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Fri 10 Oct 2007Munster seeding system heavily criticisedLimerick football manager Mickey Ned O'Sullivan has launched a blistering attack on the Munster Council for reverting to a seeding system for the 2008 provincial championship. Next season, heavyweights Cork and Kerry will be kept apart until the final and given a straight passage to the semi-finals.O'Sullivan has labelled Munster Council officials as "bureaucrats" and says it is "one of the worst decisions in the history of football".