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Replying To Ban: "Similar to League of Ireland Soccer?" I suppose, but i would still have Semi Finals and Final for the top four rather then winning it on points PyatPree (Cork) - Posts: 376 - 07/09/2018 12:35:53 2140104 Link
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Junior, senior and intermediate in all counties and inter county All set up like Kerry club football with amalgamated teams entering Senior championship Junior county championship Leitrim, longford, Offaly, limerick, Waterford, Wicklow, London, New York, Antrim, Dublin City, Cork City, Galway City, Belfast, Kilkenny, USA, Britain Intermediate County championship Tipperary, Clare, Cork County, Roscommon, Fermanagh, Kildare, Meath, Down, Armagh, Wexford, Kerry North, Westmeath, Laois, Sligo, Carlow, Louth, Cavan Senior County Championship Fingal, Monaghan, Mayo, Galway County, Tyrone, Kerry South, South Dublin, Donegal Senior Championship (Sam Maguire) Fingal, Monaghan, Mayo, County Galway, Tyrone, Kerry South, South Dublin, Donegal, the Pale, Mide, Thomond, Desmond, Connacht, Leinster, Ailich, Ulaid All county championships are league format - February and March Senior Championship plays round robin in June and July with knock round in August. Hurling could be run similarly Current championships as they are but only 8 senior counties (Kilkenny, Galway, Limerick, Cork, Tipp, Wexford, Dublin, Clare) 4 regional districts added for Liam McCarthy cup competition Ulster, Leinster, Munster and Connacht" You've left Waterford off the senior hurling list and they only reached the all Ireland final last year! ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 07/09/2018 22:43:11 2140265 Link
I'd love to see punishments properly administered for players and supporters who misbehave at matches (physical abuse of match officials, mass brawls etc.) I love the GAA but there's no argument that the vast, vast majority of these type of incidents seem to happen in our sports, particularly at club level. We seem to attract a particular breed of big thick ignorant knucklescraper (I'm sure we all know the type) who think nothing of making fools of themselves in public over a football/hurling match. Lifetime bans if necessary, we don't need that type of thuggery in our association. ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 07/09/2018 22:54:46 2140266 Link
I haven't read any of the posts here but the answer to the question is easy. 32 counties where hurling is taken seriously and no child in this country is deprived of the opportunity to play the greatest game the world has ever seen. onlyhurling (Galway) - Posts: 800 - 08/09/2018 18:56:43 2140378 Link
Replying To ballydalane: "I'd love to see punishments properly administered for players and supporters who misbehave at matches (physical abuse of match officials, mass brawls etc.) I love the GAA but there's no argument that the vast, vast majority of these type of incidents seem to happen in our sports, particularly at club level. We seem to attract a particular breed of big thick ignorant knucklescraper (I'm sure we all know the type) who think nothing of making fools of themselves in public over a football/hurling match. Lifetime bans if necessary, we don't need that type of thuggery in our association." ironic that you say that,your own county are among the worst for booing,abusing referees and sarcastically cheering a free being awarded to kk in my experience! perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 10/09/2018 11:53:21 2140676 Link
Replying To perfect10: "ironic that you say that,your own county are among the worst for booing,abusing referees and sarcastically cheering a free being awarded to kk in my experience!" I don't consider booing a ref or sarcastically applauding a rare free as "physical abuse of match officials". ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 10/09/2018 13:50:51 2140719 Link
Replying To ballydalane: "I don't consider booing a ref or sarcastically applauding a rare free as "physical abuse of match officials"." it is hardly covering youself in glory to say you cant accept the decisions of a referee at the same time perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 10/09/2018 14:39:56 2140735 Link
Replying To perfect10: "it is hardly covering youself in glory to say you cant accept the decisions of a referee at the same time" Booing and sarcastic clapping, however objectionable you may find them, are non-violent forms of protest at a referee's decision. We're still allowed the right of peaceful protest in this country, are we not? ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 10/09/2018 15:28:42 2140771 Link
I'd love to see the GAS set a standard for intercounty umpires and then said umpires making correct decisions. Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1908 - 10/09/2018 15:51:13 2140779 Link
Replying To ballydalane: "Booing and sarcastic clapping, however objectionable you may find them, are non-violent forms of protest at a referee's decision. We're still allowed the right of peaceful protest in this country, are we not?" i would prefer if people accepted referees decision,whether it goes for you or against. hardly too much to respect an amateurs decision is it? perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 10/09/2018 16:07:32 2140785 Link
Replying To perfect10: "i would prefer if people accepted referees decision,whether it goes for you or against. hardly too much to respect an amateurs decision is it?" Blind "acceptance" of authority is what allowed the Church, the Banks and the Political class to keep this country under their thumb for nearly a century. ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 10/09/2018 18:23:51 2140841 Link
Replying To ballydalane: "Blind "acceptance" of authority is what allowed the Church, the Banks and the Political class to keep this country under their thumb for nearly a century." that is comparing apples and oranges. really decent gaa people can accept that a referee is doing his best,is amateur,is human but above all is NEUTRAL perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 10/09/2018 23:20:40 2140905 Link
Blind "acceptance" of authority is what allowed the Church, the Banks and the Political class to keep this country under their thumb for nearly a century. ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 712 - 10/09/2018 18:23:51you are missing the point being made. When on the pitch the officials are the ultimate power in deciding the rules being broken or not. You must respect that whether you think they are correct or not. DonaldDuck (Tipperary) - Posts: 544 - 11/09/2018 15:47:40 2141045 Link
YOUR PERFECT GAA : Its perfect as it is. #5inarow! DUBJOHN (Dublin) - Posts: 932 - 11/09/2018 17:45:54 2141073 Link
Scrap the GPA . Stop funding it and give the money towards grass roots coaching / clubs fees etc. Finsceal (None) - Posts: 559 - 12/09/2018 09:38:11 2141163 Link
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Junior, senior and intermediate in all counties and inter county All set up like Kerry club football with amalgamated teams entering Senior championship Junior county championship Leitrim, longford, Offaly, limerick, Waterford, Wicklow, London, New York, Antrim, Dublin City, Cork City, Galway City, Belfast, Kilkenny, USA, Britain Intermediate County championship Tipperary, Clare, Cork County, Roscommon, Fermanagh, Kildare, Meath, Down, Armagh, Wexford, Kerry North, Westmeath, Laois, Sligo, Carlow, Louth, Cavan Senior County Championship Fingal, Monaghan, Mayo, Galway County, Tyrone, Kerry South, South Dublin, Donegal Senior Championship (Sam Maguire) Fingal, Monaghan, Mayo, County Galway, Tyrone, Kerry South, South Dublin, Donegal, the Pale, Mide, Thomond, Desmond, Connacht, Leinster, Ailich, Ulaid All county championships are league format - February and March Senior Championship plays round robin in June and July with knock round in August. Hurling could be run similarly Current championships as they are but only 8 senior counties (Kilkenny, Galway, Limerick, Cork, Tipp, Wexford, Dublin, Clare) 4 regional districts added for Liam McCarthy cup competition Ulster, Leinster, Munster and Connacht" Often I ask friends why they do not engage in some of the forum discussions. The answer is why would we draw that on ourselves we already know there are so many haters of us out there. Your post demonstrations the attitude towards Waterford. Even if we had won last years All-Ireland you would still omit us from the top flight. Are you aware of how many semi-finals we have contested since the turn of the century. Probable not because your bias clouds your vision Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2660 - 12/09/2018 15:14:49 2141255 Link
Replying To Canuck: "Often I ask friends why they do not engage in some of the forum discussions. The answer is why would we draw that on ourselves we already know there are so many haters of us out there. Your post demonstrations the attitude towards Waterford. Even if we had won last years All-Ireland you would still omit us from the top flight. Are you aware of how many semi-finals we have contested since the turn of the century. Probable not because your bias clouds your vision" I think more realistically his hurling proposal was an afterthought not properly formulated rather than some consciously anti Waterford agenda. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4222 - 13/09/2018 07:33:29 2141334 Link
Ah the perfect GAA, where Junior B is actually the flagship grade that plays on TV and in Croker and where there's no such thing as a red card never mind a black card.....where a player can collect 4 yellow cards before getting an orange (warning) card, 4 Orange warning cards = name in the book. Also no umpire's as they are a defunct role in the GAA> The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 706 - 13/09/2018 14:06:43 2141436 Link
Replying To Whammo86: "I think more realistically his hurling proposal was an afterthought not properly formulated rather than some consciously anti Waterford agenda." With Waterford been the after thought. Or not one at all. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2660 - 13/09/2018 14:18:00 2141441 Link
Replying To Canuck: "With Waterford been the after thought. Or not one at all." They were but I wouldn't say it was an intentional slight Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4222 - 13/09/2018 14:51:01 2141461 Link