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This is embarrassing. Can nothing be done within the county to stamp out these incidents and to ban whoever is repeatedly offending. I know these type of incidents happen all over the country but they seem to be more common in Wicklow. If we are ever to build a reputation as a county where young people can play gaelic games for enjoyment and in a safe environment then these clubs, mentors etc need to be weeded out and removed from the scene.

wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 1910 - 27/10/2021 15:24:43    2387612

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This must be the first year in a while that we've had the "big 4" clubs in the semi finals together. It was almost a constant for a few years.
History would say Rathnew will just have enough for Blesso as usual.
Pats and Balto will be decided by a kick of a ball I'd say. If I had to put money on it I'd go with Pats by a single score.

Victorious87 (Wicklow) - Posts: 597 - 30/10/2021 08:41:34    2387866

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Replying To Victorious87:  "This must be the first year in a while that we've had the "big 4" clubs in the semi finals together. It was almost a constant for a few years.
History would say Rathnew will just have enough for Blesso as usual.
Pats and Balto will be decided by a kick of a ball I'd say. If I had to put money on it I'd go with Pats by a single score."
Pats & blesso to come through I reckon

Sinbin (Wicklow) - Posts: 15 - 30/10/2021 14:28:39    2387895

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Replying To Sinbin:  "Pats & blesso to come through I reckon"
A big result for Blesso today. It's a long time since they beat Rathnew when the chips were down. And the manner of the win. They were always dominant. Massive morale booster. Can they now beat Balto ?? There is not a GAA supporter in the county and beyond who would begrudge them a year in the company of Miley.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 997 - 31/10/2021 14:10:54    2387963

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Great result and performance from blesso. Should be a great final, very hard to call.

An tochar and Hollywood should be a great match too, would be good to have a senior club in roundwood again.

Barndarrig should win junior final with a bit to spare

Victorious87 (Wicklow) - Posts: 597 - 31/10/2021 17:03:24    2387972

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Fair play to Blessington. Nothing against Baltinglass but the county needs new champions so i hope Blessibgton can win the final. I've seen both Blessington and Rathnew and based upon what i saw i am not surprised by this result. Blessington are a much better team than Rathnew. Dunlavin if they had taken their chance would have knocked out Rathnew. I know they are in transistion but i think Rathnew are average at best. Blessington can beat Baltinglass provided they believe they can, like they did today.

wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 1910 - 31/10/2021 17:09:33    2387973

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What are peoples thoughts ahead of this weekends games? I think Barndarrig will finally get over the line in the Junior A, they have been playing quality football and chalking up big scores. An Tochar have had a fantastic year and would be great to see them back in the senior ranks, I think they can take care of Hollywood. Unfortunate it could be a bad weekend for Balto as Blesso end their drought for a senior championship. Kevin Quinn is progressing to becoming the best player in Wicklow and can showcase this ability on Sunday. Looking forward to all the games and great to see all games being shown on social media.

neutralfan (Wicklow) - Posts: 222 - 04/11/2021 10:45:11    2388361

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Replying To neutralfan:  "What are peoples thoughts ahead of this weekends games? I think Barndarrig will finally get over the line in the Junior A, they have been playing quality football and chalking up big scores. An Tochar have had a fantastic year and would be great to see them back in the senior ranks, I think they can take care of Hollywood. Unfortunate it could be a bad weekend for Balto as Blesso end their drought for a senior championship. Kevin Quinn is progressing to becoming the best player in Wicklow and can showcase this ability on Sunday. Looking forward to all the games and great to see all games being shown on social media."
I agree, it would be great to see An Tochar back in the senior ranks, twenty five odd years after they contested the Leinster club championship final which they should have won the first day. The senior final will be fascinating. Baltinglass haven't been playing well this year but find themselves in the final. As a club they tend to know how to win on the big occasions so it will be interesting to see if Blessington can learn from their last final appearance and get over the line this year. It is nearly forty odd years since Blessington were champions and as I alluded to in another post, no disrespect to Baltinglass but it would be nice to see a club such as Blessington finally get a senior championship win. I think Kevin Quinn could be a big player for both club and county in the coming years. Hopefully he can continue his development and Colin Kelly will introduce him to the county squad when the time is right.

wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 1910 - 04/11/2021 13:28:27    2388386

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Was surprised to see the odds for the senior final being so close. You'd have to have Balto as overwhelming favourites, they've beaten blessington twice this year and beat them comfortably in the championship last year.

I actually think Hollywood will cause a bit of an upset in the Intermediate final, it may have just come a bit too soon for An Tochar and Hollywood still have a core of players that had been playing senior football and division 1 for years.

Barndarrig are very good for Junior A level, should have too much for Balto. A great achievement for Balto to have two teams in big finals this year.

Not been much hype around the final this year, maybe because none of the big teams from the east are in it this year?

Victorious87 (Wicklow) - Posts: 597 - 04/11/2021 16:36:59    2388412

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I'll go for a Baltinglass double. I think the experience from winning last year will stick to them and they will have no fear if Blessington. I do think it will be a close encounter with balto pulling clear at the end. I do agree this is a very good Barndarrig team but the Baltinglass team likewise have experienced players. So I am going for a Baltinglass double. The Intermediate game is very interesting. I shall be shouting for An Tochar, however I feel this Hollywood team might be a bridge too far. I like the style of football An Tochar play and they have some fine individual footballers.
So for its Baltinglass x 2 and a win for Hollywood.

roseyinthegarden (Wicklow) - Posts: 109 - 05/11/2021 12:04:25    2388462

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Replying To Victorious87:  "Was surprised to see the odds for the senior final being so close. You'd have to have Balto as overwhelming favourites, they've beaten blessington twice this year and beat them comfortably in the championship last year.

I actually think Hollywood will cause a bit of an upset in the Intermediate final, it may have just come a bit too soon for An Tochar and Hollywood still have a core of players that had been playing senior football and division 1 for years.

Barndarrig are very good for Junior A level, should have too much for Balto. A great achievement for Balto to have two teams in big finals this year.

Not been much hype around the final this year, maybe because none of the big teams from the east are in it this year?"
Not sure what you mean by not much hype Victorious87. Come West and you'll see the excitement is at fever pitch, why wouldn't it be? The two best teams in the county in the area of the county where there is literally no other show in town except for football. We're buzzing for it. I'm assuming you're from the East of the county with a comment like that.

My own two cents on the weekends action

Senior: It won't surprise anyone to say I'm going BLUE this weekend :) I genuinely believe Blessington have been the best team in the championship this year. The only real hiccup came in R1 when Dunlavin reeled in 11 points on them to nearly steal it at the death. Since then they disposed of Tinahely with relative ease, only the goals keeping Tinahely in touching distance and then they showed great character to come from behind to beat a very strong AGB side, showing they are no "bottlers" when the chips are down. They absolutely made a show of Rathnew in the Semi final. In fairness, Rathneww are a spent force but Blessington exposed them badly in ways that Baltinglass couldn't.

As for Baltinglass, they were beaten by a poor Rathnew team, then should have been beaten by a poor Kiltegan side, in fairness showing the heart of champions to come from 10 behind but rode their luck. Next up was Donard/Glen who completely nullified them and should have beaten them but for a lucky break of a goal in the dying moments. Those two games gave Pats enough obvious frailties to expose Baltinglass with and in fairness they did except for they kicked about 12 wides in the first half alone. Baltinglass should have been beaten in every game they played this year but, having said all of that, they are still in the final and it doesn't matter how you get there, they now are 60 minutes from retaining Miley, which they haven't done since the end of the 8-in-a-row in 1994.

This is easily the worst Baltinglass team to win a county championship and for that reason I am cheering for Blessington this weekend. The only form line we have is their respective Rathnew results. Word is that Anthony McLoughlin won't recover from his nasty looking injury. If he does, I say Blessington by 5. If not, Blessington by 2.

Intermediate: Again, I'm sticking BLUE this weekend and going for An Tochar. Head over heart stuff here as I am a West man and love to see West teams doing well but An Tochar have a much more talented side. The Roundwood men really struggled over a very poor Laragh side, who were subsequently relegated, the first day out but it was a local derby so these things happen. Since then, they've been a revelation, hammering a poor Stratford, beating a very fancied Coolkenno who lost last years final narrowly and then absolutely destroying a very good (for this level) Kilcoole side in the semi final by 12.

On the other side of the coin, Hollywood have flattered to deceive, scraping over Annacurra (who were almost relegated) and Carnew by 1 point each and then took until after the second water break to go ahead of Stratford before again beating Carnew after extra time, when Carnew should have beaten them in normal time but didn't have the legs for extra time. Hollywood, interestingly, haven't played outside of West Wicklow this year with three games in a tight Baltinglass pitch and one would have to say that they will probably be found out in the wide open spaces of Aughrim by a young, fit and tactically proficient An Tochar side. In saying all of that, they are in a final and they have added incentive that if they win they'll more than likely be playing their next door neighbours Ballymore Eustace in the first round of Leinster. West Wicklow's great year must be rubbing across the border.

An Tochar have a serious set up and I even seen their players wearing GPS vests, something some counties can't afford so they clearly have great backing. If they go up they will make a serious dent in the Senior Championship also. Hollywood aren't the team that won the Intermediate in 2017 after coaxing back stalwarts Tony hannon and Thomas Burke. Those lads went back in to retirement straight away and Hollywood were relegated immediately - the worst Intermediate champions since Aughrim went up in 2014 and then suffered double relegations to Junior A. This final really reminds me of the Ballinacor v AGB final from 2016 where AGB got out of jail but everyone knew they had much more to bring to Senior than Ballinacor ever could. Balinacor were finally relegated to Junior A this year after being our Houdini for a few years and AGB have been a revelation at Senior. I can see this one going the same way to be honest. An Tochar by 5.

Junior: I see this being another BLUE wave. I have written at length already about how strong I think this Baltinglass second side is but I have a sneaky suspicion that this is the Red barn men's weekend. They will also be a more sustainable threat in Intermediate as Baltinglass look to rebuild next year and strengthen the first team.

Should all this happen, it will be a disastrous weekend for the West and Baltinglass in particular but we in the West will be able to look back on the year with a lot of pride. New senior champions in Blessington, back to back Minor champions in St Nicholas, U15 champions (can we claim Annacurra as West? I know South West teams like to deny this :)), U13 champions in St. Nicholas, the emergence of Dunlavin and Donard as serious contenders in Senior and Valleymount as a serious Intermediate contender along with Hollywood and Stratford being the new Intermediate Houdinis and Kiltegan the Senior Houdinis. We were let down slightly by the south west, Tinahely were a disappointment this year and will just about stay up Senior I think and another very poor year for Ballymanus, along with disappointing years for Carnew and Coolkenno who would all have been hoping for a final appearance at the least this year. This is the second year in a row that the Senior final has been an All-West affair and to be honest, looking to the future, I think that that is something we'll be getting used to.

Up the Blues, Up the West.

_BLUE_ (Wicklow) - Posts: 80 - 05/11/2021 20:08:06    2388503

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Replying To _BLUE_:  "Not sure what you mean by not much hype Victorious87. Come West and you'll see the excitement is at fever pitch, why wouldn't it be? The two best teams in the county in the area of the county where there is literally no other show in town except for football. We're buzzing for it. I'm assuming you're from the East of the county with a comment like that.

My own two cents on the weekends action

Senior: It won't surprise anyone to say I'm going BLUE this weekend :) I genuinely believe Blessington have been the best team in the championship this year. The only real hiccup came in R1 when Dunlavin reeled in 11 points on them to nearly steal it at the death. Since then they disposed of Tinahely with relative ease, only the goals keeping Tinahely in touching distance and then they showed great character to come from behind to beat a very strong AGB side, showing they are no "bottlers" when the chips are down. They absolutely made a show of Rathnew in the Semi final. In fairness, Rathneww are a spent force but Blessington exposed them badly in ways that Baltinglass couldn't.

As for Baltinglass, they were beaten by a poor Rathnew team, then should have been beaten by a poor Kiltegan side, in fairness showing the heart of champions to come from 10 behind but rode their luck. Next up was Donard/Glen who completely nullified them and should have beaten them but for a lucky break of a goal in the dying moments. Those two games gave Pats enough obvious frailties to expose Baltinglass with and in fairness they did except for they kicked about 12 wides in the first half alone. Baltinglass should have been beaten in every game they played this year but, having said all of that, they are still in the final and it doesn't matter how you get there, they now are 60 minutes from retaining Miley, which they haven't done since the end of the 8-in-a-row in 1994.

This is easily the worst Baltinglass team to win a county championship and for that reason I am cheering for Blessington this weekend. The only form line we have is their respective Rathnew results. Word is that Anthony McLoughlin won't recover from his nasty looking injury. If he does, I say Blessington by 5. If not, Blessington by 2.

Intermediate: Again, I'm sticking BLUE this weekend and going for An Tochar. Head over heart stuff here as I am a West man and love to see West teams doing well but An Tochar have a much more talented side. The Roundwood men really struggled over a very poor Laragh side, who were subsequently relegated, the first day out but it was a local derby so these things happen. Since then, they've been a revelation, hammering a poor Stratford, beating a very fancied Coolkenno who lost last years final narrowly and then absolutely destroying a very good (for this level) Kilcoole side in the semi final by 12.

On the other side of the coin, Hollywood have flattered to deceive, scraping over Annacurra (who were almost relegated) and Carnew by 1 point each and then took until after the second water break to go ahead of Stratford before again beating Carnew after extra time, when Carnew should have beaten them in normal time but didn't have the legs for extra time. Hollywood, interestingly, haven't played outside of West Wicklow this year with three games in a tight Baltinglass pitch and one would have to say that they will probably be found out in the wide open spaces of Aughrim by a young, fit and tactically proficient An Tochar side. In saying all of that, they are in a final and they have added incentive that if they win they'll more than likely be playing their next door neighbours Ballymore Eustace in the first round of Leinster. West Wicklow's great year must be rubbing across the border.

An Tochar have a serious set up and I even seen their players wearing GPS vests, something some counties can't afford so they clearly have great backing. If they go up they will make a serious dent in the Senior Championship also. Hollywood aren't the team that won the Intermediate in 2017 after coaxing back stalwarts Tony hannon and Thomas Burke. Those lads went back in to retirement straight away and Hollywood were relegated immediately - the worst Intermediate champions since Aughrim went up in 2014 and then suffered double relegations to Junior A. This final really reminds me of the Ballinacor v AGB final from 2016 where AGB got out of jail but everyone knew they had much more to bring to Senior than Ballinacor ever could. Balinacor were finally relegated to Junior A this year after being our Houdini for a few years and AGB have been a revelation at Senior. I can see this one going the same way to be honest. An Tochar by 5.

Junior: I see this being another BLUE wave. I have written at length already about how strong I think this Baltinglass second side is but I have a sneaky suspicion that this is the Red barn men's weekend. They will also be a more sustainable threat in Intermediate as Baltinglass look to rebuild next year and strengthen the first team.

Should all this happen, it will be a disastrous weekend for the West and Baltinglass in particular but we in the West will be able to look back on the year with a lot of pride. New senior champions in Blessington, back to back Minor champions in St Nicholas, U15 champions (can we claim Annacurra as West? I know South West teams like to deny this :)), U13 champions in St. Nicholas, the emergence of Dunlavin and Donard as serious contenders in Senior and Valleymount as a serious Intermediate contender along with Hollywood and Stratford being the new Intermediate Houdinis and Kiltegan the Senior Houdinis. We were let down slightly by the south west, Tinahely were a disappointment this year and will just about stay up Senior I think and another very poor year for Ballymanus, along with disappointing years for Carnew and Coolkenno who would all have been hoping for a final appearance at the least this year. This is the second year in a row that the Senior final has been an All-West affair and to be honest, looking to the future, I think that that is something we'll be getting used to.

Up the Blues, Up the West."
Congrats for a very interesting and detailed analysis _ Blue_. It's very hard to disagree with any of it, which is tough being from east of the hills. The only bright spots on an otherwise dark horizon, ( from this side of the great divide) in my opinion are , as you point out, An Tochair and Barndarrig. The Dales are again flattering to deceive. Pats are their usual selves. They have the ability to win year in year out but have a preference for shooting themselves in both feet. Bray and Newtown are, in my opinion as far away as ever. One club that does stand out, at least at underage is Eire Og. They are turning out decent minor teams for the last number of years and this surely will have a bearing on their seniors in the next few years. Tomorrow - more in hope than expectation - Blessington. An Tochair and Barndarrig.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 997 - 06/11/2021 11:46:05    2388532

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Replying To Freethinker:  "Congrats for a very interesting and detailed analysis _ Blue_. It's very hard to disagree with any of it, which is tough being from east of the hills. The only bright spots on an otherwise dark horizon, ( from this side of the great divide) in my opinion are , as you point out, An Tochair and Barndarrig. The Dales are again flattering to deceive. Pats are their usual selves. They have the ability to win year in year out but have a preference for shooting themselves in both feet. Bray and Newtown are, in my opinion as far away as ever. One club that does stand out, at least at underage is Eire Og. They are turning out decent minor teams for the last number of years and this surely will have a bearing on their seniors in the next few years. Tomorrow - more in hope than expectation - Blessington. An Tochair and Barndarrig."
That's one up anyway. Barndarrig are a pretty serious bunch and will make a mark at Intermediate level. They have more than one or two serious footballers - maybe Mr Kelly should have a look ??

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 997 - 06/11/2021 18:27:00    2388579

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Congratulations to An Tochar and Blessington for winning the intermediate and senior respectively. Hopefully both clubs will have a good run in the leinster club championships.

wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 1910 - 07/11/2021 19:25:54    2388663

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Replying To _BLUE_:  "Not sure what you mean by not much hype Victorious87. Come West and you'll see the excitement is at fever pitch, why wouldn't it be? The two best teams in the county in the area of the county where there is literally no other show in town except for football. We're buzzing for it. I'm assuming you're from the East of the county with a comment like that.

My own two cents on the weekends action

Senior: It won't surprise anyone to say I'm going BLUE this weekend :) I genuinely believe Blessington have been the best team in the championship this year. The only real hiccup came in R1 when Dunlavin reeled in 11 points on them to nearly steal it at the death. Since then they disposed of Tinahely with relative ease, only the goals keeping Tinahely in touching distance and then they showed great character to come from behind to beat a very strong AGB side, showing they are no "bottlers" when the chips are down. They absolutely made a show of Rathnew in the Semi final. In fairness, Rathneww are a spent force but Blessington exposed them badly in ways that Baltinglass couldn't.

As for Baltinglass, they were beaten by a poor Rathnew team, then should have been beaten by a poor Kiltegan side, in fairness showing the heart of champions to come from 10 behind but rode their luck. Next up was Donard/Glen who completely nullified them and should have beaten them but for a lucky break of a goal in the dying moments. Those two games gave Pats enough obvious frailties to expose Baltinglass with and in fairness they did except for they kicked about 12 wides in the first half alone. Baltinglass should have been beaten in every game they played this year but, having said all of that, they are still in the final and it doesn't matter how you get there, they now are 60 minutes from retaining Miley, which they haven't done since the end of the 8-in-a-row in 1994.

This is easily the worst Baltinglass team to win a county championship and for that reason I am cheering for Blessington this weekend. The only form line we have is their respective Rathnew results. Word is that Anthony McLoughlin won't recover from his nasty looking injury. If he does, I say Blessington by 5. If not, Blessington by 2.

Intermediate: Again, I'm sticking BLUE this weekend and going for An Tochar. Head over heart stuff here as I am a West man and love to see West teams doing well but An Tochar have a much more talented side. The Roundwood men really struggled over a very poor Laragh side, who were subsequently relegated, the first day out but it was a local derby so these things happen. Since then, they've been a revelation, hammering a poor Stratford, beating a very fancied Coolkenno who lost last years final narrowly and then absolutely destroying a very good (for this level) Kilcoole side in the semi final by 12.

On the other side of the coin, Hollywood have flattered to deceive, scraping over Annacurra (who were almost relegated) and Carnew by 1 point each and then took until after the second water break to go ahead of Stratford before again beating Carnew after extra time, when Carnew should have beaten them in normal time but didn't have the legs for extra time. Hollywood, interestingly, haven't played outside of West Wicklow this year with three games in a tight Baltinglass pitch and one would have to say that they will probably be found out in the wide open spaces of Aughrim by a young, fit and tactically proficient An Tochar side. In saying all of that, they are in a final and they have added incentive that if they win they'll more than likely be playing their next door neighbours Ballymore Eustace in the first round of Leinster. West Wicklow's great year must be rubbing across the border.

An Tochar have a serious set up and I even seen their players wearing GPS vests, something some counties can't afford so they clearly have great backing. If they go up they will make a serious dent in the Senior Championship also. Hollywood aren't the team that won the Intermediate in 2017 after coaxing back stalwarts Tony hannon and Thomas Burke. Those lads went back in to retirement straight away and Hollywood were relegated immediately - the worst Intermediate champions since Aughrim went up in 2014 and then suffered double relegations to Junior A. This final really reminds me of the Ballinacor v AGB final from 2016 where AGB got out of jail but everyone knew they had much more to bring to Senior than Ballinacor ever could. Balinacor were finally relegated to Junior A this year after being our Houdini for a few years and AGB have been a revelation at Senior. I can see this one going the same way to be honest. An Tochar by 5.

Junior: I see this being another BLUE wave. I have written at length already about how strong I think this Baltinglass second side is but I have a sneaky suspicion that this is the Red barn men's weekend. They will also be a more sustainable threat in Intermediate as Baltinglass look to rebuild next year and strengthen the first team.

Should all this happen, it will be a disastrous weekend for the West and Baltinglass in particular but we in the West will be able to look back on the year with a lot of pride. New senior champions in Blessington, back to back Minor champions in St Nicholas, U15 champions (can we claim Annacurra as West? I know South West teams like to deny this :)), U13 champions in St. Nicholas, the emergence of Dunlavin and Donard as serious contenders in Senior and Valleymount as a serious Intermediate contender along with Hollywood and Stratford being the new Intermediate Houdinis and Kiltegan the Senior Houdinis. We were let down slightly by the south west, Tinahely were a disappointment this year and will just about stay up Senior I think and another very poor year for Ballymanus, along with disappointing years for Carnew and Coolkenno who would all have been hoping for a final appearance at the least this year. This is the second year in a row that the Senior final has been an All-West affair and to be honest, looking to the future, I think that that is something we'll be getting used to.

Up the Blues, Up the West."
Since when did Tinahely move to the West?

dubarra (Wicklow) - Posts: 541 - 08/11/2021 10:49:24    2388726

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Great to see such crowds down in Aughrim on Sunday. While we may not have been treated by the best of football, the people of Roundwood and Blessington won't worry about that. An Tochar mixed the sublime with the poor football at times. For me, they were worthy winners and the score line flattered an average Hollywood side. A team with a young profile, looking forward to see how they fairs at senior level next year. The senior final, apart from the last 10minutes, was a very poor affair it has to be said. A lack of pace, intensity, class. Blessington fell over the line thanks to some easy frees and a touch of class from Quinn at the end. Wishing all teams the very best in Leinster but taking emotion out of the equation, I can't see any of the 3 winning round 1.

neutralfan (Wicklow) - Posts: 222 - 08/11/2021 18:37:54    2388812

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Congrats to Blessington on finally getting up close and personal with the Miley Cup. Like I said in an earlier post, there is not a GAA supporter in the county or out of it who would begrudge them their victory. They have produced many fine footballers and teams over the past number of years but couldn't seem to make the breakthrough. Now they have done it and the very best of luck to them. The only downside to their victory for other clubs is now that they have found the way to the holy grail, they could be around for a few years. Congratulations also to An Tochair on their victory. The youth of this team has to be noted. I am told that there are very few of that panel over thirty and in fact I think many of them struggle to be over twenty.
They have some class youngsters and if they can survive for a year or two until they mature they will be a fine addition to senior ranks and will be knocking on the door in the not too distant future.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 997 - 08/11/2021 19:39:19    2388821

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Congrats to Blesso, long overdue. I hope they have a good run in Leinster now.......does anyone know which county champions they play.

On another note, Jonathan Daniels has now coached/managed teams to win the Junior A, Intermediate and now the senior football championship, is he a man for the future for the Wicklow job?

minor93 (Wicklow) - Posts: 74 - 08/11/2021 21:41:52    2388835

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Replying To minor93:  "Congrats to Blesso, long overdue. I hope they have a good run in Leinster now.......does anyone know which county champions they play.

On another note, Jonathan Daniels has now coached/managed teams to win the Junior A, Intermediate and now the senior football championship, is he a man for the future for the Wicklow job?"
Blessington play the Longford champions which is mullaghantan who were leinster champions in 2019; i think i have year right but could be wrong. Based upon what I saw of the club action this year, Blessington will do well to get into round 2 but best of luck, hopefully i am wrong.

wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 1910 - 09/11/2021 12:53:25    2388892

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Replying To wicklowsupport:  "Blessington play the Longford champions which is mullaghantan who were leinster champions in 2019; i think i have year right but could be wrong. Based upon what I saw of the club action this year, Blessington will do well to get into round 2 but best of luck, hopefully i am wrong."
They've proved everyone wrong all year. Everyone knows they've probably had the most talented footballers in the county for a long time but mentality held them back. They have no baggage in Leinster that has always followed them around in Wicklow. I hope they do well. I'd say there wasn't a dry eye in the town on Sunday evening

Victorious87 (Wicklow) - Posts: 597 - 09/11/2021 21:23:28    2388973

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