Mod Note Post #1 - The 2022 All Ireland Senior Football Championship.

 The American writer HL Mencken noted that “for every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong”.

People don't like complex things or the factors which contribute to them (like why a given team did or didn't win an All Ireland). In order to avoid having to either think about these complex solutions to problems or (even worse) having to admit that they don't know everything, they will pick something very simple (celebrating a semi final win) and home in on it as being the sole contributing factor to something complex (winning an All Ireland).

It helps if their "solution" is totally impossible to prove or falsify. We've no measure of who has celebrated too much, too little or just the right amount, and no pattern or connection is visible. Innumerable teams have celebrated semi final wins and gone on to win finals, and just as many have solemnly walked off the field focused on the final, only to lose.

As a meath fan id agree with one of the posters fatty.. cant see Meath turning around abysmal league form to beating Dublin. hopefully 5-6 points defaet

This interview is unbelievable. The absolute arrogance of this lad, and seemingly most of his teammates. You'd have to feel sorry for Down, and particularly James McCartan, a true servant to Down football.

Maybe, maybe not. The demand at intercounty level is excessive. Any player that is on a county panel is unavailable to his club for 6-7 months. If you are not happy with the county setup why be involved. Between gym, video and training most county players can be out 5+ night a week.

Down has not won an Ulster championship in 12 years. You wod only rank them 7th or 8th in Ulster now. It's a lit of committment for no reward. Hard to get back into club stride after a poor season

Players opt out of county level all the time, its a tough gig. However, I was yet to hear of someone declare that them and their clubmates wont play for their county as they are such a big crowd of fcuking losers. Or also demand that they bring in a manager of their choosing as they think a guy that won multiple Ulster and All Ireland medals as a player, and was an All Ireland finalist as manager, is not good enough for them.

Down are in an awful state right now, and sinking fast. These jumped up d!ckheads with one All Ireland club medal refusing to play is only making the situation much worse.

Haven’t other counties had the same problem without it ever been said as vocally. A lot of the Corofin lads would not be too pushed about playing for the Galway county team in the past at least. Edit~ notice another poster already said Corofin. First team I thought of.

And I seem to remember lads from what could be termed lesser profile counties. Like Wicklow much prefer their club football and the county stuff is a hinderance to them so they opt out. But great in Sigurdsson Cup for their colleges etc.

Its ridiculous. Same with the hurling the other day. I dont watch hurling but obviously hurling fans would love to watch both games but they fixed them both for 2pm.

Dublin v Meath won't even be on telly so it's a kind of moot point but scheduling games to clash bugs me.

Yeah I was surprised to be honest. Thought it would be spaced out a bit more. Normally a supporter can at least catch most of another match that is televised before going to another one or afterwards.

I did consider not going to the Meath match as a solution. But then twigged it was not televised.

And going to the Meath match - I would at least get to see how Dublin play when they don’t have the ball and if there is much improvement - against which should be a decent litmus test

To see where Dublin are at in their development. Or what they are at!

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It is a shame I can’t watch Monaghan v Derry. Nice novelty to it. Should be tense. And those are always great ones for the neutrals.

I understand that completely. And I go to every Kerry game but it sucks missing out on other games if they're on the same time.

Apples and oranges tbf. I dont watch soccer, bar the odd CL game if I'm at home midweek, so can't comment on that one.

It was pretty ridiculous with 2 of the biggest hurling games on at the same time in fairness. Big games could definitely be staggered throw in times.

Yeah I mentioned that it was a moot point in this specific situation in a post you've already replied to. Its more of a general point that big games could be staggered to be shown on TV so many people can see many games.

Why does staggering those games mean losing a TV game elsewhere?

Nobody is asking for the Meath v Dublin game to be televised. The OP just expressed disappointment at missing another big match because, I assume, they will be at the Dublin v Meath match.

Yeah, I know how it works. Not sure why you think the GAA avoiding games clashing means a TV game will be lost elsewhere though.

Again, nobody is asking for the Meath dublin match to be televised. Just avoid a clash of throw in times with big games is all thats being suggested.

Yep, that's exactly my point. Not sure why it's taken you this long to comprehend it but nice to have you.

Stagger big games, even if only 1 is televised so people can watch it also. Which was the original point of the OP.

Anyway, seems you just misunderstood and I've just remembered there is a TV thread of it's own so I'll bow out of this one instead of dragging it on further since we seem to pretty much agree.