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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 / Re: Time for Joe to go??
November 18, 2013, 11:38:45 PM
Quote from: whitey on November 18, 2013, 07:43:27 PM
after reading that interview I can honestly say that Joe Brolly has some type of borderline personality disorder.  Im not criticizing him, its just an observation.

can you expand on your reasons?
#3
GAA Discussion / Re: Time for Joe to go??
November 18, 2013, 11:38:01 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on November 18, 2013, 08:13:19 PM
As likeable a fella as Brolly is, and I admire him for donating a kidney, I think it's totally wrong about this "opt-out" scheme. It should be up to the person themselves whether they want to be on the donor list or not. The publicity of Joe's donation would have seen a big rise on the number of people becoming donors anyway, but there was no need to go as far with this opt-out thing. Advertise the donor register, get people like Brolly to educate people on becoming one, but don't force them to be one.

I registered to become a donor when I just left school, because it was something I wanted to do. I was on the donor list for many years, until a few months ago, when I phoned and asked for my name to be removed. The reason was because I didn't like where they were going with this opt-out thing, and told them so.

Of course your entitled to do as you wish but I can't believe you actually went and did the opt out over that.
#4
GAA Discussion / Re: Tyrone club football in crisis
October 23, 2013, 04:55:24 PM
Quote from: Fionntamhnach on October 23, 2013, 09:50:33 AM
Club football in Tyrone arguably is in a crises, but certainly not for the reasons given by the OP. If that were the case Fermanagh club football would be up shit creek.  :o

Ok, a few lads have said this, I accept crisis is maybe too strong a word, it was used for banter reasons! still feel it was worth discussing, nothing else outside the ulster club worth talking about at the moment
#5
Why are all the anti international rules folk not on this thread giving out about it? it made sense as someone else said to set up one like this and use the other one for people who have an interest in the game
#6
GAA Discussion / Re: Tyrone club football in crisis
October 22, 2013, 10:17:48 PM
Quote from: ONeill on October 20, 2013, 11:55:27 PM
They've won 3 out of the last 5 Ulster Intermediates (2 All-Irelands) and 4 out of the last 9 Juniors (1 All-Ireland, 3 runners up).

They just haven't produced a great senior side since Canavan's Errigal.

Fair enough, that was a very good errigal side
#7
GAA Discussion / Re: Tyrone club football in crisis
October 22, 2013, 10:16:20 PM
Quote from: trileacman on October 21, 2013, 12:05:44 AM
Don't see the issue here really. We don't produce great club sides, we have great county minor and senior sides. They often win Ulster titles and it's a success that every gael in Tyrone can take pride in. Would I swap it for a monopoly by one team that could win an Ulster club title now and again? No chance.

So we compete poorly in senior Ulster championships. It won't keep me awake at night anyway.

Tyrone have had good county success, sure we all know that. Not the point we are talking about here. I'm simply just asking why so many of the tyrone clubs are so weak, we havn't got an answer from any tyrone person so I think we'll just leave it at that then.

Armagh not winning more all Ireland minor titles doesn't keep me awake at night either as I don't remember us partying too hard after our 2009 win.
#8
GAA Discussion / Re: Tyrone club football in crisis
October 22, 2013, 10:10:34 PM
Quote from: SkillfulBill on October 21, 2013, 12:02:07 AM
Get over it you tube accept the fact your county team is of a very poor standard and your neighbours have 3 all irelands. Clowns like you make a laughing stock of Armagh people.  This thread is not about the quality of club football in Tyrone but says more about the petty jealousy of the individual who started it. Boring.

Would you ever cop urself on. 3 all Ireland has nothing to do with it, it's already being mentioned by me in my opening post as I knew some clown would bring it up. Can you not just debate the actual issue here about ur lack of club success? No, didn't think so. As others have said, derry have had a much better scene than tyrone, when they had different winners every year and yet 3 or 4 of them did well in ulster so tyrone can't use that excuse.
#9
GAA Discussion / Re: Tyrone club football in crisis
October 20, 2013, 11:38:08 PM
Quote from: hardstation on October 20, 2013, 10:27:40 PM
Still very predictable and boring though, no?

Also worth noting Tyrone teams' success at intermediate & junior.

As I've said before i'm not gonna defend the Armagh championship despite having the strongest club in the country, wer not the best and wer certainly not the worst.

Yes, tyrone do have a good record in the junior, well they did in the first few years of it anyway
#10
GAA Discussion / Re: Tyrone club football in crisis
October 20, 2013, 10:14:22 PM
of course there are plenty of good teams in tyrone, do you think it's ok that not one of them in 11 years were able to win 1 or even 2 games just to make it to the ulster final?

Why am I picking on tyrone??
1. Because they have won 3 all Ireland in the same time span
2. they are full of hot air and I like putting them down!


And don't even compare antrim football to Armagh, world of difference
#11
GAA Discussion / Re: Tyrone club football in crisis
October 20, 2013, 09:55:48 PM
Quote from: reddgnhand on October 20, 2013, 09:48:56 PM
Quote from: Orchardman on October 20, 2013, 09:25:09 PM
Quote from: general_lee on October 20, 2013, 08:58:03 PM
To be fair Armagh isn't exactly brimming with talent, the only team to give Cross a game this year was Maghery. In Tyrone, any number of clubs would give Cross a game, Errigal, Dromore, Clonoe, Carrickmore, Coalisland and even Omagh or Ardboe.

The last Armagh club outside of Cross to win an Ulster championship was Mullaghbawn in 95 and before that Clans in 74. So I wouldn't be too chirpy about trying to get bragging rights on this one!

not looking bragging rights, cross are way ahead of everyone in Armagh but at least they have 6 of the last 7 ulsters! tyrone record is a joke

Are you a Cross man?

of course not. I'm sick of looking at them. I didn't start this thread to hype up cross, but it seems that's what tyrone people want to do. The lack of anything decent in 12 replies explains it all, the silence is deafening
#12
GAA Discussion / Re: Tyrone club football in crisis
October 20, 2013, 09:25:09 PM
Quote from: general_lee on October 20, 2013, 08:58:03 PM
To be fair Armagh isn't exactly brimming with talent, the only team to give Cross a game this year was Maghery. In Tyrone, any number of clubs would give Cross a game, Errigal, Dromore, Clonoe, Carrickmore, Coalisland and even Omagh or Ardboe.

The last Armagh club outside of Cross to win an Ulster championship was Mullaghbawn in 95 and before that Clans in 74. So I wouldn't be too chirpy about trying to get bragging rights on this one!

not looking bragging rights, cross are way ahead of everyone in Armagh but at least they have 6 of the last 7 ulsters! tyrone record is a joke
#13
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
#14
well whatever about soccer, rugby has 10 serious international teams (13 if u wanna count the pacific island), and we are not even in the top half of that group.

Actually big miss that adam goodes isn't playing, he has been the real big name, he was brilliant in the last series over here. Don't know much about this franklin guy as havn't followed AFL as much in recent years
#15
GAA Discussion / Re: Time to Split Dublin
October 11, 2013, 06:06:26 PM
fair play to don't matter for taking the fight to Dublin, someone has to stand up for the other counties against this over populated machine