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A lot you'd know about it
aidan64 (Kerry) - Posts: 665 - 26/03/2017 18:03:11 1971287 Link 2 |
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Replying to GreenandRed: "What's a talented 19 year old inter-county footballer in those counties going to think? Give all my dedication to football when I finish my studies, to strive for a low standard of football , even though I'm playing a much higher standard in college? Look for a job here in Cork/Galway/Dublin and maybe play for them? Go to the AFL or try another sport? Or a 15 year old deciding between hurling, football, rugby, athletics, soccer,other sports, just sticking with club football. Some are worried about other sports taking potential young GAA players. If the GAA doesn't look after club and so-called lesser counties more potential players will leave." I hate to say it but the best competition in the GAA is the Fitzgibbon Cup & most club hurling is much more entertaining than inter-county. If you're not playing w/a school & can/are willing to leave the club for a while, then if I was that "talented 19yo IC footballer" (or hurler)I'd be on my way to the US & hope I'm good enough to get a chunk of change & a good, flexible, well paying job waiting for me. I'd put up any GAA player who wanted to come play in Boston or NYC as a way of giving back & w/the number of options & levels available here, anyone can come & get in with a club that would fit them. We're far from perfect but living here is what you make of it. Playing Gaelic Game of ones choice really helps. Helps me & I'm a native. Just be aware of the heat & humidity. ☀️☀️☀️ Gowran_Yank (Kilkenny) - Posts: 96 - 26/03/2017 18:27:52 1971312 Link 0 |
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Really what makes you think that?
dubarra (Wicklow) - Posts: 541 - 26/03/2017 18:52:05 1971333 Link 0 |
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Kilkenny was part of u21 team in 2014 but got injured earlier that year. That 2014 21 team was built on 2 successful minor teams of 2011 & 2012
Gael85 (Dublin) - Posts: 1433 - 26/03/2017 18:54:52 1971336 Link 0 |
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So does stopping Kerry* justify creating a monopoly and destroying a vibrant and exciting Leinster Championship???? *I don't even agree with the stopping Kerry, its actually Mayo who have been denied of AI success to a far greater extent by the funding injection from both GAA & the Government. Mayo have been stronger than we have since Horan took over Donegal similar level to ourselvespossibly a bit stronger, If there is any doubt or question as to the impact of all the money - just look at what Dublin won (in both codes and all grades) in the preceding 25-30 years and the period since 2005 and you have your answer KYTotalFootball (Kerry) - Posts: 280 - 26/03/2017 18:56:41 1971340 Link 1 |
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Yea ... Agree I mean it's a shame everyone in Westmeath Roscommon and other areas are going around stick thin and malnourished cause of their lack of food And a sickening lack of gyms and food.. It's not on waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 26/03/2017 19:15:00 1971353 Link 2 |
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So does stopping Kerry* justify creating a monopoly and destroying a vibrant and exciting Leinster Championship???? *I don't even agree with the stopping Kerry, its actually Mayo who have been denied of AI success to a far greater extent by the funding injection from both GAA & the Government. Mayo have been stronger than we have since Horan took over Donegal similar level to ourselvespossibly a bit stronger, If there is any doubt or question as to the impact of all the money - just look at what Dublin won (in both codes and all grades) in the preceding 25-30 years and the period since 2005 and you have your answer"]Dublin's dominance hasn't a thing to do with us not being good enough to win an All Ireland for more than 65 years. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7369 - 26/03/2017 19:21:17 1971361 Link 1 |
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Says the man supporting a team who couldn't lose a provincial match if they tried. You're gas!
GeniusGerry (Kerry) - Posts: 2105 - 26/03/2017 19:56:31 1971394 Link 1 |
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Dublin play most of their games in Croke Park because the other counties in Leinster voted for it. On the other 3 points nobody denies that Dublin have an advantage compared to other counties , but so do lots of other counties.Kerry have a massive advantage over all the counties in Munster because hurling is a small sport in Kerry while it is the main sport in the other 5 counties. Dublin's rise to the top goes back a lot further than the rise of rugby in the late 00's in this country.All that has happened is they have finally started to fulfill their potential whereas they underachived in the past. uibhfhaili1986 (Offaly) - Posts: 1296 - 26/03/2017 20:06:05 1971404 Link 0 |
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The way dublin have come on is down to many reasons. Population is one as is the funding. But Kildare have the population and funding to do far better than in the last 5 years and they have done nothing. Rohanhorsemaste (Tipperary) - Posts: 26 - 26/03/2017 20:13:22 1971413 Link 1 |
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A Biffo having a pop at Meath and Kildare?? Jesus wept.. Self reflect much?
cuttothebone (Kildare) - Posts: 163 - 26/03/2017 20:31:41 1971431 Link 0 |
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But he's right isn't he Meath in particular are only a shadow of themselves from yrs gone by.
dubarra (Wicklow) - Posts: 541 - 26/03/2017 20:47:05 1971447 Link 0 |
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Yea 10 years is the same as 115 playing in mostly 1 football team hurling province...
jacktheDub (Dublin) - Posts: 944 - 26/03/2017 20:52:43 1971451 Link 0 |
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So does stopping Kerry* justify creating a monopoly and destroying a vibrant and exciting Leinster Championship???? *I don't even agree with the stopping Kerry, its actually Mayo who have been denied of AI success to a far greater extent by the funding injection from both GAA & the Government. Mayo have been stronger than we have since Horan took over Donegal similar level to ourselvespossibly a bit stronger, If there is any doubt or question as to the impact of all the money - just look at what Dublin won (in both codes and all grades) in the preceding 25-30 years and the period since 2005 and you have your answer"]Dublin's dominance hasn't a thing to do with us not being good enough to win an All Ireland for more than 65 years."]I'm not talking about the previous 5 years not 65. And without a shadow of a doubt Mayo have been the best of the rest and would have multiple AI's in that period if there wasn't such a Monster in existence link You cant look at that link and possibly for one second tell me that there is a fair playing field. They have enough natural advantages already (sponsorship, population, closeness of jobs and universites, Home games etc) without making the advantages even greater and more apparent KYTotalFootball (Kerry) - Posts: 280 - 26/03/2017 20:56:20 1971456 Link 1 |
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Stop being so sensitive. Both Meath and Kildare have been terrible for the last few years and have massively underachieved. Both counties are almost completely football counties and have fallen away completely as legitimate contenders despite having big populations that most other counties in Leinster don't have. uibhfhaili1986 (Offaly) - Posts: 1296 - 26/03/2017 21:44:26 1971488 Link 1 |
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So does stopping Kerry* justify creating a monopoly and destroying a vibrant and exciting Leinster Championship???? *I don't even agree with the stopping Kerry, its actually Mayo who have been denied of AI success to a far greater extent by the funding injection from both GAA & the Government. Mayo have been stronger than we have since Horan took over Donegal similar level to ourselvespossibly a bit stronger, If there is any doubt or question as to the impact of all the money - just look at what Dublin won (in both codes and all grades) in the preceding 25-30 years and the period since 2005 and you have your answer"]Dublin's dominance hasn't a thing to do with us not being good enough to win an All Ireland for more than 65 years."]I'm not talking about the previous 5 years not 65. And without a shadow of a doubt Mayo have been the best of the rest and would have multiple AI's in that period if there wasn't such a Monster in existence link You cant look at that link and possibly for one second tell me that there is a fair playing field. They have enough natural advantages already (sponsorship, population, closeness of jobs and universites, Home games etc) without making the advantages even greater and more apparent"]That graphic is recycled by people who simply have no clue what they are looking at. Games development funding meaning GPOs are people employed partly by the GAA and partly by local clubs these people promote and develop the games without them their is no future. Population means everything with that graphic Dublin has one third of the entire population in the country proportionally that is how GPOs are distributed. The harsh truth is Dublin self funds, they have a ramshackle ground, invest it in teams and players not infrastructure nit like or daft country cousins. BTW Dublin are entitled to a cut if their own cake, and Dublin players are as impirtant as every other player. Investing in primary school kuds - which is what really that graphic is about tells you the GAA is investing in the games are you suggesting Dublin shouldnt have GPOs? Because we dont get for nothing we cough half the cost. arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4898 - 26/03/2017 21:52:01 1971491 Link 0 |
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How the F does money make a team better someone please explain that to me??? Give me a million euros, a Lamborghini, the top coaches (whoever they are) a girlfriend like Cian O Sullivan's and I would still never get near being an inter county footballer. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 26/03/2017 21:58:07 1971494 Link 1 |
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So does stopping Kerry* justify creating a monopoly and destroying a vibrant and exciting Leinster Championship???? *I don't even agree with the stopping Kerry, its actually Mayo who have been denied of AI success to a far greater extent by the funding injection from both GAA & the Government. Mayo have been stronger than we have since Horan took over Donegal similar level to ourselvespossibly a bit stronger, If there is any doubt or question as to the impact of all the money - just look at what Dublin won (in both codes and all grades) in the preceding 25-30 years and the period since 2005 and you have your answer"]Dublin's dominance hasn't a thing to do with us not being good enough to win an All Ireland for more than 65 years."]I'm not talking about the previous 5 years not 65. And without a shadow of a doubt Mayo have been the best of the rest and would have multiple AI's in that period if there wasn't such a Monster in existence link You cant look at that link and possibly for one second tell me that there is a fair playing field. They have enough natural advantages already (sponsorship, population, closeness of jobs and universites, Home games etc) without making the advantages even greater and more apparent"]Dublin's advantages have absolutely nothing got to to do with us not winning the All Ireland in the past 5 or 65 years. We weren't good enough in the finals we were in. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7369 - 26/03/2017 22:10:26 1971504 Link 0 |
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No one is saying money alone will turn a donkey into a racehorse, but at the top level a bunch of small incremental factors together make a massive difference KYTotalFootball (Kerry) - Posts: 280 - 26/03/2017 22:49:15 1971533 Link 0 |
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Your dead right, ourselves and Meath should follow Offaly's example of how to get our houses in order...
cuttothebone (Kildare) - Posts: 163 - 26/03/2017 22:50:19 1971535 Link 0 |
