2019 All Ireland Senior Football Championship *Mod note: Post #1*

Poor_old_gill

beggars_bush wrote: »

Ha! Who had the Dubs to play? Louth and kildare.
Clare are better than both

But sure you are advocating going back to that system!

beggars_bush

Don't think you can blame jim gavin

I'd like to see how he'd get on with e.g. Roscommon or Longford. Or even Kildare

threeball

beggars_bush wrote: »

Don't think you can blame jim gavin

I'd like to see how he'd get on with e.g. Roscommon or Longford. Or even Kildare

I think he's struggle as I don't see him as a great motivator. He's great in a professional set up where he gets to be very analytical, has a large support staff to oversee and has the threat of a genuinely deep bench to keep players honest. Go to any of the others and you have none of those luxuries. It's a completely different ball game.

doc_17

The super 8s have been very good at only 1 thing.....extracting money from the diehard fans who hate the thought of missing any matches. That’s it. Nothing else. Roscommon and Cork actually shouldn’t even bother playing that match: or maybe use it a trial match for 16-30.

coolshannagh28

Open draw, straight knockout is one way forward as the minnows can cause an upset and the best team is not guaranteed to win , the present setup favours the strongest teams with a second chance , the super 8s are a farce , it would be better to bite the bullet and run the league in the summer than what we have.

km79

coolshannagh28 wrote: »

Open draw, straight knockout is one way forward as the minnows can cause an upset and the best team is not guaranteed to win , the present setup favours the strongest teams with a second chance , the super 8s are a farce , it would be better to bite the bullet and run the league in the summer than what we have.

I enjoy the league a lot
I’d love to make it even more prestigious and put the championship straight back to knockout

The only people benefitting from the super 8s are the money men
It’s a drain on supporters and entertainment value
But more so from a players pov
It must be so hard to be working full time at this time of year

They will surely be scrapped ........

Fann Linn

beggars_bush wrote: »

A proper Dub would know it was 5 points

Its so hard to keep track with all these wins!

doc_17

km79 wrote: »

coolshannagh28 wrote: »

Open draw, straight knockout is one way forward as the minnows can cause an upset and the best team is not guaranteed to win , the present setup favours the strongest teams with a second chance , the super 8s are a farce , it would be better to bite the bullet and run the league in the summer than what we have.

I enjoy the league a lot
I’d love to make it even more prestigious and put the championship straight back to knockout

The only people benefitting from the super 8s are the money men
It’s a drain on supporters and entertainment value
But more so from a players pov
It must be so hard to be working full time at this time of year

They will surely be scrapped ........

See, I don’t even think they are making much at all. Last year the Croke Park “neutral” games involving Dublin, Donegal, Tyrone and Roscommon had 55,000. Nowhere near that yesterday.

threeball

doc_17 wrote: »

km79 wrote: »

coolshannagh28 wrote: »

Open draw, straight knockout is one way forward as the minnows can cause an upset and the best team is not guaranteed to win , the present setup favours the strongest teams with a second chance , the super 8s are a farce , it would be better to bite the bullet and run the league in the summer than what we have.

I enjoy the league a lot
I’d love to make it even more prestigious and put the championship straight back to knockout

The only people benefitting from the super 8s are the money men
It’s a drain on supporters and entertainment value
But more so from a players pov
It must be so hard to be working full time at this time of year

They will surely be scrapped ........

See, I don’t even think they are making much at all. Last year the Croke Park “neutral” games involving Dublin, Donegal, Tyrone and Roscommon had 55,000. Nowhere near that yesterday.

The plan was to make more money but it backfired spectacularly. I'm delighted it did. Next year will be a complete write off. Reap what you sow and all that.

Fann Linn

It does cost too much. Last week against Cork €50 for tickets plus €50 for fuel.
Yesterday it was €60 for tickets and €50 for fuel.
€10'for programmes.
€11.80 for tolls.
All of this excludes the obligatory burgers on the way home, the sandwiches etc.

Thats before the trip to Tyrone in two weeks time.

I'd prefer the open draw, neutral ground somewhere in the midlands and winner takes all, move onto the semis.

rainybillwill

The rugby lads must be laughing at what the GAA are doing to football.

rainybillwill

Fann Linn wrote: »

It does cost too much. Last week against Cork €50 for tickets plus €50 for fuel.
Yesterday it was €60 for tickets and €50 for fuel.
€10'for programmes.
€11.80 for tolls.
All of this excludes the obligatory burgers on the way home, the sandwiches etc.

Thats before the trip to Tyrone in two weeks time.

I'd prefer the open draw, neutral ground somewhere in the midlands and winner takes all, move onto the semis.

Pity the GAA dont have a proper ground in Athlone to host neutral games.

Fann Linn

rainybillwill wrote: »

Pity the GAA dont have a proper ground in Athlone to host neutral games.

Tullamore, Portlaoise, Nowlan Park, Limerick, Clones, there's plenty of grounds around thevcountry that could provide a varied geographical mix.

threeball

rainybillwill wrote: »

The rugby lads must be laughing at what the GAA are doing to football.

Rubbing their hands together. Couldn't have worked out better. Irish rugby incredibly strong atm, the GAA in self destruct mode.

The amount of players and fans that will switch codes in the coming years will be colossal. The natural progression for anyone involved in gaa will be generally to gravitate towards rugby rather than soccer due to having the physical aspect of the game as well as high quality teams to support in this country.

coolshannagh28

rainybillwill wrote: »

The rugby lads must be laughing at what the GAA are doing to football.

This is the problem , I know its a cliché but it doesn't really look like football any more , its not an attractive game and this does not generate interest.

ArielAtom

I find it truly amazing how one poster dissapears and all of a sudden we have a new poster in the mix. Go for it lad fill your boots:P

ArielAtom

coolshannagh28 wrote: »

This is the problem , I know its a cliché but it doesn't really look like football any more , its not an attractive game and this does not generate interest.

Did you not watch Dublin with the great use of the long kick pass into O'Callaghan yesterday? Football at its finest.

Fann Linn

ArielAtom wrote: »

Did you not watch Dublin with the great use of the long kick pass into O'Callaghan yesterday? Football at its finest.

A lot of those criticising Dublin don't watch it anyway. I think it was threeball that actually said that.

A bit like my youngest daughter who used to say she didn't like a certain veg even though she had never tried it.

coolshannagh28

ArielAtom wrote: »

Did you not watch Dublin with the great use of the long kick pass into O'Callaghan yesterday? Football at its finest.

My comment was a generalisation , Dublin wont be doing that against Tyrone or any top 4 team , a rule change is imperative.

threeball

Fann Linn wrote: »

ArielAtom wrote: »

Did you not watch Dublin with the great use of the long kick pass into O'Callaghan yesterday? Football at its finest.

A lot of those criticising Dublin don't watch it anyway. I think it was threeball that actually said that.

A bit like my youngest daughter who used to say she didn't like a certain veg even though she had never tried it.

When did I criticise Dublins football genius? I actually said you can't fault their football but I don't watch their games because they're boring foregone conclusions.

ArielAtom

coolshannagh28 wrote: »

My comment was a generalisation , Dublin wont be doing that against Tyrone or any top 4 team , a rule change is imperative.

What rule change might that be? You said football was dead, i pointed out Dublin were using the long kick pass into O'Callaghan and you cite a rule change. At least stick to your point if you are going to reply.

threeball

Even the mayo fans aren't bothering to travel to this Croke Park farce.

ArielAtom

threeball wrote: »

Even the mayo fans aren't bothering to travel to this Croke Park farce.

Who do we blame on that?

coolshannagh28

ArielAtom wrote: »

What rule change might that be? You said football was dead, i pointed out Dublin were using the long kick pass into O'Callaghan and you cite a rule change. At least stick to your point if you are going to reply.

Dublin play watchable football when it suits ,but its fairly obvious from attendances that the game is losing popularity , ban the handpass or at least enforce it , make players kick the ball ;any half decent kickpass and the commentators and pundits rave about it ,give the people what they want.

Karma King

That's a red card all day long!

We have started like last week. Poor passing & shooting.

ThunbergsAreGo

threeball wrote: »

Even the mayo fans aren't bothering to travel to this Croke Park farce.

Why is today a farce?

It's a must win game for them

Was that meath player not even booked ???

RMAOK

Should that foul on Boyle not have resulted in a free from where the ball landed? He was fouled after he kicked the ball away.

Martina1991

threeball wrote:

Even the mayo fans aren't bothering to travel to this Croke Park farce.

What are you basing that on.

The upper tiers are open today. Clearly a bigger crowd than yesterday.