The 2023 All Ireland Senior Football Championship (Sam Maguire Cup)

MacDanger · 13-05-2023 05:23PM

Disastrous 2nd half from Laois after a decent start

dxhound2005 · 13-05-2023 05:28PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120591339#Comment_120591339

This is the second Tailteann. It's 14 of the 16 who were in it last year, plus Meath and Limerick. Sligo and Westmeath were in it last year. Last year it was a knockout format. This year it is the same league format at the Sam, with one exception. The worst third place team will not compete in the playoffs, but will be replaced by New York.

All you need to know is the times and venues for your county's games, and go along and support them. If people are gaa heads that is what they will do. I expect it will die the same death as the All Ireland B Championship and Tommy Murphy Cup formats, and no amount of promotion is going to change that.

bucketybuck · 13-05-2023 06:04PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120591748#Comment_120591748

But the context is that a lot of people were adamant that this wasn't just another Tommy Murphy cup, that it was good for the weaker counties, that predictions about it were wrong and that everybody would be well up for this new competition.

Yet here we are, nobody gives a **** about it and the predictions were bang on.

So a big shout out to all the people who told me that the Tailteann cup was actually a good thing.

Always_Running · 13-05-2023 08:12PM

We needed the Tailteann Cup because it will stop on sided contests so we were told. Today Cavan beat Laois by 9, Down beat Waterford by 11 and Meath won by a margin of 11 points against Tipp. In reality every competition will have one sided games.

theoneeyedman · 13-05-2023 11:00PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120592652#Comment_120592652

'we need :the Tailteann Cup so rbTthwbig boys don't have to lier themselves to have to play the likes of Leitrim, Antrim, TIPP or Laois again... It'll eventually be that these teams cease to exist and the big boys can pick the best players off of them for themselves.

Bass Reeves · 13-05-2023 11:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120593947#Comment_120593947

What a load of crap. In every county and at national level in every competition with the exception of intercounty football you have tiered competition's

Fr Tod Umptious · 14-05-2023 12:16AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120591912#Comment_120591912

As long as the Tailteann Cup is of importance to the competing teams and their supporters it can be deemed a success.

bucketybuck · 14-05-2023 01:04AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594515#Comment_120594515

What a useless and patronising statement.

"As long as one man and his dog enjoyed the game then it can be deemed a success."

There is no importance without relevance, and since it is already clear that nobody gives a toss about the new Tommy Murphy cup then it is already unimportant.

Fr Tod Umptious · 14-05-2023 01:27AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594642#Comment_120594642

It's a secondary competition.

All secondary competitions are the same, they are not as popular as the primary competition.

No one should expect the general public or even the general GAA following public to get excited about a secondary competition the same way as they would a primary competition.

That's the same for all sports.

The Football League in England is not as popular as the Premier League.

But it's important to the teams in that league and their fans, and that's enough for it to be relevant.

It's the same with the Tailteann Cup.

As long as the teams and their fans are interested in it it will be relevant.

gormdubhgorm · 14-05-2023 01:54AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594677#Comment_120594677

If the Tailteann Cup becomes 'traditional' then it has hope. For it to work the GAA need to give it 10,15,20 years so the rivalries develop etc.

The poster below was being very disingenuous - Laois are on a spiral didn't they have an ancient Beano lining out for them for years? Cavan won division 3 in 2023.

Is Down beating Waterford by 11 points surprise? Waterford are the poorest football county - div 4 2023 - with only London below them.

Meath beating Tipp by 11 - again is that a surprise? Meath are a midtable div 2 team and Tipp are a lower div 3/top div 4 team.

Also Tipp have seemed to lost interest in football since that great minor team from 2011. There seemed to be no willingness to push on, and any dual lads jumped ship.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120592652#Comment_120592652

The way I see it the Tailteann cup is to give teams games. And more of a chance, where there is more hope. Put Kerry, Galway, Mayo against those lower end teams and you are talking - not 10 point margins but 20 plus. That is much worse, benefits no one.

As the Tailteann Cup progress the games will get more tense, plus many of those counties are never in an asses roar of silverware in their provinces - winning anything for those counties would be massive - even the chance of winning something.

I view the Tailteann Cup as the precursor to the days when the league will be the main competition - the Tailteann cup gives the traditionalists time to get used to it - and let it develop rivalries, among counties. As people get used to this 'new fangled' idea. Time will give it meaning and familiarity.

Always_Running · 14-05-2023 05:11AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594704#Comment_120594704

disingenuous? My post is mainly directed at HQ figures including the current GAA president Larry McCarthy that they brought in or brought back this 2nd tier competition with the claim that mis-matches wouldn't be a thing. We have even more tiers in hurling and again plenty one sided games.

MacDanger · 14-05-2023 11:02AM

Saw a photo from a friend of mine in Louth earlier this week, his son and all the kids in the school decked out in jerseys - they might well get hammered today but those kids will remember the build up for years

super_furry · 14-05-2023 01:41PM

Not a huge gambling man but Louth +9 at evens seems like great value to me. Dublin were so creaky against Kildare.

thebullkf · 14-05-2023 02:00PM

I rarely comment but the consistently poor commentary/ Dublin bias is so ingrained.

Blatent foul on Mc Carthy , and no quarter given.

breezy1985 · 14-05-2023 02:04PM

Would love a Louth goal now just to see the fans go nuts.

super_furry · 14-05-2023 02:08PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120595736#Comment_120595736

Or not....

PressRun · 14-05-2023 02:08PM

Louth struggling in the middle majorly.

Itssoeasy · 14-05-2023 02:08PM

Well…

robbiezero · 14-05-2023 02:09PM

Louth giving the ball away too easy.

Long kick outs killing them too.

Dubs after a sloppy start are in their groove. Will coast from here.

Furze99 · 14-05-2023 02:12PM

So much for the talking up of this game - the day that Dublin's stranglehold in the Leinster FC is supposedly challenged. Yawn.

Itssoeasy · 14-05-2023 02:13PM

Louth need to change it up somehow.

Mr.Crinklewood · 14-05-2023 02:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120595867#Comment_120595867

Missed that talk, where was that?

Always_Running · 14-05-2023 02:21PM

Main difference between this game and the Kildare game is Dessie Farrell showing a lot more respect to Louth and a lot less experimenting with his starting team.

McCaffrey, Costello, Howard, Scully all in from the start today.

Say Your Number · 14-05-2023 02:24PM

Thought Louth were supposed to be wearing a special black jersey.

TheRiverman · 14-05-2023 02:25PM

Eamon Fitzmaurice who is a school Teacher pronouncing Louth as "Lout".

conor05 · 14-05-2023 02:27PM

Louth are still very much a weaker county. Very limited.

Mickey Harte has got them into fantastic shape to compete but I think the Dubs will go to town in the second half.

PressRun · 14-05-2023 02:29PM

Louth doing better on Cluxton's kickout than their own. Bizarre.

Hammer Archer · 14-05-2023 02:35PM

As expected, Dublin coasting against Louth who were the best of a very bad bunch on that side of Leinster. Kildare may make inroads over the coming years with their U20s coming through. Had higher hopes for ourselves after our minor performances recently but that success doesn't seem to be translating into adulthood at the moment.

Itssoeasy · 14-05-2023 02:52PM

Shocking marking from Louth.

robbiezero · 14-05-2023 02:53PM

Dubs probably going to win this comfortably but McCaffrey will be a huge loss if he doesnt get back.

Kerry, Galway, Mayo etc wont be quaking in their boots watching this performance.

The 2023 All Ireland Senior Football Championship (Sam Maguire Cup)

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