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Post by givehimaball on Oct 13, 2017 11:07:20 GMT
Draft fixtures out today (just be aware these aren't 100% confirmed yet)
Allianz Football League Division 1 2018
Round 1:
Saturday January 27th: Dublin v Kildare;
Sunday January 28th: Kerry v Donegal, Galway v Tyrone, Monaghan v Mayo
Round 2:
Saturday February 3rd: Mayo v Kerry, Tyrone v Dublin;
Sunday February 4th: Donegal v Galway, Kildare v Monaghan
Round 3:
Saturday February 10th: Dublin v Donegal;
Sunday February 11th: Monaghan v Kerry, Galway v Mayo, Kildare v Tyrone
Round 4:
Saturday February 24th: Mayo v Dublin, Monaghan v Tyrone
Sunday February 25th: Kerry v Galway, Donegal v Kildare
Round 5:
Saturday March 3rd: Dublin v Kerry, Tyrone v Donegal
Sunday March 4th: Galway v Monaghan, Kildare v Mayo
Round 6:
Saturday March 17th: Mayo v Tyrone;
Sunday March 18th: Kerry v Kildare, Galway v Dublin, Monaghan v Donegal
Round 7:
Sunday March 25th: Tyrone v Kerry, Donegal v Mayo, Dublin v Monaghan, Kildare v Galway,
No word on McGrath cup fixtures yet
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Post by onlykerry on Oct 13, 2017 11:20:42 GMT
A lot of road with all the away games a fair ol distance from the Kingdom - Dublin is probably the shortest trip away.
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Post by kerryexile on Oct 13, 2017 12:44:06 GMT
A tough campaign - only 3 home games and they are against the 3 weakest teams. Away to 4 strong teams.
Winning it should not be a priority - blooding players should be.
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Post by buck02 on Oct 13, 2017 13:08:06 GMT
Looks like they have basically moved the games a week earlier, flipped the home and away and stuck in Galway for Roscommon and Kildare for Cavan.
Nice to see that the poor aul Dubs are getting their 4 games in Croker this year seen as they will have to play one of the Super 8 games away from home from now on.
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Post by onlykerry on Oct 13, 2017 13:45:57 GMT
A tough campaign - only 3 home games and they are against the 3 weakest teams. Away to 4 strong teams. Winning it should not be a priority - blooding players should be. They blooded plenty of new talent in 2017 but come the championship they were left out - added bonus this year is the league will not lose younger players to the U21 campaign, u20 competition is a year younger and moved to Jun-Aug window.
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Post by Fado on Oct 13, 2017 14:53:17 GMT
Very tough campaign ahead. In the scramble to avoid relegation, there won't be too much blooding of new talent in Kerry.
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Post by kerrygold on Oct 13, 2017 15:06:52 GMT
Looks like they have basically moved the games a week earlier, flipped the home and away and stuck in Galway for Roscommon and Kildare for Cavan. Nice to see that the poor aul Dubs are getting their 4 games in Croker this year seen as they will have to play one of the Super 8 games away from home from now on. What's new? The cockles & mussels would never survive outside the Pale for too long!
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Post by givehimaball on Oct 31, 2017 23:37:59 GMT
Allianz Football League Division 1 2018
Round 1: Sunday January 28th: Kerry v Donegal, Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney (2pm)
Round 2: Saturday February 3rd: Mayo v Kerry, Castlebar (7pm)
Round 3: Sunday February 11th: Monaghan v Kerry, Iniskeen (2pm)
Round 4: Sunday February 25th: Kerry v Galway, Austin Stack Park, Tralee (2.30pm)
Round 5: Saturday March 3rd: Dublin v Kerry, Croke Park (7pm)
Round 6: Saturday March 17th: Kerry v Kildare, Austin Stack Park, Tralee (7pm)
Round 7: Sunday March 25th: Tyrone v Kerry, Omagh (3pm)
Final is on 1st of April in Croke Park
These times and venues are based on master fixture list released today.
* One change from the draft fixtures - Kerry v Kildare moves to a Saturday night fixture instead of Sunday as original published.
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Post by kerrygold on Nov 1, 2017 8:35:29 GMT
The NFL league looks nice and compact this year. Not sure the free April will work. It would be easier to achieve the free April if they started the Leagues even earlier again in January.
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 1, 2017 10:10:24 GMT
Maybe they cut it to a group of 6 like the hurling. Two less games.
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Post by tpo on Nov 1, 2017 15:40:35 GMT
Because of the big difference in hurling standard between the top 10 and the rest they have to play 6 games. The extra 2 matches in football are good quality and are enjoyable so should be kept
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 1, 2017 15:49:48 GMT
Galway won the senior all ireland. Limerick won the u21. Neither will play in div 1 of the hurling league in 2018. Galway are league champs.
In the football, there are not 8 strong teams...you would struggle to find 6.
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Post by kerrygold on Nov 1, 2017 17:24:40 GMT
I'd rather see the January tournament competitions cut and start the National Leagues earlier in January.
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Post by kerrygold on Jan 8, 2018 16:10:00 GMT
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Post by glengael on Jan 8, 2018 16:22:42 GMT
May have been posted elsewhere but do we know where Kerry's home fixtures will be on?
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Post by Mickmack on Jan 8, 2018 18:14:53 GMT
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Jan 10, 2018 10:12:30 GMT
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Jan 10, 2018 10:18:52 GMT
www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/donnchadh-walsh-set-for-12th-season-with-kerry-465551.htmlDonnchadh Walsh has confirmed he will return to the Kerry set-up for the latter stages of their Division 1 campaign. The 33-year-old is busy organising Sunday’s inaugural Balance Expo in Killarney, on top of his job as a physiotherapist, while also training with his club Cromane. It means the new season schedule and structure presents a change of tack for Walsh. “Any plan I make out for myself or one that Éamonn Fitzmaurice] and I discuss will be hard to implement, because everything is so new this year. “For the moment, my own club are involved in a Munster “B” novice championship semi-final on Sunday week. I’m playing away with them. After that then, Éamonn isn’t expecting me back for the early rounds; he would like me to be in shape for the latter end of the league. I haven’t sat down with [strength and conditioning coach] Joe O’Connor yet, but that will be happening.” Walsh, entering his 12th season with Kerry, says his professional background has contributed to his longevity. “Being a physiotherapist is a huge help to understand training and how to get the best out of my body. In general, people don’t have a huge understanding of human anatomy and physiology and you’re going on the advice of medical teams and doctors and them trying to communicate that to you, and then managers have a different opinion. It’s only in the last few years that they’re actually starting to listen to medical teams. Often before, it was what the manager said and he made the call on whether a player lined out or not.” Walsh hopes events like the expo will raise awareness of the need for the Government to invest more in promoting physical activity. advertisement “I was at a talk recently given by Niall Moyna and he said that governments need to keep promoting physical activity among the whole population. Certain sports bodies deal with the elite performers and are providing them with the facilities to become even better and that’s brilliant, but facilities need to be provided for people who aren’t physically active. “The benefits to the population are huge. The weather mightn’t be conducive, but this is the time of the year when we need all-weather pitches, flood lighting, dressing rooms, etc. I know the Government are good at investing in clubs and they are recognising the issue more, because PE is being put on the Leaving Cert syllabus, but much more can be done.” Derek McGrath, Kieran Donaghy, Derval O’Rourke and O’Connor are the star attractions on Sunday, but Walsh is looking forward to hearing the advice of Bon Secours Hospital Tralee’s orthopaedic surgeon Eimear Conroy and specialist physiotherapist Dr Derek Griffin. “A lot of the other speakers have profiles in the media, but Eimear Conroy and Derek Griffin are leaders in the health field for orthopedic and physiotherapy. Having them at an event like this is so important, because of their message and the benefits of physical therapy. When you hear it coming from them, it just holds so much water.” ·
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Post by givehimaball on Jan 10, 2018 15:10:21 GMT
I think there is going to be a big difference between the league in football and in hurling due to the new structures. The issue of teams playing the same opposition multiple times a year is going to be a big one for hurling, especially the Munster teams. The fact that it's going to be multiple games against the same opposition year-in year-out is going to damage things. Clare, Cork, Tipp and Waterford are all in Division 1A. After the regular league you still have the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. Then the Munster championship is all those 4 plus Limerick in a group stage with a Munster final at the end of it. 3 of the 5 teams in the Munster Group will go on to the All-Ireland stages. Division 1B and Leinster side of things isn't all that much better. The fact that Clare, Cork, Tipp and Waterford are 100% going to be playing each other in the Munster championship will surely damage the hurling league. That's before you go anywhere near the league play-offs or the All-Ireland series. Overall you have too few teams for the number of matches - it's just looks like it will be a recurring cycle of games against the same opposition over and over. Football isn't going to be as badly affected with the same problem because of there being more teams in the senior championship plus the league isn't as geographically concentrated - Division 1 has 1 Munster team, 2 Connacht teams, 2 Leinster teams and 3 Ulster teams. I'd be very surprised if the hurling league attendances don't take a hit (it might be next year where it really has an impact after supporters have actually seen one full year of the new structures play out) I don't think it will have anything like the same affect on the football league because of the greater number of teams in the football league and championship.
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Post by piggott on Jan 10, 2018 16:49:39 GMT
Reading Carlow's Turlough O Brien's comments, one has to have sympathy for Div 4 counties. If beaten in Round 1 of qualifiers they are out of inter county football from June 8th to Jan 27th. Then again, they don't want a Tommy Murphy Cup or anything like it.
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Post by playitfair on Jan 10, 2018 17:21:52 GMT
I fail to have any sympathy, they all moan that it's not fair, Yet every county like Carlow has their own grading (Senior, Intermediate etc.) for clubs. What might help is that the "intermediate" inter-county replaced the minor on all-ireland final day.
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Jan 10, 2018 18:20:17 GMT
I think there is going to be a big difference between the league in football and in hurling due to the new structures. The issue of teams playing the same opposition multiple times a year is going to be a big one for hurling, especially the Munster teams. The fact that it's going to be multiple games against the same opposition year-in year-out is going to damage things. Clare, Cork, Tipp and Waterford are all in Division 1A. After the regular league you still have the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. Then the Munster championship is all those 4 plus Limerick in a group stage with a Munster final at the end of it. 3 of the 5 teams in the Munster Group will go on to the All-Ireland stages. Division 1B and Leinster side of things isn't all that much better. The fact that Clare, Cork, Tipp and Waterford are 100% going to be playing each other in the Munster championship will surely damage the hurling league. That's before you go anywhere near the league play-offs or the All-Ireland series. Overall you have too few teams for the number of matches - it's just looks like it will be a recurring cycle of games against the same opposition over and over. Football isn't going to be as badly affected with the same problem because of there being more teams in the senior championship plus the league isn't as geographically concentrated - Division 1 has 1 Munster team, 2 Connacht teams, 2 Leinster teams and 3 Ulster teams. I'd be very surprised if the hurling league attendances don't take a hit (it might be next year where it really has an impact after supporters have actually seen one full year of the new structures play out) I don't think it will have anything like the same affect on the football league because of the greater number of teams in the football league and championship. I agree attendances in hurling will fall in the league and in the championship, but I would think the extra games also breed familiarity and hopefully a much higher standard. Currently any county in Munster, bar Kerry unfortunately, can beat the others on their day and it has become harder than ever to predict the Munster championship. I'd like to think that Limerick have a chance of winning it this year, though Waterford and Tipperary should be favourites in my opinion. Cork probably the bookies favourites and Clare are most certainly building a dangerous team based on their current performances. In the football it is much harder. The difference in standard between division 1 and division 2 is huge and I can't honestly see anyone but Kerry win the Munster championship unless we have a very, very bad day out. Even if Kerry have a bad day there is always the backdoor and that will almost guarantee Kerry will still make the quarter final super 8s. Even in those we could have a bad day and still make the semi final. Whereas the weaker counties like Tipperary might beat Cork and kerry to win a Munster final and are then rewarded by 3 more very tough games against more division 1 opposition. In the league Tipperary and Clare should be division 2 teams at the moment, where Limerick have slipped a bit in the football. Limerick however is a county with a growing population and they will eventually benefit from this. Cork too should be division 1. That means that in my opinion Munster should be a province with two division 1 teams and at least division 2 teams. Clare, Limerick, Cork and Tipperary all have something to fight for in the League and depending on results early in the league their supporters will savour the games. Especially since they have less and less to be excited about in the championship. Bar Cork I would be surprised to see any other Munster team but Kerry in the super 8s and even Cork are not sure of making those. It means in my opinion that the league becomes more important for the weaker counties. But unfortunately not for division 4 teams. The girlfriend is from Northwest county Waterford and there is absolutely no interest in football there at all. The majority of GAA people there follow Kerry in the football if they follow the football at all.
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Post by kerrygold on Jan 27, 2018 19:13:26 GMT
Dublin v Kildare streaming live on utube there at the moment.
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Post by kerrygold on Jan 27, 2018 20:41:38 GMT
Dubs minced Kildare in the third quarter. Fenton was sublime at this time scoring 1-02 from play. Kildare had no kick out strategy and played a big price at midfield for this. Restarts are critical v Dublin.
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Post by kerrygold on Jan 27, 2018 20:50:16 GMT
Tipp and Clare getting off to a good start in Div 2.
Allianz FL Division 1
RES Dublin 2-17 Kildare 2-10, Croke Park
Allianz FL Division 2
RES Clare 1-12 Cavan 2-09, Cusack Park
RES Cork 1-16 Tipperary 3-16, Pairc Ui Chaoimh
Allianz FL Division 4
RES London 2-9 Carlow 2-14, Ruislip
RES Laois 2-12 Limerick 0-09, O'Moore Park
Allianz HL Division 1A
RES Cork 1-24 Kilkenny 0-24, Pairc Ui Chaoimh
Allianz HL Division 1B
RES Dublin 1-15 Offaly 2-25, Croke Park
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Post by clubman on Jan 27, 2018 23:21:28 GMT
Great start for John Sugrue and Laois. Is there any Kerry lads playing with London these times?
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Post by glengael on Jan 29, 2018 12:09:15 GMT
Tipp footballers maintaining their good record against Cork at the moment. Big away win. Not the start the new Cork management were looking for I'd imagine.
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Post by baurtregaum on Jan 29, 2018 17:18:10 GMT
Tipp footballers maintaining their good record against Cork at the moment. Big away win. Not the start the new Cork management were looking for I'd imagine. For sure. I think they are away to Down next week. Division 2 might be hard to get out of especially if they have four away games but not sure of the schedule. Fair play to Tip, Quinlivan is some player.
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Post by ballhopper34 on Jan 29, 2018 18:15:28 GMT
Cork have 4 home games, against Tipperary, Louth, Cavan, and Clare. Their Round 7 game is against Roscommon in The Hyde...a lot could ride on that game.
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Post by givehimaball on Jan 29, 2018 19:10:31 GMT
Tipp footballers maintaining their good record against Cork at the moment. Big away win. Not the start the new Cork management were looking for I'd imagine. Watched it and Tipp were the better side. Tipp looked like a team whereas Cork looked like 15 lads thrown together. I know Cork had a few lads making debuts but I think they are going to continue to struggle unless they get their defence sorted - once again this was a Cork team with too many players who either won't or can't defend properly.
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