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Post by Mickmack on Nov 1, 2017 12:05:21 GMT
If Kerry v Cork in Munster final, SKY will probably have exclusive rights given that its on a saturday evening Lots of Saturday evening games were on RTÉ Mick so less of this alarmist crap please. I did use the word "probably". Time will tell
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 2, 2017 9:25:30 GMT
GAA master fixture list reveals four free weekends in April Leinster and Munster hurling finals to take place on the one day in the 2018 season
Tue, Oct 31, 2017, 16:37
The GAA presented the details of the 2018 master fixture list in Croke Park on Tuesday, and although following largely expected lines, it includes a few standout dates among what is arguably the most radical shake-up in the scheduling of games in the history of the Association.
That first round of the leagues on January 27th/28th will include 33 games in total, including a Croke Park double header of Dublin versus Kildare in football, and Dublin versus Offaly in hurling. The hurling league final will be played under lights on that Saturday March 24th (unless the final pairing happens to be Kilkenny and Tipperary, whereby an arrangement between the counties means that game will be played in Nowlan Park on the Sunday).
The football league final (division one and two) will be played on Sunday April 1st, after which the next four weekends in April are set aside exclusively for club activity.
The championship will begin on May 6th, with seven championship games set for the weekend of May 12th/13th, and eight games the following weekend. The Connacht football final will take place on June 17th, the same day as the final round of round-robin games in the Munster hurling championship.
The Munster football final is down for Saturday June 23rd (7pm), the Ulster and Leinster football finals for June 24th, while both the Munster and Leinster hurling finals will take place on the same day, July 1st. GAA director general Paraic Duffy described the changes to the master fixture list as a way “to better balance the club and county calendar in a very significant way”, in that it does make for a more condensed inter-county programme.
As expected, the All-Ireland hurling final is set for August 19th, and the football final for September 2nd - this pushed back a week due to the Papal visit to Ireland the previous week. In 2019 it will revert to the last Sunday in August.
This will also see most of the pre-season competitions starting on Sunday December 30th, such as the O’Byrne Cup football in Leinster, followed by two more games in the following week. These dates will be confirmed by the provincial councils in the coming weeks.
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 2, 2017 9:33:20 GMT
It will take a while to adjust to All Ireland finals in August.
Hurling on 3rd Sunday in August and Football a week later.
The hurling final clashing with Fleadh Ceoil na hEireann.
Only a week between the hurling and football finals will be strange too... (i know the gap in 2018 will be 2 weeks).
I am not knocking it but it will take a while to get used to it.
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Post by misteallaigh abú on Nov 2, 2017 10:29:04 GMT
I don't see the logic in having a condensed end to the GAA inter county year. No GAA in September = A month added to an already long winter!
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Nov 2, 2017 10:50:51 GMT
I am delighted. In education in foreign lands, I always have work the next day. No more!
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Post by glengael on Nov 3, 2017 9:47:52 GMT
Is Paul Geaney realistically the only Kerryman who has to worry that his suit is in order for this evening's All Star proceedings?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2017 11:36:59 GMT
Almost certainly
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Post by kerrygold on Nov 3, 2017 11:39:59 GMT
What will the Dubs get for the three in a row, 8?
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 3, 2017 12:01:55 GMT
7 each to mayo and dublin plus PG?
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Post by kerrygold on Nov 3, 2017 12:41:58 GMT
With the games so close between Dublin & Mayo over the past two seasons the devide will be interesting.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Nov 3, 2017 13:02:45 GMT
7 each to mayo and dublin plus PG? If thats the divide then they might aswell stop the farce and just name a team of the final. Tyrone, Roscommon & Kerry should all be represented. Mayo had more sh*te championship performances than good ones so I will be surprised if they get 7. Kerry won it in 14 and got 5 or 6 as far as i can remember- Mayo lost to a poor Galway team, scraped past Derry & Cork and then drew with a not great Ros team- so they cant have had 7 lads operating at a high level all season
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Nov 3, 2017 15:00:02 GMT
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Post by onlykerry on Nov 3, 2017 15:10:13 GMT
7 each to mayo and dublin plus PG? If thats the divide then they might aswell stop the farce and just name a team of the final. Tyrone, Roscommon & Kerry should all be represented. Mayo had more sh*te championship performances than good ones so I will be surprised if they get 7. Kerry won it in 14 and got 5 or 6 as far as i can remember- Mayo lost to a poor Galway team, scraped past Derry & Cork and then drew with a not great Ros team- so they cant have had 7 lads operating at a high level all season Using 1980 as a reference point - last time a county did three in a row - Kerry got 7 All Stars with the remainder divided between Roscommon (3), Cork (2) and 1 each to Offaly, Armagh & Tyrone. 12 is the biggest number of All Stars shared between the All Ireland Finalists since the scheme began - on 8 occasions in 47 years. 9 is the most all stars awarded to any county in one year - Kerry in 1981 and Dublin in 1977 Average number of counties represented in the All Stars each year is 5.5 with the lowest number of counties being 3 in 2005 and the biggest was 9 in 1971. Lets see if any records are broken tonight. 6 is the biggest number of All Stars handed out to a losing side in the AI final and that was 1991 when the losers got 6 to the winners (Down) 4 awards.
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 3, 2017 15:29:14 GMT
Looking at the two starting 15s in the final, Mayo had more players playing better than Dublin. The bigger army won out in the end.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Nov 3, 2017 15:34:08 GMT
Looking at the two starting 15s in the final, Mayo had more players playing better than Dublin. The bigger army won out in the end. But sure thats one game- as I said, if Mayo get 7 All Stars then they should just change the name to 'Team of the Final'. They were fairly crap in at least 4 games this year- Galway, Derry, Cork & Roscommon game 1- should have been beaten but for an injury time point by us in the semi final first game- and we are quite a deficient team at the moment- so them getting a high number of All Stars will just be a farce.
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Post by Jigz84 on Nov 3, 2017 15:36:23 GMT
I'd imagine they'll get 7 each and Paul Geaney will get one, although Paul Murphy will be unlucky to miss out.
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 3, 2017 15:55:46 GMT
Looking at the two starting 15s in the final, Mayo had more players playing better than Dublin. The bigger army won out in the end. But sure thats one game- as I said, if Mayo get 7 All Stars then they should just change the name to 'Team of the Final'. They were fairly crap in at least 4 games this year- Galway, Derry, Cork & Roscommon game 1- should have been beaten but for an injury time point by us in the semi final first game- and we are quite a deficient team at the moment- so them getting a high number of All Stars will just be a farce. Mayos whole season was about doing enough to reach the final...which they did. It was the only way of doing it given that 20 of the panel is based in dublin. By comparison, none of kerrys panel in 2017 were based in dublin.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Nov 3, 2017 16:08:56 GMT
But sure thats one game- as I said, if Mayo get 7 All Stars then they should just change the name to 'Team of the Final'. They were fairly crap in at least 4 games this year- Galway, Derry, Cork & Roscommon game 1- should have been beaten but for an injury time point by us in the semi final first game- and we are quite a deficient team at the moment- so them getting a high number of All Stars will just be a farce. Mayos whole season was about doing enough to reach the final...which they did. It was the only way of doing it given that 20 of the panel is based in dublin. By comparison, none of kerrys panel in 2017 were based in dublin. I'm not disagreeing but "doing enough" shouldnt win you 7 All Stars. They won nothing- infact they didnt make a league or provincial final so I cant agree with them getting 7. If they had won a league & Connaught and lost the All Ireland final then maybe or some variation of that but with no league, no Connaught and an AI final loss- 7 All Stars is way too many.
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Post by onlykerry on Nov 3, 2017 16:26:04 GMT
Looking at the two starting 15s in the final, Mayo had more players playing better than Dublin. The bigger army won out in the end. But sure thats one game- as I said, if Mayo get 7 All Stars then they should just change the name to 'Team of the Final'. They were fairly crap in at least 4 games this year- Galway, Derry, Cork & Roscommon game 1- should have been beaten but for an injury time point by us in the semi final first game- and we are quite a deficient team at the moment- so them getting a high number of All Stars will just be a farce. But we all know the All Stars are skewed in favour of the All Ireland finalists and the winners in particular - its a deeply flawed scheme and is subjective in the extreme with little objectivity in the process.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Nov 3, 2017 17:36:28 GMT
But sure thats one game- as I said, if Mayo get 7 All Stars then they should just change the name to 'Team of the Final'. They were fairly crap in at least 4 games this year- Galway, Derry, Cork & Roscommon game 1- should have been beaten but for an injury time point by us in the semi final first game- and we are quite a deficient team at the moment- so them getting a high number of All Stars will just be a farce. But we all know the All Stars are skewed in favour of the All Ireland finalists and the winners in particular - its a deeply flawed scheme and is subjective in the extreme with little objectivity in the process. 7 for losing finalists who didn’t even win their province is not only excessive but an almost pathetic manifestation of the pity parade that seems to follow this mayo team around. They played crap in st least 4 games & won nothing all year- they do in their hole deserve 7 all stars. But ah jeez poor mayo, didn’t they put up a great fight?
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 3, 2017 17:57:39 GMT
Lets agree to disagree
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Nov 3, 2017 18:12:59 GMT
So just to clarify- you think they should get 7 All Stars?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2017 19:14:02 GMT
I see no reason why Dublin should not get 7 or 8. They were easily the most consistent team and while mayo pushed them hard in the final, Dublin ultimately came out top there also.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2017 19:38:52 GMT
7 dub, 6 mayo 1 Tyrone and 1 ky
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Nov 3, 2017 19:39:29 GMT
I see no reason why Dublin should not get 7 or 8. They were easily the most consistent team and while mayo pushed them hard in the final, Dublin ultimately came out top there also. I don’t disagree with Dublin getting 7, it’s mayo getting 7 that I strongly disagree with
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2017 19:55:40 GMT
Andy Moran player of the year and deservedly so in my view. No doubt the Dublin fans will be outraged at the anti dub media and players. Also they will trot out statements like the only real award is the all Ireland and that all stars etc do not matter etc etc as if it were some sort of profound and original comment.
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Post by skybluezone on Nov 3, 2017 20:47:44 GMT
Andy Moran player of the year and deservedly so in my view. No doubt the Dublin fans will be outraged at the anti dub media and players. Also they will trot out statements like the only real award is the all Ireland and that all stars etc do not matter etc etc as if it were some sort of profound and original comment. Mayo 2016 & 2017. No AI. No Connaught championship. No league titles. A shedload of all stars and 2 poty awards. Truly, the Peoples Champions. Can I just add that as a Dublin fan I am outraged at the anti Dub media and players. I'd also like to say that the only real reward is the all ireland and that all stars etc do not matter etc etc! In other news I think Moran is a deserved poty. And Cluxton not getting an award since 2013. Well I'll leave that there for you to ponder, especially in light of Clarkes last 2 kickouts in tbe final.
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Post by onlykerry on Nov 3, 2017 21:18:50 GMT
Nice and all as an All Star award is for the Mayo boys, I bet they would surrender them in the blink of an eye for the real thing - a celtic cross. The All Stars scheme is little more than light entertainment in the off season when all is said and done - the AI SF and Final are the two (or three some years) most important games of the year when it comes to deciding the seasons awards.
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Post by jackiel on Nov 3, 2017 21:26:12 GMT
If not for Andy Moran Mayo would never have reached a final, like it or not Andy dragged them through draw after draw to a final. This was probably the best football he's played in recent years. Andy is a leader, he has that special something which makes people follow him.I am delighted that he got POTY, he deserved it more than other nominees.
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Post by yourholiness on Nov 3, 2017 21:38:06 GMT
As a Dub I have no issue with Moran’s player of the year . Clarke in goal is hard to fathom though . Conceded more on average than Cluxton . Cluxton has one of his most consistent years ( no all star since 2013) and when the game was there to be won Clarke failed to deliver .
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