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#1
General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread
March 09, 2024, 10:38:48 PM
Quote from: Champion The Wonder Horse on March 09, 2024, 08:59:41 PMBetter team won, but why gift possession back to England with 90 seconds left?
My thoughts were the same at the time.
Ireland usually keep the ball much better than they did today. Albeit they are not usually dominated physically to the extent they were today either.
But it was asking for trouble giving possession back to England given how physically dominant they were - conceding a penalty was always a big possibility and it came to pass.
England were the better side on the day
#2
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
March 05, 2024, 08:41:33 AM
Quote from: seafoid on March 05, 2024, 08:08:47 AM
Quote from: Whishtup on March 04, 2024, 01:38:12 PMI made my way down to Kerry from Clare yesterday with my 8 year old daughter for what was a mostly enjoyable day. Nice weather, the Kerry scenery beautiful as always. The game wasn't too bad either bar the Tyrone wides and ref a little whistle happy at times for both teams. Doesn't feel like a bad defeat for Tyrone. A few defensive tweaks in the second half and we were back in it but it was too little, too late. During melee, I was disappointed to hear"shower of kna**ers, always were, always will be"from the row behind me. Middle aged, well dressed man from Kerry with small kids. Not nice to hear and disappointing for all within earshot, Kerry and Tyrone fans alike. I know there's always one but it felt very personal. Could do without it.
That sounds very unpleasant. It was definitely not about Tyrone people. Kerry football is not in great shape. In the last 20 years Kerry have been unable to beat first Tyrone and now Dublin. Kerry have lost 5 all Irelands to these 2 teams AFAIK. The roll of honour is now under threat. Kerry fans are used to winning and those days are over, at least for now.
They were reigning All Ireland champions this time last year.
Kerry will never be far away
#3
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 25, 2024, 06:48:56 PM
We got the result that we expected to get in Pearse Stadium.
We are really struggling at the moment.
I was up in Owenbeg two years ago when we beat Derry comfortably.
Only 5 starters that day started today.
You just can't see where the scores are going to come from at the moment.
We're missing loads of players but even when we get them back (if we do) they will have been out for so long will it be too late for us to get some cohesion going - that's the question.
Being able to start a game with Silke, Kelly, Conroy, Tierney, Walsh, Comer, McDaid should transform a team in theory - it's half a team right there.
Somehow though I just feel as if it won't this year for some reason.
I think we'll bow out without firing a shot. Can't put a finger on it
#4
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 22, 2024, 06:54:05 PM
Quote from: seafoid on February 22, 2024, 05:12:32 PM
Quote from: imtommygunn on February 22, 2024, 05:07:01 PM
Quote from: seafoid on February 22, 2024, 04:57:57 PMMayo 2023 are another warning sign for Derry.So are Galway 2023.  Journalists will always focus on the now and both teams got loads of attention in the run up to May, just like Derry now , but neither county was there at the business end.  Both counties have learnt their lesson .
Fans love winning but the All Ireland now is about pace, patience and avoiding injuries. Nobody was talking about Dublin this time last year.

What lesson have Galway learned? How have they shown to have learned from it?
They have been trying out other players in order to broaden the panel.The stars have not played in the first 3 matches.They aren't interested in the league final. I think that is significant. the all Ireland now starts in January.  It's more like the EPL now. Arsenal had basically the same team last season and they were gassed  with a month or so to go.
Let's be clear about this - the "stars" as you call them haven't played because they have been injured. Comer, McDaid and Silke have all been unavailable through injury for every game so far. Kelly was unavailable until last weekend and they are easing him back.
Shane played the first league game and hasn't played since purely because he is injured.
Not playing them is not part of some master plan it's circumstance.
They'd be trying out one or two anyway for sure but that's about it
#5
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 18, 2024, 03:54:38 PM
Quote from: GaillimhIarthair on February 18, 2024, 03:25:17 PMA hard watch but an important win in terms of trying to stay in Div 1. 
Some terrible turnovers late on that could have been very costly but got away with them.  A poor enough day from placed balls also.  Great to have Kelly back but more of the frontline lads will be required in the next few weeks.
Absolutely there are a few lads not up to this level (in my opinion) getting game time at the moment.
If we can get everyone fit we'll be a different animal.
Sean Kelly, Liam Silke, Cillian McDaid, Shane Walsh, Damien Comer.
Daniel O Flaherty had a huge impact today when he came on. He has wheels
#6
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 18, 2024, 02:32:42 PM
Quote from: Onthe40 on February 18, 2024, 02:26:15 PMThat Galway forward line is seriously poor.. Tyrone well in control without even doing much
The Galway forward line is always poor when Comer doesn't play.
It's ridiculous how reliant we are on him.
Nobody wanted to shoot in that first half other than Finnerty.
Loads of defenders carrying the ball side to side but that lateral play is meat and drink to county defences.
Fitzgerald, Mulkerrin carrying lots of ball but they're not a scoring threat and opposition teams know that so they can stand off them and worry about marking other players.
And then we bring on Cein D'Arcy yet again as a wing forward when he can't get up and down the pitch.
Frustrating
#7
General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread
February 11, 2024, 09:30:36 PM
Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 11, 2024, 05:38:35 PMHow bad are England at the moment when they only beat that Italy side by 3 points and conceded 24 against them?
They're still the type of dogged forward oriented team that can make life very difficult for Ireland at Twickenham - their performance against South Africa in the World Cup semi final showed what they could be capable of on a given day. They don't have the quality to sustain it over a full series of games but very much they are the one team capable of one huge performance.
Can't see Wales or Scotland troubling Ireland at home so Twickers is the big one
#8
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
January 28, 2024, 04:55:45 PM
Quote from: GalwayBayBoy on January 28, 2024, 03:52:55 PMNow in mitigation Galway are down a lot of good players at the moment and given the teams selected I expected Mayo to win that game. However I have absolutely zero idea what the Galway management were trying to achieve there today.

Comer out before the game so they replace him with Niall Daly, a midfielder, and tell him to play up front. Through no fault of his own he doesn't play well up there so they sub him off again after 20 minutes. They have another midfielder, Cein Darcy, playing at wing forward marking one of the fastest wing-backs in the country in McLaughlin. To nobody's surprise he can't run with him but they leave him there anyway. Dylan McHugh a natural half back is playing in midfield and Sean Mulkerrin is playing at wing-back where I don't think I've ever seen him play. Cathal Sweeney a wing-back continues to be picked at corner-forward. Tierney came off the bench despite not being fully fit either and barely touched the ball. They just looked a disorganised mess. And I don't think they'll be getting any of the injured players back soon bar maybe Comer.

About the only bright spots is that the young lads O'Conghaile and O'Curraoin look like they are well able to kick scores when they get some service.  But they probably won't be picked anyway as they'll want someone who can run around the the half back line instead.
Yeah I couldn't believe it when I saw Daly in at 14. Why? Because he's tall?
Just a plain daft decision.
Cein D'arcy has had loads of chances. His problem is he doesn't have the athleticism for the middle third at this level. He'll get run into the ground. That was clear the last time he was in the panel.
It's very early days and we have players to come back but it doesn't bode well for the summer
#9
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
January 28, 2024, 02:18:00 PM
Quote from: SouthOfThe Bann on January 28, 2024, 02:11:21 PMIs it just me or have Galway been absolutely abysmal in this game.

Couple of great long range scores the only positive.
You're spot on.
Going to get a hiding in the second half. When we are not at full strength we're not at the races.
Don't have huge depth.
#10
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
January 28, 2024, 02:10:45 PM
Pathetic first half from us with a gale behind us.
My fullback line fear pre game has come to pass. D'arcy getting another chance today after a few years out and caught badly for the goal.
Eoghan Kelly too slow for the corner.
Sean Mulkerrin looks off the pace.
Shane looks disinterested.
Just a disaster all over the pitch.
When Comer does not play - Galway do not play. Simple as that
#11
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
January 23, 2024, 03:50:56 PM
Quote from: seafoid on January 23, 2024, 03:05:30 PM
Quote from: Maroon Manc on January 23, 2024, 02:17:33 PMDoesn't sound like Galway have a clean bill of health either with Silke & McDaid out with broken feet and Sean Kelly still out too. Plenty of rumours about Glynn & Tierney too but we'll know come the weekend and neither Hernon or Cooke will be around this year either.


O Maolchiarain was the FB before Kelly.- has he recovered from his injury yet?
He played in the club championship this year anyway, though I didn't see any of Oileáin Arann's games.
To be fair he is totally unproven at this level. Both of the seasons he played were straight knockout due to CovId, so he hasn't played much county senior football at all.
#12
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
January 16, 2024, 08:16:36 AM
Quote from: From the Bunker on January 14, 2024, 09:42:35 PMI used to care about stuff like this until i had children. The only AI that matters is the next one. The rest are in the past and their glories are there too. Nice to look back at, but living off past glories is dangerous.


I hear ya. Having kids definitely puts a different perspective on things.
Can't feck off every single weekend to a multitude of club and county football matches anymore either now.
Have to pick and choose a bit :-)
#13
General discussion / Re: Holidays
January 07, 2024, 12:40:17 AM
Quote from: An Watcher on January 06, 2024, 08:49:03 AMSo we hired a car in France in the Summer.  Got a lovely letter yesterday from Goldcar to say we had incurred a penalty somewhere and would be receiving a fine in a couple of weeks.  Due to the fact that goldcar supplied our details to the authorities they charged us a €50 admin fee which automatically came out of my account.  How nice of them.  With my limited French I think it was for doing 56kmph in a 50kmph zone.  I await the fine.  Anyone any similar experiences of this?
I received two separate speeding fines from France during the summer as well. Pretty sure nothing would come of it if you didn't pay.
I was mulling over what to do - but decided to pay in the end.
#14
GAA Discussion / Re: TG4 - Club Championships Coverage
December 10, 2023, 04:05:00 PM
Some equaliser at the death
#15
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on November 27, 2023, 07:31:40 PMA drink ban is pointless. I never drinked during fball seaason, I seen guys on or off drink and still could play the same. There no harm in a odd drink. Binge drinking another matter!
Absolute waste of time. You can't stop young lads from having a few beers from time to time and nor should you try to.
Now clearly lads should not be on the piss a few days before a championship game - that goes without saying - but that's very different to having a blanket drink ban.