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At least you would get a good sleep during it if it was anything like yesterday's bore fest
ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3845 - 30/05/2022 16:34:41 2421189 Link 1 |
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You missed a good tight game. A match. As in a game between equals where you didn't know who would win. Ok so it wasn't football but at least it was some kind of sport which couldn't be said of Saturday. Saturday wasn't even sport let alone football. Saturday was like watching what you would imagine lads shooting pheasants on the ground would look like. 30 cows tearing off across a field would carry more sporting interest than Saturdays rubbish. At least you wouldn't know which might get across to the other side 1st. Or to put it onto city speak throwing a piece of bread at a crowd of 30 seagulls at Howth or 30 pigeons on O Connell Street would carry more sporting intrigue than Saturdays nonsense. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15745 - 30/05/2022 16:34:43 2421190 Link 1 |
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Absolutely disgraceful from RTE and the usual suspects. Marty Morrissey gushing with praise for Dublin as they were 16 points up after 26 minutes, but then on Sunday with only a point in it between Derry and Donegal he was calling the game brutal and lamenting the amount of handpassing. I'm sorry, but I know which game id rather watch. The provincial championships are gone behond a joke at this stage.
BigJoe14 (Meath) - Posts: 1013 - 30/05/2022 16:43:34 2421193 Link 6 |
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The first bad game in the Ulster championship and all the curmudgeons are out in force. it's as pathetic as it is predictable Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12338 - 30/05/2022 16:58:12 2421198 Link 3 |
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We're you distraught between 2015 and 2020?
Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2294 - 30/05/2022 17:05:24 2421203 Link 1 |
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Let's turn the railway cup into the All Ireland, Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2294 - 30/05/2022 17:10:59 2421205 Link 3 |
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300 tactical decisions all cus that's what Donegal have and can bring to the table , Derry just done what Tyrone eventually learnt to do against theedonegalduvet which is beat them at their own game,Tyrone created the blanket defence,Donegal have lowered it to the point pins in the eyes would be a better viewit's awful to watch but like two heavy weights it was a contest, I'm amazed it wasn't nil nil at half time,Derry played it quicker faster and better than donkey ball,Gaelic football has moved on but going lateral is still an option teams need to have and know how too play with and against, I love how it freaks out the so professed purists of gaa, us in Tyrone have a solution ,it's called Canavan and Mylar ps an open all Ireland championship draw only solution, 32. or two groups 16, no back door,anything else is a league /round robin /champions league , ulster has had enough this stupid absurd structure of a so called all Ireland championship esp when there's 5 teams here fit and primed to win Sam but will knock tripe outa each other just to win Anglo Celt, something has to change
GaelicLion (Tyrone) - Posts: 12 - 30/05/2022 17:12:29 2421206 Link 1 |
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Marty Morrissey and Ger canning are Spoofers and are very limited in their knowledge and i would take zero notice of what they think , BBC coverage was excellent as always yesterday from their commentators to their panel and made a cagey affair very presentable. BBCs Championship programme is leagues ahead of RTEs gaelic football coverage ! OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 742 - 30/05/2022 17:15:14 2421211 Link 3 |
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I don't watch the Sunday Game at all. There's an inherent, ingrained anti Ulster agenda running through RTE's sports department and I believe that played a part in Brolly leaving too. They worship at Dublin and Kerry's altar no matter how they play and Kerry and Dublin are as cynical as any other side but you will never hear RTE saying that. Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9818 - 30/05/2022 17:30:48 2421226 Link 0 |
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BBC should get the All-Ireland and any semi-final or quarter-final involving an Ulster side. Coverage is much better.
Rolo2010 (Donegal) - Posts: 746 - 30/05/2022 17:50:57 2421234 Link 1 |
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That's a perfect structure, 32 teams open draw. I'd be all for that myself. The right draw and a lower tier side could feasibly make a semi final. But it will be the counties in Ulster that would shout it down, yet complain about how hard it is for them compared to other provinces. I remember reading a column by Jim McG years ago saying the reason why Donegal does so much hand passing is that most of their pitches are by the Atlantic ocean and the wind there leaves kicking the ball a difficulty...which must be news to more sheltered counties like Mayo and Kerry I have no doubt, who have no difficulty kicking a ball. weatherfieldgael (UK) - Posts: 60 - 30/05/2022 19:56:08 2421258 Link 0 |
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Not a game for the purists jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20763 - 30/05/2022 20:21:25 2421261 Link 1 |
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Would you be happy if Meath beat the Dubs in Leinster final on a score of 0-0 to 0-1. I guess yes.
Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2294 - 30/05/2022 21:46:55 2421273 Link 2 |
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for sure , the dubs were so wonderful to see, they are a joy to watch, they play football the way it should be played
Stmunnsriver (Wexford) - Posts: 2974 - 31/05/2022 08:28:39 2421279 Link 0 |
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This is a fair enough point about the Ulster Council but you know why they vote against it, because the championship is competitive and brings in the money for them. They won't vote to reduce the significance of the provincials (as they see it) because it will kill their cash cow. Personally I think it's very short sighted of them because if you throw in a proper open draw for the All-Ireland, the chances of Ulster teams having a run at Sam would greatly increase as they won't have spent 6 weeks killing eachother first. I also think it would raise the standard across the countries as the likes of Meath and Kildare get away from playing Dublin. I still think provincial winners should get some benefit in the All-Ireland series, whether that's home matches or something. And personally I can't ever see the Ulster final only drawing 14000 for example. But we'll see how next years' structure goes, I'm looking forward to it. JoeSoap (Donegal) - Posts: 1432 - 31/05/2022 10:53:27 2421318 Link 0 |
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I must say it was puke football at its worst. Donegal deserved to lose after playing for extra time with almost a minute left and refused to push for the winner.
cluichethar (Mayo) - Posts: 523 - 31/05/2022 17:20:27 2421446 Link 1 |
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You can try and justify it anyway u want but it's still awful. No it's not a one off either. There will always be the next game of possession football and excuses for using it. Bottom line, poster is correct. Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3846 - 01/06/2022 07:36:09 2421494 Link 1 |
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I think myself that the quarter finals should be held over two weekends in a designated town every year, one game on the saturday, one on the sunday each weekend e.g. Killarney, Clones, Castlebar etc. Grounds capable of holding a minimum 30k. If it so happens that one of the counties involved has home advantage due to this so be it, the announcement could be made early in the year.
weatherfieldgael (UK) - Posts: 60 - 01/06/2022 09:57:17 2421501 Link 0 |
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Does the hand-pass essentially make GAA Football, "Gaelic Rugby League", discuss.
EMeathperson (Meath) - Posts: 6 - 04/06/2022 20:53:35 2422233 Link 1 |
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Would I be correct in thinking that you got beaten?
BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3526 - 04/06/2022 21:00:19 2422236 Link 1 |