WARNING! If you have no interest in the GAA or sport in general, this post may well cause the blood to flow from your eyes!
Right now, NFL Div 2A looks like this (courtesy of www.leitrimgaa.ie):
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monaghan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4-90 | 5-48 | 39 | 12 |
| Roscommon | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6-71 | 6-58 | 13 | 8 |
| Leitrim | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6-67 | 3-67 | 9 | 8 |
| Longford | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13-70 | 3-76 | 24 | 6 |
| Offaly | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6-81 | 6-59 | 22 | 6 |
| Clare | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6-68 | 6-67 | 1 | 6 |
| Carlow | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5-58 | 10-81 | -38 | 2 |
| London | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4-47 | 11-96 | -70 | 0 |
Last Update: 20:30, Wed 11 April 2007
Now, Monaghan have won the division; whatever happens on Sunday, their semi-final place against Meath is assured. But as to who wins the second place, this is where it gets tricky.
As I understood it, we need to beat Monaghan and Offally need to beat Roscommon for us to come second. This is extremely possible - our game is in Cloone, Monaghan don't even need a draw from the game and Roscommon have to play in Offally.
But, of course, nothing's as simple as that. Here are just 15 of the possible outcomes for the division (again courtesy of www.leitrimgaa.ie):
1. If Leitrim and Roscommon both win next Sunday, score difference will decide second and third, at the moment Leitrim are four points behind Roscommon.
2. If Leitrim and Roscommon both draw Roscommon will finish second and Leitrim third on score difference.
3. If Leitrim draw and Roscommon lose Leitrim will finish second.
4. If there are wins for Monaghan, Roscommon and Clare next weekend, Offaly, Longford, Carlow and London will play in TM Cup and Division 4 2008. Leitrim and Clare will play in Qualifiers 2007 and League Division 3 2008, with Monaghan and Roscommon playing in Division 2 2008.
5. If there are wins for Offaly, Longford and Monaghan, then Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford and Offaly will be tied on eight points each and playoffs will be required to decide who qualifies for Division 2 (one team), Division 3 (two teams) and Division 4 (one team) from among these four.
6. If all three games finish level, Roscommon will finish second, Leitrim third and playoffs will be required to separate Longford/Clare/Offaly to decide one reaming place in Division 3 2008 and two remaining places in Division 4 2008 and TM Cup 2007
7. If Offaly/Roscommon and Longford/Clare matches are both drawn then Leitrim will finish second if victorious over Monaghan.
8. If Offaly/Roscommon and Longford/Clare matches are both drawn then Leitrim will finish third if losing/drawing versus Monaghan.
9. If Longford/Clare draw and there are wins for Leitrim and Offaly, then Leitrim will finish second.
10. If Longford/Clare draw and there are wins for Monaghan and Offaly, then Leitrim, Roscommon and Offaly will be tied for second place and playoffs will be required to determine the remaining one place in Division 2 and the two remaining places in Division 3 with Clare, Longford, Carlow and London playing in Division 4 2008 and TM Cup 2007.
11. If Offaly/Roscommon draw and there are wins for Leitrim and Longford then Leitrim will finish second.
12. If Offaly/Roscommon draw and there are wins for Monaghan and Longford then Leitrim will finish fourth.
13. If Offaly/Roscommon draw and there are wins for Leitrim and Longford then Leitrim will finish second.
14. If there are wins for Monaghan, Longford and Roscommon: Monaghan & Roscommon in Div. 2 with Leitrim and Longford in Division 3 2008 and the remainder in Division 4.
15. If there are wins for Monaghan, Clare and Roscommon, Monaghan and Roscommon will play in Division 2 2008, Leitrim and Clare will play in Division 3 2008 with Longford, Offaly, Carlow and London playing in TM Cup 2007 and Division 4 2008.
Phew. Now I'm lost.
Why is this important? It's just the league. The Championship is where it's at!
True, but Leitrim in a league semi final would be super, as would division 2 football next year. However, it's even more serious if we lose. Because, and here I'm a little unsure, if we end up on the bottom of the division on Sunday, not only do we end up in division 4 next year, we don't get a qualifier shot in this summer's championship. That is, if we lose in the Connacht championship, we'll be dumped straight into the Tommy Murphy Cup! The fucking remedial football class (woohoo, big change on last year's attitude).
So, let's just hope we win... and Roscommon lose. Hang on, isn't that what we always want? Sure this isn't confusing at all.
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