Tailteann Cup 2023

[on the hop]

So it's down or Meath in the next round

[Joeythelips]

So it's down or Meath in the next round

What about the winners of Antrim v Carlow?

[Tier2]

It has to be either Meath or down as they have played against each other before and cannot be drawn against each other again.
Winner of Antrim or Carlow Will play either of the 2 as well

[Laoiseabu]

It has to be either Meath or down as they have played against each other before and cannot be drawn against each other again.
Winner of Antrim or Carlow Will play either of the 2 as well

Are you sure it's not an open draw ? I'd be really really hoping to avoid Meath and Down . The other team will more than likely be Antrim who would be our best draw by far

[Tier2]

It has to be either Meath or down as they have played against each other before and cannot be drawn against each other again.
Winner of Antrim or Carlow Will play either of the 2 as well

Are you sure it's not an open draw ? I'd be really really hoping to avoid Meath and Down . The other team will more than likely be Antrim who would be our best draw by far

I'm very sure as we were not able to draw Cavan also.
Just seen in mentioned on the LT report also
Unfortunate as either down or Meath would be the least wanted draw

[imtommygunn]

I think it's an open draw. Theoretically three teams from one group could be in the semi final so I think because of that there isn't the same rule in the semi finals...

I think

[Laoiseabu]

Tailteann Cup - Semi-Final Draw
The four Quarter-Final winners from this weekend's games
will be drawn to two Semi-Finals - subject to avoidance of
repeat pairings from the overall championship where
possible. The Semi-Finals are due to take place on Sunday,
June 25th at Páirc an Chrócaigh.
Fixture details for both the Sam Maguire Preliminary
Quarter-Finals and the Tailteann Cup Semi-Finals will be
confirmed by the C.C.C.C on Monday afternoon next.
Note 1 - There is a possibility that a Draw for the Tailteann
Cup Semi-finals will not be required, depending on the
outcome of this weekend's fixtures
Note 2 - The CCCC will confirm final details for both draws
(i.e. what teams are in Bowl 1 and Bowl 2 in the Sam
Maguire, what pairings cannot happen in both draws etc) on
Sunday evening.

[Laoiseabu]

So going by those rules Meath and Down can't play each other which means we will have to play one of them .

One pot will be Meath and Down and the other pot will be Laois and Antrim/Carlow

[recyclebin]

Why would they have that rule for the semi-final draw? It doesn't make any sense. Some teams having to play 4 weeks in a row doesn't seem fair either. Come Semi-Final there should be two week break and an open draw in my opinion. As it stands there is a three week break to the final. They could cut that back to two instead.

[Silkyskillssunshinee]

At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter who we play in the semi-final as we will have to beat a Meath/Down if we want to lift the Tailteann Cup. That should be our aim as well. This group of players have shown real heart over the last few weeks.

The forward line of Murphy, Barry, O'Carroll and Kingston will cause any team in the TC problems. We need to maybe be a bit cuter with how we play at times but we have the firepower there to be competitive with a Meath/Down.

Hopefully a decent crowd turn up for two weeks time as the lads deserve it.

[on the hop]

It's Sunday the 25th on the fixtures

[Laoiseabu]

At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter who we play in the semi-final as we will have to beat a Meath/Down if we want to lift the Tailteann Cup. That should be our aim as well. This group of players have shown real heart over the last few weeks.

The forward line of Murphy, Barry, O'Carroll and Kingston will cause any team in the TC problems. We need to maybe be a bit cuter with how we play at times but we have
the firepower there to be competitive with a Meath/Down.

Hopefully a decent crowd turn up for two weeks time as the lads deserve it.








I'd be less worried about our firepower and be more worried about the sheer amount of goal chances that our defence concedes . I counted 4 point blank goals that Limerick missed in the first half today and they missed another one in the second half after a loose kick pass by a Laois defender. On another day Limerick could of taken a couple of those goal chances and the game would of been wraps at half time . Limerick also gifted us the game at the end when one of their defenders played in Colm Murphy for the goal with a lose back pass . I suppose sometimes you need a bit of luck and we certainly got that today . I thought Paddy OSullivan was very good today and I thought Evan OCarroll has looked more like his old self the past two games which is a huge positive

Onto Croke Park next and it looks like if we want to win a Tailteann cup we will more than likely need to beat both Meath and Down . One thing I notice about both Meath and Down is that they both have fierce pace in their sides and they both have some decent scoring forwards . I think In the wide open spaces of croke park we will need to try and tighten up defensively or else we could be sliced through at ease by two teams who are a lot more clinical than Limerick .

[Countyminor]

Billy deserves a ton of credit. Got all the big calls right today. I'll hold my hands up and say I was far too reactionary personally after the London game and certainly shared some opinions I'd have been far better off keeping to myself. Fair play to everyone involved, you've done far more for this county than keyboard warriors like myself at times ever could.

[thegreeenandgold]

Billy deserves a ton of credit. Got all the big calls right today. I'll hold my hands up and say I was far too reactionary personally after the London game and certainly shared some opinions I'd have been far better off keeping to myself. Fair play to everyone involved, you've done far more for this county than keyboard warriors like myself at times ever could.

Thanks Chris, Jesus beating Fermanagh and Limerick is now regarded as lifting us from the doldrums. 

[Countyminor]

Beating Fermanagh and Limerick away is damn good going given that both of those sides were among the favourites for this tournament and given that both have been playing at a much higher level than ourselves this year. I would say that those two performances are better than anything we've produced since our league performance prior to the Covid restrictions in 2020.

I'm curious Green and Gold why you or anyone else would be dismissive of that?