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can anyone explain to me why in a province where there are 7 teams competing that one team has to win 3 games to get to a final whilst another plays once to get to a final. s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 24/07/2016 13:20:15 1889095 Link 0 |
The New Yor game is treated as somewhat of an exhibition match. It'll bite the GAA soon when they beat one of the teams. Then they'll have a case of either fly s team out to play a second New York game or have New York have to travel over, which they won't want to do as not all players are over there above board. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4210 - 24/07/2016 13:36:19 1889106 Link 0 |
It's a joke, only in the west can you have 8 or 9 rounds just to play 3 lousy games, quarter, semi and final. We have a preliminary round then a 2nd plem round followed by a 3rd, then there's the round for emigrants, then the round for locals, then a round for politicians, a round for the churches, a round for the county councils before we get the semis riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 24/07/2016 16:18:11 1889191 Link 0 |
Is this about football, drink or both?
Llaw_Gyffes (Mayo) - Posts: 1113 - 24/07/2016 16:42:20 1889209 Link 0 |
Simply - they want their elite teams to get the 'Kilkenny' treatment !
omahant (USA) - Posts: 2573 - 27/07/2016 19:15:56 1891154 Link 0 |
Happens in every province to some degree. Didnt Antrim get a bye to THE FINAL each year in the hurling until recently? DoireCityFC (Derry) - Posts: 1580 - 27/07/2016 19:52:38 1891174 Link 0 |
Now they're saying Mayo deliberately lost to Galway. Say it ain't so Stephen. liner (Mayo) - Posts: 756 - 27/07/2016 20:04:43 1891179 Link 0 |
that's different . Antrim were always the top team in Ulster and would hammer the others. In connacht it seems the team that travels to NewYork also have to play a quarter final whilst 2 other teams get a bye in to the semis. I can't see the logic. Can someone explain please.
s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 27/07/2016 21:59:20 1891251 Link 0 |
Its a bad system alright. Roscommon played 6 championship games this year and were out before quarter final stage, Galway could win an All Ireland by playing 6 games in total, and they both got to Connacht Final Douglas_Hyde (Roscommon) - Posts: 90 - 28/07/2016 09:19:50 1891341 Link 0 |