Club Championships 2023/24

Hope they go on and win it out, they're some battlers.

They are, but St Thomas showed no shortage of that either last night. Great final in store.

I have always thought this about BG. This isn't the 1st time they have come acropper. They have 1 AI in the last 5 or 6 years and I believe it's due to their overuse of the short ball. Particularly on a day like Saturday against a team playing on the edge and getting away with it. Let's see if the final ref is as lenient. I hope so for Thomas's sake.

No doubt the Kilkenny lads will be falling to the ground at every opportunity…….

Would it not be better to have Golden Score to decide it?

Pass a motion that if a game is level at the end of additional time of extra time, the ball has to go out of play over an end line for the the game to finish. If the teams are level, the referee blows his whistle and indicates with arm movement that the resulting puc-out/kick-out starts a period of Golden Score, whereby the next score wins the match.

Game finishes on the field, each team has an equal opportunity to win the game, no penalties, it's won in the contest.

And just in case, after 10 minutes of a Golden Score period, if there's no score, then you go to penalties.

Who gets the big wind?

Football would go on forever waiting for 1 score these days 🤣

As good an idea on offer as any I suppose.

I have to say, I love the drama of penos. I think it adds to the game. Like, is there any good way to lose? I think there's a lot of skill and a temperament test to penos too.

That said, I'm not training all year. I do think the club players should vote on it. I'll be interested to know if there's any desire to change at congress.

No solutions as usual then, just cribbing and sh1tetalk. Why are penalties unfair? Both teams have the same opportunity, it seems as fair as any other method anyone can come up with other than going back to replays, which is basically not an option, or at least shouldn't be one.

Have one big ruck where the ball is tossed in by the reff between the 30 players, the first team to get possession of the ball into their hand wins. Fairest option I think, all teams well versed in it as it is one of the most common sights in the game.

If there's a strong wind I think it would be deeply unfair.

Just imagine how defensive it would be if playing on a golden score basis. It's bad enough as it is. But the golden score period could go on forever, as neither team will take any chances of losing possession of the ball. Just playing it around hoping to tire the opposition out to lose concentration.

I think Glen will have too much for Crokes this weekend. No additional motivation needed in an All-Ireland semi final but they underperformed against Crokes in the final last year and will want right that this time round. Match being in Ulster Im sure will help too.