Worst GAA Football Championship ever

youve your fishing rod out again.stick to  ur sligo rovers jackeen team!

Not even a nibble.

I actually have to laugh at Kavvie who thinks i'm fishing, Kavvie has it been a good year, can you name some of the great games i must have missed please?

your not a gaa man.you know nothing about it so i wouldnt argue or converse with you about a subject your clueless about.stick to the showgrounds and the few hundred of your fellow fans

Whats the difference between Sligo and Neil diamond ?    Neil diamond has played in Croke park more times then Sligo.

Kavvie yes i am, i would say for certain i've played the game a lot in my younger days, but please name the games you thought were brilliant this year? Please don't mention Monaghan v Donegal as being good football.

And Neil Diamond can play as well.
Cork and Dublin was a good game,Mayo,s annihilation of Donegal for a different reason was a cracker.Would imagine the two games left also will be good ones. The hurling has been ahead alright possibly because it is more open with so many teams of near same standard. Nothing against soccer and like a decent game but the boorfest of the premier league for the next 9 months does nothing for me. Shame the championships are nearly over.

Thanks Pa for confirming there has been no good game in the championship this year, not 1 single match. It's so boring and as a man who has played it at the highest level known to man i think i can say that with authority. As for the jokes about Sligo in Croke park we're not the best but we're as good as Meath.

Nobody can name a good game from this year's championship, with only 2 games to go it must be the first time ever in any sporting championship we're every single match has been brutal.

Do us a favour Rocket as you are an ardent soccer follower,don,t know how many premiership games there will be this season,in excess of a thousand? Can you report back how many are a classic? My guess would be the percentage will be very small,though obviously a fairly higher percentage would be a good game.Good man.

Cardiff v Man City a classic from yesterday, next? All i'm asking is for one game that showed GAA football to not be rubbish from this year's championship, just 1 game?

rocket every gaa game in this years championship was 100 times better than the best soccer game of the day. to even compae soccer and gaa is not a level playing pitch.soccer is boring.its played a lot because you need a very low skill level to play it at a low level.

I never compared it Kavvie, now please name 1 good game that was played in the championship, please i ask you just 1 good game. I'm going to the gym shortly it would be nice to have an answer some time soon.

Over and out !

"Next"? Don,t know how many games played so far in premiership,can,t really be bothered to look,25?30?, so there has been a good one, percentage running at 3-4 at the moment.zzzzzzzzzzzz

cork/ kerry.kildare /dub first half.tyrone/donegal.mayos standard of play v donegal..wexford played a few very exciting qualifiers..lots o matches were v exciting...now go to the gym!!

Kerry vs Cork , first half was better than Barcelona at their peak , purely because soccer at that level has virtually no physicality . Any soccer teams locally or in England aspiring to Barca level ?

There have been some good games this year , and Sunday next will be a very good one as neither team will play keep ball , they want to score . The main problem with soccer , rocket , is that it has become hard to score .  If a soccer match finishes 5-3 ( unusual) it has probably been a great game spectator wise  , but all the incessant off side stuff and fallers over in the penalty area , and dubiuos hand ball penalties detracts substantially from the game ( like overactive hand passing in gaelic ) .

And once again the hurling has been splendid all championship season , and a final to look forward too .

I agree that there haven't been many good games this year Nothing that has stuck out to me bar Donegal v Mayo which had a kind of car crash quality to it. The last 2 games should be very good though as it is 3 pure footballing teams.

Winner of Dublin/Kerry wins it for me. I've been really impressed by the Dubs and give them narrow preference but it would be amazing to see 4 or 5 all-time great Kerry players carry an otherwise very ordinary team to an All-Ireland. Mayo will have their hearts broken again, I don't think they have beaten anything this year, Galway are the best team they've played and is the line of form that gives them hope, not for me though.

Rocket i need a caddie next week , you around....?

Afraid not mate away from Monday to Saturday, i'll meet you at the dogs in Shelbourne park on the 7th if you are about.

Poor fishing.......Pat Dolan is right, you lads will have to stop knocking other sports, people who support and attend premiership teams/matches and try and promote your own little league. 5 months LOI gate figures in one weekend, get rid of the chip and get people interested.

Our Hurlers in Meath are far better than Sligo, I will have you know. In Soccer terms our hurlers would be division 2 in the UK and the Sligo lads LOI standard.......at least 3/4 divisions of a difference.

I,ve a poor enough memory but that football match against Brazil and Spain about 3 months ago was great viewing and very enjoyable,come back to us on Sunday after Kerry and Dublin and give us your views on the match versus Saturdays premiership games.You are trying a preemptive strike on gaa football.

That Brazil/Spain game was good.

Please will someone (Bar kavvie who said mayo v Donegal was a good game :D ) answer name me a good game in the football championship this year? God i am tired of asking, i am starting to think you guys know i'm right but hate agreeing with me

Rock

Good night now "the rock",you are happy out and thats the main thing.

Meath/ Dublin was a good game. Dublin/Cork and some of the skill at minor level is very impressive.
Nice to see Connacht well represented.......they are often the forgotten province when it comes to sport.....2 Mayo teams in the final and the Roscommon minors have a great chance next Sunday.


The crowds this year have been very impressive.

Thought it was enough myself, maybe for a few minutes it was close. Next?

Comparing Soccer to GAA? oh dear...

I've seen soccer matches where there is only 1 shot on target the entire game, no matter how bad a GAA game is it does not stoop to those lows.

If you want an example of what soccer regualry produces, watch the Man U v Chelsea game, "puke football" is the word

I think its good enough standard this year, and a few other matches, alongside the ones mentioned stand out for special mention. London had a great run and beat Sligo for a historic victory, going on to beat lovely Leitrim, and make their first Connacght final.

Also Kildare stood firm this year and brought Louth to St. Colman's Park, in Newbridge where in front of a full house (small capacity), they won, what was a tight game, pretty well in the end. I listened to this game in balmy conditions on a beach in the Sunny South East, and enjoyed it immensely. There is far too much training involved now to be playing the type of open football that Mr. Brolly, and Mr. Spillane yearn for. Both were great players, with Pat Spillane outstanding, but he would be a huge player in any county team whether its today or yester year. Its not about how you win now its just abut winning.

While they might not be the two best teams in the country but if you wanted an open and free flowing game of football then look no further than the Derry and Down game and these from the province that is much maligned for its negativity.

Down 2-17 Derry 1-15

The hurling championship might have been more even than previous years, but I think the standard has dropped a little, Kilkenny going back to pack helped by some high profile injuries, that Kilkenny supreme goal poachers only managed 2 in the entire championship suggests they were miles off their brilliant best.

The hurling is absolute miles ahead of the GAA basketball this summer, not even gant would argue with that. The cats may have fallen back no doubt but a lot of teams have improved all the same.

Kilkenny scored 15 goals in 6 games last year and only 2 in 6 games this year.

I suppose the biggest disappointment this year was Galway, its hard to know if the likes of Cork, Clare and Limerick have improved all that much or just the likes of Kilkenny, Tipp and Galway way underperformed?, Dublin certainly did improve after their pasting by Kilkenny last year, either ways its been a much more open competition.

Lets see what the future holds.

Down -Derry was a good football game , silver , both teams trying to win by scoring more than the other . Obviously neither team has the players to win All-Irelands  , but it was a good match .

rocket i was reading bout the soccer game last nite chelsea and man unil nil draw..seemed like a very exciting game by all accounts?!?!!?..you were in the gym so u mightnt know?.i cast my mind over the summer and there were lots of great exciting games with high scores,great interceptions,great point and goal taking.honest endeavour by amateur players playing for the pride of their parish and county.the cork/kerry game was high quality,down derry as a joy to watch,dublin kildare first half was brilliant,dublin meath while it was close ,cork dublin,cork galway close to the final seconds,and in spite of your opinion the mayo/donegal game was great to see for the level of skill from mayo to utterly destroy the all ire champs.

^^^nonsense!

Seen that too in the paper,a dead loss by all accounts and they are supposed to be two of the premierships best and rank highly in world club football,a few of the players on 100k a week as well.Is it that people are just falling for the media hype year in year out?is it bate down peoples throats through excess coverage in the sport section of the paper? is it just a money making racket for pay per view tv? Know what i,ll be watching on Sunday and it won,t be Sky,s "super Sunday".
You can keep your soccer Rocket until a cold wet winters afternoon when i will have absolutely feck all to do.
By the way keep informing me of when a classic took place please.

^^^noise!

last good soccer game i sen was the 77 cup final with utd and arsenal

Yawn alert ^

that was last nite rock

Take a leaf out of King's book and get some humor into your posts, he's our witty and informative at the same time.

i have him blocked the virus..anywaty we must meet up sometime for a pint.i hear your not a bad auld fcuker

Ha that's not true Kavvie, I'm coming to Shelbourne Park on the 7th of September if you're about i'll meet you for a jar mate.

ill be in croke park jurys with all the gaa boys dat nite..!!..ill be up for the final of the derby tho if u around?maybe workrider will be also?

Rocket , I'm staying in the diamond coast on mon tues next week , then heading up to bundoran on weds , if your around i 'll have a jar with you one of the days...

wonky......ya will be some golfer when yer big........take care up there......god bless wonky......and god bless yer family......god bless all the Iranian aston villa supporters......

God bless you Paulie , you remind me a lot of ROBO....The poor lad went a little crazy on here one day , I hope you are not heading the same way son....It really was sad to witness .....Be gentle with yourself Paulie...

bad auld game today rocket!?!..maybe ur  looking at spurs and arsenal..!?

High scoring but a lot of defensive mistakes Kavvie, for me difficult to enjoy flawed performances like that.

were all wrong and your right!!

Wrong about what?

when you re in a hole stop digging Walter, will ya?

No idea what you guys are on about, i stand by everything i have said on this forum.

You didn't think that was an enjoyable game to watch today Rocket even with a slight mitigation for defensive frailties??

No i never said that, it was exciting without doubt, quality wise mehhhhh

Fair enough you're entitled to your opinion and I haven't read this thread but your opening post says that the one word missing from the championship was skill,hard not to acknowledge that there wasn't some exhilarating attacking skill on display today.

DUBS EVENS TO WIN THE S.F.C WITH P.POWER, I WILL HAVE SOME OF THAT.

good grief.........the clueless king ozrockrat still lets itself down with its blatant ignornace.......its actually staggering at this stage......

A great game of football,the Dubs have a lovely style and easy to see them being the dominant force for the next few years.

Hurling once again putting the hand passers to shame, which saw guy getting excited over one match. Compare that to the Hurling championship which to me is like any other sporting championship and is littered with memorable matches.

As a soccer man ratfingers how do you think the National soccer team matches in the W C qualifiers were in relation to this years gaa football matches as a whole?

Rocketfingers wouldn't care about the national team.........sure only the ole ole brigade and barstoolers follow them.

Ireland v Asutria was a great game 2-2, action packed, Ireland v Sweden was not bad, it was tactical, like a chess match between Kasparov vs Topalov

Ireland vs Sweden was ****,Ireland with basically 1 shot on goal and Sweden with 2 or 3, do you think Roy Keane should get the Irish managers job?

I walked out of croke park 3 years ago at half time in a football match.(defence...pulling...draging...hand pass me to death)

I stopped going to PREM football too at around the same time(hardly even watch it)

Non League is where its at for soccer.

However i travel the country watching all sorts of good hurling matches.

Dublin Kerry game might halt the slide....but it has been appaling for a long time..

Yeah I agree it was like a chess match..........waiting ages for a decent move.

The last time i was in Croker was at a GAA match not going to mention which one for fear of annoying those county men. But i fell asleep (No drink taken) and was woken up by one of the cleaners and the funny thing was i was not the only other one asleep.

Them days are gone since the new security fencing went in. The cleaners used to let a few old souls kip around the edges and in some cases got them a hot meal.

This sounds big headed but i think i nailed this. The final was very disappointing and the pulling and dragging started quite early this afternoon.

i thought ye were going UP to meet rock and the da and bro so yis could exchange nudges and winks in the lower cusack areas.......

Yep a poor enough final,still two brilliant semi finals, any more classic premiership games to add to the one you pointed out earlier in the thread?

I will always stand by what i said not one good game in this this year. Compare it to the hurling lads.

where is paulie wingnuts?is he away to the louden tavern?rocky were u ever in the louden with the rat or scania wingnuts?

dickie i have not been in your country in a long time, so sorry can't help. Next

rocket try to get outa the flat more often,as i said to oz it helps with your social phobia,and try to go down the satirs rathe rthan up the stairs when you eventually do get the confidence to leave........not like your alleged trip to the holy grounds today.....

Rocketfingers in regards to your 22 sept 22.24 post "the pulling and dragging started quite early this afternoon" if you seen the Elche vs Real Madrid match tonight,the pulling, dragging,diving cynical fouling was only trotting after gaelic football,match ended with the ref getting duped into giving a non existent pentalty,it was anything but the beautiful game there tonight. Seen a bit of Liverpool and Man U and to be fair while not a great match it was watchable.

hahahaha

Jaysus Pa will you Barstoolers ever give over.

Pa just angry that i never give any tips anymore and because he posted a couple of bets that had no chance of winning once and i told him that and he is still livid at it

Got to love Pa he reminds me of wile e coyote

Rocketfingers......your Bayern Munich tip was the best bit of comedy gold ever.

How was it, it was smashed in the market iirc, always the sign of a good value bet.

It's a pity it was a loser........That might have escaped you.

Rocketfingers you haven't a clue. You do not play the game. You do not play any sports.  If you did you might have some idea of the speed the modern is game played at, the ferocity of the hits and the remarkable execution of points, goals and passes under such intensity.

I would love to know what championship you are comparing this year's against. You might name a few games from said championship while you're at it. That might put your argument to the test.

Ignoring Rocketfingers I would say Gaelic Football has never been stronger in terms of skill. Footballers today are pure class. Corner-backs/half-backs getting up the field scoring points from 45 yards out. The forwards working back in their defence tackling with perfection and seconds later up the field to finish off their own attacks. Footballers are exemplary prepared and so so dedicated. Not only that but unbelievable athletes. The footballers from the top counties and indeed many from the weaker counties are an example to the young people in their parishes and communities.

Rubbish ^

I would also say that as an enthusiastic Gaelic Footballer and Gaelic Football supporter I have been glued to the telly every Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon this summer. When I wasn't watching on the telly, then I was at a game.

I absolutely hate this notion of good games vs bad games. Every game is unique and offers something different. They're all exciting. They all have players going out doing their best for the jersey they are wearing. I enjoyed every single game, Cavan vs Armagh, Dublin vs Kerry, Tyrone vs Kildare, Kerry vs Cork, Meath vs Wexford.

Gaelic Football is not for everybody. But those it is for thoroughly enjoy it. There is no talk about bad games from the avid followers. Rocketfingers - Gaelic Football is clearly not a sport you enjoy. So I don't know why you are putting yourself through games and then having the ignorance to undersell it on here.

What championship has been better Rocketfingers?

You can't even debate with me Rocketfingers. You really don't have a clue.

So you don't think the hurling championship was better than the bog ball this year?

I am assuming you mean Gaelic Football. You really can't be taken seriously saying things like that. It's not something I'd have a strong opinion on. You could say it marginally was. I wouldn't disagree with that.

Now I've had the courtesy to answer your questions, you might do the same and answer mine.

Any championship where there was 'one' good game in it which is pretty much every championship in every sport i ever seen.

1. Name the championship.
2. Name the game.
3. Explain why you think it was better than say Dublin vs Kerry 2013.

Most memorable games of 2013 Gaelic Football championship:

10. Ulster Final, St. Tiernach's Park
Monaghan 0-13 - Donegal 0-7

9. All-Ireland Football Semi-Final, Croke Park
Mayo 1-16 - Tyrone 0-13

8. Connacht Semi-Final Replay, Dr. Hyde Park
London 2-11 - Leitrim 1-13

7. All-Ireland Football Quarter-Final, Croke Park
Dublin 1-16 - Cork 0-14

6. Leinster Final, Croke Park
Dublin 2-15 - Meath 0-14

5. All-Ireland Round 4 Qualifier, Croke Park
Cork 1-17 - Galway 1-16

4. Munster Final, Fitzgerald Stadium
Kerry 1-16 - Cork 0-17

3. Ulster Championship Quarter Final, Celtic Park
Down 2-17 - Derry 1-15

2. All-Ireland Round 3 Qualifier, Celtic Park
Cavan 1-22 - Derry 0-22

1. All-Ireland Semi-Final, Croke Park
Dublin 3-17 - Kerry 3-11

All very poor stuff, Monaghan and Donegal, London v Leitrim, Dublin v Meath oh boy

Why?