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#1
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 25, 2024, 03:19:16 PM
Not that it'll make a difference but 3 minutes added to round off an utter clown of a referee performance once more. The penalty situation took 3 minutes alone
#2
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 25, 2024, 03:03:56 PM
Rodgers should've seen a second black for the dive
#3
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 25, 2024, 02:55:40 PM
Two absolutely facical black card decisions and a pen against Galway to fully turn around the soft black against Derry in the first half. Another ref out of his depth
#4
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 25, 2024, 12:11:39 PM
Quote from: tbrick18 on February 25, 2024, 12:26:19 AM
Quote from: Manning18 on February 25, 2024, 12:21:02 AMDon't like complaining about refs and a neutral in this one but how does Brendan Cawley keep getting games? Every time I watch him ref a game it's farcical and tonight was no different. Is there no judging panel?

Some absolutely bizarre decisions throughout, for both sides although Tyrone got the worst of it

I was at the game a d whilst I agree he was poor, I thought in the 2nd half in particular he was very good to tyrone.
Should have sent off Conn Kilpatrick near the end for attempting to strike, I stead he got away with a yellow. Numerous bad decisions on both sides but I think tyrone got the better of it.

Thought the black card and penalty was wrong and was such a big moment but yeah Tyrone got a couple of handy frees in the second half and that Conn moment was a definite sending off.

I actually thought the most bizarre part was his timekeeping. O'Donnell was down injured for 5 1/2 mins. They played 7 mins more after he went off, 1 of which was also a stoppage. And the second half was very stop start, so there should've been 5 or 6 more added even before the long injury
#5
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 25, 2024, 12:21:02 AM
Don't like complaining about refs and a neutral in this one but how does Brendan Cawley keep getting games? Every time I watch him ref a game it's farcical and tonight was no different. Is there no judging panel?

Some absolutely bizarre decisions throughout, for both sides although Tyrone got the worst of it
#6
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 23, 2024, 07:29:24 PM
Quote from: armaghniac on February 23, 2024, 04:33:10 PM
Quote from: Manning18 on February 23, 2024, 01:50:58 PMYep, I don't mean it'll suit either team, ive seen Galway fail to get to grips with a wind countless times. I just mean it puts a randomness factor into the game which could help the underdog.

If this was played on a dry calm day id see Derry winning by 6-10 points. That's the reality of where the two teams are at at this stage of the year and injury situations

The forecast is for a NW wind, rather than one coming off the sea and showers

Right cranky chippy system coming down from the north west alright. Caution advised
#7
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 23, 2024, 01:50:58 PM
Quote from: 93-DY-SAM on February 23, 2024, 09:54:01 AM
Quote from: Manning18 on February 22, 2024, 11:25:11 PM
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on February 22, 2024, 05:13:25 PMAway to Galway this weekend but can't see a win, our record against Galway is terrible, even when they had a bad team.Derry focus on winning their last 2 home games. Dublin may be tough if they need the points.

With Tierney and Conroy now out there's a fair argument to say that Galway's 7 most important players all won't be starting. 6 out injured for god knows how long and 1 (Kelly) will be on the bench. Ive never really known a situation like it

I wouldn't give them a prayer v Derry this weekend. Boyles went up 4/6 Derry which was an uber c**k up. Now 2/5 which is a little more correct but still a couple of notches too big. The only levelling factor I could envisage is a huge wind in salthill (not uncommon) and Derry not getting to grips with it

Plenty of strong winds up around Owenbeg and Celtic Park  :D

It's a factor yes but I don't think it is any big one. It's the same for both teams at the end of the day and Derry can easily adapt to playing against a wind with their strong running game.

Yep, I don't mean it'll suit either team, ive seen Galway fail to get to grips with a wind countless times. I just mean it puts a randomness factor into the game which could help the underdog.

If this was played on a dry calm day id see Derry winning by 6-10 points. That's the reality of where the two teams are at at this stage of the year and injury situations
#8
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 22, 2024, 11:25:11 PM
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on February 22, 2024, 05:13:25 PMAway to Galway this weekend but can't see a win, our record against Galway is terrible, even when they had a bad team.Derry focus on winning their last 2 home games. Dublin may be tough if they need the points.

With Tierney and Conroy now out there's a fair argument to say that Galway's 7 most important players all won't be starting. 6 out injured for god knows how long and 1 (Kelly) will be on the bench. Ive never really known a situation like it

I wouldn't give them a prayer v Derry this weekend. Boyles went up 4/6 Derry which was an uber c**k up. Now 2/5 which is a little more correct but still a couple of notches too big. The only levelling factor I could envisage is a huge wind in salthill (not uncommon) and Derry not getting to grips with it
#9
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 18, 2024, 08:13:00 PM
Quote from: Lamh Dhearg Alba on February 18, 2024, 07:51:32 PM
Quote from: Manning18 on February 18, 2024, 06:21:08 PM
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on February 18, 2024, 05:45:40 PMDublin were actually still probably the best team that year, but Mayo caught them on the hop, after years of been beat by them,then couldn't produce the same display after.



It's Kerry that should've won that all Ireland on the bridle. They left about 2-6 worth of easy scores behind against Tyrone and conceded 3 goals in an extra time loss

Nonsense. Tyrone were down to 14 for 20 minutes and visibly tired in the second half of extra time, allowing Kerry to get back within a point. People have an awful habit of overrating Kerry teams because of the name. It was a decent Kerry team but not a great one. The better team won that day.

Ultimately Tyrone had been knocking at the door for a few years but Dublin were well ahead and we were also hamstrung by an overly cautious approach. In 2021 they had a license to open up more, the Dubs had gone back a few levels, Mayo weren't the team who had pushed them so close, and Kerry were overrated. Tyrone were the best team.

In truth there was more in that team. McShane wasn't fully fit, Darragh was still very young and we hadn't quite worked out how best to employ McKenna. There were more gears. But they rightfully celebrated an unexpected AI and between that and sated ambitions, then injuries, retirals (and McKenna heading off), they never again got back on course before the team started to break up. And there's no crime in that.

I'm don't mean to diminish Tyrone, in the wider context of this discussion I actually think they were decent winners. McShane not starting and Tiernan McCann not even getting on the pitch are signs of a very strong squad overall. Morgan had a season of seasons, the midfield pair were excellent and their scoring efficiency in semi and final that year was superb

I don't think it changes the feeling though that Kerry completely threw it away that year. Simple goals not worked, extremely simple fisted points going wide, missing frees. All the while conceding very soft goals and the game was still a draw in normal time after all that. And the best player in the land couldn't play in ET remember

I don't think Kerry will mind all that much though in hindsight. Would they have brought in O'Connor and  Tally and set up the Tadgh Morley sweeper system that allowed them to win the following year had they got over the line in 21? Probably not
#10
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 18, 2024, 06:21:08 PM
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on February 18, 2024, 05:45:40 PMDublin were actually still probably the best team that year, but Mayo caught them on the hop, after years of been beat by them,then couldn't produce the same display after.

That game was so odd. After a decade of some very good displays against Dublin and mostly losing narrowly, that was probably their worst display yet it was good enough to get over the line. That was a terrible semi final of very low quality, not helped by some poor conditions. Dublin were a beaten docket that year waiting to be put out of their misery, as was hinted at in Leinster

It's Kerry that should've won that all Ireland on the bridle. They left about 2-6 worth of easy scores behind against Tyrone and conceded 3 goals in an extra time loss
#11
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 05, 2024, 11:25:56 AM
Quote from: yellowcard on February 05, 2024, 09:51:41 AMGalway are probably the side who are under achieving the most. They probably have the best set of forwards in Ireland yet managed a paltry 9 points against Roscommon. They are epitomised by Shane Walsh who always looks like a great player but yet far too seldom delivers what his ability suggests that he is capable of.


The same Walsh that wasn't playing yesterday?

It's getting a bit ridiculous the slack he takes. He's had one bad season since 2017. There were multiple times over covid he was sensational but Galway were disjointed and got knocked out. Narrative then follows that they can't get the best out of this 'maverick', one that has still somehow has man of the match awards coming out of his ears over the years

Yesterday was a poor game in terrible conditions. Galway will be disappointed they didn't win given the flow of the game but on paper Roscommon were decent favourites going in. Galway are without their 4 most important players by any objective standard and 3 other starters, a situation that won't improve short term. Survival will be a serious achievement at this point

#12
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
January 20, 2024, 07:00:30 AM
Quote from: larryin89 on January 15, 2024, 08:54:40 AMFor a local piss stained bar stool merchant ,you seem to concern yourself with my comments a lot . Not very nice to throw out personal insults like that now tbh . Mrs  larryin had to console me after i read your reply and my mary is going to give you an earful if she finds you in salthil sunday week .

Ah Lar. When you've set down the tin foil hat for a sec you must surely realise that repeated unprompted pops at your richer, better looking and more storied neighbour is going to elicit the odd response in return?

Btw, "Kiss my mayo hole" might be satisfying to blurt out in the immediate term but is a little more of a self-own than you realise. You don't tend to hear "kiss my Somalian hole" or "kiss my Iraqi hole". Il leave that one for you to ponder
#13
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
January 14, 2024, 07:44:47 PM
Quote from: larryin89 on January 14, 2024, 11:17:02 AM'At christmas 1951 Galway and Mayo had three all irelands "

Id actually dispute that and the farcical championship of 1925 . Mayo were declared all ireland champions after beating wexford in semi final with cavan and kerry been turfed out for fielding illegal players at the time in the other semi final . Galway subsequently played Mayo in a cònnacht final in 1926 and won  as there was no conncaht championship played in 25 for reasons i am unaware of , Mayo were nominated to represent connacht that year and rightfully won the all Ireland , how anyone can strip Mayo of the 1925 all ireland when they were the only county to compete within the rules of said year and won their all ireland series match , were declared champions at the time . Absolute skullduggery of the highest order to strip Mayo of that all ireland victory .

This is where the riding of Mayo started and i say this with a straight face ,we were also robbed of the chancce of a replay in  1948 all Ireland , when the worst decision ever made in a final was made , Mayo were awarded a free kick on the 14 to tap over the bar but bizzarely the referee blew for full time not allowing the kick to be taken even though he awarded the free and cavan take sam  . This treatment by HQ has continued right into the modern era ,one day the truth will be known on cormac reillys cheating in limerick in 2014 , a venue our CB should of refused to travel to in the first place .


To address mr Manning and his disingenuous sniping about bulmers and boot cut jeans , kiss my mayo hole , we beat ye again when it counted sin e . Maybe you will get the upper hand this year , tbh i think we are a year or two away yet from reaching that elite group of competing at the latter stages but the pressure on PJ must be huge with the lolly alone thats been thrown at Galway football .



Ah amazing 😂

Larry, your local piss stained bar stool merchant has uncovered a conspiracy at the top of the GAA.

Mayo, a county famous for leaving everyone else alone and never once stealing a bit of land has been absolutely SHAFTED since 1925. Who can forget that disgraceful referee performance in 1948? Il never forget it. Mayo hadn't a TV in the county until 1984 yet it's still picture clear in everyone's minds

How dare Kerry win a game in 2014 by a full 3 points, in a venue James Horan himself proposed more than once

The conspiracy started in 1924 when Patrick Breen of Wexford took the presidency of the GAA. How many All Ireland's have Wexford? 4

Who's been trying to catch Wexford's All Ireland total for the last 150 years? MAYO (3).

Sin E
#14
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
January 13, 2024, 12:12:46 AM
Quote from: From the Bunker on January 12, 2024, 11:35:59 PM
Quote from: SouthOfThe Bann on January 12, 2024, 09:26:56 PMMayo get on their high horse very quick but let's not forget Galway are operating off half a county.

A near 50 50 split between hurling and football and a strong rugby and soccer presence

Meanwhile Mayo have football only to concentrate on and getting the turf home by mid July.

Galway's population is 277,737.
Mayo's Population is 137,970.

So going on about advantages starts primarily there.



There's more registered footballers in Mayo by a decent distance so that puts the population nonsense on its arse from the beginning.

There's technically the same amount of football clubs but a good portion of those token tag-ons to hurling clubs.

Sure don't half of Mayo people live in Galway in anycase?

Despite this the respective Gaelic football history of each county is fairly stark in its difference
#15
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
January 12, 2024, 08:31:37 PM
Quote from: larryin89 on January 12, 2024, 03:44:05 PM
Quote from: tbrick18 on January 09, 2024, 05:34:43 PMA lot will depend on the approach Kerry take to the league or what players available.
I think last year the cliffords and Sean O'Shea were missing in the early parts of the league.
Tyrone even beat them!  ;)

For Derry, if we can retain Div1 status that will be a win.
We'll need some early wins as teams will get stronger as the league goes on (but then everyone will be targeting early wins so there's nothing insightful there).

For what it's worth, I'd currently rate the teams in this order but you can never rule Tyrone/Monaghan out and Derry could also really struggle with tough games early in the year, though hopefully not:

1. Kerry
2. Dublin
3. Galway
4. Derry
5. Mayo
6. Roscommon
7. Tyrone
8. Monaghan



Poor aul Mayo , even when we go to their backyard and knock them out of the championship , beat them in a league final in croke park and were still considered inferior to the aristocrats/fancy dans

Getting humiliated by about 35 points by Dublin a week later probably knocked ye back down a bit.

But sure if you're that confident that yer better than a non injury ridden Galway side then there's 7/4 available on Mayo winning Connacht Larry. You could keep yourself in cans of Bulmers for the summer, maybe even a fresh pair of bootcut denim

You'll be outsiders in Salthill in 3 weeks also. Maybe a chance to top up the Nokia for a few months there $€£