Quote from: armaghniac on Today at 12:31:04 AMEverything the GAA do has Dublin and Kerry in its thinking. They wouldn't do it if it didn't give either an advantage.Quote from: onefineday on Today at 12:22:28 AMQuote from: yellowcard on April 29, 2024, 03:57:08 PMIt's a whole load of games to whittle the number of teams down from 16 to 12. And when the draw is made you will be able to predict the 4 teams who will be eliminated with a fair degree of certainty. The main interest will centre around which teams top their groups.That's true, because after last year, we all now realise what an advantage finishing top appears to be.
I said last year, if additional jeopardy is needed, we could have the four group winners and the best 2nd place team all progress directly to the quarters. The third place team with the worst record would be eliminated - that should mean little or no dead rubbers.
I'd also tweak it by giving the provincial winners and the 4 top league places (who weren't provincial winners) two home games and get rid of the neutral ground game - this would provide better incentives for provincial winners and league placings. It would also boost attendances as the neutral games last year were very poorly attended iirc.
But this scheme basically advantages Dublin and Kerry, if they didn't have enough advantages.
Quote from: imtommygunn on Today at 08:31:28 AMI'm not convinced Shefflin is cutting it with Galway.
Cork are really up against it now and will have to beat Limerick or I would say they're out. Waterford need to beat Tipp or they're likely out too and same if Tipp don't beat Waterford. Tipp beating Waterford would help Cork a bi though.
Quote from: imtommygunn on Today at 09:05:45 AMYeah it's a tough game which I think Dublin should probably be favourites for ,particularly if they're at home, but I definitely think we're in with a good chance. They do tend to be a lot bigger than us but we're a much more physical team than we used to be.
Quote from: NAG1 on Today at 08:20:16 AMQuote from: imtommygunn on April 29, 2024, 06:54:19 PMDublin a big game for both teams now. It's the kind of game we have got to before and got hammered. We're better prepped this time I think though.
Also Dublin have dropped their level quite a bit, I think genuinely we have been the better team over the past number of years despite the results.