Don’t ask.
– “What time is the draw at?”
– “9.30.”
– “And the championship starts in…”
– “May.”
The draw for the GAA hurling and football championships – yep, 2017 – took place on Thursday night and players were all forced – a week and a half after the season had ended – to say that they would start preparations immediately and get focusing on the draw as soon as possible.
Well, they weren’t forced to but they did.
Tough ol' slog for Tyrone ahead. Welcome to Ulsterhttps://t.co/Ghk642ufXI #GAA
— GAA JOE (@GAA__JOE) October 13, 2016
So the evening’s events annoyed a lot of people. They tickled other people and they confused most people.
The phases the Gaels of Ireland went through trying to decipher just exactly what was happening were probably the same all over the country.
Why is the championship draw on?
The players are all looking forward to getting to work ahead of the championship.
IT'S OCTOBER!
— GAA JOE (@GAA__JOE) October 13, 2016
But it’s October.
The 2018 championship draw will be at half time on all Ireland final day! #insideinfo 🤔
— Liam Paul Ferry (@LpFerry5) October 13, 2016
Does this happen every year?
GAA create Championship buzz by doing draw on a Thursday in October, 7 months before Championship, in the middle of the Rugby World Cup
— Conor Heneghan (@conorheneghan1) October 15, 2015
Something something plight of the club player.
It's a pity the draw for the championship is on in October. At this time of year, the spotlight should be on club championships. #clubfirst
— Aidan Gleeson (@RagsmanGlee) October 13, 2016
Something something restructure.
Championship draw has no excitement anymore. Badly needs revamp. Rossies only hav to beat Leitrim to get to last 12 .#changeneeded #GAA2017
— Michael Cuddy (@Cudster88) October 13, 2016
Is it really 90 minutes long?
RTE somehow turning the GAA championship draw into a five-act drama, despite it having only three or four interesting lines.
— Frank McNally (@FrankmcnallyIT) October 13, 2016
Why?
is the draw on in October to allow this programme finish before the start of the championship? #rtesport
— Cathal Campbell (@cathalcampbell) October 13, 2016
Jesus, get on with it.
Championship draw is boring as fuck #GAA2017
— Tadhg Gomez 🇦🇷 (@tadhgevans92) October 13, 2016
Why is Marty Morrissey wearing jeans?
https://twitter.com/SeanCavanagh14/status/786670404815491072
Why are we having a draw if there’s a group?
https://twitter.com/Trishgrehan/status/786667192469291009
Why is the Munster hurling semi-final being drawn before the quarter-final?
Trying to figure out how the came up with the format for the GAA championship draw 😂😂😂 @officialgaa pic.twitter.com/J5GYqzAJOu
— Danny Frewen (@dfrewen33) October 13, 2016
Why didn’t they bother drawing some teams?
exlpain to me my sligo/ new yorj in prelim already an first quarter already picked???
— sean teague (@seanteague1) October 13, 2016
Why does Leinster even bother?
https://twitter.com/CilliandeBurca/status/786684288758669312
Why is Jonny Cooper saying Carlow or Wexford will be tough?
Wouldn't it be so refreshing to hear a player say "yeah, glad we got them, they're shite". #gaa #championshipdraw
— Parthalán Cremin (@ParthalanC) October 13, 2016
What was the point of that?
tell me point of this football championship draw, we know top 4 will prob be with 1 exception. No structure for small counties develop #gaa
— Kilconnor flock (@KilconnorFlock) October 13, 2016
On the latest episode of the GAA Hour, Wooly chats to new Meath boss Andy McEntee about the flawed Dublin Championship and catches up with new Clare joint manager Donal Moloney. Listen below or subscribe on iTunes.
