Replying To Viking66: "If Kerry get good enough to win the Joe Mac they will have reached the same standard as other Joe Mac winners, who have shown in Leinster when they target certain games they can get quite close to Liam McCarthy counties on occasion. In 2022 Westmeath targeted us and got a draw. They werent any further behind us than Clare were in the AIQF that year at the hour mark, and the team we had on the pitch in Mullingar was stronger than the team we had on the pitch in Semple Stadium. 2 years ago in 2024 Carlow drew with Kilkenny. Antrim beat us that year, and in 2024 we were in pretty good form, we beat Galway comfortably, and were robbed in Nowlan Park. Kilkenny ran Clare to 2 points in the AISF. Clare went on to win the AI. Last year Dublin beat Offaly, who had just come up out of the Joe Mac, by only 1 point more than they beat Limerick by. You drew the Munster final in normal and extra time so were one of the strongest teams in Munster last year.
If Kerry do win the Joe Mac Id say they will target whoever is weakest of the Munster counties, maybe the weakest 2. They wont get hammered in every game. They will have to have a pretty decent team to win the Joe Mac in the 1st place. And a team might have an off day, or get complacent."
Teams cant afford an off day in Munster. You lose and you are under serious pressure immediately. The one fixture that everyone would target to ramp up the score difference is the Kerry game. If anyone ever dropped points to Kerry their season is over.
Replying To Tadhg2020: "Teams cant afford an off day in Munster. You lose and you are under serious pressure immediately. The one fixture that everyone would target to ramp up the score difference is the Kerry game. If anyone ever dropped points to Kerry their season is over."
Score difference against Kerry would be irrelevant if mini Leagues were employed in the event of 3 plus way ties. Only the scoring difference in games between the tied counties. The extra game would put pressure on counties with smaller squads too. And older squads. By your reckoning counties would be planning to put in peak performances 5 times instead of 4.
Tadhg, Tadhg, Tadhg!! There's no way the Munster 5 will risk qualification based on scoring difference against the new lambs of spring fresh from a unique promotion. Scoring difference would be voted through in the autumn following a heralded refreshing promotion. Many current day matters are not set in stone. Hence Joe Mac can increase to 8 etc.. Sin é.
Replying To Tadhg2020: "Teams cant afford an off day in Munster. You lose and you are under serious pressure immediately. The one fixture that everyone would target to ramp up the score difference is the Kerry game. If anyone ever dropped points to Kerry their season is over."
Waterford didn't make it in 1A. There's hardly much hope for them in the great Munster championship.
Replying To Viking66: "Score difference against Kerry would be irrelevant if mini Leagues were employed in the event of 3 plus way ties. Only the scoring difference in games between the tied counties. The extra game would put pressure on counties with smaller squads too. And older squads. By your reckoning counties would be planning to put in peak performances 5 times instead of 4."
As i have said already, score difference didnt matter in Cork v Offaly league game last week. They still put 6-36 on them. Every team are likely to do similar as players try to prove themselves. Im sure that you are going to say that Waterford wont but Waterford are a capable team who will put up a high score when given the chance. Why would the other counties agree to a mini league? Its far more straight forward to use score difference and that is the current system.