Super 8 Dark Horses

[Ball Hopper]

Here's my take on the Super 8's.

Starting point:

a) Teams that realistically expected to be in the Super 8 at beginning of championship:  Dublin, Monaghan, Tyrone, Donegal, Cavan, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Kerry - 9 teams

b) Teams hoping to get to the Super 8, depending on good qualifier draws: Kildare, Cork, Tipperary - 3 teams

That's my Top 12...Cavan and Roscommon had belief after promotion, Donegal did not lose belief because of relegation (Kildare lost a bit).  Clare miss out by a fraction.

[macdanger2]

Fermanagh

[tonto1888]

Fermanagh

Won't reach the super 8s

[Hardy]

Remember when there would be threads on the board for every first round Leinster Championship match?  Longford v. Meath 27 May. Nobody can even be bothered now speculating on which team wants to be subjected to the Goldman Sachs treatment in the second round.

[Cunny Funt]

Tipp certainly now as i can imagine their odds to reach the super 8s will be much longer now.

[weareros]

True and Carlow hammered them in a manner similar to the good teams in division 2.

Carlow would lose to everyone else that was in D2 this year, as well as the two teams who are being relegated to it next year. You can't read anything into beating a team as bad as Louth.

Well now? For that you should head down to Carlow, say sorry, and be forced to ate scallions all Summer.

[Itchy]

True and Carlow hammered them in a manner similar to the good teams in division 2.

Carlow would lose to everyone else that was in D2 this year, as well as the two teams who are being relegated to it next year. You can't read anything into beating a team as bad as Louth.

Well now? For that you should head down to Carlow, say sorry, and be forced to ate scallions all Summer.

Yup I got that well wrong too. U had no idea kildare were in that bad of a mess.

[Syferus]

True and Carlow hammered them in a manner similar to the good teams in division 2.

Carlow would lose to everyone else that was in D2 this year, as well as the two teams who are being relegated to it next year. You can't read anything into beating a team as bad as Louth.

Well now? For that you should head down to Carlow, say sorry, and be forced to ate scallions all Summer.

I hope we get them in the Super 8.

[laoislad]

True and Carlow hammered them in a manner similar to the good teams in division 2.

Carlow would lose to everyone else that was in D2 this year, as well as the two teams who are being relegated to it next year. You can't read anything into beating a team as bad as Louth.

Well now? For that you should head down to Carlow, say sorry, and be forced to ate scallions all Summer.

For a guy who likes to think he is right about everything Syferus sure does get an awful lot wrong 

[seafoid]

True and Carlow hammered them in a manner similar to the good teams in division 2.

Carlow would lose to everyone else that was in D2 this year, as well as the two teams who are being relegated to it next year. You can't read anything into beating a team as bad as Louth.

It is very strange. And that's before he starts talking about hurling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvECtlJQ4dU

Well now? For that you should head down to Carlow, say sorry, and be forced to ate scallions all Summer.

For a guy who likes to think he is right about everything Syferus sure does get an awful lot wrong 

[Kuwabatake Sanjuro]

I take no pleasure about being right about Carlow vs Kildare at least.

[Rossfan]

Syf was too busy winning a Referendum against all those white Irish heterosexual males.

[Syferus]

Syf was too busy winning a Referendum against all those white Irish heterosexual males.

Your utter contempt for any human decency is remarkable.

[From the Bunker]

Remember when there would be threads on the board for every first round Leinster Championship match?  Longford v. Meath 27 May. Nobody can even be bothered now speculating on which team wants to be subjected to the Goldman Sachs treatment in the second round.

The end is near for Gaelic football (at inter-county). RTE has given up on it and devotes all it's air time to Hurling (a minority sport).

[Joeythelips]

Laois would be dark horses surely, the losers of the Leinster final go in to the round 4 qualifiers 2 weeks later, the winners of round 4 qualifiers go into supers 8s with provincial winners.

Laois/ Carlow will lose to Dubs in Leinster final but then are one game away from super 8s. Carlow are on a roll but Laois have beaten then this year in Div 4 final so its a 50/50 game really. Fair enough if Laois were to win against Carlow, they will almost certainly lose the Leinster final to the Dubs but that is what everyone expects so will be zero pressure on them even if they lose by 15 points or so. Then 2 week rest before they play one of the round 3 qualifier winners so could get the likes of Down, Armagh or a Clare for example (could also get a Tyrone or Mayo). Again not a given that laois would beat those teams but they would not be far off, and the incentive of a place in super 8s would be huge.