Hardly go back to cork, tipp, Kilkenny surely?
The 3rd level competitions have nothing to do with the struggles of the clubs and well you know it .
The only solution I see for a decent club championship is a complete split. It was even worse when games were played depending on what the county team did. If Tipp win youâre out next weekend, if Tipp lose you might not have a game for 2 months
April is a joke. Go at a hard pre season for a game or two (only one in Tipp this year) and then youâre off for 5 months probably before it kickstarts again. What kind of joke is that?
Agreed. Most games bar the finals are played midweek so I donât see the issue
Sorry by current format I mean the whole year. The league is pointless with a round robin format. Thereâs a benefit to the round robin as it gives 4 championship games at least but playing it off in 5 weeks is bizarre and a total overload. The gaa have been lucky so far imo but at least if you spread it out over a few weeks you give the smaller counties some chance. Get rid of the league and use the time in the calendar better. Also reconnect with the clubs.
A bit of graft in winter is no harm . It gives lads games at a decent level and they have great fitness facilities .
Would you advocate lads on development squads donât play Harty Cup or dean ryan Cup in the muck and shit ?
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Because players get no break. The minute the inter county season is over they back in with clubs and then they start training for the colleges once that is over. Players deserve some sort of off season.
Yea you would be crazy to go to America on a raft. Should have a boat with a sail at the very minimum.
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Tim Severn did it
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He would. Heâd have them in flogged to death in preseason with John Kiely for 10 months to play four games if he could. And heâd introduce a media ban as well.
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Theyâd get no break anyway. Theyâre in training with the intercounty panel while the Fitzgibbon is going on anyway
You canât beat a good media ban.
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Wouldnât chance it at this time of year even with the calmer waters of the Atlantic. I know they look after you well over there but the risk reward is quite low for an adventure like that.
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Part of the problem with Waterford and Clare this year was clearly management teams that werenât really up to it. Demographics are a factor though. Waterford would by a distance have the smallest pick in Munster followed by Clare. If you go back even to the Waterford team of the noughties, their best since glory days of the late 50âs-early 60âs, the reason they didnât win an All Ireland was too many passengers. Their top 7 or 8 in the likes of Ken McGrath, Tony Browne and Paul Flynn were as good if not even better than the top 7 or 8 in Kilkenny and Cork. After that though there was a real tail. The round robin system with matches every week requires depth of players and squad strength to absorb the inevitable attrition and injuries.
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No I said you could have inter county training from feb onwards. That would give you ten weeks to the first championship game. Which seems reasonable to me considering the current format. Youâd also have players back playing with their clubs 1 in every 3 weeks throughout the season which is much better than the current format surely?
Ah pal, thatâs not comparable at all.
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Same principle fellas arenât allowed hurl in winter with an educational institute they attend ( allegedly ) .
That post was a gentle ribbing of dodgy. Keep up.
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Lads donât seem to understand that club games donât generate revenue.
Eamon Cregan started an AIF at 35 years of ages. Tommy Walsh was barely 30 when he retired.
The structure is still based around lads breaking into county teams in their early 20s and getting 10/15 years out of it. Nowadays itâs a young mans game with lads barely out of teens breaking in and having to retire before they hit 30. Point being you need to change the mindset at them top before you try and do anything.