McKenna Cup 2024

[theticklemister]

Better atmosphere in Clones for the McKenna Cup

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I see the colleges are kicking up a fuss up north again as counties yet again take college players. How many years does this have to go on for before the Ulster council do something about it?
Personally I'd scrap the pre season cups in all four provinces, put Sigerson in December and start the NFL in Jan/Feb.

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I see the colleges are kicking up a fuss up north again as counties yet again take college players. How many years does this have to go on for before the Ulster council do something about it?
Personally I'd scrap the per season cups in all four provinces, put Sigerson in December and start the NFL in Jan/Feb.

Paddy Tally is just right. The Universities should all pull out if they don't get first call on players!!!

The Ulster Council cowed to Mickey Harte a few years ago and caused this situation now it's a mess.

[blewuporstuffed]

I see the colleges are kicking up a fuss up north again as counties yet again take college players. How many years does this have to go on for before the Ulster council do something about it?
Personally I'd scrap the per season cups in all four provinces, put Sigerson in December and start the NFL in Jan/Feb.

Paddy Tally is just right. The Universities should all pull out if they don't get first call on players!!!

The Ulster Council cowed to Mickey Harte a few years ago and caused this situation now it's a mess.

It is  a mess, and to be honest its hard to see the value in these competitions to either colleges or counties.
It would be far better to scrap them and start the NL earlier.
Give the sigerson its place on the calendar pre christmas if that can be worked out.

[BennyCake]

3 years later and the Ulster council still don't have the balls to sort this out.

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3 years later and the Ulster council still don't have the balls to sort this out.

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No balls, no desire and no leadership. Mickey Harte rules the roost. Ulster Council are bunch of puppets

[DennistheMenace]

Disgraceful Colleges don't get their students to play for them.

[illdecide]

3 years later and the Ulster council still don't have the balls to sort this out.

+1

No balls, no desire and no leadership. Mickey Harte rules the roost. Ulster Council are bunch of puppets

Keep your nose out of our province

[BennyCake]

3 years later and the Ulster council still don't have the balls to sort this out.

+1

No balls, no desire and no leadership. Mickey Harte rules the roost. Ulster Council are bunch of puppets

Keep your nose out of our province

Even a non-Ulster man can see Harte is the problem here. Always was.

[Aristo 60]

Do people think Mickey has the same sway he used to? I'd thought it'd be on the wane now.

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3 years later and the Ulster council still don't have the balls to sort this out.

+1

No balls, no desire and no leadership. Mickey Harte rules the roost. Ulster Council are bunch of puppets

Keep your nose out of our province

I've been involved in colleges football for a long time now and I just watch in amazement as to how the ulster colleges are treated by their own council and a few hitlar managers. What exactly is the point of a council that can't enforce its own rules? The tail is wagging the dog here. Incredible stuff year after year.

[Wildweasel74]

I rather my own county men play fro the unis, gives u a chance to see what else is out there. its getting game time, sure the encounter of tyrone and Armagh in January last year had let bearing come crunch time in the summer past. for the McKenna Cup to be a decent standard we need the uni at full strength

[BennyHarp]

I rather my own county men play fro the unis, gives u a chance to see what else is out there. its getting game time, sure the encounter of tyrone and Armagh in January last year had let bearing come crunch time in the summer past. for the McKenna Cup to be a decent standard we need the uni at full strength

The competition has no baring on what happens in the summer regardless if the Unis are involved or not. The only purpose of the competition is for county managers to prepare for the season as it is an inter county competition after all. It isn't acceptable to them to prepare without half their squad. The only solution is to chuck out the Unis and move on.

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I rather my own county men play fro the unis, gives u a chance to see what else is out there. its getting game time, sure the encounter of tyrone and Armagh in January last year had let bearing come crunch time in the summer past. for the McKenna Cup to be a decent standard we need the uni at full strength

The competition has no baring on what happens in the summer regardless if the Unis are involved or not. The only purpose of the competition is for county managers to prepare for the season as it is an inter county competition after all. It isn't acceptable to them to prepare without half their squad. The only solution is to chuck out the Unis and move on.

I think this is fair comment. The colleges should have their players or else just put them out of their misery and put them out of the competition. It's a wonder this hasn't been proposed before now.

[BennyHarp]

I rather my own county men play fro the unis, gives u a chance to see what else is out there. its getting game time, sure the encounter of tyrone and Armagh in January last year had let bearing come crunch time in the summer past. for the McKenna Cup to be a decent standard we need the uni at full strength

The competition has no baring on what happens in the summer regardless if the Unis are involved or not. The only purpose of the competition is for county managers to prepare for the season as it is an inter county competition after all. It isn't acceptable to them to prepare without half their squad. The only solution is to chuck out the Unis and move on.

I think this is fair comment. The colleges should have their players or else just put them out of their misery and put them out of the competition. It's a wonder this hasn't been proposed before now.

I'm well aware this has been suggested many times before but I'm sick of this discussion every year and there isn't a compromise (or more accurately, there's no appetite for compromise from a few of the county managers) other than as you say, put the Unis out of their misery and move on. It was a fairly meaningless competition before the Unis got involved and they haven't added anything to the competition except this pointless roundabout of an argument every December. Let's return it to the meaningless competition it once was, but at least we will be without this even more pointess argument.