FAI...New Manager is Heimir Hallgrimsson

[Fogarty]

Come on BB2. Don't be shy about naming the years when the GAA got all the grants and soccer got none.
You made the claim, I'd hate to think you pulled it out of your arse.

 

This debate has been settled anyway!

[weareros]

Good win for Mná na hÉireann against Belgium with a 4-2 win in the home leg of the playoff to get back to league A and guarantee a World Cup playoff too. Pity they conceded a late goal. Belgium are ranked 7 higher than Ireland and had qualified for Euros but Ireland outplayed them for long periods. Great goals from Katie McCabe.

[seafoid]

Good win for Mná na hÉireann against Belgium with a 4-2 win in the home leg of the playoff to get back to league A and guarantee a World Cup playoff too. Pity they conceded a late goal. Belgium are ranked 7 higher than Ireland and had qualified for Euros but Ireland outplayed them for long periods. Great goals from Katie McCabe.

A great win for the ladies. 4-2 is  fantastic result
going into the return leg.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Come on BB2. Don't be shy about naming the years when the GAA got all the grants and soccer got none.
You made the claim, I'd hate to think you pulled it out of your arse.

 

This debate has been settled anyway!

Yeah. The GAA definitely don't and historically haven't gotten a disproportionate amount of funding.

The GAA got pitches from the Land Commission that other sports weren't allowed. A tax was then put on rugby and soccer tickets to fund facilities on that free land. This went from 1925 to 1963. But you are right, the GAA never got special treatment.

[Fogarty]

Come on BB2. Don't be shy about naming the years when the GAA got all the grants and soccer got none.
You made the claim, I'd hate to think you pulled it out of your arse.

 

This debate has been settled anyway!

Yeah. The GAA definitely don't and historically haven't gotten a disproportionate amount of funding.

The GAA got pitches from the Land Commission that other sports weren't allowed. A tax was then put on rugby and soccer tickets to fund facilities on that free land. This went from 1925 to 1963. But you are right, the GAA never got special treatment.

You change the goal posts every time. Soccer was getting grants, pitches and league grounds well before Bertie and well before the millennium.
Not the GAA's fault that stadiums like Flower Lodge, Milltown and part of Dalymount were cashed in on. 

[From the Bunker]

A lot of hate here. Soccer gets a bad rep but like the GAA there are loads of decent volunteers around the country who give their time to the game. Loads of kids love to play the game and loads of people love to watch the game. It's an amateur game at roots level.

Ireland has the strange peculiarity of having Two Football games that are popular and similar in minor ways. 90% of the lads and ladies here in Mayo who play one play the other. We also have soccer labelled as an English game. Something that would never come up as important in another country - not even Germany, France or Argentina.

Of course Gaelic has the upper hand. As clubs in this area have had the guts of 80 years head start. Gaelic is never afraid to stretch its muscles - when the time comes. Ive often seen Gaelic clubs put bans on dual lads playing soccer more times than I can count. They do it because they can. Soccer would probably do the same if they were in their shoes.

Soccer in Mayo is strong. And the influx of immigrants is making it stronger. Not as many immigrants will take to Gaelic. Facilities are getting better. The curve getting those facilities better is steeper due to many clubs being still in infancy.

[seafoid]

The ladies conceded 2 goals so it's 4-4 on aggregate at half time. 

[GTP]

Nice finish to go 5 4 up on agg for the ladies following terrible defensive and attacking touches.

[seafoid]

Nice finish to go 5 4 up on agg for the ladies following terrible defensive and attacking touches.

great goal by Larkin.

[weareros]

Was looking curtains at half-time and Irish teams rarely get a good result in Belgium, but much more dominant second half but had to sweet it out. That's a good scalp and should have brought a bigger lead into the leg.

[weareros]

Not a bad group for the women's world cup qualifiers:

France
Netherlands
Poland
Ireland

Are well capable of leaping Poland and potentially the Dutch and getting an easier playoff route. They wouldn't want to read too much into beating France in Pairc Ui Chaoimh last time out. That was a B French team. They beat England in the Euros and I believe went unbeaten. But still one of the best first sead options.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Ive often seen Gaelic clubs put bans on dual lads playing soccer more times than I can count. They do it because they can. Soccer would probably do the same if they were in their shoes.

Are there any examples of soccer doing this in areas where they are stronger?

[weareros]

Good to see that RTE (player and RTE2) will broadcast Ireland's U17 World Cup games, starting today against Panama at half 12. Some potential stars of the future on this team so will be interesting to see how they get on.

[rodney trotter]

Finn Sherlock from Cavan is part of the Squad. Plays in Germany with Hoffenheim.
Michael Noonan, Victor ,and Jaden Umeh would be the key players.

[weareros]

Great header by Jaden Umeh to put Ireland 1-0.

Ireland dominating the Panama boys, and could be more than 2-0 up at half time, with Michael Noonan hitting crossbar from a spectacular effort - that said Panama got in a couple of times and need to be careful at the back.