North Eastern Gaels were minor finalists
teeth and sharp claws capable of tearing into all-comers down the tracks. From under 10 to under 21, Christopher featured alongside would-be senior luminaries such as Barry Watters, Mickey McEntee, Fergal Heuston and Aidan McCaul Drung's very own underage rat pack. But while time is still all on their side, it's hard to get used to not winning after a silver spoon-in-themouth start to one's football career. The now 23 year old Dalcassian is anxious to re-visit the good old days when the winner's enclosure was a veritable home from home but he is unequivocal in his thinking on what needs to change if Drung are to remount the podium: "We have to get rid of the inconsistency we showed this season - it was our main problem in 2012," the wholehearted midfielder opines. Too true. League tables are rarely charged with perjury and the most simple analogy of Drung's league results fairly underpin young Moore's
concise summation of his club's season in the intermediate ranks. Drung enjoyed a spring-heeled start to 2012. The team beat Crosserlough on their home patch in Kilnaleck, for starters. They followed that up shortly afterwards with a win over Cavan Gaels and then further victories over Cornafean and Munterconnacht ratcheted up the feel-good factor in the club. Sadly, the wheels began to come off the wagon with the team drawing games they ought to have won and losing games they ought to have chiselled out a draw. "We were playing some very good football early on in the season, getting our fair share of luck and getting through for scores which was something we hadn't been doing in other years," Christopher explains. Then bang, crash, wallop. A trip to Butlersbridge on the June Bank Holiday weekend saw Moore and co. receive a ten point hiding. It was to prove a watershed match for Drung. A real season-changer.
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"It might be a silly thing to say but our form before the game with the 'bridge might have been a bit too good and we were probably complacent and paid the penalty. "The defeat to the 'bridge definitely broke our momentum and we struggled to get into our stride after that. "We started training on January 8th this year but I don't think we ever had a fully-fit squad with everyone available for three straight games which, in fairness, didn't help our cause. "We struggled to get a settled team. The stuff was there but we just didn't click on all the days we needed to but it wasn't for lack of effort or commitment. "I'd say the league campaign was disappointing overall. At the start of the year we probably would have hoped to have picked up 20 points whereas we ended up with 17 points which wasn't too far short of our target and finishing in fifth or sixth place isn't too bad.
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