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Cavanagh's gone

Met bucks not able to hold the ball!

Was Tyrone no 10 shot there?

Gough riding the Rhubarbs it appears

Can we add in the fact that the under 20 championship will be played next summer, county minors cannot play club, under 17s cannot play club.......

No.

Dublin to win pulling up..... 8+

Mayowestros by 4.
That should mean a happy day for the Moanies

Yeah, but we should be used to that at this stage. That's why I always have said that we need to define the problem before we define a solution. Otherwise you end up changing stuff and either causing more problems, or not solving the problem that others think is there.

Is the problem uneven matches early in the championship?
Is the problem the long season?
Is the problem the gap between matches?
Is the problem the effect on the club scene?
Is the problem the poor crowds?
Is the problem the style of football?
Is the problem the 'easy' provinces?

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I'd say it's 1,3,4 & 7.
However HQ seems to think the problem is with the closing stages or the AI Championship proper, that it needs more games and more "excitement". Playing the 4 Qtr Finals the same weekend would restore the excitement to the AI series.

You want to have your Co Finals in September to have some chance of middling weather and pitches.
Or do we have to wait for the Yanks to return?

In the ideal world ( where ever the fk we might find that) the Inter County Championship would reach Qtr Final stage as it dies niw by 1st August while Club Championships would reach Semi Final stage by 1st September.
To achieve that you'd have to have some weekend's in June/July/ Aug set in stone for Club Championships.
The proposal to have AISFs played the same weekend in both football and Hurley stuff is a good step which can free 2 August weekends for Club Championships exclusively .
If my 4 Club weekends were set in stone firstly we can then look at new structures and timetables etc for the IC competitions.

PS I suppose bringing back the oul' pre  Christmas NFL games is a total non runner ?

So the solution to the problem and unfairness in the structures is to keep things mostly the same but give the top 8 teams more games so that they can get more more and more experience so that they can get even better and the gap can widen. The rest can play their games a bit earlier so that their best players can head of to America a bit earlier so that their club scene can continue with lesser players and little chance for development. Great idea.

Let's get the little people out of the way early so the big boys can have the playground all to themselves for longer.

Maybe he could go on a charity walk across Asia from Lebanon to Korea Thuaidh.
I'd certainly contribute 

R I P.

I know I seem to be in the minority on here, but I like the provincial championships. Offaly beating Longford, and losing to Westmeath, meant a lot, good and bad. I think they could be cleaned up, sped up and made more streamlined,

I too like the Provincials but need to be  cleaned up etc as you say.
As Fear says they need to be made less an integral part of the AI Championship.
But 120 years of tradition, local rivalries, good crowds (at most) and the opportunity for big days for many Counties in small towns like Clones, Roscommon, Killarney etc on Provincial day can't just be dumped.
I would suggest that my proposal back on page 1 or 2 addresses the problem of Kerry just bouncing into the AI Championship while others have to fight their way there, makes the League more relevant, has a small link between the Provincials and the AI and gives time for Club Championships.

East Tyrone I presume this new proposal has been circulated to County Boards and Prov Councils to chew over and no doubt it's up to them (and the GPA) to back, reject or come up with alternatives for the 2017 Congress.
As for retiring - if what you call "reserve football" is the equivalent of our Junior B -are you not retired already?

Dinosaurs could well be convinced to pass this because it will bring in the €€€€€€s.