Iâll wait until I see Midleton but Iâm not expecting much to be honest given the standard in Cork over the last while. I was also told their best player by a mile is still Conor Lehane who has been around forever.
Inagh/Kilnamona are hardly that young anymore, they were winning Under 21 A titles 3 or 4 years ago. Anyway they couldnât beat Ballyea so I wouldnât be basing anything on them.
St. Thomasâs are still the best team in Galway with a load of lads who won an AI Club nearly 9 years ago now.
Maybe Dublin are a shining light, but the lads between 25-32 up there wouldnât be hectic so its probably easier for under 23âs to stand out.
Ballyhale are a funny one as they have their younger lads are good, but Iâm not sure if there is a TJ Reid, Sheffiln or Cha Fitzpatrick among them.
Inamona would have had 3 teenagers starting. Two of those would be minors in old money. A dozen of the team that started the final would be 25 or younger
I wouldnât necessarily agree with that, who do you mean by âbest playersâ?! Take the two Older Mahonys both are just back from injury, important players but far from BGâs âbestâ. The two younger Mahonys are currently probably more influential and werenât there in 09. Either was Dessie or Ian Kenny etc. the only player you could say is Soky
Mahony x2, Shane Sullivan and Soky is the spine of their team. The 2 older Mahonyâs are much more important to them I still feel.
I thought Coughlan might have played that day too but maybe not.
@Big_Dan_Campbell you may be right on Inamona but I wouldnât pay any attention to the Clare Championship this year. Newmarket depending on lads who were past their best 6 years ago lost a semi final by a point after all.
You know yourself back in 2008/2009 when Clonlara and Cratloe were coming through. The young lads back in those days were very good.
Those kind of young lads arenât there anymore across the board.
2 Co. Final Appearances and a trip to Croker. Lost a County semi final and quarter final (on penalties) also. The one year they didnât get out of the group they were decimated with injuries (Brendan Maherâs cruciate the big one)
Before Johnny Kelly came along, Borris had a few poor years from 2014-2016.
