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Replying To galwayford: "The league is a better competition imho. It should go ahead." The league is a better competition than the All-Ireland Championship? Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2752 - 04/03/2021 11:00:06 2333497 Link
If you want to see GAA back again here are some contact numbers for the Ministers involved. Remember if you contact them- Please be polite! Minister for Sport's office- 01 6313802, 6313804 Junior Minister office- 01 6313983. [email protected] Slán galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2614 - 04/03/2021 11:28:40 2333501 Link
Replying To Canuck: "What gets me cranked about this in the first place is statements that no one is forcing or holding a gun to the county players heads to play in a effort to devalue what they do to reach those standards. Then there are hundreds wishing for that opportunity is another way to devalue. What profession is there not ? The reality is without the county players there would not be hundreds of jobs in Croke Park. Jobs in pubs, restaurants, tv,sport wear shops, transport, etc. etc. as well as money coming back into the community to develop facility at club level. It is also reality that without club players there would not be county players. Here is some perception for you odd or not. In 20 years time or less the structure of the GAA at the elite level will have changed drastically. Why ? Because it is not sustainable and top planners in the GAA know that now and planning." All I know is I played football, these things never entered my head. Sure we're all different. realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8746 - 04/03/2021 13:11:18 2333509 Link
Replying To realdub: "All I know is I played football, these things never entered my head. Sure we're all different." Not casting any dispersions on you realdub. I sure that is the truth the same as any of us who were not good enough to play county, It was huge thing to be called for a trial. You were king in the parish if you got one. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 3035 - 04/03/2021 19:28:53 2333536 Link
Replying To Canuck: "Not casting any dispersions on you realdub. I sure that is the truth the same as any of us who were not good enough to play county, It was huge thing to be called for a trial. You were king in the parish if you got one." Ah I did OK, happy out. realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8746 - 04/03/2021 20:24:40 2333539 Link
Replying To galwayford: "The league is a better competition imho. It should go ahead." I love the League too but the Championship is my favorite. Maybe a fusion of the two would make everyone happy. Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2494 - 04/03/2021 23:36:13 2333547 Link
Dr Conor Mortimer has all the anwers to covid on Twitter. FoolsGold (Cavan) - Posts: 2874 - 10/03/2021 17:28:57 2333829 Link
no league now id say, just cship and club Stmunnsriver (Wexford) - Posts: 2969 - 10/03/2021 18:29:03 2333832 Link
Replying To FoolsGold: "Dr Conor Mortimer has all the anwers to covid on Twitter." You can add Colm Parkinson to the list of experts Jack_Sparrow (Westmeath) - Posts: 1037 - 10/03/2021 18:30:11 2333833 Link
Replying To Cockney_Cat: "The league is a better competition than the All-Ireland Championship?" Of course an all Ireland medal is what it's all about,, but the dubs are just so far ahead of everyone at the minute that the league has been a more interesting tournament these last few years. Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1942 - 10/03/2021 19:19:01 2333835 Link
Are we now looking at gaa being allowed back in April or when?varadker announcing very little change to lockdown after 1st week in April..if there is a delay surely the league will have to go..why can't our government give people something to aim for,like boris in UL,we all laughed at him.. CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2506 - 10/03/2021 20:17:44 2333841 Link
Replying To realdub: "Ah I did OK, happy out." When we were growing up every kid wanted to be and was a Christy Ring, Jim Doyle, Eddie Keher and in my instance a Franky Walsh. In football a Mick O' Connell, Jimmy Keaveney and others. That did not change as you got older and did not take away from the enjoyment of just playing. Years later I heard the kids playing and they were D.J. Carey, Jimmy Barry Murphy , Ken McGrath, Paul Flynn and many others. The ones that make it to inter county are elite players but to realize that potential much more effort is required. When the Cork players withdrew their services that did not go so well. No disrespect to the players who stood in and were quickly stepped out when it was over. ( I did not support that strike ). So yes as you said you need to enjoy it for the sport itself but I will always give recognition to a level above the ordinary and if those athletes decided to exercise their right to play or not we would all be at a loss in our entertainment. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 3035 - 10/03/2021 20:36:34 2333842 Link
Replying To Canuck: "When we were growing up every kid wanted to be and was a Christy Ring, Jim Doyle, Eddie Keher and in my instance a Franky Walsh. In football a Mick O' Connell, Jimmy Keaveney and others. That did not change as you got older and did not take away from the enjoyment of just playing. Years later I heard the kids playing and they were D.J. Carey, Jimmy Barry Murphy , Ken McGrath, Paul Flynn and many others. The ones that make it to inter county are elite players but to realize that potential much more effort is required. When the Cork players withdrew their services that did not go so well. No disrespect to the players who stood in and were quickly stepped out when it was over. ( I did not support that strike ). So yes as you said you need to enjoy it for the sport itself but I will always give recognition to a level above the ordinary and if those athletes decided to exercise their right to play or not we would all be at a loss in our entertainment." Yes we certainly enjoy our football. realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8746 - 10/03/2021 22:35:46 2333858 Link
Replying To CTGAA10: "Are we now looking at gaa being allowed back in April or when?varadker announcing very little change to lockdown after 1st week in April..if there is a delay surely the league will have to go..why can't our government give people something to aim for,like boris in UL,we all laughed at him.." Because there is a large % of people who will say if I can do it next week I don't see what's wrong with doing in this week. It's one you can never get right. zinny (Wexford) - Posts: 1956 - 10/03/2021 23:18:57 2333860 Link
Replying To galwayford: "If you want to see GAA back again here are some contact numbers for the Ministers involved. Remember if you contact them- Please be polite! Minister for Sport's office- 01 6313802, 6313804 Junior Minister office- 01 6313983. [email protected] Slán" Ringing the Junior minister for sport would really do a lot of good do you think...? Don't make me laugh...!!! ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3802 - 11/03/2021 07:39:58 2333865 Link
Replying To ForeverBlue2: "Ringing the Junior minister for sport would really do a lot of good do you think...? Don't make me laugh...!!!" That is the way democracy works. You contact the elected officials. Jack Chambers is a Dub, he might be interested in obtaining GAA votes in the next election. Catherine Martin is the senior minister, I am presuming she is not that interested in GAA, I could be wrong. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2614 - 12/03/2021 10:47:31 2333959 Link
Replying To ForeverBlue2: "Ringing the Junior minister for sport would really do a lot of good do you think...? Don't make me laugh...!!!" Red thumb. Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2289 - 12/03/2021 13:21:02 2333983 Link
Replying To Saynothing: "Red thumb." Red Hand? Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2752 - 12/03/2021 13:58:41 2333987 Link
Replying To galwayford: "That is the way democracy works. You contact the elected officials. Jack Chambers is a Dub, he might be interested in obtaining GAA votes in the next election. Catherine Martin is the senior minister, I am presuming she is not that interested in GAA, I could be wrong." Minister Martin doesn't seem interested in a lot of sports but I also could be wrong. Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 12/03/2021 14:01:50 2333988 Link
Replying To Dubsfan28: "Minister Martin doesn't seem interested in a lot of sports but I also could be wrong." The only thing elected ministers are interested in is collecting their over sized pay packages for doing sweet fa.... neither Martin or side kick Chambers have any interest in sport and hardly know it's been disrupted... calling either of them would be some waste of time...!!! ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3802 - 13/03/2021 00:22:05 2334052 Link