Conor McKeown

Like that's not, that's not, you know, people have to make judgments all the time.

It doesn't matter is my point.

it is like it's the GAA draw thing is like particularly in situations like that where Donegal has got to carry like your logistics you just need as much of a line aside as possible on that so it's only just over three weeks yeah so it's you know I can understand why they did it but it does overshadow the provincial finals in some way because you know you'd like to think going into provincial finals that even though you know there's something that comes next when it's being defined by the actual draw itself it's very hard not to be looking through the provincial finals ah yeah

But sure, what you do, like that's the sort of thing that in the 90s you'd be kind of going, oh yeah, your man's going to get a clip.

I've no idea what's happening.

I can't tell you how many conversations I've had since the draw yesterday, less than 24 hours, or just 24 hours ago, with people going, but what actually happens then?

But the great thing about the draw is that every round has a kind of serious consequence.

So, like, you're replacing the group thing, which had the odd kind of dead rubber at the very end.

I know, but it had the sort of potential.

Yeah, I know.

But you also had situations where a team would win their first game and was like, okay, we've won our first game, we're still in the group.

Whereas this is all very consequential.

And what I think is interesting is where they play, the winners of the first round games play each other next.

which is really, really, really interesting.

So you have this round of all the, and the winners of that go through to the quarterfinals.

Say, for instance, Kerry lost to Meade last year.

And obviously, from there...

They put in one of the great All-Ireland... Runs, yeah.

Runs of all time.

But it was still in the group.