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Fyi free kick comp is from the D not the 45, rule was changed. Well done Gweedore, scotstown will be annoyed they didn't get a better shot off in the last few mins.

Cassidy is some man to win ball, first to nearly every ball put in.

Definite red here.

100% another very good call.

Brilliant call by Mooney but why did he not make a proper hand pass, both hands were free. Could be so costly.

Ireland, Switzerland, Denmark, Georgia, Gibraltar

Now that was funny, drawn to group of death with Netherlands and Germany but dodge a bullet as 3 host can't be in same group. Then poor old north get into group of death!

[Yes people do want high fielding and man to man contests in my opinion.]

Read the first two paragraphs again. Think of football and tbink of hurling and why we are having exciting hurling and bite fests in football. Then like me you might think aidan is talking shite. Yes people do want high fielding and man to man contests in my opinion.

Of course we do! But them days are gone! And no amount of rules are going to make this happen unless we ban the hand pass completely!

Well we will have to see because the way it's going no one will turn up to watch the rubbish being played

Apparently a player was air lifted to hospital during a Mac Rory cup game today between Cavan and Carrickmacross, anyone hear of this?

Off the ball strike I was told, cavan player taken away to hospital. I hope it was not as cynical as it was reported to me.

Read the first two paragraphs again. Think of football and tbink of hurling and why we are having exciting hurling and bite fests in football. Then like me you might think aidan is talking shite. Yes people do want high fielding and man to man contests in my opinion.

Floodlit all weather pitches are needed in the West and midlands

To play club games and school games all year
Most clubs and counties cannot afford to put in those sort of facilities

Why all weather. If they were grass and done properly they wouldnt need to be Astro. Astro is not good for GAA in my opinion.

No cutting
Less maintenance
No mud

Play basketball then.

Where would your clubs nursery, U8s and U10s train during the winter months at the moment? Ours train in a floodlit community 3g pitch and we'd be snookered without.
How many games could these well maintained grass pitches you speak of host per day / week from Nov through to March ?
There's not a single club in the country wouldn't take a 3g floodlit setup with both hands to maintain training throughout the year

Well I beg to differ and I am deeply involved in coaching at my club

1- I do not believe in "all year round" nurseries. Kids and coaches need a break. We are predominately a summer sport. My club take this approach and when we come up against the ones go all year around (or at least try to, as most dont even succeed due to other sports with competitive games in winter kicking in) we do very well indeed. I say do less but do it well. You just sicken kids and parents going all year around.
2- An astro pitch, say 80m x 25m with lights and fence will cost around 100k, assuming you have the land to build on and no major ground works to do. Now it depends on the club but if my club had 100k to spend we would buy a neighbouring field and start to develop another grass pitch. If you have 2/3 grass pitches and someone looking after them and managing their use they are far superior to 3G.
3- If you really want Astro for winter work with your nurseries well there are tonnes of them out there. There are at least 5 withina 10 minute drive of our club and we are in the country side.
4- If you are thinking small kids in winter surely it is an indoor hall you are looking for now out door astro. Is it not cold and wet that would be the biggest turn off? Again, there are lots and lots of halls already built in the country.

So I think the notion that every GAA club would spend 100k on an Astro is not correct at all, it would be way down the list of things I would do.

Floodlit all weather pitches are needed in the West and midlands

To play club games and school games all year
Most clubs and counties cannot afford to put in those sort of facilities

Why all weather. If they were grass and done properly they wouldnt need to be Astro. Astro is not good for GAA in my opinion.

No cutting
Less maintenance
No mud

Play basketball then.

You can play 3 schools games in a day on a 3G pitch
Or colleges games or primary school blitzes.
In any weather
That is why they are useful

Instead of wasting money on Fenway classics and sending Gaelic footballs out to africa we need to invest in facilities for the grassroots.

have you any evidence to back up how many of the above games are being cancelled/not played due to lack of Astro pitches. Not that many I am guessing. They are terrible for injuries in GAA and I think it is bad news having kids playing on them. Invest on properly professionally fiited grass pitches with proper drainage is likely more cost effective and better for injuries.

Floodlit all weather pitches are needed in the West and midlands

To play club games and school games all year
Most clubs and counties cannot afford to put in those sort of facilities

Why all weather. If they were grass and done properly they wouldnt need to be Astro. Astro is not good for GAA in my opinion.

No cutting
Less maintenance
No mud

Play basketball then.

Floodlit all weather pitches are needed in the West and midlands

To play club games and school games all year
Most clubs and counties cannot afford to put in those sort of facilities

Why all weather. If they were grass and done properly they wouldnt need to be Astro. Astro is not good for GAA in my opinion.

130 odd wooden spoons? Is that possible? Doesn't that mean you lose every game?

Everyone in cavan wondering when our new manager is coming. Not ideal he's doing so well.