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#21

GAA Discussion / Re: Seconds teams

Last post by ranch - May 20, 2024, 11:13:13 PM

By all means have them playing league football. There should be a proper reserve championship to accommodate them however. As much as the CE lads would have enjoyed winning a junior championship last year, there was hardly a celebration out of them after they beat Ballyhegan.

As for this year, St Peter's seconds are doing well, only lost one game to league favourites Corrinshego early in the season. Come championship you'd imagine that Forkhill and Middletown would be the favourites if they're at full strength.

That St Peters team will be hard stopped. Yeah probably a tiered league competition for seconds and reserve teams would be best. 

Yeah they'll be one of the favourites along with Forkhill, Middletown and Ballyhegan. Corrinshego have beaten them already this year and were semi finalists last year so they'll be up there you'd imagine. Playing in the lower division won't benefit  Corrinshego and St. Peters though.

On your second point, I'm all for seconds teams competing in the league system, if anything I'd be encouraging more clubs to do it. But we need to have a properly organised reserve championship that is running at the same time as the other championships  for them to take part in.

I get the points on seconds playing in the lower championships being unfair on other clubs, but if it's graded and policed properly then the lads on those seconds, that's their level and being associated to a senior club without a huge opportunity of getting on the senior squad then they are being denied an opportunity to win a recognised all county trophy.

You end up in a situation where you have seconds teams winning a junior championship but they can't go on to play in the provincial series - surely that opportunity is also being denied to them in that case.
The key point you make is that it needs to be policed properly - a good idea in theory but the reality is much different. A reserve championship that's played at the same time as the other championships would be my preference. I'd also remove the link between leagues and championships and encourage clubs to enter reserve teams in the league system if they have the numbers to do so.

#22

GAA Discussion / Re: Minor All Ireland Footbal...

Last post by manfromdelmonte - May 20, 2024, 11:00:31 PM

Considering the resources in both counties that is a great victory for Longford

#23

General discussion / Re: TV Show recommendations

Last post by Milltown Row2 - May 20, 2024, 10:50:54 PM

Watched Power on Netflix

Bit disappointed to be honest, it's a subject that could have done better.

#24

General discussion / Re: TV Show recommendations

Last post by Snapchap - May 20, 2024, 10:38:42 PM

Anybody seen Snowfall?

Great show

So I'm hearing. Never heard of it until this week but the reviews I've seen since all seem to be fairly unanimously positive.

#25

GAA Discussion / Re: Minor All Ireland Footbal...

Last post by Gael85 - May 20, 2024, 10:24:08 PM

Me nerves

Enjoy the celebrations lad. Nice speech by Longford captain.

#26

Antrim / Re: Antrim Football Thread

Last post by Milltown Row2 - May 20, 2024, 10:03:51 PM

Bit of housekeeping today.

👍

#27

GAA Discussion / Re: Minor All Ireland Footbal...

Last post by armaghniac - May 20, 2024, 09:59:01 PM

It's great, isn't it?

We've got the power and the glory
We're going to take it from here

#28

GAA Discussion / Re: Minor All Ireland Footbal...

Last post by imtommygunn - May 20, 2024, 09:56:57 PM

Well done Longford. Delighted to see that.

#29

General discussion / Re: TV Show recommendations

Last post by HiMucker - May 20, 2024, 09:56:38 PM

Anybody seen Snowfall?

Great show

#30

Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and H...

Last post by Truthsayer - May 20, 2024, 09:56:10 PM

I see there a Ronan Strain being doing a bit of scoring for Drumquin in the first few rounds of Division 3. Is that the fella that played underage for Tyrone? I thought he was an Omagh man?

Yeah that's him, transferred to drumquin at the beginning of the year I believe. Not sure why?

Isn't he a son of Laurence Strain who would have been originally Drumquin back in the day.

Larry was Dregish? He was a tight boy.

Larry is the Granda of Ronan is he not. The father of Ronan is Laurence who played for Drumquin and a good footballer he was too.

Played county at all levels and for UUJ in sigerson as well

Right enough! Laurence who managed Omagh ure on bout! Im with you!,