posted Aug 29, 2008

That's cool Twinkle. We're friends again. Is it not safe to assume that all Ulster men will be supporting Tyrone on Sunday?

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posted Aug 29, 2008

I’m honestly not sure how we would change it but I understand the problem that some counties have by winning their province and then going out in the Q/F. While the team they beat in the provincial final gets another chance........people have mentioned having an open draw and scrap the provincials. I don’t like this idea because as a Monaghan man I would love to see us win the Anglo Celt cup in Clones(which we haven't done since '88, a disgrace)

In the back door this year we had to face Donegal, Derry and then Kerry who put us out. While Kerry are almost automatic to be In the Munster final which mean even if they lose that, they go into the 3rd round of the qualifiers.
i know its not perfect but I personally how now sure how we can in prove on it.........

By the by, I am not Tyrone’s biggest fan but as a proud Ulster man i will be giving them all my support to win Sam)

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posted Aug 29, 2008

The back door should definetly be scrapped, but in Armaghs case they might regret that in the seasons to come? When you have a bunch of drama queens from kerry, and shouting at refrees (TAKEIN DIVES! SLAPIN REFS BOOKS OUT OF THERE HANDS!CONSTANTLY WHINNING LIKE BABIES! teams like this dont deserve to be in the back door! If kerry keep doin what there doin! They will probaly start after they score goals! Just like soccer!

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posted Aug 29, 2008

Funny Cavan! My fiance is also from Cavan, great people!

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posted Aug 29, 2008

Is it not safe to assume that all Ulster men will be supporting Tyrone on Sunday

its never safe to assume because you may end up making an ASS out of U and ME.
i enjoy watching intercounty gaelic as a neutral, but i like to see the underdogs do well. i have to admit i was over the moon to see mattie forde score that goal. basically because no-one in the Armagh camp gave them a chance. everyone was talking about the drubbing they took at the hands of dublin. although this could be a valid enough arguement for your call to have the AI qualifiers scrapped, and i can see your point of view, being that due to the back door beaten provincial finalists are able to venture further in the all ireland series than the team who beat them. this is the case as you know in Ulster and Leinster.

if tyrone play to their strengths then they will come out on top, but as i read in the paper Wexford, in recent years were a one man team (mattie Forde) but this year he seems to have brought the best out in other forwards therefore they are more potent as a front 6 instead of just getting the ball to him and expecting miracles to happen.
i hope cork get the better of kerry basically to end their domination and hopefully we'll see that thug Darragh O'Sé finally retire.


See i can post some sensible ramblings

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posted Aug 30, 2008

Steven McDonnell is entitled to his opinion about the qualifers. The qualifiers make it harder for a Provincial team to reach an All Ireland Final. However, a great team at the Quarter Final stage should be capable of beating a team that has gained momentum through the qualifiers. Even though I don't like Kerry winning their All Ireland Finals, it shows that you can't keep a great team down. Crap teams do not beat Provincial winners.

Despite watching Wexford embarass my beloved Down team, it's great to see Wexford in the All Ireland semi-final for the 1st time since 1945. The year of the Underdog indeed. Tyrone were fantastic against Dublin. Whoever wins the Tyrone v Wexford game should win the All Ireland.

Keep the qualifiers. They're great for the underdog & a team which had an off day.

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posted Sep 1, 2008

Twinkle - agreed.
Joe - The underdog team won't ultimately win an All-Ireland - the backdoor system just prolongs the walk along the plank. And a team which has an off-day should NOT still be in the championship. Kerry would have been eliminated twice in the past 3 years.

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posted Sep 1, 2008

you don't know that they would have been put out if there had of been no back door. They probably were a bit more relaxed knowing that even if they lost they had another chance.

the problem is that when a team lose their provincial final, they only have 1 more game to play to be back into a Q/F postion along with the provincial winner.
We need to put the pride back into a provincial title by making it harder for the losing team to get to the Q/F's. I think this is were the answer lies

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posted Sep 2, 2008

Why do referees insist on giving Francie Bellew (one of the cleanest full backs in the country) a yellow card each game? It's as if they look at their watch and realise he hasn't been booked, and then take action. Any ideas?

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posted Sep 5, 2008

No they shouldn't be scrapped. However a slight change is needed.

1. Provinical winnders whould play off as champions of their respective provinces.

2. The winnders move to the semi finals

3. The losers play the two winners left in the qualifiers.

4.The winners move to the semi final

This way ALL teams will have equal and fair chances to reach a semi.

The qualifiers have sounded the death nell for Provincial Titles - this slight change will see the Provincial titles respected and worth pursuing.

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