Chefinny, I find your rating of Wicklow especially in terms of Championship form in the past 2 years slightly under-rated to be honest. Yes I am a Wicklowman and am slightly biased BUT...... Bear the following in mind.
Point No.1 - You place Antrim at 10 - there's never more than a kick of the ball between Wicklow and Antrim. We beat them in the TM Final 3 years ago - they beat us in the same final the next year. Last year we drew with them in the League in Casement Park. Point No.2 - You place Kildare at No.9 - we defeated Kildare in Croke Park 0-13 to 0-9 2 years ago in Championship and should have beaten them by a lot more. Kildare struggled to defeat Wicklow 1-16 to 2-9 in the Qualifiers with Wicklow more than leg-weary after 4 successive weekends in action and very oddly never having used a substitute in any of those games. Point No.3 You place Fermanagh at No.23. We comfortably defeated Fermanagh in last years championship. Point No.4 You place Cavan at No.19. We defeated Cavan 1-12 to 0-8 in last year's championship. Point No.5 We also defeated Down by one point in last year's championship who you place at No.11
In short I'm not saying Wicklow are world-beaters, but under O'Dwyer we fancy our chances in championship against almost any side and to be fair O'Dwyer has given us to confidence to do so as the talent was always there. Finally (with fingers crossed) we look well capable if we defeat Limerick tomorrow of promotion out of Division 4, so we should be testing our mettle against higher standard opposition in both league and championship next year. I'm not saying we deserve a higher ranking than Kildare or Down for example - I just dont think you have given Wicklow any credit for the strides they have made in championship action over the past 3 seasons. I think our star is on the up overall.
I had to look at the league tables there to see where Limerick stood and I did not know they are in Div 4. They are much better than that I would have taught. Also how is it possible that Kilkenny footballers are at -86 points differnece after just four games, do they know how to play the game? My top 10 on current form: 1.Dublin 2.Cork 3.Kerry 4.Mayo 5.Tyrone 6.Down 7.Derry 8.Monaghan 9.Galway 10.Donegal
the munster boys are the teams to beat again this year. i can't see how dublin's new game will work in champ wen playing in croke park on the bigger pitch and as always, any team who make it out of ulster alive cannot be written off.