Murphy v EOG - 9 Like(s)
Replying To Joxer: "Donegal's systematic targeting and sledging of Dublin players today was shocking but we won out in the end. I understand the win at all costs mentality but the targeting of Connolly and O'Gara today was something to witness, will not have been caught on TV. I've lost some respect for what was a decent group of players at one stage. How Murphy, a great player if he could lose the dark element of his game, stayed on the pitch I don't know. I know he must be frustrated playing that brand of football but he needs to control his aggression. Not sure how many points Donegal got from play but couldn't have been many. A good tough game for the Dubs and let's hope we see a football match in the semis. Well done Paul Mannion on scoring one of the goals of the season." your attitude and bias doesnt do anything for dublin supporters reputations..what connolly and o gara did was silly and stupid...and our cynical fouling was no different to anybody else..we have a great team and a lot of things going for us but i hate us trying to pretend like were angels or playing the right way..part of why we are so successful is that bit of divilment we lacked previously
alano12 (National) - 07/08/2016 01:37:28
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Confederate Flag - 5 Like(s)
Replying To Whammo86: "That's a ridiculous false equivalency there between the confederacy and Japan.
The confederacy was specifically set up to protect slaveowners from the abolitionists.
The flag is one of the most racist symbols around. It should NEVER have had a place in a GAA ground, even before what happened in Charlottesville. This notion of innocent Cork fans bringing it to matches. That's crap. Cork fans know about what that flag means, it's purely out of stubbornness and a two fingers to "the PC brigade" that they continue to bring it. They need to wise up. It's really not far off the Swastika as a symbol of hate." yeah and lets pretend that what happened during the american civil war was anywhere near on the level of the atrocities the empire of japan commited during ww2 and the years in the lead up to it..either condemn all flags of this sort or none at all...stop trying to find outrage in something that was completely innocent on the part of cork fans
alano12 (National) - 15/08/2017 21:09:27
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County you least want to see win in football? - 3 Like(s)
Replying To JayP: "Alano12.....
I think you are wrong on so many levels there. I know people who have attended Dublin games in summer for 40 years who have no club affiliation. But they love going to Dublin football games come championship time. They wax lyrical about past days and past glories. Are they not "proper GAA men"? I know guys who played senior for my club who never turned up to the club fundraisers or coached 1 kid in the club, and who never went to Dublin games. Are they "proper GAA men"? I think people contribute what they can. Some more than others! But I think this "proper GAA man/woman" stuff is ridiculous." obviously people contribute what they can...stop overreacting to what i said...my issue is with people who do nothing in the gaa i.e dont play, dont support, dont coach, dont follow the sport or understand what its about, the only thing they do is follow the senior football dublin team which is effectively a big franchise in this day and age similar to leinster rugby, man utd, liverpool and that is simply what the gaa is not about in my opinion
alano12 (National) - 28/07/2016 16:02:12
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Your county win the All Ireland or Ireland win the Euros... which? - 3 Like(s)
Replying To waynoI: "100% Cue.
Cant stand Ireland in the soccer. Just cant.
With their Scottish/English accents.
Not one word of Irish between the majority of them.
Nah, Not for me.
A very unpopular opinion but I don't care.
Roll on the euros, But wont be watching the Ireland games with any kind of bias towards them. As a Liverpool fan, I'd like to see England do well though with Milner, Henderson, Sturridge, Lallana and Clyne all in the squad.
But yea rant over anyway... Dubs will always come first. So Sam > Euros." yeah horrible accent on shane long and robbie keane isn't there to name just two?
What about the bandwagon of liverpool and the dublin footballers?
If i remember correctly i believe you dont live in dublin?
alano12 (National) - 07/06/2016 21:31:25
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Dublin Footballers v New Zealand Rugby team Monday - 3 Like(s)
Replying To ormondbannerman: "Are you joking or what?
Mix with those Rugby snobs , my God I can't imagine a more despicable act.
They'll probably spend the entire event sniggering at these low life GAA bumpkins.
Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts:1059 - 11/11/2016 17:09:01 Hahahahaha.
Would love to see that but I'll be working. Cheers Ormond. Gonna share on Facebook.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts:2977 - 11/11/2016 17:23:29should be very good. Would love to go but too much effort to go from Galway for it
thanks yet again for the latest press release...do the irfu pay you or not?...i notice they got a documentary on a test series over the summer that they lost
alano12 (Dublin) - Posts:907 - 11/11/2016 17:52:43Do you release that wasn't a press release and posting things like that are how forums work." acting like the irfu pr guy on a gaa website is surely a bit odd dont you think?
alano12 (National) - 11/11/2016 19:15:56
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Can the GAA survive the Rugby onslaught - 3 Like(s)
this thread has gone very strange now that people from munster and other areas in ireland who are very pro rugby are telling people how rugby is perceived in dublin to people from dublin who are apathetic about rugby or are fans of rugby just not the way its so based on class in dublin
alano12 (National) - 10/11/2016 18:25:30
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Charlie Redmond's Jim McGuinness comments - 3 Like(s)
Replying To hill16no1man: "There's a clear distinction
Mcguinness the manager was brilliant
Mcguinness the pundit is poor
Redmond the player was briiliant
Redmond the pundit is poor
There's a common denominator there
know what your good at and know what your not good at it.
would like to see analysts and pundits not have to be guys who won all Ireland's or had to be a great player, it's a completely different set of skills analysing a match or reading how a game will develop than actually playing. The same as being a great player don't make you qualified to be a manager." mcguiness the pundit is poor?..would have to strongly disagree with you there, decent footballer too, charlie great player but his comments were silly
alano12 (National) - 18/07/2017 21:31:55
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The Sky deal yet again - 3 Like(s)
Replying To riverboys: "As with every year we have the same issue of supporters not being able to watch their county team, do the GAA not realise that majority of this country do not have sky or are they too thick to see this, the idea of going to your local pub to watch is laughable, in a country of alcoholics we are asking people to go into rubs instead of getting out of them, also not every pub has sky and in some areas there isn't a pub due to lack of population in recent years. For Gods sake will the GAA have some cop on and give us back our games, subscription TV doesn't work in Ireland, people won't waste hard earned money on rubbish, they barely pay TV licence as it is. I know people who haven't been able to attend any championship games for a number of reasons and have only seen 1 Mayo game on TV that was on RTE, sky have shown 3 games and next sat will be game number 4. It's time the GAA realise that cities and major towns aren't the only people that watch and attend our games, we in rural Ireland have no voice on issues like this, it's plain to see why GAA clubs don't invite the hierarchy from croke park to open GAA grounds anymore, they at the top have lost touch with grassroots" spare us all the sanctimony...go to the game..support your team
alano12 (National) - 02/08/2016 14:29:07
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Does GAA get fair coverage compared to soccer and rugby - 3 Like(s)
Replying To extranjero: "by looking at participation numbers, attendances and viewing figures, gaelic football is the most popular sport in the country..
alano12 (Dublin) - Posts:65 - 13/06/2016 15:46:13
I've already provided evidence from the Irish Sports Council suggesting adult participation levels in soccer are higher than football/hurling/rugby combined. Have you any relevant statistical data to backup your claim that football is the most popular in terms of viewing and attendance, as you claim?
The most popular games are GAA play wise and supporter wise. Every community in the country has a team with some clubs having over 50 teams...Is there any soccer or rubghy club with over 50 teams and if so, how many of these clubs are there?
browncows (Meath) - Posts:980 - 12/06/2016 10:53:59
As I've already explained, soccer is the most popular sport player wise in Ireland, have you any relevant statistics to backup your claim it's the most popular supporter wise?
As regards the soccer/rugby clubs with over 50 teams, I've no idea if there are any (possibly a few soccer clubs in Dublin?). However, who are the GAA clubs you mention with over 50 teams? (off the top of my head, I think maybe Ballyboden in Dublin, not sure of any others?)
I judge support by the amount of people who attend matches on a daily/weekly basis - not just a single match. So I repeat my stat that the ratio of support for the GAA games are many many times more supported than any other sport.
browncows (Meath) - Posts:980 - 12/06/2016 10:53:59
But how many games of soccer,rugby or other sports have you attended recently to be able to compare attendance levels with gaelic football? Your "stat" is merely anecdotal, lacking any proper scientific enquiry. It's not a stat at all.
1 good example of a "stat" I have for you though, again on the Irish Sports Council website, this time a report entitled
"SPORT AND RECREATIONAL EXERCISE
AMONG ADULTS (AGED 16+) IN
LOUTH AND MEATH, 2007-2009",
states that soccer has higher participation levels than gaelic football in the region, at 4.8% to 4.2% (although it also acknowledges a higher level of gaelic football players in the region than nationally).
I respect mediamans efforts here to highlight what he feels is a bias in the rte. But now is the time to put together all his analysis, and present it to rte, Gaa, National print media, or any other outlets he feels can highlight his findings and make a change. Otherwise, as Jimski pointed out, this is just a big whinge." well its clear you have a bias when you go out and use terms like 'whinge'...if you want to make points or stats at least be objective about it
why are you trying to sshh people?..ignore the thread if you dont like it so much
alano12 (National) - 14/06/2016 14:34:18
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10 sent off in Castlebellingham - 3 Like(s)
expecting club players to play the biggest games of their season without their county players is amongst the stupidest things iv ever seen posted on this thread..then i looked at who posted it...someone who has an agenda and an axe to grind against club football and those involved in it
without county players playing for the clubs we would get like the situation which rugby has now
alano12 (National) - 23/10/2017 23:06:12
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Does GAA get fair coverage compared to soccer and rugby - 3 Like(s)
Replying To rebelfan: "I don't see RTE reporting on the Munster senior league soccer finals for example , are they not as entitled to coverage as the County Finals around the country" because how many even attended the game?..compare like with like if you want to be objective dont compare a complete minority fixture
alano12 (National) - 31/10/2016 16:52:57
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Does GAA get fair coverage compared to soccer and rugby - 3 Like(s)
Replying To GreenandRed: "Plenty of GAA fans would. And they'd be aware of the magnificent exploits of our dualstar Keith Higgins in hurling final replay. Whatever about the football final in Mayo not many neutrals, including GAA fans, would have much interest in the Mayo hurling replay." no neutrals would have an interest in mayo hurling..but provincial club football and provincial hurling and some of the bigger county finals of course there would be significant interest..speaking as someone at the dublin semi finals during the week which had big crowds..there was a huge neutral attendance at them
alano12 (National) - 31/10/2016 17:24:31
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County you least want to see win in football? - 3 Like(s)
Replying To waynoI: "Yea i'm the same as you Jackeen
I have no interest once the Dubs go out.
If we win it, brilliant.
If we go out, 9 times out of 10 I wouldn't be overly bothered watching another minute of championship football unless there was nothing else on and I had no plans.
So I don't have a team I want/don't want to win it." not much of a gaa man so
alano12 (National) - 27/07/2016 23:13:08
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Rob Hennelly, I'm still proud of him, always will be - 3 Like(s)
Replying To gotmilk: "Major decision to change Brogan, MCMC as well. Neither of those changes worked well but I don't see Gavin getting blamed for them. Rochford made a decision he thought was the right one. If Clarkes kickouts were better the first day Mayo would have won. Rochford tried to change it, it backfired." clarkes kickouts werent that bad the first day and he performed well otherwise....why are you trying to absolve rochford of any blame?...he tried to be clever and got caught out
alano12 (National) - 03/10/2016 17:02:28
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Roscommon 2017 documentary. - 3 Like(s)
Replying To TheFlaker: "Not a fan of these things to be honest. If Mayo did it they would be lambasted across the board on here because they love the attention etc etc.
Only a team who has been there and done that can get away with fly on the wall docs." seems like a needless dig...good to see these behind the scenes stuff..dont get enough of it in gaa anymore
alano12 (OtherSports) - 16/10/2017 23:37:43
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County you least want to see win in football? - 2 Like(s)
Replying To JayP: "Alano12.....
I think you are wrong on so many levels there. I know people who have attended Dublin games in summer for 40 years who have no club affiliation. But they love going to Dublin football games come championship time. They wax lyrical about past days and past glories. Are they not "proper GAA men"? I know guys who played senior for my club who never turned up to the club fundraisers or coached 1 kid in the club, and who never went to Dublin games. Are they "proper GAA men"? I think people contribute what they can. Some more than others! But I think this "proper GAA man/woman" stuff is ridiculous." id strongly disagree.,..sure dublin wouldnt have the team they have now if it wasnt for the effort put in at club level..without the grassroots the gaa is nothing,..im quite worried about what is being said on here...im well aware dublin has a big element of its support who dont follow club football...to not even follow the sport when dublin are not playing?..that is not a fan of the sport that is simply a fanboy of a particular team
alano12 (National) - 28/07/2016 15:46:18
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Can the GAA survive the Rugby onslaught - 2 Like(s)
if volleyball or hockey or whatever was being shown constantly over things more popular than it such as rugby/soccer etc i would be also questioning rte and why they are giving such preferential treatment to less popular sports.....its not anti rugby on my part and i highly doubt you would be going to such lengths to defend the coverage then..the reality is you are a big rugby guy and therefore like ormo feel the need for some reason to defend the biased coverage it receives on the national broadcaster...i honestly think you need to stop looking at things as anti rugby..its not...people just want the league and the club championship and womens gaa to get the proper coverage it warrants...there is no disputing the fact that those 3 things are way more popular than a lot of the rugby shown on the national broadcaster on rte outside of the senior 6 nations
alano12 (National) - 14/02/2017 21:46:12
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Well Done Lee Keegan !! - 2 Like(s)
Replying To jacktheDub: "Didn't have a standout player!!! Cooper, Fenton and KilKenny to name just 3." kilkenny?..did you go to any of the games?..your argument has just lost all credibility by trying to claim kilkenny had a better year than keegan
alano12 (National) - 07/11/2016 22:53:07
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Does GAA get fair coverage compared to soccer and rugby - 2 Like(s)
in fairness to mediaman...people have their heads in the sand if they think rte would be giving the meath hurlers coverage if it wasnt for the controversy..same goes for the infamous club brawl many years ago which made the late late
alano12 (National) - 08/06/2016 23:58:43
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"Fresh TV Rights Deal" - 2 Like(s)
there is a lot of people out there who think they are entitled to everything...pity the poor man utd fan in manchester who has his team only shown behind 2 seperate subscription channels
id like to see sky bid for the league especially as it needs a decent broadcaster
alano12 (National) - 10/09/2016 21:47:18
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