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

Last post by tonto1888 - Today at 01:51:46 PM

The prison break in France

that was the fast and the furious stuff. Mental

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

Last post by skat man - Today at 01:40:48 PM

why would anyone in Down want to become a referee when they seen how our best ref was treated and after all the talk of rigorous investigation its now been brushed under the carpet and why would the county board not hush it when the clubs and current referees stand by and let that happen. 

Not sure it was brushed under the carpet as I think the outcomes were shared with the referees during a meeting at the start of the year.

One of Paul Faloons requests to have all championship referee's mic'd up and recorded is to be introduced this year I believe.

Surely with such a robust investigation being carried out by croke park on behalf of down into how the county board handled the process then all clubs would be privy to the findings of that report? I dont think such a report even exists or any investigation was carried out.
officials are micd up anyway in championship but there isnt enough to go around on big match weekends , and as for recording everything im not sure how that happens without all new gear purchased.

the very fact no one knows exactly whats gone on 7 months later is a disgrace.

i agree completely wobbler, it has to be on coaches and club to enforce

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General discussion / Re: Man Utd Thread:

Last post by NAG1 - Today at 01:18:47 PM

ffs please not Southgate, he has wasted England best chance to win something over the last few tournaments. The English seem blinded to his incompetence. He speaks well to the media and is a likeable guy but is tactically brain dead

The latest I've seen is Thomas Frank being linked. Interesting one, has the EPL experience and seems to be able to set a team up.

That being said I'm not sure they will move on ETH simply due to the lack of quality options out there at the moment.

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

Last post by JPGJOHNNYG - Today at 01:12:40 PM

The portal is a great idea for a time that has long gone. You put something like that in any town in Britain or Ireland and it will just attract the scum. The fact that the people behind it didn't for see such ballbag behaviour is mind boggling. The only type of place for it is at another attraction that you have to pay in for and that would help keep out most (but not all) idiots but it kind of then defeats the purpose of the idea.

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General discussion / Re: The Offical Glasgow Celtic...

Last post by No1 - Today at 01:04:12 PM

Hopefully full strength team out tonight and get at least a point.  Don't fancy a last day nail biter!  Kilmarnock are owed one for this season.

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General discussion / Re: Man Utd Thread:

Last post by JPGJOHNNYG - Today at 01:02:41 PM

ffs please not Southgate, he has wasted England best chance to win something over the last few tournaments. The English seem blinded to his incompetence. He speaks well to the media and is a likeable guy but is tactically brain dead

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

Last post by thewobbler - Today at 01:01:56 PM

There's a significant chunk of our small pool of referees approaching (and past) retirement age.

I'm a realist (I hope) and I'd be properly worried about our county's ability to run a full schedule of fixtures in the next 3-5 years.

And I'd be even more worried about such a situation might be resolved with short term measures (e.g no referees for u14, no u16 grade at all, alternate weekends for ACFL 1 and 2, and so on). Really, because there is no solution.

I've refereed a dozen or so u12 (go) games the past year. Even at that level, the culture - by roughly half the clubs involved - towards referees from players, managers and spectators is revolting. And i would firmly believe that the "roughly half" becomes "roughly  three quarters" by minor level and "just about everyone" by senior.

Do our next generations a favour. Actually just give them a chance to play football. If you're involved with a team, at any grade, develop a policy that referee abuse will not be tolerated.

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GAA Discussion / Re: GAA moneybags and Sean Cav...

Last post by tonto1888 - Today at 01:00:34 PM

The GAA must be the only organisation where fans want them to move with the times yet remain stuck in the past

Perfectly put.

The modern business phenomenon of trying to clean as much money off people as possible is one we could do without in the GAA.

if this was actually the case we wouldnt have season tickets or packages for the all ireland group stages would we

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General discussion / Re: Premier League 2023-2024

Last post by Milltown Row2 - Today at 12:34:07 PM

Players have a duty to their club and employers, they get paid to be professional and last night Spurs were very unlucky, had Son scored that one on one, I'd say the game could have been a draw.

Teams lose the league over the season, Arsenal and other teams that have been pipped at the post lost their battle throughout the year, not end of season games

Fans are fans though and they will take the positives from defeats. Any club that has any rivalry fall into that.

I suppose the neutrals loved this season with the last day finishes coming up  

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GAA Discussion / Re: GAA moneybags and Sean Cav...

Last post by johnnycool - Today at 12:19:01 PM

The GAA must be the only organisation where fans want them to move with the times yet remain stuck in the past

Perfectly put.

I'm not sure where you're about but absolutely everything is going behind paywalls now, especially sport, that's the modern way.

Burns did point out that to make GAAGO viable that it needed to show some high profile games, he'd didn't shirk on that and Cork fans were probably unlucky in that their first three games were all on GAAGO and that does need addressed by the GAA.