More Thuggery on the GAA field

[ONeill]

Geezer & Canavan?

[Main Street]

I suppose filling up those Range Rovers is taking a fair whack out of Kildare pockets these days.
Are Kildare going to play the victims v's the Nordies,  by appealing their fine?

If the game was not on TV, would anyone have noticed that almost tranquil confrontation?

[Hardy]

Too cheerful for Geezer, too much hair for Canavan.

[orangeman]

It's a pity for Derrytresk that they were the guinea pigs. Fining D'tresk €5000 is not comparable to fining these county bords the same - county boards have huge incomes - clubs don't have the same - so why fine them the same ?.

Christy in the bit below seems to be making it up as he goes along -

Cork and Armagh have responded to the CCCC's decision to suspend a quartet of players and fine both county boards €5,000 following the mass brawl at the the Athletic Grounds a fortnight ago.

Cork's Michael Shields faces a two-match ban and his team-mate Pearse O'Neill has been banned for one match.
Armagh duo Malachy Mackin and Ciaran McKeever have both been handed one-match bans.
Cork will discuss the bans and fine between the panel before deciding whether to appeal the decision, while a county official for Armagh told the Irish Examiner that he would be "very surprised" if his county didn't appeal. That same official was also surprised the CCCC took so long to deliver their decision.
Cork selector Ger O'Sullivan has expressed surprise at the CCCC's decision. He told the Irish Examiner: "Okay, maybe they want to stamp out this pushing and shoving but I have seen it on DVD and I would be very surprised if anything came of it.
"There are more serious incidents that need investigation and should probably take up more time than something like this.
"Okay, it doesn't look good, I admit that, but unless I missed something it was two guys just wrestling and the rest of them came in to pull them off. If that is a crime and merits an investigation then that is very strange."

GAA president Christy Cooney told the Irish Examiner that the deduction of league points may be considered as a suitable ban for similar scuffles in the future.
"I think that might come," he told the newspaper. "If the deterrent that is put in place now by the CCCC doesn't get the required response from counties, maybe the CCCC will have to look at it in another way, certainly.
"What that is I don't know. I haven't thought about it but it will certainly have to be looked at because what happened in Cork and Armagh and between Monaghan and Kildare is unacceptable and it cannot continue."

[Hardy]

By the time Frank Murphy is finished with this, Croke Park will owe Cork 5,000, Armagh will owe them 10,000 and Cork will have a bye into the league final.

[screenexile]

It's a pity for Derrytresk that they were the guinea pigs. Fining D'tresk €5000 is not comparable to fining these county bords the same - county boards have huge incomes - clubs don't have the same - so why fine them the same ?.

Christy in the bit below seems to be making it up as he goes along -

Cork and Armagh have responded to the CCCC's decision to suspend a quartet of players and fine both county boards €5,000 following the mass brawl at the the Athletic Grounds a fortnight ago.

Cork's Michael Shields faces a two-match ban and his team-mate Pearse O'Neill has been banned for one match.
Armagh duo Malachy Mackin and Ciaran McKeever have both been handed one-match bans.
Cork will discuss the bans and fine between the panel before deciding whether to appeal the decision, while a county official for Armagh told the Irish Examiner that he would be "very surprised" if his county didn't appeal. That same official was also surprised the CCCC took so long to deliver their decision.
Cork selector Ger O'Sullivan has expressed surprise at the CCCC's decision. He told the Irish Examiner: "Okay, maybe they want to stamp out this pushing and shoving but I have seen it on DVD and I would be very surprised if anything came of it.
"There are more serious incidents that need investigation and should probably take up more time than something like this.
"Okay, it doesn't look good, I admit that, but unless I missed something it was two guys just wrestling and the rest of them came in to pull them off. If that is a crime and merits an investigation then that is very strange."

GAA president Christy Cooney told the Irish Examiner that the deduction of league points may be considered as a suitable ban for similar scuffles in the future.
"I think that might come," he told the newspaper. "If the deterrent that is put in place now by the CCCC doesn't get the required response from counties, maybe the CCCC will have to look at it in another way, certainly.
"What that is I don't know. I haven't thought about it but it will certainly have to be looked at because what happened in Cork and Armagh and between Monaghan and Kildare is unacceptable and it cannot continue."

That is disgusting!!! Everyone involved should indeed be locked up for such nonsense . . . or sent to Iris' friends house to get 'the cure'

[quit yo jibbajabba]

It's a pity for Derrytresk that they were the guinea pigs. Fining D'tresk €5000 is not comparable to fining these county bords the same - county boards have huge incomes - clubs don't have the same - so why fine them the same ?.

Christy in the bit below seems to be making it up as he goes along -

Cork and Armagh have responded to the CCCC's decision to suspend a quartet of players and fine both county boards €5,000 following the mass brawl at the the Athletic Grounds a fortnight ago.

Cork's Michael Shields faces a two-match ban and his team-mate Pearse O'Neill has been banned for one match.
Armagh duo Malachy Mackin and Ciaran McKeever have both been handed one-match bans.
Cork will discuss the bans and fine between the panel before deciding whether to appeal the decision, while a county official for Armagh told the Irish Examiner that he would be "very surprised" if his county didn't appeal. That same official was also surprised the CCCC took so long to deliver their decision.
Cork selector Ger O'Sullivan has expressed surprise at the CCCC's decision. He told the Irish Examiner: "Okay, maybe they want to stamp out this pushing and shoving but I have seen it on DVD and I would be very surprised if anything came of it.
"There are more serious incidents that need investigation and should probably take up more time than something like this.
"Okay, it doesn't look good, I admit that, but unless I missed something it was two guys just wrestling and the rest of them came in to pull them off. If that is a crime and merits an investigation then that is very strange."

GAA president Christy Cooney told the Irish Examiner that the deduction of league points may be considered as a suitable ban for similar scuffles in the future.
"I think that might come," he told the newspaper. "If the deterrent that is put in place now by the CCCC doesn't get the required response from counties, maybe the CCCC will have to look at it in another way, certainly.
"What that is I don't know. I haven't thought about it but it will certainly have to be looked at because what happened in Cork and Armagh and between Monaghan and Kildare is unacceptable and it cannot continue."

That is disgusting!!! Everyone involved should indeed be locked up for such nonsense . . . or sent to Iris' friends house to get 'the cure'

Latest news: "Donal og switches codes from the hurlers to the footballers" 

[Jinxy]

Kildare appealing their fine - http://www.hoganstand.com/Monaghan/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=162126

What McMahon meant to say is that KCB can't afford the fine!! 

They'll have to cut back on Geezers daily fruit allowance.

[Hardy]

Kildare used to have the best backers but now they're no great sheikhs.

[Jinxy]

Even if Seanies transfer does go through, will he have time to bedouin to the squad before the championship?

[Donnellys Hollow]

Kildare appealing their fine - http://www.hoganstand.com/Monaghan/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=162126

What McMahon meant to say is that KCB can't afford the fine!! 

They'll have to cut back on Geezers daily fruit allowance.

He'll have to make do with the county's most loved foodstuff.....

[ONeill]

Derrytresk managers' reactions to Sunday's defeat:

http://vimeo.com/36852432
http://vimeo.com/36800405

[Seamus]

Derrytresk managers' reactions to Sunday's defeat:


http://vimeo.com/36800405

Is Paul Canavan the clipboard guy?

[Jinxy]

Here, we've moved on to the flourbags now.
Stop hijacking the thread!

[ONeill]

Paddy Power today announced they are taking bets on the next Inter County Board to be fined as a result of their teams field fighting.

This new GAA betting initiative was prompted by the dramatic increase in players fighting during games, witnessed as recently as last Sunday's National League fixture between Monaghan and Kildare which resulted in both County Boards receiving hefty €5,000 fines.

Cork County Board have been installed as Paddy Power's 10/1 favourites to pick up the next fine for players fighting followed by Dublin at 10/1 and Armagh at 12/1.

Paddy Power himself commented "Player fighting has become an unfortunate but unquestionably more frequent part of the modern game and as such, if you can't get away from it, why can't you bet on it?"

Next Inter County Board to be fined for field fighting:
10/1 Cork
10/1 Dublin
12/1 Armagh
12/1 Tyrone
12/1 Kerry
12/1 Limerick
12/1 Galway
12/1 Tipperary
14/1 Kildare
14/1 Clare
16/1 Antrim
16/1 Laois
16/1 Waterford
16/1 Kilkenny
16/1 Meath
16/1 Wexford
20/1 Derry
20/1 Monaghan
20/1 Down
25/1 Donegal
25/1 Fermanagh
25/1 Longford
25/1 Louth
25/1 Westmeath
25/1 Offaly
28/1 Wicklow
28/1 Sligo
28/1 Mayo
28/1 Roscommon
33/1 Cavan
33/1 Carlow
50/1 Leitrim