Replying To CARPS: "If you drive past the O'Hanrahans' pitch at the weekends, there seems to be plenty of young children there. Are they perhaps losing them as teenagers to other sports?
As for the poster that said Palatine are now a town team... I would always have considered them to be a de facto town team. It's just become more obvious as the town has expanded.
Last point, this year's championship is a great advertisement for the eight team format. There are no dead rubbers at all going into the final round. Every game means something.
Could MLR stun Eire Og and put them in a relegation play off? Tinryland could find themselves in the Q-Finals or staring at Intermediate.
Can Ballinbranna shock Tullow or are they facing Junior? And will it be Naomh Eoin or Eire Og's B team they meet?
And what about Junior A? Will it be Rathvilly or O'Hanrahans playing St Mullins?
and this is only the relegation part!! Proper championship GAA - the way it should be!!"
Ballinabranna vs Naomh Eoin already confirmed for intermediate relegation final due to H2H rule
Replying To Onion Breath: "I'm not impressed with Eire Og this year and failing to win their first two games can't be a great sign. Neither is the fact that Sean G and Eoghan R are their midfield pairing - two fantastic players for club and county but both the wrong side of 30. MLR improved a bit from the first game but have scope to improve a lot and if they do they could trouble Eire Og.
An Eire Og v Tinryland relegation play-off maybe !!!"
All great points. I don't think this scenario is as far fetched as we may think. Similarly with the Eire Og B team. Again, with many players over the 30 mark. What happens if Eire Og A get relegated? Do the B automatically have to move down a division?
On a separate note, I fancy Ballon to be senior next year. Quite the rise for them ! Super impressive.
Replying To CARPS: "Thats a consequence of the County Board letting McGrath Park go to ruin. There was a time when we weren't totally dependent on Dr Cullen Park."
The Training Centre should be fine for one of those games say Bagenalstown v Tinryland. It has turnstiles for ticket entry, it has floodlights and a shop etc. There'd need to be no other activity going on there though as the car park would be an issue then.
Re McGrath Park in fairness the county board have spent a lot on the Training Centre over the past decade and I don't think the GAA owns McGrath park which is owned by some sort of community set up. McGrath park has improved lately and still has a great view from the far bank and I believe there are plans for a small stand.
Replying To Onion Breath: "Looking at the fixtures for next weekend it looks very unfair on Fenagh that they play Pal on Saturday night (and in fairness will surely lose) but then Bagenalstown and Tinryland will not play until Sunday afternoon - so both will know exactly what they have to do to go through as Fenagh's scoring difference will be known.
Surely those games should be played at the same time with one of them moved to the Training Centre?"
I'm not 100% sure if I'm correct with this, but I'm fairly sure when 3 teams are level on points and H2H cancels itself out it's only the score difference from the games including the 3 teams count. Therefore the results vs. Pal would be irrelevant as far as I know
Replying To SofaSupporter: "I'm not 100% sure if I'm correct with this, but I'm fairly sure when 3 teams are level on points and H2H cancels itself out it's only the score difference from the games including the 3 teams count. Therefore the results vs. Pal would be irrelevant as far as I know"
That's correct, it was changed two or three years ago.
Ignoring games v Palatine, the scoring difference currently looks like: Bagenalstown +14 Tinryland -2 Fenagh -12
So Fenagh need to get a result against Palatine or hope Bagenalstown beat or draw with Tinryland.