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Things That Seemed Ridiculous At Start Of Decade That Actually Happened

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OK stole this idea from other sport forums but worth a shot for GAA. Startled earwigs Dublin would win 7/10 available All Irelands including a 5 in a row. Kilkenny would not be the team to do 5 in a row first. Kerry would win only one All Ireland. Clare would come out of nowhere and win hurling All Ireland. In same year Dublin would win Leinster. No hopers Donegal would win an All Ireland and establish themselves as top 4/5 team. London would reach a provincial final. Hurling provincials would abandon knock out format for round robin as a reaction to football QFs becoming round robin Mayo would lose yet another 4 finals without winning one. Offaly would end up in hurlings 3rd tier. Sky Sports would show live matches. Tipperary would reach a football semi. Any more? RoyalBadger (Meath) - Posts: 571 - 28/12/2019 15:01:26 2256321 Link
Limerick to win an all Ireland and even crazier become a favourite to win more. Cork to go so long without an AI in both men's codes at the same time. Also I don't think the hurling round robin and the super 8 are connected Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 28/12/2019 21:02:08 2256354 Link
Replying To RoyalBadger: "OK stole this idea from other sport forums but worth a shot for GAA. Startled earwigs Dublin would win 7/10 available All Irelands including a 5 in a row. Kilkenny would not be the team to do 5 in a row first. Kerry would win only one All Ireland. Clare would come out of nowhere and win hurling All Ireland. In same year Dublin would win Leinster. No hopers Donegal would win an All Ireland and establish themselves as top 4/5 team. London would reach a provincial final. Hurling provincials would abandon knock out format for round robin as a reaction to football QFs becoming round robin Mayo would lose yet another 4 finals without winning one. Offaly would end up in hurlings 3rd tier. Sky Sports would show live matches. Tipperary would reach a football semi. Any more?" Cody would still manage KK at the end of it. Cork go a first decade since 1800's without lifting Liam Hawkeye would decide an AI final. ZUL10 (Clare) - Posts: 693 - 28/12/2019 21:30:21 2256355 Link
The leinster football championship becomming completly irrevelant. Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1913 - 28/12/2019 22:41:04 2256361 Link
That Kerry who were so poor at the minor grade for so many years would win 5 in a row All Irelands. Kerry15 (Kerry) - Posts: 958 - 29/12/2019 11:16:46 2256390 Link
Cork and Down who contested the first all Ireland of the decade would start the next decade playing division 3 football pidge (Cork) - Posts: 543 - 29/12/2019 13:23:50 2256401 Link
Cork not to won any AI hurling championship, PuC hosted a Soccer game, albeit pressured into it, Kerry to only winning one all Ireland, also never thought a football team would win 5 in a row DuhallowRed (Cork) - Posts: 268 - 29/12/2019 18:26:36 2256442 Link
Replying To pidge: "Cork and Down who contested the first all Ireland of the decade would start the next decade playing division 3 football" That feels so long ago now I assumed decade was a typo and you meant millennium. What a quaint old time it was back then Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 29/12/2019 19:49:58 2256450 Link
A Carlow team would win a Leinster senior club hurling title and to a lesser extent in the opposite direction, a Tipperary team would win a Munster senior club football title. eoghan6688 (Galway) - Posts: 154 - 30/12/2019 13:11:15 2256506 Link
Replying To Breezy: "That feels so long ago now I assumed decade was a typo and you meant millennium. What a quaint old time it was back then" This was back when the conventional wisdom around here was that winning your province was detrimental to a teams hopes of an All-Ireland and serious teams should aim for the qualifier route. FloggingSully (USA) - Posts: 11 - 30/12/2019 13:29:46 2256512 Link
Definitely for me was the turnaround in Donegal's fortunes. From the debacle of the Armagh defeat in Crossmaglen in 2010 to All-Ireland champions two years later still baffles me in a good way to this day! Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9155 - 30/12/2019 14:11:29 2256514 Link
Replying To eoghan6688: "A Carlow team would win a Leinster senior club hurling title and to a lesser extent in the opposite direction, a Tipperary team would win a Munster senior club football title." Also in hurling Carlow Vs Galway and lapis knocking Dublin out of the championship Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 30/12/2019 14:59:54 2256520 Link
Mayo losing 5 finals was it? maroondiesel (Mayo) - Posts: 1197 - 30/12/2019 15:47:54 2256525 Link
Replying To Breezy: "Also in hurling Carlow Vs Galway and lapis knocking Dublin out of the championship" Lapis being the ancient name for Lapis of course Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 30/12/2019 16:47:32 2256531 Link
A county that was a laughing stock at inter-county level suddenly winning 7 All Irelands! But I'm sure money had nothing to do with it, or the home advantage, or the professional set-up :D TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 30/12/2019 18:05:53 2256545 Link
that the dubs would beat kerry in every big game they met in and if the dubs won the 5 that kerry posters would congratulate without whinging lilypad (Kildare) - Posts: 1363 - 30/12/2019 18:40:45 2256552 Link
Replying To Breezy: "Also in hurling Carlow Vs Galway and lapis knocking Dublin out of the championship" Saying in 2009 that Laois would knock Dublin out of the championship would not have been outlandish at all. It would have only been a few seasons since it had happened. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13718 - 30/12/2019 19:13:06 2256561 Link
That the GAA would tear down a stadium just over 40 years since it was last redeveloped & that the final cost would be disputed by those involved with three different figures given. Add in that the brand new pitch surface would have to be relaid within a few months of the opening & you have a situation that matches the highest incompetence you would have thought belonged to a decade ago. moc.dna (Galway) - Posts: 1212 - 30/12/2019 20:44:19 2256566 Link
Replying To TheHermit: "A county that was a laughing stock at inter-county level suddenly winning 7 All Irelands! But I'm sure money had nothing to do with it, or the home advantage, or the professional set-up :D" What home advantage!! Parnell Park hasn't been used for football championship games in years superdub (Dublin) - Posts: 392 - 30/12/2019 21:36:31 2256576 Link
Replying To TheHermit: "A county that was a laughing stock at inter-county level suddenly winning 7 All Irelands! But I'm sure money had nothing to do with it, or the home advantage, or the professional set-up :D" Got 0% affiliation with the county in question and only marginally more interest in football, but God above, they are deserving of a bit more respect than that... Laughing stock!! Are you serious.. It really does seem to kill you Kerry lads that you don't saunter to an all Ireland final every year by playing 3 or 4 matches. Bitterness indeed. Kilkenny utterly dominated hurling between 2004-14, they weren't liked but they were respected.. Respect to Dublin, they're worthy champions skillet (Limerick) - Posts: 1065 - 30/12/2019 22:28:12 2256583 Link