Minor Matters2014

Louth Versus Wexford
3pm Gaelic Grounds
 Saturday 19^th April

Minor football is the pinnacle of pure underage football.  As the naivety is still there and there is plenty of time for their young minds to be filled with cynicism but for now the talent has yet to be moulded. How a player fairs at this age moulds their outlook on football forever. Hopefully this bunch of lads can put their talent to good use and step into adult football positively.

They certainly have the talent to take that positive step.

Just look at the forward power of Dean Maguire, Tadgh McEneaney, Ryan Rooney, Darragh Lafferty and I haven’t even mentioned a certain Ryan Burns yet. This alone gets me excited about this certain crop.

I like the low key build up of this bunch, they’ve been working away very hard with low expectations as all Louth minor teams do but this bunch seem to do their talking on the pitch that to me shows this squad possess winners. 6 Gers lads who won the minor championship are on the squad, a number of the Ardee CS team that swept all before them are also involved so my hunch is right. If it was me, I’d have more of them involved, even one Marys lad seems low considering they were in the two minor finals last year but I’m not the manager.

Who is the management team you ask?

The management team is made up of Eamonn Dunne, Ken Rooney and Eugene Judge and they know their football that’s a given, but they know their Louth underage football having put in the years at their clubs. A sign of this is seen in the drafting of players who were not there before but have been playing well enough to break into these dreaded development squads which some many rarely do or are given the chance to. So big thumbs up to the management to make those calls!

4 of the squad played last year (Maguire, Lenehan, Burns and Lafferty) who were narrowly beaten by Dublin in the first round and eventually knocked out by none other than Wexford!

So hopefully revenge will served Saturday evening...and I for one expect it will.

Matthew Corcoran, Robbie Lynch, Cian Smyth, Paddy Geoghan, Niall Craven, Jack Traynor (Geraldines)
Kevin Carr, James Carter, John Connolly, Conor Moore (Newtown Blues)
Dean Maguire, Jordan O’Donoghue, Ryan Malone(DYI)
Niall Carrie, Ryan Burns (Hunterstown)
Peter Thornton, James Loughran (Cooley)
David Lennon, Ultan Larney (Mochta’s)
Conor Early, Adam Brodigan (Plunketts)
Cathal Clarke (Mattock)
Darragh Lafferty (Pats)
Paul Mathews (Fechins)
Tadgh McEneaney (Kilkerley)
Stephen Coleman (Clans)
Sean Halpenny (Stabannon)
Conor Lenehan (St Finbarrs)
Ciaran O’Brien (O’Connell’s)
Ryan Rooney (Marys)