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After watching this years All- Ireland Championship to me the qualifiers is a much better system then the round robin system of last year. Everyone gets a second chance but you still have the element of a knock out. No dead rubber games. Galway were hard done last year by getting knock out by score differential. If they were in the qualifiers they very well could have won an All Ireland. If scheduled properly it would be done in a proper frame time with a lot less wear and tear on a lot of the players. I don't know what the set up is for next year but to me it is a no brainer. gatha (Kilkenny) - Posts: 318 - 29/11/2020 11:53:32 2316423 Link 1 |
lets be honest , best championship I have seen in a very long time. If Cavan, Mayo or tipp topple the dubs ill cream meself. I do think mayo might huge maybe , lets light the candles, for the best championship in history. Tipp winning Munster and mayo with sam id be laughing daily for about 6 days, even if tipp did, actually id rather that, up tipp
GameofTyronesIsBackhere (Tyrone) - Posts: 46 - 29/11/2020 12:03:09 2316427 Link 1 |
Up until recently, Kildare championships had a fantastic structure for 16 teams. It was done away with for teams to have more games but it was intense, gave teams two chances and there were no dead rubbers. Sweetspot (Kildare) - Posts: 323 - 29/11/2020 12:08:37 2316430 Link 0 |
I don't know, I'd slightly prefer the round robin system but maybe they could be used in conjunction with each other so you would have the 4th, 5th and 6th (If Leinster's getting six teams anymore) placed teams dropping into the qualifiers too after the provincials. It's definitely better for the likes of Laois, Dublin and Antrim (if they go up) to have 4+ games rather than 2, or 3 max. eoghan6688 (Galway) - Posts: 154 - 29/11/2020 12:30:37 2316439 Link 0 |
I think in both codes just a league and provincials, with 1 qualifying spot coming from the league. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4172 - 29/11/2020 12:33:28 2316442 Link 2 |
Tough one, there is nothing like more matches gatha. The drama of last summer in Wexford Park when trying to figure out who was in the Leinster Final was great! But I am inclined to think 4 matches to eliminate 2 teams is too many. Either: 1. The provincial finalists are in the All-Ireland semi, end of story 2. Back to the qualifiers. StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1726 - 29/11/2020 14:09:13 2316475 Link 0 |
Just don't like rubber games and to have a team loose out because they didn't hammer a weaker team doesn't seem fair. Plus I love the knock out element in matches.
gatha (Kilkenny) - Posts: 318 - 29/11/2020 15:25:02 2316506 Link 0 |
The groups in hurling are great. its a lot more than 4 matches to eliminate 2 teams considering its deciding semi and quarter finalists
KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3480 - 29/11/2020 16:46:19 2316524 Link 0 |
Yeah. The weaker counties coming up from Joe McDonagh want more games as well.
Rolo2010 (Donegal) - Posts: 724 - 29/11/2020 18:38:44 2316578 Link 0 |
3 teams will be eliminated in Leinster next year.
Rolo2010 (Donegal) - Posts: 724 - 29/11/2020 18:39:52 2316579 Link 0 |
No. Linking league and provincials is just too messy. I think most fans will read this and still be none the wiser. Also, a preliminary semi-final is just a quarter-final. A league of 9 games won't work when the other 4 divisions only play 5 games and you can't merge them because there would be some almighty hammerings.
Rolo2010 (Donegal) - Posts: 724 - 29/11/2020 18:44:48 2316582 Link 0 |
Ah you can merge them no bother. Divisions of 10,10,8,7. There's not as big a disparity between tiers as some would make out. Offaly came down from the Leinster championship, relegated again and didn't get themselves back up. There are too many tiers in hurling. Honestly if someone can't understand giving 1 All Ireland place to the best performing league team they're going to be really struggling in life. It's not complicated. It took me 2 lines to explain it. After 1 season of play everyone would get it. It's less complex than the qualifiers or hurling championship right now. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4172 - 29/11/2020 19:04:27 2316602 Link 1 |
It isn't less complex. None of these changes are necessary. The provincial round robin is a popular format and the crowds before Covid showed that.
Rolo2010 (Donegal) - Posts: 724 - 29/11/2020 19:47:47 2316625 Link 0 |
I think he means 4 matches per team to eliminate two teams per prov group (3 of 5 per group to AI KO).
omahant (USA) - Posts: 2533 - 01/12/2020 03:15:29 2317213 Link 0 |
How about keeping 2 KO Provs of 5 and 'building' 2 mixed groups as those KO results unfold - like this: omahant (USA) - Posts: 2533 - 01/12/2020 04:01:29 2317214 Link 0 |