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Anyone know what the story with the cup competition are this year, is it confirmed that they will be ran in a group format this year and what way will that work in regards to semi final or finals. Also does anyone know when the draw will be out for these games and when will fixtures be posted as it's due to start in 2 weeks on the planner Meath4Sam2020 (Meath) - Posts: 141 - 13/01/2020 21:29:04 2259551 Link 1 |
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Draws will be out in the next few days.
jackhackett (Meath) - Posts: 773 - 13/01/2020 23:12:50 2259588 Link 0 |
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Personally I think it's just unnecessary games. Wouldn't be against scrapping the cups to be fair. The planner is already congested as it is PoppinPoints (Meath) - Posts: 225 - 14/01/2020 00:10:00 2259594 Link 0 |
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Very bad organising that no fixtures or clarity has been given on competitions Anmhi364 (Meath) - Posts: 65 - 14/01/2020 07:09:27 2259604 Link 2 |
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I think it's a good idea to have the cups in a group format this time of the year. It means that players arent training away for weeks without a game and it means that challenge games woudlnt have to be organised by clubs. Its Also great for new managers over teams to get to see there players play games that mean something rather than just boring challenge games this time of the year Meath4Sam2020 (Meath) - Posts: 141 - 14/01/2020 11:57:02 2259674 Link 1 |
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What do you mean no clarity has been given? Clubs know it's groups of 4 with the top team going through to a semi final. In Intermediate it's the same but the top team in group 4 and 5 play each other in a play off for the semi. This was included in last years proposal for 2020 competitions.
ChampSunday (Meath) - Posts: 12 - 14/01/2020 14:18:08 2259711 Link 0 |
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Fully agree.. draw to be done tonight as cccc only rarified last night...1st round games be played w/e 26 jan. cut out need for early season challenges
Brownepat (Meath) - Posts: 532 - 14/01/2020 14:18:43 2259712 Link 1 |
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Have no problem with Cup competitions being run first, but starting them w/e 26 Jan is a joke. Nothing concrete has been decided, yet they're giving less than two weeks notice for the first fixture.
meathgaa91 (Meath) - Posts: 48 - 14/01/2020 17:50:12 2259766 Link 1 |
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And we'll off. One poster suggests end of January to early for games another saying calendar to congested let them begin , clubs will play friendly games anyway Let's get on with it
royler (Meath) - Posts: 278 - 14/01/2020 19:42:44 2259793 Link 0 |
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Any fixtures out?
bobjaffacake (Meath) - Posts: 1400 - 15/01/2020 11:40:23 2259942 Link 0 |
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Dunshaughlin v Na Fianna Anmhi364 (Meath) - Posts: 65 - 15/01/2020 13:11:17 2259969 Link 1 |
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Longwood not in the CNB - anyone know a reason for this? ChampSunday (Meath) - Posts: 12 - 15/01/2020 16:16:21 2260027 Link 0 |
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They didn't enter it
jackhackett (Meath) - Posts: 773 - 15/01/2020 16:35:15 2260030 Link 0 |
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Why not?
ChampSunday (Meath) - Posts: 12 - 16/01/2020 14:15:21 2260203 Link 0 |
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That I don't know, was just told they're not entering this year.
jackhackett (Meath) - Posts: 773 - 16/01/2020 15:20:57 2260231 Link 0 |
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Feis Cup kicks off this weekend braxton_hicks (Meath) - Posts: 31 - 23/01/2020 11:03:04 2261737 Link 0 |
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Think its muich more aligned the Meath competitions with Ulster counties who work the same way. However the Feis Cup will become less and less of any importance now just like in Ulster counties. It will just see teams back and maybe 2 sessions in at most before first game and big teams missing whole load of players due to county , sigerson and U20 matches. Get ready to see some mad results at the weekend. As for Dunshauglin they may be dark horses given the big teams are missing 7 loads of players. The Nipper as good as he was is not going to transform Dunshaughlin as he has been gone for over 2 years and he is the wrong side of 30 too. Moyes there 5 years now and has he made them championship contenders. My opinion is he has not. They got well beat in Quarter Final last year by 9 or 10 points as I recall Talking_Sense (Meath) - Posts: 209 - 23/01/2020 12:23:10 2261754 Link 1 |
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I think you are right with the upsets , I can see a plethora of shock results come Sunday evening Id rather Feis Cup be played now and finished early where teams can use it for trying out players , rather than shoe horned in at the latter end of the season As for Dunshaughlin; Nippers Sabbatical was Down to a few factors , Wedding/ Serious Debilitating Long Term Injury / Work Commitments etc . . Now this Exile has been finished , he is fit and rearing to go and dont be surprised if he can stay fit , Dunshaughlin will provide a few surprises this year I felt for last years quarter final that you mentioned, we were missing his presence in the FF line with his leadership qualities along with his presence and scoring taking abilities , St Colmcilles Conlon reminds me of a young Nipper and I would even go far so as to say If you have these two in the Forward line for Meath even, their Synergy buzzing around a fit Newman or Lenihan it would be a joy to behold braxton_hicks (Meath) - Posts: 31 - 23/01/2020 14:37:09 2261792 Link 0 |
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Personally I think cups should be ravamped and an Fa cup format used. For example a complete open draw with every club in the county. However the lower graded team always gets home advantage. Would definitely draw huge crowds in the smaller junior clubs if they drew a top senior team. And in sure we'd always see a fairytale story with a junior club going on a big run, as we see with smaller clubs in the Fa Cup from the bottom divisions going on runs. Would be a lot more intriguing than the current strategy LoyalRoyal66 (Meath) - Posts: 85 - 23/01/2020 15:55:56 2261803 Link 0 |
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I like this idea . I remember when the Feis Cup was Senior and Intermediate clubs. One year in particular I can remember going to watch my own club who were a top 6 senior club play an intermediate club. I can't remember who it was possibly castletown or kilmaimham but they beat us on the night deservedly so but you could see the buzz they got out of beating one of the so called big boys and there was a very big crowd at it. I probably wouldn't include Junior teams as you could maybe have some cricket scores which is of benefit to nobody involved but I like the idea of Senior/Intermediate clubs and the smaller clubs getting a pop at some of the big boys.
Blackspot09 (Meath) - Posts: 1003 - 23/01/2020 16:58:05 2261814 Link 0 |