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Replying To Saynothing: "Yet the same people watch soccer with their back and side passing." It's a lot more difficult to pass a ball 10 yards with your feet on a soccer pitch than it is to hand pass it 3 ft on a Gaelic pitch. Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4734 - 30/06/2024 17:36:06 2556003 Link
Sadly the average game of soccer is now on par with the average game of Gaelic football for excitement. Something I never thought could be said. cuttothebone (Kildare) - Posts: 164 - 30/06/2024 17:52:44 2556005 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "The atmosphere in all quarter finals bar Galways second half comeback was absolutely dead. Crowd had nothing to shout about. Football in big trouble." Yep, when you can hear individuals managers shouting their instructions or individual players shouting to their teammates as you would if there was only a handful of people in attendance, it's bad well. That happened in the first half of Galway vs Dublin yesterday. But the game today scraped the bottom of the barrel. Some fans are voting with their feet and not going but think it's time for those who do attend to show their displeasure with the boring rubbish by giving teams the slow hand clap. Both Kerry and Derry today deserved to receive a LONG slow hand clap. PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1953 - 30/06/2024 17:58:45 2556008 Link
Replying To Jazzyjeff: "One of the worst games of football I have ever witnessed. The ground was totally dead. It's a long journey now after that. Mickey Harte was brought in to take this team to the next level. He has been an absolute disaster in Championship. Out with a whimper. 4 losses in 6. Congratulations to Kerry on the victory. The better team won. The All Ireland is pretty open but Kerry are rightly favourites." I for one would have him back in Tyrone setup. Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2150 - 30/06/2024 17:59:47 2556009 Link
Replying To LimerickForLiam24: "Derry peaked in February." It's true realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8678 - 30/06/2024 18:23:03 2556017 Link
Replying To Saynothing: "I for one would have him back in Tyrone setup." It's all a bit raw at the minute but large swathes of Derry fans have turned against him and Gavin Devlin. He won't stand down voluntarily and I can't see the Derry board having the money to let him go. A period of long introspection is badly needed now. It was a huge gamble to bring in Harte. It has backfired spectacularly. Jazzyjeff (Derry) - Posts: 210 - 30/06/2024 18:53:13 2556023 Link
Replying To LimerickForLiam24: "Derry peaked in February." It looked silly going all out for the beginning of the League a week after Glen won the All Ireland. Those players looked jaded in championship FoolsGold (Cavan) - Posts: 2824 - 30/06/2024 19:09:43 2556026 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "The atmosphere in all quarter finals bar Galways second half comeback was absolutely dead. Crowd had nothing to shout about. Football in big trouble." All Ireland odds with Boyle Sports this evening: Kerry 4/5 Other 3 all at 9/2 Foregone conclusion according to the bookies... Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 3975 - 30/06/2024 19:13:18 2556027 Link
Replying To PoolSturgeon: "Yep, when you can hear individuals managers shouting their instructions or individual players shouting to their teammates as you would if there was only a handful of people in attendance, it's bad well. That happened in the first half of Galway vs Dublin yesterday. But the game today scraped the bottom of the barrel. Some fans are voting with their feet and not going but think it's time for those who do attend to show their displeasure with the boring rubbish by giving teams the slow hand clap. Both Kerry and Derry today deserved to receive a LONG slow hand clap." Would you take a game like the Kerry v Derry game if Galway could win the All Ireland? Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2150 - 30/06/2024 19:16:37 2556028 Link
Replying To Joxer: "It's a lot more difficult to pass a ball 10 yards with your feet on a soccer pitch than it is to hand pass it 3 ft on a Gaelic pitch." And to do either of those things is ridiculously hard, eh? Jesus wept! 10 year-old children can do both to perfection. Another woke brigade comment! foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2095 - 30/06/2024 19:16:37 2556029 Link
Replying To PoolSturgeon: "Yep, when you can hear individuals managers shouting their instructions or individual players shouting to their teammates as you would if there was only a handful of people in attendance, it's bad well. That happened in the first half of Galway vs Dublin yesterday. But the game today scraped the bottom of the barrel. Some fans are voting with their feet and not going but think it's time for those who do attend to show their displeasure with the boring rubbish by giving teams the slow hand clap. Both Kerry and Derry today deserved to receive a LONG slow hand clap." Couldn't agree more. Empty the stadiums. Let them play by themselves. They do it anyway. Lads walking around croke park. Cricket would be more fuking exciting. I got my kids to watch the game with me today. They dont normally. They were done before half time. Sad thing is, we have 3 games left. People give out for weeks about the provincial muck, then you get a couple of decent finals and all is good. It will be the same if we get a couple of decent games from here in. I'll be watching the 9 minute highlights from here in. What a waster of time! Ban (Westmeath)* - Posts: 1466 - 30/06/2024 19:21:38 2556030 Link
Replying To Ban: "Couldn't agree more. Empty the stadiums. Let them play by themselves. They do it anyway. Lads walking around croke park. Cricket would be more fuking exciting. I got my kids to watch the game with me today. They dont normally. They were done before half time. Sad thing is, we have 3 games left. People give out for weeks about the provincial muck, then you get a couple of decent finals and all is good. It will be the same if we get a couple of decent games from here in. I'll be watching the 9 minute highlights from here in. What a waster of time!" Glad I didnt watch either game today tbh, by the sounds of it. We might get 1 good semi but the other could be pure dross..... and very few at it. Fionn (Dublin)* - Posts: 3975 - 30/06/2024 19:30:49 2556033 Link
Replying To Fionn: "All Ireland odds with Boyle Sports this evening: Kerry 4/5 Other 3 all at 9/2 Foregone conclusion according to the bookies..." I'd like to see Galway win it. But won't be surprised if Donegal lift the Sam. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7651 - 30/06/2024 19:33:58 2556035 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "I'd like to see Galway win it. But won't be surprised if Donegal lift the Sam." Galway probably have the best chance of the 3, but none with stop kerry imo. Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 3975 - 30/06/2024 19:40:57 2556039 Link
Replying To foreveryoung: "And to do either of those things is ridiculously hard, eh? Jesus wept! 10 year-old children can do both to perfection. Another woke brigade comment!" What?? You think a 10 year old could play professional football?? Bdonegal1991 (Donegal) - Posts: 88 - 30/06/2024 19:41:43 2556040 Link
Replying To Ban: "Couldn't agree more. Empty the stadiums. Let them play by themselves. They do it anyway. Lads walking around croke park. Cricket would be more fuking exciting. I got my kids to watch the game with me today. They dont normally. They were done before half time. Sad thing is, we have 3 games left. People give out for weeks about the provincial muck, then you get a couple of decent finals and all is good. It will be the same if we get a couple of decent games from here in. I'll be watching the 9 minute highlights from here in. What a waster of time!" You are more than entitled to your opinion and this weekends games were certainly no blockbusters. But gaelic games are so much more than 70minutes of football. In Armagh, we live to watch our team play, and win or lose will continue to turn up for the lads who sacrifice so much for the game. Yes, we played a boring brand of football yesterday and were disappointed by our own performance, but we still had a great day out. If you aren't getting enjoyment out of gaelic football, then maybe the loves gone and you need to find a new sport. Orchardgael22 (Armagh)* - Posts: 20 - 30/06/2024 19:49:32 2556042 Link
Replying To Fionn: "Galway probably have the best chance of the 3, but none with stop kerry imo." Hard to see Kerry beaten alright with the Dubs out. I thought though that Derry were very poor today.Apart from the excellent Shane McGuigan, Derry don't have good enough forwards. They never looked like winning today. endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2300 - 30/06/2024 20:02:48 2556044 Link
Replying To Fionn: "All Ireland odds with Boyle Sports this evening: Kerry 4/5 Other 3 all at 9/2 Foregone conclusion according to the bookies..." Paddypowers are the real bookies Kerry wvens Galway 3/1. Bookies odds are made up by actuarers wprked out on the amount of money put down.Dublin were favourites for Sam before yesterday.Cork hurlers were 50/1 before they beat Limerick.Bookies judge but they cant play. CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3844 - 30/06/2024 20:04:26 2556045 Link
Replying To Fionn: "Glad I didnt watch either game today tbh, by the sounds of it. We might get 1 good semi but the other could be pure dross..... and very few at it." Two entirely different games. First match was a high scoring shoot out between two teams going for it. Some very fine scores and Louth's 0.18 was joint 2nd highest score of the week end. Both teams ultra cautious in the second game, retaining possession for long periods Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 577 - 30/06/2024 20:16:29 2556048 Link
That Derry v Kerry game was a disgrace, when is somebody going to put a stop to this "muck". By the way well done to Galway and I hope you win the All Ireland. tireoghainabu (Tyrone) - Posts: 338 - 30/06/2024 20:20:07 2556051 Link