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GAA's next fixture schedule could be even tougher this weekend after the final round of the Super 8s quarter-finals.
The Super 8 ends Sunday with the semifinal of the Senior Football Championship of Ireland. Finals starting six days later and Croke Park will be sweating on the results of this Saturday night's games.
There is a chance – and not quite improbable – that Kerry and Monaghan are in deadlock in Group 1 on the points. -head, score, score and score goals.
If this happens, a play-off will be needed to decide who will play the All-Ireland semifinal against Group 2 winners Dublin, scheduled for Saturday, August 11th.
But if a play-off is needed, there is no way that the semifinal can go from before to that date.
The final of Ireland is on Sunday, August 19th. There is no GAA activity the following week due to the Pope's visit to Ireland and then to the Pan-Irish Football final on Sunday, September 2nd.
Any play-off between Kerry and Monaghan, decided by the Central Committee for Competition Control (CCCC), should probably be played on the weekend of 11/12 August, with the semi-final on Saturday before the final of the launch.
There is a list of five tie-breakers for teams that finish at the points level. at the end of the Super 8
The first is head-to-head, which does not count between the Kingdom and Farney as they drew their meeting in the second round, David Clifford scoring an incredible late goal to tie [19659002] He will then score the difference, followed by the highest total score for, and then the next tie-break is the highest total goals for. After that, there is a play-off
In Group 1, Galway has already reached the semi-finals All-Ireland and Kildare is out. Monaghan and Kerry fight for the remaining place. On the next turn,
At this time, Monaghan scored 1 to 32 in both games and conceded 2 to 27 to leave them with a +2 score difference. Kerry is 2-27 for and 2-30 against to stay on 3.
So if for example, Monaghan goes to Salthill and loses against Galway from 0-15 to 1-10 while Kerry beats Kildare to Killarney on a 0-15 to 0-12, there will be nothing to separate the sides.
The two will be on three points with a neutral score difference, each with 2-42 scored and 2-42 conceded in their three games, their points the total will be identical and they will both have scored two goals.
In this case, a play-off will be necessary – a puzzle that the CCBC could do regardless of the tight time in which it works after the GAA decision to shorten the inter-county season
There are many other permutations, of course. If Galway and Monaghan nod, both teams will go ahead with Galway and avoid a semifinal with Dublin, champion of Ireland.
If Monaghan wins, he will become the first of the group. Kerry will have to beat Kildare to give himself a chance
They need Monaghan to lose against the Tribesmen at Pearse Stadium and hope that they will be able to force a six point swing by marking the difference in the process
in Group 2 are a bit simpler. Dublin dominated the group regardless of the weekend's results and Roscommon came out
Donegal and Tyrone meet at Ballybofey in a win-win-all match, with the winner securing second place and one half final against Group 1 winner If the match ends in a draw, Tyrone progresses with a better score difference.
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