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So what do people think of Galway's unanimous decision last night to play in 1 province and 1 only? Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 13/12/2016 11:00:46 1939841 Link 0 |
Galway minor, u21, intermediate and senior hurlers should play in Leinster and be allowed have home games when appropriate, GAA should force the issue. Club hurling structure should remain as is - winners from 4 different provinces over the last 5 years indicates that the club championship is fine, leave it alone. McFan88 (Limerick) - Posts: 447 - 13/12/2016 11:15:31 1939847 Link 1 |
I can see both sides of it, 73forever (Limerick) - Posts: 89 - 13/12/2016 11:42:35 1939857 Link 0 |
Its not Galways fault they are isolated in their province as the only county with a strong hurling tradition. RoyalBadger (Meath) - Posts: 571 - 13/12/2016 12:11:45 1939862 Link 1 |
It boils down to basic fairness. Home and home is the fairest way as demonstrated by almost every and any sport. Not JUST for the players but for fans too. No hurling matches in Connacht is disgraceful and not good for the game at all. Let's make it as fair as possible please. WoodlawnPat (Galway) - Posts: 288 - 13/12/2016 12:16:31 1939868 Link 0 |
Is the home games things though really a huge issue? tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1336 - 13/12/2016 12:37:47 1939873 Link 0 |
Wexford, and also Dublin's point, is that they are trying to develop Dual players all the way up to Minor (and some degree U21). They argue with KKs pure focus on hurling they are at a disadvantage. They argue that Galway would make this worse becuase Galway is not a dual county but a county split between two different codes. witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 13/12/2016 13:06:27 1939879 Link 0 |
Hurling people go on about the game etc but over the years they have done very little to help and accommodate in my opinion two strong counties with the potential to be major contenders Galway and Antrim. From the late 1980's on both could have done with help to be amalgamated properly into the championship. Both were isolated outside the main areas and both needed help. I just wish the powers that be would listen to former Antrim great Sambo McNaughton for instance on some of the problems faced by those outside the pale. Galway shold be allowed to play home games in Leinster and play in Minor, U21 etc. Byanthon (Tyrone) - Posts: 1780 - 13/12/2016 13:08:40 1939881 Link 2 |
Why should the club championship be left alone? Galway champions have to win 2 matches to win an All-Ireland, Oulart or Ballyea have to win 2-3 to win a province and then 2 more. Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 13/12/2016 15:15:39 1939911 Link 0 |
Ha yeah! Dublin develop dual players and then they all opt for football!
PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1903 - 13/12/2016 15:51:00 1939920 Link 0 |
The solution to hurling's problem is incredible simple. Get a national draw to the championship at all levels. Run provincial championships as separate competitions. Use them for seeding purposes possibly. Provincial championships in football are somewhat workable. In hurling it's a farce. The Leinster championship since they brought in the qualifying group has had teams in it from every province and even London. If you want to properly include teams from outside the stronghold areas this is the only way of doing it. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4219 - 13/12/2016 16:30:31 1939938 Link 4 |
There's imbalance the whole way through the club system. It's easier to win some counties than it is to win others. What can be done about it? Best solution I can give is to have Galway champions play the Ulster champions. There's 1 semifinal each year with it being contested on an alternating basis between the Munster and Leinster champion. 1 of the 2 champions gets a bye to the final. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4219 - 13/12/2016 16:37:49 1939940 Link 1 |
Just remove the label 'provincial championship' and have galway play with the teams from Leinster. Every effort should be made to accommodate Galway at every level. Keeping them out of competitions in case they might prevent other teams winning is ridiculous. I wouldn't mind atall if they were in Munster but better to keep things balanced they stay in Leinster. ZUL10 (Clare) - Posts: 693 - 13/12/2016 17:31:23 1939954 Link 1 |
I have no problem with Galway minor and U21 hurlers playing in Leinster. Dublin won the minor and U21 provincial titles this year. The other counties just have to develop their underage teams if they want to be competitive in Leinster. Ideally an open draw in hurling and football is the future, but that won't happen for the foreseeable future. thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1741 - 13/12/2016 18:25:00 1939961 Link 0 |
An open draw is the elephant in the room no one in hurling wants to talk about, especially down in Munster even though it has lost a bit of its magic due to the backdoor system. None of the traditional hurling counties will vote to do away with the Munster and Leinster finals even if in reality it would benefit hurling over the long term. bricktop (Down) - Posts: 2503 - 14/12/2016 11:26:06 1940047 Link 3 |
Very straight forward situation. Basic fair play is either include or exclude Galway. If Galway are in it should be on equal footing. Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1829 - 14/12/2016 12:54:54 1940061 Link 0 |
I love how people casually say 'scrap the provincials' 'open draw' 'play provincials separately' etc. As if it could be so easily done. RoyalBadger (Meath) - Posts: 571 - 14/12/2016 13:34:00 1940070 Link 1 |
Lets face it lads, both provincial championships have been absolutely awful for the past few years. Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 14/12/2016 15:03:45 1940107 Link 2 |
You don't want to go to Salthill for a hurling match at anytime of the year. Trust me! Was there for a qualifier around 10 years ago and I would've walked home quicker. But the bigger issue is putting a stadium almost in the Atlantic. Madness!
tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 14/12/2016 15:54:45 1940126 Link 0 |
Bit of a difference really. The United Ireland is a very hypothetical situation. Why would he commit to a plan of action on something that in all honesty isn't going to happen anytime soon. With regards changing the championship to open draw. It would be best for hurling. If there were a will, there'd be a way. There is no will for it, which in my eyes is disappointing. The provincial championships in my opinion are detrimental to the growth of the game outside of its stronghold areas, I'm not naive enough to think that the decision makers give 2 tosses about that. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4219 - 14/12/2016 16:50:54 1940141 Link 2 |