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League lessons? Athleticism and game management still key

So that's that then. Allianz Football League 2023 done and dusted. What about the league finals you may ask? Well, if they appeared a somewhat irrelevant interlude previously then, within the new competitions format, they are more a cumbersome burden on already stretched teams than the cherry on the cake.

The injury risk alone in the mouth of the key summer competitions will weigh heavy on minds of players and team managements.

Don’t get me wrong, I, like the rest of us, am intrigued by the final pairings, particularly the Division 1 and Division 2 finals. How the respective teams will approach them will be interesting but there is no ignoring the fact that all the participants, win or lose, will brush themselves down and move on.

Bottom line, compared to what is coming up, the results simply don’t matter.

Yet, it is hard to argue against the league once again having produced the goods in terms of an excellent competitive structure. The measly two points for a win and limited games prevent teams breaking from the pack or falling out of contention.

The final day drama and endless permutations right across the divisions speaks volumes. After all the drama though, have we learned much?

It’s very easy to read into every individual team’s plot lines. The successes, the failures and everything in between. But how much, if any, will turn out to hold any water come the business time of the year in July?

For everything I’m beginning to think I know there is a Cluxton just around the corner. Even looking for the most basic trends finds more contradictions than consistency.

In some quarters it was the classic story of the new manager and the famous bounce. Certainly, worked brilliantly for Mayo, Wicklow and to a certain extent Roscommon.

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