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Disagree. People go on about 3 advancing from a group but group winners go direct to quarter-finals.
legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8787 - 20/05/2023 20:40:05 2479832 Link 0 |
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Brilliant they weren't but didn't need to be as they got over the line with the 2 important points.
The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4043 - 20/05/2023 20:41:22 2479833 Link 1 |
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PP has Dublin favs for the Sam now because of that game today, I certainly don't. Clifford is delivering and has become the player most of us thought he would. realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8751 - 20/05/2023 20:55:31 2479837 Link 2 |
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Be great if Roscommon could take down Dublin. It would mean Connacht teams have taken down the last 3 All Ireland champions. The more Connacht teams progressing the better. Come on Ros. ponga (Mayo) - Posts: 658 - 20/05/2023 21:12:09 2479842 Link 0 |
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Fair enough, maybe they'll be a bit bothered, to say other was probably a bit strong but the new system provides a strong safety net (a team could lose 3 games and still win the all Ireland). Clifford and Co will still be sleeping fairly soundly tonight I reckon. Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1942 - 20/05/2023 21:14:36 2479843 Link 0 |
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No chance of any Ulster side of doing much damage in the All Ireland. The standard of football in the province is as poor as it's been in a long time. Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9818 - 20/05/2023 21:17:46 2479844 Link 0 |
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Clifford is just unbelievable. The best player in the country by some distance. Great win for Mayo. Fair play to get a win in Killarney. MachaireConnacht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1000 - 20/05/2023 21:40:10 2479850 Link 0 |
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It does mean though meeting a group winner in the quarterfinal stage rather than semi-final, makes it a much harder All Ireland to win , if you have to meet a Dublin, Galway or Derry at qtr final stage as well as semi final and final , and with an extra game on route.
NorthKildare (Kildare) - Posts: 197 - 20/05/2023 21:43:04 2479853 Link 0 |
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Yeah. First go straight to a quarter-final. Second have home advantage in the playoff. Everyone who gets to the knockout stage will have had a fair level of competition from the group stage.
legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8787 - 20/05/2023 22:05:20 2479854 Link 0 |
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St.Mologga (Cork) - Posts: 121 - 20/05/2023 22:35:36 2479859 Link 0 |
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I'd doubt it. Any top player takes a lot of pride in how his team performs. Losing their unbeaten home championship record after being deservedly beaten, will definitely bother them. They wouldn't be fit to represent Kerry, if it didn't.
WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2321 - 21/05/2023 00:38:19 2479866 Link 0 |
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I suppose the problem for Kerry is that Clifford played really well today and they still lost by 5. What happens if he has an off-day (unlikely I know), or if he gets injured.
sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 890 - 21/05/2023 08:33:35 2479875 Link 0 |
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speak for yourself, sure derry beat dublin already this year, tyrone lost on a horrible day in salthill but played well (at the game) despite the black and red card, the spent donegal team washed away the munster finalists, and Cavan are in for a shout for an all ireland as well. saying an ulster team wont win an all ireland is just lazy considering the 3 best rated teams in the country are not from the province. And as poor as its been for a long time??? define both poor and long time please? Last time we didnt have a team at least in the semis was 7 or 8 years ago DCFCGAA (Derry) - Posts: 65 - 21/05/2023 08:40:06 2479876 Link 0 |
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Nevermind that, why were mayo wearing training bibs over their jerseys :) Awful kit.
SimonstownBack (Meath) - Posts: 163 - 21/05/2023 09:12:38 2479878 Link 0 |
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Does the group winner take the provincial seeding through to semi finals? tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1383 - 21/05/2023 09:27:15 2479881 Link 0 |
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Big win for Mayo yesterday, but if normal service resumes for them Louth will beat them in Castlebar next game. Aiden O Shea got man of the match, he did play well and Kerry could not control him but David Clifford is a different class and by far best player on the field. jacktheboy (Donegal) - Posts: 477 - 21/05/2023 09:34:07 2479883 Link 0 |
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Agree but i didnt t think they would as lacking up front , sean oshea form gone paudie was ok but struggled at tikes geaney was decent in fairness. MIDFIELD A BIG ISSUE. Cant they sort it peobably yes worrying but wpuld be worried how toothless they were putside clifford and geaney at times
Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 695 - 21/05/2023 09:37:11 2479885 Link 0 |
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Kerry's trajectory is similar to Tyrone last year. Tyrone aren't going any better this year. Galway, Mayo and the Big Smoke the current top 3. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8787 - 21/05/2023 09:42:25 2479887 Link 0 |
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Yes the last Ulster team win in the All Ireland Final was only two years ago. For all the talk of Mayo winning in Killarney and Galway and Roscommon going well, a Connacht team hasn't won Sam Maguire for all of 22 years.
endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2406 - 21/05/2023 09:49:55 2479889 Link 0 |
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The Big Smoke didn't exactly hit it out of the park when scraping by Kildare with 2 points to spare. Louth were so open that a fleet of buses could have driven through their defence. So hard to know yet where Dublin are at. In a sense, the serious action only starts when we finally get to knock out games and then we'll see who has what. I do think though that Galway will come very close this year and may end their and Connacht's 22 year drought. Mayo were being talked up after the League but Roscommon outplayed them in Castlebar and more talk of Mayo now after Killarney but Kerry seemed very flat bar the always outstanding David Clifford.
endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2406 - 21/05/2023 11:16:37 2479918 Link 0 |