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Declan

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That sounds like sound thinking indeed. If dublin and kerry are so somewhat between teams. Galway needs to grab the opportunity. Last year, they did not “run through the tape” and beat themselves
 

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It's a very strange move for Mickey , I'd say offally will be happy with this appointment and Shane Lowry will be happy with it ..........but Mickey blew Derry up very badly and it was very unexpected , they never recovered from the heavy defeat Donegal dealt out ito them n Ulster
Crater loved the aul Gah :cry:
 

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Joe Brolly is full of praise for the new rules brought in to try and save Gaelic football from the blanket defence.


I watched the first match of the league - Galway and Armagh - and is was pretty much as you were. What I don't understand is that the new rules require three forwards and three defenders from a team to stay in their own half at all times, but I don't see how this addresses issues with the blanket defence, where teams can still sit their players in front of the goal and the other team will have three less players to try and break through. In other words the three up three back rule means both teams just cancel each other out.

I thought a good idea would have been to introduce a stop clock - like in basket ball. So when a team gets the ball they have 90 seconds to do something. If they don't score after 90 seconds the ball goes to the opposition. It would mean teams couldn't just sit back with all their players because they would have to attack.
Interesting.
 

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Vincent Corey has surprisingly stepped down as monaghan manager after two seasons in charge ......I can't give a confirmed rumour , but the unconfirmed rumour is players wanted a fresh start , I don't agree with this at all I think vinny should have led for at least the now customary third year , with snakes like Mickey harte about who knows what will happen .......there's even wild chat of Banty 3 with fucking Myles Gallagher .......if that happens there should be a full boycott and possible riot in monaghan and carraicmacross :mad:
Monaghan promoted to the first division after a 10 year absense

 

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I see the Grab All Association have decided to continue with their policy of depriving fans of the opportunity to watch their county team on free to air television. Today's Cork v Kerry Munster championship match is being shown on GAA+ (whatever that is). Good luck if you're over 50 years old, living by yourself and trying to figure out how to subscribe, log in, set up the streaming to your television.

If you were setting out to destroy Gaelic games you couldn't do much worse than the Grab All Association: a rushed season that ends before August, half empty stadiums, a hundred new rules that nobody understands, and fans being fleeced.

What a complete shit show.
 

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Kilkenny v Galway in a half empty Nolan Park. Complete damp squib. No excitement. No atmosphere.

Championship hurling in April?

No wonder people have lost interest.
 

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I didn't see it but that does seem to have been a very exciting game between Cork and Kerry.

Tis a pity that Cork didn't manage to win it as that would have been a big boost for football in Cork ~ ~ Even as it is, that should be a big boost for football in Cork !
 

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Kilkenny v Galway in a half empty Nolan Park. Complete damp squib. No excitement. No atmosphere.

Championship hurling in April?

No wonder people have lost interest.
I understand they changed the championship format to suit the clubs, but I hate the round robin for the provincials instead of the traditional knockout and the games in April and the whole thing finished in August instead of September.
 

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I understand they changed the championship format to suit the clubs, but I hate the round robin for the provincials instead of the traditional knockout and the games in April and the whole thing finished in August instead of September.
It's awful. Too many matches in too short a time. It's the same with the football. Lots of pointless matches (the Super 8s shite they brought in).

I recall going to Croke Park around 2007/2008/2009 when Pillar Caffrey was the Dublin manager. This was before Dublin started winning lots of All Ireland's. The stadium was sold out for every match - even first round matches against the likes of Offaly and Wicklow. I remember it well, how difficult it was to get tickets for Leinster matches.

Now they'd struggle to fill the place for an All Ireland semi final.

It's madness.
 

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I follow Galway in the hurling and they were absolute pants.

And you're right Lazarus, Nolan Park was half empty.
 

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I follow Galway in the hurling and they were absolute pants.

And you're right Lazarus, Nolan Park was half empty.
Yes, although I noticed it's now UPMC Nowlan Park. And Cusack Park in Ennis is now Zimmer Biomet Cusack Park - quite a mouthful.

More money grubbing from small minded gobshites.
 

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Big row in the GAA with girls demanding the right to wear shorts as opposed to skirts.

(Also why can't anyone on RTE - including Marty Morrissey - pronounce the word skirts?)
 

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Big row in the GAA with girls demanding the right to wear shorts as opposed to skirts.

(Also why can't anyone on RTE - including Marty Morrissey - pronounce the word skirts?)
Storm in Skorts = = Maybe a Naked Wrestling Match could decide this ! !

For Fucks Sake = = Who gives a fuck whether they are wearing Skorts or Shorts ? ?

The fucking eejits are letting Men play in Women's Sports = = Cut out the Balls from Women's Sports ! !
 

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Turns out they were saying "skorts" which apparently is an amalgamation of shorts and skirts.

You'd think they'd tell us that before we all started thinking RTE had developed a speech impediment?
 

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Turns out they were saying "skorts" which apparently is an amalgamation of shorts and skirts.

You'd think they'd tell us that before we all started thinking RTE had developed a speech impediment?
Just when Women's Sports was getting some credibility = = They started letting men play ! ! !

Ya can't get much more stupid than that, Yogi !

And, now it's a big deal if they wear Shorts of Skorts = == 99.9999 % of People don't give a fook if the Women wear Shorts or Skorts ! !
 

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Turns out they were saying "skorts" which apparently is an amalgamation of shorts and skirts.

You'd think they'd tell us that before we all started thinking RTE had developed a speech impediment?
They take a lot of Cocaine in Rte = = To cope with all the Treason and Lying that they are doing ! !
 

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Turns out they were saying "skorts" which apparently is an amalgamation of shorts and skirts.

You'd think they'd tell us that before we all started thinking RTE had developed a speech impediment?
I saw girl earlier today, in sports shorts, like I I said before, more like hotpants. You could literally see her arse cheeks as she walked

Oh! But you're such a paedo for noticing!

You, @Tiger, @Wolf, you're all disgusting idiots
 

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Hard luck today Nordie. It was a very close run thing.

Meanwhile Galway saw off Wexford relatively comfortably with a 10 point win in the hurling.
 

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I saw girl earlier today, in sports shorts, like I I said before, more like hotpants. You could literally see her arse cheeks as she walked Oh! But you're such a paedo for noticing!
You, Tiger, Wolf, you're all disgusting idiots
Could you at least try to keep your perversions to yourself?

This is about feminism infiltrating the GAA not about you dreaming of riding a 12 year old after you bought her a doll.
 

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I saw everyone excited during the week that galway beat mayo in the Connaught final and I am wondering is it dublin or Kerry in the semi so I googled.

I was amazed to learn that Mayo are still in the run. After I recovered from that it got dramatically worse when i learned the sheep shaggers are still in it as well. For all I know Sligo and Leitrim might get in on goal difference. So, I will check back on the first sunday in September for to see who gets Sam
 
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Incredible result in Croker where the Dublin hurlers have beaten Limerick to advance to the All Ireland semi final. What makes it even more remarkable is the fact that Dublin played with 14 men for most of the match.

Must be one of the biggest upsets in the history of the GAA.
 
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Just over 30,000 in Croke Park for two matches - one a quarter final and the other a preliminary quarter final - with the biggest county by population playing in both. Croker Park holds 82,000.

The Grab All Association have royally fucked up.

Let's not forget that as recently as 2010, the Dublin footballers were getting full houses in Croke Park for first round matches against the likes of Offaly and Wexford. I remember it well.

And I see the two football preliminary quarter finals tomorrow have been put behind the GAA plus paywall, and the fans who refuse to be fleeced are left with two Mickey Mouse Tailteann Cup matches on RTE.

On a Sunday in June.

What a fking shitshow they've created.
 

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A total embarrassment for Meath. WTF's the point in getting that far only to get humiliated?
 
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Hard one to call in the final. I'd just give Donegal the edge. I think they've a better balance between defence and attack. Kerry are awesome going forward, but vulnerable at the back. And I'm sure My Guinness will have a few tricks up his sleeve.

Should be a cracker.
 

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