Starts towards the end of September. Manifests in the form of boring sports pages and nothing worth talking about, short evenings, wet ground and grey skies. Sufferers may be forced to subsist on low nutrition substitutes such as autumn rugby internationals. The month of December is particularly difficult whether on or off the porter.
Patients may suffer delusions in the forms of FBD , O Byrne Cup,etc. By January they have been known to even tolerate Ger Canning . The only known cure is the National League.
Quote from: seafoid on September 24, 2017, 04:35:49 PM
Starts towards the end of September. Manifests in the form of boring sports pages and nothing worth talking about, short evenings, wet ground and grey skies. Sufferers may be forced to subsist on low nutrition substitutes such as autumn rugby internationals. The month of December is particularly difficult whether on or off the porter.
Patients may suffer delusions in the forms of FBD , O Byrne Cup,etc. By January they have been known to even tolerate Ger Canning . The only known cure is the National League.
Go watch a club match. TG4 will have 2 on every Sunday until early December
It's that time of year that all sorts of strange coloured car flags appear.
Most of them mean nothing once you travel 10 km away.
I presume the draws for the 2018 Provincials will be made in a fortnight or so?
Also draft NFL/NHL fixtures should be issued soon.
Late September/early October: Furious debate over the new plan to revamp the provincial hurling championships. Representatives from the GPA and the corporate top table at Croke Park give six identical interviews on the sports radio/podcasting merry-go-round.
Mid-October: Jonny Cooper patronises Wicklow and Longford by saying that whoever wins the right to face Dublin in the 2018 Leinster quarter-final "will be a very tough opponent". Viral videos of Jonny's patronising comments do the rounds on social media.
Late October: Fury erupts as it emerges that most counties' home grounds will be deemed unfit to host Dublin in the 2018 Super 8s and it emerges that Dublin will thus likely play all three of their 2018 Super 8 fixtures at Croke Park.
Early November: Philly McMahon, Jackie Tyrrell and numerous other players give six identical interviews on the sports radio/podcasting merry-go-round. Philly does the Saturday morning feature interview with Marian Finucane.
Wicklow and Longford are told that whoever wins their 2018 Leinster preliminary round match will have to face Dublin in Tullamore or Portlaoise in the next round. Wicklow and Longford people express anger in the media for several days. Representatives of Dublin GAA claim they have no problem going "on the road".
Mid-November: Controversy erupts over the International Rules tour as a squad member calls an indigenous Australian player a "black c***" in a warm up match.
Late November: A former player opines that "it is a disgrace that a provincial club final is being played at this time of the year".
Early December: Controversy arises after a fight between players at a provincial club final.
Mid-December: Martin Breheny has an exclusive feature article with a recent former inter-county manager who was forced out by his players.
Tomas "Mossy" Quinn talks about the launch of the new Dublin kit and how extensive market research led Dublin GAA to decide on a pre-Christmas launch, rather than the pre-championship launch that extensive market research led them to go for last time.
I detest the term gah
I detest the term "Gael".
Quote from: shark on September 24, 2017, 04:41:34 PM
Quote from: seafoid on September 24, 2017, 04:35:49 PM
Starts towards the end of September. Manifests in the form of boring sports pages and nothing worth talking about, short evenings, wet ground and grey skies. Sufferers may be forced to subsist on low nutrition substitutes such as autumn rugby internationals. The month of December is particularly difficult whether on or off the porter.
Patients may suffer delusions in the forms of FBD , O Byrne Cup,etc. By January they have been known to even tolerate Ger Canning . The only known cure is the National League.
Go watch a club match. TG4 will have 2 on every Sunday until early December
Eir Sport getting in on the club scene too, in Dublin, starting this Friday:
Live coverage will start from Parnell Park at 18:15 on Friday 29th September with the Dublin SFC Quarter-Finals; St Vincent's v St Sylvester's (18:45) and Castleknock v Kilmacud Crokes (20:15)
Eir have been showing club matches for a while now. They were showing action from Donegal at the weekend I think.
Some people think GAA begins and ends with county football and Sam Maguire Cup... thats how clubs got squeezed so badly into winter months
Quote from: longballin on September 25, 2017, 10:50:39 AM
Some people think GAA begins and ends with county football and Sam Maguire Cup...
MOST people do.
Quote from: Rossfan on September 25, 2017, 11:01:04 AM
Quote from: longballin on September 25, 2017, 10:50:39 AM
Some people think GAA begins and ends with county football and Sam Maguire Cup...
MOST people do.
well it doesn't. Club championship is much better
Quote from: Mayo4Sam14 on September 25, 2017, 08:20:33 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 24, 2017, 11:32:51 PM
I detest the term "Gael".
Why so?
It's a term with very creepy, almost Nazi-like undertones of imagined racial "purity".
And it tends to be used by humourless, joyless c***ts who despise not just anything British, but anything which doesn't conform to their idea of a racially "pure", "Gaelic" Ireland.
Quote from: longballin on September 25, 2017, 11:07:36 AM
Quote from: Rossfan on September 25, 2017, 11:01:04 AM
Quote from: longballin on September 25, 2017, 10:50:39 AM
Some people think GAA begins and ends with county football and Sam Maguire Cup...
MOST people do.
well it doesn't. Club championship is much better
+1
Following the county is great, but it doesn't compare to the camaraderie built up with the dark winter training and the trips to Armagh or Enniskillen on a freezing November afternoon.
Quote from: OgraAnDun on September 25, 2017, 12:00:55 PM
Quote from: longballin on September 25, 2017, 11:07:36 AM
Quote from: Rossfan on September 25, 2017, 11:01:04 AM
Quote from: longballin on September 25, 2017, 10:50:39 AM
Some people think GAA begins and ends with county football and Sam Maguire Cup...
MOST people do.
well it doesn't. Club championship is much better
+1
Following the county is great, but it doesn't compare to the camaraderie built up with the dark winter training and the trips to Armagh or Enniskillen on a freezing November afternoon.
Absolutely. Intercounty is only intended to be a representative competition. The icing on the cake. Club is the real deal.
Sadly those intentions have been corrupted by money and greed.
Quote from: OgraAnDun on September 25, 2017, 12:00:55 PM
Quote from: longballin on September 25, 2017, 11:07:36 AM
Quote from: Rossfan on September 25, 2017, 11:01:04 AM
Quote from: longballin on September 25, 2017, 10:50:39 AM
Some people think GAA begins and ends with county football and Sam Maguire Cup...
MOST people do.
well it doesn't. Club championship is much better
+1
Following the county is great, but it doesn't compare to the camaraderie built up with the dark winter training and the trips to Armagh or Enniskillen on a freezing November afternoon.
Following the club is great but they don't have a super team that can win honours every season.
Quote from: seafoid on September 25, 2017, 01:50:26 PM
Quote from: OgraAnDun on September 25, 2017, 12:00:55 PM
Quote from: longballin on September 25, 2017, 11:07:36 AM
Quote from: Rossfan on September 25, 2017, 11:01:04 AM
Quote from: longballin on September 25, 2017, 10:50:39 AM
Some people think GAA begins and ends with county football and Sam Maguire Cup...
MOST people do.
well it doesn't. Club championship is much better
+1
Following the county is great, but it doesn't compare to the camaraderie built up with the dark winter training and the trips to Armagh or Enniskillen on a freezing November afternoon.
Following the club is great but they don't have a super team that can win honours every season.
It depends where you live!
Quote from: seafoid on September 25, 2017, 01:50:26 PM
Quote from: OgraAnDun on September 25, 2017, 12:00:55 PM
Quote from: longballin on September 25, 2017, 11:07:36 AM
Quote from: Rossfan on September 25, 2017, 11:01:04 AM
Quote from: longballin on September 25, 2017, 10:50:39 AM
Some people think GAA begins and ends with county football and Sam Maguire Cup...
MOST people do.
well it doesn't. Club championship is much better
+1
Following the county is great, but it doesn't compare to the camaraderie built up with the dark winter training and the trips to Armagh or Enniskillen on a freezing November afternoon.
Following the club is great but they don't have a super team that can win honours every season.
Tell that to Corofin.
Quote from: sid waddell on September 25, 2017, 11:12:54 AM
Quote from: Mayo4Sam14 on September 25, 2017, 08:20:33 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 24, 2017, 11:32:51 PM
I detest the term "Gael".
Why so?
It's a term with very creepy, almost Nazi-like undertones of imagined racial "purity".
And it tends to be used by humourless, joyless c***ts who despise not just anything British, but anything which doesn't conform to their idea of a racially "pure", "Gaelic" Ireland.
I always felt uncomfortable with the term myself but you've summed up well why. There's an air of arrogance and assholery to most people that use it.
Quote from: MoChara on September 25, 2017, 03:32:43 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 25, 2017, 11:12:54 AM
Quote from: Mayo4Sam14 on September 25, 2017, 08:20:33 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 24, 2017, 11:32:51 PM
I detest the term "Gael".
Why so?
It's a term with very creepy, almost Nazi-like undertones of imagined racial "purity".
And it tends to be used by humourless, joyless c***ts who despise not just anything British, but anything which doesn't conform to their idea of a racially "pure", "Gaelic" Ireland.
I always felt uncomfortable with the term myself but you've summed up well why. There's an air of arrogance and assholery to most people that use it.
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