Limerick GAA 2022 - Dual Kings (Part 1)

[Julio_Geordio]

@Gary_Birtles_Lovechi

The CB are lobbying Munster Council to establish a Premier Intermediate Munster Club Championship. Our current Intermediate champions do not take part, as it’s left to our Prem Inter Champions. The present set up is seen as unfair on Intermediate teams and as a disadvantage to our Junior representatives.

Just change the fucking names to Intermediate and Junior A. FFS. Clubs thinking they are above playing junior even though they are three tiers down (4 down if you count senior B) is basically the issue. Senior. Intermediate, Junior A, B, C etc. Simple

[Esso_Oil]

@Gary_Birtles_Lovechi

Quite noticeable was the amount of players looking to transfer to Kildimo/Pallaskenry from surrounding clubs - namely Askeaton, Ballysteen and Cappagh/Kilcornan.

By God!

[Raylan]

The @Aristotle lebensraum projekt

[Aristotle]

I’m no fan of poaching.

Were there three players?

Two of which played underage for us in the past; I don’t really have an issue with fellas returning tbh. The other is a fella who never actually played for Ballysteen, he’s a soccer head and will probably never actually play for us either.

[TreatyStones]

@Aristotle

I’m no fan of poaching.

Were there three players?

Two of which played underage for us in the past; I don’t really have an issue with fellas returning tbh. The other is a fella who never actually played for Ballysteen, he’s a soccer head and will probably never actually play for us either.

4 players and that’s only what made it as far as actually requesting a transfer.
Granted there’s a couple I’d have no issue with.

[Ashman]

744 transfer request ???

[Thomas_Brady]

Why are they running from Ballysteen?

[Aristotle]

Who’s the 4th?

I heard about Kevin Walsh, Calvin Nash & Ken O’Donoghue.

[TreatyStones]

The nephew of a former Limerick football full back.

A couple of more young lads thankfully rebuffed approaches.

[balbec]

At this rate they’ll win a county before Doon.

[balbec]

Some ex player involved in the coaching side 4-5 nights a week. A right cunt apparently.

[Gary_Birtles_Lovechi]

@Perez2017

Premier intermediate munster club? I am confused. Is their not one already?

There is an Intermediate Championship, in which Prem Intermediate teams from Limerick, Cork & Tipp take part, along with Intermediate sides from Waterford and Clare, not forgetting Kerry’s Senior champions.

Limerick’s Intermediate winners have no competition to partake in. Effin didn’t pick a ball outside of Limerick this year, Mungret represented Limerick in the Munster Intermediate comp.

[Gary_Birtles_Lovechi]

@Aristotle

There were rumours that the county board were looking to play some Championship games in March despite the split season in place; was there any mention of that even?

It wasn’t mentioned. The master fixtures for the year will be announced in the next fortnight so we’ll know soon enough.

[Gary_Birtles_Lovechi]

@Ashman

744 transfer request ???

Correct.

[Gary_Birtles_Lovechi]

@Julio_Geordio

Just change the fucking names to Intermediate and Junior A. FFS. Clubs thinking they are above playing junior even though they are three tiers down (4 down if you count senior B) is basically the issue. Senior. Intermediate, Junior A, B, C etc. Simple

I think the current setup works well. Especially since junior was moved to an all county basis. The standard has improved. Yes it’s possible to have too many tiers but you need to give teams hope that they can win something. Take my own club C/K for example - if there was just one single Intermediate Hurling competition with all the Prem teams thrown in with the regular Inter teams, I doubt we would have made the final last year.
As it was, the parish was buzzing. Won Junior A and qualified for Intermediate final within the space of 4 months. Consequently, there were now more young fellas and girls showing up to hurling/camogie sessions than ever before. It gives the younger teams hope that they too can win something if they stick at it.

[Julio_Geordio]

I would be a firm believer that you just make it 8 or 12 in each division all the way down. There’s way too many in JA at the minute. The proposal to cut it in half was the right idea (seems to have disappeared altogether?). As you say at least starting out in the season you’ll know you have a chance. I’d also be a firm believer that it should be two up and two down. Poor teams fall fast and good ones rise quickly then.

It’s basically what they do in Dublin and I think it works really well. You might be playing junior F hurling, but at least you are on the same level as everyone else come Sunday

[Gary_Birtles_Lovechi]

I agree that there are far too many Junior A clubs. Three or four of them are more than good enough to be intermediate but many are not much better than Junior B.

[Breaking_my_balls]

The County Junior will have to be split into Premier Junior (cc @Julio_Geordio) and Junior A next year due to Croke Park’s rule on not being allowed to have anything more than 16 teams per tier, so I think this is the last year of it??

[Breaking_my_balls]

I’d assume that figure of 766 or whatever was including club permissions, ie. a lad from Effin who do not field football teams seeking permission to play football with Ballylanders or Bruree or whatever

[Perez2017]

Cork and Limerick only counties with Intermediate A. Hardly set up.a Munster for 2 counties.