Saturday night of the August Bank Holiday, There's a good buzz around the City. Even if it is raining! (I'm not even going to go there) There is a great collection of people in the bar at the moment, a healthy mixture of tourists, and quite a few people up at Croke Park for one of the matches. I've seen a few dejected Sligo and Tyrone heads around already.
The one thing I love about the GAA is the eternal optimism that there's always be next year. My own county have been saying it for the last 50 years!
Although I'm starting to think that the GAA have gone too far with the "back door" qualifiers. I think they are going to have to decide sooner or later whether it is another league they want or a knockout championship. I know all the arguments, months of training for only one game. But take the Hurling Championship. What was the point in having a Leinster Final. The same teams are in the All Ireland Semi tomorrow. If Waterford beat Cork it will mean a replay of the Munster Final with Limerick. However, even worse than this, if Cork win the replay tomorrow. That will mean they lost two matches and still make it to an All Ireland Semi Final.
If that is the outcome tomorrow, I will predict a major shake up in the Championship.
As a neutral I would love to see a Wexford Waterford Final. It'd be great for the game. There is also a great local rivalry between the two counties.
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