It was lose lose for both teams before the ball was thrown in. Win the game and you go to Croker to likely get trounced by Dublin. Lose and you're out in the qualifiers.

The result ? A bloody draw AET. Read the report on the match tracker, players dropping like flies towards the end, game ends, what happens now ? A 7 day break and they go for another bloody 70 minutes, 7 days before going out against the Dubs on the huge CP pitch, who themselves have just come off the back of a comfortable 26 point win yester-evening.

Surely seen as the championship campaigned is condensed and the turn around is quicker than before, the logical thing is to just finish it on the day with a penalty shootout ?

Any chance either team had of making a semi competitive game is now gone out the window.

They don't help themselves the oul GAA do they ? If they'd twice their braincells they'd be twice as think.

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 26/05/2019 19:42:14    2187760

PK57 (Louth) - Posts: 1653 - 26/05/2019 20:04:30    2187779

Surely if they're going to play two 10 minute periods of extra time then why the hell can't they play a further two 5 minute periods until there is a winner?

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1909 - 26/05/2019 20:13:45    2187781

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 26/05/2019 20:23:04    2187786

Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4226 - 26/05/2019 20:38:47    2187793

Seems a bit mad and maybe a better solution could be found then a replay, but this is championship football. Teams going through the qualifiers and ultimately these two teams will be anyway, will be playing every week anyway. They've known this since last year, I'm sure they have prepared their fitness accordingly.

I think anyone playing will just want to play for their county regardless of circumstances.

I'd look at it a different way, who wouldn't want to play Dublin in Croke Park on a sunny day in June, why break your break side all winter. It's the ultimate. Either way you will be in the qualifiers this round or next, may as well have a game in Croker before, likely be the highlight of the season.

TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 26/05/2019 20:49:58    2187799

Why not find a system of tie breakers like
if its a draw after extra team the side with most goals in the game goes through if sides have scored same amount of goals then whoever scored first goal wins and if not goals scored whoever had least red/yellow cards?

But crazy situation that shouldnt have happened.

KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3510 - 26/05/2019 22:05:50    2187860

Agreed that it should go to penalties. But disagree that either team ever had any chance of being competitive with Dublin.

You can't slag off the GAA for silly decisions when you happily said nothing for all those years they gave Dublin 10 times the funds of everyone else.

Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 26/05/2019 23:49:32    2187903

'Any chance either team had of making a semi competitive game is now gone out the window. '

Aw wayno, it's sweet that you even consider the possibility that either team had a chance of making a semi competitive game out of it before yesterday's game ! haha

Don't want to be speaking for Longford (maybe some of their supporters believe they might put up some sort of competition) but as far as Kildare are concerned, we are a shambles. If we win the replay (which I wouldn't be betting on) I will be amazed if we let in less than the 5 goals Louth conceded v the Dubs. It will be horrible for us.

KildareKelly (Kildare) - Posts: 593 - 27/05/2019 09:14:47    2187965

This was played like an OByrne Cup game. The standard was shocking and it was clear that neither team really wanted to win. A complete farce. What is the point in going in against Dublin? Football is dead in the rest of Leinster.

Daith (Kildare) - Posts: 1171 - 27/05/2019 09:23:14    2187971

When Kerry were winning all around them, scoring 9 goals v Clare at one stage, no one said "whats the point " they just became hellbent on trying to stop them, and it eventually happened, just as it will to us.

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8592 - 27/05/2019 11:49:48    2188060

LongfordSham (Longford) - Posts: 106 - 27/05/2019 13:02:13    2188094

Only 2 matches so far that weren't competitive. Hopefully the replay and laois v Meath are because we know there the only 2 remaining fixtures that have a chance.

Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 27/05/2019 13:33:06    2188114

I laugh at ye Kildare supporters, the most negative shower that's out there. It was a great game of football a joy to watch scores galore. Would ye rather watch the likes of fermanagh and donegal low scoring hand passing back and across the pitch. Sure dublin might give either of us a clipping but that's where ya want to be at giving them a rattle. They have to slip eventually. Last year we played with 14 men for 3/4 of the game and have to say we didn't put a bad showing in. Hopefully this year if we win the replay we can give it another good go

rahoorahoo (Longford) - Posts: 56 - 31/05/2019 12:48:30    2189378

Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 31/05/2019 12:59:34    2189388

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 31/05/2019 13:17:07    2189394

Awful showing from Longford in the replay, what a turnaround from last week to not competing today.

A fan would have a lot of questions, from the number of players who have suddenly opted not to be involved with the panel this year,to this type of inconsistency that was also an issue in the league. Apart from management, has something else changed this year we can point to?

Fully aware Kildare are super 8s last year and played well this weekend but not spectacularly and we failed to compete

camlin90 (Longford) - Posts: 3 - 03/06/2019 08:24:12    2190072