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But there's a reason why those teams were in the prelims in the first place, because they weren't good enough to go straight through. I've heard both arguments, a team with a 2-3 week break being "ring rusty" against a team with 2 matches in a row having "momentum" and being "sharp". You'll often hear lads coming off the back of a hard win saying that the next game can't come quick enough. You'll rarely hear them saying that they're looking forward to putting their feet up for a couple of weeks. Mayo lost against Derry for no other reason than they don't have forwards. It had nothing to do with fatigue. Year before last Mayo beat Monaghan on June 4th and hammered Kildare the following week to go though to the QFs. Armagh beat Tyrone on 5th and hammered Donegal the following week to make a QF. Both Mayo and Derry then had two week breaks before the QF and both lost. I think I'd much prefer to carry momentum than to be coming in cold.
Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4718 - 25/06/2024 12:28:15 2554707 Link 2 |
I like the new format more than I did at the start, it benefits the provincial winners and then the winners of the group, as it should do. If there could be a rest week after the group finishes, then play the pre-lim games and then the quarter final the following weekend, it still gives the advantage to the group winner and the team coming through gets there second chance and then has to play two weekends in row which is tough. tommy132 (Mayo) - Posts: 612 - 25/06/2024 13:19:57 2554740 Link 1 |
As I say only a fool pays into a turkey shoot….. I can't account for 8k of them from Dublin… Probably enjoyed getting a rare trip away from Croke park… It definitely wasn't for the football….
ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 2174 - 25/06/2024 13:31:41 2554745 Link 0 |
I see now why they our game with Louth starting at 1.15 on Sunday, England are playing at 5pm so naturally our great national public service broadcaster want the 'Gah' over and done with earlier. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 2860 - 25/06/2024 13:45:03 2554749 Link 1 |
Mayo were and are the only team who go man to man with Dublin and it's the only way to beat them. Obviously the risk with that is you'll get the odd hammering which we have against them on two or three occasions.
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11302 - 25/06/2024 22:51:22 2554868 Link 1 |
I've been reading all week how Mayo should have bet Dublin, and the result proves Mayo are a top team and blah blah blah.. Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 46 - 26/06/2024 08:36:31 2554891 Link 1 |
Two good games on the bounce against good opposition for Dublin. jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20621 - 26/06/2024 10:40:23 2554911 Link 1 |
I think that's a fair point. Also worrying from Dublin perspective how easily Derry limited Mayo scoring threat via ease of penetration against ourselves. Hopefully that's a lesson learned but I would fear for them in absence of a fit Jamsie, Gannon and Murphy.
BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2860 - 26/06/2024 11:01:40 2554915 Link 0 |