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#1
GAA Discussion / Dubs and their yoga
November 18, 2013, 11:51:36 PM
http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/health/what-was-the-secret-of-their-success-yoga-29758555.html

Nice article but I can't believe how it makes it sound like some new age thing, and that most of the dubs hadn't done yoga till this year. I've been doing it on and off for 6 years, havn't got into it as much as i'd like to as I think it's really good of you get the right teacher, but I know the Armagh team were doing it regular 3 years ago, and probably even before.

Sure it's 10 years now since ruud van nistelroy, keano and giggs started raving about the benefits of it ( middle of gigs career was hampered by hamstrings).

Anyone else here try it much?
#2
GAA Discussion / Tyrone club football in crisis
October 20, 2013, 08:49:28 PM
Firstly, there is no doubt that there should be more than 1 week between their tyrone win and then their first round game against the mighty derry champs. But derry was knocked out long before tyrone in the championship and yet their club final was only 2 weeks before this game today, so we all know the problems with club fixtures and it's a farce surely.

But, surely it is time for a root and branch review of tyrone and their clubs. Their championship is very highly thought off within their own county, as I know they get big crowds etc. Are they partying too hard after winning, or more likely their just not fit for ulster club football?

2002 was when errigal won it, I cant think of any team even in a final since that? surely tyrone people here cant defend such an appalling 11 year record
#3
Lot of nonsense flying around lately, and I like a good anti dub or anti tyrone wind up as much as anyone, but i'm hoping to get some the good contributions I've seen before on here from guys who know what their talking about, either as players or coaches.


I'm 30 year old midfielder, hovering between my senior team and reserve team. I want to play football for another 4-5 years no bother, and luckily I've always been injury free. Used to have pace to burn, but a good bit of that is gone, though I wouldn't be carrying any extra weight that I had years ago. My last game of the year was played last week so i'm now looking at doing a serious winter running programme (as well as gym), before going back to the team training in January. This year I've found myself tiring both endurance wise, and feeling slow on the sprint, a big drop over the last year or so.

I'm planning on starting 5k runs over the next while, don't have any plans to go over that, as I certainly don't think a footballer should be running even a half marathon, but that's just my opinion. My aim will be to just get quicker at the 5k. I realise that I would need to complement that with sprinting work to make it more relative to a game scenario, but when should I do this?
Should we be focusing on gym leg strength and long running over the winter and worry about the sharp sprints coming into spring or what is the best way? Taking into account someone playing in the middle of the field as well
thanks
#4
GAA Discussion / Dubs and their poor GAEILGE
September 24, 2013, 10:42:39 PM
Firstly, I wasn't expecting a classic speech from cluxton, can anyone remember what he said, as I don't. But surely a teacher like him could mutter one good sentence in irish when lifting the sam, is that too much to ask? Geezer didn't say any irish in 2002, so I can't defend Armagh on this but if jarly burns was still playing at least the whole thing would have been as gaeilge.

Anyway, over the last 2 days I have been listening to interviews on the radio with dubs top gaeilgeoir coman goggins, we'll I've never heard so much nonsense in my life. Basically he said ' is docha' at the start or end of every sentence. There is no way he needed to ' I suppose' or probably in every sentence, pure bluffing if ever I heard it.

Although it's great to hear anyone trying to speak irish, I think Dublin gaeilge turns my guts as it sounds so D4

#5
GAA Discussion / Silly neutral fans at games
September 02, 2013, 02:47:42 PM
I was there at croke park yesterday and it was brilliant, gaa at it's best. I had been telling everyone all year that Kerry weren't done and these guys had one more in them. Was delighted they showed their class again yesterday but just didn't get over the line in the end.

Anyway there was this guy behind me wearing his mayo jersey, in his thirties id say. Firstly why would anyone bother wearing a mayo jersey when their not playing is beyond me, especially at that age but no harm done I suppose, each to their own.
His main crime was when the game was starting and the crowd were outroaring each other with 'C mon kerry', C'mon Dublin', he then had to shout ' C mon MAYO!

Really, why would anyone bother doing that???
This isn't mayo bashing, their are clowns everywhere.

Come to think of it, he was wearing a baseball hat, so maybe it was james horan
#6
Ok, I know this is hurling but their is nothing in the hurling board about it and it deserves to be here as its taking up a lot of main GAA news this week.

The decision was taken 3 years ago, did antrim kick up about it then? fair enough its a long journey but thurles is the place to play. But my main point is that antrim are talking about an ulster venue to promote the game?! are they having a laugh. They didn't train properly for this game, only 12 lads turning up, the board didn't give it any respect at all. To be honest, even though i'm delighted for genuine antrim hurling guys who have been pushing for years, I feel wexford deserved this much more.

Clare will bring a huge crowd to thurles, if it was in ulster would they even get 5,000? no
#7
GAA Discussion / is Horan a dose?
July 30, 2013, 12:32:54 PM
Looking at him in interviews and listening to him lately, the guy seems such a bore. Does he always wear a hat? I have a good mate in his thirties and never seen him without his baseball hat apart from his wedding day.

Since there is a jimmy thread with a lot of jimmy bashing going on, i thought jamsie deserves his own this week in the build up to the big game. Now jimmy has many faults no doubt, and done things i don't agree with, but at least he in an interesting character from his long lasting student life to maturity as all ireland winning manager. Jimmy sounds like the players would go through a brick wall for him, maybe horan has great motivational skills as well? Horan's idea of psychology including referring to the all ireland final last year in the build up as 'GAME 5', the semi was GAME 4, what a farce!

Even though I was convinced donegal would beat mayo well last year in the final, I would give Mayo a strong chance on sunday as I think their preparations have been better lately. They should be fresher, though maybe the tough recent battles will stand to donegal better, we wont know til sunday.
#8
GAA Discussion / ULSTER DOMINANCE
July 28, 2013, 08:28:28 PM
last 8 of championship

1 Connaught ( there has to be at least one)
1 leinster ( they have to allow one of these in as well)
2 munster ( 2 good teams, will always be there)
4 Ulster ( under current set up we are only allowed a max of 5 teams, otherwise all 8 could be from ULSTER)

Should Ulster be split in 2, is it too strong? On this evidence yes. Add to this, if armagh had their shooters with them in galway they would have won, and would likely then have beaten cork meaning all 4 teams coming through back door were from Ulster.

A well as that, down, derry and fermanagh were all only knocked out by fellow ulster teams, otherwise they would also be there. Down and Derry would still give any of the last 8 a big game.

Which leaves antrim as our only shite team, but they were knocked out by louth who are nearly in Ulster anyway. But antrim are a hurling superpower so that's ok, we'll let them at it.

Still think it's kerry's sam this year though
#9
Hurling Discussion / Best hurling league structures?
April 02, 2013, 11:56:36 AM
Why is it that the hurling counties seem to be talking about league change every year? Now O'Shea the tipp manager has come out with this about a ten team league. That's grand but when you read the article you realise he's talking dung. First he claims it has been too tight ( i agree with that, that there was very little between top and bottom) and that teams had to play 5 weeks in a row, and a week between games in not enough. But he goes on to argue we should instead play 9 games, starting in feb and just run it through!Does he want 2 weeks between each game?

But sure even if there was 10 teams then the would be cries from the 11th best team (likely antrim first of all, and then offaly, wexford or whoever gets relegated every other year) that they are stuffing all the div 2 teams and it's not fair.

The thing is I love hurling, and it's good we have around 10 counties who give it full respect, but they dont care about the middle tier group and trying to improve standards

article- http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/oshea-10-team-division-1a-would-improve-standards-227117.html
#10
GAA Discussion / Cant stand yapps like moyna
February 07, 2013, 06:20:42 PM
So go on then, quit the game, quit ur fancy job with Down, get out of the media. And if walsh is so peeved of, then let him quit GAA too!
I know this is mentioned in the sigerson thread, but i think yapping needs a thread of its own. Just the same as the way harte and loads of county
managers moan about rule changes and stomp their feet.
I'm also reading mick o dywers book at the moment from 5 years ago. It should be a gread read considering the life he has had in GAA, but the
amount of chip on the shoulder moaning about the 'powers that be' in the GAA is unreal. Sickners!





Both Walsh and Boyle fell foul of the new requirements, which limit the courses players can take and also the number of years they can play in third-level competitions.

"We were surprised and disappointed," said the DCU manager of the ruling from the Dispute Resolution Authority.

"Aidan Walsh made a decision three years ago that he was going to drop out of a course and retrospectively they have imposed a ban on him playing collegiate football.

"It's disappointing in a number of ways. That man is going out to teach physical education and I certainly won't be encouraging him to promote Gaelic games and I mean that. In my classes from now on, I have no intention of promoting Gaelic games.

"The retrospective application of the rule really annoys us. They were saying the rule was enacted maybe a year or two ago. But (Walsh and Boyle) still made their decisions three or four years ago."

The Monaghan man added: "Michael Murphy is going to be a PE teacher and so are Paul Flynn and Aidan. Why should they promote Gaelic games if that is they way they are going to be treated?

"Michael was disgusted. After the meeting he said that, if there was ever an excuse to give up Gaelic games, that was certainly it."

While the first half was competitive, DCU never looked like relinquishing their crown in St Clare's yesterday.


#11
http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=174089

Ulster council top dog:
"I wouldn't have seen a pitch invasion. I saw people walking and running onto a field. I didn't see an issue there."


Fair play to him, he doesn't give a shite. Was glad to see good scenes at the end from donegal, just as it was good to see kerry jump around the place after thumping tyrone. It was cringy watching bryan cullen trying to make a speech in croker with 50,000 dubs not even able to raise a cheer
#12
GAA Discussion / Sean cavanagh moans about footy
January 26, 2012, 09:24:02 PM
"It's gone to the stage where everything is about power, strength, conditioning," the 2008 Footballer of the Year said.

"Gaelic football now is essentially basketball, 12 men behind the ball and a couple up front. Positions mean very little and it is more important now to be a tackler than it is to be a scorer.

"Whether that takes a bit of the beauty of the flair out of the game that inside forwards have, probably. I'm sure the GAA will maybe look at it if it is an ugly season in terms of spectator sport. The GAA will need to take a look at it and see what way they can change it.

"At least in basketball there is a shot clock. The ball has to go at some stage. In GAA, the way some teams are playing, they will hold the ball for minutes, minutes and minutes nowhere near the goal.

"It doesn't make it pretty but it's unfortunately where the sport finds itself at. The template was put out last year by the Dublins and Donegals and teams like that. Every team will copy it this year, no doubt, and it's going to be interesting to see how it will pan out."



I know this was a few days ago, just wondering about peoples thoughts on here about it. I thought it interesting the headlines it made, considering back in 2003 it was his team who were shot at with 'puke football' remarks etc.
I happen to believe that in 2005 and 2008 that tyrone team played probably the best football i've ever seen so this isn't any armagh/tyrone slagging here. But it's funny to hear him say remarks about basketball etc, as apart from donegal last year I don't believe the handpassing has got much worse since 10 years ago. His remarks about 12 men behind the ball is a farce considering the historic semi final moment in 2003 when 7 or 8 men alone gathered around one kerry player with the ball.
In terms of the committment issue, granted it was claimed that tyrone only did i collective session a week in the winter, and 2 in the summer, but still there was complaints in that era from other teams that armagh/tyrone were pushing the boundaries too far ahead. Things move on, people adapt
#13
GAA Discussion / Changing the provincial set up
December 15, 2011, 07:08:50 PM
More talk in the papers today about the merits or not of changing the provincial set up. 3 leinster counties and 1 Ulster county are proposed to move in order that we have 4 groups of 8.
The ulster chairman has already rejected the idea, typical. But longford have already said they may go.

To me it makes perfect sense, the champions league format isn't gonna happen as the provincial councils  are too stuck in their way to see the big picture. This system would work well though, always thought it was crazy having 5 in connaught, and 12 in leinster, tradition aside, it's just not fair.

Question is who would move, and where?

Leinster could be any 3 of longford, offaly, westmeath, or kilkenny and carlow go into munster.

Ulster is tricky, the 4 counties in the running would be donegal, fermanagh, cavan or monaghan. Which would be a suitable 'connaught county'. Donegal as its western? I know ulster doesn't have a proper junior football comp, i think fermanagh were playing the connaught version of it, and cavan went to leinster
#14
I thought about posting this on the thread below about gym monkeys but it looks like the dublin guy that started it is only trying to get a rise out of people. Anyway, this term that you constantly hear, mainly about dublin this year as been "big and physical", kind of does my head in, as does most lazy analysis.

Firstly, I'm delighted to see the dubs win it, always have been my second favourite county for the hype and colour they bring to the game, and have made a lot of good dub mates from playing football abroad. I would agree they have brought fitness to a new level, along with kildare and donegal, who i think will make even greater strides next year. Dublin are very fit, but how are they any more physical than other teams. Their fitness allows them to work like dogs, have numbers and break forward and continue this for 70 minutes. I think its great.

They are not big men. Our armagh men in 2002 were all around 6ft, average height, but were built like tanks. I laughed when Tyrone then picked up this tag. There are no big men in Tyrone, I've been beside hub hughes and cavanagh before, average men and I'm only 6.1 ft. Tyrone, like Dublin now, worked harder and tackled better than a lot of teams before them.
I was looking at the 6 Dublin backs, apart from Ger Brennan they are skinny looking rakes, granted they are only around 22 and will fill out yet. Dublin were much more into their weights 3-4 years ago, and the only tanks they have are the likes of fennell and McConnell on the bench.  Monaghan got this tag as well, and i remember even dick clerkin saying in an interview one time how rubbish it was, that in fact they were mostly small men including himself by midfield standards, but they did of course take a physical approach.

Cork are the only current team that stands out any more than others, numerous men the past few years over 6.5 ft, and superb athletes. Sorry about the long rant guys, just wanted to see what others thought.