Thomas Davis to Fold?

[heffo]

So if he talks sh*te that gives you the right to do the same?

No wonder you get abuse on here considering you spout crap so often. Then you wonder why people don't trust what you say!

TD are dead. Gone.

No they aren't.

Since you know whats going to apppear in the papers (or you know someone who received an invitation letter to the TD EGM) I look forward to your response when stories about Morton & Tallght stadium and irregularities come out.

[magpie seanie]

So if he talks sh*te that gives you the right to do the same?

No wonder you get abuse on here considering you spout crap so often. Then you wonder why people don't trust what you say!

Like I say, who f**king cares. People don't LIKE what I say, but I have never, ever been wrong on anything I posted.

As I say, I couldn't give a fúck anymore. TD are dead. Gone. I predicted this 4 years ago. But I'm not 'trusted'.

People on this site need to grow up and realise that members of the GAA like me who argued against batshit spending on nonsense were right. Look at today's Indo or Examiner. The GAA hierarchy are lining up to prepare you for the worst. The problems coming down the line will make the LoI look like a walk in the park.

If as you say, you couldn't care less then why don't you feck off and leave us alone? Or maybe that's another lie.

[Franko]

Any evidence to offer on this one?

From TODAY'S paper...

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/leinster-chief-warns-its-time-to-tighten-belts-2550035.html

Very clear that there will be no central bailout from that.

The man STATES "we cannot stand on the sidelines and watch any of our units go past the point of no return".

If TD need the funds or whatever type of assistance they will get it.

It seems clear from that article that the funds are there at provincial/national level but they will not be accessed easily by clubs in trouble.

[Thewhataboutery]

Shamrock Rovers went bust a couple of years ago because not enough people wanted to watch them, they were then reformed as a first division club. They have no real fans, just a few new fans because of the stadium in Tallaght pretty sure most of those people would prefer to watch good old traditional Irish club GAA sport. I know for a fact Shamrock Rovers arrange their you training sessions around the local GAA clubs because the young lads son't want anything to do with it.

[HiMucker]

"TDs are dead. gone"

You did not respond to an earlier post i made about this being impossible as long as its members want the club to keep going.  You forget were some clubs come from and the were some clubs still operate from.  Removal of assets such as playing fields and club rooms is a major blow but some clubs operate without these still and most were started without them.

On a lighter note I remember going to a Derry city shamrock rovers game (which i can confirm celtic park has much larger attendances for NFL games than derry city has for league games and they are one of the best supported clubs in the LOI)  Shamrock rovers took an early one nil lead and started chanting "your not singing anymore" which the derry fans song back "wer' gona burn ya bus, wer gona burn bus"  which they did and won two one.  Ah proud memories! 

[whiskeysteve]

"TDs are dead. gone"

You did not respond to an earlier post i made about this being impossible as long as its members want the club to keep going.  You forget were some clubs come from and the were some clubs still operate from.  Removal of assets such as playing fields and club rooms is a major blow but some clubs operate without these still and most were started without them.

Just to reinforce this point to Dublinfella.

My own club got to an all ireland intermediate club final in 2007 without actually having a pitch or premises of their own. The whole club prior to that point had grown up training and hosting home matches on the nearby university pitches.

And we did this in what was long an aggressively anti-GAA backwater.

You think a struggling Thomas Davis won't lack for sympathetic support from the wider community of Dublin GAA and sports teams? I can guarantee you pitches would be made available, at least at a low rent as ours were.

Thomas David cannot die whilst the members have the will to carry it on.

Thats the difference between GAA and Soccer you don't seem to grasp. The strength of the GAA is in its community and fundraising, beyond that all is needed is a pitch.

Contrast with Soccer, where there is a greater likelihood that the whole thing falls to an arse when everyone from the groundsman up doesn't get paid.