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#5147
GAA Discussion / Re: Question for Kildare folks
November 30, 2013, 05:44:46 PM
Thanks for the info-I will pass it along

The reason I mentioned where he went to College, is that Ivy Leagues have deep pockets, hence unvelievable facilities-check this out:

http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2012/05/fitness

I dont know if he would be D1 standard, but he could definitely have played higher level football (than Ivy Leagus) at a less prestigous school.  So few players make the pros, he made the trade off to play at Brown, get an Ivy League education and rolodex that comes along with it

For what its worth, his dad went to the same school, and to my knowledge is the only Irish born footballer to play in the NFL.
#5148
GAA Discussion / Question for Kildare folks
November 30, 2013, 02:49:27 AM
hoping someone can offer some suggestions.


A friend of mine  (in Boston) has a 20 year old son who will be working in Naas next Summer.  This young fella is looking for a gym to join while he is there.  He is a an American Football player at a prestigous Ivy League College so he would be "accustomed to/require" a pretty good set up-ie not just cardio machines.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

#5149
Moran sending off was a yellow card at worse. (It was just like the Dublin challenge on the Mayo guy in the AIF which also got a yellow)

Re the penalty: when you spend the entire afternoon diving on the ground clutching your face looking for frees/get your man sent off, don't expect to get a chalk line call when the game is in the pot


Soft frees: just from what I saw on TV, Brigids got 2/3 very soft frees in the first half, all within scoring range

Brigids second point-into the Graveyard end-looked very borderline, maybe even wide.
#5150
Quote from: john mcgill on November 24, 2013, 05:02:44 PM
Shades of Green pub near Union Square
Call for rooms http://www.shadesofgreenpub.com/

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I stayed there and it is a kip of the highest order.

I wont go into details, but Id stay at home rather than stay there
#5151
http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/The-New-York-Loft-Hostel/New-York/27128?dateFrom=2013-12-29&dateTo=2014-01-01


This place has rooms for $100 for 12/31. You could book the cheaper rooms for the 29th and 30th and make a separate reservation for the 31st

It is in Brooklyn, but keep in mind, many parts of Brooklyn and Queens are closer to Times Sq than parts of Manhattan. Website says ots 15 mins by subway from Times Sq.

  It gets great reviews on Tripadvisor

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60827-d1151170-Reviews-The_New_York_Loft_Hostel-Brooklyn_New_York.html
#5152
Quote from: Syferus on November 23, 2013, 10:19:22 PM
Quote from: Farrandeelin on November 23, 2013, 10:11:36 PM
Best of luck to Castlebar tomorrow. Hopefully the Connachr senior club champions will be a Mayo team for the first time since 2007.

Arrah sure ye already have Minor, Senior IC and Intermediate titles. Ye don't have the room on the mantelpiece for more silver.

I never thought of that..we'd have to move the statue of The Child of Prague into the "good room" to make a place for it
#5153
Just heard the same on Mid West...
#5154
GAA Discussion / Re: Time for Joe to go??
November 19, 2013, 12:26:24 AM
Quote from: Orchardman on November 18, 2013, 11:38:45 PM
Quote from: whitey on November 18, 2013, 07:43:27 PM
after reading that interview I can honestly say that Joe Brolly has some type of borderline personality disorder.  Im not criticizing him, its just an observation.

can you expand on your reasons?

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/borderline-personality-disorder/index.shtml

He doesnt have all the symptoms, but he definitely has some, and it actually explains a lot
#5155
GAA Discussion / Re: Time for Joe to go??
November 18, 2013, 07:43:27 PM
after reading that interview I can honestly say that Joe Brolly has some type of borderline personality disorder.  Im not criticizing him, its just an observation.
#5156
 Lets say theres a gang of 4/5 lads who go to every game all year. They travel together, they drink together and all sit together at the games.  Come the final, it would be impossible for them to get 5 seats together in the stand. Hill solves that problem very easily and adds to their experience and enjoyment of the big day.  Should the Dubs be the only ones to have that option?

Last week there was the added incentive of getting in early for the minor game.  If you had a stand ticket, you could have stayed in the pub until 3:15 pm and entirely missed the minor game. It wouldnt have impacted your view of the senior game one iota. If you had a Hill ticket you had to get in early for a good perch

Lastly, if it was 10:1 Dubs:Mayo on the Hill, it would not have been a comfortable experience for a lot lf those Mayo fans. With the Hill being pretty much split evenly, the chance of any serious incidents was greatly reduced.

at the end of the day, I think it worked last Sunday. Maybe it took some of the color from the occasion, but in the interests of fairness, I think it was the right decision

#5157
By all accounts nothing too bad happened on the Hill last Sunday.  (At least if it did, I didn't hear about it)

Back in 1985, a group of us young bucks from Mayo were saved from a hammering by some "real" Dublin supporters. Great to see that decency prevailed again.

It's only fair that both sets of supporters get to access the Hill. (1) From a financial standpoint and (2) what are the chances that 4 mates who wanted to go together would get stand tickets together for the AIF-not going to happen.

Any Dublin "supporter" who caused/would cause trouble is not a true fan.  I'm sure the GAA would be more than happy to replace those €40 terrace tickets with €80 stand tickets and would use an incident as justification to do so




#5158
Quote from: Canalman on September 14, 2013, 04:48:54 PM
Any chance you could do a list of clothing that aggrevates you............ don't want to be causing offence unnecessarily.
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LOL.... Not offended in the least, actually think its pretty funny.

I wouldn't be brave enough from a Karma standpoint to go to a match with such a garment
#5159
Quote from: Canalman on September 14, 2013, 04:42:13 PM
Another item of clothing the Mayo fashionistas getting upset about? Jmaj I've seen it all now.  ;)


I'm sure they will go very well with the shiny track suits and white socks
#5160
Anyone see the "Mayo me hole" shirts some of the Dub fams are hawking ? (as opposed to "Kerry me Bollix"  shirts they had for the semi final)

I sure hope they bring a change of clothes. It could make for a very long evening if they dont get a result-LOL