Leinster Senior Football Championship 2025

[Rossfan]

A bit like "Up for the match"

[thejuice]

A wee moan.

Leinster and the provincials all "launched" this week. We get a few journos invited to various locations including the Gaints Causeway, few token soundbites given and few stock photos that could be 2025, 2015 or whenever.

Year in, year out, different competitions, same launch - player X in county jersey sitting in stand or on pitch togged out with cup/cup/ball/hurley etc.

When are the GAA going to actually think outside the box and come up with something different that might actually build a talking point particularly, get a marketing campaign that goes viral, go after the TicTok youth market, create something.

It mightn't generate much of the older generation but you'd be surprised and the youth need to be engaged to get wanting to attend games.

Rant over. Insert photo of Sam Mulroy with Delaney Cup here.

Yeah true but if it was competitive these problems would fix themselves. It was telling that there was no Dub at it. Not worth their while showing up for a forgone conclusion. As much as it saddens me and I know we're part of the problem but trust me the work is being done but we seem to be still selling ourselves short at senior level.

[Louther]

A wee moan.

Leinster and the provincials all "launched" this week. We get a few journos invited to various locations including the Gaints Causeway, few token soundbites given and few stock photos that could be 2025, 2015 or whenever.

Year in, year out, different competitions, same launch - player X in county jersey sitting in stand or on pitch togged out with cup/cup/ball/hurley etc.

When are the GAA going to actually think outside the box and come up with something different that might actually build a talking point particularly, get a marketing campaign that goes viral, go after the TicTok youth market, create something.

It mightn't generate much of the older generation but you'd be surprised and the youth need to be engaged to get wanting to attend games.

Rant over. Insert photo of Sam Mulroy with Delaney Cup here.

Yeah true but if it was competitive these problems would fix themselves. It was telling that there was no Dub at it. Not worth their while showing up for a forgone conclusion. As much as it saddens me and I know we're part of the problem but trust me the work is being done but we seem to be still selling ourselves short at senior level.

I probably should have added that it is same for everything. Provincials mean nothing but come the qualifiers and the knock out stages, finals it be the exact same. Rinse and repeat.

And rely on the Up for the Match the night before to dress it up a bit. Tiresome.

[Fogarty]

It's almost on us.

(cue some Sky Sports whooshes)

Does anyone care?

We'll be hockeyed by Wicklow Sun week. Wicklow will then be ate by the Dubs in Aughrim.

I'm bored with it all.

Yes, Wicklow will have enough for Longford.
Dublin will find Aughrim a tricky assignment. Most of their supporters will get lost on the way.

[Orior]

It's almost on us.

(cue some Sky Sports whooshes)

Does anyone care?

We'll be hockeyed by Wicklow Sun week. Wicklow will then be ate by the Dubs in Aughrim.

I'm bored with it all.

Yes, Wicklow will have enough for Longford.
Dublin will find Aughrim a tricky assignment. Most of their supporters will get lost on the way.

lol

[twohands!!!]

A wee moan.

Leinster and the provincials all "launched" this week. We get a few journos invited to various locations including the Gaints Causeway, few token soundbites given and few stock photos that could be 2025, 2015 or whenever.

Year in, year out, different competitions, same launch - player X in county jersey sitting in stand or on pitch togged out with cup/cup/ball/hurley etc.

When are the GAA going to actually think outside the box and come up with something different that might actually build a talking point particularly, get a marketing campaign that goes viral, go after the TicTok youth market, create something.

It mightn't generate much of the older generation but you'd be surprised and the youth need to be engaged to get wanting to attend games.

Rant over. Insert photo of Sam Mulroy with Delaney Cup here.

The four different provincials councils all having their own launch is just one of the most obvious bits of duplication of effort resulting in a waste of resources ending up with subpar results.

There's lot more stuff "under the hood" in term of administration where the provincial councils are wasting time and or money duplicating work and getting subpar results. Should be scrapped asap.

[Blowitupref]

Result Wexford 2-11 Laois 2-21

[Orior]

Result 2-11 Laois 2-21

Did Laois wipe the opposition off the field?

[LarryStiles]

Handy one for Wicklow. Are they hosting the Dubs next week?

[LarryStiles]

Wicklow making hard work but through to QF now against Dublin.

[thejuice]

Meath 1-30
Carlow 0-19

Got the job done but can hardly read anything into it. Disappointing we only scored 4 two pointers given the space we had and possession. We're going to struggle if we can get more 2 pointers.
Offaly will be a big step up from today.

[Fogarty]

Wicklow made heavy work of Longford, but I was glad we got extra time to get ourselves right.
Dublin will be a big challenge. We never fear them and they won't like Aughrim!

[Rossfan]

How many can Aughrim hold?

[Fogarty]

How many can Aughrim hold?

7,000.

[Shamrock Shore]

It was our best performance of the year and coulda, shoulda etc.

Fogarty is right. Wicklow made hard work of it. 15 or so wides and prob had 60-65% of possession and yet we could have won. Wicklow equalised with more oe less the last kick of the game.

Longford had no stream left for extra time.

Not too disheartened, despite losing. Would have been nice to play the Dubs in an artistic sense. Madness in every   other sense. I hope Wicklow keep pace. Your inside forward line is good (or made look good) so that's something.

Dubs' juggernaut will be nigh unstoppable.