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General discussion / Re: Have many countries have G...

Last post by seafoid - Today at 11:29:55 AM

Austria
Argentina


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Benin
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Bulgaria

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GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Senior football cha...

Last post by Armagh18 - Today at 11:24:37 AM

We were pathetic. Play like that against Donegal and it be 10 point hammering. I'd say Duffy will be in from the start the next day. Murnin, Soupy Turbo and others anonymous.

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GAA Discussion / Re: Leinster Senior football c...

Last post by mup - Today at 11:11:14 AM

Ah your being "small minded and divisive"

Yea this is just a 'once in a generation' Dublin team. It'll be interesting to see the attendance today.

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Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Footba...

Last post by ranch - Today at 11:01:14 AM

Armagh folk think they are top class team. As you seen today they are certainly not. We should not fear them anymore and a similar plan with a few tweaks in attack will beat them....

I'd say the vast majority of Armagh fans certainly don't think our team are 'top class'. They're a decent side though and probably considered to be among the second rung of teams, below Dublin, Kerry, Derry etc, but similar to Galway, Mayo, Monaghan, Roscommon etc.

I could read your post and throw a similar generalisation at Down fans - go close in one tight game and it's as if you took a great step forward.

In a game that Laverty and his team turned into a war of attrition (and rightly so) you still lost - this game was your third attempt at getting yourselves into this years AI group stages (Meath last year, Westmeath in the Div 3 final and yesterday) and you've developed a similar habit to Armagh in recent years of losing tight games when they're there to be won. I'd be more worried about that going forward than Armagh fans opinions of their own team.

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GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Senior football cha...

Last post by Captain Scarlet - Today at 10:49:43 AM

I was off to a gig so only had to endure the first half...Christ!

Down coughed it up whenever Armagh actually engaged them and were also afraid to shoot, but Armagh stood so far off them.

I am not trolling here, but is Ulster really that good? Like the reason why the Provincials are here to stay is down to one province but the quality varies a lot within that. The best game of the year could be Dublin v Derry in the league.

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GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Senior football cha...

Last post by Rossfan - Today at 10:43:03 AM

What about that Galway point a few years ago that was given in the dressing room at half time?

Someone said above that Down had all the ills of football-  soloing and handpassing.
Yet nobody in either official Committees or pundits or GAAboarders seem to ever suggest restricting those 2 activities.

The good news for Tyrone is I expect Donegal to win today.

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Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Footba...

Last post by Mourne Red - Today at 10:32:54 AM

I've been going to Down matches since the 80s and yesterday was nothing short of dreadful.

We were 2 points up with approx 15 mins to go v Armagh in an Ulster semi final and my main concern was, I hope this doesn't go to extra time.

If playing like that is what it takes to be competitive, it's not a price worth paying as far as I'm concerned, and judging by the size of the crowd, I'm not alone. Would there have been 2000 Down supporters in Clones yesterday?

I recognise that plenty will take positives from yesterday's performance and to a degree, I can see where they are coming from. Laverty done nothing wrong yesterday, he broke no rules as such but mother of God, the powers that be must take action sooner rather than later because as a spectacle that game yesterday is unacceptable.

And I don't think I'm looking through rose tinted glasses about games from previous era's, plenty of them were poor too. I know Jarlath Burns has put together an impressive looking task force to deal with the predicament football finds itself in, and I'm sure they can use yesterday's game as an indicator of what drastic measures are needed to cure our game.

Down are not alone either, a lot of counties employ similar tactics, at times we have played excellently under Laverty, Cavan away last year in the Tailtain cup was a great performance. But  I really do hope there are rule changes made to avoid what happened yesterday repeated. And even if we won yesterday, I'm sure I would be saying the same thing.

Complete overreaction.. It was 1 defensive game out of how many games played so far in Ulster? Or championship in general and apparently the games in a state and needs saving from this "task force". Football is fine and more rule changes isn't going to make it better.

You get bad games in Rugby/Soccer too. Not every side will or can play like 08/09 Barca, All-Blacks 2010-2015 or Dublin 5 in a row.

We needed to play the way we did yesterday to get a result and we almost did - We've a hard running based type of play due to the players we have available and unfortunately that limits how we play. As TheWobbler said we unearth a couple of forwards we challenge for a provincial title

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Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Footba...

Last post by The CCCC - Today at 10:31:08 AM

Some effort put into that game yesterday, couldn't fault that! Wasn't easy to watch at times, but fully understand why they did it. Any word on Barry? Didn't look good him coming off.

Few weeks off and then hopefully give the Tailteann cup another rattle, I'm sure there will be a few more players brought into the squad aswell for that, likes of Ruairi O'Hare, John McGovern.

John McGovern in Newry City squad yesterday for a dead rubber game rather than be with Down? What's the story there, is that accepted ok by everyone?

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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone County Football and...

Last post by gmcc - Today at 10:29:51 AM

2 tickets for sale, going cheap

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GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Senior football cha...

Last post by Milltown Row2 - Today at 10:20:41 AM

That last free, he didn't blow for the 'first' foul, blew for the obvious round the neck free, spoke to linesman, free then given for first free (which you can't do) and thankfully he missed

What is it there that the ref can't do?

Would blowing for the second foul not constitute a break in play during which the linesman could alert the ref to the first foul?

Once the referee has given a decision and has sounded his whistle to restart play, he shall not alter that decision.

Once he's blown and made a decision (rightly or wrongly) he can't change it

Different if he blows for a free and waves his hand in one direction when it should have been the other, that's common enough in games but everyone knows.

This was different. He didn't blow for the Johnston trip, play went on and the Down player grab the Armagh lad around the neck then he blew.

I thought the first was a free in fairness so the right thing happened in the end.

He'll be pulled on a few things, but the helter skelter of these games will provide mistakes all round

Not trying to be argumentative, BUT. Being pedantic really.

Is the "not blowing" of the whistle not a decision in itself, which he should not change?

While I did find the refereeing exasperating
The game it self was even more so and I suspect it would have been a nightmare to officiate.

In this instance he blew only for the second foul, after sounding his whistle and giving his decision, he then was confronted by the linesman and changed it.

There is nothing in the rules to say he can do that

Would he only be allowed to overturn a foul for foul play?

Can only overturn the foul for retaliation after a foul and give a hop ball.. nothing else