if macs need a warm u game for the semi , give us a call here in Derby we feel we are ready for a challange now

sheepsmate (Kildare) - Posts: 21 - 19/08/2010 13:09:00    750398

magic_johnson, changed your namr to magic mushroom- your a $hite talking donkey. Just been reading some of the comments on here and it seems like your life dream is to wait for the one year Macs fail to win the championship so you can say there useless. NEWSFLASH you wally- your a loser and sean mcd's are the best club in Warwickshire and have been for the past 50years- in terms of competitions won, support and socially. Jealousy gets you nowhere.

TonyMontana (Kerry) - Posts: 75 - 19/08/2010 13:11:56    750401

TonyMontana ; It just shows what rubbish you are spouting. I think you will find that St. Brendans are by far the most successful in terms of the level they have reached as a club although they are currently struggling. Those with a real background in this county will back me up on that.

I heard the semi will go ahead in the evening giving casements the chance to get back. Sensible solution, if they stay off the beer at the wedding they have a great chance. Macs are faves but there is no reason that they cannot cause an upset, they are a very decent side. Im gona say casements by 3 .

intheno (UK) - Posts: 207 - 19/08/2010 14:25:22    750518

Tonymontana big statement thier about macs , quite clear you have no idea about any other club in warwickshire , loads of clubs ahead of macs now with development , and also with support from thier local communitys, intheno is spot on about Brendans , leicester are also well on with thier own ground and excellent facilities , got strong underage as well credit to Michael Walker and many more there , Barnabus are really picking up as well , started there underage programme this year , i hear they have put in for planning for a new pitch , clubhouse and bar also with a gym and jacuzzi and sauna room.
So stick that in yer pipe and smoke it!

knowle (Roscommon) - Posts: 82 - 19/08/2010 17:08:59    750758

I think if Banabas get the jacuzzi that would have to put them well out in front in terms of being the best club in Warwickshire. definatley.

Hman (Donegal) - Posts: 111 - 19/08/2010 19:00:10    750895

I maty be wrong but im pretty sure John Mitchels have won the most county football titles at senior. Mitchels and EGB surely have the most at underage. Macs have dominated Warwickshire for the last decade, but like many other clubs have endured barren periods aswell. Didn't they used to be a more succesful Hurling club??

Lethal (Derry) - Posts: 281 - 20/08/2010 11:41:35    751274

Casements have the best underage teams at the moment by a mile.

harry_gaa (UK) - Posts: 5 - 20/08/2010 12:29:47    751356

tony would u quite dribbling u big girls blouse, are u sure your name isnt hannah montana...also could you not write ur comment under the name of macsfor6 as i honestly dont think their is 2 kerry men in macs club unless they arrived on the last private jet from dingle airways.... i dont care how successful use were in the past alls im saying is get ur heads out of your back end and give the rest of the teams in warwickshire some respect.....coming on here jibbering about 6 titles in a row and use haven't even won ur 5th....

magic_johnson (Cork) - Posts: 181 - 20/08/2010 14:32:25    751534

Why wont Macs play the game on the 12th September?? Sure they would have expected to be in the county final, so none of their players should have booked holidays etc. Shame if Casements cant play with their best team, would have been a decent game between two well matched teams.

Lethal (Derry) - Posts: 281 - 20/08/2010 15:01:54    751572

There has been a number of posts on this site about the failure of clubs to field teams, especially during the summer school holidays. Unfortunately, the failure is an annual occurrence, resulting in Pairc na hEireann and other venues being totally devoid of matches on some Sundays. I suggest that Warwickshire County Board will have to give serious consideration to taking a break from Gaelic games during in August.

In the past, delegates from the three Coventry clubs (many of whose members worked for local car manufacturers) requested a break in August, but without success. Over the years, clubs, not only from Coventry but from all over Warwickshire, have struggled to field teams in all grades during the summer holidays. It has come to the stage where the County Board must make a decision to have a summer break from football and hurling, starting in 2011.

I think that a two-week break would be too short and a four-week break too long. Therefore, a three-week break would be a compromise and, as long as this period was chosen a long time in advance, for example at the County Board's AGM, then club members would be able to arrange their holidays to suit their own individual and family needs as well as those of their clubs. Not only would it be a break for the players, but it would also be a break for club officials, County Board officials, referees and other people involved with Warwickshire GAA

Perhaps clubs could propose a motion at the next AGM so that all delegates could put the matter to a vote.

Barmbrack_Obama (Meath) - Posts: 9 - 20/08/2010 15:18:36    751591

The playing of League games in late July/early August has devalued the league, it now has become a lottery regarding which clubs have players available teams are notified only 5 or 6 days in advance of a fixture. Maybe we could play Mick Sugrue Cup comp in August and use the Tuesdays for league games. This would have the league completed before the Senior Championship, leaving the rest of the year for the Cup competetions.

Lethal (Derry) - Posts: 281 - 20/08/2010 15:36:32    751622

magic_johnson, macsfor6 is probarley getting a little bit ahead of himself/herself but there is no harm in thinking in a positive way now, is there ???
Sure it is not so long ago that we did 7 in a row.

As regards the kerry men there is quite a few of them within the club, maybe to many. Whats probarley annoying yourself is that those kerry men always seem to be beating Cork, then you are coming over here playing your football and more Kerry skins beating you out in PNH. Anyway good luck in next years c`ship.

moonshine (UK) - Posts: 297 - 20/08/2010 17:12:52    751711

armbrack_Obama
County: Meath

You need to look more into the reason we are having matches played in August, in the past there was a generally accepted unwritten rule that August would be a free month unless clubs asked for a fixture.
The exception was that this year Sean Mc Dermotts had a motion passed at convention which read:
'' The month of August be treated the same as any other month and have a full list of fixtures''
This motion was passed by all clubs, there was nobody argued against it.
While I believe this was huge mistake, the results of which we are now reaping, With players booking holidays regardless as they feel county board doesn't care about them.
I think the chairman, if he had wanted could have shown leadership and said no, after all most motions are ruled out of order for flimsy reasons.
Don't go quoting rules for this I know them off by heart. Warwickshire don't use rule books.
Who put this board in place?
We the clubs did.
Until somebody or group has the guts to say no, this farce will continue,
personally I have had enough as it makes a mockery of what the Gaelic Athletic Association is about.

millbrook (UK) - Posts: 103 - 21/08/2010 13:47:40    752159

millbrook - give it a rest man. what do you expect? its an amateur organisation afterall, you'd swear the way you go on the people on the board all held full time posts and were being paid for it. they do it out of their own time and put in a lot of thankless hours. of course improvements can be made but the lads on the board are only trying to do their best in difficult circumstances, i personally do not envy their position and that is why our club do everything we can to fulfill all our fixtures and dont seek to get games rearranged after they are fixed as we realise the knock-on effects and the headaches it causes with fixtures. sure why dont you put yourself forward for a position yourself and canvass the clubs to support your nomination, that is the only way you personally will effect change in the county.

andquick (UK) - Posts: 60 - 21/08/2010 15:43:50    752272

You only have to look at the state of underage in Warwickshire to know we are in big trouble, if anyone was concerned about the senior county board you'd have a heart attack hearing what the minor board is like. The political nature and self interest of some people is destroying the game in Warwickshire, I don't know of anywhere else were people without a club or any history of running a team never mind a club can hold important positions as we have in Warwickshire. God help anyone who speaks out as they are quickly turned on and alienated. So much for free thinking in a democracy.

The manner in which the county teams are run is a reflection on the way the county has gone down hill. The county Hurling team has shown the dangers of turning the GAA professional with no league games or structures to support the clubs in place as the focus is the county team and spending the money it brings in putting the team up in a hotel in Dublin to play a match in Donegal, surely that makes no sense? The football set up is in a much worse state, some of the lads have told me the managers have to bring their own footballs to training and games as the county have none. It is a scandal that we don't even have a sponsor given the businessmen involved in Warwickshire.

Instead people come on here and slate other clubs for trying to progress. Whilst we all have issues with some people in other clubs the fact remains Macs, Mitchells, Casements, Marys, Barnabas, Leicester, Four Masters and Brendans are all good clubs with strengths and indeed areas to improve. Others should look to take the good aspects from them and use them to their own benefit instead of deluding themselves and being negative about others to hide their own short comings. The problems in Warwickshire do not lie with these but with the current structures in the county festering a lack of development and promoting regression. I know for a fact proposals for development have been put forward but blocked and allowed to disappear because they didn't suit the ideals of certain individuals who merely create problems instead of solutions. Oligarchys only thrive when people turn a blind eye and allow apathy to set in.

FYRNBF (UK) - Posts: 43 - 22/08/2010 12:12:41    752657

Millbrook for chairman, and the last fella with the big words for secretary!!! It really is a farcical situtation though and is ripping the hearts out of many clubs in this county

Lethal (Derry) - Posts: 281 - 22/08/2010 13:32:21    752716

Been in Africa for the past 6 weeks, can someone fill me in on the news from around the county?!

uwic (UK) - Posts: 64 - 22/08/2010 19:47:54    753085

uwic the big news is mac'c have bought a private jet

knowle (Roscommon) - Posts: 82 - 23/08/2010 09:52:48    753255

Result from Coventry yesterday Casements 1-11 v St Barnabus 1-10.
Good game (despite poor ref) with two strong teams. Barnabus looked stronger in first half but a good start to 2nd half put casements back in the game. Went down to the wire with late goal from casements sealing the win. Would make a good county final between these two teams but i dont think we will get it.

Did Macs play go bragh?

tommy g (None) - Posts: 171 - 23/08/2010 11:51:57    753442

Uwic, the referee's have been getting the blame of alot of results

Effin_Eddie (Tipperary) - Posts: 14 - 23/08/2010 11:53:51    753445