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[Minor Football Standings after 20 April games:]

#1

GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster U20 and Minor Champ...

Last post by GAABoardMod5 - Today at 11:47:58 PM

Minor Football Standings after 20 April games:

Group A

Donegal    played 2, 4pts, +22 scoring diff 
Monaghan  played 2, 4pts, +18
Tyrone    played 3, 4pts, +10   
Down      played 2, 0pts, -7   
Fermanagh  played 3, 0pts, -43


Group B

Derry played 2, 4 pts, +27
Armagh played 2, 4 pts, +18
Cavan played 2, 0pts, -8
Antrim played 2, 0pts, -37

Group A round 4 results 27 April

Down 3-9 Donegal 1-6
Tyrone 4-13 Monaghan 0-10


Tyrone    played 4, 6pts, +25
Donegal    played 3, 4pts, +13 scoring diff 
Monaghan  played 3, 4pts, +3 
Down      played 3, 2pts, +2 
Fermanagh  played 3, 0pts, -43

Last Round of fixtures:

Group A Round 5 on 4 May
Down v Fermanagh in Newry
Donegal v Monaghan in Ballybofey



Group B Round 3 on 4 May
Cavan v Antrim in Kingspan Breffni
Derry v Armagh in Owenbeg

4 May Results:

Group A
Down 3-14 Fermanagh 0-6
Donegal 2-12 Monaghan 0-8

Donegal win Group A, Tyrone second, Monaghan third.

Group B
Cavan 1-15 Antrim 0-10
Derry 2-18 Armagh 0-7

Derry win Group B, Armagh second, Cavan third.

Quarter-final fixtures 11 May:

Tyrone v Cavan in Omagh
Armagh v Monaghan in Armagh

Derry and Donegal, as Group winners, will be at home for their respective semi-final on 18 May.

#2

GAA Discussion / Re: All Ireland U20 football c...

Last post by Blowitupref - Today at 11:40:02 PM

All Ireland Semi finals.

May 11th

Tyrone v Roscommon,Breffni Park, 5pm - TG4
Meath v Kerry, emple Stadium, 3pm - TG4

All Ireland final May 18th.


Current Boyle odds to win the All-Ireland title.

Tyrone 6/4
Kerry  2/1
Meath 11/4
Roscommon 11/2

#3

Laois / Re: Laois U20s and Minors 2024...

Last post by G@@ - Today at 11:23:39 PM

Gutted for the minors this evening, played decent hurling throughout, and unlucky not to have two more goals on the scoreboard which would have put Offaly to the sword. So close.

#4

Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurl...

Last post by screenexile - Today at 11:15:22 PM

G getting a fair drop off the panel for some them lads named in the match day squads.

It's crazy though surely your nos 21-30 should be allowed to play with their clubs I don't understand why you wouldn't let them??

Also lads need competitive football. The worry for Derry now is Harte doesn't play challenge games so our lads have no competitive football for 4 weeks then go away to a provincial champion!

#5

Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Footba...

Last post by Johnnysboys - Today at 11:08:40 PM

Disappointing for this promising minor team  but it was always out of their hands today. They needed firstly to win today which they did impressively but they needed  Monaghan to beat donegal today but Monaghan didnt need to win and Donegal did, so it was very unlikely that they were ever going to get through today in this position.

How many promising minor teams are we going to let management setups ruin before we install the correct people to start developing the underage talent we have in this county??
Get that current man out now and get Laverty to install who he wants - it has worked with u20 group..

#6

General discussion / Re: snooker world championship

Last post by quit yo jibbajabba - Today at 10:56:53 PM

So there we have it, Wilson v Jones. Can't wait 🤓

#7

GAA Discussion / Re: Guide to the Sam Maguire a...

Last post by balladmaker - Today at 10:52:18 PM

I love Gaelic football - I have since I can remember.
I'm in my forties now and this is the first year ever that I just can't get excited about the championship whatsoever.
The format has completely fucked it up. I honestly believe the only way forward is to get rid of the provincial championships. It won't happen because the Ulster championship is so strong & competitive. The elephant in the room is that the other three are a complete and utter pile of horse shit.
When a team would be better off losing a provincial semi final (if they were to go on and lose the final) so that they could potentially get a pot two opponent of Louth, Clare or Sligo it says it all.
Dublin & Kerry can sleepwalk into a top seed spot in a group.
It's a completely uneven playing field.
It has to change so that teams of a similar standard are playing against each other and teams such as Dublin & Kerry can't just proceed through to the business end in first gear every year.
I get that they are quality teams and would do well anyway but there's no real peril for them at the moment unlike any of the Ulster teams for example.
Even ourselves last year - once we beat Roscommon we had a handy game against Sligo to get into pot one.
A lot of the games now don't mean a huge pile.
It's killing the football championship

Agree with what you've said ... Championship only kicks in when there is real jeopardy, what we're seeing so far is only shadow boxing.  However, really looking forward to next weekend's Ulster Final and what it would mean to win it from an Armagh perspective.  I think the provincials need to be played first in the season, then into the league and straight into the All Ireland Championship.  Would the Ulster mean any less if detached from the All Ireland, with the correct marketing and stage management, probably not, but the earlier time of year with say an Ulster Final in March doesn't exactly sound glamorous.  However, agreed, change is needed, the current structures don't work ... in Jarlath we trust.

#8

Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurl...

Last post by Wildweasel74 - Today at 10:48:50 PM

G getting a fair drop off the panel for some them lads named in the match day squads.

[Armagh]

#9

General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread

Last post by galwayman - Today at 10:30:49 PM

Its a bit one sided. The home draw for the semi final significant.
Lucky in the GAA that we don't have home semi finals where blue teams can fill the stadium with their supporters and overawe the opposition.

the Dubs can't fill croke Park this time of the year after 14 in a row. Who is responsible for this?

The stadium is never going to be filled unless it's an AI final or at a stretch Dublin against either Mayo or Armagh in a semi final.
When has it ever been any different?
Croke Park has rarely ever sold out for anything but an All Ireland final. This isn't a new phenomenon.

Eh??

On the basis that Armagh have huge support.

[Armagh]

#10

General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread

Last post by RedHand88 - Today at 10:17:27 PM

Its a bit one sided. The home draw for the semi final significant.
Lucky in the GAA that we don't have home semi finals where blue teams can fill the stadium with their supporters and overawe the opposition.

the Dubs can't fill croke Park this time of the year after 14 in a row. Who is responsible for this?

The stadium is never going to be filled unless it's an AI final or at a stretch Dublin against either Mayo or Armagh in a semi final.
When has it ever been any different?
Croke Park has rarely ever sold out for anything but an All Ireland final. This isn't a new phenomenon.

Eh??