2020 All Ireland Senior Football Championship MOD NOTE POST #1

dobman88

Took longer than I expected for this game to be over. Expected Dublin to have it tied up before the water break instead of just after. They're just so good to watch at breaking a team

Dr. Bre

I love how Ger Canning says Dublin

kona

Laois are a pretty stupid team.

Inquitus

So going forwards:

1. Connacht Champ (Mayo) v Munster Champ (Winner of Cork v Tipp)
2. Leinster Champ (Winner of Meath v Dublin) v Ulster Champ (Winner of Donegal v Cavan)

3. Winner 1 v Winner 2 (All Ireland Football Final)

Dr. Bre

Dr. Bre wrote: »

I love how Ger Canning says Dublin

Dablin.

yop

Good win. Dirty conditions. We have lots to improve.
Great tactical foul at the end. We should have done that many times in other years.

Good to win Connacht after relegation.

C__MC

Laois just playing to keep it respectable
Some win for cavan

blowitupref

Congrats to Mayo first Connacht title in 5 years. Galway improved a lot 2nd half have will be kicking themselves to not at least bring that game to extra time. 2nd year in a row that that a team got relegated from Division 1 and went on to win Connacht.

A fine comeback win for Cavan to reach back to back Ulster finals for the first time since the 60s.

Meath are in some goalscoring form, 12 alone in the last two games.

Inquitus

blowitupref wrote: »

Meath are in some goalscoring form, 12 alone in the last two games.

Aye Meath looked pretty much dead and buried at halftime, but came flying out of the blocks and overturned the fairly hefty deficit in just a few minutes. Looking like Meath v Dublin in the Leinster Final!

Green&Red

Comic Book Guy wrote: »

So ultimately that Higgins lying on Galway forward free in not given was the difference.

Thought referee was very poor throughout. Miles behind the standard of Gough the previous week.

Counter argument to that is the yellow for Durcan in the first half, clearly shoulder to shoulder, that cancels out the Higgins free

grbear

Galway only have themselves to blame for losing. The cynical foul at the end isn't great to see but it was the right thing for him to do.

Cavan_King

What time are the football finals next weekend? Is there one on Saturday?

With the amount of football on today, one of the games really should have been moved to yesterday evening.

castletownman

Twelve goals in two games in winter football is some scoring from Meath. I know a lot of them came from defensive mishaps both days, but you still have to capitalise on the chance.

I'd say many an All Ireland was won scoring less goals.

Fann Linn

Cavan_King wrote: »

What time are the football finals next weekend? Is there one on Saturday?

With the amount of football on today, one of the games really should have been moved to yesterday evening.

Saturday night for LF anyway, just mentioned now in commentary.

soap1978

cavan making a ulster final,mean ni tier 2 next year

Inquitus

Current bookies odds after today's games and an assumed Dublin win given the huge lead they have over Laois:

Dublin 4/6
Mayo 7/2
Donegal 4/1
Cork 11/1
Meath 50/1
Tipperary 100/1
Cavan 150/1

yop

Why is that game played in croker out of interest?

Not even a training session for Dublin.

yop

yop wrote: »

Why is that game played in croker out of interest?

Not even a training session for Dublin.

Facilities I’d imagine.

yop

Chalk McHugh wrote: »

Mayo 8/11
Galway evens

I'll play it safe and back Galway +1 just in case it ends a draw. Come back to me next week after full time and we'll see who's out of their mind.

Still out of your mind..... Sorry had to pull this one 😅😁

Cavan_King

Ulster Council have stupidly set the Ulster Final for the Athletic Grounds in Armagh and it was a mud bath today.

yop

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Facilities I’d imagine.

Why facilities?
Parnell park was used yesterday for the ladies. Maybe the pitch cut up. But the cost of opening croker for a non match.
Was just curious anyway

ArielAtom

A superb foul at the door for Mayo. Every supporter would expect a player from their team to do it. Now can we stop going on about 2017😉

Chalk McHugh

yop wrote: »

Still out of your mind..... Sorry had to pull this one 😅ðŸ˜

Fair play lad . But to be fair it's taken a little out of context. You said i was out of my mind to even predict a Galway win like as if they had little or no chance. I always thought it was 50/50 and it pretty much was.

Barlett

ArielAtom wrote: »

A superb foul at the door for Mayo. Every supporter would expect a player from their team to do it. Now can we stop going on about 2017😉

Exactly! All these things even themselves out!

dobman88

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Facilities I’d imagine.

More so the fact it's a Leinster semi final surely? All the football and hurling semis have always been played in croker havent they?

yop

Chalk McHugh wrote: »

Fair play lad . But to be fair it's taken a little out of context. You said i was out of my mind to even predict a Galway win like as if they had little or no chance. I always thought it was 50/50 and it pretty much was.

Was only been a smart ass. Games are hard to call. I found it nigh impossible to call today.

happyoutscan

Chalk McHugh wrote: »

Fair play lad . But to be fair it's taken a little out of context. You said i was out of my mind to even predict a Galway win like as if they had little or no chance. I always thought it was 50/50 and it pretty much was.

In fairness you were correct. Much closer than I had anticipated.

tayto lover

Cavan_King wrote: »

I don’t know who assigns the referees for Cavan games. If they don’t give us a Meath man, they give us a Monaghan one! And a Monaghan one reffing his first intercounty game at that!

He caused a six point swing first half. Down’s goal was from a ‘mark’ that wasn’t as it didn’t go beyond the 45. I wouldn’t mind but the linesman was right beside it. That’s two officials that should know a basic rule.

Then he allows advantage for the Down goal but when Marty Reilly gets around two men and is about to shoot he calls it back.

Still, we got the correct result in the end.

How would you have felt about the officiating if Cavan had lost by a point or two?

robbiezero

While the knockout element of the football championship has made it very exciting and results like the Cork one v Kerry have been brilliant, I'd still prefer to have the back door or super-eights.
We are at provincial final stage in 3 of the provinces now and when the championship should be coming to a crescendo, it really looks like that with 2 of the top 4 gone already, there is probably only 1 big clash of significance in terms of winning the All-Ireland remaining.

Compare to the hurling championship where you have the top 6 teams in the country left in the championship and 5 mouth-watering games to come.

dobman88

robbiezero wrote: »

While the knockout element of the football championship has made it very exciting and results like the Cork one v Kerry have been brilliant, I'd still prefer to have the back door or super-eights.
We are at provincial final stage in 3 of the provinces now and when the championship should be coming to a crescendo, it really looks like that with 2 of the top 4 gone already, there is probably only 1 big clash of significance in terms of winning the All-Ireland remaining.

Compare to the hurling championship where you have the top 6 teams in the country left in the championship and 5 mouth-watering games to come.

As a Kerry man, I'm obviously gutted they're gone but I think it makes a case for the return to knockout. That win for Cork actually meant something. I saw a comment elsewhere, not only did they beat Kerry, they knocked them out of the championship. That's massive when you think about it. We have seen back doors let a team build up a bit of momentum and come back to haunt a team later in the year. For me, the football is more exciting this year because of it whereas last year, a loss even in the poxy super 8s didnt spell disaster.

All that, along with the main point is that it frees up loads of time for the club game instead of a long drawn out county season which will be far more positive in the long run imo.