The Championship

[Declan]

Tried watching Armagh and Derry the other day but had to turn off after 10 minutes cos I didn't know which team had the ball.

What kind of A-hole thought it a good idea to have both teams playing in practically the same colours?

Can you not afford a color TV??

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

Saul must be happy getting out of that with a draw.

Carlow v Offaly in the hurling was a good watch. The Scallion eaters won by a point after extra time.

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Westmeath should have beaten Armagh , they will be devastated at conceding a late goal .....they played all the football

Good point for Monaghan they could have won the game but showed strong resolve to work a score to the it up with the last kick of the game

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

Limerick could easily crash out despite all the talk of 4-in-a row.

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Hurling nation by Donal Og on Friday mornings are almost parody

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Limerick could easily crash out despite all the talk of 4-in-a row.

They might get very violent if things get tight for them .....could be a few reds

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

Hurling nation by Donal Og on Friday mornings are almost parody

Óg and his brother are both gay. Summat must not have been right in that household.

Schofield and his jailed brother are another two.

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Óg and his brother are both gay. Summat must not have been right in that household.

Schofield and his jailed brother are another two.

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

The Dubs held in both codes at Croker. Squandered a 12 point lead in the hurling.

Wexford who last week lost to Westmeath decided to beat Kilkenny 7 days later.

Limerick edge Cork to meet Clare once again in the Munster final.

They are showing their mettle despite not being in top form so far.

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Football action was reasonable at the weekend , mayo had trouble with Louth in McHale park , Mickey harte has turned Louth into mini Tyrone with a wall of red shirts in front of the scoring zone , it's impossible to play through them and Kevin mcStay will be very disappointed with this display , with the only bright spot Aidan O'shea swinging over 3 nice frees from the right with his left foot.....I didn't know Aidan could take frees

In Ulster Tyrone defeated Armagh in Omagh by one point in a game where Armagh didn't start playing to the 60th minute ....Rian O'Neill was straight reded in the first half for Derek Chauvin impersonation ....Armagh will be thumped by Galway next weekend

Monaghan ran out five points winners over Clare in Clones in a well contested open game where Clare put in a massive performance ....Jack mcCarron scored 9 points and the game was only settled by a Conor McCarthy goal in injury time

Roscommon were comfortable winners over Sligo in the Hyde and will be a very dangerous opponent in the knockout round and should beat kildare next weekend to at worst come second in the group and stay at home in the preliminary quarter finals

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Teddy McCarthy has died suddenly at the age of 57 he was the only man to ever win dual all Ireland's in the same year ....a midfielder in hurling (sarsfields) and a forward in football (glanmire) he was an all time cork legend and has passed away far too soon

 

[clarke-connolly]

Very impressed with Derry so far. With no real standout team this year they could go all the way. Will definitely stick a few quid on them.

A lot of talk about low attendances and viewing figures. The useless GAA have really fuxked things up by introducing this stupid format where only 4 teams are eliminated after all these matches.

The Dublin Kildare match was pretty much a dead rubber as both teams are more or less guaranteed a place in the next round - so why would fans bother travelling down to Kilkenny to watch that shite?

Only losing 1 team from four team groups is daft ! ! ! !

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Only losing 1 team from four team groups is daft ! ! ! !

They are only lucky that the final round games this week are not total dead rubbers

 

[Declan]

What dishes die of I wonder

 

[Declan]

Was it a sudden death or suicide. Are we allowed to ask

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Was it a sudden death or suicide. Are we allowed to ask

I very much doubt it was a suicide, most likely a heart attack

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

People are already talking of jibby jabby stuff.

Nobody knows anymore.

 

[Declan]

I was at a wake last Friday evening I think it was and I could not find out what killed him and he was about 57.

Heart attacks are very common and could be getting more so. An ex customer keeled over dead at about the same age while watching the celtics about a year ago

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Poor auld Mayo can't catch a break. Drawn against Dublin yet again. Should be some cracking matches. Only the Derry one seems like a foregone conclusion.

Mcstay walked out on them at half time yesterday and told them it was up to themselves what a goal from that red back .....he opened them up like a hot knife through butter

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

I'm certainly considering it , Monaghan Armagh looks booked for a one point game for sure

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Kerry have thumped Tyrone by double scores in the first football quarter final Kerry 2 - 18 Tyrone 0 - 12

Monaghan v Armagh up next at 18:00

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Dublin have an 7 point lead on 57 minutes , hard to see a mayo comeback in this one

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Monaghan don't care who we get Kerry or Dublin , Monaghan will tear into them

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

All Ireland semi finals

Monaghan v Dublin
Kerry v Derry

All 3 pundits on RTE have written Monaghan off as nothing to worry about I ain't confirming none of that

 

[Skin the Goat]

All Ireland semi finals

Monaghan v Dublin
Kerry v Derry

All 3 pundits on RTE have written Monaghan off as nothing to worry about I ain't confirming none of that

Fair play.
But you do realise you're talking to yourself on this thread?

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Fair play.
But you do realise you're talking to yourself on this thread?

This thread is approaching 300 posts , I'm not a mod so I can't give a number of views (including non registered user) but I'd say it's into the thousands
Perhaps you should start a few threads on "your topics" and we'll see how you get on

 

[Wolf]

This thread is approaching 300 posts , I'm not a mod so I can't give a number of views (including non registered user) but I'd say it's into the thousands
Perhaps you should start a few threads on "your topics" and we'll see how you get on

Don't encourage it.
It'd have one all about me and how it stalks...

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

McGeeney getting handsey with Monaghan player Michael Brannigan at full time , this man is as gutter as scummer

 

[clarke-connolly]

McGeeney getting handsey with Monaghan player Michael Brannigan at full time , this man is as gutter as scummer

Between his time at Kildare and Armagh ~ McGeeney has had a long run at management without much success to show for it ( despite probably a good bit of money being involved ) ~ Maybe it's time Armagh gave someone else a go. I suppose Armagh supporters would know best on this.

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

Wonder what happened here.

People who are fond of the stabby stabby are Muzzies and Knackers.

Its one or the other.

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Up Monaghan tear into these Dubs

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

I guess DJ Carey wasn't on Up for the Match tonight.

Him and the sister were probably out grifting for money or running some form of advance loan scam

 

[clarke-connolly]

Him and the sister were probably out grifting for money or running some form of advance loan scam

Mind you = = Rte is a Giant Grift ! !

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Jimmy mcGuinness appointed Donegal manager for a second spell in charge , it was a done deal from a week ago

 

[clarke-connolly]

Jimmy mcGuinness appointed Donegal manager for a second spell in charge , it was a done deal from a week ago

Will the Donegal players be allowed to handle the ball ? !

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Mickey Harte has been appointed Derry manager , he swooped out of nowhere

Harte confirmed as new Derry football manager

Mickey Harte has been confirmed as the new manager of the Derry senior football team following a meeting of the county board this evening.

www.rte.ie

 

[clarke-connolly]

Mickey Harte has been appointed Derry manager , he swooped out of nowhere

Harte confirmed as new Derry football manager

Mickey Harte has been confirmed as the new manager of the Derry senior football team following a meeting of the county board this evening.

www.rte.ie

Interesting ~ ~ I suppose to steady the ship with all the goings on at Derry.

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

The national league returned this evening with Derry beating Kerry by one point in a game that Kerry probably should have won

An experimental monaghan side were too good for Dublin in croke park in a very entertaining game of attacking football , Monaghan scored three goals against the Dubs , who were fairly close to their full strength

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

Following the study of the Women's Soccer World Cup last year where 40% of the participants were found to be lesbians, I opened the paper this week to realise the same thing is probably true of Women's Gah.


GAA All-Star expecting baby with wife urges more male players to come out as gay

Geraldine Doherty, 37, said "I always found the GAA to be so equal and so inclusive. My sexuality was never an issue. The GAA was such a safe place and it was my safe place."

But I think on the male side of things, there's still a certain uncomfortable feeling around being gay. If you think of it, there are thousands of guys playing GAA but there are no intercounty players in hurling or GAA, in my mind, that has come out. Not since Donal Og Cusack really.

The referee David Gough has been a great ambassador for the LGBT community and there are a lot of ladies in the LGFA who have come out because they feel it is a very comfortable and supportive environment.

We need a male player to come out and break that mould and get rid of any remaining stigma once and for all."


Geraldine Doherty on her wedding day to fellow GAA footballer Lesley Buchanan

GAA All-Star expecting baby with wife urges more male players to come out as gay

Geraldine Doherty, 37, said she believes male players are still fearful in coming out in the GAA

www.irishmirror.ie

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

A lezzer Gah player was on the radio today (think it was yer one above) saying there must be an initiative to make more male players 'come out'. She said there's loads of lezzers who are "out" but no queer lads since Donal Óg.

Someone needs to point out the fact that in women's sport in general there seems to be a massive overrepresentation of lesbians compared to the general population. In men's sport the percentage is if anything likely to be less overall so there'd only be a fraction of the amount of gays compared to women.

Herself and the male presenter said how great it was last year when a Club Captain thanked all the lad's wives, girlfriends....and boyfriends, in his speech when they'd won the league.

Maybe its time they changed the name from G.A.A to G.A.Y?