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Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football

« on: October 09, 2019, 08:14:12 PM »

RIP Eamon

Will be remembered around Meath for being a great player on a great team that put us to the sword. There’s a lot of respect for that team here even if ye broke our hearts. Our thoughts and prayers with his family and friends.

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GAA Discussion / Re: Championship Draw 2019

« on: October 08, 2019, 12:22:25 PM »

I expect we’ll be facing a Paul Galvin managed Wexford in the Qtr and if we’re building on where we left off last year we should win that.

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GAA Discussion / Re: Serious financial irregularities in Galway

« on: October 06, 2019, 09:23:57 AM »

GAA properties raided by the gardai in Limerick apparently. Officials and players supposedly involved in corruption.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/9a74092e-e7af-11e9-8f9f-a3d435965222

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GAA Discussion / Re: Would you be in favour of a second tier?

« on: October 05, 2019, 12:25:01 PM »

Yeah. I don’t see how this helps move things towards a more open and competitive championship to be honest. Surely 2 tiers should be seen as a temporary situation till we can get teams a more equal footing. But I’m not sure it helps in achieving that goal.

I think the GAA should have always be trying to level the playing field as much as possible by making sure counties like Leitrim aren’t stuck for resources that the top teams have. Invest more in the lower ranked counties than the top. You can’t solve population differences but there are disparities that can be. Dublin, Kerry, Mayo and a few others don’t need as much help from headquarters as others do. The NFL have their heads screwed on in this regard in terms of giving the lowest team a leg up in the draft. Obviously they can’t help a team if they’re coached and owned by fools.

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General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread

« on: September 28, 2019, 06:47:03 PM »

I don’t understand the ill will towards the team. There’s plenty of support for the team even if it is a bit bandwagon, which I would include myself but it’s far from fabricated. Perhaps I’m spared the hype as I don’t watch or listen to Rte or read mainstream newspapers but that has nothing to do with the players. All that said you cannot be anything but happy for Japan. They played much better than us for about 70% of the game.

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General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread

« on: September 28, 2019, 03:52:18 PM »

The lads looked wrecked at half time whereas the Japanese team jogged into the dressing room. Looked like a losing team even though we were up by 3.

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GAA Discussion / Re: How do Dublin GAA fend off interest from the AFL?

« on: September 20, 2019, 07:49:05 PM »

https://hoganstand.com/Armagh/Article/Index/304093

Yeah gone to Essendon.

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GAA Discussion / Re: How do Dublin GAA fend off interest from the AFL?

« on: September 20, 2019, 06:20:19 PM »

Cian McBride going for trials. Nash already gone and looking permanent now. So much for closing the gap in Leinster.

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GAA Discussion / Re: Who are the 21 players sent off in an All-Ireland Football final?

« on: September 02, 2019, 02:45:31 PM »

Joe Stafford of Cavan in 1943
John Donnellan of Galway and the brothers Derry O'Shea and John 'Thorny' O'Shea of Kerry in 1965
Charlie Nelligan of Kerry in 1978,
Páidí Ó Sé of Kerry in 1979,
Brian Mullins, Kieran Duff, Ray Hazley of Dublin and Tomás Tierney of Galway in 1983,

That's the first 10...

Gerry McEntee of Meath in the 1988 replay,
Tony Davis of Cork in 1993,
Charlie Redmond of Dublin in 1995,
Liam McHale of Mayo and Colm Coyle of Meath in the 1996 replay,
Nigel Nestor of Meath in 2001,
Diarmuid Marsden of Armagh in 2003,
John Small of Dublin and Donal Vaughan of Mayo in 2017, and
John Small of Dublin again in 2018.

10 more, up to 20...

21...Jonny Cooper of Dublin in 2019 drawn game.

Dublin lead the way with 7, Kerry have 4, Meath 3, Galway and Mayo 2 each, Cavan, Cork and Armagh 1 each.

I’d say we’re top of the table based on no. sending off per final appearance. I’m sure if we got to a few more finals we might ‘improve’ those numbers.

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GAA Discussion / Re: This weekends predictions

« on: August 31, 2019, 04:23:16 PM »

Have stuck money on Dublin to win by 7 to 9 points at 4/1. Fear it could be more though.

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GAA Discussion / Re: Dublin v Kerry All Ireland Final 2019

« on: August 19, 2019, 04:50:14 PM »

I didn’t think the majority of the Yerra-tales would be coming out of Dublin!

Would ye stop. Dublin will win comfortably enough.

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Hurling Discussion / Re: Hurling Championship 2019

« on: August 19, 2019, 04:41:34 PM »

I thought it was a fair shoulder (at least it would have been before we had high definition tv and cameras everywhere!)

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General discussion / Re: The Official UFC Thread

« on: August 19, 2019, 04:39:33 PM »

Living abroad the McGregor phenomenon has largely passed me by thankfully. I used to think his antics were merely promotional but this isn’t the behavior of someone who really should be secure enough in life to be above this sort of carry on. He seems quite petty and self absorbed. Soon enough he’ll be out of his own with only a few leeches for a bit of company unless he sorts himself out.

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GAA Discussion / Re: 2019 Football Final - Up for the Match prediction

« on: August 12, 2019, 03:08:51 PM »

Galleon come back to play “5-in-a-row”

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GAA Discussion / Re: Tyrone v Kerry - All-Ireland Semi-Final, Sunday 11th August 3.30pm

« on: August 12, 2019, 12:13:24 PM »

Top 4 = semifinalists obviously.