Quote from: marty34 on March 27, 2024, 07:56:57 PMQuote from: seafoid on March 27, 2024, 07:49:16 PMQuote from: johnnycool on March 25, 2024, 04:43:34 PMWhenever the first congress is where they review the new system there will probably be timber.Quote from: seafoid on March 25, 2024, 04:26:22 PMQuote from: johnnycool on March 25, 2024, 09:02:34 AMChampionship is 25% faster than league. Touch and accuracy are far better. A loss like that may be better for Tipp in the long run if they are honest and want to learn from it.Quote from: seafoid on March 24, 2024, 05:34:38 PM19 wides. 10 frees sent wide.
Clare went up the gears when needed but in general the standard of hurling was poor over the weekend and whilst it may not have looked like it the Down lads say there was quite a lot of sand on the pitch in Portlaoise which probably contributed to the bunching, inability to rise the ball first time etc etc which ensured the game didn't really have any pace to it.
Tipp will be concerned, unsure of the spine of their team, does Maher come out to 6, who goes back in to 3, centre forward is probably where they should be playing Bonnar Maher IMO but they to find a balance in there and lads who can get the most out of Forde and Morris who need the ball in early and in space to cause defences problems.
Clare content that they've a panel now going into championship but Kelly and O'Donnell need game time and surely the final is the place to get them some. Even Ryan Taylor and David McInerney haven't featured to date and are allegedly back to full fitness.
One concern for Clare is that they don't think John Conlan has 70 minutes in him and a stand in centre back isn't Seadna Morey in all fairness. Conlan has played some hurling in the last year with club and county and he isn't getting any younger but he is their talisman and there's more to replacing him than just for his hurling!
David Fitzgerald is a beast of a hurler, size, speed and skill, Clare need him in the game a lot more, but what a weapon.
Clare are probably better overall.
The provincial harness is unfair on Munster because there are 5 decent teams and in Leinster there aren't.
Yet no one in Munster will ever question the fairness of the current format!
Cheddar, Colm O'rourke, Jim McGuinness and Colm Bonnar have all spoken with authority about the flaws of the system, , focusing on injuries, the lack of downtime and the fitness levels required.
Here's a novel idea:
Stop fleecing lads at trainings. Keep them fresh.
#lessismore
Quote from: armaghniac on March 27, 2024, 04:57:31 PMLot of southerly and SE wind this winter/spring carrying wetnessQuote from: RedHand88 on March 27, 2024, 10:52:10 AMWas looking at patio furniture last night online and then thought what is the point. Be better spending the money on a fill of heating oil.
Trying to get the ground dry for rotavating and sowing. It'll be September before its dry at this rate.
Yet rainfall in Donegal and Sligo is below average so far this year.
Quote from: Itchy on March 27, 2024, 09:03:55 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on March 27, 2024, 08:52:12 PMQuote from: Itchy on March 27, 2024, 06:47:44 PMQuote from: whitey on March 27, 2024, 03:23:55 PMWhether you like or dislike McDowell he argued points of law as it pertained to the failed referendums and what he said made all the sense in the world.
The govt tried to pull a fast one and it cost Varadkar his job
If I were to hazard a guess, "far right" (by the standards of this board) will get somewhere between 15-20% of first preference votes in the next General Election
Whitey, you might as well ask a dog to estimate how far it is to the moon than ask you to estimate first preference in votes in a southern election from America. I would say max 3% and will get no one elected as only the brain dead would vote for them and no one will transfer to them.
There are are large cohort of people who are not ''Far Right'' and all that jargon who will vote for certain principles these candidates stand for. There is a huge disconnect between the Major Parties and the Electorate. There will be many who will privately do a rebellious vote.
Sinn Fein are in bother. They have lost ground in the many disadvantaged areas they would have been sailing through.
SF are no longer seen as an alternative for change,
I know I won't be voting for FF/FG/SF/Greens.
By you.
There's always the social democrats, independents who'll be far right if you want them to this election and far left the next one. Whatever suits. Then you can vote for the inbreds in the Far right parties so still plenty of choice for you.
Quote from: Itchy on March 27, 2024, 09:42:32 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on March 27, 2024, 09:20:13 PMQuote from: Itchy on March 27, 2024, 09:03:55 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on March 27, 2024, 08:52:12 PMQuote from: Itchy on March 27, 2024, 06:47:44 PMQuote from: whitey on March 27, 2024, 03:23:55 PMWhether you like or dislike McDowell he argued points of law as it pertained to the failed referendums and what he said made all the sense in the world.
The govt tried to pull a fast one and it cost Varadkar his job
If I were to hazard a guess, "far right" (by the standards of this board) will get somewhere between 15-20% of first preference votes in the next General Election
Whitey, you might as well ask a dog to estimate how far it is to the moon than ask you to estimate first preference in votes in a southern election from America. I would say max 3% and will get no one elected as only the brain dead would vote for them and no one will transfer to them.
There are are large cohort of people who are not ''Far Right'' and all that jargon who will vote for certain principles these candidates stand for. There is a huge disconnect between the Major Parties and the Electorate. There will be many who will privately do a rebellious vote.
Sinn Fein are in bother. They have lost ground in the many disadvantaged areas they would have been sailing through.
SF are no longer seen as an alternative for change,
I know I won't be voting for FF/FG/SF/Greens.
By you.
There's always the social democrats, independents who'll be far right if you want them to this election and far left the next one. Whatever suits. Then you can vote for the inbreds in the Far right parties so still plenty of choice for you.
I don't have much time for the Far Right parties, but calling them inbreeds doesn't put those who call them that in a good light.
Sinn Fein have proven to be one of the weakest major opposition parties in a long time. Voting for them will be more of the same. Sinn Fein I'm afraid have lost their way. I suppose this was going to happen when there was no Cause to fight for anymore, and now they've naturally fallen in with the pack.
Inbreds was quite restrained. Good for nothing useless cnuts without a braincell between them. They deserve nothing but ridicule and to be bet of the streets wherever they go. How's that.