If you are good enough you win.
Great insight into the nordie mentality here.
The Northern teams all drive each other on which is why on a province wide basis we have left all the other provinces in our wake.
Also why it is difficult for any team to stay at the top over a prolonged period in Ulster.
If your province wasn’t a one horse race then you might know something about it.
Blah blah blah.
We’re the best even when we win fuck all.
Good point.
Well argued.
This man knows his shit.
The talk from the provincial council is utter bullshit. They don’t have power in the votes, they have it in the countless committees and thru the constant back handed strokes being pulled.
Keep the provincials. Redress the imbalance in the qualifiers.
You can’t have both.
However you can’t get rid of provincials and have only 1 championship. It will get even worse.
I cannot fathom why it is such a stretch to have a North-South-East-West championships. The numbers stack up. Within a few years people will have got iver any of the hangups about tradition.
The same lads can man the fort in new councils.
You can have both. Teams from the same provinces should be separated as long as possible in the qualifiers thus redressing the imbalance of the provincial system. Condense the championship into a 12 week period.
Indeed.
We Irish are renowned for quickly getting over our hang-ups about tradition.
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In round 1 of the qualifiers this year Longford v Carlow was the only clash where both teams were from the same province.
In round 2 you had 2 in Offaly v Kildare and Fermanagh v Antrim
In round 3 just Longford v Kildare
There were none in round 4.
That’s four games out of 24 and they weren’t exactly clashes of serious contenders.
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That’s a clamping.
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ffs a sample of 1 year
give me strength
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That too is a clamping.
Yes but it doesn’t protect against it.
In 2014 Tyrone met Armagh in the 2nd round of the qualifiers. Countless other examples over the years as well
Why would anyone have an issue with teams from the same provinces being separated from having to meet each other in the qualifiers as long as possible?
I think its time to divide Dublin in two. resources are phenomenal. maybe even 3. make Tallaght a team in All Ireland or something. would cause great excitement in the area.
What’s the problem with it? As long as they haven’t already met in the provincial championship, then I don’t see why anyone would have an issue with it.
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Hi Ewan
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Spot on.
The problem with it is Ulster teams with high aspirations find themselves in the qualigners a lot earlier. Tyrone and Donegal two Div 1 sides faced off in the preliminary round in Ulster this year. There were two other Div 1 v 2 games in the quarter finals.
Down, Armagh and Tyrone all hoped they would avoid each other in the first round of the qualifiers. There is nothing in place to protect these teams from the imbalance of the provincial system.
Oh, it’s an Ulster thing.
Ok, shoulda known
bye bye
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