The Death of the GGA

No I haven’t.

You are so blinded in your insecurities you still can not see what I said.

It’s hilarious.

And tease it our yourself. If you think I can condense 24 years of education and coaching into a few lines then you really are ignorant of it all.

wtf is going on

The tipp footballers are drinking too much - ffs

Soccer is about to die rurally as they go directly head on with GAA.

Cobh is not rural

Seems people are taking this GGA hobby too seriously mate.

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Galway have big men that can hurl, but not stick men in the tipp tradition. That’s what you said. I’m glad to see you’ve backtracked completely from that, I know you can’t admit you are wrong, ever, so I’ll have to accept that tacit admission.

The last sentence is an exceptional cop out.

kev
with 8 year olds today
who do they want to be ?
christiano ronaldo or fucking noel o leary who cuts trees for a living? that’s the bottom line

i dont think any good can come out of sports going head to head at all, rugby is never included really as during the winter it never competes with soccer, us and the GFC in the town have a very good relationship and we;ll make it work here but i can only see the GAA loosing if and when kids soccer goes 100% in the summer

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That’s what I said.

You took offence.

Nothing has changed.

I admit when I am wrong all the time. It’s rare enough these days. And even rarer on such subjects.

But carry on. We can say you win if you like

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You are in an extension of Dublin, go one county over in any direction and gaa rules, with higher participation rates in rural areas than urban

that’s some post

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This is classic.

This is why you should maybe stay away from coaching.

There is actually a study somewhere that goes directly at this subject.

A big one.

Thousands of parents were asked “what do you think your kids wants out of sport?”
Answer: to be Messi or Ronaldo.

Question to kids: “What do you want out of sport?”
Answer: To have fun and hang around with my mates.

What’s happening now is adults are imprinting their adult beliefs on children, usually with zero education on the subject.

And you think soccer can beat Gaa rurally in a straight fight? Don’t be so fucking dumb. It takes generations to adjust culture.

The FAI in one simple touch of the pen lost more Shane longs, Seams colemans and Alan Bennets than they can ever imagine.

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:joy::joy: SIPTU

May I interject here please @caoimhaoin, @maroonandwhite?

To paraphrase a wise TFK member I don’t think you’re actually disagreeing with each other.

M, I don’t for a second think C is trying to put Galway down or anything of that nature. They’re an excellent team with many qualities but a “TEAM of great stickmen” isn’t near the first thing that would come to mind if I was asked to describe them as a team or lost their strengths.

It’s not an insult to Galway say Tipperary probably have more of that type of silky stickman but, yes, Galway also have several tremendous stickmen too. Sure Galway’s best player by far last year was Gearoid McInerney and he’d hardly be described as a great stickman. He’s blessed with a raft of other important qualities though.

I think this dispute can be resolved with a little bit of goodwill from both sides.

I appreciate your interjection.

But he is still missing the key words.

To quote the renowned journalist, Con Houlihan, “That’s not an insult, it’s just a fact of life”

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You cant question Kevin. You should know that by now … If you do, be prepared to deal with a child calling you childish names.

Even on Conor Whelan, he’s clearly superb but I wouldn’t class him as a “great stickman” like a Noel McGrath or John O’Dwyer. He seems quite unorthodox to me but he’s obviously exceptionally effective in his own right.

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Go fuck yourself.

If you cannot take the heat get out of the kitchen.

He has made an absolute clown of himself

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Yes.

Different skillets.

None less effective though.

It’s like why they produce different types of hurlers on the North side of Cork City. It’s the environment.

This thread is utter gas . Wonderful entertainment .

rural oireland is dying mate