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Absolutely a lose lose. Last years set was like an inter county set up and it succeeded. Where do they go now? How can they replicate that? The set up left late in 2024 and the club didn't have much time to get in anyone else. if you win a championship this year, people will say it was expected because they are so young and should be improving still. If you don't win people will say you're not as good as last years set up.

Tinchy1 (Meath) - Posts: 68 - 07/02/2025 12:07:49    2589870

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Replying To Tinchy1:  "Absolutely a lose lose. Last years set was like an inter county set up and it succeeded. Where do they go now? How can they replicate that? The set up left late in 2024 and the club didn't have much time to get in anyone else. if you win a championship this year, people will say it was expected because they are so young and should be improving still. If you don't win people will say you're not as good as last years set up."
Way off. Very attractive job. Super squad of players. And no hurling to compete with!

Meathooooo (Meath) - Posts: 100 - 07/02/2025 13:40:08    2589887

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ok I wonder why the club apparently couldn't find anyone for 3 months, and still I've heard the guy in is only a coach???

Tinchy1 (Meath) - Posts: 68 - 07/02/2025 14:22:51    2589901

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That time of year again when teams start looking for new managers.

I seen Paddy Martin has stepped away from the Tones. Ger Robinson had previously confirmed he was stepping away from Dunboyne after not getting out of the group. Shane McCoy stepped away from Meath Hill after relegation from Senior

Will Dunshaughlin be on the lookup out after Kevin Kealy stepping into the breach late this year or will he continue?

juicy (Meath) - Posts: 403 - 10/10/2025 14:08:21    2639234

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Ratoath will also be looking for a manager.

Ashrules (Dublin) - Posts: 593 - 12/10/2025 23:21:07    2639623

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I only know the craic in my neck of the woods but imagine Ratoath will move quickly to make a change. Bracks I am sure will want to keep a hold of Giblin and Longwood probably look to keep internal as per. Unsure about Trim and I hope Clann na Gael keep Mr McLoughlin however with the Tones job looming it may be difficult to hold on to him. Haven't heard anything from Ballivor but I am sure that will be determined by who gets the Kildlakey job although I hear the players were happy with this years set up in Ballivor despite the dramatic fall since they lost to CnG in the league. I'm hearing O'Mahoneys on the lookout too, there'll be lots of change in IFC by the looks of it. Interesting times!!

LoyaleRoyale (Meath) - Posts: 14 - 13/10/2025 14:24:22    2639761

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It would be madness for Ratoath to switch, they had a great first year under Galvin.

Moyles is probably gonna stick with Kilbride for a couple of years more. Not sure how they will fair at senior, they are very similar to Meath Hill with reliance on 4 or 5 players.

Justin Carry-Lynch will be hot property and I think Castletown will do well to retain. I think there will be a good few senior clubs looking for him. I also don't know if Castletown will hit those heights next year.

Niall McLoughlin will surely stay with CnaG for another year and give intermediate a crack and see how far he can bring them. The Tone job is a tempting on but it's a huge step from Junior to Senior.

UsernameInvalid (Meath) - Posts: 456 - 13/10/2025 20:34:55    2639844

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Replying To UsernameInvalid:  "It would be madness for Ratoath to switch, they had a great first year under Galvin.

Moyles is probably gonna stick with Kilbride for a couple of years more. Not sure how they will fair at senior, they are very similar to Meath Hill with reliance on 4 or 5 players.

Justin Carry-Lynch will be hot property and I think Castletown will do well to retain. I think there will be a good few senior clubs looking for him. I also don't know if Castletown will hit those heights next year.

Niall McLoughlin will surely stay with CnaG for another year and give intermediate a crack and see how far he can bring them. The Tone job is a tempting on but it's a huge step from Junior to Senior."
Galvin seems a bit impulsive, wouldn't be surprised to see him decide to walk away

Agreed on Moyles, he's done a great job there. I think Kilbride might be able to survive at senior, they're a really young team who can only improve. The majority of their best players are in their very early 20s, and they aren't carrying too many passengers that you typically see in Intermediate teams.

I think Justin Carry-Lynch will give it another go with Castletown, ironically I think they're better than Kilbride and should have won Saturday but that's a pointless conversation now. Suspect they'll lose a few of the older players, but again, the bulk of the better players are in their early 20s. They'll go close next year. Saturday was their first defeat of the season (21 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss).

Cabbagepatch1667 (Meath) - Posts: 99 - 14/10/2025 09:51:55    2639886

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Replying To Cabbagepatch1667:  "Galvin seems a bit impulsive, wouldn't be surprised to see him decide to walk away

Agreed on Moyles, he's done a great job there. I think Kilbride might be able to survive at senior, they're a really young team who can only improve. The majority of their best players are in their very early 20s, and they aren't carrying too many passengers that you typically see in Intermediate teams.

I think Justin Carry-Lynch will give it another go with Castletown, ironically I think they're better than Kilbride and should have won Saturday but that's a pointless conversation now. Suspect they'll lose a few of the older players, but again, the bulk of the better players are in their early 20s. They'll go close next year. Saturday was their first defeat of the season (21 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss)."
Played Div 4 league though which for a top Intermediate team is extremely poor

Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1513 - 14/10/2025 12:16:30    2639920

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Replying To Analyst:  "Played Div 4 league though which for a top Intermediate team is extremely poor"
Not sure about Kilbride doing anything in Senior...i see them heading straight back down to be fair. See Moyles staying local to be fair to him. Castletown where the better team and would have been better placed at Senior level with a good chance of staying there. But the IFC will be cracker next year.

Holymoly#6 (Meath) - Posts: 34 - 17/10/2025 09:57:28    2640365

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Replying To Holymoly#6:  "Not sure about Kilbride doing anything in Senior...i see them heading straight back down to be fair. See Moyles staying local to be fair to him. Castletown where the better team and would have been better placed at Senior level with a good chance of staying there. But the IFC will be cracker next year."
If Castletown were the better team, they would have won, simple as that. They were 2 up with 8 to go and failed to score again. We had someone on another thread after the semi finals declaring that Castletown would be fine at senior before the final was even played.

Kilbride will probably, like most IFC champions, need a bit of luck to stay up next season. But the average age of their team last Saturday was under 23 so the experience alone of the senior ranks will bring the team along massively. If their squad can stay injury free, I don't see why they can't have a decent stint at senior as similar sized clubs like Ballinabrackey and Curraha (up to last year) have had.

Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1441 - 17/10/2025 11:29:57    2640381

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It will be interesting to watch Kilbrides progress; the age profile is very favourable and what I've seen of them would suggest that they will be more than able to hold their own at senior.
Cilles on the lookout again after their Kerry manager leaving them. I've heard they are looking internally with a former county man eager to take the reins.

dowdtofoley (Meath) - Posts: 8 - 17/10/2025 14:04:32    2640405

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Replying To Ratoath Royal:  "If Castletown were the better team, they would have won, simple as that. They were 2 up with 8 to go and failed to score again. We had someone on another thread after the semi finals declaring that Castletown would be fine at senior before the final was even played.

Kilbride will probably, like most IFC champions, need a bit of luck to stay up next season. But the average age of their team last Saturday was under 23 so the experience alone of the senior ranks will bring the team along massively. If their squad can stay injury free, I don't see why they can't have a decent stint at senior as similar sized clubs like Ballinabrackey and Curraha (up to last year) have had."
If you seen the group rounds.....go give your head wobble.

Holymoly#6 (Meath) - Posts: 34 - 20/10/2025 17:37:33    2640857

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Replying To Holymoly#6:  "If you seen the group rounds.....go give your head wobble."
What on earth do group games have to do with the Intermediate final? Finals are there to be won and Kilbride were better than Castletown (just about).

But let's look at the groups. Kilbride had three comfortable wins while Castletown had two comfortable wins and a draw. You'll probably say that Castletown's group was tougher but the bottom team in their group only barely survived the relegation final while the bottom team in Kilbride's group comfortably won the relegation semi final. Also, Castletown's draw in the group was against the side that Kilbride beat by 22 points in the semi final.

Regardless, group stages are pretty much meaningless outside of determining the makeup of the quarter finals. As evidenced by the senior championship, doesn't matter if you scrape through with a single win.

Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1441 - 20/10/2025 20:10:19    2640876

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Replying To Ratoath Royal:  "What on earth do group games have to do with the Intermediate final? Finals are there to be won and Kilbride were better than Castletown (just about).

But let's look at the groups. Kilbride had three comfortable wins while Castletown had two comfortable wins and a draw. You'll probably say that Castletown's group was tougher but the bottom team in their group only barely survived the relegation final while the bottom team in Kilbride's group comfortably won the relegation semi final. Also, Castletown's draw in the group was against the side that Kilbride beat by 22 points in the semi final.

Regardless, group stages are pretty much meaningless outside of determining the makeup of the quarter finals. As evidenced by the senior championship, doesn't matter if you scrape through with a single win."
Of course the group stage has a huge amount to do with the final outcome. The IFC was out of balance from the starting draw. You had very strong groups and really weak groups. Kilbride came out on top of a really weak group and yet we lost Balivor early on due to their stronger group.
I personally dont see them going anywhere from here and maybe they will keep Moyles and stay up in Senior football but I wouldnt put my money on it.

Holymoly#6 (Meath) - Posts: 34 - 22/10/2025 16:04:22    2641127

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Replying To Holymoly#6:  "Of course the group stage has a huge amount to do with the final outcome. The IFC was out of balance from the starting draw. You had very strong groups and really weak groups. Kilbride came out on top of a really weak group and yet we lost Balivor early on due to their stronger group.
I personally dont see them going anywhere from here and maybe they will keep Moyles and stay up in Senior football but I wouldnt put my money on it."
Very bitter,and even more cringey

Utdroyal (Meath) - Posts: 67 - 23/10/2025 10:41:23    2641209

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Replying To Holymoly#6:  "Of course the group stage has a huge amount to do with the final outcome. The IFC was out of balance from the starting draw. You had very strong groups and really weak groups. Kilbride came out on top of a really weak group and yet we lost Balivor early on due to their stronger group.
I personally dont see them going anywhere from here and maybe they will keep Moyles and stay up in Senior football but I wouldnt put my money on it."
You're all over the place and I've genuinely no idea what point you're trying to make. You said that Castletown were better than Kilbride in Intermediate because of the group stages? Now you seem to be implying that a team that lost all three games in the group stages by an average of 8 points shouldn't have been eliminated?

Some groups may be weaker than others, but no team that gets eliminated from their group, regardless of the group's strength, would be good enough to win the IFC outright. Kilbride beat what was in front of them in the groups. They then beat a fancied St. Pats team (that beat Ballivor), hammered St. Michael's (who Castletown could only draw against) and then beat Castletown in the game that mattered. They were better than Castletown on the day and deservedly won the championship. Maybe they won't stay up in Senior, but given that they beat everyone in front of them in Intermediate, you can't definitively say that any of the other Intermediate teams would stay up either.

There seems to be a lot of bitterness in your posts about Kilbride's success.

Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1441 - 23/10/2025 12:47:38    2641245

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Replying To Ratoath Royal:  "You're all over the place and I've genuinely no idea what point you're trying to make. You said that Castletown were better than Kilbride in Intermediate because of the group stages? Now you seem to be implying that a team that lost all three games in the group stages by an average of 8 points shouldn't have been eliminated?

Some groups may be weaker than others, but no team that gets eliminated from their group, regardless of the group's strength, would be good enough to win the IFC outright. Kilbride beat what was in front of them in the groups. They then beat a fancied St. Pats team (that beat Ballivor), hammered St. Michael's (who Castletown could only draw against) and then beat Castletown in the game that mattered. They were better than Castletown on the day and deservedly won the championship. Maybe they won't stay up in Senior, but given that they beat everyone in front of them in Intermediate, you can't definitively say that any of the other Intermediate teams would stay up either.

There seems to be a lot of bitterness in your posts about Kilbride's success."
Lads it's a pointless argument. Kilbride were slightly better on the day, that's all that matters. Castletown can feel hard done by for obvious reasons but it's all spilled milk now.

But just on your point, Kilbride absolutely had a cakewalk through the Intermediate Championship. Their first actual game was the final. Their group features 2 teams who have been clinging on to Intermediate football for a few years and the Junior champs. St Pat's were not fancied, Moynalvey brushed them aside with ease, and we saw what Castletown did to Moynalvey. And Michael's were out of their depth in a semi.

I get your point about St Michael's and Castletown only drawing with them, it was the first game of the championship so they probably have excuses in terms of sharpness. If they played tomorrow, I think we know what would happen. But football doesn't work that way, you've picked results to fit your narrative. I could do a similar one too. Kilbride hobbled over St Pat's who were hammered by Moynalvey, who were hammered by Castletown. Kilbride beat Dunsany by 4 points, who lost by 21 or so to Moynalvey in the 1/4 final, who lost to Casteltown in the semi. You could keep going all day with this sort of stuff.

Pointless stuff, Kilbride won, they have a great shot at staying at senior and it's good to see a small parish with a lot of history get back

Cabbagepatch1667 (Meath) - Posts: 99 - 23/10/2025 14:00:09    2641265

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Any update on Senior club managers for next year?

Meathman721 (Meath) - Posts: 5 - 24/10/2025 10:12:53    2641346

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Replying To Cabbagepatch1667:  "Lads it's a pointless argument. Kilbride were slightly better on the day, that's all that matters. Castletown can feel hard done by for obvious reasons but it's all spilled milk now.

But just on your point, Kilbride absolutely had a cakewalk through the Intermediate Championship. Their first actual game was the final. Their group features 2 teams who have been clinging on to Intermediate football for a few years and the Junior champs. St Pat's were not fancied, Moynalvey brushed them aside with ease, and we saw what Castletown did to Moynalvey. And Michael's were out of their depth in a semi.

I get your point about St Michael's and Castletown only drawing with them, it was the first game of the championship so they probably have excuses in terms of sharpness. If they played tomorrow, I think we know what would happen. But football doesn't work that way, you've picked results to fit your narrative. I could do a similar one too. Kilbride hobbled over St Pat's who were hammered by Moynalvey, who were hammered by Castletown. Kilbride beat Dunsany by 4 points, who lost by 21 or so to Moynalvey in the 1/4 final, who lost to Casteltown in the semi. You could keep going all day with this sort of stuff.

Pointless stuff, Kilbride won, they have a great shot at staying at senior and it's good to see a small parish with a lot of history get back"
Amazing really - Kilbride really is a Dublin border club! There has been some developments in the town recently but there is plenty more land around there and the proximity to Dublin and Ballycoolin would make it an attractive place to live! They could be the next team to really benefit from population growth

Royalblufill (Meath) - Posts: 529 - 29/10/2025 12:31:25    2642126

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