Football Championship 2026 (Mod Note in OP)

Again, Dublin joint bottom of the pile when it comes to 2 pointers normal time . Serious argument to to made that Dublin are the worst team under the new football rules. Given the quality of some of the players available.

Embarrassing to see it in black and white like that, as a Dub supporter. Isn’t not as if the match wasn’t open yesterday.

I think some of it may be ingrained habits from the Jim Gavin and Dessie Farrell era. They were the best team at working scores and taking them around the D. Ensuring brilliant accuracy rates with point scoring under the old system.

I wonder if it's a coincidence or not that they are now the least proficient 2 point scorers of the stronger teams. Obviously combined with the fact they now have less talent than 10 years ago.

I`m old enough to remember when winning a league final was a big deal. Nowadays once a county is safe in Div 1 they often seem to make a bigger effort to avoid getting into one to not show their hand before the championship. I can see the provincials going the same way as with the present set up the only thing winning your provincial will gain you is if you are in Div 3, Div 4 or the bottom team in Div 2 where winning gets a guarantees of a place in the championship 16.

I would see it a shame if counties now looking at the set up decided there is nothing for them to gain by even reaching a provincial final and a lot to lose through picking up injuries so close to the start of the championship.

Don't worry youself to much gaffer91 lol…..

If there was an open draw in round 2, what would the point be in having a round 1?

Disagree RE: Roscommon not wanting to face Dublin. If I was a Rossie I'd be craving to face Dublin in Croke Park in this 2B - give Roscommon a chance to get over their Croker hoodoo as Dublin seems like they're desperate to play away from Croke Park

Westmeath and Louth have shown the blue print to beat the Dubs- run hard at them and this is Roscommons trademark

I mean Kerry would want to avoid Roscommon and Dublin.

While I think either of Kerry or Roscommon would beat Dublin in Croker, but as the first of 3 games in 3 weeks, it is probably more of a physical and emotional investment that they would like as opposed to getting a Kildare or Cavan.

Game should have been played in Parnell. Place would have been hopping. My biggest bugbear with GAA is the unrealistic sized stadia. Building grounds in every county that bear no relation to the average expected crowd. We lose so many games that could come alive in the right stadium to empty oversized white elephants.

If you cater to the average then you are simply turning away people for bigger games. The ability to actually go to a game is an important competitive advantage vs the premiership. There are white elephants, but Parnell Park is undersized for a county the size of Dublin, Armagh fill a stadium twice the size with one tenth of the population.

Every team will want Kildare or Cavan. Ideal start to a tough 3 week campaign. There are no easy draws after that.

100%,they had it perfect last year.

Really cant understand why it was changed.

Such an anti climactic end to the game when 1 score in it and you know the team just doesnt have the time to work a score.

It was nail biting to see play go on after a hooter and a team trying to work that equalizer or winner.

I hope they switch it back next year

Will those i mentioned be back?