Armagh still 3rd favorites for the All Ireland ahead of Donegal.
Would have though Donegal would have leap frogged them after this weekend.
Would have though Donegal would have leap frogged them after this weekend.
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Show posts MenuQuote from: Armagh18 on June 15, 2024, 05:37:31 PMQuote from: SouthOfThe Bann on June 15, 2024, 05:09:14 PMAre you sure Tyrone can't play Cavan again?Open to correction on that!
I think it might only be avoidance of repeat pairings from Group Stage and provincial finals but could be wrong.
Quote from: Blowitupref on June 13, 2024, 05:27:25 PMFrom the Irish Examiner.
A competition structure previously used in the Kerry senior football championship is considered the early favourite to replace the current All-Ireland SFC round-robin format.
The idea of a knock-out Sam Maguire Cup with second chances for counties defeated in the first round gained support at roadshow meetings in Munster on Monday and Leinster on Tuesday this week.
It is the first of six options put forward by the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) to change the All-Ireland senior football championship.
The last 16 (Round 1) would comprise the eight provincial finalists in one bowl and the seven best league finishers and Tailteann Cup winners from the previous year.
In Round 2A, the eight winners from the last 16 would face off to earn four All-Ireland quarter-final places while in Round 2B the eight losers would compete to avoid elimination and qualify to face the Round 2A losers in Round 3 for the remaining four last-eight spots.
The document reads: "It is a proposal the CCCC are recommending that counties give serious consideration as it has the potential to ease congestion in the calendar and create a greater 'level' of jeopardy than the current structure with its four-team round-robin groups." The second-round winners and losers structure was in place in Kerry between 2002 and '19 and has been in operation in other counties such as Laois.
Another option the CCCC see merit in is provincial champions going through to the All-Ireland quarter-finals and the other 12 teams competing in four groups of three to join them. However, that would mean a five-week wait to the last-eight games for the Connacht and Munster winners and four for the Leinster and Ulster victors.
The four other suggestions are listed but not endorsed by the CCCC – the introduction of a third tier All-Ireland SFC for Division 3 and 4 teams, a return to knock-out Sam Maguire and Tailteann Cup games post-provincial, operating the provincial championships on a tiered basis as per the Sam Maguire and Tailteann Cup and starting the inter-county season with the provincial championships followed by the Allianz Leagues and then a round-robin All-Ireland.
In compiling the proposals, the CCCC acknowledged the lack of jeopardy in the current system whereby three teams from four qualify for the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. They also highlighted the need for a gap week between the league finals and commencement of the provincial championships at the same time minimising the break between teams going out of the provinces and their first Sam Maguire/Tailteann Cup game. This year, Monaghan had a six-week gap between losing an Ulster opener to Cavan and facing Kerry in their first Sam Maguire group fixture.
Providing a greater reward for provincial champions is considered an issue as is the number of one-sided games in the early rounds of the provincial championships and teams having to play three weekends in a row.
County and provincial representatives in Limerick and Portlaoise were briefed on the options with similar meetings in Ulster and Connacht planned in the coming days. Any proposed changes to the All-Ireland SFC would likely be voted on at Special Congress in December.
Among the other discussion points was either one or both of the All-Ireland senior finals taking place in August – this year's hurling and football showdowns are July 21 and 28 respectively.
While there was some if not a lot of apprehension in Munster about potential contraction of the club season and the time required for dual counties to complete their schedules, at the Leinster gathering there was a call for counties to take stock of their regular inter-county championship exit times in arranging the start dates for their club championships.
Quote from: Snapchap on June 13, 2024, 10:36:17 AMApparently Harte (who is well known for remaining mostly calm/emotionless on the sideline for his entire career) is only calm/emotionless on the sideline for Derry becuase "he doesn't give a f**k" about Derry because he's not from Derry. Fanning asked him was he not the same on the sideline for Tyrone, to which Joe bizzarely replied "I don't know what went on in the Tyrone dressing room".
Quote from: Blowitupref on June 04, 2024, 09:27:09 PMQuote from: SouthOfThe Bann on June 04, 2024, 09:15:50 PMArmagh are now 3rd favourites for the all Ireland with some bookies.Bookies and punters are expecting the group winners to reach the last four.
A meteoric rise in one weekend.
They've looked good in Ulster final and at the weekend.
But we need to be wary of recency bias.
Would love to see them get to a semi or final however.
Armagh couldn't have got any closer to semi finals the last two years with Quarter final penalty shoot out losses. Back in Div 1 again next year which will be their 4th year in the last 5 years in the top division the job and improvement McGeeney has brought to Armagh is underrated IMO.
Quote from: armaghniac on June 04, 2024, 10:33:01 PMQuote from: SouthOfThe Bann on June 04, 2024, 04:43:20 PMQuote from: Norm-Peterson on June 04, 2024, 03:43:16 PMWhy do the media keep inflicting us with South Armagh accents? As if McConville wasn't enough, now we have Aaron Kernan and they also keep interviewing Rian O'Neill.
Rian O'Neill has a lot more Southern Accent than his brother Oisin even.
Some of the Cross lads could pass as Cavan or Louth men.
Risn's room is on the southern side of the house.
Quote from: Norm-Peterson on June 04, 2024, 03:43:16 PMWhy do the media keep inflicting us with South Armagh accents? As if McConville wasn't enough, now we have Aaron Kernan and they also keep interviewing Rian O'Neill.
Quote from: ardchieftain on June 04, 2024, 04:35:24 PMTir na nOg in portadown and Eire Og in craigavon.