Tyrone game tickets - 2 Like(s)

Frederick (Dublin) - 18/08/2017 18:09:51

Time to savour - 2 Like(s)
This thread was absolutely hilarious. I really enjoyed it. Oh and I'm as big a culchie there is. Hope it's dubs mayo final

Frederick (Dublin) - 17/08/2016 16:06:00

Joe Canning - not fit to lace Shefflin's boots - 2 Like(s)

Frederick (National) - 05/07/2016 17:21:23

Inter County Or Club First - 2 Like(s)
Club first for sure and let us all play in the summer, not in bogging pitches in winter. Leave that to inter county where the actually play on good pitches anyway.

Frederick (National) - 24/02/2021 15:25:11

Club Championships - 1 Like(s)
Dreadnots have a massive chance. Bet in final by a better pats team two years in a row and the last year caught cold in a semi when they knew pats were in the final and they didn't fancy a third crack while som were on a crest of a wave. This time they have the best bunch of players in it. Pops, d Campbell, a. Williams, shelvin, peach, Pepe, pat lynch(on his day), p.kirwan returning from travels, have no excuses this year. Gers will be close. Best manager, good system, good players. Gerry hoey and Jim Mac need to stay fit though as they hold the Attack and defence together. Have a mental edge over dreadnots as wel Omahoneys are capable of an upset in a game but I don't think good enough to win it out. I dont actually think their forwards are as good as other sides, and they don't put up huge scores, but they have a great defensive setup and no better man than jobser to lead them. Kilcoyne, Crawley, finnegan, fisher are all good in certain areas but are mark able. nixon is a loss as he was a great worker and contributed both ends for them. Mary's are in with a great shout and seem to be hitting form and their squad allows them to prepare for any team/system by playing 15v15 in training. Bingham, Darren Clarke, paudy Clarke, dean Matthews, are very capable. Rj Callaghan Ronan Carroll give them stature and physicality and they have some fearless young fellas as wel which could come off the bench. Pats don't need a briefing. I just don't think they have the hunger though, most of them have at least 2-3 joe wards, their best chance at Leinster has gone. Cooley are sitting mid table in the league but I don't think are good enough. Depend on b white for scores too much and not as teak tough at the back as they were. Blues are similar to Cooley although their belief is never in question and always makes them dangerous. Kilkerly have Shane Lennon who is still the best club player on his day in Louth and now with mc eneaney to help him you never know. Have a winning mentality from last year as well. Gaels are targeting to get back to div 1 and are too defensive any ways. Haven't added the attacking dimension I expected them to . Rats not going well and could go down in championship. Ben rogan and baz Flanagan not as lethal as before and seem to be aging a bit. O Connells can cause an upset they have some brilliant players who blow hot and cold. Consistency is their prob and they lost a lot of league games by v.small margins. Martins I don't believe will win it. JP not as good as before, as with Nicky mc d, and mick fanning. Although with Berill,Campbell, jp, and if Craig lynch plays on square, they could score a lot. Problem would be getting the ball to them. That's my thoughts. I definitely think we will have a different winner other than collon,blues,pats for first time in a while

Frederick (Louth) - 04/07/2016 16:42:51

Club Championships - 1 Like(s)
Darver is a joke for a venue and turns supporters off it, especially neutrals. Ifs it's windy, cold or wet, I wouldn't go see Kerry v Dublin above never mind Louth club games, no disrespect. Ardee should have lights with their set up above, gers is a good venue with lights and dromiskin would even do( though not much better than darver regards crowd facilities). Clans also has lights and is good venue. I don't see a prob with Friday night games at 8, any earlier yes, but most jobs now finish early on a Friday and 5 at the latest. An hour commute and most lads are home, yes it's strenuous on the few who are away, but then you've a free weekend for lads with family and all so it's hard to suit everyone. I also think instead of double headers with adult teams, they should play some underage matches before an adult game. Better for kids to play in front of a crowd even if it is just for a few minutes, and the pitch wouldn't be cut up as bad. Another thing on double headers is warm up facilities for the second game, this needs to be addressed

Frederick (Louth) - 07/09/2016 22:37:47

Joe Canning - not fit to lace Shefflin's boots - 1 Like(s)
For me it's the killer instinct. Galway took several points yesterday when the goal was on. In the first half in particular. If galway were in kilkennys goal scoring opportunity yesterday, the mid fielder would have put it over. Back to topic. I would agree that shefflin has been better. He does have a better team though. Like when canning put over a 55metre cut v tip in the league, dia think Jackie Tyrell and Tommy Walsh and brain hogan jj Delaney and the lads would allowed bubbles get his equaliser. Not a chance! Genuine question, could Henry score from sideline cuts, marvellous skill and it's just something I've never seen him do and didn't want to get slated for saying so. Obviously he made up for it in other things? Canning seems to nearly have his best years behind him when he was racking up anything from 1-12 and above in games on a weekly basis in NHL, u21, fitzgibbon, and Portuma all Ireland club games. Still one of my fav passages of gaa is when shefflin puts Kilkenny ahead and then joe equalises. Think it was league game? Commentary and all, the King and the prince.

Frederick (National) - 04/07/2016 17:01:29

New Championship 2019 - 1 Like(s)
why o why didnt they call the new championship Joe ward, then it was perfect. That was the whole idea of it, to give players from lesser clubs the chance to win a Joe ward. The senior championship would be devalued, but so be it, if your good enough you'd beat a combination, at end of day, you can only put out 15. Blues would nearly beat Louth never mind a combo of couple of clubs, and the combo would never have chemistry. There is no incentive to win this new championship as an amalgamation, its not a thing players would desire, you'll win it most likely with rivals, and only 2-3 of your good mates. Everyone wants a Joe ward, by hook or by crook, they wouldn't mind, hence the transfers to blues .Also this way, it still gives no chance to westerns players of a Joe ward, it gives them chance at this new thing which nobody will want, who wants to go into Leinster to get whooped. It will become a farce, someone please reply to this post in 2-3 years and tell me i was right. Baile Talun will win it the first year as they'll be only ones to take it seriously as it was their motion, prob have a squad picked already.

Frederick (Louth) - 15/01/2019 15:56:04

Professional GAA- Clubs And Counties - 1 Like(s)
This is honestly a desperate plea to save our game over the next 20-30 years. It will ultimately define it in 30-40 years . It simply has to place more emphasis on club competitions. This year is a brilliant opportunity to once again play an entire club season with no inter county distractions. When localities are opened back up, record crowds will flock to local games and local events creating a massive community buzz, and the club provincials and all Ireland could be marketed to a much bigger extent. Young kids grow up wanting to play for Dublin or Kerry now, not their club which is what it's all about and it is a shame players feel this way. Who you are and where you come from can be put back into the Gaa momentarily, but it will slowly fade and although it's sad it's true. Ultimately if the same situation that is happening now is to follow over many years, I guarantee you, Dublin will eventually do to the all ireland what they've done to Leinster. Kerry just might, a very slight chance sneak one or two but everyone would've thought meant would do the same , nobody thought Dublin and Meath rivalry would become what it has, it's a joke. The positives to this are endless. No splitting Dublin as the clubs do this already, and you can still let Dublin Gaa continue and be Dublin. Look how many top teams are in London, Manchester etc except they will be in the same competition as kilmacud, Crossmaglen, Dr Crokes, Corofin. You can have fantastic rivalries build up like Rovers/Bohs I can't express how worried I am for Gaa and our future kids and GAA members especially in the weaker counties. Mickey Harte has come on to mine and gave a lift(on nice expenses no doubt), but it's not a long term solution. How can the top brass not see this. Are they really content to leave the legacy of destroying the GAA cause that is what they are doing. And anyone who comes back with amateur ethos can do one, a lot of professional athletes do jobs now as business people and are highly intelligent and gifted people along with their training. And GAA players train every bit as much as them, sometimes more and harder, much to their detriment as they don't have the correct knowledge. This is not a slight at Dublin. Kerry are every bit as professional as Dublin and it would've been a great game this year, but the rest of the counties really don't stand a chance and anyone telling themselves other wise is only fooling themselves. The GAA need to set up an all Ireland club league and charge a subscription, and let the submissions flow from clubs and counties in, you would be amazed at what sponsors would buy into a brand new competition , structure it randomly, hone and away games and let relegation and promotion sort itself within 10/15 years. Now you would have some mailings in the early years, say my club Geraldines were up against Ballymun in the first year of random groupings, but we would get relegated and Bally min get promoted and within 5-6 years your leagues would even out. You could think about restricting it to provincials but I think it's best to go all Ireland.let European cities enter, imagin your club gonna to play an away game in the league against Berlin, sure the players would be willing to pay expenses themselves. Have these same clubs play a fa cup (Sam Maguire) straight knock out. Leave what's left in the counties to play their junior intermediate and senior championships, maybe you could enter the fa cup at at a smaller fee and you may have. A fairytale story once in a blue moon of the "non league team' getting far. I cannot understand why they won't go to a similar set up to league of Ireland. The stadia are there, the crowds will go, not many away fans but home fans will go. The money is certainly there too as there are junior clubs playing half a years salary to their manager in so called weaker counties. That's my rant and I'd love to see flaws, please don't berate me. A sad factor of this is the number of talented GAA players not seen on the national stage from Dublin is huge as they can only field 15, and the opportunities they are missing out on as a result is unfair.

Frederick (National) - 19/02/2021 01:02:09

How can Meath beat Dublin in Leinster? - 1 Like(s)

Frederick (Meath) - 09/06/2016 01:20:07

Rip Brendan Reilly. - 1 Like(s)
RIP benny, by all accounts a great lad Absolutely tragic and thoughts and prayers for his family and friends.

Frederick (Louth) - 18/09/2017 22:55:39

Club Championships - 1 Like(s)

Frederick (Louth) - 19/09/2016 12:55:07

Dublin v Meath - 1 Like(s)
It is what people do with young players. Look at Marcus rashford and martial. Dublin have a huge following Damo and telling people to hush about c o'c in like trying to keep the tide out. He carried a u21 team to a Leinster. He came on the other day and had that balance and elegance about him which made ya watch. I am only mad I didn't watch more of him when he was first mentioned on this, although only the 21 semis be on tg4 so that was only chance I'd have. People hyped up ck when he was young and rightly so. The chap plays with maturity and experience of gooch, never making the wrong decision.he scores, works hard, tackles, covers spaces, has vision has it all. If he hadn't hurt his knee and lost maybe a half yard of explosiveness hed had he'd of been better than Connolly I think in an overall sense. Add to that he is only 23. A future Dublin captain I would say.

Frederick (Dublin) - 08/06/2016 11:32:49

Two years on - management review - 1 Like(s)
CK should certainly continue and I would actually like to see it for resins previously stated. I also agree that the biggest problem with Louth football is not who the senior county manager is.

Frederick (Louth) - 01/07/2016 16:14:11

Well done Ireland - 1 Like(s)

Frederick (National) - 23/06/2016 13:46:05

Cavan v Tyrone - 1 Like(s)
I fancy Tyrone on the basis that they don't generally lose replays( championship and in general) in my memory any ways. Some one might have stats on this. Would love to see a Monaghan Cavan final. Imagine the banter

Frederick (National) - 01/07/2016 16:46:05

Kerry's easy path - 1 Like(s)

Frederick (National) - 01/06/2017 13:25:12

Division 1 League 2017 - 1 Like(s)
its a joke you cant organise a thing in confidence cause of football.

Frederick (Louth) - 01/06/2017 13:36:30

Rory Mcilroy played Gaelic football - 1 Like(s)
I thought it was a great article. Regarding throwing the Tri colour, he explains the reason for that(not that specific incident, but he said he doesn't feel one or the other and he is entitled to that). Mad the obsession the great pros have, tiger in the gym at 4am because he couldn't sleep, may weather is the same, mc Gregor. Anyone know of gaa lads like this? Also to the poster who said it's probably all lies, could they care to elaborate on or explain such a statement.

Frederick (National) - 10/01/2017 19:56:30

Dublin v Meath - 1 Like(s)
Con O'C Defo a big star. Actually reminded me of a young Conor mc manus?? BB was quiet but ye know he can do it on a big day . Mannion looked like he was trying too hard I taut instead of doing the simple thing, get space and pop it over.the two early goals made the game a circus event really. Jim would learned v.little bar the lack of ruthlessness probably. On Louth, we would like a spin up to play ye, although some of us would fear the worst. Don't think Meath Wil give yous a bother either if its them. Louth would work very hard for the full 70 mins though whereas Meath wouldn't, they not as spirited as usual. Also Dublin might let up v Louth whereas the players would like to hammer Meath. For those reasons I think ye would beat Meath by more than you would beat Louth. I'd love a good trilogy with this Louth Meath tie with a few replays and then a one point win for Louth in the end. Only then would we be high on confidence, spirited and believe we could challenge what would then be a 4-5 week rested/stale Dublin if ya know what I mean. Although I can't imagine the 15v15 Dublin have is far from championship pace as The dream of running out to a blue hill in croke park on September is at stake

Frederick (Dublin) - 06/06/2016 14:34:06