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Yeh excellent player and very unfortunate for both himself and Mayo. He was well worth his place on that field when those ding-dong Dublin v Mayo games were in full flight. realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8642 - 20/05/2024 21:47:57 2546017 Link
Huge loss for Mayo and Mitchell's. We always seem to get a year ending injury to some player. Paddy never has a bad game. All the best to him in his recovery. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11302 - 21/05/2024 09:18:42 2546051 Link
Commiserations to Paddy Durcan.Its a terrible blow for Mayo and indeed for all true gaa fans.Paddy Durcan is one of the best half backs in the country and a high scoring half back.An exciting player to watch.Wishing Paddy a speedy recovery.Sport can be cruel. CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3733 - 21/05/2024 11:03:01 2546095 Link
Desperate luck for Paddy Durcan Quality baller, never nice to see Hard one, but wishing him a successful recovery jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20620 - 21/05/2024 12:23:31 2546122 Link
Wishing Evan Comerford a speedy recovery.Tough luck on the young man. CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3733 - 23/05/2024 19:04:31 2546684 Link
So Mayo want a neutral venue for our fixture, and rightly so. A game in Thurles would be brilliant for atmosphere and fireworks in general I'd say. realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8642 - 23/05/2024 19:50:38 2546696 Link
Replying To Jazzyjeff: "The Tailteann Cup has been a great addition. For counties with smaller populations or those who would have usually exited the qualifiers in round one or two it can only be a positive thing. Sure look at Down or Kildare who may see themselves above it but for counties like a Fermanagh for instance- winning an all island competition would be huge. Or a county like Antrim last year that got to the semi- finals or Sligo the year before. That gave those teams and fans something to really savour and but for a break of the ball they could have been in the final. I agree with the 3 teams going through. I can some logic or idea in that there really shouldn't be any dead rubbers as someone should always have something to play for (3rd place or top place and an automatic entry to Q/Final). However the lack of jeopardy is a real issue. But then we have to balance whether the lack of jeopardy is better than a weekend full of dead rubbers where loads of teams have nothing to play for. Personally I prefer just top two go through. As for the draw it was nonsensical to do it this week. Utterly bizarre. Wait a week and it would have been so much cleaner." To strike a better "jeopardy/no dead rubber" balance - 4 groups of 4 - top 5 of all 16 to QFs (could omit group winner) - bottom 5 eliminated - middle 6 to Prelim QFs (6 hosts 11, 8 hosts 9 etc) Other idea: - 4 groups of 5 (each with one Prov Final) - top 3 of all 20 to QFs - bottom 7 eliminated - other 10 to Prelim QFs (4 hosts 13, 8 hosts 9 etc) omahant (USA) - Posts: 2729 - 24/05/2024 15:41:34 2546864 Link
Replying To realdub: "So Mayo want a neutral venue for our fixture, and rightly so. A game in Thurles would be brilliant for atmosphere and fireworks in general I'd say." The GAA could do with a high profile game of two teams battling it out for the group win. The direct route to the quarter-finals is supposed to be the carrot of the current format. Donegal v Tyrone and Louth v Meath the standout games today. One to possibly determine a group win and the other might be the elimination decider. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8053 - 25/05/2024 11:21:07 2546942 Link
All provincial champions have gotten off to a good start. Clare are the only provincial finalist to be beaten in Round 1. Clare lost to Cork who were on the other side of the Munster draw. If Galway beat Westmeath and Armagh beat Derry, both will be through with a Round 3 playoff for a quarter-final. If Dublin beat Cavan and Mayo beat Roscommon, both will be through with a Round 3 playoff for a quarter-final. If Kerry beat Meath and Louth beat Monaghan, both will be through with a Round 3 playoff for a quarter-final. If Donegal beat Cork and Tyrone beat Clare, Donegal will win the group with a round to spare and Clare will be out. Tyrone and Cork will playoff for home advantage in the preliminary quarter-final. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8053 - 25/05/2024 21:14:29 2547080 Link
A shock defeat for Donegal. Their first championship test outside of Ulster. The ranked Munster team scored 3 goals to claim a surprise win. Cork have saved their fellow Munster rivals Clare from elimination after Round 2. All 16 teams will go into Round 3 with a quarter-final or preliminary quarter-final to play for. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8053 - 01/06/2024 16:39:24 2548704 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "A shock defeat for Donegal. Their first championship test outside of Ulster. The ranked Munster team scored 3 goals to claim a surprise win. Cork have saved their fellow Munster rivals Clare from elimination after Round 2. All 16 teams will go into Round 3 with a quarter-final or preliminary quarter-final to play for." Cork tested Kerry in Munster semifinal and tied with Armagh in the league. On their day, are a match for anyone and in Colm O' Callaghan and Powter have marquee players. We need to convert our goal chances because we create plenty of them. The defense was tight today, Daniel O' Mahony nullified Gallen and only McBrearty was a constant threat! Ryanteam (Cork) - Posts: 262 - 01/06/2024 17:23:58 2548720 Link
The All Ireland final is the semi final between Kerry and Dublin. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2859 - 02/06/2024 16:58:49 2548921 Link
There is no longer a provincial pairing for semi-finals? legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8053 - 02/06/2024 17:18:06 2548928 Link
Armagh could have 5 goals if they went completely for thr jugular. Incredible how easily Derry are opened up all game. MachaireConnacht (Roscommon) - Posts: 924 - 02/06/2024 17:20:15 2548931 Link
Does anyone know if it's the Leinster hurling model or the Munster hurling model that'll be used to sort 3 team tiebreaks in the football championship? Looking at the prospective 3team tie ahead between Cork Tyrone and Donegal, will the Clare scoring difference count in that tiebreak, or not? Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3613 - 02/06/2024 17:22:37 2548933 Link
What happened to Derry? Perhaps drawing with Dublin in training mode turned their heads? Would be absurd if team advance on back of three sound thrashing. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2859 - 02/06/2024 17:26:28 2548936 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "There is no longer a provincial pairing for semi-finals?" Whenever they meet. Hard to keep track of this farce. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2859 - 02/06/2024 17:29:44 2548939 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Does anyone know if it's the Leinster hurling model or the Munster hurling model that'll be used to sort 3 team tiebreaks in the football championship? Looking at the prospective 3team tie ahead between Cork Tyrone and Donegal, will the Clare scoring difference count in that tiebreak, or not?" Last year, the overall scoring difference from all games was used to resolve the 3-way tie between Kerry, Mayo and Cork. Kerry had by far the best scoring difference based on a big win against Louth and they topped the group as a result. I assume the same system is still in place, which would mean that the Clare games will count. Gaillimh_Abu (Galway) - Posts: 1005 - 02/06/2024 17:39:58 2548944 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "The All Ireland final is the semi final between Kerry and Dublin." There's a draw for the semi finals so how would you know that? MayoDan (Mayo) - Posts: 434 - 02/06/2024 17:43:17 2548945 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "There is no longer a provincial pairing for semi-finals?" I think there is…. Munster v Leinster this year in the semifinals…. ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 2173 - 02/06/2024 17:53:32 2548949 Link