All-Ireland Minor Football Championship 2014

[Syferus]

Re: the minor championship

You are really beginning to see the counties with big playing numbers and resources come to the fore in the minor
Dublin (last few years), Mayo (going for two in a row), Kerry, Donegal.

When was the last time the likes of Westmeath, Laois, Longford come through?

2013 for Westmeath. 2010 for Longford.

[manfromdelmonte]

Re: the minor championship

You are really beginning to see the counties with big playing numbers and resources come to the fore in the minor
Dublin (last few years), Mayo (going for two in a row), Kerry, Donegal.

When was the last time the likes of Westmeath, Laois, Longford come through?

2013 for Westmeath. 2010 for Longford.

to win something?

[Syferus]

Re: the minor championship

You are really beginning to see the counties with big playing numbers and resources come to the fore in the minor
Dublin (last few years), Mayo (going for two in a row), Kerry, Donegal.

When was the last time the likes of Westmeath, Laois, Longford come through?

2013 for Westmeath. 2010 for Longford.

to win something?

Longford won Leinster in 2010.

[AZOffaly]

Tipp 2011?

[Zulu]

What about Roscommon, Cavan or Tipp? They've all done well at underage level recently and none of them are big counties. Or what about Down, Meath, Derry? Big counties with little recent underage success. The Gaa is now as it's always has been, unfair and unbalanced but people it seems want to keep it that way in the main.

[thewobbler]

Re: the minor championship

You are really beginning to see the counties with big playing numbers and resources come to the fore in the minor
Dublin (last few years), Mayo (going for two in a row), Kerry, Donegal.

When was the last time the likes of Westmeath, Laois, Longford come through?

Such a pile of tripe.

- Ulster has 5 different MFC winners in the past 6 years.
- Leinster has 5 different MFC winners in the past 8 years. As with always, Dublin will win 3-5 in a decade.
- The same 3 counties that won all but 5 Connacht MFCs continue to dominate out there.
- The same 3 counties that won all but 4 Munster MFCs continue to dominate out there.
- Since 2000, 12 counties have won AI minor titles. Only Tyrone have won more than 1.

[smort]

We just have the four since 2000   

[ck]

Dublin minors will play their remaining games at home. Fact! For the minor age group that is a massive plus. It'll be a massive deal for the other teams to play on Croke, not quite as big for Dublin.

bullshit

A very intellectual response there Johnny. So on what grounds doe you believe the above statement is bullshit? I await your answer with interest

[Zulu]

On the basis Croke Park isn't their home ground I'd imagine.

[ck]

On the basis Croke Park isn't their home ground I'd imagine.

They will play the AI semi and final at home. Just like the Leinster Final. If Mayo play in Castlebar, Tubbercurry or Ballina.. they also would be playing at home. Dublin have an advantage here, that is the point. To suggest otherwise you are either A. playing semantics or B. A Dublin fan who would get a nose bleed if they hit the M50.

Regardless, no-one will even come close to Kerry so advantages won't matter.

[rodney trotter]

Dublin Minors have played the same number of games as Mayo minors this year in Croke Park which is 1.The early games in Leinster were in Parnell like the Longford game or elsewhere.  The leinster Semi against Offaly was in Tullamore.
The leinster final was the only game they played in Croke Park. The Quarter final againat Cork was in Thurles

Mayo played there against Armagh last weekend so maybe that's an advantage over Kerry?

btw where else would you play the All Ireland Semis and Final

[J70]

It's another advantage to the Dubs, but unless we want to build another 85,000 seater stadium somewhere else or handicap Dublin, what can you do? Every player wants to play there. Fans love to go there. End of story.

[Zulu]

Not a Dub, but it is you who are playing semantics. Croke Park is a national stadium not a county stadium but it has to be in some county, that county happens to be Dublin but Dublin aren't playing at home simply because it is located in their county. If that was the case, then if the All Ireland semi finals were fixed for the Aviva, they would also be playing at home and have an advantage. It's a rather strange complaint to make considering the All Ireland semi finals have been played in Croke Park for as long as anyone can remember, even when Dublin were in them, and I never heard anyone complain before.

[Syferus]

Not a Dub, but it is you who are playing semantics. Croke Park is a national stadium not a county stadium but it has to be in some county, that county happens to be Dublin but Dublin aren't playing at home simply because it is located in their county. If that was the case, then if the All Ireland semi finals were fixed for the Aviva, they would also be playing at home and have an advantage. It's a rather strange complaint to make considering the All Ireland semi finals have been played in Croke Park for as long as anyone can remember, even when Dublin were in them, and I never heard anyone complain before.

Whatever about minors 'not playing there' it's a home match in terms of location and support. Very little travel needed. For the seniors those advantages are only increased.

Amazed anyone still tries to argue the semantics on that one.

[Zulu]

How is it a home match in terms of location? Is the Aviva a home ground or Dalymount Park? If travel time is an advantage then surely Kildare and Meath share those advantages? As for support, there'll only be more support for Dublin if more Dubs turn up early and apparently they aren't real Gaels so if Donegal and Dublin meet in the All Ireland semi final then the Donegal minors will have all the support.