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As pointed out United and Spurs this year throw money around it's stagnation.

Lads who go to Brentford sign up for OK wages and hard work.

United seem to be in a cycle of the same type of middlin players on mad money or lads who can't be moved on.

Edit: to second that...how did Anderson get MOTM?!

Mid 20s to 30s have often left rural Ireland or Ireland full stop.

The local close to me in Drumcondra gets a great mix of ages as they aren't arsed going into city centre with no taxis, coked up rows and crazy prices, on top of having to come back around 1am at the latest.

And all the younger ones do festivals so they save for that.

That's a whole other thing with no straight answers.

From Kildare GAA in 2023

https://kildaregaa.ie/cedral-st-conleths-park-redevelopment-update-december-2023/

But now seemingly 15k was never on the cards...

There's a senator talking about a Div 2 Camogie Final and players having to use public toilets and the ref toilet. But surely they had access to dressing rooms.

And tell me this, at county level, when the GAA give a pitch is it not up to the CA to run the event? There's a lot of similar instances being posted online eg lack of access to facilities bar the pitch.

Also the county camogie teams are notorious for dragging opposition teams away from closer pitches. Maybe not a tactic any more, but it was something years ago.

It was made official last week but Brian Flanagan is in with Kildare for another year alongside Davy Burke.
They are changing up the S&C team - honestly am seeing club teams with better fitness than them.

We need to get promoted and stabilise in Div 2 and get back into Sam from next year.

I need to keep asking this. If Dr Mary McAleese was chair of a committee from 2022 and they helped to deliver a timeline in 2024 for what would happen by 2027, surely she had milestones and targets to hit each year.

As a chair of any committee how did she have zero oversight and be taken so aback when the GAA asked for a pause. If something is meant to be locked off in 2027, but no real movement has happened since 2022, that should have been noticed and spoken about before.

And there were others on that steering committee coming on social media and the airwaves who don't seem to have been on top of their brief.

In the past I have played in the 'bottom field' in a beer-belly derby Junior Match while our Senior Camogie women go the top field for a Div 1 game. No remarks past.

Look at the recent BS stories Coin Toss and Skorts with Camogie.

The LGFA disaster match when the pitch was frozen in Parnell Park. And I found this other controversy too from 2020. It was Cork v Galway - God forbid Limerick have the use of their own stadium!

'The Ladies Football Semi-Final has been moved from Limerick to facilitate training for the men. That doesn't sound as though it is equality in action', said the RTE Radio presenter.

Then there's the constant active clashing of club games between the two organisations who are hostile to one another. Let them join together first and go from there.

Sorry to be coming at this again, but the reason we are all talking about this is because of who stepped down from a committee and the others reacting to that.

How much expenses were claimed by that group with zero outcome. How can you sit as a chair of something with zero goals and milestones? Surely you must know nothing is happening?!

Then they need a change expert? So be it, but are they allowed point out that most clubs and county boards have serviceable loans that are in the name of the GAA.

As we are talking about equity, will the LGFA and Camogie be asked to buy a share in centres of excellence, etc?

I may be late to all this but surely there were milestones in all this?!
Like how did Mary McAleese, Aoife Lane and the others not have any key points whereby things like this needs to be in place by this date?

Surely they must have known years ago that nothing was actually taking place? Like could they not have asked for updates during this time?

I read through some of the updates on GAA.ie and there doesn't seem to be anything concrete.

For what's it's worth things likes insurance, comms and marketing could easily have neem synched up already in terms of staffing.

I didn't hear the women making the tea for the men comment, but it's mostly men who coach and train women's teams and are often on club and county executives, but that rarely gets mentioned...

From Coaching and Coach Education in Gaelic Games: A Benchmark Report (2022) - GAA, Camogie and LGFA - 10,400 participants

The coaches that participated in this survey were predominantly male (79%), aged between 25 and 54 (85.7%), and experienced, with 89.8% having more than five years' coaching experience.

Coaches in Gaelic games reported being very active: 39.8% coach two or more Gaelic games codes. A significant majority of coaches engage in coaching on multiple days each week (78.3%).

Lads can I ask anyone with kids here, do they listen to podcasts at all? And what ones if so?

Just starting some research on something.

BORING BORING BORING they all shout...

Seemingly it's entrapment and the lads doing the doc are not to be trusted. Or Reform could have said no and not take the money?

As someone pointed out the pint of ale was nowhere to be seen when he thought he was chatting rich donors.

Lads you can't blame RTÉ for geoblocking. That is a way bigger issue than a small national broadcaster can handle.

On social media and even YouTube there often ROI-only bits as Meta and Google don't play ball with island of Ireland.

In terms of the fight and the event she is handling it all so well and it will just cement her legacy even more. I presume she will win, or how tough a fight is expected?

I'd genuinely say it's 95% good and that is a huge number considering all the moving parts.

When you look at Cúl Camps and the amount of kit, fun and belonging it gives youngsters. The nursery at clubs and just the sense of belonging and physical well-being the pros massively outweigh the cons.

Even if you are not IN IT, that Mayo win is hard to beat for a sporting moment.

I have lifelong friendships with lads I'd barely know only for it. Lads who went to different schools, etc.

Then every parish has lads (often older men) who would be long gone from loneliness without the social outlet.

There are issues, but it is an amazing organisation.

Will we be firing up the Rory Gallagher thread - sponsored by Banty?!
Or I am reading too much between the lines here...

Anyone watched Lanterns?

De Zerbi was shaking the head, turning around looking frustrated for the cameras a lot...

I kniw they have more lads to come in but surely he can take some gear setting up like that against Brentford who can go long.

I fancy him to be self destruct by Christmas.