Well, it was enough, just not enough to guarantee you.
Score difference & head-to-head important too.
The very attractive league semi final double header that year in Thurles was a savage occasion. The Cork and Waterford danders were really up once the day was done
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I got pissed on my own that afternoon drinking home brew out the back garden listening to Dunfermline v Celtic on a radio and keeping an eye on the opening session of the Ken Doherty v John Higgins world snooker final and Arsenal thrashing Everton to win the Premier League. Celtic were playing to win the league. Dunfermline equalised late on. I got sick as a dog that night. Clare players were getting sick as a dog from three hours of training that morning followed by a match. That really happened. I know a lad’s cousin who knows a friend’s dog who is categorical it did.
Just the 14 senior championship games next weekend.
The second weekend into the Championship and we have two matches all weekend. The Sunday Game evening show tonight is on for an hour.
Bullshit.
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It’s a perfect weekend for club championship. Mayo v Roscommon last week and nobody knew it was on.
They’ve made some balls of the whole thing. Inter county season needs to be chopped in half.
Just the 14 senior championship games next weekend.
So club players all back in January, training in astro pitches until now because their own pitch is closed. The club’s star county player might do a small bit on the Thursday night before championship as county manager wants to manage his minutes. Play championship today no match again until August at the earliest even September. Never see their county player until August. Be an ideal system allright.
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Sure that’s a load of rubbish. The county manager should have zero input. They are one of the biggest problems within the gaa.
There’s nothing wrong with training in February and March.
It’s no different to training in October and November when all the biggest club games are on.
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It’s no surprise either that this was the most depressing January of all time that dragged on forever. I wonder what the difference was for many young people. There’s nothing wrong with training in January. It’s actually most fun and normally turn out is excellent because there’s nothing else to do.
What about training on the 3rd of January as all club team would be if championship was in April? Very few club teams training in November and December under the present system.
There’s no absolute no reason you need to train for 3 months for a game bar it being good for your general health.
Soccer teams had a week together to prepare for the World Cup before playing games.
Another thing we can thank the inter county games for is the absolute spoofology around preparing teams for games.
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+1. They had a very underwhelming league considering Davy usually targets that competition. As you said Dublin would have been a more suitable project for him. I’d be mildly surprised if Waterford make it out of Munster. Can’t see them winning 2 games, particularly when they have home advantage for none of them. Not that Walsh Park has been a fortress for them in the Round Robin era.
Pat Spillane putting the boot into the split season in the Indo. Calls it out for the utter nonsense that it is.
What exactly is meant to be on this weekend ?
I see the big Leinster hurling championship game is next Saturday at 4 o clock.
The solution is simple. Play club championships from the start of May up to and including the end of June, at the same time as the earlier stages of inter-county championships, on designated weekends. Mandate centrally that these club games must take place or else teams forfeit. Centralise fixture making. Clip the wings of inter-county managers. Disrupt the preparations of the top inter-county teams. July to the second week of September inter-county gets a clear run in the time window the GAA requires to maximise publicity. Club championships resume from late August/early September, county finals second half of October. This madness has to end.
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Wexford u20’s vs Galway in Carlow on Friday then Wexford seniors vs Galway in Salthill on Saturday. What fuckin brainiac thought that one up? Why not just have a double bill in Salthill?
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That’s some Tour De France of an article from Pat Spillane.
Like next Sunday if you go to a game, you’ll feel like your missing out on all the action elsewhere.
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When you are quoting a Pat Spillane article in the Sunday World to back up your argument then your argument is flawed.