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Replying To sligo joe:  "Sure rugby union did get a boost in Oz after they won the world cup but in reality union has always been behind Rules and rugby league over there and soccer is now taking over in Australia and soccer is threatening rugby union big time in New Zealand. You are right the GAA cannot be complacent, there is a lot of competition out there both for participants and supporters. Maybe conceding to the wishes of the players regarding playing the finals in July was a mistake but surely attempting to reverse the decision now without player agreement would be an even bigger error."
A mistake to concede to the players??? What games will you have without players?

ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 306 - 07/09/2024 15:58:52    2568843

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Replying To SaffronDon:  "Why don't you form a breakaway sport then? Maybe not a sport actually, because coaching won't be allowed. But a bit like WWE you could send out a bunch of lads in Peaky Blinders caps and cigarettes in their mouths like the good old days. Go out and just drive the ball up the field and swing punches at whoever is in possession. No hand passing, just aimless kicks, no training because that's too robotic. No emphasis on winning because that takes the fun out of it. Just lads on a field kicking the ball over the bar with only one man allowed near him and give the trophy to both sides at the end because it's all about entertainment, not winning. You could be like the Jake Paul of the GAA, calling out finished GAA players to come join the pantomime. See if your ideals can draw a bigger crowd."
Another member of the trendy woke brigade, read your post again and cringe. All those legends of the past Matt Connor, Frank Mc Guigan, Jack O'Shea were just figments of the imagination to be mocked and laughter at. Welcome to the " 29 players inside the 50 yard line" era of football.- you are welcome to it.

tireoghainabu (Tyrone) - Posts: 314 - 07/09/2024 17:56:43    2568846

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Replying To tireoghainabu:  "Another member of the trendy woke brigade, read your post again and cringe. All those legends of the past Matt Connor, Frank Mc Guigan, Jack O'Shea were just figments of the imagination to be mocked and laughter at. Welcome to the " 29 players inside the 50 yard line" era of football.- you are welcome to it."
Calling me 'woke' and then you proceed to get offended over players I wasn't even referring to, the irony. You're the same fella who was advising me and people from Antrim to be more like Tyrone and focus on GAA instead of other sports (the irony again), now you're telling me I'm welcome to the big ball game that I want to watch and you don't want to watch. While Antrim hurling is in far better shape than Tyrone hurling, so I must ask, is there anything at all that you say to me that actually makes sense?

SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2463 - 07/09/2024 21:21:22    2568865

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Replying To tireoghainabu:  "Another member of the trendy woke brigade, read your post again and cringe. All those legends of the past Matt Connor, Frank Mc Guigan, Jack O'Shea were just figments of the imagination to be mocked and laughter at. Welcome to the " 29 players inside the 50 yard line" era of football.- you are welcome to it."
Will match Rian O'Neill, Brian Fenton, David Clifford against you named 3 any day. The game evolves and so do the players. Your mutterings a really cringe worthy. WOKE.........you need to wake up.

ORIELMAN85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 306 - 08/09/2024 00:28:58    2568881

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Replying To ORIELMAN85:  "Will match Rian O'Neill, Brian Fenton, David Clifford against you named 3 any day. The game evolves and so do the players. Your mutterings a really cringe worthy. WOKE.........you need to wake up."
I'm not sure how close you follow Gaelic games but I will remind you again, a review committee has been set up to address the problems with the modern game. Did you ever ask yourself why this was set up, it was set up so that football fans can enjoy the brilliance of players like David Clifford etc instead of the rubbish we are now watching.

tireoghainabu (Tyrone) - Posts: 314 - 08/09/2024 10:40:41    2568898

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Replying To ORIELMAN85:  "A mistake to concede to the players??? What games will you have without players?"
Maybe I was less than clear in what I posted. I agree that the players must be front and centre. What I failed to make clear is if the GAA hierarchy had issues with the finals moving forward to July then they should have bargained harder with the players at the time (maybe they could have got an agreement for finals Mid-august, not sure?). To attempt to move the finals back now without player agreement (I was replying to a poster who suggested this) would be a bigger error.

sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 776 - 08/09/2024 11:36:14    2568902

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Replying To Seanfanbocht:  "No!!!!"
That is too vague - what is there not to like?
The two 16s?
League or Provs retained?
12 matches is too little change?
Ulster saying NO for decades isn't a solution!

Yours "ideas" look very transparent - don't you think, or not?

omahant (USA) - Posts: 2811 - 08/09/2024 14:24:53    2568928

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Replying To omahant:  "That is too vague - what is there not to like?
The two 16s?
League or Provs retained?
12 matches is too little change?
Ulster saying NO for decades isn't a solution!

Yours "ideas" look very transparent - don't you think, or not?"
No!!
Now that a new Inter Co Football SFC will be on the agenda of Congress 2025 your hour has come.

Send your proposals to all the County Boards asking them to put them in a motion to Congress.

Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1797 - 08/09/2024 20:32:36    2568980

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Replying To tireoghainabu:  "I'm not sure how close you follow Gaelic games but I will remind you again, a review committee has been set up to address the problems with the modern game. Did you ever ask yourself why this was set up, it was set up so that football fans can enjoy the brilliance of players like David Clifford etc instead of the rubbish we are now watching."
He doesn't follow football full stop

ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 2685 - 08/09/2024 21:40:23    2568993

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