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i was thinkin the same thing, how do o neills get away with it? didnt adidas copywrte them?

I'd agree with his opinions about soccer. For me Soccer was way more entertaining in the 80s when skillful players had space and time to do their thing, in a sport thats only real entertainment value is skill i really think soccer has gone downhill as a result of everyone being fitter and faster and where no one has any time or space.

Agree with Rossi's post above, when you watch old matches i dont think the skill levels have got that much worse since but you'll often see passages of play where five or six minutes go by without a free. i think something needs to be done to stop teams fouling all the time. That's my biggest gripe with football and to a lesser extent hurling We made a balls of the sin bin but it could work if it was done properly. 

Isnt she the Dublin ladies wing half forward? O rionn or somenthing.  Shes a bit fit for Gaelic Football.  Underamrmour required here lads!!!!!

a bit fit for gaelic? you think she'd be better at running a marathon or something?

It's all about the posture eh? arch that back!

disgrace gets bandied about too much but in this case it's apt. UCDs participation is a farce, full stop.

I was dear jesusing at the rest of yer point

Exactly. Just FYI, I wasn't exactly being serious. I thought the long coats and wellies would be a giveaway ...

However, I do admit to a grain of truth in my attitude to non-players wearing the jersey and I seriously don't ever recall seeing players wearing the jersey off the pitch. Maybe I'm wrong and many do it, but I haven't seen it. Anyone?

Ah, It might have been a give away but i didnt get that far, short attention span me, you see. 

I know what ye mean about the grain of truth alright, it's a nice idea, but the extra colour replica jerseys bring to matches and the craic when you see someone abroad wearing one, plus the obvious extra revenue are very good counter points to balance it out. 

Nice attempted wum with the doormat bit aswell. 

Attempted? 

Yes atttempted,, I was dear jesusing at the rest of yer point, not the obvious wum 

Looks great in the flesh there

Yea, looks better then the drawing!

The county jersey used to be sacred. The only people who ever wore one were men picked to play for the county. It was an honour and treated with respect and even awe. Now you can buy them from hucksters and every bousy, scanger and beer-bellied bosthoon is wearing one, completely oblivious of how much of a tit it makes him look and happy to be a walking advertisement for the likes of Arnotts.

Has anyone ever seen a former county player wear the jersey as clothing? Respect, ya see.

The only jersey I ever bought was a Dublin one to stuff the doormat into.

Bring back respect for the jersey and the days when men were proud to wear the proper uniform of GAA followers - peakey cap, long black coat and boots. Brown or black nail boots or black (definitely not green) wellies, optionally with the tops turned down, were all equally acceptable. What happened to style?

Dear jesus, would you ever relax. 

Nice attempted wum with the doormat bit aswell. 

Last Man Standing - Hurling Goalkeepers by Christy O'Connor is a really good read if your interested in what makes keepers tick and what motivates intercounty players to go through all the training. 

Yez all give out about the national media being Dublin biased but I think that's because we've feck all local papers apart from the Evening Herald.

Another nothing article from the indo. a new jersey every three years isnt exactly taking the piss is it? ... so what if it's in time for christmas, if they released it just before the championship the cynics would have a pop as well i suppose. Don't premiership clubs change jersey every year? I thought the launch was tonight!?  Hows it look in the flesh?

dosent sound great but i supoose it depends on what the context was and how accurate the quote.

tipp were really impressive in the final, hopefully some of those lads will come good for them. What was the corner forwards name, he was really sharp.

It'd be a great extra dimension for a Galway Mayo clash to have him in charge of Mayo that's for sure.

If the government want to ban drink sponsership well so be it. Until then why should the gaa give up big sponsership deals to other sports. Im sure the "guys" in the irfu would love to see the gaa taking the high moral ground and releasing all that guinness money into rugby.

exactly, Guinness will happily pump money into rugby if the GAA wont play ball. It's up to the government to ban it if we deem, as a society, booze to be inappropriate sponsors of sport.