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Who'll be the big winners and the real losers in Division 4 of the NFL, and who are the Twitterers and the Posers to watch? It’s all in our final NFL preview.

Tips for Tops:

Sean Nolan: The Peter Canavan-effect should propel Fermanagh out of Division 4.

Conor Heneghan: Limerick. They probably shouldn’t be there in the first place.

Shane Breslin: If Limerick get it together, they should be up to winning this. But it’s a big enough ‘if’.

One-man show candidate:

SN: The Rathnew Ronaldo, Leighton Glynn.

CH: Kilkenny. If they can find one man that doesn’t show up to a match with a hurl in his hand.

SB: Dan St Ledger from Carlow can run amok at this level.

Poser Pick:

SN: No posers down here in the basement.

CH: He won’t be playing, but God himself Peter Canavan will command plenty of attention from fawning supporters.

SB: The ability to run amok means St Ledger can fancy himself a bit. No real harm in that, though.

Banty-Geezer Sideline Shindig possibilities:

SN: Maurice Horan (Limerick) and John Owens (Waterford) may have their May 20 Munster opening round tie in mind when those two meet in the league.

CH: Mayo man Liam McHale will be on the Clare sideline and he’s been known to get involved in a barney or two.

SB: Canavan will leave his mark. On what, I don’t know, but he’ll leave his mark.

The Tweet Beat:

SN: Carlow’s Dan St Ledger.

CH: Leitrim’s Emlyn Mulligan.

SB: I thought the GAA drafted up guidelines that outlawed Division 4 players from tweeting?

Wooden Spoon Contenders (formerly known as the Westmeath Footballers Perpetual Trophy):

SN: Do I have to tell you?

CH: The Cats.

SB: Kilkenny ain’t 1000/1 for nothing.