Championship and Covid

downthemiddle · 08-04-2021 08:39AM

ArielAtom wrote: »

Another team out training. Another 12 week ban, although the chairman has stated he knew nothing about it.

They ain't gonna work on Banty's farm no more!!

wirelessdude01 · 08-04-2021 09:14AM

Haven't read anyhig about Monaghan session. How big was the session meant to be?

ArielAtom · 08-04-2021 09:59AM

downthemiddle wrote: »

They ain't gonna work on Banty's farm no more!!

And the light hearted replies start!

Just An Opinion · 08-04-2021 12:55PM

12 week ban for McEnaney

https://twitter.com/indosport/status/1380121475944943617?s=21

By the time the league starts there will be no managers on sidelines!

Just An Opinion · 08-04-2021 12:58PM

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

Haven't read anyhig about Monaghan session. How big was the session meant to be?

Allegedly +25 including players and back room.

PTH2009 · 08-04-2021 03:23PM

https://www.gaa.ie/news/gaa-announce-revised-master-fixtures-calendar-for-2021/

Jesus what there doing with the Hurling league is some load of waffle

rrs · 08-04-2021 03:23PM

Colm Keys Tweeting that the football championship will be knockout.
qualifiers in Hurling.
All Ireland finals end of August,22nd, and 29th.

Loafing Oaf · 08-04-2021 03:40PM

rrs wrote: »

Colm Keys Tweeting that the football championship will be knockout.
qualifiers in Hurling.
All Ireland finals end of August,22nd, and 29th.

And where does the club fit in I wonder?

rrs · 08-04-2021 03:45PM

Club Championship to start in September or earlier epending on County being out of their Championship. No mention on Club leagues .

Damien Lawlor has a full list on the Rte Gaa website.

PTH2009 · 08-04-2021 03:49PM

'In hurling, league action will commence on 8-9 May except for Division 3 teams who will commence a week later. Each team will have five games and there will be round robin groups of six.

There will be no quarter-finals, semi-finals or final. Instead, there will be joint winners - or if teams that win in Division 1A and 1B meet in the championship that game will double as a League final

The Division 1 hurling league relegation play-off will act as a curtain raiser to the All-Ireland senior semi-final in August.

In Divisions 2 and 3 there will be no finals with the top team promoted and the bottom relegated'

Jesus a little bit of a mess there regarding who wins Div 1.

Great to have the season back and in the summer too

MrMusician18 · 08-04-2021 03:51PM

ArielAtom wrote: »

Another team out training. Another 12 week ban, although the chairman has stated he knew nothing about it.

Do we believe that this is the extent of it or the tip of the iceberg?

BOSTIK · 08-04-2021 04:08PM

rrs wrote: »

Club Championship to start in September or earlier epending on County being out of their Championship. No mention on Club leagues .

Damien Lawlor has a full list on the Rte Gaa website.

I'd expect that club leagues will be run without county players, and will commence whenever the green light for the resumption of non-intercounty games. They'll effectively be organised practice games, and i'd imagine that club players will gladly embrace them.

Brian017 · 08-04-2021 05:30PM

Why bother running the league if you're planning on having no winners

PTH2009 · 08-04-2021 05:55PM

Brian017 wrote: »

Why bother running the league if you're planning on having no winners

Reckon it's just a way for teams to get games before the championship, The mad thing about it is the All Ireland hurling final could also be a league final

Id say its disappointing for the football championship to not have qualifiers but i suppose it would of messed up the calendar. Did the county boards agree to having it knockout once again ?

dobman88 · 08-04-2021 07:03PM

Brian017 wrote: »

Why bother running the league if you're planning on having no winners

Just to get games in as championship prep.

PTH2009 · 08-04-2021 08:19PM

So will Kilkenny and Galway go into the Leinster semi finals with Dublin,Wexford,Laois and Antrim paired together in the Leinster QFs ?

ArielAtom · 08-04-2021 08:30PM

MrMusician18 wrote: »

Do we believe that this is the extent of it or the tip of the iceberg?

Tip of the iceberg.

Greenlights16 · 09-04-2021 09:00AM

Club leagues will be run off like they were last year over the summer. Clubs have to take things into their own hands or they’d be forgotten, as is always the way now. County is merely a separate entity at this stage.

Hulk Hands · 09-04-2021 10:43AM

Greenlights16 wrote: »

Club leagues will be run off like they were last year over the summer. Clubs have to take things into their own hands or they’d be forgotten, as is always the way now. County is merely a separate entity at this stage.

Clubs are getting a great run of things now. They're getting a full half of what's left of the year, with a large run in time unlike county and the prospect of playing league while county's ongoing. And they'll get that every year from this point, after getting the best of it last year also. Unless clubs want to split away from their county players altogether and run their own calendar, they can have no complaints with much going forward if they wish to keep the county lads

Loafing Oaf · 09-04-2021 10:51AM

Hulk Hands wrote: »

Unless clubs want to split away from their county players altogether and run their own calendar,

I've long thought this would solve all the scheduling problems at a stroke, but given the nature of the GAA it's never going to happen...

Boom__Boom · 09-04-2021 03:03PM

dobman88 wrote: »

Just to get games in as championship prep.

Not just championship prep - if you had no league football this year, a huge chunk of intercounty teams would only have one or two games.

CrabRevolution · 13-04-2021 12:02PM

The GAA had club games before inter county last year and were accused of forgetting about the club player.

The GAA have inter county games before club this year and are again accused of forgetting about the club player.

Which is it?

PTH2009 · 15-04-2021 06:56PM

Any chance spectators will be back for intercounty games this year ?

Lost Ormond · 15-04-2021 07:05PM

PTH2009 wrote: »

Any chance spectators will be back for intercounty games this year ?

League probably not. Championship maybe. Depends on case numbers, how well vaccination rates go.
Wouldnt bank on it tho

breezy1985 · 15-04-2021 07:12PM

CrabRevolution wrote: »

The GAA had club games before inter county last year and were accused of forgetting about the club player.

The GAA have inter county games before club this year and are again accused of forgetting about the club player.

Which is it?

Some people just love to peddle this conspiracy theory about clubs and the big evil HQ in Croke Park.
Just trying to look like true gaels

Loafing Oaf · 15-04-2021 07:14PM

PTH2009 wrote: »

Any chance spectators will be back for intercounty games this year ?

Last 4 if at all I'd say, and only a fraction of Croke Park capacity

bamayang · 15-04-2021 07:40PM

CrabRevolution wrote: »

The GAA had club games before inter county last year and were accused of forgetting about the club player.

The GAA have inter county games before club this year and are again accused of forgetting about the club player.

Which is it?

Think your being a bit selective. When clubs were before county, people made legitimate claim that county managers would be dictating what county players were doing during club campaign in anticipation for county season in second half of year.
When it was flipped, I think in general most people were happy, except for the claim that there would be no county action on TV advertising GAA for a lot of summer months. But what we have now is not county first, club second. It is almost county only, as club is now slated to start in September (though this is completely influenced by covid).

PTH2009 · 15-04-2021 07:42PM

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Last 4 if at all I'd say, and only a fraction of Croke Park capacity

That would be a nightmare for tickets

breezy1985 · 15-04-2021 09:38PM

PTH2009 wrote: »

That would be a nightmare for tickets

The well connected only I would say

benji79 · 16-04-2021 08:24AM

I’m thinking it might only be family of players etc allowed in this year. Or maybe each player gets a number of tickets to distribute, 10 per player on squad. Who knows really, but I’d say it will be a conservative approach regarding crowds at games

Championship and Covid

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