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This is the 'tactical fouling' video the FRC used at Congress.
Would anyone seriously suggest that cracking down on this stuff somehow makes the game less manly?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBhikkHoNcg&sns=tw

[Men's Football Club allocated over €40,000 for coaching expenses]

http://thecollegeview.com/2013/03/06/mens-football-club-allocated-over-e40000-for-coaching-expenses/

Men's Football Club allocated over €40,000 for coaching expenses

Three members of the DCU Sigerson Cup management team were allocated funding by the Club Life Committee, the College View has learned.

The CLC funding policy states that they will cover only two coaches per team, henceforth the Men's Football Club are in breach of this.

Figures show that the club was allocated €40,433.60 for coaching expenses, amounting to 88% of their CLC grant allocation.

The Sigerson Cup management team of Niall Moyna, Tony Diamond and Mick Bohan all received funding for their roles with the defeated semi-finalists.

A magnificent player who is regularly overlooked when people are compiling their best player lists.
A 2 time all star, the Kevin O'Brien of his era.
Imagine if Tipperary had him available now?

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=182180

Half-time now.
Dr Crokes 0-11, Castlehaven 0-4.
Crokes look a very tidy outfit.
Not up against much though.
Castlehaven offer very little going forward.

Mayos to lose on todays evidence.
Discuss.

Michael Dara MacAuley missed the game yesterday because he fell off his bike during the week.
He also missed a game last year because he nearly choked to death on a bit of chicken.
Any other famously daft reasons for players missing a championship game?
Like the two Waterford hurlers there recently that burned their feet during cryotherapy and are out for two months as a result.

[ATTENTION RTE!]

Having heard a lot about the big marketing push that was going to happen this year I must say the latest ad on RTE is terribly lifeless and  insipid.
A load of junior c footballers running around in front of a smoke machine while Ger Canning and Marty Morrissey do their 'thing' in the background.

ATTENTION RTE!
You used to do this stuff pretty well.
Just run these 3 ads every year and I'll be happy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJjX_N8WT0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQbJNiYz50M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO6GoXUQT7Y&feature=relmfu

p.s. Does anyone else think it a bit weird that the first time RTE ran ads for the Allianz leagues was the week before the hurling FINAL i.e. when the leagues were over?
Bizarre.

I saw a man booked today without having made any contact whatsoever with the player he was supposed to have fouled.
Tellingly, the general reaction of the crowd around me was to sigh and roll their eyes as if to say "Sure this is the way the game has gone".
Defenders are picking up yellow cards for nothing in the first 15 minutes which severely impacts on their ability to do their job for the rest of the game as one false move and they're gone.
Once a player from either side has been dismissed in this fashion the rest of the players then have free reign to half kill each other for the remainder of the game as the ref bizarrely doesn't want to be seen as having lost control.
It's obvious that the refs are acting under instructions but it's really sucking the life out of games at this stage.
I was watching the first Meath-Kildare replay in '97 the other night.
Men going hell for leather for every ball, no one giving an inch and 100% commitment from every player on either side, safe in the knowledge that you weren't going to get a soft yellow card.
Is it possible to get that back or has the game now moved beyond that point?

Another story that portrays the GAA in a negative light on Primetime this evening.
It's either no coverage or negative coverage the last couple of months.
Are they going out of their way to put the boot in?

'Louth had a record breaking 6-35 to 0-2 win over Kilkenny in Ballyragget. The Cats had no substitutes as 11 of their players didn't turn up on the night.'

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=163026

What is to be done with them?
Fair enough they're not that interested but there's a difference between apathy and going out of your way to be absolutely useless at a game.
Was it ever any different?

in conjunction with a few high-profile twitter devotees.
Does this represent the harsh reality as far as you and the GAA members you know are concerned?
I think it's all a bit daft to be honest.
Typical silly season stuff.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/momentum-towards-professionalism-looks-irresistible-3031834.html

bestrides Croke Park like a colossus.
What's the mandarin for "Put up that flag!" 

http://www.thejournal.ie/the-daily-fix-sunday-44-360079-Feb2012/

I'm sure Westmeath people are delighted to have him back.
Serious player (if a bit hot-headed).
This is another cautionary tale for young lads that think paradise awaits in the AFL.
As Joni always said, "You don't know what you've got till it's gone."

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/home-is-where-the-heart-is-for-talented-heslin-3024266.html

This is the big one folks.
Should be a massive crowd in Navan.
I love the night-time games myself.
Kildares powers seem to be waning as the curse of Seanie takes hold.
Either that or its an elaborate ruse to lull us into a false sense of security (the sly dogs).
Either way, they'll be well up for this game and as the 4th best team in the country should win handily.
I just hope all the Meath players born and reared in Meath and proud to wear their county jersey, give a good account of themselves
And no, this shouldn't be in the division 2 thread.

Listening to Eugene McGee there on Newstalk.
I think I aged 5 years in the space of 5 minutes.
He's the most dour man on planet earth plus he doesn't know the names of half the players out there.
He was going on about Jim McGuinness having to retire at the age of 30 when he meant Kevin Cassidy.
Then he goes, "Not him... d'other fella."
He was talking about Tipperarys 'PE man' (Dr Cian O'Neill) that left for Mayo as well.
God almighty we are very poorly served by the people that are paid to cover our games.

Miriam will be getting stuck into the Jee-Aye-Aye on Thursday.
Payments to managers and the rising number of violent clipboard related incidents are up for discussion.

Just watched it there.
Has potential even though it was just a round-up of the previous season.
Might be the badly needed replacement for Breaking Ball.

[ROUND 1]

ROUND 1
Saturday February 4th

5 00 PM Kildare vs.Tyrone Páirc an Chrócaigh

7 00 PM Meath vs. Monaghan Páirc Tailteann

Sunday February 5th

2 30 PM Derry vs. Galway Celtic Park 

2 30 PM Louth vs. Westmeath Haggardstown


ROUND 2
Sunday February 12th

2 30 PM Westmeath vs. Meath Cusack Park, Mullingar

2 30 PM Monaghan vs. Kildare Clones 

2 30 PM Tyrone vs. Derry Healy Park, Omagh

2 30 PM Galway vs. Louth Pearse Stadium

ROUND 3
Saturday March 3rd

7 00 PM Derry vs. Monaghan Celtic Park

7 00 PM Meath vs. Kildare Páirc Tailteann 

Sunday March 4th

2 30 PM Westmeath vs. Galway Cusack Park, Mullingar

2 30 PM Louth vs. Tyrone Drogheda

ROUND 4
Saturday March 10th

7 00 PM Tyrone vs. Westmeath Healy Park, Omagh 

Sunday March 11th, 2012

2 30 PM Monaghan vs. Louth Clones

2 30 PM Galway vs. Meath Pearse Stadium

2 30 PM Kildare vs. Derry Newbridge
 
ROUND 5
Sunday March 18th, 2012

2 30 PM Westmeath vs. Monaghan Cusack Park, Mullingar

2 30 PM Meath vs. Derry Páirc Tailteann

2 30 PM Louth vs. Kildare Drogheda

2 30 PM Galway vs. Tyrone Tuam Stadium

ROUND 6
Saturday March 24th

7 00 PM Tyrone vs. Meath Healy Park, Omagh

Sunday March 25th

2 30 PM Derry vs. Louth Celtic Park
 
2 30 PM Monaghan vs. Galway Inniskeen

2 30 PM Kildare vs. Westmeath Newbridge

ROUND 7
Sunday April 8th

2 30 PM Westmeath vs. Derry Cusack Park, Mullingar

2 30 PM Meath vs. Louth Páirc Tailteann

2 30 PM Tyrone vs. Monaghan Healy Park, Omagh

2 30 PM Galway vs. Kildare Tuam Stadium

DIVISION 2 FINAL
Sunday April 29th

TBC

1st Placed Team vs. 2nd Placed Team

Brigids are absolutely woeful.
Still only 4 points in it though.

Lads, need a decent sized hurling or football pic from an intercounty game, preferably in Croke Park.
Anyone know of any good ones?
It's for the background on a powerpoint slide.
The more action packed the better.