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Football Qualifiers first round draw

  • 12-06-2011 05:52PM
    #1
    DamnTasty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭


    Coming up soon.. Meath to draw louth perhaps?:D

    Any preferences?





    Update to post with Draw; Home team first

    Clare V Down
    Laois V Tipperary
    Antrim V Westmeath
    Louth V Meath
    London V Fermanagh
    Cavan V Longford
    Wicklow V Sligo
    Offaly V Monaghan


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  • #2
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,655 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    Draws at 6. Everyone will be wanting to avoid Down. Would love to get Louth at home. A trip to Carrick on Shannon would be great craic too.

    Edit: never mind. Too late.


  • #3
    mossyc123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 879 ✭✭✭mossyc123


    Heres how i'd rank the teams in order of difficulty:

    Down
    Monaghan
    Meath
    Laois
    Sligo
    Louth
    Westmeath
    Longford
    Offaly
    Tipperary
    Antrim
    Wicklow
    Cavan
    Fermanagh
    Clare
    London


  • #4
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,655 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    I was too slow on my thread :-P xxx. Home to louth or away to leitrim would be my choice.


  • #5
    DamnTasty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭DamnTasty


    Ye whats good about the draw it that its too hard to give an exact order of where exaclty teams are at.

    A few will be still demoralised. Wounded animals can be dangerous or just need to be put out of their misery!

    Looking forward to it. Love the qualifiers!


  • #6
    Mr.Crinklewood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,781 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Crinklewood


    Got a text saying Sligo - Fermanagh. Clare - Lonford.

    Probably crap.


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  • #7
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,655 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    YEEHAA!


  • #8
    DamnTasty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭DamnTasty


    Draws and my picks.. First team at home

    Clare V Down ...Down
    Laois V Tipperary ...Laois
    Antrim V Westmeath ..Antrim
    Louth V Meath .....HAHAHAHA ..Meath
    London V Fermanagh... Fermanagh
    Cavan V Longford .....Longford
    Wicklow V Sligo ....Sligo
    Offaly V Monaghan ..Monaghan


  • #9
    DamnTasty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭DamnTasty


    DamnTasty wrote: »
    Coming up soon.. Meath to draw louth perhaps?:D

    Any preferences?

    I knew it!!


  • #10
    delta_bravo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,571 ✭✭✭delta_bravo


    DamnTasty wrote: »
    Coming up soon.. Meath to draw louth perhaps?:D

    Any preferences?
    Hope you put money on ;) !

    Possible scalp for London at home to fermanagh


  • #11
    DamnTasty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭DamnTasty


    delta_bravo wrote: »
    Hope you put money on ;) !

    Possible scalp for London at home to fermanagh

    After what happened Louth today and in the Leinster final, i wouldnt put a cent on them:D


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  • #12
    meriwether
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭meriwether


    Does anyone know what the song being played in the background to the draw was?


  • #13
    Will I Amnt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,222 ✭✭✭✭Will I Amnt


    meriwether wrote: »
    Does anyone know what the song being played in the background to the draw was?
    It's by the xx it's called intro


  • #14
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 9,005 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The xx- Intro


  • #15
    donal666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭donal666


    Meath to tear Louth a new one...


  • #16
    NufcNavan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,846 ✭✭✭NufcNavan


    What was all that bollocks about a team who got an away draw last year egtting a home one this year? So basically Westmeath have been screwed out of a home game. What a joke.


  • #17
    mossyc123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 879 ✭✭✭mossyc123


    Bad draw for Meath. Away from home and there will be a media circus around this one... Drogheda is a kip of a county ground aswell!


  • #18
    DamnTasty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭DamnTasty


    NufcNavan wrote: »
    What was all that bollocks about a team who got an away draw last year egtting a home one this year? So basically Westmeath have been screwed out of a home game. What a joke.

    Totally agree. Constant rule changes piss fans/teams off. To do so at last minute especially. This was never the case before?


  • #19
    Pride Fighter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,729 ✭✭✭Pride Fighter


    delta_bravo wrote: »
    Hope you put money on ;) !

    Possible scalp for London at home to fermanagh

    I agree, particularly after they should have beaten Mayo in Connacht and that London football gets stronger due to recessions with young guns leaving Ireland for work.


  • #20
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,655 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    NufcNavan wrote: »
    What was all that bollocks about a team who got an away draw last year egtting a home one this year? So basically Westmeath have been screwed out of a home game. What a joke.
    To be fair that's been the way for a good few years. Think we benefited from it a few years ago against waterford in round 1. It just means the same team doesn't have to travel year in year out.


  • #21
    meriwether
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭meriwether


    Deleted User wrote: »
    The xx- Intro

    Cheers both of you.


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  • #22
    mossyc123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 879 ✭✭✭mossyc123


    NufcNavan wrote: »
    What was all that bollocks about a team who got an away draw last year egtting a home one this year? So basically Westmeath have been screwed out of a home game. What a joke.

    Nonsense of a rule.

    It only applies to teams who were drawn away in Round One last year... but sure thats nothing to do with Westmeath... they weren't in the qualifiers till Round Two last year!!!

    If they are going to try and even up the home and away games they should take into account Rounds 1,2 and 3 over the last 3 seasons and do up a league table of who has more or less home ties. (Round 4 is Neutral venue as far as I know)

    Of the 2 teams drawn out whoever has the least amount of home games over the last few years gets the home venue.

    Too logical for The GAA though.


  • #23
    Flukey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,006 ✭✭✭✭Flukey


    It should have been first out, home game, no matter what happened last year. There is no doubt what the stand out match is. Louth could get a goal head start awarded to them, but maybe we'll let Meath off on the basis of what happened last Sunday (not that they deserve it). There is no other really interesting tie from a neutral's perspective. The first round draw rarely brings a big one.


  • #24
    NufcNavan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,846 ✭✭✭NufcNavan


    Hammer Archer wrote: »
    To be fair that's been the way for a good few years. Think we benefited from it a few years ago against waterford in round 1. It just means the same team doesn't have to travel year in year out.
    But it defeats the purpose of an open draw.


  • #25
    DamnTasty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭DamnTasty


    mossyc123 wrote: »
    Nonsense of a rule.

    It only applies to teams who were drawn away in Round One last year... but sure thats nothing to do with Westmeath... they weren't in the qualifiers till Round Two last year!!!

    If they are going to try and even up the home and away games they should take into account Rounds 1,2 and 3 over the last 3 seasons and do up a league table of who has more or less home ties.

    Of the 2 teams drawn out whoever has the least amount of home games over the last few years gets the home venue.

    Too logical for The GAA though.

    Agree. its not Westmeath's fault that the other team was in round one two years in a row. Tough **** if you get knocked out in first round every year!


  • #26
    Hammer Archer
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    mossyc123 wrote: »
    Bad draw for Meath. Away from home and there will be a media circus around this one... Drogheda is a kip of a county ground aswell!
    I would have a sneaky feeling it may be moved because theres no chance drogheda would be able to cope with the crowd that'll be at the game. Agreed that the ground is a dump.


  • #27
    Royal Seahawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭Royal Seahawk


    Can't be on in Drogheda, only holds 7000.


  • #28
    DamnTasty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭DamnTasty


    Hammer Archer wrote: »
    I would have a sneaky feeling it may be moved because theres no chance drogheda would be able to cope with the crowd that'll be at the game. Agreed that the ground is a dump.

    Ok a closeby location.. eh Navan:p

    Seriously though, is there an alternative ground?

    This could be the televised game?


  • #29
    johnmcdnl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭johnmcdnl


    Hammer Archer wrote: »
    I would have a sneaky feeling it may be moved because theres no chance drogheda would be able to cope with the crowd that'll be at the game. Agreed that the ground is a dump.

    it only holds 7000??? not a chance of it being held there - and that's going to be seen as unfair won't it now or something... is there no bigger ground in all of louth??


  • #30
    DamnTasty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭DamnTasty


    Behind closed doors would suit the gardai and referee;)


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  • #31
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,655 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    johnmcdnl wrote: »
    it only holds 7000??? not a chance of it being held there - and that's going to be seen as unfair won't it now or something... is there no bigger ground in all of louth??

    In one word: no


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