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Replying To KingdomBoy1: "My self and the other 200 Kerry supporter will be devastated if this game doesn't go ahead :-0" :D realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8597 - 28/02/2018 21:07:19 2081340 Link
Replying To carlovia: "What are headquarters waiting for ? There's no matches going to be played this weekend and the players should get more notice." I'd say there's a good chance the double header in Salthill could go ahead on Sunday. The hurling match anyway...might be difficult for Monaghan to travel to Galway though PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1907 - 28/02/2018 21:45:42 2081342 Link
Replying To PoolSturgeon: "I'd say there's a good chance the double header in Salthill could go ahead on Sunday. The hurling match anyway...might be difficult for Monaghan to travel to Galway though" Fair point but anything on the east is gone. carlovia (None) - Posts: 1517 - 28/02/2018 21:52:45 2081344 Link
I'm rightly disappointed, always love a game with the auld enemy :( realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8597 - 28/02/2018 22:31:40 2081351 Link
Replying To realdub: "I'm rightly disappointed, always love a game with the auld enemy :(" Who'll actually make the decision on whether or not the game will be called off or not realdub? Will it be the GAA or the the Dublin county board? I think it was the Monaghan county board that called off our game two weeks ago but I'm open to correction on that. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 01/03/2018 01:46:52 2081373 Link
It would be daft to have these fixtures go ahead. Cannot see it happening as they'll be issues with health and safety and insurance before every considering the pitch or travel conditions. Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts: 2312 - 01/03/2018 08:26:03 2081375 Link
What are they waiting for? Vast majority of venues are clearly going to be unplayable this weekend and even if an odd one is the oppsiitoteam and supporters should not be expected to travel in these circumstances. There's a free weekend for the football anyway on 10 March and if even one hurling league game in a division is postponed then the finals have to go back a week anyway so they may as well all be postponed if one game is. In fact there's a whole month of April free anyway but thats another story! Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1412 - 01/03/2018 11:00:22 2081392 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "Who'll actually make the decision on whether or not the game will be called off or not realdub? Will it be the GAA or the the Dublin county board? I think it was the Monaghan county board that called off our game two weeks ago but I'm open to correction on that." It'll be the GAA's call, hence the delay. All club games have already been called off here by county board. catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 01/03/2018 11:36:02 2081398 Link
Don't know why they can't make the call on the London/ Leitrim game. The pitch is not playable nor won't be by Saturday. What's the delay????? Inaroundehouse (Cavan) - Posts: 975 - 01/03/2018 11:48:12 2081401 Link
I think the GAA should call off all league games this weekend, due to the likelihood of the bad weather continuing over the weekend. Players and supporters need to know about games in time. thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1751 - 01/03/2018 12:25:16 2081412 Link
I just see that all this weekend's league games are cancelled. Good decision. thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1751 - 01/03/2018 12:31:12 2081415 Link
About time too. Stuck here for the weekend and no game but sure it's better make the call now instead of delaying any further. catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 01/03/2018 13:12:31 2081427 Link
Excellent decision. Brolly (Monaghan) - Posts: 4472 - 01/03/2018 13:57:37 2081433 Link
Replying To catch22: "It'll be the GAA's call, hence the delay. All club games have already been called off here by county board." Ya just read now that all games postponed and it's probably for the best. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 01/03/2018 14:10:07 2081436 Link
Not a drop of snow here and everywhere closed. Well at least the pub is open and I'm heading there now. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11240 - 01/03/2018 15:32:44 2081449 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Not a drop of snow here and everywhere closed. Well at least the pub is open and I'm heading there now." Jaysus you're doing well, its like feckin Siberia here, a foot of snow on the deck and that wind is starting to blow now. Housebound for the next couple of days at least. realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8597 - 01/03/2018 15:46:09 2081450 Link
Right decision made safety in this instance has to come first , often wonder how the yanks no matter what allways fullfill their fixtures in American football , infrastructure in Ireland just downright poor , listening to the radio yesterday a primary school in Siberia only closes when it gets below minus 25 Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 01/03/2018 15:50:46 2081454 Link
Replying To Damothedub: "Right decision made safety in this instance has to come first , often wonder how the yanks no matter what allways fullfill their fixtures in American football , infrastructure in Ireland just downright poor , listening to the radio yesterday a primary school in Siberia only closes when it gets below minus 25" OK Damo, its not quite Siberia but its pretty bad :D realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8597 - 01/03/2018 16:15:26 2081459 Link
Replying To Damothedub: "Right decision made safety in this instance has to come first , often wonder how the yanks no matter what allways fullfill their fixtures in American football , infrastructure in Ireland just downright poor , listening to the radio yesterday a primary school in Siberia only closes when it gets below minus 25" Also we have had much worse weather here in the west but there is a difference in east v west in this country. If this weather was only hitting the west no way would the entire country be shut down and the media and public panic buying frenzy that comes with it. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11240 - 01/03/2018 16:36:29 2081462 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Also we have had much worse weather here in the west but there is a difference in east v west in this country. If this weather was only hitting the west no way would the entire country be shut down and the media and public panic buying frenzy that comes with it." In case you haven't noticed there has been a red weather warning issued countrywide so not just the East of the country and why would you shut down the country if it only hit the west coast? Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts: 2312 - 01/03/2018 16:49:39 2081464 Link