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The League will be Null and Void great news for Meath and Mayo especially. A great chance for a 32 County All Ireland Knockout Championship about July or August. Open draw with Division 3 or 4 teams having home advantage otherwise first out at home, with Semi and Final in Croke Park. Real Championship football with full houses everywhere. culmore (None) - Posts: 1398 - 20/03/2020 20:19:05 2274188 Link 1 |
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I'd imagine if the matches got started again it would just be a knock out type of Championship as many have suggested as it could be over with the fastest and be more meaningful than league matches.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 20/03/2020 20:40:02 2274192 Link 0 |
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Was thinking the league could be finished maybe late autumn similar to old days when it would start at that time. It could be done with in a 3 to 4 weeks. Championship looks unlikely at this stage, but again maybe knockout starting late June or July may be possible to get done. Anyway it's all secondary now. Things seem to be getting bad, but have to be proud of the way the association have being doing their part. Royalace (Meath) - Posts: 121 - 20/03/2020 20:48:30 2274194 Link 2 |
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I'd be happy if it happened as you described but player availability might be tough as in lots of people will be behind in bills, etc if people are laid off from their jobs or small businesses.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 21/03/2020 00:28:53 2274212 Link 2 |
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True. The doors might not be closed in three or six months time but there might not be a lot of folk with the money to come through them.
lionofludesch (Down) - Posts: 475 - 21/03/2020 10:09:22 2274217 Link 1 |
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Exactly. It'll be interesting to see how many Pubs that were maybe already on the brink of closing actually close now. I bring that up due to the fact that a lot of GAA Fundraising is done in Pubs.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 21/03/2020 11:02:45 2274223 Link 1 |
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Lilypad are you still more concerned about the mumps in kerry than the corona virus?
KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 22/03/2020 14:49:51 2274304 Link 6 |
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lol. That post aged well. I had forgotten about the mumps.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 24/03/2020 10:48:25 2274445 Link 2 |
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The kerry mumps pandemic of 2020 will be spoken about for years to come :-)
KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 24/03/2020 11:49:57 2274450 Link 6 |
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I am so happy that the forum has opened again, great to have a distraction. We are now seeing other sports cancelling competitions in June/July so it s looking very bad for the GAA fixtures calendar. The best we could hope for is the good old-fashioned knock out competitions for both club and county. Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1873 - 24/03/2020 15:37:31 2274486 Link 1 |
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I agree with you. I don't think we'll see anything this year but a knock out of any fashion would be better than nothing at all.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 24/03/2020 18:48:50 2274526 Link 0 |
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that comment may have been tongue in cheek
lilypad (Kildare) - Posts: 1363 - 24/03/2020 19:09:18 2274530 Link 2 |
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The wife is amazed at all the jobs I'm finally getting too around the house, inside and out, sport can take its fair share of time alright. No sport until April 19 and then some. suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1667 - 24/03/2020 19:09:33 2274532 Link 1 |
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and i really fancied us this year :-( lilypad (Kildare) - Posts: 1363 - 24/03/2020 19:15:52 2274538 Link 1 |
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You'd be shocked at how much time is spent watching sports or the pub or both. It really adds up! Good for you though for getting stuff done around the house.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 24/03/2020 20:38:13 2274547 Link 0 |
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Ah sure tongue in cheek is better than mump in cheek :-)
KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 25/03/2020 13:53:06 2274612 Link 4 |
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You could have been first winners of the Tailteann cup and it's been taken from you.
carlovia (None) - Posts: 1517 - 25/03/2020 21:01:25 2274669 Link 4 |
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Kildare always has nice footballers but Dublin are too far ahead of anyone else in Leinster. The battle in Leinster is for second place I'd say.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 26/03/2020 12:16:15 2274722 Link 1 |
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yeh we need to beef up our ways theres no shortage of footballers but the next level doesnt happen by itself, you have to want it and then believe it
lilypad (Kildare) - Posts: 1363 - 26/03/2020 19:38:17 2274772 Link 1 |
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Well you basically have had the same problem as everyone else and that was that Dublin were so good the last 10 years or so. Kildare could give anyone a decent match over the years but that wasn't good enough against Dublin as Mayo, Kerry, Tyrone, etc can attest to. All you can do is keep trying like everyone else. I have decent hopes for Galway if the season ever gets started. We have to beat this damn Virus first though.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 26/03/2020 23:17:51 2274792 Link 0 |