New Posts For Thread: the standard of football in Ireland.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29171385/the-standard-of-football-in-irelandwhat can u say about Ireland? lets face it, we were under dogs anyway but what frustrates me the most is that why THE **** cant we play football like the spanish , dutch or germans?(forget the english, theyre ****ing muck!). seriously, why must we punot much better in england from the performances theyve put up.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29171385/the-standard-of-football-in-ireland?post_id=521210165#521210165not much better in england from the performances theyve put up.Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:49:38 -0500--------------GivenColeman---Dunne---St Ledger----ClarkDuff---McCarthy---Andrews---McClean---------Hoolahan------------------Long Westwood, O Dea, Keane, Walters, Fahey, Doyle, McGeady, O Shea, Whelan, Hunthttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29171385/the-standard-of-football-in-ireland?post_id=520843889#520843889--------------GivenColeman---Dunne---St Ledger----ClarkDuff---McCarthy---Andrews---McClean---------Hoolahan------------------Long Westwood, O Dea, Keane, Walters, Fahey, Doyle, McGeady, O Shea, Whelan, HuntFri, 15 Jun 2012 06:18:03 -0500Shinronehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29171385/the-standard-of-football-in-ireland?post_id=520842453#520842453ShinroneFri, 15 Jun 2012 05:03:02 -0500perhaps Kavvie, but still a possiblity....I'm from a county that will NEVER win an all-ireland.......and a country that will NEVER win a major soccer tournamentah well, we can but enjoy tryinghttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29171385/the-standard-of-football-in-ireland?post_id=520842355#520842355perhaps Kavvie, but still a possiblity....I'm from a county that will NEVER win an all-ireland.......and a country that will NEVER win a major soccer tournamentah well, we can but enjoy tryingFri, 15 Jun 2012 04:55:44 -0500Thats a great pity,i have a great gra for Offaly hurling,their style the way they play the game and if people knew how small an area these players come from they would appreciate them more.Whenever i pass through the Coolderry Shinrone area i marvelhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29171385/the-standard-of-football-in-ireland?post_id=520842319#520842319Thats a great pity,i have a great gra for Offaly hurling,their style the way they play the game and if people knew how small an area these players come from they would appreciate them more.Whenever i pass through the Coolderry Shinrone area i marvelFri, 15 Jun 2012 04:53:19 -0500itl be a long time before offaly win an all ireland sadly!!https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29171385/the-standard-of-football-in-ireland?post_id=520841969#520841969itl be a long time before offaly win an all ireland sadly!!Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:28:32 -0500What was Kavvie doing at your golf dinner?https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29171385/the-standard-of-football-in-ireland?post_id=520841693#520841693What was Kavvie doing at your golf dinner?Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:06:05 -0500As others pointed out the numbers are skewed; the vast majority of sporting talent in this country end up playing GAA; take our total real playing numbers whatever it is, and get 25-30% of that - that's our actual pool.Also, deep-down a huge percentahttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29171385/the-standard-of-football-in-ireland?post_id=520840723#520840723As others pointed out the numbers are skewed; the vast majority of sporting talent in this country end up playing GAA; take our total real playing numbers whatever it is, and get 25-30% of that - that's our actual pool.Also, deep-down a huge percentaFri, 15 Jun 2012 02:41:45 -0500Dont have the players . Like shooting in tonight most of the time I saw it . Supporters must be on high octane something , I'd have been away back to my hotel or plane .No one really to blame , cant produce the players of yesteryear for whatever reahttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29171385/the-standard-of-football-in-ireland?post_id=520837277#520837277Dont have the players . Like shooting in tonight most of the time I saw it . Supporters must be on high octane something , I'd have been away back to my hotel or plane .No one really to blame , cant produce the players of yesteryear for whatever reaThu, 14 Jun 2012 21:48:48 -0500Agreed^^^https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29171385/the-standard-of-football-in-ireland?post_id=520833923#520833923Agreed^^^Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:50:20 -0500