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Holding Draw Before Provincial Finals A Mistake

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I don't think you'll find a team in Ireland who would show up on provincial final day to give anything but their absolute best so that they can lift a trophy, put their name in history and confidently step towards the latter stages of the AI with provincial glory giving them a swagger. This is all a bit of a non issue in my opinion.

SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2558 - 29/04/2025 18:35:29    2605496

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Given the strength of 3rd seeds, splitting Prov Finalists into 1st & 2nd seeds doesn't seem to have much value.

Why not just give 1st seeds to the higher '4 of 8' Prov Finalists based on the league - i e. Mayo, Kerry, Galway & Donegal.

omahant (USA) - Posts: 3222 - 29/04/2025 18:51:52    2605507

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Replying To GreenandRed:  "They should play provincials during break weeks of the league with no qualifying or seeding basis from provincials for Tailteann or All Ireland. It's daft having Provincial Finalist seedings based on reaching a final but there are different levels and number of teams per province. Seed the All Ireland solely on league position and Tailteann Cup winners from previous year. Or go back to 4 provincial winners getting a bye to quarter final. Have knockout rounds from remaining 12 to get to quarter final, provincial losers bye to quarter final playoff. In 2025 any provincial finalists taking their eye off winning their province, by looking at potential group opponents, aren't confident and focussed on going far in the All Ireland Series. I think very few teams think that way but plenty of supporters on forums can look for negatives when there's loads of positives when confidence is high."
Next season looks set to be dafter! The Round 1 draw will be provincial finalists drawn against league qualifiers. It could be provincial winners against this year's seed 3s and provincial runners up getting would have been this year's seed 4s.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8748 - 29/04/2025 19:02:44    2605509

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