Limerick GAA 2023 - League champions means nothing now 🐐

[Copper_pipe]

St Kieran beat Mungret 2-13 to 0-13 tonight in Group 3 of the Junior A.

St Kierans top the group and the winner of Doon and Feenagh/Kilmeedy tomorrow will progress in the other spot.

[gilgamboa]

@anotheryear

people who will take it up for the money and the standard of refereeing will drop

Why?

[gilgamboa]

@Elvis_Brandenberg_Kr

Female parents at underage games would appear to be the worst offenders, primarily because they have no clue of the game.

I go to a lot of underage rugby games and there is hardly ever a peep at the ref mainly because most of the parents didn’t play and don’t know the rules. In gaa everyone thinks they are an expert

[Julio_Geordio]

The Causeway man has em hopping

[TreatyStones]

A fair share of them are already must be doing it for the money, because I struggle to see any other reason why they’d bother with refing given they are fuckin useless at it.

[Julio_Geordio]

TBF people who played still dont know the rules

[Julio_Geordio]

Unless you are trying to be elite, money must be the only possible motivator

[gilgamboa]

@anotheryear

how do you think that would work out realistically, do you think that 5 part time refs with all this training will solve all the wrong calls and poor refs as you seem to think is the case at the moment? what would happen then to your established referees who may feel that their opportunity to progress is hindered?these ‘5 refs’ then need to be available for the whole season, they cant get injured, sick or go on holidays

It’s not really about wrong calls though is it? I have been directly involved in maybe 400 rugby games over the years and I don’t ever remember feeling like a ref had really shafted us… Bad decisions ya but never for any malicious reasons just made a mistake. A coach of ours used to always say it you want the international standard ref go way and play international rugby

I think the standard of reffing in GAA is OK. Probably the main issue IMVHO is at club level most of them aren’t fit enough but few and far between they ruin a game

[gilgamboa]

@TreatyStones

why they’d bother with refing given they are fuckin useless at it.

Sure so are most of the players

If fellas were half as critical of their own performances

[TreatyStones]

@gilgamboa

Sure so are most of the players

If fellas were half as critical of their own performances

They arent getting paid though

[gilgamboa]

I just think giving out about the ref is just ingrained in the gaa now. It’s what some fellas like the most abiut going to a match

My old man would be giving out about the ref all the way to the match in the car, regardless of if he even knew who it was going to be or not

[TreatyStones]

@gilgamboa

Bad decisions ya but never for any malicious reasons just made a mistake

That’s the key thing you need to reconcile yourself with.

“Lads ye know this cunt, he’s not malicious, he’s just shit, so don’t be giving out”

[manbehindthewire]

“Don’t open yere fucking mouths to him, the townies won’t be able to resist and he’ll turn on them!”
It usually only takes 10 or 15 minutes for the townies to start talking back and the rest as they say would be history!

[estebandaface]

It’s absolutely fucking pointless moaning at the ref. He won’t change the decision. It’s also counter productive, in that the cunt is only human and if someone or one side are moaning at him, he’ll sure as fuck do them the next time

[Watchthepost]

Abbeyfeale are a prime example. Shooting themselves in the foot every time

[Julio_Geordio]

Lads its Sean Hartnett you know there’s no point talking to him. First free. FFS Sean. Ball moved forward 30m

And about 15 times after that

[BronzeMedal]

Mr. Hartnett called a recession ref, as he officiates both soccer and GAA. An absolute genius of a ref.

I was playing in Abbeyfeale years ago for u16/minor game and he gave us two late handy frees to draw it with the natives not impressed. He actually blew full time when the equaliser was still mid flight. Promptly left shouting “draw” for all to hear.

[Julio_Geordio]

He is a gas man. I’m not sure if he is a worse soccer ref or GAA ref, but he doesn’t give a fuck.

[estebandaface]

A referee nearly got me killed out in Ballylanders, Noel Dunphy, well I’ll take partial blame and Ken O’Brien can take partial blame. I walked in to Brownes in Parteen for a few pints one Saturday night with a buddy, he was playing senior with Na Piarsaigh in the hurling and I was playing with the UL/Aisling Annacotty in the u21 LOI. Ken calls us on, well lads, do ye want a pint… go on so Ken. We’re playing Ballylanders in the morning and we’re short. What division is that Ken, 4b lads, if we win we go up. I’ll collect ye in the morning here at half 9. Fuck off Ken. 10 pints later, we’re both starting midfield. Ken lands on with 2 breakfast rolls at half 9 and we tip out to Ballylanders… he has 13, so we’re both subs. Fucking delighted. 3 nil down at half time, Ken calls us both on. Will you go on midfield and try keep the score down. 10 minutes to go and we’re back 3-3, the Ballylanders crowd are gone septic. They’re absolutely abusing the fuck out of Noel and trying to break our legs. I made a late run in to the box and some plug launched a cross over my head, nobody went for it,so i made a run and fisted back across the goalie like in Gaelic Football. The goalie runs in to get the ball out to take a quick free, and I’m running back and I hear a load of roaring, don’t fucking give it Noel, ah jesus Noel, you can’t. He gave it. There was absolute fucking war. I’m talking now, a proper row. 30 or 40 lads bateing the shit out of each other

[BronzeMedal]

At least he doesn’t pretend to know what he is doing or why he is doing it. There’s merit in that. He also doesn’t expect any big games, just will take anything. a few others should follow that mantra and stop thinking they’re Barry Kelly or someone