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The 2025 All Ireland Senior Football Championship (Sam Maguire Cup)

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  • #2222
    Stewball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 813 ✭✭✭Stewball


    Donegal drawing the short straw of a six day turnaround.



  • #2223
    event
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,303 ✭✭✭✭event


    Jim has his next conspiracy theory sorted anyway



  • #2224
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,404 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Should be a good turnout from Meath. They will probably be on the Hill in big numbers.



  • #2225
    orangerhyme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,149 ✭✭✭orangerhyme


    Is the Sunday likely to sell out?



  • #2226
    henke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,432 ✭✭✭henke


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123572738#Comment_123572738

    They are getting shafted to be fair. Toughest Championship schedule to date having played 8 Championship games, mostly against Div 1 opposition. Last team to play over the weekend yet first on next weekend. 6 day turnaround vs. Kerry's 8. It isn't right at all but TV takes priority over fairness of competition to them.



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  • #2227
    grayzer75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,008 ✭✭✭grayzer75


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123572827#Comment_123572827

    No, 70k max I'd say (but could be wrong)



  • #2228
    testtech05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,772 ✭✭✭testtech05


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123572829#Comment_123572829

    Obviously the fairer solution would have been to have the 2 teams who played yesterday on the Sunday slots next weekend but then there would be uproar about having the 2 more attractive games on paper both being shown on GAA+ only.



  • #2229
    threeball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,151 ✭✭✭threeball


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123572738#Comment_123572738

    Pretty unfair on them tbh. They should just have given everyone 7 days rest. This decision is just to maximise revenue.



  • #2230
    Stewball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 813 ✭✭✭Stewball


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123572829#Comment_123572829

    As a Galway fan, I'm glad it's them and not us, but you're right it is unfair.



  • #2231
    henke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,432 ✭✭✭henke


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123572843#Comment_123572843

    This is it. They need to look at getting two weeks between all Championship matches in future so they can balance fairness to the teams with the flexibility of what goes on which TV slot.



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  • #2232
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,404 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    It is part of the jeopardy built into the Group system. Seeds 1 like Donegal should take advantage of having their home game against a Seed 3. They failed, and that has led to them missing out on the extra week off. Monaghan should be the freshest team.



  • #2233
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,793 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123572843#Comment_123572843

    Or give the calendar room to breathe. But it suits the clubs to have the counties condensed so tightly so I guess no one cares that this happens?



  • #2234
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,171 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123572872#Comment_123572872

    That would give the group winner 3 weeks off which people would claim is too much.

    There is simply no way to avoid someone moaning about something when it comes to the GAA.



  • #2235
    keeponhurling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,663 ✭✭✭keeponhurling


    Yeah, it's a tricky balance.

    If they had 2 weeks between all games, then the group winners could (justifiably) complain that 4 weeks without a game works against them and kills momentum.



  • #2236
    paddyisreal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭paddyisreal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123572890#Comment_123572890

    ??? that makes no sense. kerry also failed to top the group but get a 8 days turnaround.



  • #2237
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,404 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123572913#Comment_123572913

    The bookies are paying no heed to the shorter layoff for Donegal. Donegal 1/3, Monaghan 11/4. Too much being made of the one day difference. The calculation should be between Donegal having 7 days and Monaghan 14, not some other team having 8.



  • #2238
    henke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,432 ✭✭✭henke


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123572890#Comment_123572890

    I don’t disagree with that. They have had to play an extra game because of it and that’s the rules but am more getting at the combination of a short window and a 6 v 8 with Kerry who were also not top seeds and throwing tv into the mix then. The fact is they could handle it fairer.



  • #2239
    paddyisreal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭paddyisreal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123572982#Comment_123572982

    no the calculation should be made on the fact that every other team who played in the pre lim quarter is getting 7 or more days. Donegal are being hard done by.



  • #2240
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,070 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123571289#Comment_123571289

    You didn't read the post.



  • #2241
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,070 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123571736#Comment_123571736

    Boyles always have the worst prices ….. anywhere. They are useless.



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  • #2242
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    That Monaghan/Donegal game could easily go to extra time and if Donegal lose it at that stage, there'll be some amount of giving out about the scheduling.



  • #2243
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 20,755 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123572750#Comment_123572750

    He finally has reason to crib. The cribbing over the Mayo match being in Hyde park was a bit much. He has been cribbing about the new rules since the start

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #2244
    cgorzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭cgorzy


    The Donegal Mayo game being in Roscommon did favour Mayo more so Donegal had a point to complain about, whether there was a fairer suitable option available is debatable and complaints about hotels etc may not have been valid but it doesn’t change the fact that the venue was closer to Mayo and their team were more familiar with the ground so it disadvantaged Donegal as a neutral venue. They have been hard done by now with the 6 day turnaround for the quarter final so complaints will again be valid. Again it may be the best option for the game in terms of TV, ticketing and ordering of the matches on the day but in terms of getting the best treatment for team preparation Donegal are being treated badly.



  • #2245
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,404 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    The GAA said they would have used Sligo, but it is closed at present. They gave an explanation of why some other venues like Cavan and Clones could not be used either.



  • #2246
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 20,755 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123573318#Comment_123573318

    Kerry had travel to Tullamore to play Meath. It's a lot nearer Navan than Killarney. 1 hour V 3 hours. I sure Meath had played there a few times as well. While Portlaois is kinda half way between Clare and Louth its in Leinster so Louth teams would be more familiar with it.

    There Is very few 100% neutral venues. Roscommon was a fairly fair choice. Donegal woukd have played D1 abd D2 league matches there over the years. Jim was just having a crib as usual trying to develop a beige mentality in the squad

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #2247
    cgorzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭cgorzy


    Yeah they said they couldn’t play Mayo Donegal in Cavan or Clones as the counties were playing the same day. Makes sense for Cavan as that game had to be on at the same time as the Mayo Donegal game but not sure about the Monaghan Down game. Was it preset to have that group have its games on the same day as the Mayo Donegal group or was that a CCCC decision?



  • #2248
    cgorzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭cgorzy


    yeah Tullamore was a venue favourable to Meath over Kerry. Donegal/McGuinness not justified in claiming they were the only team disadvantaged in that round by the ground choices.



  • #2249
    theoneeyedman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,370 ✭✭✭theoneeyedman


    TV schedules shouldn't have any impact on fairness of fixtures, where the possibility of giving all 7 teams 6 days between the games was easily achieved as in this case it should have been done. Jimmy can FRO with his griping about having to play in Roscommon due to having to travel the 20 minutes from their hotel in Athlone, but it's fair to say that they are getting a raw deal here being the last team on Sunday and the first team on Saturday.

    For anyone saying we should have 1 weeks between games, to let the games 'breathe' oh please.…the same people will often say there should be no extra time, so 2 weeks now mean 3 weeks between games to account for draws. We're back to the season taking 9 months and finals in October with this thinking, with all club games delayed while the last 6 or 8 teams finish the championship.... Nonsense talk.



  • #2250
    intellectual dosser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,851 ✭✭✭intellectual dosser


    They’re all amateur players making a huge commitment to try and accomplish something. In this phase this will be their 3rd championship weekend on the spin, the GAA had the opportunity to do the right thing but they didn’t take it.



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  • #2251
    Treble double
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 704 ✭✭✭Treble double


    Armagh, Galway, Dublin, Monaghan



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