Christy Cooney - Wanker

[Pikeman]

Well put Sid.
They were promoting it a fair bit on the big screens yesterday-using GAA players Seán Cavanagh, Marc Ó Sé and PJ Ryan as their guinea pigs.

[farmerinthecity]

McKenna just on Morning Ireland about this.

When it was put to him that there is never any trouble with pitch invasions in in the past, he said that wasn’t true. There are numerous instances apparently.

It was then suggested that he was afraid people would sue - to which there was a pause and then a ‘not at all. This isn’t about money’.

Fences though - Christ they are a death trap.

[tazdedub]

heard yer man the stadium manager waffling on about it this morning on Newstalk. The excuse is now that it is to prevent over crowding outside the stadium on Jones Road. So first we had it damages the pitch, then it was players saftey, then supporter saftey and now it is overcrowding outside the stadium.

What a crock of shit this is? Installing barriers at the hill end is a nonsense, as most pitch invasions come from the stands. If the GAA dickheads incharge could take their heads out of their arse they could solve this simply by delaying people onto the pitch for 5 mintues to allow players and officials either leave pitch or gather at the tunnel and for stewards to put up a barrier around the tunnel and steps to the presentation stand, this way then everyone is safe, the fans can celebrate on the pitch. Just shows the small minded thinking that is prevalent through out the country, not only in government but in most organisations. Gombeenism is alive and kicking unfortunately.

[myboyblue]

This is what you get with a cunt like Cooney in office. The man is a gombeen of the highest order and a scourge on GAA. We could expect no better though given his previous in and outside the GAA.

I’ve stated on here before that I’ve never really bought into the running onto the pitch thing, but I abhor the thought of putting fences up. It just highlights the backwardness of the GAA and is grist to the mill for people like NCC who have truck with the GAA, and we can’t argue otherwise.

[caoimhaoin]

@myboyblue

This is what you get with a cunt like Cooney in office. The man is a gombeen of the highest order and a scourge on GAA. We could expect no better though given his previous in and outside the GAA.

I’ve stated on here before that I’ve never really bought into the running onto the pitch thing, but I abhor the thought of putting fences up. It just highlights the backwardness of the GAA and is grist to the mill for people like NCC who have truck with the GAA, and we can’t argue otherwise.

Agreed. Cooney is a career GAA Administrator, i really dislike the majority of them.

[Sidney]

Will they need planning permission for this?

[Bandage]

@Pikeman

Well put Sid.
They were promoting it a fair bit on the big screens yesterday-using GAA players Seán Cavanagh, Marc Ó Sé and PJ Ryan as their guinea pigs.

In fairness, Sean Cavanagh is on record as being against pitch invasions. He mentioned being dehydrated at the end of matches and being dragged out of by packs of muldoons.

[The_Runt]

@Bandage

In fairness, Sean Cavanagh is on record as being against pitch invasions. He mentioned being dehydrated at the end of matches and being dragged out of by packs of muldoons.

It’s an adrenalin crash

[myboyblue]

@Bandage

In fairness, Sean Cavanagh is on record as being against pitch invasions. He mentioned being dehydrated at the end of matches and being dragged out of by packs of muldoons.

Colm Cooper is another who has been struck by invading fans, I believe they were of a Tyrone vintage.

[Sidney]

@Bandage

In fairness, Sean Cavanagh is on record as being against pitch invasions. He mentioned being dehydrated at the end of matches and being dragged out of by packs of muldoons.

This must be where the rift with Mickey Harte comes from so because Harte is firmly in favour of fans celebrating on the pitch.

[The_Runt]

@sid waddell

This must be where the rift with Mickey Harte comes from so because Harte is firmly in favour of fans celebrating on the pitch.

Wouldn’t be the first time they have had differing views on things.

[Sidney]

@myboyblue

Colm Cooper is another who has been struck by invading fans, I believe they were of a Tyrone vintage.

Cooper has no problems with dehydration like Cavanagh though because he drinks Lucozade Sport, which means he is particularly strong in the last 10 minutes.

[The_Runt]

@sid waddell

Cooper has no problems with dehydration like Cavanagh though because he drinks Lucozade Sport, which means he is particularly strong in the last 10 minutes.

Club Energise badly exposed here.

[myboyblue]

@sid waddell

Cooper has no problems with dehydration like Cavanagh though because he drinks Lucozade Sport, which means he is particularly strong in the last 10 minutes.

Not sure what dehydration has to do with rioting fans?

[Flano]

IS this fella brown?

[The_Runt]

@Flano

IS this fella brown?

:lol:

[Gaillimharais]

@sid waddell

These cunts cannot be allowed get away with this. It is an attack by corporate bullies not only on tradition but on the safety of supporters.

Christy Cooney is by a comfortable distance the worst president in GAA history. The GAA are paying this man over €200,000 while he takes a three year sabbatical from his taxpayer funded junket at FAS. His tenure has seen constant and infuriatingly unnecessary meddling with the playing rules. Now this.

What is happening at the instigation of Cooney and Croke Park manger Peter McKenna is obscene. There is one underlying issue here as Watch the Break has said before on this thread and that is money. What Cooney and McKenna want is a sanitised, corporate friendly banality of a presentation which pays no heed to any of the best traditions of the GAA. No speech from the winning captain, no crowds celebrating as it has always been done. You can bet your arse there’ll be a Vodafone logo in the background though.

One by one their excuses as to why supporters should not be allowed celebrate on the pitch after finals have been exposed. They talked about supporters damaging the pitch, but yet had no problem ripping it up straight after the Leinster Football Final last year. Money was far more important than having a good playing surface for the most important games of the hurling and football season.

They talk about safety and best practice. Putting up a fence in front of a terrace is the most dangerous thing you can possibly do. Fences, the very thing that caused Hillsborough, and are banned in every sports stadium in Britain under the Taylor report. Best practice? I couldn’t think of a worse one.

The supporters who intimidated (not assaulted, though they should have) referee Martin Sludden at the end of the Louth-Meath match didn’t come from the Hill. They came from the stands. So why fence the Hill?

If you pen fans in, especially on a terrace, you will have problems. The 1983 and 1993 All-Ireland Football Finals and the 2008 Cork-Tipp match are just three examples off the top of my head.

I walked through a fenced in passageway through a forest before the Oasis concert at Slane last year. It was extremely dangerous. Penning in large crowds in confined spaces like this is a recipe for disaster – 20 dead at the Love Parade in Germany two weeks ago brings home the complete lunacy of it.

We have been subjected to a sinister PR bullshit campaign that supporters celebrating on the pitch is dangerous. Bullshit talk about hooliganism and possible deaths. Where is the evidence? Where are the injuries? If it happened you can be sure the media would have been all over it. They weren’t for one reason – because it’s bullshit.

Every single thing in life carries an element of risk to it. If I walk down to the shop I have to cross a dual carriageway. Tha at’s a risk. If I have to rewire a light fitting, I could electrocute myself. That’s a risk. If I take a shower, I could slip and badly injure myself. Should I never cross the road or take a shower again?

Why not be consistent. Let’s ban anything with an element of risk. There’s a far, far more serious risk of injury at an event like Slane, especially if it rains, than there will ever be from supporters coming onto the pitch at Croke Park. But events like this will continue because there’s money to be made. Ban Puck Fair. Ban hanging around Westmoreland Street at 3am on a Saturday night. Defo ban hanging around Supermac’s in Galway. Why not ban the running of the bulls in Pamplona? Is that not dangerous enough? Ban that tomato throwing festival too while you’re at it.

Do ban coursing though

The real risk to safety comes from trying to prevent supporters celebrating on the pitch. The current attitude is promoting fear, uncertainty and desperation in the crowd - people want to celebrate with their heroes and always will. The most sensible thing for everybody would be to allow that to happen in the most orderly fashion possible.

But Cooney, McKenna, with the support of their media lackeys, have decided in their infinite wisdom to cage in Dublin fans and fans of other counties who stand on Hill 16 in the same way that the Thatcher government and police treated football supporters in the 1980’s. We all know how that ended.

Sid why don’t you send the above to McKenna and the other top brass gimps at HQ. Just see what type of response you get?

Has any facebook groups been set up yet I wonder?

[anon95599269]

whats the thrill from running onto the pitch?

[The_Runt]

@north county corncrake

whats the thrill from running onto the pitch?

Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom

[Sidney]

The GAA really taking up the ass from Eddie Brennan here. Brennan

http://www.irishexaminer.ie/sport/gaa/brennan-reveals-croker-fencing-fears-128054.html#ixzz0wqzA8VtB

Brennan reveals Croker fencing fears
By Fintan O’Toole

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

KILKENNY attacker Eddie Brennan believes GAA chiefs are wrong to install barriers at the Hill 16 end of Croke Park and predicts that the extreme measure will create further headaches for the authorities.

Brennan, who works as a Garda in Portlaoise, also criticised the conduct of some security personnel in the aftermath of last September’s All-Ireland hurling final between Kilkenny and Tipperary, and reckons that it will be difficult to keep celebrating fans off the pitch when the counties clash in this year’s decider in three weeks.

"I think it’s the wrong move by the GAA and a bit extreme. The last thing you want to see is people getting hurt and I appreciate where the GAA are coming from.

"But I’d be very sceptical about putting barriers up as I think it’s going to cause more problems.

“I know for a fact last year there were security lads there and they went above their station in some of the things they done to supporters. It’s a thorny issue and I don’t know what the solution is. But if you have a problem, you don’t try to make it worse, maybe facilitate it in an organised fashion. If Tipp win in three weeks’ time, you try keeping the Tipp supporters off that pitch and likewise the Kilkenny supporters if they win. Common sense has to prevail.”

Brennan is in favour of celebrating with fans after All-Ireland finals. “It’s part of the history. We’ve seen it over the years in black and white photos and lads being carried off the field. The few minutes afterwards when the supporters come in is carnage but it’s just such a rush of adrenaline. I know myself as a young fella I went up there in ‘92 and ‘93 and part of the craic was getting out on the pitch.”

Tipperary’s Lar Corbett concurs with Brennan’s view that post-match celebrations on the pitch are enjoyable but believes it is not an ideal scenario for a defeated team.

“It is great when you win but when you lose though, it’s very hard to deal with them couple of minutes afterwards. You’re just waiting to get into the dressing room and forget about the whole lot. We got the cup on the field in 2001 and we actually did a lap of honour after. I still think that the best place to get it is in the stand looking down at your own supporters. But I have never got any hassle after losing matches. That’s one thing about GAA supporters, no matter where you’re from, there’s no malice and I think that’s across the board in all counties.”

Former Kilkenny legend DJ Carey has also criticised the plan to put up fencing. “I was one last year who would have been calling to have the crowd out on the field. I still am. But if it is that serious a thing, and if the GAA are absolutely that intent, give it one more go, no fences, no nothing and let the crowd adhere to it. If the crowd adhere to it, we don’t need any of that fencing. I thought it was something that was just spectacular, win or lose. I was never hassled or anything after an All-Ireland final or any match. It is a celebration for the winning team. I think it is nearly more of a blow to be in the middle of the field with nobody else on it,” he said at the launch of a Guinness competition for fans to travel to Croke Park by helicopter.