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

Only Lower Hogan, Lower Cusack and premium Suite Level will be open tomorrow and just 20,000 is the expected attendance

Will the penny drop with HQ that they made the wrong call to not play Kildare v Mayo and Clare v Roscommon in provincial grounds?

There is three tiers in hurling so teams are very equally split. The Liam teams are 5 in Munster, Kilkenny,Wexford Dublin and Galway. Slight below them( yo-yo teams between Joe and Liam) are lapis, Westmeath and Antrim.

Kerry is the only team that really get to have to travel distances to matches.

I am not saying it's ideal but give the competition a chance. I think it's the same cohort that think the split season is wrong, that all teams need to have a chance to play Sam

The really big thing is that there seems to be major buy in by players and that is a big thing. Lots of people nit picking and I think most are not those that play or support clubs

I was arguing in favour of the open draw in football! The original point I was making is that it was stated that the cost of Waterford going to Fermanagh would be prohibitive so the T Cup was North and South.....but yet there are non traditional hurling counties travelling all over for matches in lower tiers.

It appears to me that the GAA have been far more interested in supporting hurling over all but the best football counties in recent years.

There could be more in Clones at one game.

You can get a day pass for now tv, make sure you pick the sports package. Its around a tenner

Can you not process the simple point I'm making? Dublin beat every team they played against by double figure points in the provincial championships. Mayo got knocked out in the provincials 4 years in a row. In 3 of those years they got the luck of the draw to a huge degree (they're very easy to go back and look at btw), and the other year they got knocked out in the qualifiers. Dublin were never in the qualifiers, and they finished top of their super 8 group twice, so how exactly can you say Dublin got lucky? Mayo went into the qualifiers and ended up rewarded rather than punished. I was saying I wouldn't be surprised if it happens again.

That's nothing against mayo, it's just what actually happened. Is it wrong when it's repeatedly pointed out that Man City got repeated handy domestic cup draws, or that Liverpool had a handy champions League draw this year?

I actually bookended my argument with 2011, the year James Horan won a first connacht title and then got drawn to play the reigning all Ireland and league champions in the QF. An unlucky draw you would say. Same thing happened in 2013 getting Donegal in the QF. I agree 16 and 17 were nice qualifier draws, but then this year we've been drawn against 2 division 1 teams while Cork got Louth and Limerick. When you're knocking around for 11 years pretty much there will be a few handy runs in there.

I would say you are probably right re All Ireland winners. Dublin have a muscle memory if can have a decent lead for the last 20min could still be a top side. But if is close at last 20min not sure.

There is always a surprise package that puts it up to the top sides each year. Or even beats a top team, this year likely looks like one of Ulster teams.

Todays game Kildare v Mayo will tell a lot of were teams are really at. Should be a good match looking forward to it as a neutral. Knockout football should be goals anyway.

The GAA deserve nothing more. The penny might finally drop and have these games in actual neutral venues halfway between both counties. And not in an empty, atmosphereless croke park. It really is a horrible place to watch a game on days like today with so little in attendance

Would make you question the scouting of club players that they do

Or is it just a case of ‘ah ya he’s our goalie and that’s the way it is’

How among all of their clubs is there not a better keeper?

Donie Smith puts Ros a point up!😝

did not see that coming...

Unbelievable well done Clare!!