the back door boys

Yavvy

Who do you see as the strongest teams in the group of qualifers ?
do any of them have the ability to go anywhere ?
Donegal (I presume) and Westmeath will not be wanted by anyone else
also monaghan, fermanagh and Meath could cause problems..

The Live draws for the first round of the Bank of Ireland football championship and Guinness Hurling championship qualifiers will take place on RTE television this Sunday evening immediately after the Guinness Leinster Hurling semi-final between Kiilkenny and Offaly.

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> There will be 16 teams involved in the football championship draw. They are:
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> Louth
> Wicklow
> Longford
> Offaly
> Westmeath
> Meath
> Carlow
> Fermanagh
> Down
> Antrim
> Monaghan
> Donegal or Armagh
> London
> Sligo
> Tipperary
> Waterford

Imposter

Offaly and Meath from Leinster. Westmeath won't do anything this year imo.
All the ulster teams bar Antrim will be tough. It's hard to know what Sligo is like.

I think the standard of football is coming closer and closer as most teams are now preparing themselves in much the same way as the others. As a result there are very few teams that are going to be seen as a walkover. Even London fairly rattled Roscommon the other week! What's next Dublin winning Leinster or Kilkenny fielding a competitive team!

Yavvy

I think Sligo is not going to do anything this year ( London would fancy a pop at them)

28064212

Why aren't New York in the qualifiers draw? Didn't they play against Galway in the Connaught SFC?

kaimera

*snigger* at thread title

Danno

Erm... Can we change the thread title?

Or move it to here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=255

cournioni

Alany wrote:

Meath
Monaghan

Definately back door boys...

Danno

Come on, change the thread title and lets talk about the qualifiers.

KevIRL

As for the hurling

Nightmare group

Waterford
Galway
Clare
Laois

Easy group
Limerick
Offaly
Dublin
Antrim

*yes I know I'm getting ahead of meself saying Laois and Offaly will be in the qualifiers

Seanie Mac

Ideal Group:

Laois
Offaly
Antrim
Limerick


and it'd be All Ireland Quarter Finals for Laois!

But of course we'll be playing KK on July 3

Big Ears

Seanie Mac wrote:

Ideal Group:

Laois
Offaly
Antrim
Limerick


and it'd be All Ireland Quarter Finals for Laois!

But of course we'll be playing KK on July 3

Are you saying Dublin are better than Limerick ?

KevIRL

Big Ears wrote:

Are you saying Dublin are better than Limerick ?

He's being realistic, cause Dublin cant be in the same goup as Laois as they have already played in this years championship.

Big Ears

KevIRL wrote:

He's being realistic, cause Dublin cant be in the same goup as Laois as they have already played in this years championship.

I thought it would be something like that .

Danno

Laois will be in the Leinster Final after a score of Laois 3-14 Wexford 0-15


I'll get my coat

28064212

28064212 wrote:

Why aren't New York in the qualifiers draw? Didn't they play against Galway in the Connaught SFC?

Yeah I don't know why this is either :rolleyes:, does anybody else?

cruiserweight

Here is alink to explain the procedures for each of the draws:


http://www.gaa.ie/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=6908


A few interesting points to note about both draws, in the football
- Games between teams who have already met in the Championship will not be permitted (Louth v Offaly and Armagh v Fermanagh - if Armagh are beaten on Sunday)
-Counties in the draw designated for home status will be: Sligo, Wicklow, Carlow, Louth, Longford, Waterford, Tipperary, Antrim and Monaghan

In relation to the hurling
-Dublin, Laois and Antrim are entitled to two home games out of three in their respective groups. Therefore, and in order to facilitate this, all three teams cannot be in the same group
-Laois and Dublin have already met in the Leinster Championship and will be kept apart for the next phase of the championship (should Laois be in Sunday's draw)
-All three Munster and all three Leinster teams will not be in the same group as each other (i.e. one of Waterford, Clare and Limerick will be in a different group to the other two and likewise for the Leinster counties)

Lemlin

I think Donegal (maybe I'm jumping to a few conclusions there), Down and Offaly have the ability to go far.

Fermanagh and Westmeath could to but both need to bounce back after disappointing losses.

thirdmantackle

New York won't come to play as nobody will foot their bill - that and the fact that many of their players might be working illegally in the US of A...

Flukey

I don't think there would be much point, other than the holiday, in them coming.

TerrorFirmer

The title is very deceiving.....

Lemlin

The title should definitely be changed. More people are interested in it than the actual topic.

Pity New York couldn't make the trip over but they would just be cannon fodder for some team.