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Hurling Showing up GAA foootball again?
Hurling Showing up GAA foootball again?
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Lads, I wouldn't have been to too many GAA grounds What I'm wondering is can you get a pint of porter after a game and if not, why not?
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Yes but you might have to pay for it which would deal you and Irish Guy out.
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Oh good, any clubhouses I have been in were dry but they were small and quite local.
Nothing quite like a dozen pints with the opposition after a game of rugger. |
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Does anyone recall playing t1t cricket? What jolly japes! Never came across it in Ireland, more of an English thing possibly.
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rocket if thats the case(ff voter) the gaa must be restricted to 20 % of the population?!!? also gaa former president jack boothman was a non catholic?
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Rocketfingers , the 2 clubs I am referring to are in Co Down , and play their football in County Down . Before they existed the nearest GAA gound was Darragh Cross , which is 15 miles at least from Belfast . They have nothing to do with Belfast( Co Antrim) other than being on the Down side of the Lagan . I have no idea of GAA activity in Co Antrim although I did meet the county secretary recently . Always divided city and country , football and hurling that county , some great people , but little prospect of any glory .
Most of GAA activity in Belfast and district when I was young revolved around the Falls Road and environs . I had no club in Co Down ( where I was born and bred and have always lived in --outside of 2 -3 years in Dublin 4 ) . To play ( underage) on a Saturday I had to take 3 buses into and across town to get to Casement, or McRory Park , or Corrigan Park . Casement Park is to be upgraded soon I believe , no idea why they are spending so much on the redevelopment for maybe one big match a year , unless Clones is getting the chop . But I guess with the Shinners influence in Government someone has their hand in the governments pocket . Makes up maybe for all the money thrown at the soccer people over the years municipal and stadium wise . |
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"Solution" wrong choice of word Wixim. I don't mean to imply there's any problems with the GAA or it's popularity either - in fact it's flourishing - I would be interested though in ideas to grow the sport further and reach out to typically soccer and rugby people. I'm not sure what the motives are behind Donal Og's game but I would stand by my original point that a social version of the GAA sports open to people of all levels, experience, male or female, would be a good idea.
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I would just like to clarify my original point for fear it may have been misinterpreted. Tonight I played a 5-a-side soccer match with work colleagues, I paid €5 for the privilege. The standard was terrible but that's not the point. On Wednesdays and Thursdays I know a lot of people who go off and play Tag Rugby. They are guaranteed a game and guaranteed a positive experience.
There is no equivalent option to play Gaelic Football or Hurling. To play I would need to be a member of a club, I would probably need to be training or at least show my face at a few (to get on the Junior B or Junior C side) and even that I'm not guaranteed a game. (By the way this is not a problem for me, I am a club member and have no complaints as regards getting game time). Whether such an equivalent is feasible or could be created is debatable. If people think such a game would be an insult to real GAA fair enough. I hope the point I am making is not missed. |
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Most GAA lads play soccer during the winter and the older lads/mentors spend it in the pub.
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i think what alot of soccer people have a bee in their bonnet is.they are always small and scrawny and are susceptible to the auld elbow.
 and do u know what,alot of them dont know how to strike a ball and thats f**king basic. |
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And to think some people tried to argue with me over this, take away the tribalism and there is not a lot else there with the gaa football.
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There is no harm in coming 2nd to Hurling.
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Tbh Gant it's not even in the top 20 watchable sports at the moment, as i said take away the tribalism and not a lot left but cynical fouling, guys who can't kick and 15 men behind the ball, for an ex player and current GAA member that is hard to admit.
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Change the hand pass rule . 2 hand passes in a row , then you have to play the ball . Dead simple . Just cant understand the heads in the sand .
Anyone count the hand passes yesterday ? Kerry have adapted their game because they have inherently talented footballers , but they would prefer to be playing "traditional " style football --and their supporters are with me on this . |
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Kelly i suggested the 2 hand hand pass or even three in a row max actually you're right 2 is better and then make them kick it, anyway i suggested it on here years ago and was laughed out of it. I heard a guy use a word with the way the GAA that i thought summed it up, he said is gone and he said there is a 'Rugbyfication' process of the gaelic football at the moment and that is what we are seeing.
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Have not heard that one , rocket . I think there has been an element of "basketball" thinking applied to football . Basketball bores the pants off me , may be a good game to play athletically etc , but when "owning the ball " is more or less the sole criteria , any game suffers .
Any game consists of attackers and defenders , if the game is weighted unduly towards one of those 2 it is not good for the game . Kerry won yesterday largely through the efforts of their half back line , who were brilliant collectively and individually . That speaks volumes though re pattern of the game , but they had the space to promote their footballing skills , whereas their forwards were playing against a 14 man defence often . The only way to punish defensive systems is long range shooting , sometimes recent matches remind me of "shooting in " which happened before matches and training in the old days . But it is not spectator friendly . |
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lol as a former player and current member,bird o donnell id safely say you could write all your knowledge of the gaa and gaelic football on the back of a postage stamp....
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rocket knows as much about gaa as a dog knows about its father..
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It's tough for the likes of Rocketfingers watching the GAA grow year after year.
I know how he feels, I follow Greyhound racing and often wish we could be as successful as Horse Racing. |
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My father was a doggie man , gant . I followed it a bit when I was younger , particularly when I lived fairly close to Shelbourne for a couple of years .
Our 2 premier tracks though went the way of all flesh , despite the efforts of some ( mainly Sean Graham ) to keep them afloat . Lost interest then . About 20 years since I was at the dogs . London has hardly a track now , compared with the old days . Says it all . |
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Sorry Gant and Kavvie i thought it was a great game yesterday too, happy lads? Head in sand is not the word !!!!
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Rocketfingers.....The game Yesterday was poor.
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gant he wouldnt know the difference..hes used to scoreless draws
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I know Kavvie. Until he gets the auld chip removed from his shoulder he will continue to make a fool of himself.
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Lads keep burying your head in the sand, bar you two i would be really surprised if anyone else thought that was a good match on Sunday. Maybe i am wrong and you are right but i called it a few weeks ago and imo that was trips on Sunday but each to your own i suppose but i would ask you lads to watch the GAA best sport Hurling this weekend you lads may not be used to the speed and the skill involved.
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i think both of have already stated that it was a bad match rocket!!
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its obvious to me that mr kavanagh never kicked a ball or held a hurl in his life.
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So why are you attacking me for saying the exact same thing Kavvie? I think you need to lose the bigoted attitude you have towards me.
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im not"attacking" you.yourf giving out about the game in general(as usual)im just pointing out the error of your ways.gaelic football was never as popular flaws and all.the sport you follow was never as unpopular.id say newspaper editors are not happy having to cover games that attendences are in the hundreds.
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Gaelic football was never as popular, you can prove this Kavvie? Should be fun !!
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Shamrock Rovers fans break man’s nose at wake
Share on facebook 21 Share on twitter 2 Share on google_plusone_share More Sharing Services Monday, September 22, 2014 By Elaine Keogh, irish examiner A family has condemned the behaviour of some Shamrock Rovers fans who they say left a mourner at their mother’s wake with a broken nose following an unprovoked assault. Paul McGee, 37, was with his wife Dara at the wake of her grandmother Maura Coleman, 77, when he says he was struck in the face with a beer can. “My nose is broken, I have had six stitches to my face and the doctors think my eye socket is fractured,” he said yesterday. “What happened was disgraceful and unreal. The can was smashed into my face without any warning and it was completely unprovoked.” Mr McGee was with Eddie Coleman, a son of the deceased, when a group of more than 70 Shamrock Rovers fans walked along the road past Mrs Coleman’s house in Pearse Park, Dundalk, on Saturday afternoon before the kick-off of the EA Sports Cup between Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk FC. Mr Coleman said: “We as a family condemn this violence as we waked my mother. “They were throwing cans into the garden as they passed by and I said to them: ‘Would you show a bit of respect, there is a wake here, maybe take your rubbish with you.’ ” Then one of the crowd assaulted Mr McGee with the can and when other family members came outside to see what was happening, the crowd verbally abused them. Mr Coleman added: “My mother had seven children and 28 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren so when the children came out they saw this and they were crying. My mother would be horrified at this behaviour. She was one of the nicest people you could meet and we were never ever in any trouble. “I am sure there are decent Shamrock Rover’s fans but these were the scum of the earth and they weren’t young, they looked to be in their 30s and 40s.” Mr McGee said: “They had no regard for anyone or anything. If I had not gone behind a van [parked outside] I think they would have killed me. I didn’t even look at them. In fact when I first saw them I thought they were Dundalk fans. ” The family wants to know why any football fans were directed into a residential area. “We want answers as to how these rowdy drunken hooligans ended up passing by our vicinity,” said Mr Coleman. A spokesman for Dundalk gardaí said: “There was an issue with some Shamrock Rovers supporters who took a wrong turn to the match. We are aware an incident occurred in Pearse Park. We were very disappointed to hear something happened at a wake house.” Mrs Coleman will be buried this morning. |
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Still waiting Kavvie !!
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crowds are up.sky salivating at its popularity in uk.audience share huge when live on rte.every young lad in ireland wants to emulate their countyheros. despite the gaas dismal publicising of its own sports its popularity continues to grow.
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excuse the late reply.i was down making a pitch and putting up nets for a juvinile final tonight..
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Just as i thought no prove, merely a rant as to why you think gaa football is great, no facts or figures, Sky TV audience is non existent for the football compared to the hurling and this year's final attendance figures down on past finals but please don't let these facts get in the way for you speaking for every young lad in the country.
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There has been a huge explosion in female participation in Gaelic football over the last 10 years . The number of ladies team in my club is testimony to that . And they ferry youngish females to all parts of Ireland for matches , playing and spectating .
Ultimately that leads to bums on seats , at headquarters and elsewhere , and the social aspect of the club scene ( drink etc aside ) has seldom been stronger , partly because the GAA has spent its money locally and wisely , facilities are the envy of most other sporting organisations . My main criticism of the soccer scene is that they squandered a privileged position ( within the urban community particularly where they were strongest ) at the feet of a foreign altar . There is unfortunately no way back as far as I can see , the bus is getting farther and farther down the road with every media driven soccer weekend ( outside of locally) . And a lot of the fare on offer even at the so called highest levels is banal, last nights Liverpool vs Middlesborough match put me to sleep although I was betting on it . Can any of them beat a man ? Keep looking for mazy dribblers , pitches are too small for modern fit athletes , and when you can kick a ball 70 yards without effort ... |
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its not a rant.just a fact.facts are that gaa is the most popular sport in ireland.i think thats undisputed.
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GAA chiefs must take some of the blame. Allowing Lee Keegan play in the semi-final replay was a joke, and then no action whatever over massive Kerry/Mayo brawl late in the game. Dealing with the invading spectator an easy option and a handy diversion.
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Kaviie no facts just a rant, Ballhopper spot they have to take the blame.
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