A few gripes with the GAA

Banter Panther · April 28, 2014, 01:41:27 PM

Hello there. I'm a long time reader and first time poster. I'm afraid my first contribution to this forum is one of negativity, but I need to get a load off my mind. Here are my main gripes with the GAA.

1) BLAME DUBLIN: As if their massive population advantage wasn't enough, they are afforded another benefit that other counties don't have, in any other sport. Yes, that's right. Voodoo. How in the name of Shane Curran is Jimmy Gavin allowed to use black magic, while Fitzmaurice couldn't bring his Druid in to Croke Park by officials. It's appalling. The sight of Jimmy Gavin tearing the head off an Aidan O'Shea doll after 20 minutes of the All-Ireland final was frankly sickening and cost Mayo the All-Ireland.

2) PEOPLE WITH POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT FOOTBALL: Out of order. Everyone knows that hurling is the world's greatest game, we are reminded of it by hurling Jihadists every 28 seconds, and yet some people will have you believe that football is not just a game for those who drown adorable pets. Some people never learn.

3) NO PHONE-IN: It's high time we organised things in such a way that we can vote for who wins the Championship. We need to give an All-Ireland to Mayo and Waterford. Sure everybody loves them.

4) TOO MUCH POSITIVITY IN RELATION TO KERRY FOOTBALL: I want less acknowledgement of Kerry's consistently breathtaking play, and more people who pretend to be unimpressed by them. More talk of the well running dry for the first time in 110 years. More talk of soft All-Irelands. More talk of 'they'd win nothing in Ulster'. Less respect. More people like Liam Hayes, Joe Brolly and Paddy Heaney, but with a twist: no need to pretend that they love Kerry. Let's be open: we are big, fat, flaming Kerry haters, and we're proud.

5) GAA ALLOWED TO MAKE MONEY. WHY?: I have never in my life sought to make as much of a profit as possible from a brilliant product. I work for free. How dare, HOW DARE, this brilliant organisation that adds so much to our lives attempts to make a bit of money. Selling their product (or soul, if you ask me), to the highest bidder is WRONG.

Rant over.

thejuice · April 28, 2014, 02:14:10 PM

Welcome to the board.

I think you'll fit right in.

We need to know where you stand on the whole Palestine Israel thing before we can really accept you though.

AZOffaly · April 28, 2014, 02:20:17 PM

I like it. Welcome aboard.

Banter Panther · April 28, 2014, 02:42:01 PM

Quote from: thejuice on April 28, 2014, 02:14:10 PM
Welcome to the board.

I think you'll fit right in.

We need to know where you stand on the whole Palestine Israel thing before we can really accept you though.

Lookit, the ball was clearly thrown over the line, and it was rough justice. A replay would have been the fairest result, but it was up to the GAA to award it. Anyway, it was four years ago now, time to move on.

Shamrock Shore · April 28, 2014, 04:46:28 PM

A new poster that isn't a 1st year secondary school reject from Hoganshite.com??

It's like hearing of an ordination.

A few pointers to make you feel comfortable here:

(i) Longford posters are Larries and hate being referred to as Slashers
(ii) You misplace apostrophes at your peril.
(iii) Football was invented in 2002.
(iv) Sean Quiinn and Saipan bring out the same reaction in posters. It's massively for or massively agin.
(v) Mayo baffles most of us.

muppet · April 28, 2014, 05:39:41 PM

Quote from: Shamrock Shore on April 28, 2014, 04:46:28 PM
A new poster that isn't a 1st year secondary school reject from Hoganshite.com??

It's like hearing of an ordination.

A few pointers to make you feel comfortable here:

(i) Longford posters are Larries and hate being referred to as Slashers
(ii) You misplace apostrophes at your peril.
(iii) Football was invented in 2002.
(iv) Sean Quiinn and Saipan bring out the same reaction in posters. It's massively for or massively agin.
(v) Mayo baffles most of us.

Point of order, rule 1 has nothing to do with Longford.

Continue.....

Banter Panther · April 28, 2014, 07:52:22 PM

Quote from: Shamrock Shore on April 28, 2014, 04:46:28 PM
A new poster that isn't a 1st year secondary school reject from Hoganshite.com??

It's like hearing of an ordination.

Is Ulsterman around these parts? I enjoy his legitimate questioning of anti-Northern bias from every facet of the South, while he himself displays extraordinary tolerance to people from the South, particularly Dublin. He truly is in the Nelson Mandela mould. Albeit in an Ulster Railway Cup jersey.