Fermanagh

[dillinger]

London were a great price today 

Sure they were, Fermanagh, where did it all go wrong?

[ONeill]

London were a great price today 

Sure they were, Fermanagh, where did it all go wrong?

When Adrian Dunbar left.

[mannix]

Maybe London finally got it right, they should have beaten mayo who are not all that bad.

[AQMP]

As a resident of Fermanagh, with a Fermanagh wife and Fermanagh children, this result is an embarrassing disgrace.  

Bearing in mind that you probably measure the strength of the exile counties by the state of the Irish economy, therefore with Ireland on its knees econmically, London and New York are going to have stronger teams.  Still, Fermangh is a county that was in an AI semi final seven years ago. 

The "sack the board" call is understandable and attractive but you need to replace the board with others who are willing to put in the work and give up the time that is required to run a modern county board as well as having the vision etc.  I know from experience of other county boards that the time committment is huge...that's why you get the scenario of, say, the county treasurer being re-elected for the 28th year in a row...because he/she is willing to do it.

Where do Fermanagh go from here?  Well the only way is up for in a country with 32 counties Fermanagh is ranked 33rd!!  Also I know that while the management must bear a lot of the blame, some of the "walk out" players were not entirely the victims they portrayed themselves as.  Fermanagh does have a "nursery" in St Michael's College so underage development work might need to be revamped??

As for Skea's All Ireland, it should be easy for a senior team to win the intermediate

[unitedireland]

Fair play to the fermanagh players for taking their chance as this may be the only start some will ever have in senior championship.
John O'Neill started four midfielders against London. He told the player not to pass the ball away, not to let them score, Shannon who wrote that artical for the examiner would tell you that telling people not to do stuff makes them nervous and they end up doing it. ie giving the ball away O Neill out straight away. Nice man SHIT MANAGER

[Brick Tamlin]

Grammar Police or Translator?

[FermGael]

So Jarlath Burns is the man appointed by the county board to try and sort this mess out.
Good luck Jarlath

[Fermanaghfirst]

Dear jarlath...
Knowing that jarlath is an avid reader of this board I hope he reads this....
What is there to review?
1. Manager appointed by chairman whose club nominated JON.
2. JON never managed a club team
3. Players gave it a go until the spring
4. 11 Players realised manager was not upto it and took severe action.
5. Fermanagh got beat by Poor teams in division 4.
6. Annihilation in Celtic park.
7. Humiliation in ruislip
8. Humiliation in ruislip
9. Yes humiliation in ruislip!
10. It won't get better under JON.

How could the review be in favour of keeping te manager???

Anybody else got any views?

[samwin08]

People --- you must understand the GAA has a method-- "let people think we are listening to them,  let them think we will do what they want us to do  and then  we shall do what we are always going to do anyway, which is to back John O Neill" . Do you really think it will be other wise--not a chance. Jarlath , honourable man he maybe , will do the GAA thing quite well, as he may one day need GAA support to reach High Office.
Most Fermanagh people know this and don't give a hoot what happens.

[Fermanaghandsam]

I fear Samwin08 is right. If I am right the Review commitee is made up of Jarlath and 3 county board members, the same 3 that actually employed O'Neill in the 1st place. So in my eyes this review is just for show. Jarlath is a great choice by the county board to do the job they want him to do, i.e. sit there and cause no trouble. Afterall Jarlath has bigger fish to fry in the years ahead and won't want this to damage his image in the heads of those deciding on the next GAA president.

When the review is over, O'Neill will remain, even more players will quit, and Fermanagh will sink even lower (if thats possible).

Our only hope is a complete overhaul of the county board at the end of the year!!

[FermGael]

The man has only been appointed and he is all ready being judged.

Lets see what the review brings and judge him then.

[Rossfan]

That sort of reasonableness will get you a bad name round here. 

[Fermanaghandsam]

The man has only been appointed and he is all ready being judged.

Lets see what the review brings and judge him then.

The lack of a independent review is the problem here, not Jarlath. Within an independent review, Jarlath would be fine, as he could voice his view and the group would work together to come to there conclusion. But having the people that appointed the manager on the review commitee just seems crazy, but to be honest, not in the one bit surprising, considering the Fermanagh County board set it up. I fear it will be Jarlath against the rest, and he will back down so not to cause trouble.

If the Fermanagh County Board really wanted the truth the review would be 100% independent!!!!

[OverThePostsAWide]

The man has only been appointed and he is all ready being judged.

Lets see what the review brings and judge him then.

The lack of a independent review is the problem here, not Jarlath. Within an independent review, Jarlath would be fine, as he could voice his view and the group would work together to come to there conclusion. But having the people that appointed the manager on the review commitee just seems crazy, but to be honest, not in the one bit surprising, considering the Fermanagh County board set it up. I fear it will be Jarlath against the rest, and he will back down so not to cause trouble.

If the Fermanagh County Board really wanted the truth the review would be 100% independent!!!!

It's a game of football lads, not Bloody Sunday!!

[sammymaguire]

If you are gonna bother doing something, you might as well do it right or dont bother doing it at all...