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This reminds me of the Eurovision where you get a few countries getting all the votes and a Sh1t load on Nil pointe (French Accent)!

I hope that this was not covered b4! I xpect Galway/Mayo/Tyrone/Dubs/Armagh to be near the top!

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Its 0-0 as away goals do not count in this competition. Spurs embarrassed, but what can you expect there is such a huge gap between the top 4 and the chasing bunch.

The same was said of Ferguson when he let go of Moran, Stapleton and McGrath on his arrival in old Trafford.......Seems that the Irish Media clung to this kinda Sh1t at the time!

I know not many have voted but Arsenal most have a higher %age!

Yeah, the infamous flat in Ballymahon! Won them a County title all the same, scoring nearly all their points in the final.

Surprised that there's no-one out there with B/burn allegances from the mid-90's?

Apologies Bod Mor, i can undrstand you annoyance, was just curious to see how things would pan out!

Apologies to clubs left out......I am not a Man u fan but expect them to get as many votes as all the rest of the clubs put together.

Lads, this PLEB CD does not talk for all the 'Soccer' Community. Most of the 'Soccer' people i know are delighted that Croke Park has been offered as a temporary(?) residence to play home games and are looking forward to returning to Landsdowne when it is completed. CD is in the journalistic silly season where the premiership is a two horse race and Rep Ireland do not have a game untill well into next year. For me CD was always one of those people who Jumped on the Bandwagon when Rep Ireland were doing well playing shite football under Charlton and the purists (who he called begrudgers) just looked on in agony. Look he is a Pleb who does not know what he is talking about and does not reflect the views of the vast majority.

Pleb = A nobody whose view really means nothing!

Looking at it from the point of view of usage. Are some of these venues a hindrance to the County boards. Most have if they are lucky one championship game a year and possibly 3 low key League Matches. Ok, so they have county finals, but the crowds at these in some counties can be overbeared by the size of the venue. The maintenance and upkeep are hard to weigh against such a turnover.

Realistically all codes of Rugby, Soccer and Gaelic Games are amateur. Ok you say soccer is professional but out of the 400K registered players in Ireland how many get paid? 300? hardly registers as a percentage of a percentage! Rugby is the same really! I have more than a Liking for both Soccer and Gaelic Football and am one of the (very) few involved in Both. I see as narrow minded anyone who trys to belittle the other (and as you know there are whores on both sides). Growing up Liam Brady and Jack O'Shea were my heros and to me both played football. I apologise if it was taken offensively as to me refering to players as fools for putting in the hard grind for nothing. As a volunteer and Club person this is the quip i hear everyday at my level. it is not what i think myself, but it is what the people outside the circle of running a club think. Anyone involved in running a club today will tell you how hard it is in the summer to get young lads age 16-20 to tog out for games because they all have jobs and need to keep up the payments on the souped up car. Lads not so long did not have this opportunity so the choice was easier! And as guys get older now the keeping up with the jones kicks in. Personally i think, the Gaa are presently reaching a saturation point with over use of players, McKenna Cup, Railway Cups, Compromise rules, Sigerson, u-21 Club and county, All-Ireland Club. It is just a pull on the same pool of players and if you are 20 and a decent player you are involved in 80% of these competitions. Also money is being pumped into venues that see very little use! McHale park in Castlebar is being revamped, but see only about 3-4 intercounty games a year. Time to take stock, reduce competitions. Go for quality rather than quantity. Have less intercounty and Club games in the summer and have both played in the summer, not November. If we are not going to pay our players have a limit on our abuse of them and let them grow old in the game!

Now Turfsmoke that is just stupid saying you can not get pride from professionals! I do understand where you are coming from. The Premiership is amass with overprofessionals and empty seats! Sadly in todays environment, the amateur ethos is seen by the educated(?) as being foolish. Gaelic football is for the young and care free anymore. No longer are there the Dinny Allens winning AI's at 38! You really are a seen as a fool today if you are 30 something and losing overtime for your own mortgage to finance the maintenance of Croke Park. Most of the inter-county players realise this and the GPA is the nearest (so far) the player can get so far to sorting it out. Todays Gaa player is part of a huge commercial wheel that sell Jerseys, Burgers, Beer, Newspapers (Local & National), Petrol, Corporate boxes, You name it! Playing for Pride is all well and good but along the way when you are standing in Croker and you look around you at a full house who have paid €65 a seat, you have to be thinking am i being taken for a complete ride!

My point is that Gaa has tried to alienate other sports (Codes) that they have felt threatened by over the years, the ban etc. The comparisons above show that Rugby and Soccer never undermine each other, but Gaa always have a go! The argument is choice, without choice we lose all quality in all games! I'm sure that Damien Duffs, Roy Keanes, Ronan O'Garas or Brain O'Driscoll would not be above average at either football or Hurling. The question is do you have more pride in our National games than in our Nations achievments in all sports. Don't get me wrong i love the Gaa and it is number 1, but i also take great pride in Irish achievements in other sports that can come at a worthy cost to GAA. So don't be afraid to take that cost!