Going to get predictions in early this week. Senior A: St Lomans v Kinnegad: Really tough one to call. Kinnegad currently top of Section A and will have taken 5 points out of a possible 6 if it was offered to them before hand. Lomans just haven't caught fire yet and they will need to this weekend. Kinnegad certainly won't fear Lomans from what they have seen so far but I'm going to edge towards Lomans to win. Shamrocks v Garrycastle: Shamrocks will need players off the treatment table if they are to qualify but from what I'm hearing they should have nearly a full deck to choose from. Took a hiding off The Downs which may have dented confidence but I would expect them to win this. Gcastle done well against Lomans but Lomans missed a lot of chances. The Downs v Caulry: The Downs to secure their direct route to the semi final with a convincing win here. Caulry the whipping boys and will just be looking to regroup for next year. Senior B: Moate v Tyrrellspass: Tpass have a lot of bodies back for this and I think their experience will get them over the line in this one. Athlone v Killucan: Expecting Killucan to come out on top here. Gave Tubberclair plenty of it and ultimately it came down to two pointers that decided the outcome, Tclair getting 5 and Killucan only gettin 1. Athlone have beaten the two bottom teams, Tpass and Tang so not a huge amount of form to go off. Tubberclair v Tang: Local derby so may be tighter than what some may think. However it is hard to see beyond Tubberclair, they have averaged nearly 25 points a game compared to Tang's 15 points. Intermediate A: St Malachys v Shandonagh: Tough one to call, Malachys will look to make it a physical contest, but I think Shandonagh have a better all round team which should see them through. Milltown v Castledaly: Milltown to win easily. Multy v Miltownpass: Multy will take encouragement from their last game but ultimately are only playing to stay in Section A for next year now. I think Mpass will produce a response from their disappointing game the last day and take the win. Section B: St Mary's Rbridge v Ballymore: TheBridge have been impressive since their opening round loss. Good young team and I'd expect them to get the win here over a Ballymore team that has done well so far. Rosemount v Ctown: Rosemount will be disappointed to have lost against Ballinagore and I would expect them to respond here against a Castletown team that are pointless so far. Maryland v Ballinagore: Ballinagore have brought themselves right back into the frame after a surprise win over Rosemount and I think they will do enough to get over Maryland, should be tight though as Maryland fighting to stay up.
Replying To BadgerDog: "Going to get predictions in early this week. Senior A: St Lomans v Kinnegad: Really tough one to call. Kinnegad currently top of Section A and will have taken 5 points out of a possible 6 if it was offered to them before hand. Lomans just haven't caught fire yet and they will need to this weekend. Kinnegad certainly won't fear Lomans from what they have seen so far but I'm going to edge towards Lomans to win. Shamrocks v Garrycastle: Shamrocks will need players off the treatment table if they are to qualify but from what I'm hearing they should have nearly a full deck to choose from. Took a hiding off The Downs which may have dented confidence but I would expect them to win this. Gcastle done well against Lomans but Lomans missed a lot of chances. The Downs v Caulry: The Downs to secure their direct route to the semi final with a convincing win here. Caulry the whipping boys and will just be looking to regroup for next year. Senior B: Moate v Tyrrellspass: Tpass have a lot of bodies back for this and I think their experience will get them over the line in this one. Athlone v Killucan: Expecting Killucan to come out on top here. Gave Tubberclair plenty of it and ultimately it came down to two pointers that decided the outcome, Tclair getting 5 and Killucan only gettin 1. Athlone have beaten the two bottom teams, Tpass and Tang so not a huge amount of form to go off. Tubberclair v Tang: Local derby so may be tighter than what some may think. However it is hard to see beyond Tubberclair, they have averaged nearly 25 points a game compared to Tang's 15 points. Intermediate A: St Malachys v Shandonagh: Tough one to call, Malachys will look to make it a physical contest, but I think Shandonagh have a better all round team which should see them through. Milltown v Castledaly: Milltown to win easily. Multy v Miltownpass: Multy will take encouragement from their last game but ultimately are only playing to stay in Section A for next year now. I think Mpass will produce a response from their disappointing game the last day and take the win. Section B: St Mary's Rbridge v Ballymore: TheBridge have been impressive since their opening round loss. Good young team and I'd expect them to get the win here over a Ballymore team that has done well so far. Rosemount v Ctown: Rosemount will be disappointed to have lost against Ballinagore and I would expect them to respond here against a Castletown team that are pointless so far. Maryland v Ballinagore: Ballinagore have brought themselves right back into the frame after a surprise win over Rosemount and I think they will do enough to get over Maryland, should be tight though as Maryland fighting to stay up."
Agree with the majority of stuff here. I feel Malachy's will be better than Shandonagh and beat them. I don't think Shandonagh are that strong all over the pitch. Kavanagh has been pulling them through games and they don't have many other scoring forwards or major threats. For the likes of Lomans and Shamrocks, any of those players carrying niggles may as well play and give it everything if they're able to. If they lose, the year is as good as over in my opinion, as I can't see 5 points being enough to get out of Section A. The only other game I'd be 50/50 on is the Ballymore one. I feel Ballymore will be really pushing the football now after a disappointing loss to Delvin over the weekend
Replying To Fighting-Cocks69: "Agree with the majority of stuff here. I feel Malachy's will be better than Shandonagh and beat them. I don't think Shandonagh are that strong all over the pitch. Kavanagh has been pulling them through games and they don't have many other scoring forwards or major threats. For the likes of Lomans and Shamrocks, any of those players carrying niggles may as well play and give it everything if they're able to. If they lose, the year is as good as over in my opinion, as I can't see 5 points being enough to get out of Section A. The only other game I'd be 50/50 on is the Ballymore one. I feel Ballymore will be really pushing the football now after a disappointing loss to Delvin over the weekend"
5 might be enough for tied 3rd place. Loman's could lose to Kinnegad and beat Caulry. Winner of Shamrocks v Garrycastle could then lose their final game. In fact, the three of them could yet finish on 5 points - although unlikely. There is also a scenario where Garrycastle, Shamrocks, and Kinnegad all end on 5 , in joint 3rd. Thing for Lomans is , if they lose to Kinnegad - it's out of their hands. And they'll be relying on an already qualified team to do them a favour.