Poll
Question:
Which of the current intercounty championships provides the best games, and most enjoyment?
Option 1: Minor Football Championship
votes: 6
Option 2: U21 Football Championship
votes: 27
Option 3: Junior Football Championship
votes: 1
Option 4: Senior Football Championship
votes: 20
Option 5: Minor Hurling Championship
votes: 0
Option 6: U21 Hurling Championship
votes: 4
Option 7: Intermediate Hurling Championship
votes: 2
Option 8: Senior Hurling Championship
votes: 8
Just interested in people's views on this. Have we, at a stroke, removed the championship with the best, most enjoyable, games, (i.e. the U21 Football), or do people prefer another age/grade/code as a competition.
I'm not asking which competition has the highest standard, necessarily, but rather which is the most enjoyable/interesting.
I find u21 and minor both and too hard to pick from. Minor football is enjoyable to watch, a true fearlessness in them players and players not bogged down with external pressures.
The u21's is a great advertisement for the game, players near fully developed mentally and physically, fast flowing and skillful. The added benefit of it being run off quickly is teams don't have time to muck about with tactics and most teams go unnoticed unless there winning. Again pressure lifted for young adults to enjoy a game without worrying of the results! Football at its purest!
The Ulster Senior Football Championship.
Under 21 hurling c'ship for me.
Def the u21 and minors. Getting to see the new talent that is coming thru is always a bit special.
The slagging on Gaaboard.
Quote from: Owenmoresider on April 19, 2016, 10:00:56 PM
Under 21 hurling c'ship for me.
By a long shot....
Thank god for TG4....
The O'Byrne Cup championship.
The latter stages of the senior hurling is best entertainment usually. Provincial championships, bar Ulster F and Munster H, are boring as feck.
The 15 year championship batin the rossies every time .
Maybe it is time to move to the Kerry system of divisional teams in the football.
Teams who havn't won a Provincial title in years would be forced to combine to improve standards.
We could merge some of the weaker counties as follows:
In Munster Limerick + Clare and Tipp + Waterford. The Munster Championship would then be 2 semis and a final.
In Lenister you could merge natural allies such as Louth + Meath, Longford + W'meath, Offaly + Laois, Carlow + Kilkenny + Wexford, Kildare + Wicklow. Leinster would be 2 1/4s, 2 semis and a final.
In Ulster say Tyrone + Fermanagh, Derry + Antrim + Down, Armagh + Cavan. Ulster would have one 1/4, 2 semis and a final.
Connacht would see Leitrim + Sligo, London + Roscommon, Galway + New York. Connacht would have 2 semis and a final and surely they could manage to run them off within 3 months?
Of course like the Kerry system, where only proper clubs would be allowed to go on and compete in the All-Ireland series, only the stand alone counties would be allowed to go for Sam. No back doors either.
The one you win.
Quote from: muppet on April 20, 2016, 07:26:41 PM
Maybe it is time to move to the Kerry system of divisional teams in the football.
Teams who havn't won a Provincial title in years would be forced to combine to improve standards.
We could merge some of the weaker counties as follows:
In Munster Limerick + Clare and Tipp + Waterford. The Munster Championship would then be 2 semis and a final.
In Lenister you could merge natural allies such as Louth + Meath, Longford + W'meath, Offaly + Laois, Carlow + Kilkenny + Wexford, Kildare + Wicklow. Leinster would be 2 1/4s, 2 semis and a final.
In Ulster say Tyrone + Fermanagh, Derry + Antrim + Down, Armagh + Cavan. Ulster would have one 1/4, 2 semis and a final.
Connacht would see Leitrim + Sligo, London + Roscommon, Galway + New York. Connacht would have 2 semis and a final and surely they could manage to run them off within 3 months?
Of course like the Kerry system, where only proper clubs would be allowed to go on and compete in the All-Ireland series, only the stand alone counties would be allowed to go for Sam. No back doors either.
London and Roscommon - where would they train? Wales? Isle of Man?
Merging Louth and Meath? After 2010?
Quote from: muppet on April 20, 2016, 07:26:41 PM
Maybe it is time to move to the Kerry system of divisional teams in the football.
Teams who havn't won a Provincial title in years would be forced to combine to improve standards.
We could merge some of the weaker counties as follows:
In Munster Limerick + Clare and Tipp + Waterford. The Munster Championship would then be 2 semis and a final.
In Lenister you could merge natural allies such as Louth + Meath, Longford + W'meath, Offaly + Laois, Carlow + Kilkenny + Wexford, Kildare + Wicklow. Leinster would be 2 1/4s, 2 semis and a final.
In Ulster say Tyrone + Fermanagh, Derry + Antrim + Down, Armagh + Cavan. Ulster would have one 1/4, 2 semis and a final.
Connacht would see Leitrim + Sligo, London + Roscommon, Galway + New York. Connacht would have 2 semis and a final and surely they could manage to run them off within 3 months?
Of course like the Kerry system, where only proper clubs would be allowed to go on and compete in the All-Ireland series, only the stand alone counties would be allowed to go for Sam. No back doors either.
Just abolish Rhubarbland. >:(
Quote from: Rossfan on April 20, 2016, 11:25:13 PM
Quote from: muppet on April 20, 2016, 07:26:41 PM
Maybe it is time to move to the Kerry system of divisional teams in the football.
Teams who havn't won a Provincial title in years would be forced to combine to improve standards.
We could merge some of the weaker counties as follows:
In Munster Limerick + Clare and Tipp + Waterford. The Munster Championship would then be 2 semis and a final.
In Lenister you could merge natural allies such as Louth + Meath, Longford + W'meath, Offaly + Laois, Carlow + Kilkenny + Wexford, Kildare + Wicklow. Leinster would be 2 1/4s, 2 semis and a final.
In Ulster say Tyrone + Fermanagh, Derry + Antrim + Down, Armagh + Cavan. Ulster would have one 1/4, 2 semis and a final.
Connacht would see Leitrim + Sligo, London + Roscommon, Galway + New York. Connacht would have 2 semis and a final and surely they could manage to run them off within 3 months?
Of course like the Kerry system, where only proper clubs would be allowed to go on and compete in the All-Ireland series, only the stand alone counties would be allowed to go for Sam. No back doors either.
Just abolish Rhubarbland. >:(
Who'd take the smelly bollixs in though.
Kilkenny maybe :D
Quote from: BennyCake on April 20, 2016, 10:44:16 PM
Quote from: muppet on April 20, 2016, 07:26:41 PM
Maybe it is time to move to the Kerry system of divisional teams in the football.
Teams who havn't won a Provincial title in years would be forced to combine to improve standards.
We could merge some of the weaker counties as follows:
In Munster Limerick + Clare and Tipp + Waterford. The Munster Championship would then be 2 semis and a final.
In Lenister you could merge natural allies such as Louth + Meath, Longford + W'meath, Offaly + Laois, Carlow + Kilkenny + Wexford, Kildare + Wicklow. Leinster would be 2 1/4s, 2 semis and a final.
In Ulster say Tyrone + Fermanagh, Derry + Antrim + Down, Armagh + Cavan. Ulster would have one 1/4, 2 semis and a final.
Connacht would see Leitrim + Sligo, London + Roscommon, Galway + New York. Connacht would have 2 semis and a final and surely they could manage to run them off within 3 months?
Of course like the Kerry system, where only proper clubs would be allowed to go on and compete in the All-Ireland series, only the stand alone counties would be allowed to go for Sam. No back doors either.
London and Roscommon - where would they train? Wales? Isle of Man?
Merging Louth and Meath? After 2010?
Good point.
After the disgraceful way they behaved back then I want nothing to do with them.
I voted the SHC. There can be so many upsets, until they play Kilkenny that is. Tipp v Galway was brilliant last Summer.