2017 Senior Championship Draws 13/10/2016 9.30pm RTE 2

Fr Tod Umptious

The draws for next year are on tomorrow,so something to look forward to and discuss

No idea about hurling but here is my take on football.

Leinster
Noting to see here

Munster
Tipp get a bye into the SF,but I reckon they will be "ridden rock solid" and get drawn against the other team that gets a bye, Kerry.

Ulster
Will Tyrone continue their upward trend, team most likely to beat Dublin in 2016 you know ?.
Can Donegal win back Ulster, lots here not happy with Rory ?
Will Division 1 football help Cavan ?
How frigged are Monaghan and how more frigged are Armagh ?

Connacht
Can Mayo get off the floor, again ?
How good or bad are Galway and Roscommon really, they showed us both season.

Rainman16

Leinster
Dublin.

Munster
Kerry. Hopefully Tipp can come good again next year, Cork need to up their game after a terrible 2016

Ulster
Tyrone, unless Donegal can make a big improvement on last year.


Connacht
Mayo or Galway for me. I'm not convinced by Roscommon.

DDC1990

Fr Tod Umptious wrote:

Munster Tipp get a bye into the SF,but I reckon they will be "ridden rock solid" and get drawn against the other team that gets a bye, Kerry.

I reckon you are right here. They will give Cork an easy route to the Munster final in the hopes of a Cork V Kerry Munster Final in the new Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

Cork v Waterford/Clare v Limerick

Kerry v Tipperary

Rainman16

DDC1990 wrote: »

I reckon you are right here. They will give Cork an easy route to the Munster final in the hopes of a Cork V Kerry Munster Final in the new Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

Cork v Waterford/Clare v Limerick

Kerry v Tipperary

That wouldn't be a bad draw. As bad as Cork have been recently, They seem to find something extra against Kerry. The match-up usually makes for a decent final.

Fr Tod Umptious

DDC1990 wrote: »

I reckon you are right here. They will give Cork an easy route to the Munster final in the hopes of a Cork V Kerry Munster Final in the new Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

Cork v Waterford/Clare v Limerick

Kerry v Tipperary

While I don't think there is any conspiracy out there against Tipp its the kind of bad fortune that sometimes hits smaller teams.

Limerick senior footballer get their first ever championship game in CP in 2011, and who is it against ?, Kerry.

Same with Clare this year, first ever QF, against Kerry of course.

Roscommon win Connacht in 2010 and end up playing Cork in the QF.

KevIRL

This takes until 11 to finish. Wtf

ProudDUB

How many times can Martin Carney say "It must be said" in 90 minutes? :rolleyes:

KevIRL

Leinster hurling

Galway v Dublin
Offaly v round robin team
Wexford v round robin team

SF
Kilkenny v wexford game winner
Galway/dub v Offaly game winner

ProudDUB

Our hurlers Galway? Ah here ! :mad:

PTH2009

So we're getting Davy vs cody next year in leinster semi final

0byme75341jo28

DDC1990 wrote: »

I reckon you are right here. They will give Cork an easy route to the Munster final in the hopes of a Cork V Kerry Munster Final in the new Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

Are you really suggesting it's fixed? :rolleyes:

Itssoeasy

KevIRL wrote: »

This takes until 11 to finish. Wtf

Well they are doing draws for both codes.

KevIRL

Munster hurling

QF
Tipp v cork


SF
Limerick v clare
Tipp/cork v waterford

DDC1990

William Wailing Schoolmaster wrote:

Are you really suggesting it's fixed?

No I'm taking the piss!

Of all the things for the GAA to fix, the Munster Football Championship would be way way down the list i'd imagine.

tayto lover

Trust RTE to make a simple draw into a 90 minute programme.
Half-hour max.
What a shower of wasters.

LuckyGent88

Delighted to draw Limerick anyway.

PTH2009

Tough draw for us but playing Tipp in the semi final will really show have we improved or not, Cork could surprise people and may win the qf u never knw. Having a game under there belts will deff be an advantage for the Qf winners

Expecting that QF to be in the new PUC with a possible Tipp vs Wat semi being there too

DDC1990

A quick queation about the round robin in Leinster.

Why did Offaly get a bye and not Westmeath?

Westmeath topped the Round Robin group last year, so why don't they get the bye?

Mahony0509

PTH2009 wrote: »

Tough draw for us but playing Tipp in the semi final will really show have we improved or not, Cork could surprise people and may win the qf u never knw. Having a game under there belts will deff be an advantage for the Qf winners

Expecting that QF to be in the new PUC with a possible Tipp vs Wat semi being there too

New PUC will be open for the final, no earlier. Thats what the plan was anyway.

On topic, highly doubt we'll win vs. Tipp tbh.

Rainman16

Don't care about hurling. Now time for the main event.

Rainman16

Fix. A Kerry/Cork final is on the cards

Itssoeasy

Cork were lucky to get Waterford in the football.

Rainman16

Mayo or Galway Vs Roscommon in the final.

DDC1990

DDC1990 wrote: »

A quick queation about the round robin in Leinster.

Why did Offaly get a bye and not Westmeath?

Westmeath topped the Round Robin group last year, so why don't they get the bye?

The teams that come out of the round robin have to beat the team they meet in first round of championship proper to get out of the round robin the following year. This year offaly beat laois putting laois into next years round robin while westmeath lost to galway.

ProudDUB

If Mayo can unearth 2 or 3 more forwards....change the bloody record lads. :rolleyes:

DDC1990

poolboy wrote:

The teams that come out of the round robin have to beat the team they meet in first round of championship proper to get out of the round robin the following year. This year offaly beat laois putting laois into next years round robin while westmeath lost to galway.

Your right! I totally forgot Offaly beat Laois, I had it in my head that they lost.

Makes sense.

delaad

Is this the Viper's nice brother?

Rainman16

There's not much point having a draw for the Leinster championship. Even if you had Dublin vs a "Rest of Leinster" 15. Dublin would still win.

tayto lover

The only competitive province is Ulster.

Utopia Parkway

tayto lover wrote: »

The only competitive province is Ulster.

4 different teams have been among the winners of the last 10 Connacht championships in fairness.

tayto lover

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

4 different teams have been among the winners of the last 10 Connacht championships in fairness.

I'm talking about good competitive matches though.

tayto lover

How did they decide which teams were on each side of the draw in Ulster?

Faugheen

tayto lover wrote: »

How did they decide which teams were on each side of the draw in Ulster?

They don't. They do prelim, then who the prelim winners face and the rest of the QFs.

Completely open draw.

tayto lover

Faugheen wrote: »

They don't. They do prelim, then who the prelim winners face and the rest of the QFs.

Completely open draw.

How do they decide which teams are in each bowl?

Hammer Archer

Hopefully the Dublin v Wexford/Carlow game will be out of Croker again.

Bret Hart

Fingers crossed for Meath in the final,so we can bring more misery too them.

COYBIB.

ArnoldJRimmer

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Hopefully the Dublin v Wexford/Carlow game will be out of Croker again.

Going by the Leinster council's logic, they'll probably play it in Mullingar

shrewdness

tayto lover wrote: »

How do they decide which teams are in each bowl?

All teams in one bowl. First two out are in the preliminary round, next team plays the winner in the 4th quarter final, then they draw out the rest of the quarter finals from the 1st to 3rd.

Hammer Archer

Bret Hart wrote: »

Fingers crossed for Meath in the final,so we can bring more misery too them.

COYBIB.

It's not misery at this stage. It's expected.

ProudDUB

Yep. Can't ever bate Meath often enough in Leinster finals. There'll be a better atmosphere, than the least two finals. No disrespect to WM, but the the history, just isn't there with them.

delaad

Is the semi-final football cycle Leinster/Connacht this year?

Gael85

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Hopefully the Dublin v Wexford/Carlow game will be out of Croker again.

Hopefully will be played in Wexford Park

iDave

Dublin v Wex/Car in Portlaoise just to wind up Laois even more.

delaad

delaad wrote: »

Is the semi-final football cycle Leinster/Connacht this year?

Munster v Connacht for 2017.

castletownman

So my own county only have to beat Carlow and Offaly/Westmeath to get to a Leinster final. Handy :P

Boom__Boom

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Hopefully the Dublin v Wexford/Carlow game will be out of Croker again.

This has the potential to be a serious massacre if things go against Wexford/Carlow on the day.

Faugheen

Could actually be argued Nowlan Park would be the best venue if neutral.

0byme75341jo28

Have to fancy Cork for the football after that draw.

Dark horses.

Boom__Boom

Mahony0509 wrote: »

New PUC will be open for the final, no earlier. Thats what the plan was anyway.

On topic, highly doubt we'll win vs. Tipp tbh.

On PUC it would be interesting to ask Frank and the lads what sort of shape the schedule is at the moment. I reckon there's a serious chance it won't be open until 2018.

Dirty Dingus McGee

tayto lover wrote: »

I'm talking about good competitive matches though.

Connacht has been quite entertaining over the last 10 years.

Boom__Boom

William Wailing Schoolmaster wrote: »

Have to fancy Cork for the football after that draw.

Dark horses.

A good year for Cork will be getting out of Division 2 and not being knocked out of the championship by a team who aren't a realistic All-Ireland contender.