Quote from: Captain Obvious on Today at 11:17:58 AMUnder the old rules Dublin and Derry would have been 7 and 8 points down. Derry would have won the game and Dublin would have drawn.I'd be surprised if they are removed, this year anyway. It's a big shift and disruption to preparations to play all year with 2 pointers then remove it for championship.
Two pointers proving a big difference and will they be kept for the championship after this trial run?
Quote from: onefineday on Today at 01:42:39 AMQuote from: twohands!!! on February 15, 2025, 08:21:34 PMLads you have to remember for a huge chunk of the audience this will probably be the first game they've seen under the new rules.Fair point re this might be first game for many people, but the relentless positivity can be very irksome after a while.
Also is it not good that there is some positivity around the game rather than the commentators talking the game down all the time?
Every game is being talked up as being high octane and exciting and the last five years (at least) are being chalked off as unwatchable dross. Now my posts on here for those 5 years will testify that I was very much in favour of change as there was indeed a whole lot of dross, but there's no recognition that the new rules are not without flaws and that there were a whole load of excellent games the last few years too.
On the football pod for example, the increasingly hard to listen to paddy Andrews and James O'Donoghue were comparing Derry v Kerry this year v last year's quarter final - agreed, game was unwatchable, but not a mention of the classic semi-final the year before.
Quote from: ardtole on Today at 07:13:23 AMMeath are very strong in the middle 3rd and are physically very big, with strength in depth, I think they will give Roscommon their fill of it in Navan next week.A good synopsis of where we are. Very unlike Doherty to give a sloppy ball like that. Looking fwd to Drogheda next Sunday.
I thought Brannigan and McClements helped things when they came on. I also think the dry ball and fast ground will benefit Down a lot in the summer months too.
On the game itself, I've no idea what the call at the start of the 2nd half that overturned a free for Down to a 2 point free for Meath.
In fairness we got the 2 point lead back and we were on the attack, when Docherty give a sloppy fist pass which Meath intercepted and led to another Meath 2 pointer. This seemed to be the catalyst for Meath to dominate the next 10-12 minutes and they built up a 7 point lead.
We battled well without looking like really getting back level, but on the positive side, the subs done well when introduced and Down kept battling to the end.
If we had of won, we would have been in the shake up for promotion but in reality, as someone already mentioned, we are a fair bit of div 1 football. Kerr in particular is a big loss and the fact we have only 1 more home game is a cause of concern, we will probably need an away win to secure d2 football next year, which I would be content with.
Quote from: Champion The Wonder Horse on February 15, 2025, 09:36:55 PMDecent result given our first half.Turn a blind eye to the score given that was clearly wide so.Don't get the dislike for Galway, is it cause Derry never beat them?
Gough once again making game-changing "mistakes" in favour of Galway, who are beginning to reach Tyrone-esque levels of unlikeability.