2019 All Ireland Senior Football Championship *Mod note: Post #1*

threeball

km79 wrote: »

Just seen the Dubs scoreline
Yikes
Depressing

Not looking good for the future of football. Leinster decimated once again, few heavy beatings for the others to come and the wheel turns. 5 in a row will be the least of it.

Fr Tod Umptious

Boom__Boom wrote: »

I think repeat fixtures are allowed in this round - it's only for round 3 and 4 in the qualifiers that repeat fixtures are not allowed.

https://www.gaa.ie/sportteller-content/stories/1/1/df726843-3951-459b-af6e-729c19588760/index.html#Slide_4

Yeah, you are right, I always get mixed up about what is and is not allowed.

Boom__Boom

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Yeah, you are right, I always get mixed up about what is and is not allowed.

The thing is there doesn't appear to be any actual logic to these rules - it would surely be more consistent to not allow rematches in Round 1 and Round 2 if they are not allowed in Round 3 and 4.

doc_17

The argument for Dublin playing at Croke Park has been blown out of the water. They might as well hammer Kildare in Newbridge or nowhere.

BarryD2

threeball wrote: »

Not looking good for the future of football. Leinster decimated once again, few heavy beatings for the others to come and the wheel turns. 5 in a row will be the least of it.

The Leinster Football Champ is surely a farce at this stage!

threeball

BarryD2 wrote: »

The Leinster Football Champ is surely a farce at this stage!

Will Meath have enough self belief to bring 20k to the final. I don't think so. Might get 50k total. Lipstick on a pig springs to mind.

Cavan_King

BarryD2 wrote: »

The Leinster Football Champ is surely a farce at this stage!

I was at Croke Park for the first half today and left frustrated at half time. The high ball was working for Kildare for a bit but they were simply too slow and conservative at letting it in!

My own Cavan must be everyone’s favorite second team this year. The Black Death is well and truly over with our quick-moving, kick pass attacking style today where we kicked 23 scores.

gormdubhgorm

Cavan_King wrote: »

My own Cavan must be everyone’s favorite second team this year. The Black Death is well and truly over with our quick-moving, kick pass attacking style today where we kicked 23 scores.

Jayus, 23!

I suppose all 23 scores were 'economical' scores considering they were produced by Cavanmen?

gormdubhgorm

BarryD2 wrote: »

The Leinster Football Champ is surely a farce at this stage!

The Hill did not even bother cheering and chanting with thier usual gusto from start to finish.
They looked asleep for most of it.
It was less Hill 16 la la la and more Hill 16 la la land.

Cluxton got a bit of chant for saving a goal bound shot, that was about it.
If the Hill looks half asleep you know there is something wrong.

threeball

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

The Hill did not even bother cheering and chanting with thier usual gusto from start to finish.
They looked asleep for most of it.
It was less Hill 16 la la la and more Hill 16 la la land.

Cluxton got a bit of chant for saving a goal bound shot, that was about it.
If the Hill looks half asleep you know there is something wrong.

No one gives a toss at this stage. Once the 5 in a row is done this year I'd expect the dubs support will drop 50%. No one wants to watch one sided muck even if you are winning. The Leinster championship will do well to break 100k attendees next year.

OldMrBrennan83

threeball wrote: »

No one gives a toss at this stage. Once the 5 in a row is done this year I'd expect the dubs support will drop 50%. No one wants to watch one sided muck even if you are winning. The Leinster championship will do well to break 100k attendees next year.

And yet if the GAA had any marketing smarts they could build up Dublin and Meath and get 50k there, as one sided as it'll be, but they'll happily let it play out and have half that. As bad as the competition is the marketing is absolutely ****ing useless.

Cavan_King

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Jayus, 23!

I suppose all 23 scores were 'economical' scores considering they were produced by Cavanmen?

It’s a lot harder in the Ulster championship than the Leinster!

threeball

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

And yet if the GAA had any marketing smarts they could build up Dublin and Meath and get 50k there, as one sided as it'll be, but they'll happily let it play out and have half that. As bad as the competition is the marketing is absolutely ****ing useless.

Be there, all the way.


Definitely going now. Wasn't before but that swung me.

SirGerryAdams

The football has been ****e this year lads. A couple ulster games and the mayo ros game only thing you'd be interested in.

jay0109

Why oh why is there also not a Monday night highlights package in June and July! A huge weekend of GAA being squeezed into 2 hours on RTE now.
If they go too the bother of having cameras at every game, then why just show a few seconds of some games. Instead there'll be some repeated American crap on RTE2 tomorrow night instead

OldMrBrennan83

jay0109 wrote: »

Why oh why is there also not a Monday night highlights package in June and July! A huge weekend of GAA being squeezed into 2 hours on RTE now.
If they go too the bother of having cameras at every game, then why just show a few seconds of some games. Instead there'll be some repeated American crap on RTE2 tomorrow night instead

They're not allowed, they've no midweek highlights rights. TG4 have one and usually concentrate on games that didn't get much coverage.
Apparently Sky have a midweek highlights slot in their rights and don't even bother

Drumpot

I remember when a semi final lineup like today might of gotten 60k plus and a Dublin v Meath game alone would guarantee that on its own.

After such baron years I was delighted to see Dublin raise their game so much but not to see this crap in Leinster. Basically it’s august before Dublin usually get a decent game. Super 8s will help but I would hate to see Leinster championship cancelled or continue on like this. I’ve such fond memories from the 90s even if it wasn’t all rosey.

Would love if Meath really put it up to Dublin in the final and really pushed us. Weird as it is I wouldn’t mind losing to bring back some of that rivalry in my belly. I’ve been living in Meath over 13 years now and but for the odd blip Dublin have owned Leinster.

cj maxx

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

And yet if the GAA had any marketing smarts they could build up Dublin and Meath and get 50k there, as one sided as it'll be, but they'll happily let it play out and have half that. As bad as the competition is the marketing is absolutely ****ing useless.

No marketing could drum up that

threeball

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

They're not allowed, they've no midweek highlights rights. TG4 have one and usually concentrate on games that didn't get much coverage.
Apparently Sky have a midweek highlights slot in their rights and don't even bother

I think they do one but it's crap. Yer wan stands out by a river somewhere and introduces rte highlights. No more, no less.

threeball

jay0109 wrote: »

Why oh why is there also not a Monday night highlights package in June and July! A huge weekend of GAA being squeezed into 2 hours on RTE now.
If they go too the bother of having cameras at every game, then why just show a few seconds of some games. Instead there'll be some repeated American crap on RTE2 tomorrow night instead

I wish the Gaa would bother to put proper Camera positions at each ground. If it's not a main game they don't even bother elevating the camera. May as well have some lad in the front row record it on an iPhone.

doc_17

It’s unfair to accuse the GAA of marketing failures today as their actions on the whole have led to the problems that manifested themselves today.

doc_17

It’s unfair to accuse the GAA of marketing failures today as their actions on the whole have led to the problems that manifested themselves today. Marketing is the least of their sins.

Noelmcgov28

Those All-Ireland qualifier highlights for the 1st round were absolute ****e on the sunday game. What was the point of sending a cameraman if he's only gonna show 10 seconds of coverage?

rossie1977

1 minute 20 seconds total of highlights of Leitrim/wicklow, Offaly/London, louth/antrim and wexford/derry games on Sunday game.

windy shepard henderson

rossie1977 wrote: »

1 minute 20 seconds total of highlights of Leitrim/wicklow, Offaly/London, louth/antrim and wexford/derry games on Sunday game.

i am fully convinced that the people in rte that edit or make decisions on gaa coverage would rather have lads debating all night in the studio and make headlines the next day then actually show coverage

i think if right was right they could nearly ditch the analysis stuff altogether ,

RoyalCelt

Hammer Archer wrote: »

By the looks of it, Dublin are again barely getting out of first gear and are motoring past Kildare. Literally cannot see any possibility of them being beaten in Leinster for at least another 5-10 years.
Decent win for us. Laois had a good few goal chances and missed them all so could have been closer at the end. Great first championship start from James Conlon with 5 points from play.

2 of our 3 aims for the season (promotion and Leinster final) are in the bag. A win after our inevitable hammering in two weeks time will seal the third. Pleasantly surprised with how the season's gone.

We'll be lucky if they're beat at all in Ireland over the next decade. And when they finally lose it will push them on even more the years after. They won 5 leinsters in a row and after meath beat them haven't lost since. When donegal beat them in 2014 it just made them better.

Even if funds are redistributed and heavily invested in Leinster underage structures there's no guarantee anyone will ever catch them as they've a bigger population then the rest of leinster combined. Just be glad you witnessed the 80's, 90's and 00's when other teams could sometimes compete with Dublin.

threeball wrote: »

Will Meath have enough self belief to bring 20k to the final. I don't think so. Might get 50k total. Lipstick on a pig springs to mind.

We won't bring 10k. We'll be lucky to bring 5k. We've had 5k at a few league games both navan and the final. Probably 5k in Croker yesterday. I can't see anymore attending the final. Myself and the gang I went with yesterday will be watching the final in the local pub.

BonnieSituation

blowitupref wrote: »

Pot A - Round 1 Winners

Derry
Leitrim
Offaly
Antrim
Monaghan
Down
Westmeath
Longford

Pot B -Losing provincial semi-finalists

Sligo
Mayo
Limerick
Clare
Tyrone
Kildare
Laois
Armagh

Didn't realise it was seeded/split into pots.

So calling it now...

Monaghan v Tyrone

BonnieSituation

Westmeath v Limerick
Longford v Tyrone
Antrim v Kildare
Clare v Leitrim
Mayo v Down
Derry v Laois
Offaly v Sligo
Monaghan v Armagh (drawn out by Oisín McConville)

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Some decent fixtures there.

Hammer Archer

Westmeath v Limerick
Longford v Tyrone
Antrim v Kildare
Leitrim v Clare
Down v Mayo
Derry v Laois
Offaly v Sligo
Monaghan v Armagh

Oisin McConville was involved in the draw and he's not going to be popular in Armagh.

Beechwoodspark

Monaghan Armagh will be some match