Worst predictions in GAA

[blanketattack]

Conor Counihan being the next Brian Cody...
http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/spillane-counihan-is-the-new-cody-426993.html

Joe Lennon in 1968:
"Kerry are 30 years behind the time and won't win an All Ireland for another 30 years. "
Kerry won the next 2 All-Irelands and won 10 in the next 18 years.

[supersarsfields]

Not one of the worst but one I'll always remember, Colm O'Rourke identifing Brian Dooher as the weak link of the Tyrone team in 2003. And the "I'll eat my hat if Tyrone win an AI with Dooher in the team"

[rosnarun]

Conor Counihan being the next Brian Cody...
http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/spillane-counihan-is-the-new-cody-426993.html

Joe Lennon in 1968:
"Kerry are 30 years behind the time and won't win an All Ireland for another 30 years. "
Kerry won the next 2 All-Irelands and won 10 in the next 18 years.

nort like a nordie to think they had reinvented football and every one need to copy them

[deiseach]

Conor Counihan being the next Brian Cody...
http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/spillane-counihan-is-the-new-cody-426993.html

Joe Lennon in 1968:
"Kerry are 30 years behind the time and won't win an All Ireland for another 30 years. "
Kerry won the next 2 All-Irelands and won 10 in the next 18 years.

Are you sure about this? A Kerry lad here claims it was ten years. I'm not trying to be awkward, but it sounds a bit too good to be true.

[stibhan]

When Tyrone got beat by Down in 2008 after a replay, and even after they narrowly beat Mayo, people wrote them off altogether.

[From the Bunker]

O'Rourke and Spillane backing Galway to beat Mayo in the Championship last summer. Game was over after 15 minutes. Brolly who picked Mayo spent the half time break teasing the two pundits as they tried to rationalise their prediction.

[ONeill]

Tyrone v Down 2005 in Omagh. Frank Mitchell said there would be light showers. It rained incessantly.

[blanketattack]

Conor Counihan being the next Brian Cody...
http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/spillane-counihan-is-the-new-cody-426993.html

Joe Lennon in 1968:
"Kerry are 30 years behind the time and won't win an All Ireland for another 30 years. "
Kerry won the next 2 All-Irelands and won 10 in the next 18 years.

Are you sure about this? A Kerry lad here claims it was ten years. I'm not trying to be awkward, but it sounds a bit too good to be true.

I've seen 10, 20 and 30 years mentioned but this says 30

http://www.terracetalk.com/articles/Kerry-Football-Families/158/The-ODonoghues-of-Asdee

[theticklemister]

When Tyrone got beat by Down in 2008 after a replay, and even after they narrowly beat Mayo, people wrote them off altogether.

Mind they were 33-1 when entering the backdoor

[moysider]

O'Rourke and Spillane backing Galway to beat Mayo in the Championship last summer. Game was over after 15 minutes. Brolly who picked Mayo spent the half time break teasing the two pundits as they tried to rationalise their prediction.

Fixed that for ye.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

1996 Pat Spillane saying Mayo should not waste their time getting out of bed before our AI Semi Final with Kerry. We tanked them by 6 points

[seafoid]

In 1995 Ross Carr predicted it would take 10 years before a Connacht team got to an all Ireland fuball final.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

In 1995 Ross Carr predicted it would take 10 years before a Connacht team got to an all Ireland fuball final.

So thats
1996 x2
1997
1998
2000
2001
2004
2006
2012
2013

[stephenite]

In 1995 Ross Carr predicted it would take 10 years before a Connacht team got to an all Ireland fuball final.

So thats
1996 x2
1997
1998
2000
2001
2004
2006
2012
2013

Ya might want to take the last 3 off...

Why?

[bigpaul]

The prophets of doom, who predicted that the introduction of grants for inter-county players would:-lead to the end of volunteerism;lead to demands for 'pay for play';lead to inter-county players taking cases to the European Court, demanding inter-county transfers, because their earning power was affected by being tied to a county who had little chance of making the latter stages of the All-Ireland;etc;etc;etc......