GAA football 2020

irishmufc wrote:

Why the apparent surprise lads? LOL

I would've expected Dublin to wipe the floor with Meath.

There's no surprise. But it's a sorry excuse for a competition

They finally did it man... They killed my f**kin' car...

Why the apparent surprise lads? LOL

I would've expected Dublin to wipe the floor with Meath.

Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been.

This is an absolute farce

They finally did it man... They killed my f**kin' car...

Ah here

sid waddell wrote:

I fancy a repeat of the 2012 final

Donegal only win All-Irelands in years when the Democrats win US Presidential elections

As the_walls said to me in 2012, "we out scored Donegal for the last 65 min of a 70 min game".

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In fairness Dinny I'm not trying to plamas ya. I'd fully expect Mayo to get to the final but I really can't see us laying a glove on Dublin. We've a lot of young lads being blooded this year and it would be too soon for them to get to Dublin's level I think. I also look at the second half of last years semi. I would obviously love to be wrong though and if it is a Mayo Dublin final I'll have fully talked myself into believing we're going to do it LOL

I think ye won the 2015 final handy enough to be honest. It might not have looked that way on the scoreboard but it was an horrendous day and I always thought Dublin had Kerry at arms length. I thought the first game last year was turning into a comfortable win for Dublin, despite the 14 men. With 15 minutes to go they were winning by 5 points. They won the replay comfortably enough. I just don't see anyone getting close to them. Maybe Donegal will prove me wrong but I really don't see it being Mayo. Again though, would dearly love to be wrong Big smile

Denis Irwin wrote:

eireland wrote:

The GAA dropped the ball big time not have all Ireland quarter finals. It's likely that Tipp, Meath and Cavan will lose their finals along with Galway but those 3 don't make it often. I understand no back door or super 8's but I thought that was bad form.

Not ideal for Dublin either having a game less to get up and running but in fairness they should hammer meath and beat donegal comfortable. I presume Dublin games will be in croker from now on which will suit them.

f**king hell. I'd be shocked if there was more than 3/4pts in it either way if they do meet

I think Dublin will win in roughly the 3-6 point range if they play each other but I wouldn't be shocked if Dublin won by a lot either. It's not impossible for Donegal to win but unlikely in my view. Think it will be a comfortable final for the Dubs too unfortunately Cry

The one thing that would put the final nail in the coffin of a poxy 2020 would be if Mayo win the All-Ireland! Dead

Trigboy 10 wrote:

I prefer the championship like this as it’s the old way one game and you’re gone for the year you can’t beat it.

While I do love the intensity of straight knockout, it's basically a football championship with about 6 competitive games all year. It's grand when we're squashing it into 6 weeks, but over a summer it'd be fairly sparse.

You can see how it evolves, goes from "there's only 6 games in GAA", to "we need a way of getting top teams playing each other more often" to "Super 8's with lots of games" to "the games don't matter anymore.

Not sure how ya balance the "we want to see more matches" with "we want intensity"