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#16
GAA Discussion / Re: Division 2 2024
March 15, 2024, 08:53:22 AM
Will Armagh expect their biggest crowd for this years league for tomorrow's evenings game?. Maybe Sat @5 will not suit a lot of people...not sure, it also gives a wet day too so hard to know but i'd imagine there'll be at least 10k there.
My biggest concern about the game is the wet slippery pitch and this could well play into Cavan's hands who look to be the bigger more physical team. It will be more slippery than heavy as the AG pitch is usually in good condition and plays quite hard rather than on the soft side which is good.

Prediction time...

Meath v Cork (Meath by 3pts)
Louth v Fermanagh (Draw)
Armagh v Cavan (Armagh by 2pts)
Kildare v Donegal (Donegal by 5pts)
#17
GAA Discussion / Re: County Manager Merry go round
March 08, 2024, 05:52:20 PM
Quote from: yellowcard on March 08, 2024, 12:01:25 PM
Quote from: illdecide on March 08, 2024, 09:46:09 AM
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on March 07, 2024, 11:04:40 PMDoubt Dooher have much time for Tyrone next year saying he appointed NI chief vet.

Ehh, hello. A Civil Servant and no time to themselves does not go together. That's why they join the Civil Service, they'll have all the time in the World to do their "Other Work"

Dooher is not a back office administrator who has little responsibility or accountability. He is the chief vet in the province and he didn't get that job by sitting on his hands and knees so I think that is unfair.

It's very unusual to see an intercounty manager who is not using the GAA as a career tool and both he and Logan deserve a lot of credit for that as it must be stressful and challenging trying to combine the two roles. You need not look any further than Logans recent health issues to realise the difficulties of combining a busy professional career with a county managers role. 

Fair enough, prob was a bit harsh there but still they get some time off and Flexi time etc. I'm sure he will have a team around him to delegate the workload too. I reckon he'd have time for calls etc during working hours
#18
It is my understanding from what i heard last night that the UK Government selected Casement as one of their designated grounds for the Euro's, based on that it is the UK Government who will have to cough up the additional funds to back this up. This money apparently is to come directly from Westminster and not from N Ireland's budget, It's pay up or shut up time. If they wanted the Tournament and they selected the Stadium then they pay the extra coin for it, I'm not sure if this does happen will there be any stipulations in the Contracts stating them Reptiles will have so many games in the Stadium even after the Euro's but I hope not and the GAA tell them all to Feck off after the Euro's is over.
#19
GAA Discussion / Re: County Manager Merry go round
March 08, 2024, 09:46:09 AM
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on March 07, 2024, 11:04:40 PMDoubt Dooher have much time for Tyrone next year saying he appointed NI chief vet.

Ehh, hello. A Civil Servant and no time to themselves does not go together. That's why they join the Civil Service, they'll have all the time in the World to do their "Other Work"
#20
I could see in spells that MJ had something about him, he's a really good talent but I think his confidence at Celtic was shot. The Fans were always on his back and I think for MJ's benefit it was best for him to get away from the Glasgow Goldfish bowl. He is the best winger we have fit and he's at another club so let that sink in, the lad will be safer moving on and I really hope it works out for him. Sometimes the Celtic fans can be total bawbags, don't get me wrong MJ can frustrate the life outta you watching him but he has talent.
#21
GAA Discussion / Re: Division 2 2024
March 06, 2024, 09:02:39 AM
Well let's call a spade a spade...Cavan are not and shouldn't have been a division 3 team. They're at their level now which is in or around the top end of division 2. If both Armagh and Cavan play to their strengths then I'd have Armagh the slightest of favourites and I mean a point or two so that's how I rate Cavan. Based on that anything can happen on the day and whoever gets that wee bit of luck, we're at home and that is def worth a couple of pts to Armagh and based on that I'm going for 2-3 point win for Armagh. If this game was in Brefni I'd be worried...
#22
If they're a host Nation they do not need to qualify...that's my understanding.
#23
Reading thru these comments would depress the fu*K outta ya. People want it, people don't want. People want a smaller one and People want a smaller one with conditions. The price is £300m, it's £10m a year to run and it's sectarian. Croke Park stated themselves they need something in the region of 32,000 to break even. How does this jump to 60,000, it's like the costing for the stadium it just keeps jumping up every time someone opens their cake-hole

What alternatives to we have here...

This can only happen at Casement so rule out any other venue (that's the deal...so deal with it)

Go with the proposed design and ask the Brits for dosh to complete it ( a drop in the Ocean to them)

Get it re-designed to 18,000  and tell everyone else to F*ck off )including N Ireland Football and Euros) and wait to 2032 for it to be built and yes you've guessed it, it's now £200m because the costs have went up...Ohh wait we haven't the money for that...

Scrap everything and cancel the stadium, let Antrim feck off and when you gather up a few quid pump it into Clones

My favourite one of all (which is just fantasy btw). Irish Government pay for the rest and get her built, come the time of the Euros tell N Ireland to go suck your b@lls you can't use it because we don't like you very much and let ROI use it instead. That would prob lead to Civil War.




#24
It really has turned into a sh1t show. How and why has it come to this?. This is what happens when you let Loyalists near a GAA Project and it becomes sectarian like everything else in this sh1thole of a place.

Tell Nolan in the morning we've added the extra £100m for guns and we're building a Shooting range for the RA under the main stand and that's why the price has went up. Ohh and Gerry was never there
#25
Quote from: LC on March 02, 2024, 12:40:29 PMOn the presumption they can get a Main Contractor on board in the next 6 months whoever that Contractor is will hit the jackpot. They will be working for a Client who is under immense pressure to get the project over the line ahead of Euro 2028 so whatever commercial / contractual disputes that may arise the Contractor will always have the upper hand so will  stick the arm in accordingly because they know the Client has to keep the job moving no matter what.

Doesn't work like that. Contracts are signed and there are rates for their work, they put in monthly certs and get paid for them as they do the work. If the Contract signed is for £200m then no matter what happens they get paid £200m throughout the Project. Where additional payments come into it is through CE's (Compensation Events) or EW's (Early Warnings) these are extras claimed for events that were unforeseen in the Contract, every Contract will have them but Consultants/Designers will have this covered through SI's (Site Investigations) and other survey work etc to limit these. If these are too excessive the Client who pays will be asking their Consultant WTF is going on here, you can't stop these but you will limit them down to a few million on a large Contract like this. The other way of doing it is a Contractor Design & Build but that won't happen on a large project like this
#26
Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on March 02, 2024, 10:35:02 AM
Quote from: illdecide on March 02, 2024, 10:19:05 AMYou are all getting your knickers in a twist...the cost is pure speculation and people have added £120m to it in 2 weeks, I'll not be surprised it's Unionist led. The cost will more likely be £180-£200m which is estimated, the Principal Contractor will likely get a few more million from CE's and EW's etc. Until it's tendered and prices come back everyone is just picking a number and doubling it.
If I'm wrong and it is £300m (which i doubt) then lets look at it again and reduce it or whatever it takes but until then stop guessing the price and wait and see. Material prices have roughly doubled and salaries too in 12 years or so, on that basis and the initial costing of £80m i'm guessing (and adding another bit to it) is between £180m-£200m
Why do you say that? Do you have a figure that you wouldn't go past? No, the cost does not bother me.

I'm taking from your post that it's somewhere between £200m and £300m? I'm basing my estimate on salaries and material costs from it's initial costing. As above i'm going for £180m - £200m

My view is the stadium needs built. For Antrim and for West Belfast, I would love to have what they're proposing and be proud of it. Showing it off to the World. However, if that is not feasible then get something built that is. I would love nothing more than the Irish Government to stomp up the additional money for this just to rub the bitter bastids noses in it, that would send them over the edge.
If this stadium is never built as stated above this money will not go to Health and infrastructure as it's a different pot of money, if they were to do that it would be a grain of sand to their budget and wouldn't change a thing.
#27
You are all getting your knickers in a twist...the cost is pure speculation and people have added £120m to it in 2 weeks, I'll not be surprised it's Unionist led. The cost will more likely be £180-£200m which is estimated, the Principal Contractor will likely get a few more million from CE's and EW's etc. Until it's tendered and prices come back everyone is just picking a number and doubling it.
If I'm wrong and it is £300m (which i doubt) then lets look at it again and reduce it or whatever it takes but until then stop guessing the price and wait and see. Material prices have roughly doubled and salaries too in 12 years or so, on that basis and the initial costing of £80m i'm guessing (and adding another bit to it) is between £180m-£200m
#28
GAA Discussion / Re: Division 2 2024
February 21, 2024, 08:12:49 PM
Big week ahead to see where the teams are at, this is the weekend that defines who's challenging for promotion and who's gonna be in a dogfight to stay up...

Meath v Kildare - Home win for me based on previous displays, Kildare were horrible v Armagh and Meath had a good 2nd half v Louth

Louth v Cavan - Away win for me although Louth are not easy beaten at home, Louth's 2nd half display v Meath was v poor. Narrow away win.

Fermanagh v Cork - Fermanagh have been decent in the league so far, had a poor 2nd half v Donegal last week but up to that have been hard to beat. Cork you just don't know what you're gonna get but they really need to win...Draw for me.

Armagh v Donegal - How the hell can you call this one...My orange tinted glasses say narrow home win but really don't know. Whatever the result the winner is almost certain to get promoted.
#29
What do you say...seriously. Players are all over the place and badly out of form, new signings are pathetic. Gifting Sevco the league and letting them have that £50-£60m is criminal. I can tell you all something you already know...When they win the league and get their hands on that money they will invest it in the team and they will tr**p us into the ground and when they have their foot on our throats they will no let it up, that's the difference between us and them. We had them in that position and let them back up off the floor, they will not do the same.
#30
Quote from: Walter Cronc on February 16, 2024, 02:51:07 PMI lost you at mainland!

Fair enough...lol. Didn't realise what I had typed was so late last night ;)