Quote from: Keyser soze on April 28, 2023, 09:49:25 AMQuote from: honthecounty on April 27, 2023, 04:16:06 PMQuote from: JoG2 on April 26, 2023, 11:36:11 PMQuote from: honthecounty on April 26, 2023, 11:04:33 PM
Speaking to a young chap in work today - county board off to a stinker with the way they have organised the Neal Carlin cup. The teams in junior must wonder what's the point at times.
How so, is it different this year? Always thought the main advantage of the district cups was giving teams competitive games leading into the league.
Magilligan team have only played dolans on 26th March so they have had no real advantage to them.. Moneymore conceded to them before the dolans game and there game with Ardmore was to be rearranged to due a number of deaths in a couple of days but if Magilligan beat moneymore by 4 or more they would of topped the group and by 3 or more qualified for semi finals in 2nd. CB have told them they are out due to Ardmore not being able to accommodate a new date and time running out meaning they now have a further 3 week break to league starts before another competitive game. But a 4 team group which has taken 7/8 weeks to run and as much as it is a district cup them fellas are shown little respect.
It is a bit difficult to follow who did what here, but it appears some clubs were conceding games and others cancelling games and not rearranging them.
How is that the Board's fault?
A cursory glance at the Derry website shows Magilligan are down to play Ardmore tonight in their final group game.........and can still qualify for semis from what I can see.
There was a 5 team group and a 4 team group, the 5 team group have all their games completed, the 4 team group, which includes Magilligan, have a game outstanding, with a round of fixtures less, probably due to clubs postponing games with no clear plan to rearrange.
Also the first games in this competition were on 12th March which was 6 weeks ago according to my Maths, I'm not sure how you could run a 5 team group stage in substantially less time than that.
Someone who thinks this is a stinker by the county board is sorely wasted posting on Gaaboard when they should be county secretary showcasing their extraordinary administrative talents.
That game is now not being played as Magilligan told they are out as fixtures had to be done last week. It appears harsh on Magilligan who would probably see this as a chance of a cup and out of now fault do there own are now out - they offered play Friday Sunday and we're told no. A 4 team group should take 3 weeks.