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Sweeney has a piece in today's independent criticising the NHL set up.one point is Westmeath didn't choose to be effectively promoted from division 3 to division 1 as 2a and 2a are in real terms.remember last year Cork defeated Kilkenny in A relegation play off while Westmeath were promised the idea of the promotion from 2a to 1 a was they were guaranteed two years in division 1 but what happens they face a play off with Carlow to see who stays up. jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1416 - 02/03/2020 14:00:12 2271661 Link 1 |
If I see his name on a article i don't read it, just sensation journalism seems to be his go to bostonredsox (Wexford) - Posts: 4368 - 02/03/2020 14:17:23 2271670 Link 0 |
Maybe just a bit harsh but I'd definitely question his knowledge of hurling.
Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2185 - 02/03/2020 15:11:41 2271691 Link 1 |
Agreed but he has a point the above league's would be more competitive
jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1416 - 02/03/2020 20:42:52 2271789 Link 0 |
Didn't see the article but the leagues listed up there would be a terrible system. Year 1 you might have Wexford and Cork relegated, and Dublin and Laois promoted. The following year you would be almost guaranteed to have Wexford and Cork promoted, and Laois and 1 other relegated. There isn't much wrong with the current system, it allows teams prepare for championship and for developing teams to have a reasonable chance of being promoted to play the big guns and keep their place there.
Soma (UK) - Posts: 2630 - 02/03/2020 21:09:55 2271795 Link 1 |
And his knowledge of rugby
bloodyban (Limerick) - Posts: 1710 - 02/03/2020 22:02:14 2271805 Link 0 |
No different to .most journalists nowadays. They need to take a contrary view just to stay "relevant". It doesn't matter if the contrary view makes sense or is nonsense as long as it makes copy.
PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1898 - 02/03/2020 23:00:40 2271818 Link 0 |
The league's in themselves would be far more competitive than now as clearly it could only be top 2 to final.
jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1416 - 02/03/2020 23:15:08 2271821 Link 0 |
I agree the current NHL top 12 is about right. omahant (USA) - Posts: 2535 - 02/03/2020 23:21:27 2271825 Link 0 |
The leagues sweeney is mooting was the model used in the past which served us well if im asked. The top 2 in Div 1 went into semis and third and fourth in Div 1 played top 2 in Div 2 in quarter finals. hurler32 (Limerick) - Posts: 867 - 03/03/2020 10:00:01 2271876 Link 0 |
I read one of his articles last summer and it was appalling. StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1726 - 04/03/2020 10:58:34 2272141 Link 0 |
Given the weather impact in the last two years, should the GAA build in more off weeks within the same time interval ? omahant (USA) - Posts: 2535 - 06/03/2020 20:23:28 2272531 Link 0 |
Why do people think it makes sense for 2nd in div 2 (or 4th in past seasons) to get into knockout stages ahead of 5th in div 1. It always has been a ludicrous thing. Had it been Dublin who won the joe mcdonagh cup last year and knocked out laois in a prelim quarter final there would be uproar that they got an easy passage through. I don't know how the GAA comes up with these things. tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 08/03/2020 20:07:05 2272889 Link 0 |
It was most likely a way to get the vote through. I don't mind it to be honest most years it won't make much difference and if the JoeMcD teams do get good enough to win every year then the system worked and we can bring these guys into Liam full time
Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 08/03/2020 20:58:31 2272900 Link 0 |
yeah you can bet it was to get things through a vote.
perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 09/03/2020 13:24:54 2273016 Link 0 |
You could have Wex v Laois and Cork v Dub playoffs there - weak teams need to earn their way up - or have 1 up/1 down with 3rd last hosting lower div 3rd and 2nd last away at lower div 2nd.
omahant (USA) - Posts: 2535 - 09/03/2020 17:10:26 2273093 Link 0 |
Whatever type of league format is used, it definitely shouldn't have a quarter-final stage, And I'd argue it shouldn't even have a semi-final stage. If you have to have 2 equal league groupings as div 1, just have the top 2 teams play the final. I'd even go further and have an 8 team top division with no final, just the top team wins. Because its supposed to be a league. But if that can't be, it should really just have a final at maximum. Marlon_JD (Tipperary) - Posts: 1823 - 09/03/2020 17:50:01 2273106 Link 0 |
Yes - having most teams playing the same number of games is desirable. Given the weather, maybe a smaller NHL schedule (e.g.. 5 team groups) played over an unchanged time interval would work. omahant (USA) - Posts: 2535 - 10/03/2020 17:24:00 2273274 Link 0 |