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#1
Best of luck with it!
#2
Quote from: Dinny Breen on July 15, 2015, 04:49:25 PM

....what did we ever do apart from a throw a bit of money around at Micko....poach the odd player...and give the world Ray D'Arcy....to deserve this....?

Seamus bleedin' Aldridge......
#3
GAA Discussion / Re: The Roscommon Bus
July 01, 2014, 11:20:04 PM
Quote from: neilthemac on July 01, 2014, 11:08:47 PM
At least it won't let us down in September. Again.

Push it around the car park if that happens!
#4
GAA Discussion / Re: The Roscommon Bus
May 19, 2014, 01:00:10 AM
Quote from: larryin89 on May 18, 2014, 01:23:08 PM
Quote from: Flutehook on May 18, 2014, 01:07:01 PM
Quote from: larryin89 on May 18, 2014, 12:42:08 PM
It was in balinameen last night I heard.

That's a pity. I fondly imagined it would spend Saturday nights popping wheelies and doing doughnuts up and down the main street of Ballaghaderreen :)

You have a weird imagination, what would the shiny bus be doing in a Mayo town.

Purely to increase (or decrease, depending on your viewpoint) recusancy.

Anyways I have to salute the prescience of the manufacturer in not building a superfluous open upper deck! 
#5
GAA Discussion / Re: The Roscommon Bus
May 18, 2014, 01:07:01 PM
Quote from: larryin89 on May 18, 2014, 12:42:08 PM
It was in balinameen last night I heard.

That's a pity. I fondly imagined it would spend Saturday nights popping wheelies and doing doughnuts up and down the main street of Ballaghaderreen :)
#6
GAA Discussion / Re: The Roscommon Bus
May 15, 2014, 01:29:11 AM
Quote from: Syferus on May 15, 2014, 01:16:36 AM
Dont Matter as Luke Skywalker.

...and Keith Barr saying "I am your Oul' Wan DM"!
#7
GAA Discussion / Re: The Roscommon Bus
May 15, 2014, 12:07:13 AM
Quote from: Hardy on May 14, 2014, 03:06:55 PM

I see the hubcaps are gone already.

Alloys Hardy. Them's alloys now we can, thanks to the eleventeen million, afford the Ghia/LX model.
#8
GAA Discussion / Re: Which county?
May 13, 2014, 01:17:26 AM
"Busy man that fellow, played a bit of football for Kerry as well before the egg chasing."


Think he was a wey rather than a way!

The Kilkenny Galway is pictured in attached at page 24 of linked yearbook - a classic of its era and type by the way!

http://www.kilkennygaa.ie/Yearbooks/1985.pdf

#9
GAA Discussion / Re: Which county?
May 12, 2014, 01:26:40 AM
Quote from: Hardy on May 11, 2014, 09:18:06 AM
Sure Kilkenny plays for Dublin.


Back in the 80s Tony and Ollie Kilkenny hurled for Galway while Michael Galway played for Kilkenny!
#10
Antrim / Re: ANTRIM HURLING
January 16, 2014, 11:06:41 PM
Quote from: Seamroga in exile on January 16, 2014, 07:01:30 PM
It seems to be Na Piarsiagh's for the taking then.   :-\

Only if ye are as presumptuous as Boden were; or as poor as ye were in Clones last year.

Somehow I doubt if either will be the case.
#11
Antrim / Re: ANTRIM HURLING
January 16, 2014, 06:38:54 PM
Quote from: NAG1 on January 15, 2014, 12:28:21 PM

The Ballyboden side werent a great vintage either, add to that the Dublin championship is one of the most competitive and taxing, with a few injuries left them vulnerable. Lets also face the fact that the Leinster championship hasnt been up to scratch for a few years now.

Dublin SHC is probably the weakest and most poorly organised among the 'hurling' counties!

Boden strolled through Dublin playing like the Harlem Globetrotters, and with similar intensity, during most matches; their average winning margin was probably 15 points or so. Aside from the Crokes match they weren't pushed at all - Lucan pressed a bit in the final but Boden won playing within themselves, even after going down to 14 men.

In Leinster MLR brought a physicality and intensity that Boden struggled with - especially in the middle third where MLR deployed extra men. Bodens midfield was Shane Durkin (more suited to a sweeping half-back role) and Niall McMorrow (class hurler and stickman but physically slight enough) and they were horsed out of it and couldn't cope with the extra man. MLR also contested and broke nearly every ball in their half-back line to deny Boden, Keaney in particular, possession.

Boden seemed to have no response to this other than to rely on their capacity to get goals - several times they carved open MLR with scintillating moves but a combination of bad choices and good saves limited them to 3 goals. Towards the end it changed from going for goals "cos they can" to "cos they had to" - and it's always more difficult at that stage.

Boden will swear they weren't complacent but they let/found themselves (be) dragged into a low-scoring dogfight and had no real response; I'd imagine the plan for Shamrocks is not overly dissimilar. MLR also have the hurlers to effect this plan and some very skillful players who can score from range. They also delivered a couple of cheap off the ball strikes - including one to the head that saw the recipient stretchered off. Looking forward to it and will spin up to Newry.

#12
Antrim / Re: ANTRIM HURLING
December 16, 2013, 09:49:01 PM
Quote from: Sleeping giant on December 16, 2013, 05:28:46 PM
Wasn't at it. Dont even no the Antrim line up.  But I believe Dublin had decent team out.  1 point victory.  Nice win pre season.

Dublin's line up was a mix of last season's extended panel and some young lads who did well in County SHC. Team (as best as I could discern); S Chester (Craobh ChiarĂ¡in), S Timlin (Cuala), C O'Callaghan (Cuala), J Dougan (Crokes), M McCaffrey* (Lucan), P Schutte (Cuala), C Crummy (Lucan), K Byrne (Crumlin), M Quilty (Na Fianna), R Mahon (Craobh), B Connolly (Cuala), S Ryan (Crumlin), M Schutte (Cuala), S McGrath (Crokes), P Winters (St Brigids).

* Matthew is younger brother of Johnny 

Antrim were very tidy and worked a possession and support game well, especially into the strong wind that they played against in the first half, it was like watching Davy's Clare at times!  They threw over some nice points as well and the two wing backs, Shorty in particular, dominated their immediate opponents. Our rookie CHF had a good first half on McAuley but faded after that. Antrim tried to leave McManus one-on-one but Cian O'Callaghan (2011 Minor) coped admirably most of the time. In the second half McManus was left in FF but stuggled with the 100 mph balls coming in towards him with the wind; he was then moved out to CHF with about 10-15 mins left and imposed himself on the game from there with some nice passes and long range points.

We got two goals in second half from M Schutte and D Tracey (second half sub) that were worryingly similar from an Antrim point of view in that they involved lone Dubs easily running/bursting through 3 or 4 defenders and shooting unchallenged. A good work out for both teams.

#13
Local GAA Discussion / Re: Dublin SFC
October 17, 2013, 11:46:14 PM
Quote from: Bitta-Banter on October 17, 2013, 11:39:17 AM

Has anyone got the venues/ times for these fixtures??

Two double headers in Parnell Park on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th:

Fri:

Judes v Parnells 6.45pm
Ballymun v Raheny 8.15pm

Sat:

Boden v Brigids 4pm
Vincents v Syls 5.30pm


#14
GAA Discussion / Re: Time to split Tyrone?
October 13, 2013, 02:31:08 AM
Quote from: Mike Sheehy on October 13, 2013, 01:24:56 AM
That's a nice little scam ye have going there. Get funding from your competitors  ;D
Ye have some neck.

I trust they used the Kerry Co Co monies for the pisspots and the sh*tters.
#15
Quote from: johnneycool on October 11, 2013, 08:47:23 AM

Up until the 1930's there was two clubs playing out of the parish of Portaferry, the hurling parts of Down then were Kilclief ( strangford) and Newry. Kilclief still hold the most Down senior championship wins AFAIK.
As with everything the local national school in Ballycran got a new head teacher some time in the 30's and he was from Kilkenny, hence the colours, Master McKenna was his name, hence the name of the pitch. He was the big driving force behind the new club. At this time the two Portaferry clubs had amalgamated to form St Patricks and it was the Portaferry club who lent both Ballygalget and Ballycran players to get them up and running, Ballygalget officially formed in 1939, Ballycran something similar so it'd be hard to attribute the hurling in the area of the big farm, small farm scenario seen in Munster and Leinster which probably happened centuries before this.

Interesting alright Johnny. Similarly I heard that Portaferry wear the Tipp colours owing to the significant part played a Tipp man in founding their club back in 1911 or so. He was stationed there as some sort of Customs/Agricultural Officer I gather.