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Are you satisfied with their performance? A good CB is an essential part of any successful team/teams A poor CB performance can very much hinder the progress and development of a side Again using that logic are you satisfied with your current setup? jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20598 - 10/12/2018 15:27:37 2153886 Link
Two words, Frank Murphy PyatPree (Cork) - Posts: 376 - 10/12/2018 16:58:42 2153898 Link
Wexford Co.board do a good job in my opinion. In terms fixtures: We are a dual county with about 45 clubs playing both codes, and the co.board manage to provide a comprehensive fixtures programme for both sports, while always avoiding clashes allowing players the chance to play both in a serious manner. In terms of finance, we have a commercial manager, good sponsors and good facilities Coaching aspects could be improved. We have too many journeymen and coaches who aren't up to speed, which may be why we havent won an all ireland minor since 1968 and a leinster minor since 1986. This lack of top coaches has impacted on the standard of our county teams. That isnt the fault of the present co.board who do an excellent job, but it is an issues which needs to be dealt with somehow Onfor15 (Wexford) - Posts: 524 - 11/12/2018 11:44:17 2153972 Link
Yeah! :) waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 11/12/2018 12:10:27 2153975 Link
Limerick County board aren't up to much. What I give them credit for is staying out if the way mostly. I think the county secretary is competent but...That there's an All Ireland on the sideboard is more to do with team management and players than the county board. They didnt set up the hurling academy. Football is in a terrible place and hurling is very weak in Limerick City. Take out Na Piarsaigh and there's no top level hurling club in a population of 100,000. There's 6 or 7 top level rugby clubs. I think the County Board needs a proper Chief executive, a city taskforce and the setting up of one new hurling club in Limerick city centre, winding up the hurling wings of Claughaun and St Patrick's, keeping Old Christians as a feeder to a top club. Newcastlewest and Abbeyfeale need new hurling only clubs aswell. bloodyban (Limerick) - Posts: 1710 - 11/12/2018 12:32:03 2153977 Link
The vast majority of fans in each county will only say bad things about their board....when your winning all around you though, nobody can do no wrong. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11225 - 11/12/2018 18:40:00 2154020 Link
'Saffron Vision' replaced chuckle vision a couple of years back. but you honestly wouldn't know the difference SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2385 - 11/12/2018 23:18:05 2154045 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "The vast majority of fans in each county will only say bad things about their board....when your winning all around you though, nobody can do no wrong." That's true in general. However, in Galway's case there are very legitimate reasons for complaint. The main one is the purchase of land at a price of €2.8m, for a hurling training centre at Mountain South, with which nothing was eventually done and which was recently sold for less than a million. The outcome of which has been saddling the county with debt. The lack of accountability for the decisions taken or any significant details provided, has been very disappointing. The fact that Croke Park stepped in and appointed a firm to carry out an independent audit of their finances, says a lot. Another very recent example is the fact that they returned a profit of only €76K from 2 sold-out Ed Sheeran gigs in Pearse Stadium during the summer. Cork meanwhile earned around €1m from 3 concerts. It's fair to says it's been a bit of a shambles. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2030 - 12/12/2018 00:25:34 2154050 Link
Replying To bloodyban: "Limerick County board aren't up to much. What I give them credit for is staying out if the way mostly. I think the county secretary is competent but...That there's an All Ireland on the sideboard is more to do with team management and players than the county board. They didnt set up the hurling academy. Football is in a terrible place and hurling is very weak in Limerick City. Take out Na Piarsaigh and there's no top level hurling club in a population of 100,000. There's 6 or 7 top level rugby clubs. I think the County Board needs a proper Chief executive, a city taskforce and the setting up of one new hurling club in Limerick city centre, winding up the hurling wings of Claughaun and St Patrick's, keeping Old Christians as a feeder to a top club. Newcastlewest and Abbeyfeale need new hurling only clubs aswell." County secretary competent??..having a laugh..good chairman and ex PRO , treasurer maybe . Limericks success came from investment and oversight from a wealthy individual with Joe Mc and a few others implementing . Regardless Limerick are all Ireland champions . Monaleen and Mungret are dominating underage along with Na Piarsaigh so they will be strong senior teams in the near future.I agree if there were a other claughaun/pats conglomerate . There are large areas in West Limerick too , NCW should be senior, should there be a couple of other joined up units along the Shannon and back beyond NCW. OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 669 - 12/12/2018 08:43:28 2154051 Link
Replying To Onfor15: "Wexford Co.board do a good job in my opinion. In terms fixtures: We are a dual county with about 45 clubs playing both codes, and the co.board manage to provide a comprehensive fixtures programme for both sports, while always avoiding clashes allowing players the chance to play both in a serious manner. In terms of finance, we have a commercial manager, good sponsors and good facilities Coaching aspects could be improved. We have too many journeymen and coaches who aren't up to speed, which may be why we havent won an all ireland minor since 1968 and a leinster minor since 1986. This lack of top coaches has impacted on the standard of our county teams. That isnt the fault of the present co.board who do an excellent job, but it is an issues which needs to be dealt with somehow" i'd agree with almost all of that. fixtures have improved to be fair,although it still rankles with me the county managers tail wagged the dog regarding april fixtures.if they had wanted,they could have told davy and paul where to go. i think they need to stick up for our supporters more,it was as clear as day that nobody was going to travel to cork for the quarter final last year,we got screwed by the gaa more than once regarding league restructures,where games are played,etc. i think coaching is definitely something which needs to improve for sure.i dont feel we get enough players who have done it at the top level involved.lads on a fas course can only do so much. discipline is well managed in general. perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 12/12/2018 10:58:19 2154062 Link
Replying To WanPintWin: "That's true in general. However, in Galway's case there are very legitimate reasons for complaint. The main one is the purchase of land at a price of €2.8m, for a hurling training centre at Mountain South, with which nothing was eventually done and which was recently sold for less than a million. The outcome of which has been saddling the county with debt. The lack of accountability for the decisions taken or any significant details provided, has been very disappointing. The fact that Croke Park stepped in and appointed a firm to carry out an independent audit of their finances, says a lot. Another very recent example is the fact that they returned a profit of only €76K from 2 sold-out Ed Sheeran gigs in Pearse Stadium during the summer. Cork meanwhile earned around €1m from 3 concerts. It's fair to says it's been a bit of a shambles." That's quite a mess.. jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20598 - 12/12/2018 11:35:57 2154065 Link
Wexford C/B are OK, like most county boards I feel they could do better. StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1729 - 12/12/2018 16:11:42 2154109 Link
Woeful, a couple of seasons back they pulled minor B hurlers out of a championship for not giving back jerseys after a game. Underage players struggling to get bags, socks and togs, senior players waiting for their mileage allowances, clubs who agreed to give their facilities to the county teams for winter training at agreed rates not paid, certain clubs with pull getting games postponed for weddings etc while other clubs are told no, cronyism is alive and well in Westmeath and it is holding us back very noticeably at underage where we are no longer competing. No structure, no plan for the future, no hope. Chops (Westmeath) - Posts: 775 - 12/12/2018 16:59:31 2154115 Link
Replying To OpenStand: "County secretary competent??..having a laugh..good chairman and ex PRO , treasurer maybe . Limericks success came from investment and oversight from a wealthy individual with Joe Mc and a few others implementing . Regardless Limerick are all Ireland champions . Monaleen and Mungret are dominating underage along with Na Piarsaigh so they will be strong senior teams in the near future.I agree if there were a other claughaun/pats conglomerate . There are large areas in West Limerick too , NCW should be senior, should there be a couple of other joined up units along the Shannon and back beyond NCW." Unfortunately good or bad they will all try to take credit for Limericks success. Chops (Westmeath) - Posts: 775 - 12/12/2018 17:01:39 2154116 Link
Replying To Chops: "Unfortunately good or bad they will all try to take credit for Limericks success." to be fair,a good county board is a serious fillup to the county team setup. limericks development squads have been the bench mark for a good number of years now.no surprise that they won the all ireland off the back of it. who set them up,managed them,got the best coaches in,etc? perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 13/12/2018 14:27:36 2154204 Link
very easy give out about county boards but it generally is a thankless job. Everyone wants you to do their club a favour etc. Used to go to county board meetings and the politics that went on was dreadful, last two years as my club delegate. Usually very little ever decided at the meetings. Rosineri1 (UK) - Posts: 2099 - 13/12/2018 16:38:21 2154222 Link
Weaker Counties have generally incompetent and weak Co Boards where the same individuals have been in every job going and on various different committees for donkeys year's .Wicklow Co Board is a prime example of this. dubarra (Wicklow) - Posts: 541 - 14/12/2018 00:11:08 2154240 Link
Replying To Rosineri1: "very easy give out about county boards but it generally is a thankless job. Everyone wants you to do their club a favour etc. Used to go to county board meetings and the politics that went on was dreadful, last two years as my club delegate. Usually very little ever decided at the meetings." exactly,easiest thing in the world is to be a keyboard warrior.i would love to get more involved in gaa,but unfortunately working 4 evenings/nights a weeks makes that not a runner. perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 14/12/2018 08:44:48 2154244 Link
Its thankless but if you put yourself on there you have to be a worker and work with the best interests of the county at heart. Not some lame-ass looking to get a few favours for their clubs. StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1729 - 14/12/2018 12:34:00 2154260 Link
Replying To WanPintWin: "That's true in general. However, in Galway's case there are very legitimate reasons for complaint. The main one is the purchase of land at a price of €2.8m, for a hurling training centre at Mountain South, with which nothing was eventually done and which was recently sold for less than a million. The outcome of which has been saddling the county with debt. The lack of accountability for the decisions taken or any significant details provided, has been very disappointing. The fact that Croke Park stepped in and appointed a firm to carry out an independent audit of their finances, says a lot. Another very recent example is the fact that they returned a profit of only €76K from 2 sold-out Ed Sheeran gigs in Pearse Stadium during the summer. Cork meanwhile earned around €1m from 3 concerts. It's fair to says it's been a bit of a shambles." Everybody knew there would be no names, no accountability, just swept under the carpet. People forget about the debacle on the planning application for floodlights at Pearse Stadium, there hasn't been any word on the gate money issue that was investigated either. You could list numerous incidents but they are all buried. Some day a decent journalist will start digging & it will all come out. Uimhir.a.3. (Galway) - Posts: 409 - 14/12/2018 14:42:17 2154281 Link