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Replying To anotheralias: "Simple solution for you.. Dont watch it. As I've said before Statler and Waldorf from the muppet show springs to mind. If you dont like a show , criticise it once and then stop going, and let those of us that love the sport enjoy it." I know lots of people who have stopped watching it. I'm critical of the game as it is at present, not critical of the game of gaelic football as it used to be played in the past. If the GAA ignores the state of the game at present and accepts your attitude, your muppets can wallow in their bore-fest! baire (Galway) - Posts: 1803 - 31/05/2023 13:02:48 2483150 Link
Replying To ComainRos: "In fairness Yew Tree I think the extreme stuff between Mayo and Ros is really based on a small section of fans from both teams. Probably from clubs bordering each other. Don't get me wrong we love to beat Mayo but in fairness I for one and plenty other Ros fans I know would always shout for Mayo when they are in the semi's, final etc. That goes for Galway too, I would like to think most Connacht teams will always shout for each other. I'm delighted that Connacht teams are doing so well at present and great to see Sligo improving all the time also. Hopefully in two to 3 years we'll have 4 Connacht teams in Div 1" Fair enough but I've witnessed that "banter" first hand. Like driving home after the 2017 final and the folks in Cloonfad waving Dublin flags and jeering at us as we drove through. I'm not easily offended but that's just pathetic. I don't disagree we have a portion of idiots too. The booing of freetakers from a section of our own fans for example drives me nuts. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11231 - 31/05/2023 13:19:37 2483151 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Singing songs about Mayo….on one of their biggest days in years. Jesus that's pathetic. Watched the game in my local and everyone was cheering on Roscommon. Wouldn't mind another meeting with them in Croke Park." Do you actually believe this fella, Roscommon have never chanted about Mayo even when playing Mayo ffs, We dont have any chants at all. There was about 15 Ros fans on the Hill. sourmilk93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1145 - 31/05/2023 14:14:47 2483167 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Singing songs about Mayo….on one of their biggest days in years. Jesus that's pathetic. Watched the game in my local and everyone was cheering on Roscommon. Wouldn't mind another meeting with them in Croke Park." Thanks for the support last Sunday Yew tree. I suppose in the gaa world, Roscommon and Mayo are not always the best of neighbours. Ballaghaderreen playing in Mayo is an issue for a lot of Roscommon supporters and doesn't help gaa relations between the counties. endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2164 - 31/05/2023 14:59:21 2483182 Link
Replying To baire: "I know lots of people who have stopped watching it. I'm critical of the game as it is at present, not critical of the game of gaelic football as it used to be played in the past. If the GAA ignores the state of the game at present and accepts your attitude, your muppets can wallow in their bore-fest!" Thats the point .. It bores you .. But it doesn't bore me. You are entitled to your opinion. But dont try to enforce your opinion on me. I am as excited as a schoolboy looking forward to the football this weekend, and I wont be one bit bored. The game today is what it is. Please dont be nostalgic for the hit and hoof swashbuckling game of yesteryear... the are gone. Nostalgia just isnt what it used to be. anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 840 - 31/05/2023 15:23:18 2483187 Link
Replying To sourmilk93: "Do you actually believe this fella, Roscommon have never chanted about Mayo even when playing Mayo ffs, We dont have any chants at all. There was about 15 Ros fans on the Hill." Exactly. As i stated i had first hand knowldge of this as i was perched half way up on the Hill and any Ros fans were very quiet and in very small nimbers. Someone is trying to stir the pot here. Pathetic to say they were chanting about Mayo. Simply not true. moros (Roscommon) - Posts: 1080 - 31/05/2023 15:24:17 2483188 Link
Replying To sourmilk93: "Do you actually believe this fella, Roscommon have never chanted about Mayo even when playing Mayo ffs, We dont have any chants at all. There was about 15 Ros fans on the Hill." It was Dublin fan Fionn that posted about the Rossies singers. ponga (Mayo) - Posts: 649 - 31/05/2023 15:32:35 2483190 Link
Replying To anotheralias: "Thats the point .. It bores you .. But it doesn't bore me. You are entitled to your opinion. But dont try to enforce your opinion on me. I am as excited as a schoolboy looking forward to the football this weekend, and I wont be one bit bored. The game today is what it is. Please dont be nostalgic for the hit and hoof swashbuckling game of yesteryear... the are gone. Nostalgia just isnt what it used to be." Same here. Too much negative press going on, as a neutral watching I want to see close competitive contests in the balance until the final whistle that's what we got in Croke Park on Sunday, got the very opposite in the Leinster final. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3347 - 31/05/2023 16:02:38 2483206 Link
Replying To ponga: "It was Dublin fan Fionn that posted about the Rossies singers." I know that Sorry I should have been clearer, My reply was a question to Yew Tree does he actually believe the Dublin poster? i know we dont exactly love each other Ros and Mayo but no way i believe fans were chanting about Mayo in the middle of a game against Dublin, When we were playing well. It just didnt happen sourmilk93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1145 - 31/05/2023 16:09:07 2483210 Link
Replying To anotheralias: "Thats the point .. It bores you .. But it doesn't bore me. You are entitled to your opinion. But dont try to enforce your opinion on me. I am as excited as a schoolboy looking forward to the football this weekend, and I wont be one bit bored. The game today is what it is. Please dont be nostalgic for the hit and hoof swashbuckling game of yesteryear... the are gone. Nostalgia just isnt what it used to be." Enforce my opinion on you! On the contrary, you were the one who gave the order to me not to look at it! I'm not nostalgic at all just frustrated with the way the game has evolved in the past 12-15 years. I hope Galway and Westmeath will tear into it and play a fast brand of intelligent and attacking football. baire (Galway) - Posts: 1803 - 31/05/2023 16:10:04 2483212 Link
Replying To baire: "Enforce my opinion on you! On the contrary, you were the one who gave the order to me not to look at it! I'm not nostalgic at all just frustrated with the way the game has evolved in the past 12-15 years. I hope Galway and Westmeath will tear into it and play a fast brand of intelligent and attacking football." I remember with great fondness the great kick and catch games pre 1970. Dublin Kevin Heffernan started the rot in 1974. worple (Roscommon) - Posts: 339 - 31/05/2023 16:32:42 2483219 Link
Replying To anotheralias: "Thats the point .. It bores you .. But it doesn't bore me. You are entitled to your opinion. But dont try to enforce your opinion on me. I am as excited as a schoolboy looking forward to the football this weekend, and I wont be one bit bored. The game today is what it is. Please dont be nostalgic for the hit and hoof swashbuckling game of yesteryear... the are gone. Nostalgia just isnt what it used to be." Totally right, there's never been so much interest in GAA, everyone talking about it, umpteen GAA podcasts, paper inches, more live games on TV than ever before yet people still complain saying, "oh it's not like it used to be" . I don't want it like it used to be when every pass was a 50/50 hoof up the field. Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2014 - 31/05/2023 17:21:59 2483233 Link
Replying To baire: "Enforce my opinion on you! On the contrary, you were the one who gave the order to me not to look at it! I'm not nostalgic at all just frustrated with the way the game has evolved in the past 12-15 years. I hope Galway and Westmeath will tear into it and play a fast brand of intelligent and attacking football." Unlikely when both are possession based sides. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3347 - 31/05/2023 17:34:04 2483237 Link
Replying To ponga: "It was Dublin fan Fionn that posted about the Rossies singers." Lads - give it up - I was on the Hill and those Rossie fans however small or young the group were, were repeatedly singing about Mayo. I dont really care if you believe me or not, but the Dublin fans around them just laughed when we heard the repeated chants about Mayo. I am sure they probably captured it on their phones at the time. But it happened. I was just making a comment about it. it was not a hard hitting chant but a funny one. But us Dublin fans were just surprised it was only Mayo they were jokingly chanting about. That is all. End of....! Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 3733 - 31/05/2023 17:37:09 2483239 Link
Replying To moros: "Exactly. As i stated i had first hand knowldge of this as i was perched half way up on the Hill and any Ros fans were very quiet and in very small nimbers. Someone is trying to stir the pot here. Pathetic to say they were chanting about Mayo. Simply not true." Those fans were directly behind me. It happened. Like they also slagged the Dubs about being so quiet on the Hill and comparing it to a library - or maybe you didnt hear that either.... Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 3733 - 31/05/2023 17:38:54 2483240 Link
Horrific stuff on Sunday last. Gaelic football is destroyed. Incidentally, it was Dublin who started this keep ball business a few seasons back. Now they're all at it Mayo52 (Mayo) - Posts: 44 - 31/05/2023 17:56:09 2483242 Link
Replying To worple: "I remember with great fondness the great kick and catch games pre 1970. Dublin Kevin Heffernan started the rot in 1974." What happened between 1970 and 1974? i am intrigued, Although i do note that it was one of the rare periods in which Roscommon were not dominating the mighty game of catch and kick. When you were too busy with hurling... or something ... there must be something for Jaysus sake??? BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2557 - 31/05/2023 18:42:14 2483249 Link
Replying To worple: "I remember with great fondness the great kick and catch games pre 1970. Dublin Kevin Heffernan started the rot in 1974." And the running kick in the **. i remember seeing Mick O'Connell jump 37 feet into the air, grab a sandwich from a passing seagull - with his back to the goal - turn and kick a point from 102 yards out on the Cusack sideline. And not a word about it. BarneyGrant (Dublin)** - Posts: 2557 - 31/05/2023 18:57:17 2483252 Link
Sure the game in 70s 80s were as slow as a wet Sunday. 20 odd wides a game, countless drops into keepers hand and when counterattacked pull down a lad on half way line. Wait 2 minutes for some lad to kick it off the ground while everyone has dropped back to the 14 waiting for it to drop short. Repeat. OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1764 - 31/05/2023 20:37:55 2483261 Link
Dublin opted not to tackle for 6 minutes. How is this a possession football problem? Is it not a marking/tackling issue? Peter Canavan is not making any sense about teams keeping possession and I usually agree with him most of the time. Armagh won the 2002 Final by keeping possession. They were the first team to do it I believe. suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1669 - 31/05/2023 20:38:52 2483262 Link