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Replying To Bluelake:  "Tubberclair are an anomaly. Backboned by loads of minor and under 20 teams. If the structure made sense they'd have played Athlone not Lomans which is another joke. Moate are bang average, as are Athlone. Garrycastle and shamrocks would beat moate easily. They need to either go back to the old format or seed both groups evenly, with top in each going to semi's, second and third going to quarters. The only good thing is killucan didn't get through after they dreamed up this ridiculous structure"

Replying To BadgerDog:  "Entertaining weekend by all accounts, all games bar Shandonagh Ballinagore were well contested. Lomans found a way to creep over the line but Tubberclair pushed them all the way in fairness. Moate have been the big winners from the new format, came 3rd in Section B and are now in a semi final while the other 2 section B teams are out, but that's not their fault. Huge progress from them as I don't think they ever made it out of the group since they first came up to Senior in 2021. They'll be confident ahead of a one off game with The Downs but very hard to see them winning, just think they may be undercooked going into this having not played a Section A team, there is a big step up from Section B to Section A apart from Tubberclair.
In fairness I would have said there was a big gap between the big 3 and the rest but based on the weekend Tubberclair aren't too far off and will only improve as the years go on.
I do think its inevitable that the format will be changed for next year, when you do stop and think about it is farcical that Moate could get to a county semi final this year and technically be relegated next year."

Replying To Overthebar85:  "Ronan was one of Kenny McKinley's batch of u20s as well as one of moates main men the last few years. Don't think those comments are fair on a young man of his callibre."

Replying To Overdahill:  "My thoughts after the All ireland haven't changed, that rather than rip up the script, the priority is to get better at the Plan A from last year. There were lots of occasions in the final where limerick forced poor execution, with Morrissey, Tom Mon and Glennon particularly guilty in that area. Not meaning to be harsh on those lads they were just obvious examples. Added to that a plan B where we have a second man up. You can't clone Rabbitte so need someone with pace and power. Easier said than done and I don't think there's an obvious palyer on the panel. Brian Callanan would be my hope but might need another year or 2. Kevin cooney in his 2023 form would be ideal but that seems to be gone. Gavin Lee may be worth a shot.

If we're going 2 up on occasions more legs would be needed in the middle and you mgiht see a Cullen Killeen come in for Monahan. rory burke will obviously be a massive addition. I'd be looking at Morgan to take Padraig's place. Tiarnan Leen probably worth a look based on club form. Possible team

Fahy
Morrissey
Trayers
Hanrahan
Morgan
Daithi
Ryan

Killeen
Neary

Burke
Mannion
Lee / Monahan

Niland
Rabbitte
Whelan


Whelan may come under pressure as well, But let's hope he can get back to his best form. He was spectacular in the Leinster final but looked way off it in the All ireland."

Replying To Square_B:  "A one hit wonder as they say..."

Replying To Shamrock72:  "Agree with your post. I think Moate are very lucky to be where they are. The new format has definitely worked in their favour this year. Being realistic, the only really strong team they played in this year's championship was Tubberclair, and they beat Moate well. Apart from that, they've mainly been playing teams who would be considered intermediate standard.I was at the Tang game as well, and if Tang had a few more legs in the second half, they could probably have hung on. It does make you wonder whether the new format is actually working. Tubberclair finished top of Section B and, in my opinion, got very little reward for it. They should have been rewarded with Athlone, while Moate should arguably have got St Loman's.On the Moate back line, I thought they were shocking at times, particularly in the first half. The better teams will expose that. Moate have produced some very good footballers over the last few years, but they need to start bringing the next group through to replace some of the older lads.I genuinely can't understand why more of the U20 players aren't getting a chance. If they were good enough to start at county U20 level, surely they're good enough to be starting or at least getting serious game time with Moate. I've seen Curran and Murray play plenty of times. Curran is a great ball carrier and Murray is a real handful for any defender. He can be a bit hot-headed at times, but you need a bit of fire and aggression if you're going to win something.I was also surprised to see Darragh Lowery taken off. I thought he was doing okay and he's a serious young talent. Surely these are the lads Moate should be looking to build around going forward."