Quote from: Smellyball on November 22, 2023, 10:52:48 AMQuote from: Laois Rising on November 21, 2023, 11:56:00 PMFor novelty I'd love to see the following system in place (obviously I know it will never pass in reality as a proposal).Shit proposal. Lose your first game and the year is effectively over.
8 senior teams play off with a first round do or die game (open draw as to who faces who). 4 teams progress to the next round with an open draw again. The two winning teams from these encounters proceed to play one another with the winner progressing to the final. The two losing teams then play off in a quarter final with the winner of that game facing the losing team of the two winning teams encounter in the semi-final.
The losing 8 teams play off in a senior B style competition as currently in use in the football championship.
What I like about this proposal is that it takes away the safety nets and the dead rubbers that the group games are currently throwing up. It also brings back cut-throat first round encounters that should add intensity and excitement to the championship.
Plus what's the point of playing a quarter final, followed by another game when the finalists are already decided....
- The two winning teams from these encounters proceed to play one another with the winner progressing to the final. The two losing teams then play off in a quarter final with the winner of that game facing the losing team of the two winning teams encounter in the semi-final-
I went back and read this again to try understand it.... awful.
A team could potentially lose a semi final twice in the same competition.
Lol