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Hurling Discussion / Re: AI Hurling Championship 20...

Last post by marty34 - Today at 11:16:47 PM

Clare will have Tony Kelly on the bench for the Limerick game. Without Kelly starting and a question mark as to whether he plays at all, Limerick will be favourites. The league means nothing.

Shane O'Donnell is also on the bench for Clare.

Clare bench very strong - too strong.

Maybe  lot of changes before the parade!

I saw Waterford's team also.  Be surprised if that's the starting 15. Leavey on bench and he was one of Waterford's best players in the league.

Davy asking for the Déise support to come out in numbers. Be a bad job if Cork outnumber them in the newly revamped Walsh Park.  Maybe he's building the 'everybody is against us' mentality.

It'll be a war in Ennis. I fancy Clare because, for once, I'm not sure what Limerick will turn up.  David Fitzerald will be a marked man after his league exploits and they'll need scores from Rogers and Calvin etc. from play.

I wouldn't worry about the numbers on Limerick's jerseys on Sunday. They'll be all over the place. O'Neill will chip in with a few, so too will Hayes. They're so inter-changeable and they do it so fluidly. Will Clare reveal a few more chinks in the armour?

A win for either Waterford or Cork will be a big boost for them. A Waterford win will shake things up a bit. A defeat and you're on the back foot in Munster straightaway.

Just a pity that there's a load of games on at the same time.   

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

Last post by ApresMatch - Today at 11:10:50 PM

Drumaness wasting their time in Div 3!

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

Last post by thewobbler - Today at 11:03:08 PM

Harps pretty much stole it tonight in Clonduff.

The yellows had us at an arm's length throughout but never pushed for the kill. They tired in the last quarter - as you'd expect for their first game of the season - and then a mad bastard combination of stuff contributed to a late wining goal.

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GAA Discussion / Re: GPA Study for 3rd Level Pl...

Last post by marty34 - Today at 10:59:39 PM

I know there is a GPA scam thread but this is something different in fairness.

They are talking about all the pressures 3rd level players face and how it stops them with work and puts them under the kosh for study...

Now, one thing jumped out - 62% say county managers cause most pressure during college.

But, when you hear the GPA talking on this and since the beginning they will have a go at the Croke Park dinosaurs and all the admin lads, but rarely have a go at the biggest issue in GAA - highly paid county managers.

Jarlath Burns isn't ringing lads around the country to get them up at 6am for pre-work sessions! I'd argue that the split season has more to do with county managers than anything.

In Kildare Geezer got the boot from the clubs because he would never release players. There would be lads rotting on a bench and they still wouldn't be let go to play a match.

It really bothers me that they won't square the blame on the people who demand the most of the players, while also helping themselves to a fair few quid. It's all a big dance around it.

Panel players 20 onwards should get playing with their clubs in county league, if not starting with the county team in the recent match.

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GAA Discussion / Re: Connacht U20 and U17 champ...

Last post by GalwayBayBoy - Today at 10:43:01 PM

Mayo are miles ahead of the other Connacht teams at u17 this year.
This particular years crop have been exceptional all the way up

Our crop this year look as poor as I've seen in a good few years. Not sure management is helping them much though.

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

Last post by Johnnysboys - Today at 10:36:09 PM

A chastening experience tonight when Kilcoo play like that. Surely Jerome is worth his place on the county squad - at least he shoots!! 2 victories fade into the memory after a defeat of that magnitude..

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GAA Discussion / Re: Connacht U20 and U17 champ...

Last post by galwayman - Today at 09:36:22 PM

Mayo are miles ahead of the other Connacht teams at u17 this year.
This particular years crop have been exceptional all the way up

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GAA Discussion / Re: Connacht U20 and U17 champ...

Last post by SLIGONIAN - Today at 09:22:41 PM

Brilliant win for us tonight. We nearly kicked it away. We are a very good side up to the final 3rd, in fact if we can find our accuracy we could be a more serious threat. I wasn't impressed with Galway last week so not surprised Roscommon won that. I suspect Mayo and Roscommon are strongest 2 in it. Leitrim are decent. We have a bye now then Roscommon away- mayo at home, so tough 2 games to finish. It looks tight alright.

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General discussion / Re: Things that make you go Wh...

Last post by Silver hill - Today at 08:53:02 PM

The simple solution is to run the nhs as if it were a private hospital i.e run it efficiently.

Increasing funding for GPs to reduce the strain on a&e. Alot of people use the a&e because they cant get a gp appointment.

Bring in a surcharge for using a&e for non emergencies say a £50. A&Es should only be used for acutal emergencies i.e broken bones, life threatening emergencies etc.

Increase healthy eating and health awareness in schools from primary school up. Uk and Ireland eating habits are horrible compared to almost every eu country.

The above would sort most of the issues

People yap about management in the NHS as if doctors and nurses should be managing an annual budget of £180 billion and 1.5 million employees. It has to be managed as a business. 

There's already a multitude of non medical personnel in the health service. Accountants, HR, organisational development, project managers, IT,estate services, information governance etc.
I'm not sure there's a fix for this no matter how much money you throw at it. When it's free it's always going to be open to abuse. I agree, a £50 surcharge for non emergency cases in S&P would stripe out a lot of the malingerers.

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GAA Discussion / Re: Connacht U20 and U17 champ...

Last post by Rossfan - Today at 08:47:01 PM

Sligo 3
Ros 2
Mayowestros 2*
Galway 1
Leitrim 0*

*1 game played.

Probably all go to the wire like the U20.