Mod Note Post #1 - The 2022 All Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Bit odd putting that on, if it was a ladies football Dublin v Donegal would make more sense. Before Dublin match.

In saying that though. Men’s Junior football AI win for Dublin was the spark for now many household names.

But in the case of NY and KK it will be the pinnacle for those lads. So it is a different type of vibe.

They did change the rules on it at one stage, can't remember the exact scenario but it was basically to stop senior teams using junior as their B team/feeder team for the main squad

Why do 'them lads' deserve a chance more that the 'women's match' apart from your personal preference?

Why still call it the junior cup ?

For one thing NY are a senior team. Call it the intercontinental or something.

And sort out that joke of a KK situation. I think they are the only non dual county in the country and there is no excuse other than snobbery

Putting the NY v KK junior football final on before KK v Limerick hurling final would make more sense IMO.

But could you call the Junior football final a real competition or real final? There are only four teams in it.

It is really a tokenism exhibition competition now. Couple of teams in it. The GAA diaspora plus KK. No one but friends and relatives would turn out to see it. Let’s be honest. Does it deserve to be played in CP? I am not so sure.

Does it make sense to play it in CP either? I am not so sure either. Better venues for it as a stand alone exhibition.

Think I'm right in saying that London team is their second team, not their normal first team.

Strange having a 4 team competition and calling it an All Ireland. Why not open it up to the likes of the Asian teams and other US cities?

Agreed.

The GAA really need a radical rethink of their ticket pricing structures, all they are doing is pricing people out of attending and lessening their own revenue streams.

Its been cited I don’t know how many times and by how many people that they should look at the German Bundesliga ticketing model of maximising stadium space by offering cheapest tickets possible to break even, sometimes even at a loss but their is a trickle down effect of sales such as merchandise, food and drinks within the stadium which turns it into a profit. Their tickets are just over €10 for an adult and stadiums are packed. If I got a ticket for today for a tenner I’d be there with my two kids. The bringing the kids element obviously has the additional knock on positive of exposure to the games and them being the next generation. Yes it’s a tenner for them, but mine is €50 so feck that. As it stands none of us will go and I imagine we will see plenty of empty seats today which could easily be filled. The GAA have always been hailed as great innovators of promoting the game but when it comes to getting people into croke park for games outside of AI finals this is definitely not the case. Remember those absolutely shite half time music acts they tried? Embarrassing. It’s as simple as reducing ticket prices to fractional profit, break even or even risk a small loss hoping to make it up in various sales within the stadium.

I'd say with the Killkenny footballers they've ticked off the last box there

Pat Spillane stepping down from punditry on The Sunday Game after All Ireland Final. He has been doing it for 30 years.

Dublin team named. Lack of 16 to 26 published would probably mean Con and McCarthy will be in there. Does anyone know if that's an unchanged 15 from the Cork game?

It's not really a 4 team tournament unless you call the old All Irelands a 4 team tournament. All the British teams are technically involved.

But ya no harm having the Euro champions and who ever else wants in