GAA WTF

[clarshack]

Can't get my head around that from Kilmacud. Can they not even give Fringe players the chance to play in a league final and get some valuable experience out of it?

Just symptomatic of how the GAA is. Clubs don't want fair. They want a system worked in their favour.

Kilcoo won't play a county final jkless they get a referee they like.

Dromore won't take penalty kicks in a minor final, even if it's in the rules. And will appeal to the death afterwards.

Kilmacud won't play a league final as it'll interrupt their championship planning.

And so on.

You know what they'd do in America in any of these situations? They'd fine the club, then throw them out of the competition for a year or two. And the rest of the clubs then row in behind the administrators. Because the sanctity of a competition is that important.

Over here, we've the opposite.

Kilmacud could fire out 15 lads who are gonna be nowhere near their first team I'm sure. Joke is right.

And 15 players better than most senior club first teams in the country probably.

[Blowitupref]

Kilmacud... a club of 7 adult teams and no other games for a month... are unable to field for the league final!

It's mad but do we have Kilmacuds rationale for this nonsense??

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41285098.html?fbclid=IwAR3ptL0cr0ChlBPlSXMKzGOBan1D36zPE-jbowyZdAmEdK5yQZLH2kdKQCw_aem_Af3MPvJMiqD6lFN3zvlQVdm6q_3fckbtz2vOXbWsdLczQpL4a8XQw_czIqdn65Ij01s

Very poor form by Kilmacud Crokes. Loads of clubs across the country are struggling to field but still go out of their way to play the fixture.

[square_ball]

Pat Flanagans letter after leaving Newbridge 

https://x.com/johnnyrc88/status/1733279207105442111?s=46

[imtommygunn]

   That's pretty special.

[SaffronSports]

Kilmacud... a club of 7 adult teams and no other games for a month... are unable to field for the league final!

It's mad but do we have Kilmacuds rationale for this nonsense??

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41285098.html?fbclid=IwAR3ptL0cr0ChlBPlSXMKzGOBan1D36zPE-jbowyZdAmEdK5yQZLH2kdKQCw_aem_Af3MPvJMiqD6lFN3zvlQVdm6q_3fckbtz2vOXbWsdLczQpL4a8XQw_czIqdn65Ij01s

Very poor form by Kilmacud Crokes. Loads of clubs across the country are struggling to field but still go out of their way to play the fixture.

Quite ironic that just 11 months ago they were able to field 16 players and can't even get 15 together now.

[Cunny Funt]

Pat Flanagans letter after leaving Newbridge 

https://x.com/johnnyrc88/status/1733279207105442111?s=46

Didn't he agree to join a club in Meath before joining Newbridge?

[Armagh18]

Kilmacud... a club of 7 adult teams and no other games for a month... are unable to field for the league final!

It's mad but do we have Kilmacuds rationale for this nonsense??

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41285098.html?fbclid=IwAR3ptL0cr0ChlBPlSXMKzGOBan1D36zPE-jbowyZdAmEdK5yQZLH2kdKQCw_aem_Af3MPvJMiqD6lFN3zvlQVdm6q_3fckbtz2vOXbWsdLczQpL4a8XQw_czIqdn65Ij01s

Very poor form by Kilmacud Crokes. Loads of clubs across the country are struggling to field but still go out of their way to play the fixture.

Quite ironic that just 11 months ago they were able to field 16 players and can't even get 15 together now.

Very good lol

[Blowitupref]

Pat Flanagans letter after leaving Newbridge 

https://x.com/johnnyrc88/status/1733279207105442111?s=46

Pat has moved on to his next gig in Westmeath.

https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/2023/12/16/caulry-appoint-former-westmeath-boss-as-new-manager/

[Keyser soze]

Pat Flanagans letter after leaving Newbridge 

https://x.com/johnnyrc88/status/1733279207105442111?s=46

Fr Ted accepting the golden cleric was more gracious lol

[Itchy]

Pat Flanagans letter after leaving Newbridge 

https://x.com/johnnyrc88/status/1733279207105442111?s=46

Pat has moved on to his next gig in Westmeath.

https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/2023/12/16/caulry-appoint-former-westmeath-boss-as-new-manager/

Fair play to the players who gave him a thank you massage too

[seafoid]

Gaelic football was invented in 1884.

[Derryman forever]

Gaelic football was invented in 1884.

Was there a previous game of any shape at all?
Or was it conceived in its entirety at that time?

[seafoid]

There are records of football being played in the 1300s although no detail of rules. The GAA codified the game. They needed a sport that was NOT soccer and NOT rugby so they took inspiration from various places including Australia.

[Rossfan]

I would suggest that Aus Rules developed from the type of game played by the mainly Irish transportees?

[Itchy]

Gaelic football was invented in 1884.

That's not true. Lads have been gathering in fields, parish v parish, to kick a pigs bladder or tufts of straw around the place. Same in many other countries. In the late 1800's we had counties putting rules in place.