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Replying To gunman:  "When you see what coming third meant to Galway I think it is a great system and I am sorry to see it being replaced.Would yous rather have seen us packing our bags after the Tyrone game."
Not really the point. Of course coming third means something, because that's what's required to stay in contention for the big prize.

Just because it means something doesn't mean that it's as it should be. As stated, this format meant that the third best team from a 5-team province still had the chance to remain in the comp despite failing to win any of their opening three fixtures in championship. The team they had to beat were the third-best team in a 7-team province who had managed one win from 4 games (against London, over two months ago).

It's not the lack of jeopardy that bothers me, it's that the teams who win Ulster and Leinster play more matches, pick up more injuries and suspensions, and their reward is a slightly better seeding in a stage that whittles 16 teams down to 12.

SurelyToGod (Donegal) - Posts: 465 - 15/06/2025 12:32:39    2617687

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Replying To S1234:  "Still a ridiculous statement. If you can't beat Mayo you can forget about sam how arrogant.
We are not as good as the team who put it up to the Dubs 6 in a row. Obviously not as we are a team in transition one of the youngest teams in the country .

Yet we are still in division 1 so can hardly be as bad you make us out to be . Came within a grasp of beating Galway in connacht final who are also favourites for sam to .
Write us off at your peril love the arrogance from you lot for Sunday and the dismissal of our young guys hope it spurs them on and it will !"
Within a grasp of beating Donegal... lol .

greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 670 - 15/06/2025 18:05:36    2617791

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Congratulations to Donegal. Best of luck in the rest of the Championship.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8080 - 15/06/2025 18:17:04    2617798

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What a tight game. Not at our best. Hard luck on Mayo especially as draw kept them in it.

The draw tomorrow will go long way to deciding championship. If Galway avoid Donegal and Kerry, then Donegal may end up in the best position of all the teams remaining.

Why? In that scenario, you'd expect Donegal, Galway, Kerry & Dublin to win their preliminaries (i know that's a bit foolish this seadon but....)

Then for quarter finals in that scenario Kerry would have to play Armagh meaning big two face each other, we get Meath or Monaghan and another big gun runs into Tyrone.

I'd expect Armagh would beat Kerry in that scenario and we would probably end up playing a Dublin or Galway potentially in semi finals.

shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 366 - 15/06/2025 19:24:51    2617820

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