So Westmeath again like last year?
Watched bits and pieces of the first semi final yesterday and this could be a slog depending on our mindset but not a hope in hell that we'll lose.
So Westmeath again like last year?
Watched bits and pieces of the first semi final yesterday and this could be a slog depending on our mindset but not a hope in hell that we'll lose.
It might not be edge of the seat excitement due to the paucity of the opposition in leinster at the moment but I still really enjoy watching this Dublin team play.
What i'd give for a championship where Dublin were pitted against the top teams in the country week in, week out, like during the league.
Dublin will win by what they want to win by. could be 1, 10 or 19 points. Entirely up to them.
Wouldn't that just be another league?
QuoteWouldn't that just be another league?
It's the way it should be played. Run the provincials off early & then get the championship run on a league basis over the summer. Better quality games on better quality pitches would hopefully lead to an all round better product.
It's definitely time to shake off the shackles of the provincials (let's nail the six and then the seven-in-a-row while they are thinking about it, just to set the record straight before it gets put to bed!). The qualifiers system gives everybody a second chance except the provincial winners. Where's the justice in that? We need a system whereby everybody has the same basic amount of matches and league (or whatever it becomes) performance has a bearing on All-Ireland rankings, as in group seeding, for example.
Will anyone bother going ? Good achievement for Westmeath though . Really showing up how shite Kildare and Meath truly are .
yep, merge the league with the championship. try and devise one competition that works, rather then having two dysfunctional ones. Increase the number of games but reduce the calender time they are played over to make more room for clubs.
Why have provincials? You'd only be re running the O'Byrne Cup.
Better quality games on better quality pitches is not the issue. The appalling state of football in maybe 24-26 counties is the real problem and no amount of tinkering with the set up of the championship will change that
QuoteWhy have provincials? You'd only be re running the O'Byrne Cup.
Because the Provinicial Councils hold all the cards, Alan. Otherwise, there will be no compromise. The O'Byrne Cup etc need to be kicked to the kerb anyway
QuoteBetter quality games on better quality pitches is not the issue.
Of course it's not the issue but the "league" games would be much more attractive if:
a) they were played in summer instead of spring b) they had a real reward for them i.e. All Ireland quarter finals rather than the honour of being Dublin's April demolition victims once more
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