Quote from: Blowitupref on May 01, 2024, 02:26:14 PMYeah that extra week break is massive for teams. (Not that you'd have known with how shite we were vs Monaghan.)Quote from: twohands!!! on May 01, 2024, 11:52:19 AMQuote from: seafoid on May 01, 2024, 11:25:58 AMThe last rr - pre qf- qf
is the killer
I wonder how many first seeds will win their qf . Will it be 3/4 like last year ?
You would have to assume 4/4 would be the standard every year for the group winners making it the the semis.
This would have been the case last year only for Monaghan's penalty win over Armagh.
I wouldn't be surprised if 3/4 would be the usual most years for the first seeds in as regards making the semis. I think most years you've a very decent chance of one of the Ulster teams turning over one of the other provincial winners.
As you said the the preliminary quarter-finals route with 3 games in 3 weekends looks like an absolute death-trap of a route towards Sam. It's very hard to see a team winning Sam through that route.
Yes would expect that to be the case until such time that all Quarter finalists are given at least two weeks prep time. If we get another 3 Quarter final mis-matches this year as we did last year then HQ need to tweak it.