Super 8s

[ragingbull]

I see that both Dublin and Tyrone squads for Sundays game are out - photos of their respective squads from the program
A lot of changes

Super 8 format is dead. Make all games meaningful

Mickey Harte doesn't want to give anything away for the All Ireland where the 2 teams will meet again

 

[JoeH]

Mayo will be hard to stop. Superb performance

Shows how important it is to have the match ups right

 

[ragingbull]

Mayo will be hard to stop. Superb performance

Shows how important it is to have the match ups right

Good performance won't be good to beat the dubs next tho I can't see dubs being beat

 

[ragingbull]

Michael Murphy did everything in that game to help donegal get a result its a ashame McHugh,Brennan & McBreaty didn't show up

 

[PatMustard]

Donegal are still a young and relatively inexperienced team. It’s maybe a year or two too early for them.

 

[ragingbull]

Donegal are still a young and relatively inexperienced team. It’s maybe a year or two too early for them.

McNeilis is a big miss from the Donegal team

 

[JoeH]

Donegal are still a young and relatively inexperienced team. It’s maybe a year or two too early for them.

It also shows where Armagh are and just how close we are. We are not as reliant on one player as Donegal are and with another year hopefully more steps can be made.
It also shows the value of having a squad which we have
However its time the championship was changed and balanced. For years it was in Kerrys favour, now it includes Dublin.

8 groups of 4 -'no games in croke park
1 from each division chosen at random
1st round: div 4 v div 1 - div 2 v div 3
2nd round: div 1 v div 2 - div 3 v div 4
3rd round: div 1 v div 3 - div 2 v div 4

These games played in June

Top 2 go into final 16 -
Round 4 - random draw -1st team out home advantage (no croke park) 2nd weekend in July
Round 5 - random draw - neutral venue - last weekend in July
Semi finals - random draw - croke park
2nd weekend in August
Final - croke park - 1st weekend in September

This could be stretched out longer or made shorter
Every team that makes the final plays the same amount of games
Makes the leagues more important
Any county that cancels its own internal club league games to lose home advantage - in Armagh I believe we have one of the best league setups and continously play games - a template to follow

 

[niall1980]

Connolly starts for Dublin

 

[JoeH]

As much as it pains me - the bias from Marty Morrissey for Dublin is so obvious
Tyrone go forward and then have to come back and its great Dublin pressure, all the way back etc...
Dublin do the same and its great ball retention
Anyhow if Tyrone had a v good full forward theyd win this game at their leisure

 

[ragingbull]

As much as it pains me - the bias from Marty Morrissey for Dublin is so obvious
Tyrone go forward and then have to come back and its great Dublin pressure, all the way back etc...
Dublin do the same and its great ball retention
Anyhow if Tyrone had a v good full forward theyd win this game at their leisure

if Tyrone had a v good full forward,this is one reason why Tyrone won't win the All Ireland the year again

 

[ragingbull]

All Ireland Semi Finals

Saturday 10th 5pm
Dublin vs Mayo

Sunday 11th 3:30pm
Kerry vs Tyrone

 

[thecritic]

Mad how there was 7 mins injury time yesterday in a nothing game and that scumbag Deegan gave us 4 mins down in Castlebar.

 

[PatMustard]

Mad how there was 7 mins injury time yesterday in a nothing game and that scumbag Deegan gave us 4 mins down in Castlebar.

Is it not the fourth official who allocates the amount of injury time to be played?

 

[JoeH]

Is it not the fourth official who allocates the amount of injury time to be played?

Referee does this - 4th official is effectively a pen pusher. This is the problem - make the 4th official work more and deal with time etc..

 

[ragingbull]

Mad how there was 7 mins injury time yesterday in a nothing game and that scumbag Deegan gave us 4 mins down in Castlebar.

hopefully that scumbag puts Tyrone out this weekend