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Rumour about that Dungiven are going to take it easy on screen,even maybe get beat, so they would play Slaughtneil in the semifinal next week and not possibly maybe in the final in  4 weeks times when the Slaughneil  injured players may have returned

Wonder would the county board be influenced by some of the contributers to the county management fund

Folks - some teams at club and county level have been trading as groups and full sessions for 3 months. The training has taken place all over Ireland at GAA facilities so don't all of a sudden act shocked that this has happened. Some teams have been having full sessions during the day because a lage number of their panelists are students or furloughed / working from home and it meant that they did not have to switch on floodlights that would attract attention. My only issue will be the hypocrisy that will be shown to a club/club player later in the upcoming season  when a "rule" will be broken when they have allowed the flagrant flouting of the "Covid no training rule".

I am not holding anybody to any level - what I am saying is that if you are a member of an organisation you abide by the rules of that organisation. The GAA have suspended all training at all level until 12th or 15th January - full stop. How is that holding anybody to a "professional level" - more a common sense level. The post is not only directed at Down but at all counties who are breaking the rule about training

What is wrong with people on County Boards that allow managers to bring together players for group training. Before anybody asks how does anybody know that training is ongoing it is happening. Can people not see how contagious this disease is and even the deniers who say it doesn't affect young people - catch yourself on. Croke Park needs to have the b**ls to take action now and call a halt to all activities until it is safe and enforce this ruling . Counties who are training need to be severally punished and banned from playing in any championship games in 2021.

We are missing the point - if  the rules are as stated in an earlier post and they are there for health reasons, why are they so blatantly ignored. It is even plain to be seen on live broadcast and live streaming. If teams don't adhere to the rules what are the consequences apart from greater risk of spreading the virus with the numbers rising every day.

Having watched a fair few of the first round games in the championship can I ask if the GAA rules for the return to play changed/updated. Most of the teams have more than 24 players inside wire, most have more manager/selectors inside the wire, I thought the use of the dugouts was prohibited unless 1m distancing could be adhered to, teams were to be located at either side of the pitch, nobody only runner allowed on to pitch at any time during a break in play, no money to be collected at the entrance of games, etc. If the rules have been updated since released on July 10th, I stand corrected but if not, are we trying to spread the virus. Either stick to the rules or forget about it. I have not seen the media raise these issues but my god we have to stay safe. And no - I am not a winge - I just don't want the virusspread with the flagrant disregard for the GAA guideline. Are there no County Board members at these matches to see.

I think if you dig deeper that the advice to the clubs was to play away/train away. The member/members of the clubs that were at the center of the scare and anybody who had close contact with them was to go and get tested and stay isolated until results came back. Anyone who had casual contact with the member with the suspected case was to carry on with their normal everyday activities. The Derry County board input was to send out a flow chart to the clubs showing the actions to be taken as advised by Croke Park. The clubs done what they were instructed to do with in guideline supplied

I know we all would love to get back out on to the pitch but can we really expect players/members to go into changing rooms/ gyms to get the season underway. I personally cannot see how season can be played this year unless all are tested on a regular basis. The chance of one death is one to many

Would the suspension be for the whole club/ County or for the manager/players flouting the ban. What parameters would the suspension apply if groups of players trained in private gyms/locations with the full knowlege of club/county chairperson. Just wondering how hard these things are to enforce as teams/managers try to make "ready" for the new season and get a jump on the opposition. If all clubs/teams do the same then it will be a disaster

Folks - what are the sanction, if any, for any club or county who organise and continue training during the Coronavirus shut down.

The Slaughtneil management from last year's use of the statement in an interview " horses for courses" could ring very true for part of this year's Slaughtneil management team

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/gaelic-games/50226285

I think over the weekend we saw the two faces of modern day has - the power hungry money driven people at the top intent on tinkering with the playing rules and at the other side of the scale we see the club players go out on to the field and give it all for their communities with very little say on fixtures or rule changes. When you see the emotion it brings ( see Magherafelt captains interview with BBC) . The is where the real traditional GAA survives

Maybe look at it another way - having 6/7 of your team is detrimental to the club team when you are being asked to play a crap type of football