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[No harm and a great opportunity for the GAA to have a massive end of season festival in Croker to celebrate the 125 anniversary. Do a proper job on the interpros, maybe have squads of 25 and 4 quarters of 20 mins with unlimited interchange? The cream of every county in the mecca of Irish sports. Semis one weekend and the two finals the second Sunday. It could work if they went for it bi]

The "cannot afford to tour" thing is surely a crock of shit, isn't it?

No harm and a great opportunity for the GAA to have a massive end of season festival in Croker to celebrate the 125 anniversary. Do a proper job on the interpros, maybe have squads of 25 and 4 quarters of 20 mins with unlimited interchange? The cream of every county in the mecca of Irish sports. Semis one weekend and the two finals the second Sunday. It could work if they went for it big time.

like the sound of that idea

Play Texas hold'em in Vegas
go to a champions league game
ride a horse
learn the drums
drive a mustang
build a house
run a marathon
own a racehorse
go back to austrailia/new zealand
run my own business

See :
the great wall of china
the grand canyon
niagra falls
the northern lights
my club win the oneill cup again  Wink

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Cringe.

No vav, whether the nickname be 3 letters long ot whether it be "bomber" or "McShopsalot" or whatever other stupid ass nickname they come up with it is totally unacceptable for a female to have a nickname.

The norm for a girl that has a nickname is that she is part of a larger group that all also have equally bad nicknames.  These specimens are normally known as Mucksavii.

ok well I'll have to bear that in mind the next time I shout to one of my friends "c'mere ya huarr, hows was ur noigh' with ho-bag lasnoigh', wrappin paper 3 for a eura"   

very good.  You may tell us your real name because I dont feel comfotable calling you vav.

Full Back, that was the comment I noticed too, unbelievable.  Also - "Do you remeber when UUC Ladies use to be ladies? "

f**k sake, how true.

There is nothing worse than a ladies football team out on the rip, stand clear
that bebo page is the definiton of mucksavii

twisters were great until they started dicking about with them, made them smaller and the white bit is now yellow
still great lollys but!

[Anyone else think the fisted point in football should be banned as it's just too eay?]

Don't have a problem with the kicking of a hurling ball and it can be your only option if the hurl is knocked out of your hand. If you were to get a pull on the foot whilst trying to kick the ball then you mightn'd be wanting or able to kick it again.

Anyone else think the fisted point in football should be banned as it's just too eay?

Joe Canning was the lad who kicked the point yesterday.

Ban all handpasses in football!

dont see the problem with either kicking the ball in hurling or fisting a score in football, both are skills of the game.
Actually quite like the fisted score in football,usually comes at the end of a forwrd taking on his man and going for goal

[Fergies a hypocrit and a w**ker....but thats just my opinion]

Fergie is in a great position. When he puts the boot in, its "mind games", when anyone else does it they are "mad, losing the plot" and have fallen for fergies old tricks again.

I hope Hughes says nothing and keeps it for after the Manc derby's this year.

I'd question the timing of Fergies rant. Its before the season starts or the window closes. Still loads of time for city to dig deeper and strenghten further. These comments will further fuel the desire in City to topple United and they have the wallets to do so.

Fergies a hypocrit and a w**ker....but thats just my opinion 

nice to find some like minded people to myself on the board 

[So say you were boss for the day Longballs]

So say you were boss for the day Longballs
What would your whole team be?
What other changes would you make & why?

What's the story with Mellon this year?
He hasn't had any game time at all this year has he?

jesus wept

Peter Crouch

Who is the tallest player in the premiership?

[Fitness is only the base level. You need it to start]

An extremely dubious statement and there is no way a coach should think like that, as I said above if your winger didn't drop any BF but was getting 2 tries a game for you would you be concerned?

You asked if a player lost 2% body fat would he be a better player and yes he would be he in context. So nothing dubious about considering the context I was talking was  6 week before preseason and preseason itself where game time would be minimal, of course as the season progresses yes performance is the key counter but if you were conceding scores in the last 20 mins well then you'd have ask are your players fit enough. To be honest if a player hasn't improved his baseline fitness what kind of coach would you be not to question why?

I appreciate that but I've had players who just struggle fitness wise but can kick the ball over the bar with both feet. So I put guys around them who can run and do the things they can't. The point being made that you can't just drop somebody due to body fat if they have particular skills that are vital for the well being of the team. At club level you mighn't have the luxury. At county level however it is unlikely you would have the latitude to struggle fitness wise but at club level its different.

funnily enough I have a crew that cant run around much and cant kick th ball over the bar with either foot !

as for this thread its good to see /hear what some of the rest of you think.

(am only talking about Football here Dinny and God help Nurney  u14's in a couple of years time)
I am trying to figure out where the fcuk I am going wrong, but the conclusion is - that I took my current role in the first place!

The higher up you go the smarter you have to be to play good football. Team ethic, moving the ball , plus movement of players.
The old subbeuteo static stuff is for the lower divisions.
Up higher levels as all teams should be relatively the same fitness wise, Smarter/cohesive football teams with a few scoring forwards, a few good man markers but the intellignce in their football is where wins will come from.

Fitness is only the base level. You need it to start, though you could carry one or maybe two lads not at top fitness (Keavney-ish)

would agree with that, a good level of fitness is needed for a successful Gaelic football team, but too much emphasis can beplaced on fitness.
a super-fit team generally wont fair any better than on that is just fit.As Logan posted before, it is almost impossible to say one team is fitter than the other if both of then have a good base level of fitness

i remember in my minor days doing 12 laps at the start of training then playing a bit of a match , before doing 12 more, with the manager shouting during the laps, 'If its hurting, its helpin'

I'm sure alot of you have heard the story about john Morrison making the derry squad walk along a plank over a skip in the car park and getting them to@dump out there negative feelings after a particularly heavy defeat to Tyrone.

Got me thinking about strange/ funny training that you have been made do with your clubs.
there must be plenty cause there are some head-the-balls out there taking club teams!!

Whats the rarest thing you've been asked to do at training/ before a match?

AFAIK .... while John Morrision has said he did that - I think you'll struggle to find the Derry players he did it with.

I.e. it never happened.

I know for a fact that he did it with Mayo.
He brought the skip into the middle of the pitch in McHale park.

As far as I know it did happen with Derry aswell, heard it from a reliable Derry source

Bloody hell!
Some reading to be done here!!!!!! 
I'm not sure everyone does - but like Lynch boy and some of the others I really appreciate the time you've put into this.

have to agree, well done to logan and some of the other posters for the effort put into this.
It has brought up some really interesting stuff

I'm sure alot of you have heard the story about john Morrison making the derry squad walk along a plank over a skip in the car park and getting them to@dump out there negative feelings after a particularly heavy defeat to Tyrone.

Got me thinking about strange/ funny training that you have been made do with your clubs.
there must be plenty cause there are some head-the-balls out there taking club teams!!

Whats the rarest thing you've been asked to do at training/ before a match?

Ghandi

Get as fit as you can. It's probably the last chance to find out what your body is capable of as age will dictate that you'll be rowing against the tide very soon, trying to keep your head above the water and fighting blocked arteries. Walk, run, weights, good food. Daily routine. The first 2 weeks will encounter moments of weakness and saying feck this. After that you'll see small progress. Soon you'll find your mind is unusually healthy and increasingly happy.

In between, learn things - on youtube etc. Art, cars, language, writing, sport, wiring, pcs, electonics. Turn off the TV.

best advice so far

You need a goal but,something like training for a marathon/half marathon, learning and instrument, teach yourself a new skill that makes you more employable.its amazing what there are tutorials for on youtube!!