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I think you're doing a Dublin v Mayo, and Dublin v Kerry on it. When Ireland win, maybe with Sean O'Brien getting off beforehand, you'll be on uar.com.ar telling all the Argentinian lads that we own them, and they don't have any natural backs

Hahahahaha very good.

Looks like there isn't much hope of these two parties working together again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-34473477

The barely concealed mask slips bigtime, the vitriol with which he was saying this was very telling.

Had 3 concussions in my time. I think they ere cumulative too as it appears to be easier to sustain one after having had previous ones. Been through the hilarious not remembering anything, though I can remember not remembering if you know what I mean.

[group of hell]

The group of hell can all be blamed on Wales.

Autumn Internationals 2012.
The Wallabies was an extra fixture created by the Welsh Rugby Union for financial gain that fell outside the IRB's autumn international window.

If Wales had not played that match they would have finished in seventh with Samoa (eighth) and Argentina (ninth) and avoided having to face England or Australia.

They knew they must avoid defeat against the Wallabies with defeat seeing them slip to ninth place as they lost ranking points.

But that is exactly what happened when Kurtley Beale scored a heartbreaking try with the final move of the match to consign Wales to defeat and see them ranked alongside Italy, Tonga and Scotland in tier three of the seedings.

Two days later the pool draw was made on December 3 and the damage was done.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/how-wales-end-up-same-10085793

I think you will find it's called the "Group of Death". You need to pay more attention.

A 'Group of Hell' would be one in which 15 Mike Browns managed by Warren Gatland and eulogised by Brian Moore were the winners.

Keyser, are you suggesting that the GPA aren't being completely honest when they say that there's an appetite for change amongst inter-county players?

I'd have thought they were a key stakeholder in this discussion.

I never mentioned the GPA, but since you did they haven't been completely transparent either in that they haven't published the raw data. Asking questions like 'Would you like less training and more games' is only likely to get one response i would imagine.

The GPA is a vested interest group, I've no issue with them but they are only a small part of the Association representing the elite of our game. Certainly their opinion should have be given substantial weight but Dessie Farrell is more interested in revenue generation and marketing opportunities than he is in club footballers, or even county players from lesser lights, getting a fair shout imo. His proposals highlight a number of laudable benefits for everyone in the Association but like a lot of the pro-change supporters on here there is zero consideration given to the fact there might be a downside to their proposals. Imo the GPA have a degree of professionalism as their aim, which is fine by me, but why don't they just come out and say so.

My contention is that the qualifiers have over time created and reaffirmed elites within the game at county level. Aping soccer style Champions league groups will only exacerbate this. Two lower tier counties playing a dead rubber is not likely to provide much interest or promote the game as far as I can see.

Certainly I can see a need for a more structured calendar of fixtures but this need to be a bottom up process not a topdown one in my opinion. Atm the debate is being dictated by the GPA and the media, it is not even a subject at club AGM's and I will challenge anyone on here to prove different.

[It mentioned that there is a groundswell of opinion supporting a re-organisation of the AI championship and that it is a hot topic of discussion among players, supporters and administrators. Well this topic has never come up in any GAA discussions I have had and I spend a considerable amount of time talking GAA to various people.]

Here we go again. I read an article on this yesterday and was awaiting the usual suspects getting all revved up on here.

It mentioned that there is a groundswell of opinion supporting a re-organisation of the AI championship and that it is a hot topic of discussion among players, supporters and administrators.

Well this topic has never come up in any GAA discussions I have had and I spend a considerable amount of time talking GAA to various people. Other than a few bandwaggoners on here parrotting stuff from a few newspaper columnists and interviews with people who want their name in print this is a non-subject. Don't suppose that will stop multiple thread on here though.

Utter nonsense. I've spoken to many people in the past few weeks and none of them mentioned the refugee crisis so I suppose that's a bandwagon media driven topic too? Most people are focused on their own lives and don't generally discuss in great length the bigger issues in life. That's not to say they are not interested in them or don't have views on them but they don't necessarily discuss them every day.However, there is no doubt most GAA folk are not happy with the current competition structures. The level of dissatisfaction may vary and the alternatives would certainly be many but to suggest most are happy with the current situation is laughable. And of course, the usual tactic of accusing those discussing it of being sheep only highlights the poverty of your argument.

You introduced a strawman argument about refugees. Like WTF!!

Then made a couple of statements without a single shred of evidence to back them up. What evidence is there that 'most GAA folk are not happy with the current situation'??

I never mentioned sheep but if the cap fits....

Again, nonsense. You said this wasn't a hot topic in the GAA because it wasn't raised during your 'many' GAA conversations, I simply showed how that wasn't reflective of anything.

I then made a statement that is reflected by many posts here and on other GAA discussion boards as well as many media pieces so there is clear evidence that most GAA people don't think we have it right. But you carry on thinking we are all being led by a few journalists and media attention seekers.

Well you can easily prove it's nonsense by getting down to your local club's AGM and put forward a motion to radically change the composition of the AI championship. You and all the other members who are hot for change will easily get this motion carried, as will all the other Zulus in their respective clubs throughout the land. County conventions all over Ireland will unaminously back you given the support there is out there for your foolproof ideas for saving the game. Congress will be a breeze, u will easily carry the day. Nirvana.

Alternatively sit at your keyboard repeatedly typing 'nonsense' when someone shows you for a fool.

[It mentioned that there is a groundswell of opinion supporting a re-organisation of the AI championship and that it is a hot topic of discussion among players, supporters and administrators. Well this topic has never come up in any GAA discussions I have had and I spend a considerable amount of time talking GAA to various people.]

Here we go again. I read an article on this yesterday and was awaiting the usual suspects getting all revved up on here.

It mentioned that there is a groundswell of opinion supporting a re-organisation of the AI championship and that it is a hot topic of discussion among players, supporters and administrators.

Well this topic has never come up in any GAA discussions I have had and I spend a considerable amount of time talking GAA to various people. Other than a few bandwaggoners on here parrotting stuff from a few newspaper columnists and interviews with people who want their name in print this is a non-subject. Don't suppose that will stop multiple thread on here though.

Utter nonsense. I've spoken to many people in the past few weeks and none of them mentioned the refugee crisis so I suppose that's a bandwagon media driven topic too? Most people are focused on their own lives and don't generally discuss in great length the bigger issues in life. That's not to say they are not interested in them or don't have views on them but they don't necessarily discuss them every day.However, there is no doubt most GAA folk are not happy with the current competition structures. The level of dissatisfaction may vary and the alternatives would certainly be many but to suggest most are happy with the current situation is laughable. And of course, the usual tactic of accusing those discussing it of being sheep only highlights the poverty of your argument.

You introduced a strawman argument about refugees. Like WTF!!

Then made a couple of statements without a single shred of evidence to back them up. What evidence is there that 'most GAA folk are not happy with the current situation'??

I never mentioned sheep but if the cap fits....

Here we go again. I read an article on this yesterday and was awaiting the usual suspects getting all revved up on here.

It mentioned that there is a groundswell of opinion supporting a re-organisation of the AI championship and that it is a hot topic of discussion among players, supporters and administrators.

Well this topic has never come up in any GAA discussions I have had and I spend a considerable amount of time talking GAA to various people. Other than a few bandwaggoners on here parrotting stuff from a few newspaper columnists and interviews with people who want their name in print this is a non-subject. Don't suppose that will stop multiple thread on here though.

Sure the only entertainment at a soccer match is the crowd. It's that boring to watch that they spend all their time singing and chanting as the on-field stuff would bore you to tears.

.....Teddy McCarthy goes from gate 1 to gate 2 .....no relation....Teddy McCarthy goes back to gate 1 from gate 2...still no relation...

[An AI winning w**ker this morning]

What it showed for Kerry was that they have a few fancy dans on their team who don't like it when it gets tough.

JOD in particular may have great hair but he's not a man to win a hard ball.

Gooch was anonymous - David Moran well beaten by a 21 year old.

Massive overhaul required

Who scored more from play yesterday than JOD ?

Moran has had an average year .  Gooch was playing on a struggling team.

You were a w**ker on Satuday and nothing has changed today .

An AI winning w**ker this morning.

How many AI medals is that you have now so?

Bad winner, zero class, the antithesis of what the GAA is all about.

Bullshit I'm the essence of what the GAA is all about.

Played for my club for 40 years, played for my county for 15.

Trained and managed teams at all grades and classes to win championships at club and county level.

So don't give me that load of bollocks when you don't like me questioning Kerry's stomach for battle when they questioned ours for the last 12 months.

Ach gwan tell us about your medals so.

[An AI winning w**ker this morning]

What it showed for Kerry was that they have a few fancy dans on their team who don't like it when it gets tough.

JOD in particular may have great hair but he's not a man to win a hard ball.

Gooch was anonymous - David Moran well beaten by a 21 year old.

Massive overhaul required

Who scored more from play yesterday than JOD ?

Moran has had an average year .  Gooch was playing on a struggling team.

You were a w**ker on Satuday and nothing has changed today .

An AI winning w**ker this morning.

How many AI medals is that you have now so?

Bad winner, zero class, the antithesis of what the GAA is all about.

PM reponds to Corbyn's cabinet with his own reshuffle.

The Brendan Rodgers Cliche Counter 2015/2016 (From Post Match Press Conferences Only)

Outstanding - 3

I thought it was an outstanding collective performance.
He (Benteke) was outstanding today.
Nathaniel Clyne has been outstanding since he's come in.


Character - 2
The players we brought in have that character
It was about performing well and showing the character

Quality - 4

We know we've got the quality to win a game.
Like I said, we know we've got the quality to win.
You've seen his (Benteke's) quality today
Today you've seen a team with the determination, the fight and the will and obviously the quality.

5 minute 27 second interview

Are you commending him on keeping his cliche count low or what?? 

What can any Tyrone person expect? You have deified a man who was the epitome of a cheat regardless of what talents he had.

Made an art form out of grabbing jerseys and pulling men over to win frees, lying down and feigning injury to get people sent off etc and is lauded as the greatest footballer ever.

No wonder your current crop are proud of the nonsense that masquerades as football. An embarassment to the GAA family.