All Ireland Championship 2025.

[takeyourpoint]

Apparently the bus driver was from Donegal

[J70]

Apparently the bus driver was from Donegal

The McGuinness family do have a bus company... 🤫

Maybe it was even one of their buses in disguise!

[SaffronSports]

Do we know how much tickets will be for the Sunday double header this weekend?

[SouthDublinBro]

Apparently the bus driver was from Donegal

The McGuinness family do have a bus company... 🤫

Maybe it was even one of their buses in disguise!

That would not surprise me. Remember when McGuinness had a fella spying on the Kerry training ground, for all the good it did them that year. Desperate stuff.

[AustinPowers]

Jim not be happy 6 day turnaround CCC flexing their authority imo.

Donegal wans need to be home for Glenroe, hence the Saturday fixture

Winning streak  and Glenroe. What decade are you boys living in? 

Next thing  you'll be saying is you'll need to  get back  for the dancing  at the crossroads

[rodney trotter]

Jim not be happy 6 day turnaround CCC flexing their authority imo.

Donegal wans need to be home for Glenroe, hence the Saturday fixture

Winning streak  and Glenroe. What decade are you boys living in? 

Next thing  you'll be saying is you'll need to  get back  for the dancing  at the crossroads

Still the early 90s in Tyrone.

[tiempo]

Baywatch on a Sunday evening with soup and egg sangwiches, and 2 ply of kleenex, the CCCCCCC are out of touch if you think the men of Donegal are missing that

[David McKeown]

Jim not be happy 6 day turnaround CCC flexing their authority imo.

Luck of the draw

Why do you keep repeating that over and over? A draw is random.

This is a heavily thought out decision (rightly or wrongly)

Well no draw in the GAA is random what with seeding, the avoidance of repeat pairings and the provincial system but the dates were set in stone before this one. Games would be either 28/29. The only time a 6 day turnaround isn't allowed is for a beaten provincial finalist.

Donegal had the opportunity to avoid this happening to them.

The draw with All Ireland champions v the Munster champions was always likely to see a scenario where one team from last Sunday would be playing this Saturday.

Again the last two weeks come down to luck of the draw and the fixtures it generates. Some teams are going to get shorter turnarounds some longer. That's unavoidable

Teams can't really complain about 6/7/8 day turnarounds nor can they complain about 13/14/15 days. That's just how things have panned out.

Though if you only complain when it impacts on you then I think that's simply hypocrisy.

I'm not from Donegal clearly, but I believe they should have got a 7 day turnaround the same as ourselves, Kerry and Dublin.
You keep bringing 13 vs 14 days into it as well - once you're into the two week territory the extra day doesn't matter a shite as you well know.

It absolutely can matter I am sure Meath, Armagh and Kerry are delighted with an extra day which given the nature of the current game could be invaluable in getting injured players on the pitch.  Is it as important as a day in 6 v 7 possibly not but that's perception and speculation. Also why shouldnt the group winners be considered the same way.  The whole thing could be avoided with 2 weeks between rounds but that would mean a significant loss to the association with the All Ireland final having to go back 2 weeks

[joemamas]

There's question marks hanging over all the remaining teams it has to be said. It's very open.

That said I think we are bottom of the pecking order which is hard to argue with but we still have every chance of beating Galway.

Considering where we were last year it's been a great run but it's by no means over nor should we entertain that notion for a second.

Certainly think there will be a surprise in these fixtures.

Chances of a surprise
1.kerry (hopefully not)
2.Tyrone
3.Meath
4.Monaghan

[MK]

Apparently the bus driver was from Donegal

Apparently the owner of the bellurgan bus company was the pilot on the day....lives up to the name w-anchor tours

[RedHand88]

Jim not be happy 6 day turnaround CCC flexing their authority imo.

Luck of the draw

Why do you keep repeating that over and over? A draw is random.

This is a heavily thought out decision (rightly or wrongly)

Well no draw in the GAA is random what with seeding, the avoidance of repeat pairings and the provincial system but the dates were set in stone before this one. Games would be either 28/29. The only time a 6 day turnaround isn't allowed is for a beaten provincial finalist.

Donegal had the opportunity to avoid this happening to them.

The draw with All Ireland champions v the Munster champions was always likely to see a scenario where one team from last Sunday would be playing this Saturday.

Again the last two weeks come down to luck of the draw and the fixtures it generates. Some teams are going to get shorter turnarounds some longer. That's unavoidable

Teams can't really complain about 6/7/8 day turnarounds nor can they complain about 13/14/15 days. That's just how things have panned out.

Though if you only complain when it impacts on you then I think that's simply hypocrisy.

I'm not from Donegal clearly, but I believe they should have got a 7 day turnaround the same as ourselves, Kerry and Dublin.
You keep bringing 13 vs 14 days into it as well - once you're into the two week territory the extra day doesn't matter a shite as you well know.

It absolutely can matter I am sure Meath, Armagh and Kerry are delighted with an extra day which given the nature of the current game could be invaluable in getting injured players on the pitch.  Is it as important as a day in 6 v 7 possibly not but that's perception and speculation. Also why shouldnt the group winners be considered the same way.  The whole thing could be avoided with 2 weeks between rounds but that would mean a significant loss to the association with the All Ireland final having to go back 2 weeks

Can't do that. Club season.

[Armagh18]

There's question marks hanging over all the remaining teams it has to be said. It's very open.

That said I think we are bottom of the pecking order which is hard to argue with but we still have every chance of beating Galway.

Considering where we were last year it's been a great run but it's by no means over nor should we entertain that notion for a second.

Certainly think there will be a surprise in these fixtures.

Chances of a surprise
1.kerry (hopefully not)
2.Tyrone
3.Meath
4.Monaghan

Would Tyrone winning even be a surprise? Or Kerry?

[imtommygunn]

I don't understand why Kerry are being written off - Armagh should be slight favourites but no more than that.

Meath wouldn't be a big surprise either - they have beat Dublin and Kerry and Galway have been hit and miss.

I wouldn't be surprised if Tyrone get hammered or I wouldn't be surprised if they won.

I couldn't see Monaghan winning though Donegal would need their second half form rather than their first from the weekend.

[David McKeown]

Jim not be happy 6 day turnaround CCC flexing their authority imo.

Luck of the draw

Why do you keep repeating that over and over? A draw is random.

This is a heavily thought out decision (rightly or wrongly)

Well no draw in the GAA is random what with seeding, the avoidance of repeat pairings and the provincial system but the dates were set in stone before this one. Games would be either 28/29. The only time a 6 day turnaround isn't allowed is for a beaten provincial finalist.

Donegal had the opportunity to avoid this happening to them.

The draw with All Ireland champions v the Munster champions was always likely to see a scenario where one team from last Sunday would be playing this Saturday.

Again the last two weeks come down to luck of the draw and the fixtures it generates. Some teams are going to get shorter turnarounds some longer. That's unavoidable

Teams can't really complain about 6/7/8 day turnarounds nor can they complain about 13/14/15 days. That's just how things have panned out.

Though if you only complain when it impacts on you then I think that's simply hypocrisy.

I'm not from Donegal clearly, but I believe they should have got a 7 day turnaround the same as ourselves, Kerry and Dublin.
You keep bringing 13 vs 14 days into it as well - once you're into the two week territory the extra day doesn't matter a shite as you well know.

It absolutely can matter I am sure Meath, Armagh and Kerry are delighted with an extra day which given the nature of the current game could be invaluable in getting injured players on the pitch.  Is it as important as a day in 6 v 7 possibly not but that's perception and speculation. Also why shouldnt the group winners be considered the same way.  The whole thing could be avoided with 2 weeks between rounds but that would mean a significant loss to the association with the All Ireland final having to go back 2 weeks

Can't do that. Club season.

Yes I'm sure the impact would be devastating in the two counties it would impact.

[AustinPowers]

Apparently the bus driver was from Donegal

The McGuinness family do have a bus company... 🤫

Maybe it was even one of their buses in disguise!

That would not surprise me. Remember when McGuinness had a fella spying on the Kerry training ground, for all the good it did them that year. Desperate stuff.

Are you  sure that  wasn't just a man up a tree  after his cat?  Or Zaccheus the tax collector?