Quote from: twohands!!! on Today at 03:20:41 PMQuote from: Blowitupref on Today at 02:26:14 PMQuote from: twohands!!! on Today at 11:52:19 AMQuote from: seafoid on Today at 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.
I don't think there is any chance that all the quarter-finalists are going to be given two weeks prep time for a fair while yet (think 10 years or so).
If you give the four preliminary quarter-finalists two weeks, you would need to give the group winners three weeks (assuming you did't stagger the groups) which would tilt the advantage of winning the group a fair bit away from the group winners. I don't think the powers that be want to reduce the benefit of winning the group/increase the odds for the teams coming 2nd and 3rd in the group.
Even if you were to play around with the timing and stagger the group stages to give all four quarter-finalist two weeks, it would lead to a situation whereby you gave some sides three weeks and some two at a later stage which I think the powers-that be would consider a worse option.
Long story short I think the GAA is going to keep the status quo in place for a good few years yet and that winning your group is going to be key if you want to win Sam.
Quote from: Blowitupref on Today at 02:26:14 PMQuote from: twohands!!! on Today at 11:52:19 AMQuote from: seafoid on Today at 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.
Quote from: Snapchap on Today at 01:37:51 PMThe interviews are top class, and Niblock is a fine interviewer, but he does need to tone it down on the superlatives.I'm ok until he says "Tyroo-ann", and then I switch it off!
Claims that a podcast is "the most powerful one yet" do tend to become a bit meaningless when the same claim is made on an almost weekly basis, and when, as I say, each episode seems to have it's own dedicated section for talking about how "phenominal the response has been to last weeks episode".
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Intend more times than enough to tip in. I then hear this is the best one yet, then soon after no this is the best one yet. I don't know which to listen to then, so don't 😆😆
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