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Replying To sligo joe:  "Dublin have never won an All Ireland, or indeed reached an All-ireland final by way of a back door or "second chance".
Maybe, hopefully, this year!"
Well the back door has only existed since around 2000/2001, and Dublin won the Leinster title in 02, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 and then evening from 2011-2024.

So they had very little opportunities to ever go through a back door because they usually won Leinster.

Even if they do win it this year, it's not the same as going through the back door because the format is completely different.

Cabbagepatch1667 (Meath) - Posts: 22 - 06/06/2025 13:24:46    2615320

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Replying To tirawleybaron:  "That is correct - Leinster has been set up so that Dublin don't often go through the back door. They have had the luxury of a seeded leinster championship which guaranteed a soft Leinster qfinal home matches all the way through. Add in the weakness of Leinster overall and they would have no decent match until the qfinals - often against a team who had to play every week to get there and then face a nicely rested Dublin, playing at home.
Even with the super 8 they got two home matches to everyone else getting 1."
However you stated that the "backdoor/second chance system" helped strong teams such as Dublin. This system has never helped Dublin(b4 2025) a fact.
Your statement quoting Dublin as a beneficiary of the "backdoor/second chance" system is incorrect, 100% incorrect.

sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 923 - 06/06/2025 13:37:07    2615329

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Replying To sligo joe:  "However you stated that the "backdoor/second chance system" helped strong teams such as Dublin. This system has never helped Dublin(b4 2025) a fact.
Your statement quoting Dublin as a beneficiary of the "backdoor/second chance" system is incorrect, 100% incorrect."
read it again and your "quote" - you'll notice I didn't say what you think I said. The system helped dublin by keeping them apart from other strong counties until all Ireland semi final stage - combined with the provincial rotation - Dublin could only really play Kerry (the other team with a handy draw) every third year (outside of finals). So the structure was of benefit to Dublin overall - not because they wont all ireland through the back door - but because the structure was designed to keep them away from good teams for as long as possible.

tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1433 - 06/06/2025 15:51:32    2615369

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Replying To Cabbagepatch1667:  "Well the back door has only existed since around 2000/2001, and Dublin won the Leinster title in 02, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 and then evening from 2011-2024.

So they had very little opportunities to ever go through a back door because they usually won Leinster.

Even if they do win it this year, it's not the same as going through the back door because the format is completely different."
Dublin had exactly the same opportunity to use the back door as any other team, just didn't need it.

sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 923 - 06/06/2025 17:02:46    2615394

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