looking at the games this weekend balleybofey,killarney and the hyde must have been hopping. a real lift to all the home teams playing with 3/4 winning thieir games and atmosphere in each town must have been something special

now we go into this weekends games in croke park where from a cork perspective anyway ourselves and roscommon may be eliminated leaving us to play a dead rubber game in pairc ui rinn (not even pauirc ui caoimh)

thats awful for the championship and in a view aswell grossly unfair as teams are robbed of a home game while still being in with a chance of atleast dragging the games to the final day where winner takes all..and thats without even mentioning the fact that dublin start off with 2 home games in a row..what good is it to meath and cork having thier home games whist likely being eliminated from championship and thus not having any championship buzz enter navan and cork city??

final day should be neutral round as it spreads the competitiveness of championship to smaller venues..doesnt give a team an advantage of two home games in a row. however logistically as games must be played at same time neutral venues would be the only viable option..however 30000 looks much better in say thurles limerick rather than croke park anyways. save croker for semi finals and for whoever is playing dublin

pidge (Cork) - Posts: 543 - 16/07/2019 18:23:13    2211995

ctowers (Dublin) - Posts: 99 - 16/07/2019 19:52:52    2212030

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 16/07/2019 20:21:39    2212045

I'd prefer a weekend away in Galway over Dublin any time. Unless we are in an All-Ireland semi-final, I prefer to keep away from the big smoke unless I'm catching a plane out of the country. Why must we unnecessarily go to Dublin?

Galway would be a good venue for Kerry v Donegal, regardless of the problems some have with Salthill.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7846 - 16/07/2019 20:29:54    2212050

With Tyrone V Dublin on a Sunday and if it turns out to be the dead rubber it's looking like on paper, how many Dubs will travel? This isn't a slight against the Dubs , I was at the game in Healy Park last year and was one of the best atmospheres I've witnessed in recent years and that was in no small part thanks to the travelling Dublin support.

What I mean is realistically its a fair spin up and back for them to see a game that may not mean anything, same goes for Roscommon supporters and Cork, Mayo and Donegal and Kerry and Meath. So I think personally the bigger problem at the minute is making sure phase 3 actually means something and if that can be worked out then sort out neutrality.

Highandmighty (Leitrim) - Posts: 54 - 16/07/2019 21:08:54    2212074

If Tyrone and Croke Park win this weekend, they'll be through to the semi-finals. When they play in Omagh, they will know first and second of the other group. With the semi-finals on the following weekend, I imagine the runners-up of Tyrone or Croke Park will play the Saturday semi-final with the group winner playing in the Sunday semi-final. Otherwise the group winner will be at a disadvantage.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7846 - 16/07/2019 21:24:27    2212082