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

Last post by thewobbler - Today at 02:42:23 PM

My god there are some crying hoors in the GAA who want everything for free, I surely hope they are over represented on this board or the organisation is truely in trouble.

Crying about the price of tickets to games, and the price of diesel to get to games, and how much a feed costs, and having to get a ticket for the wains, and not getting to see every game on FTA tv, and the game they just saw was lateral shite, and the forward mark, and the studio analysis, and negative managers, and people coming to the door selling tickets for their club, and the amount of money the GAA has, and the lack of money the GAA gives our club, ad nauseum ad nauseum ad nauseum.

And then thinking they are great GAA men when they've not ever wore a shirt or even washed a shirt.

I would say the vast majority of posters on here are not even GAA members.

Keyser, in my experience a good auld moan and gripe is the common language of humanity. I've spent plenty of time abroad and worked with many nationalities and the average gaa fan or poster on this board is no different to the majority everywhere else (well west coast USA with their unwavering positivity might be the exception).
And as for your comment on posters probably not being members, I suspect the vast majority of us are pretty involved with gaa at some level. We are the diehards or we wouldn't be on here in the first place. Not that many people find discussions on the kickout strategies of Armagh all that interesting you know....

There certainly are diehards on here but a majority, definitely not.

There was a thread on ticket selling on here recently.

Not only was there just one poster, of the many who contributed to the thread, who had actually gone out to sell tickets, but there were quite a few who were complaining about being asked to buy a ticket by clubs coming to their door, and there were even a few calling for it to be banned.

Like what sort of GAA person would begrudge being ASKED to voluntarily contribute a few quid to the GAA, by a person who is giving up their time to travel around the country to raise funds for their local club. The people selling the tickets are diehards, people whinging about it on Gaaboard are blowhards.

So no I don't agree that a majority are GAA diehards, their diehardness extends to going to county matches and complaining their hole off on GAA board about stuff they probably know very little about.

And yes that would indeed include Armagh kickout strategies

You seem to have a very narrow agenda.

I've:

- played football for 35 years.
- coached and selected at teams from under-8 to senior, including the past 8 years unbroken.
- spent over 15 years on our club committee, including 5 as treasurer.
- served as our county board rep for a couple of years and on a county board subcommittee for a year.
- acted as a team liaison for our county minors for two years.

And my sincere opinion is that if a club from say County Derry cannot find the funds within their own parish, community, town, county to build whatever it they think they need, then they've no business asking people from say County Down to put their hands in their pockets and pay for it.

Am I not GAA enough to be entitled to this opinion?

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General discussion / Re: Sports Research Questionna...

Last post by sporttech - Today at 02:37:26 PM

Thanks very much to everyone that does it. It is very much appreciated and I hate having to ask so apologies on that.

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GAA Discussion / Re: Sam Maguire 2024 Group 1 ...

Last post by Captain Obvious - Today at 02:36:25 PM

No version of Derry has ever beaten Galway in championship, you can be sure that will be a factor on saturday.

Janey, even Armagh has beaten Galway.

Derry wans trying their hand at the cute hoorism here? Sure Derry were in the big three talk with Dublin and Kerry not just a few weeks ago.

Conversion of the big three talk will be back on should Derry win this weekend.  A win will put them in the box seat to top the group and then perhaps talking on a Mayo,Tyrone or Monaghan in the last eight tie that they'll be expected to win.  Should Dublin play Kerry in one semi final you could be looking at All Ireland final spot for Derry yet.

[I'd like to introduce something like in basketball whereby once you cross the opposition 50m you cant go back]

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

Last post by lurganblue - Today at 02:33:43 PM

Can you imagine how good this game could have been if they decided to play a decent brand of football? The score taking has been unreal but despite that the enjoyability of the football is pathetic.

I know McGuinness wouldn't give a f**k about that but I really hope the football review group implement some form of strategy to negate this anti football shite.

What would you suggest?

We can't keep messing about with the rules of the game just because we don't like how teams are playing the game. There's been enough of that over the years.  The answer isn't in 13 aside or any other mad cap notion.  It's in new, innovative coaches coming on the scene with a different approach.  And there will be at some point.

100% agree with this. There is constant tinkering with the rules. Get rid of the forward / defensive mark and then leave well alone.

I'd more or less be on board with this.  I'd like to introduce something like in basketball whereby once you cross the opposition 50m you cant go back.  I think that would be easy enough policed by all officials too. I realise something like this is unlikely to ever be introduced though, so just removing the advanced/defensive mark would be grand.

Would this be the same as it is in basketball though where you can go back into your own half for an inbound/sideline ball in the last 2 minutes of the game and last 2 minutes of extra time?

Nope, I wouldnt overly complicate it any more.

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General discussion / Re: Sports Research Questionna...

Last post by Taylor - Today at 02:23:15 PM

Done

[You don't have to be a Club Tyrone member to come along, and it is complimentary]

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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone County Football and...

Last post by Rois - Today at 02:23:06 PM

Club Tyrone "Business of Winning" business breakfast is coming up on Thursday 30 May (breakfast from 8.30) in association with Bank of Ireland. 
You don't have to be a Club Tyrone member to come along, and it is complimentary. 
Hosted by Lynette Fay, we'll have an interview with Eamon McCay, Strabane entrepreneur and founder of Frylite, and a panel of our own sports stars. 
Register at Business of Winning RSVP or email Club Tyrone

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General discussion / Re: Official Gooners Thread - ...

Last post by gawa316 - Today at 02:22:32 PM

Very impressed with Arsenal this season and that's without a decent keeper, left back, striker and left winger. They bring in quality in those positions (Timber might be good enough for LB) they could definitely push on next year

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GAA Discussion / Re: Sam Maguire 2024 Group 1 ...

Last post by JoG2 - Today at 02:21:28 PM

No version of Derry has ever beaten Galway in championship, you can be sure that will be a factor on saturday.

Janey, even Armagh has beaten Galway.

Derry wans trying their hand at the cute hoorism here? Sure Derry were in the big three talk with Dublin and Kerry not just a few weeks ago.

I would be more confident going to Kerry or Dublin and getting a result than I am about saturday due to our previous with Galway.

Out of those 3 Galway would be the 1 to choose on the road.  This history v Galway will have no baring at all on Sat. I'd say at most 2 Derry players played in 2015 and will be involved on Sat. Pretty much all of them beat Galway in Salthill in March.

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Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling

Last post by imtommygunn - Today at 02:12:07 PM

I aw Rossa maybe a month ago. They were ok but nothing special. They'll need quite a few back to be challenging I would say but O'Brien, Walsh and McEnhill anyway would definitely boost them. In their defense it was an away game and I don't think they travel well.

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

Last post by Keyser soze - Today at 02:10:16 PM

My god there are some crying hoors in the GAA who want everything for free, I surely hope they are over represented on this board or the organisation is truely in trouble.

Crying about the price of tickets to games, and the price of diesel to get to games, and how much a feed costs, and having to get a ticket for the wains, and not getting to see every game on FTA tv, and the game they just saw was lateral shite, and the forward mark, and the studio analysis, and negative managers, and people coming to the door selling tickets for their club, and the amount of money the GAA has, and the lack of money the GAA gives our club, ad nauseum ad nauseum ad nauseum.

And then thinking they are great GAA men when they've not ever wore a shirt or even washed a shirt.

I would say the vast majority of posters on here are not even GAA members.

You forgot the referee being biased against their team! Every single game! 

That's a perfectly legitimate sporting gripe lol