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don't agree, he has elevated the county team as contenders and has helped the gate receipts for County Board, your comment is a bit harsh. Tough week in Armagh after losing on penalties. suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1706 - 16/05/2023 11:08:08 2478902 Link 0 |
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41139958.html Cant say we would be shocked. countyman2022 (Wexford) - Posts: 757 - 16/05/2023 12:02:10 2478930 Link 1 |
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Anybody know the stat's on hand passing in the two matches on Sunday. I'll volunteer to watch the Ulster final again no bother, definitely not watching Leinster.
Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2180 - 16/05/2023 13:22:00 2478962 Link 6 |
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To be honest, I'd fast-forward through the first 60m of the Ulster Final, it was muck. There were 25 scores at FT. There were 41 in the Leinster Final which says something about the speed of transition in both games. Dublin scored 5-16 from play. Louth scored 8 from play. TBH neither game was a fantastic spectacle but I'll take a quicker moving more free scoring game any day over basketball passing rotation on the edge of a defensive 3 point line at the 45m line with players afraid of their lives to kick a ball.
Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4734 - 16/05/2023 14:29:01 2478987 Link 5 |
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Jesus but I hope your getting well paid to watch that Ulster final again! It's
Breffni1969 (Cavan) - Posts: 510 - 16/05/2023 14:39:05 2478992 Link 2 |
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Countryman, did you read the article... look at the noted previous incidents. Ulster football may be more competitive than most but to imply that this is normal stuff in Ulster is baseless ponger (Cavan) - Posts: 544 - 16/05/2023 14:52:35 2478997 Link 0 |
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Connacht is the only party in town Zucker (Leitrim) - Posts: 156 - 16/05/2023 15:10:37 2479003 Link 0 |
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Don't think anyone on the Dublin team could swing over points like Shea Mc Guigan, David Clifford or Ryan O Neill.
Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2180 - 16/05/2023 15:24:13 2479009 Link 5 |
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Bit late to this, but what was the story with the stupid colour clash? I'm colour-blind and although I could tell the difference in the colours, others with different types of colour blindness could have been in bother. Also, I was trying to introduce my young lad to the game and even he was calling both teams' jerseys red, and he's not colour-blind. Don't Derry normally wear white with a red stripe? Couldn't they have just left it at that? Tacaí Liatroma (Leitrim) - Posts: 1127 - 16/05/2023 15:42:14 2479017 Link 1 |
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Now I know you're joking.
Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4734 - 16/05/2023 16:07:16 2479026 Link 4 |
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Just like we aren't shocked that them Oulart the Ballagh boys are still suspended for thuggery
armaghfan02 (Armagh) - Posts: 39 - 16/05/2023 17:13:25 2479049 Link 3 |
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After you saying that neither game was a great spectacle I'm assuming that in order for you to enjoy a game of football it must be both competitive and free flowing? That's such a small percentage of games these days you're nearly wasting your time even following the sport. I can't get over the negativity surrounding the ulster final. Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1942 - 16/05/2023 19:16:50 2479092 Link 2 |
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Same here, I have seen in other provinces BOTH teams changing jerseys but Dery v Armagh was ridiculous.
arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4948 - 16/05/2023 19:44:26 2479098 Link 1 |
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One lives in hope. Obviously a great game would be one that is free flowing and competitive would you not agree? In which case most of us are probably wasting our time. We attend to support our counties and in the hope of seeing a great game. Mostly we don't. Great games are few and far between these days, due to what we are told is the "evolution of the game".
Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4734 - 16/05/2023 21:33:52 2479123 Link 1 |
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You call that Leinster final a "game"? Bad defending and cheap scores - I'd imagine a Dublin A v B match would be more competitive than that. The Kildare Dublin semi had fewer scores than the final, but was a far better game for a neutral. And when Dublin are up against a better team, you'll notice they rarely take % shots - if you look at Dublin's scoring position stats in recent years, they rarely do Clifford style spectaculars - it's all about working the ball into an un-missable position. So to have a go at the Derry and Armagh teams for doing just that is a bit rich. There is this obsession in GAA circles with high scores, as if a high-scoring game must always be a "great" game. I've never bought that. Far too often, it's a sign of a game with rubbish defending. To be a good game, I want to see good defending and good scoring. Defending is an art, and I enjoy seeing it done well. I sometimes get the impression that some traditional GAA fans would prefer to have a game where defending had been largely outlawed, and then we could all shout "OLE" every 30 seconds as yet another cheap score is registered. Dublin looked very sharp in the final, but the game was over after 15 minutes, not worth watching. Even Farrell was half apologising afterwards. You might expect that sort of mismatch in a provincial first round, but to see that sort of a hammering in a provincial final was depressing. All the fast transitions were largely down to Louth having decided to abandon the idea of defending and naturally Dublin (who also looked very fit) took advantage. Dublin looked very sharp and as a Dublin fan you'd be of course pleased, but as a spectacle for a neutral, forget it - I switched it off; it was like watching a car crash. There is no merit in a big heap of scores per se - to be worth anything, to mean anything, scores must be carved out of a good opposition defence. Otherwise, any athlete with reasonable feet could have scored them. A decent game should have tight defending and decent scores. And in a game with tight defending, you simply do not get silly scores. points50swiththeargyllsonthewrongfeet (Tyrone) - Posts: 285 - 16/05/2023 21:55:01 2479126 Link 2 |
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Am I the only one that thinks the first 60 wasn't that bad. Thought it was riveting enough. Don't really need to watch gung ho football for it to be enjoyable thebronze14 (Donegal) - Posts: 45 - 17/05/2023 09:19:12 2479150 Link 2 |
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Each to their own. I want to see quick transition, kick passing, a used full forward line, goal chances and saves, great fielding. Give me that any day over a close "fascinating" game of slow tag rugby. The ideal of course is to have all of the attributes above plus a competitive game. That will come in the AI series. But sure every game would be close and competitive with both teams hand passing around the opposition 45 for 70m afraid to kick a ball. It's something but it ain't football.
Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4734 - 17/05/2023 11:21:11 2479212 Link 2 |
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Definitely not, most GAA football fans thought it was what we needed. Even Tomas O Shea was raving about it. It had everything especially great scores. Players with skill not afraid to shoot from more than 35 yards. You couldn't watch teams bringing the ball to within 20 yards from goal where your granny would kick them over.
Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2180 - 17/05/2023 11:59:50 2479226 Link 2 |
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Wow what a game. Pity that such a hard fought, enthralling contest would be decided by those watery, long drawn out penalties. But I suppose it would have been worse had it been decided by an advanced mark, which Grugan failed to convert. Who is making these changes to our game? 97Cavans (Cavan) - Posts: 385 - 17/05/2023 12:51:15 2479238 Link 2 |
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I agree that evolution can often be a buzzword some people use to describe something that is actually changing for the worse,, but honestly so long as a game is in the balance towards the end of the game then I'm reasonably happy.
Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1942 - 17/05/2023 14:53:17 2479273 Link 0 |