Thatâs because Railway Cup games are not played in the summer, like they should be.
St. Patrickâs Day isnât/wasnât in the summer.
It was an insult to the Railway Cup to play the finals on St. Patrickâs Day.
As it is to the All-Ireland Club finals currently.
These competitions should all be played in the summer. It would also be a disgrace to play them in the summer because people have to take holidays and go to weddings and stag dos.
No it wasnât.
Johnny Magee is calling for a playersâ strike.
Outrage!
Bring back the Oireachtais.
President Trump currently in the process of putting an end to that caper.
Dublinâs Super 8 fixture in Parnell Park is sure to be a sell out anyway.
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Surely itâs a relatively new development how late the club comps have crept though? Before back door was introduced it wad hardly an issue was it sure most inter-county teams were done and dusted before the end of July. Now maybe some grades ran late in some counties but now virtually grades in all codes drag on into winter
Is it?
Club championships in my memory have always run well into the winter. Leinster club hurling finals in January and the likes, ridiculous shit like county finals played on Stephensâs Day. National League games were played in December. Did people complain about that? Do they complain about All-Ireland intermediate championship semi-finals in January? Do they complain about McKenna Cup games in January when they come out in their droves to watch them?
I grew up playing hurling and gaelic football on bogs of pitches in the depths of winter. We generally didnât play in the summer.
It always amuses me how sections of the GAA complain about having to play games âat this time of the yearâ. âAt this time of the yearâ could refer to any one of about five or six months. The reality is that itâs good for the GAA to have games that people can watch year round. Children are probably more likely to start playing a sport because they see it on television than anything else.
Do junior association football and rugby players complain about playing in the winter (it doesnât have to be winter, autumn seems to be fair game for complaining about as well) or is it just a GAA thing? Bear in mind that association football relies on good pitches more than either hurling or Gaelic football do.
Not in my experience they donât. It appears to be a purely GAA thing.
Maybe so. I didnât. Not at all in fact. There was never much of an overlap with the rugby season a few games in Sept at most.
Latter stages of provincial championships might have dragged on. Thatâs understandable maybe
But it just seems now itâs all grades
No they donât. But rugby players donât start training in April for a September/October season. And generally have a v well defined calendar for the season. I think playing in October would be far more palatable for gaa club players if their season is tailored around that. Iâd imagine most gaa clubs back training now for their leagues and wonât play championship for how long?
I havenât been a gaa club player for some time so no skin off my nose either way but I know loads of them and I think itâs a valid enough complaint
Well thatâs the point. Pretty much every county final is in October as it is. But some championships start in April. Which is ridiculous.
The Dublin club championship shows that club championships work best over a short and uninterrupted time frame. Incredibly you get people moaning about that short and uninterrupted time frame despite the fact that it makes it a much more attractive competition.
The new system gives an opportunity for there to be a greater degree of certainty for club players as regards what months their season will be built around.
You start your club championship no earlier than, say the last week in July (only four counties of the 32 will see inter-county action into August under the new system) and play through to a finish without interruption from inter-county. If a county canât organise its championships and get them played off by early October after starting in the last week in July, itâll be purely their fault.
bogballers are so fuckin thick
there is only about 5 rounds in the senior club championship which could be played over 10 days yet they cant get it together for that
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Youâve missed the point of this.
Well, tell us what that point is.
No.
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Ah Sid. The Dublin Championships have been a joke since the county teams got a bit of success. One game in April. Then wait 5 months and play 5 games in 2 weeks. Dual players get hammered. County semi finals on a Friday and County Finals 3 days later on Bank Holiday Monday. Any change to this nonsense should be welcomed
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These guys are as fit as professional athletes.
5 games in 2 weeks should be handy