goals. Blesso and Kiltegan - again it's hard to gauge that form after just 2 games. Rathnew managed to win despite being a man down. Dunlavin continue to surprise. Eire Og are back in the hunt not that they ever weren't. Balto and Tinahely went as I thought it would. Unfortunately it looks as if Barndarrigs stay at senior might be short. Still a lot of games to play and chances for teams to get back on track. It's shaping up to be an intriguing championship."
I attended a couple of games over the weekend - Baltinglass versus Tinahely and Rathnew versus Dunlavin. Both were entertaining games but the standard of play was average in terms of quality. I understand why various counties including Wicklow use groups to give teams more games. I think it is the right way to go but it can result in some average games. I agree it is hard to gauge form at this early stage; it is only when we get to the knock out stages that teams will show their hand. Dunlavin will be disappointed with the way they gifted Rathnew a goal and you won't win many games scoring one point in the second half. Rathnew struggled up front and will need to improve their forward play if they want to go one further than last year. One worrying observation from that game - there was only one umpire for the whole game in one of the goals.

wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 2023 - 06/08/2024 10:31:10    2563977

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