All-Ireland Series Sam Maguire 2026

[tonto1888]

When I explain too people over here we've a league competition that nobody really wants to win they all laugh and can't understand it as it doesn't make sense and their right!

Get rid of the league, find a way of creating some sort of advantage for winning a provincial title, split the championship into Senior/Intermediate/Junior and find a way of creating enough jeopardy. A 10 team Sam Maguire, 5 home games and 4 away games for a provincial winner. Top 2 into a semi final, 3-6 into the quarter finals and 9th & 10th are relegated. It would be great viewing and very few games that meant nothing.

The difficulty is unlike hurling where counties were happy to "give up the ghost", football is far more enfranchised and all counties want a cut at Sam Maguire, even if they know it is remote.

But they all do have a cut at Sam, if you aren't good enough to get up the leagues and not good enough to get to a provincial final then you don't deserve a chance. The TC and leagues are great for teams to develop and push themselves up the ranks.

would your opinion be the same had the TC been about when we were in div3 and couldnt win a game in Ulster nevermind make a final?

Yes. Best we could hope for then a decent draw in the back door against similar level teams which we got in was it 2017 against the likes of Kildare before being tanked against Tyrone.

At the time we'd have probably had a decent chance at a TC and would have been realistic silverware when we were well behind Tyrone and Donegal in Ulster never mind Kerry/Dublin/Mayo.

hindsight is 20/20 but at the time you would not have had the same opinion

[thejuice]

Meath beat Mayo in Ashbourne in a challenge match during the week. Reportedly two teams full strength. Costello and Jones played for Meath with Jones scoring a goal and coming off with a hamstring strain once again.

[moonster]

Rountine wins for kerry and Galway. I hear Galway lads have the 5 in a row t-shirts ready.

[moonster]

Kerry win All Ireland handy this year

Cork and Connacht teams shite the nest at sight of Kerry jersey

Ulster teams sam now. Plus they struggling with new rules.  Jimmy peaked for league and was shown up against Down.

Dubs in transition.

[RedHand88]

Rountine wins for kerry and Galway. I hear Galway lads have the 5 in a row t-shirts ready.

Nostradamus.

[sans pessimism]

Rountine wins for kerry and Galway. I hear Galway lads have the 5 in a row t-shirts ready.

Nostradamus.

NostraDUMB-ASS

[shantygael]

Rountine wins for kerry and Galway. I hear Galway lads have the 5 in a row t-shirts ready.

Nostradamus.

NostraDUMB-ASS