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In my opinion if you asked the players if they could play in small stadium with 10/15k in attendance compared to a empty Croke park they would choose the small stadium all day long because it would make them feel important. Look at the minor hurling final between Laois and Offaly them young lads felt important that night and will never forget that game. Then again I can understand that getting to play in Croke park as a player is dream of every young lad! Temple56 (Westmeath) - Posts: 386 - 06/06/2022 12:53:59 2422751 Link
Replying To Loughduff Lad: "It was always the selling point I suppose, get to a semi and you get Croker. Both games there and both on TV. Remains to be seen how it goes I suppose" Having Offaly v Westmeath a home venue, would make more sense for both counties, and Cavan v Sligo could toss for home venue. That won't happen, an expensive day out, with fuel costs and meals etc, for supporters. thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1741 - 06/06/2022 14:21:54 2422784 Link
Replying To Temple56: "In my opinion if you asked the players if they could play in small stadium with 10/15k in attendance compared to a empty Croke park they would choose the small stadium all day long because it would make them feel important. Look at the minor hurling final between Laois and Offaly them young lads felt important that night and will never forget that game. Then again I can understand that getting to play in Croke park as a player is dream of every young lad!" The lower hurling tiers want their day out in Croke Park. The semi-finals in Croke Park and on TV is a nod to the respect being shown to this new tournament. The 2022 Tailteann Cup winner will be the first county to secure qualification for the 2023 Sam Maguire 16 group stage. Massive reward! legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7846 - 06/06/2022 14:24:03 2422786 Link
Replying To eoinog: "Sorry, competition isn't for you. It's for the players. They have embraced it and one of the big selling points was that the semi final and finals would be in Croke Park. Nicky Rackard, Joe Mc Donagh All Ireland Club finals should all be in neutral venue so as they don't have many followers. Big furore a few weeks ago when U.21 football was in neutral venue. When the players come out and say we don't want to play in Croke Park. It's too big , then the GAA will look into it" But playing in Croke park is nothing special anymore. It's been totally diluted, you don't even have to be much good to get to play there. Nothing magical about playing on front of 65/70 000 empty seats. Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1708 - 06/06/2022 14:57:05 2422797 Link
Replying To Galway9801: "But playing in Croke park is nothing special anymore. It's been totally diluted, you don't even have to be much good to get to play there. Nothing magical about playing on front of 65/70 000 empty seats." It's much like the FA cup since they moved the semi finals to Wembley. It took away from the the whole idea of making it there for the final. oneoff (UK) - Posts: 1380 - 07/06/2022 11:31:15 2422921 Link
Replying To crafty: "Cavan are probably favourites? Cavan should win this without breaking sweat and if they don't it will be disastrous for them." cavan really mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1802 - 07/06/2022 11:49:12 2422935 Link
Replying To Galway9801: "But playing in Croke park is nothing special anymore. It's been totally diluted, you don't even have to be much good to get to play there. Nothing magical about playing on front of 65/70 000 empty seats." I have yet to hear any player or manager say we don't want to play in Croke Park. eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1656 - 07/06/2022 12:10:22 2422952 Link
Replying To oneoff: "It's much like the FA cup since they moved the semi finals to Wembley. It took away from the the whole idea of making it there for the final." It was just a selling ply for the Tialteann Cup to help get more teams to buy into it…. I doubt semifinals will ever be played there again…. ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 1928 - 07/06/2022 13:09:04 2422995 Link
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=5186742274727314&id=100001747792302 leitrimforsam (Leitrim) - Posts: 85 - 07/06/2022 13:15:42 2423001 Link
Replying To mickcunningham: "cavan really" Well yeah, Cavan are odds on favourites. The only risk there was ever going to be was whether we treated it like we treated the league over the past 4 years or we treated it like a championship. Only Dublin, Donegal and Tyrone have beaten us in championship football in the last 5 seasons. So it would be a shock if we don't win this out, even allowing for the blooding of 2 or 3 u20s as has happened so far. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 07/06/2022 13:19:06 2423005 Link
the major flaw in tailtean cup is that no team got a second chance that lost in sam maguire they got second chance it seems unfair to me it was just straight knockout lor12 (Wicklow) - Posts: 238 - 07/06/2022 13:34:50 2423019 Link
Replying To ForeverBlue2: "It was just a selling ply for the Tialteann Cup to help get more teams to buy into it…. I doubt semifinals will ever be played there again…." It's not just the Tailteann Cup it's the wider obsession with having as many games as possible in Croke Park. oneoff (UK) - Posts: 1380 - 07/06/2022 13:49:25 2423028 Link
Replying To lor12: "the major flaw in tailtean cup is that no team got a second chance that lost in sam maguire they got second chance it seems unfair to me it was just straight knockout" Every team got a 1st chance in their provincial championship, and every team got a 2nd chance. It's just that teams in Div 1+2 got their 2nd chance in the AI SFC and teams in Div 3+4 got their 2nd chance in the Tailteann Cup. CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1644 - 07/06/2022 14:16:15 2423044 Link
Replying To cavanman47: "Well yeah, Cavan are odds on favourites. The only risk there was ever going to be was whether we treated it like we treated the league over the past 4 years or we treated it like a championship. Only Dublin, Donegal and Tyrone have beaten us in championship football in the last 5 seasons. So it would be a shock if we don't win this out, even allowing for the blooding of 2 or 3 u20s as has happened so far." very sure of yourself . i hope we meet you and quieten your arrogance mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1802 - 07/06/2022 14:22:06 2423046 Link
Replying To mickcunningham: "very sure of yourself . i hope we meet you and quieten your arrogance" I'm not being arrogant at all. We're odds on favourites with every bookie. That's me just stating a fact. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 07/06/2022 14:45:37 2423060 Link
Replying To eoinog: "I have yet to hear any player or manager say we don't want to play in Croke Park." I know but my point was that by playing so many fixtures there the place has just completely lost its aura imo. And besides, as much as I appreciate the sacrifices our footballers and hurlers make, you shouldn't get to play at Croker just because you want to. It should be earned, and hard earned at that. Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1708 - 07/06/2022 15:17:22 2423084 Link
Replying To cavanman47: "Well yeah, Cavan are odds on favourites. The only risk there was ever going to be was whether we treated it like we treated the league over the past 4 years or we treated it like a championship. Only Dublin, Donegal and Tyrone have beaten us in championship football in the last 5 seasons. So it would be a shock if we don't win this out, even allowing for the blooding of 2 or 3 u20s as has happened so far." Sure only Galway or Mayo beat us. Backheel (Leitrim) - Posts: 133 - 07/06/2022 17:55:03 2423159 Link
Replying To Backheel: "Sure only Galway or Mayo beat us." In the last 5 seasons? Loughduff Lad (Cavan) - Posts: 2383 - 08/06/2022 09:01:25 2423250 Link
Replying To Loughduff Lad: "In the last 5 seasons?" The last 100 :) skirge7 (UK) - Posts: 248 - 08/06/2022 09:48:22 2423263 Link
Westmeath v Cavan is a strong possibility for the inaugural final. Both are well capable of promotion to Division 2 next year and to be challenging each other to stay there the year after. Has the potential to be an interesting rivalry over the next few years. Offaly and Sligo of course will have a lot to say about this. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7846 - 08/06/2022 10:14:39 2423275 Link