Menu

Show posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.

Show posts Menu

Messages - ck

#1681
GAA Discussion / Re: Sigerson Cup 2012
February 26, 2012, 12:32:29 PM
Stronghold you raise some interesting points here however you can't help yourself in getting a snipe in at Queen's whilst attempting to promote your own college uuj. It seems to be in your dna.
For the record your point on St.Mary's having 1500 v Queen's having 25,000. St.Marys is a catholic teacher training college so chances are that most of them have a GAA background (you only need 15!). Queens has extremely high entry grades (like trinity) and loads of International students so their GAA intake will be mixed (as you well know I'd say). Both of these colleges would be very credible in that they adhere to the ethos of teh competition and depend on their natural intake for players.
Unlike your own college who target players every year to beef up your squad (Leo McLoone, Eoin Waide etc). By the way Ulster uni has nearly 30,000 students, you operate elite entry scheme, you target older players to beef your squad, and you still can't win the thing!

Elite entry schemes are the cancer of HE GAA.
#1682
I wouldn't blame the media on this issue, i'd blame the hypocracy in the GAA from top to bottom. The media cannot help but pick up on it. My club chairman was on a local radio station recently stating how no manager or coach should be paid... the same man recruited a manager for our club team about 10 years ago and paid him and his coach an annual fee for 3 years! The same man was on the county board for a while and was involved in appointing a fully paid management team for the county.

One line for the radio, another behind close doors. Fair play to the media for exposing it and the sooner its sorted and made transparent the better.
#1683
GAA Discussion / Re: Sigerson Cup 2012
February 26, 2012, 11:56:21 AM
Quote from: Syferus on February 26, 2012, 05:17:57 AM
DCU have an excellent eye for talent. They got Donie Smith and John McManus (son of one of the finest forwards in the history of the game, Tony McManus) this year, who both featured prominently in our 2011 minor championship run, among plenty of other Roscommon under-age players. Clearly Roscommon isn't the only county they've selected exciting players from either.

At minimum both Smith and McManus will be future starters for the county - both are already involved with the senior panel - so if you're sick of DCU already it isn't going to get any better.

In strong defence of DCU, I've seen first-hand how much their input has helped players like Donie Shine, Cathal Cregg and, on recent form, David Keenan, develop. They're also imbuing players from counties other than the top three or four with the confidence that there's very little between them and the very best teams in the country and that can only ever be very good thing for the game at large.

Syferus, are you being serious here? Such a pile of nonsense. "DCU have an excellent eye for talent" = They approach the best county minors in the country, don't give a damn what sort of leaving cert they get and offer them all sorts of freebies to lure them up to Dublin. That's an excellent eye for talent is it? UUJ are at the same craic up north. Neither college is credible in my book and both are seen as second rate colleges as a result.
As for "developing players" ..as if that is a consideration for DCU. The only thing they are after is shoving players into courses and then try to win trophies and claim to be some sort of GAA nursary. BS.
#1684
GAA Discussion / Re: Sigerson Cup 2012
February 25, 2012, 10:28:01 PM
Orchardman, without being patronising you have never gone to college obviously. (Sigerson teams don't have big college followings) It's a players competition and always was. The reputation it has gained was always based on the standard of football and the level of competition provided.
As for not knowing the players.. I know most of them.. most of them would have been targetted by DCU for their eleite athlete scheme. Many would be regarded as players of the future for their counties and all would be top U.21 players at very least. Did you know Cluxton, Brogan and Mortimor in the early part of the last decade? (when they were recruited) ..but you've heard of them all since. Case and point. It'll be the same for todays DCU team.

DCU's policy will only further degrade the competition over the coming years
#1685
GAA Discussion / Re: Sigerson Cup 2012
February 25, 2012, 09:55:12 PM
I would agree with this. Sigerson is simply not what it was due to a few colleges taking the proverbial. HE GAA stand idly by and do nothing. Lets face it, we are only talking about DCU and UUJ (ITCarlow are at it of late I hear) who have these "Elite athlete entry schemes". It really is pathetic.
If students won't go to your college without these "incentives" you should really have a good look at your college!
#1686
GAA Discussion / Re: Sigerson Cup 2012
February 25, 2012, 09:54:03 PM
Quote from: TheThirdManning on February 25, 2012, 09:30:08 PM
Quote from: Minder on February 25, 2012, 09:25:11 PM
I find difficult to take the Sigerson seriously when you look at the "courses" some players are doing and the lengths some colleges will go to recruit players. It isn't exactly a level laying field and I don't see much achievement in what DCU did today.

I would agree with this. Sigerson is simply not what it was due to a few colleges taking the proverbial. HE GAA stand idly by and do nothing. Lets face it, we are only talking about DCU and UUJ (ITCarlow are at it of late I hear) who have these "Elite athlete entry schemes". It really is pathetic.
If students won't go to your college without these "incentives" you should really have a good look at your college!
#1687
GAA Discussion / Re: Sigerson Cup 2012
February 25, 2012, 05:05:29 PM
Sigerson cup now seems to be DCU verses the rest. No-one came within 10points of them during Sigerson this year. Some will say that this is to their credit however it has as much to do with them offering all sorts of scholarships (the reason Murphy came on today was to get his scholarship!) that the rest of the colleges just cannot match. I know some will disagree but DCU's annual throwing of money at players to come into the college just makes a bit of a mockery of the competition.
#1688
GAA Discussion / Re: Sigerson Cup 2012
February 24, 2012, 05:51:08 PM
The two best teams in HE are in the final. NUIM and DCU deserve to be top of the tree.
UCC and UUJ were not worthy semi finalists IMO. On todays evidance UUJ had no idea how to win, they were more intent on trying not to loose. Fair play to DCU who played the more offensive game and easily swept UUJ aside. UCC on the other hand were over rated all year. Very lucky to make it to the weekend.
#1689
GAA Discussion / Re: Sigerson Cup 2012
February 24, 2012, 01:24:08 PM
I tipped Maynooth and DCU in a previous post so will remain with that. Maynooth have a host of top players, they were strong in the league and in Sigerson they have beaten a very good Queen's team up in Belfast and then UCD. They will beat UCC IMO. I saw UCC v Sligo and they were exceptionally lucky. DCU will come through the other side I'd say.

Are these games on TG4?
#1690
GAA Discussion / Re: Sigerson Cup 2012
February 17, 2012, 12:02:31 PM
Quote from: Blowitupref on February 16, 2012, 05:24:37 PM
Quote from: ck on February 15, 2012, 10:03:32 PM
Sligo IT were absolutely robbed today!!!!!!!!!!
Reading the report it said Sligo IT kicked loads of wides hardly robbed?

Dont believe all you read, probably written by some sub editor who wasnt even at the game - we were totally robbed!. UCC scored 2 goals that they are never likely to score again. They were the winning of the game.
#1691
GAA Discussion / Re: Sigerson Cup 2012
February 15, 2012, 10:03:32 PM
Sligo IT were absolutely robbed today!!!!!!!!!!
#1692
GAA Discussion / Re: Prime Time RTE - GAA Special
February 08, 2012, 09:27:21 PM
When is this show on lads? I'm in London for work this week so want to try and get it on-line or Sky
#1693
GAA Discussion / Re: Sigerson Cup 2012
February 07, 2012, 08:14:09 PM
Non Sigerson result from Today: Freshers, UCC defeated Sligo IT.
#1694
GAA Discussion / Re: KEVIN McGOURTY
February 07, 2012, 08:11:27 PM
I asked a valid question and really didnt get an answer apart from a few of you slagging each other off!
Why is some ejit / no-mark mouth piece been given prominance in a quality newspaper, why does this guys views count? Am I missing something?
#1695
GAA Discussion / Re: KEVIN McGOURTY
February 06, 2012, 11:20:55 PM
WHY ON EARTH WAS McGOURTY INTERVIEWED? WHO IS HE? SOME PART TIME ANTRIM FOOTBALLER WHO HAS BIG OPINIONS AND IS NOT LIKED BY MANY?