Westmeath Vs Dublin - Croke Park

[trileacman]

It's entirely possible that the current championship system is the least worst option.
Don't forget, no intercounty player plays for one team and one team alone, which in itself introduces a myriad of fixture issues.

Agreed.

I'm also wary of abandoning the provincial championships. Why dispose of a format with 5 possible champions for one with only 1? Westmeath, Sligo, Roscommon, Donegal, Laois, have all recently marched to a hugely celebrated victories. Clare, Fermanagh, Antrim, Monaghan, Wexford, Down, Kildare and Louth have all gotten to provincial titles which have produced great interest and exposure of the games in their native counties.

A format without provincial championships would dispose of this and leave the weaker counties with only one-off surprise victories against stronger opposition as their reason d'etre.

[Dont Matter]

Lads, I said earlier I'm going to come up with the solution that keeps everyone happy. Impossible some of ye have said. Well I've done it. I have the perfect system but you'll have to wait for me to reveal it as I have to go to a match soon.

[Jinxy]

Write it down so you don't forget it.

[seafoid]

Derry beaten as well. So that is 6 out of 8 D2 teams out on the first day and the other 2 are playing each other.
FFS.

[emmetryan]

Louth beat Laois in an all-Division 2 game, Wexford (also Division 2) play them next. Neither can face a Division 1 team (Dublin or Kildare) until the Leinster Final at the earliest as they play the winner of Meath (Div 3) and Wicklow (Div 4).

[Dont Matter]

Write it down so you don't forget it.

Too late, I've forgotten it. It was the most ingenious plan of all time. It would have solved everything. It's still somewhere in me brain though. It might come out some other time.
At least Laois won.

[From the Bunker]

Write it down so you don't forget it.

Too late, I've forgotten it. It was the most ingenious plan of all time. It would have solved everything. It's still somewhere in me brain though. It might come out some other time.
At least Laois won.

You snooze.....You....

[Dont Matter]

Ah no only messin, I'll get back to work on it. Set your eyes to stunned.

[Johnnybegood]

So I'm GAA president master and god for a day
This is what I'd do
Play the old all Ireland format in the spring instead of the league


From lets say April start the big one

32 county open draw with a qualifier system

When it's down to the last eight ( to be marketed as the super eight series) split the teams into 2 groups of 4 with each team playing the other teams in their group once

Top 2 teams in each group qualify for the all Ireland semi

Going on the last ten years teams like Sligo Westmeath Wexford
Fermanagh Limerick Have all reached at least the last eight.

Going on 2010 the groups might have looked something like

Dublin.             Kerry
Tyrone.             Down
Cork                 Kildare
Donegal.           Meath

Nice little competition to have at the height of summer
A lot of the group games could be played at nutreal venues on sunny sat evenings

Dublin away to Cork needing a point to qualify might be tasty fixture.
Kerry facing Down needing a win etc etc

[Rossfan]

Why not cut out the middlemen and only allow Div1 teams Counties to play in that Championship of yours 

[Johnnybegood]

Eh Every team would have an equal chance of reaching the last eight !
The only real change is instead of quarter final knock out games the last eight are grouped giving all of us more high quality even games during the height of summer

[Johnnybegood]

This is what I'd do
Play the old all Ireland format in the spring instead of the league


From lets say April start the big one

32 county open draw with a qualifier system

When it's down to the last eight ( to be marketed as the super eight series) split the teams into 2 groups of 4 with each team playing the other teams in their group once

Top 2 teams in each group qualify for the all Ireland semi

Going on the last ten years teams like Sligo Westmeath Wexford
Fermanagh Limerick Have all reached at least the last eight.

Going on 2010 the groups might have looked something like

Dublin.             Kerry
Tyrone.             Down
Cork                 Kildare
Donegal.           Meath

Nice little competition to have at the height of summer
A lot of the group games could be played at nutreal venues on sunny sat evenings

Dublin away to Cork needing a point to qualify might be tasty fixture.

[Rossfan]

16 counties get 1 game all year
8 Counties get 2 games all year
8 Counties get a whole raft of games and the people of the other 24 Counties are supposed to watch them and be all excited.

Has to be a windup 

[Dont Matter]

You're in the wrong thread if you're looking for the way forward. There's a thread on the main page with a great idea, if it's implemented it could change the face of football forever.

[Johnnybegood]

16 counties get 1 game all year
8 Counties get 2 games all year
8 Counties get a whole raft of games and the people of the other 24 Counties are supposed to watch them and be all excited.

Has to be a windup 

ye I just copped that
Keep the league as we know it in the spring
My main change is geared toward the summer competition.