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Replying To legendzxix: "An impressive win by Westmeath yesterday. Fully deserved. Thought Monaghan might have caused another upset but not to be. Standalone provincial finals have stood on their own feet. Why can't the provincial championships as a whole stand on their own feet.." Are you a Bot? You seem to just give it a few days and start all over again. Its getting tiresome now. Tadhg2020 (Limerick) - Posts: 419 - 19/05/2026 08:50:57 2674048 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "The provincial seeding should be outlawed. It's ridiculous in my opinion." Totally unfair on all other Counties in Munster outside of Kerry and Cork. Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 951 - 19/05/2026 12:52:39 2674115 Link
Replying To peiledoir20: "You might be better asking yourself why a team of Dublins standing had no Plan B on their kick outs in the final. Got wiped out around the middle and yet kept kicking it out there. And all this under the watchful eye of one of the best keepers of all team who is part of the backroom team. Genuinely, can you explain that one?" For the same reason that Donegal had no plan B in last year's All Ireland Final. The manager is incabable of coming up with a plan B on short notice ala 2013 Ulster Final and 2014 All Ireland Final. ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 1067 - 19/05/2026 13:01:53 2674121 Link
Replying To Scenicparish: "Because Kerry and Cork have a huge advantage in that they are seeded every year to get to a Munster final and therefore guaranteed a home tie in the first match of the AI Series." Yeah agreed, it's ridiculous. Cork beat Waterford and Tipperary to reach a Munster final, their reward is a home game vs Meath which might just be the factor that tips them over the line. The power of home advantage can't be understated. Similarly Galway beat Leitrim to guarantee home advantage I'm okay with the provincial winners being seeded home advantage, to win a provincial you probably to earn it (outside of Munster), so home advantage is a justified reward. Westmeath beat Meath, Kildare and Dublin, absolutely deserved. Cabbagepatch1667 (Meath) - Posts: 144 - 19/05/2026 13:18:26 2674127 Link
Replying To ORIELMAN85: "For the same reason that Donegal had no plan B in last year's All Ireland Final. The manager is incabable of coming up with a plan B on short notice ala 2013 Ulster Final and 2014 All Ireland Final." We actually did sort out kickouts for the second half as it happens. Kerry were just too far ahead at that stage to claw them back. He also managed a plan b against Monaghan last year in the QF. Do you remember that game? The one where yous were up 7 at halftime? peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1609 - 19/05/2026 13:21:48 2674130 Link
Replying To Cabbagepatch1667: "Yeah agreed, it's ridiculous. Cork beat Waterford and Tipperary to reach a Munster final, their reward is a home game vs Meath which might just be the factor that tips them over the line. The power of home advantage can't be understated. Similarly Galway beat Leitrim to guarantee home advantage I'm okay with the provincial winners being seeded home advantage, to win a provincial you probably to earn it (outside of Munster), so home advantage is a justified reward. Westmeath beat Meath, Kildare and Dublin, absolutely deserved." Before you rope Galway/Connacht in - Sligo were on the Galway side of the draw, they are a Div 3 team (same as Westmeath). Its not Galways fault Sligo got beat by Leitrim. Cork also beat Limerick who were relegated to Div 4. The actual difference is 2 of Galway, Mayo and Roscommon will draw each other in the qfinal next year (because Leitrim are in London and Sligo are in NY) and possibly draw the other in the semi to reach a Provincial final. Cork will avoid Kerry in a semi or qfinal forever. The Connacht draw next year is a 25% chance of a Sligo v Leitrim semi final and the winner being seeded in the all ireland series, despite neither of them having any chance of winning the tailteann cup anytime soon. If Munster go back to an open draw - you could get a situation where Cork play Kerry in a qfinal and waterford, Limerick and Tipp all are on the other side of the draw. If Munster and Connacht play out that way - you could have 2 div 4 teams seeded in the All ireland series and 2 Div 2 teams excluded from the Sam Maguire - whatever way you dress it up - its wrong tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1824 - 19/05/2026 14:24:10 2674148 Link
Re. provincial championships as a whole standing on their own feet.. It kind of is a relevant topic after the standalone provincial finals have played out. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9735 - 19/05/2026 18:38:54 2674219 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "Re. provincial championships as a whole standing on their own feet.. It kind of is a relevant topic after the standalone provincial finals have played out. The proof of the pudding is in the eating." It's very easy for a Kerry person to say that? The Munster Championship provides Kerry and Cork a handy route to a home tie in the AI Series. Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 951 - 19/05/2026 21:30:55 2674231 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "The provincial seeding should be outlawed. It's ridiculous in my opinion." Provincial seeding is absolutely essential in my opinion, otherwise you end up undermining the tailteann cup, with the likes of Sligo maybe beating Leitrim to get to a final or Limerick beating Tipp to get to a final and that in turn sends more div 2 teams into the Tailteann and that then means the same 3/4 teams winning it constantly. Ridiculous not to seed them. cuttothebone (Kildare) - Posts: 179 - 20/05/2026 09:30:04 2674268 Link
Replying To cuttothebone: "Provincial seeding is absolutely essential in my opinion, otherwise you end up undermining the tailteann cup, with the likes of Sligo maybe beating Leitrim to get to a final or Limerick beating Tipp to get to a final and that in turn sends more div 2 teams into the Tailteann and that then means the same 3/4 teams winning it constantly. Ridiculous not to seed them." Ok, then they cannot be allowed to impact your starting point in the race for Sam, and have to be adjusted to have equal numbers and quality of teams in EACH one. Probably need to be renamed then, too. Maybe north, south,east, west or something? Expertinall (UK) - Posts: 92 - 20/05/2026 11:43:20 2674306 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "Re. provincial championships as a whole standing on their own feet.. It kind of is a relevant topic after the standalone provincial finals have played out. The proof of the pudding is in the eating." Munster is a turkeyshooot, Pat Spillans words, not mine. Stop avoiding the advantage you benefit from, from playing in it. Expertinall (UK) - Posts: 92 - 20/05/2026 11:48:45 2674308 Link
Replying To Expertinall: "Because they are not equal championships,but current system then brings all provincial finalists to the same position in the race for sam. Contrast Armaghs route to Corks, yet both are in same position when we start again next week. Also Munster is seeded to keep big 2 apart, so almost automatically they will have this home advantage every year. Is that fair?" Like talking to a wall with some people trying to get across the massively unfair advatage Kerry and Cork have. As you say, almost guarantees Cork, and probably more importantly, Kerry a massive leg up to start the All Ireland series. Completely unfair but you get the usual 'can't devalue the provincial championships' 'sure nothing like Kerry and Cork in Killarney' blah, blah blah JimB1991 (Donegal) - Posts: 173 - 20/05/2026 13:24:26 2674332 Link