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Former manager saying all chasing counties need to shape up. There's a lot of truth in that. Though it'd be a bit easier if e.g. Leitrim could afford 28 backroom staff and 3 physios lol. The US win lots of medals at Olympics. They have some great athletes, but they also have some great facilities and coaches. Money talks there, same as it does in GAA. essmac (Tyrone) - Posts: 1141 - 28/02/2021 23:59:42 2333126 Link 3 |
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Leitrim have never been contenders and never will, this was the same 100 years ago as it is today. witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 01/03/2021 14:44:55 2333171 Link 4 |
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You could throw €100 million at Leitrim and several other counties and it wouldn't make a bit of difference to their All Ireland hopes... We should have a Senior,Intermediate and Junior structure like there is in Ladies football which works perfectly.. Counties would be competing at their proper level and have something to aim for.... Unfortunately this is never likely to happen because it wound strongly opposed to by the various provincial councils.. ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 1899 - 01/03/2021 14:57:26 2333174 Link 3 |
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What former manager said that? He has a point and there are more badly run county boards that good, not out of any badness but they have become so big now you need professional and experienced people running them but not every county can afford to hire those people. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11227 - 01/03/2021 15:04:29 2333176 Link 8 |
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Cathal McShane turning down a professional contract in the AFL, would suggest something must be going right somewhere. ;) TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 01/03/2021 15:06:03 2333177 Link 4 |
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I think they call it home sickness or woman trouble :-).
AfricanGael (UK) - Posts: 1947 - 01/03/2021 17:12:06 2333183 Link 1 |
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Whoever said that is right! Poor Leitrim getting used as fodder by a poster from an elite county. I wonder what it took to get McShame back? lilylanger (Kildare) - Posts: 758 - 01/03/2021 17:29:58 2333189 Link 3 |
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Never say never. Was not far off 100 years before Offaly won an all Ireland at Hurling. And nearly 90 at Football. Likewise Donegal, Derry, Armagh and Tyrone all took over a hundred years til they won one .
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 11732 - 01/03/2021 17:44:54 2333191 Link 0 |
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Of course money is needed that goes without saying. Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts: 2312 - 01/03/2021 17:48:33 2333192 Link 3 |
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*McShane
lilylanger (Kildare) - Posts: 758 - 01/03/2021 17:53:12 2333193 Link 0 |
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You could amalgamate the best players in all of Connacht and that combined team wouldn't beat Dublin. Amateur v professional is never going to turn out any other way.
republicofcloone (Leitrim) - Posts: 375 - 01/03/2021 18:01:34 2333196 Link 4 |
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How many counties amalgamated could this current Dublin beat ? Any answers to that ?
roseyinthegarden (Wicklow) - Posts: 109 - 01/03/2021 19:06:14 2333203 Link 2 |
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How successful would the weak counties be if the financial good fortunes and the rest that apply to Dublin, etc, apply to them. supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 2907 - 01/03/2021 21:16:18 2333223 Link 2 |
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Well over the last decade they've have some epic battles with Kerry and Mayo and just about come out the other side! So the answer to your question is 2!
Onion_Sack (Dublin) - Posts: 203 - 01/03/2021 21:36:32 2333228 Link 3 |
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They would beat the pick of the rest of the country.
republicofcloone (Leitrim) - Posts: 375 - 01/03/2021 21:40:46 2333229 Link 1 |
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Your post comes across as being, it's as if you're out on the street for a bit of a laugh at the expense of someone you think is laughable. You say no monies are going to change this. - -- sweet jaysus, look at the way Kerry man Sean Kelly and his team put together a financial package for the benefit of Dublin gaa, as a result they went from strength to strength that could only be equalled by our post budget financial package. Money doesn't talk, it screams. Then you say, - Only way a Letrim team is ever going to challenge is amalgamating with other counties....like Roscommon :):):) - Well there is another way, like, -" Level the playing field." supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 2907 - 01/03/2021 21:44:40 2333231 Link 3 |
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They'd end up watchin the all ireland final from the Seychelles or somewhere similar?
Onion_Sack (Dublin) - Posts: 203 - 01/03/2021 21:57:42 2333233 Link 2 |
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Thats not true. Give 100 million to the weakest county in Ireland and within a few years they would be competing at the latter stages of the All Ireland championship with every chance of winning it. Jack Walker's millions are the reason why Blackburn won the Premiership. With 100 million you could train a Leitrim team to win the McCarthy Cup not mind Sam Maguire! As snother poster put it, money doesn't just talk, it screams.
PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1902 - 01/03/2021 23:14:33 2333239 Link 2 |
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So true,and just because they never had a chance of winning up to now is no reason why it should remain that way.Players in all counties should be able to aspire to playing at elite inter county level and harbour expectations of winning!
ONdeDITCH (Limerick) - Posts: 873 - 02/03/2021 00:18:11 2333245 Link 1 |
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Only way a Leitrim man will ever win Sam is if some sort of a transfer system was put in place. Not being snide by the way. Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1698 - 02/03/2021 00:57:52 2333248 Link 2 |