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Replying To royaldunne: "Really?? Meath beat cork comfortably last year in cork. And cork were relegated and Meath promoted." Cork won the minor and U20 all ireland last year, recovered from an awful league made it to the super 8's,this year going very well in division 3 and using alot of players. cityman73 (Limerick) - Posts: 517 - 22/06/2020 21:26:19 2281571 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "You should direct your anger at your County Board for not having home championship games v the dubs. Maybe I was being harsh...also Connacht ain't as easy to win as you think." No anger, better things to concern me in life. And after 4 decades you get to accept the debacle. You didn't seem to understand the Leinster champ for what it is so I explained the farce to you. County board were culpable to a point but here what Leinster council says goes and that is to protect Dublin gaa as much as possible. And it's a hell of alot worse than the few examples of what's going on than ive given you here. Also I meant connacht is "easier" not "easy". I am very familiar with connacht football believe me. cuttothebone (Kildare) - Posts: 124 - 22/06/2020 21:57:46 2281577 Link
Replying To royaldunne: "Really?? Meath beat cork comfortably last year in cork. And cork were relegated and Meath promoted." Cork were a shambles during the league but improved dramatically as the year wore on and have a really good group of young players. Doubt there is more than a kick of a ball between them and Meath quite honestly. Hopefully both Cork and Meath keep improving and push on rather than go backwards from here. GeniusGerry (Kerry) - Posts: 1957 - 22/06/2020 22:07:23 2281578 Link
kerry v dublin 1st round killarney lilypad (Kildare) - Posts: 1357 - 22/06/2020 23:43:33 2281583 Link
There no open draw this year It's old system knock out system from 80s and 90s Season kickoff on 17 October with round 6 of National football league All Ireland finals in December Cloon12 (Kildare) - Posts: 36 - 23/06/2020 10:45:22 2281594 Link
Replying To cuttothebone: "No anger, better things to concern me in life. And after 4 decades you get to accept the debacle. You didn't seem to understand the Leinster champ for what it is so I explained the farce to you. County board were culpable to a point but here what Leinster council says goes and that is to protect Dublin gaa as much as possible. And it's a hell of alot worse than the few examples of what's going on than ive given you here. Also I meant connacht is "easier" not "easy". I am very familiar with connacht football believe me." How is Connacht easier? Connacht has a nice few good teams you need to beat to win it and Leinster only has 1 Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1106 - 23/06/2020 11:00:11 2281601 Link
Replying To Cloon12: "There no open draw this year It's old system knock out system from 80s and 90s Season kickoff on 17 October with round 6 of National football league All Ireland finals in December" Is this for definite?? monaghanman99 (Monaghan) - Posts: 33 - 23/06/2020 13:13:11 2281614 Link
Yes that's what's been reported for the last few weeks. They couldn't have an open draw anyway when the fixtures for the championship were already made, just being played at a later date. FoolsGold (Cavan) - Posts: 2216 - 23/06/2020 14:10:49 2281625 Link
Replying To FoolsGold: "Yes that's what's been reported for the last few weeks. They couldn't have an open draw anyway when the fixtures for the championship were already made, just being played at a later date." Why could they not ignore the draw that was made. gunman (Donegal) - Posts: 682 - 23/06/2020 16:05:28 2281636 Link
Could they not get started before mid-October? It seem a tight schedule to fit in 2 rounds of the league and knockout championship in 2 months, assuming they want it done before Christmas. Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1730 - 23/06/2020 16:35:06 2281640 Link
Replying To cityman73: "Cork won the minor and U20 all ireland last year, recovered from an awful league made it to the super 8's,this year going very well in division 3 and using alot of players." Meath done very well considering the amount of players missing this year in division 1, made super 8s last year. And were ahead Of Donegal Kerry and Mayo with 60 mins to go (one of those games may have been level) but you get my point. Underage success has never been a great indicator to senior, for instance Meath have won one u21 title they have 7 senior. Kildare have won minor 21s etc and can never get it transferred to senior. Sorry I don't rate this cork team at the moment. royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 17035 - 23/06/2020 16:52:36 2281642 Link
Replying To monaghanman99: "Is this for definite??" Yes Cloon12 (Kildare) - Posts: 36 - 23/06/2020 18:16:21 2281651 Link
Replying To royaldunne: "Really?? Meath beat cork comfortably last year in cork. And cork were relegated and Meath promoted." Would not put too much stock in results from div 2 that year, Cork were missing several players when we beat them in league, we more or less had a full squad to pick from, fortunes have since reversed with Meath loosing several to injury and Cork working their way back. Saw both teams a number of times last year and there is nothing between us. Both will meet again in Div 2 next year. seadog54 (Meath) - Posts: 1432 - 23/06/2020 18:33:12 2281653 Link
Replying To gunman: "Why could they not ignore the draw that was made." They could. Connacht will have to be redrawn because London and New York may not be able to play. NY are definitely out so Galway will probably get a bye into the SF. Maybe Roscommon as well. I'd be livid as a Mayo or Leitrim fan. Rolo2010 (Donegal) - Posts: 193 - 23/06/2020 19:09:05 2281660 Link
Replying To Rolo2010: "They could. Connacht will have to be redrawn because London and New York may not be able to play. NY are definitely out so Galway will probably get a bye into the SF. Maybe Roscommon as well. I'd be livid as a Mayo or Leitrim fan." I'd say most Mayo and Leitrim men who have any interest in football would have a fair idea on how the Galway v New York and Roscommon v London games would go anyway.... streaker (Galway) - Posts: 385 - 23/06/2020 20:34:39 2281670 Link
Surely the Ulster teams are at a huge disadvantage with the draw staying the same. TheRock2121 (Donegal) - Posts: 561 - 24/06/2020 00:58:40 2281695 Link
Replying To Rolo2010: "They could. Connacht will have to be redrawn because London and New York may not be able to play. NY are definitely out so Galway will probably get a bye into the SF. Maybe Roscommon as well. I'd be livid as a Mayo or Leitrim fan." Not livid....why would we be? From a Mayo perspective it's as hard a connacht final to win this year...Leitrim, Roscommon and Galway all away to potentially win the Connacht title but many will argue we play better away from home anyway. I think the big problem is a second wave which will see no inter county action. Let's hope the experts are wrong.... yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 10339 - 24/06/2020 08:22:25 2281698 Link
Replying To TheRock2121: "Surely the Ulster teams are at a huge disadvantage with the draw staying the same." Depends what way you look at it. They're at a disadvantage to Dublin and Kerry probably because of a harder route. They're in much better shape than Meath or Kildare or Cork for not being in Dublin or Kerry's quarter of the draw. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 3111 - 24/06/2020 10:33:18 2281702 Link
Replying To Green_Gold: "Could they not get started before mid-October? It seem a tight schedule to fit in 2 rounds of the league and knockout championship in 2 months, assuming they want it done before Christmas." Club football so they cant start earlier Tarismelting22 (Roscommon) - Posts: 591 - 24/06/2020 10:35:43 2281704 Link
Galway v New York won't be played Galway will play Sligo in Connacht semi final Just seen on social media from Galway Gaa football page Cloon12 (Kildare) - Posts: 36 - 24/06/2020 11:12:12 2281709 Link