[quote=“FingalRaven, post: 771925, member: 80”]so 22,ooo go to see a hurling final yet 50000 go to Poland for a football game
ouch[/quote]
No… 22,000 go to a secondary competition final in hurling. 4,022 go to the HIGHEST TOURNAMENT IN THE LAND in Soccerball.
You’re still losing.
[quote=“His Holiness Da Dalai Lama, post: 771927, member: 1503”]No… 22,000 go to a secondary competition final in hurling. 4,022 go to the HIGHEST TOURNAMENT IN THE LAND in Soccerball.
You’re still losing.[/quote]
no - 22k go to hurling games down the road, 60000 go to central europe to watch a game
No mate, you said Setanta Cup = HIGHEST TOURNIE IN THE LAND… yet only 4,022 were in attendance at final (which btw played was “down the road” for all the skinny moustache types in the greater Dubalin area).
Setanta Cup = Shite, mate. Secondary hurling competition got over five times as many.
You’re still losing
300000 people pay football in Ireland
200 play overseas
a couple of 100 play league of Ireland
thats how highly rated LOI players are. In the top 400 out of 300000
We are truely watching elite sportspeople when we watch LOI
10,000 people play hurling - its not hard to shine at it
[quote=“FingalRaven, post: 771933, member: 80”]300000 people pay football in Ireland
200 play overseas
a couple of 100 play league of Ireland
thats how highly rated LOI players are. In the top 400 out of 300000
We are truely watching elite sportspeople when we watch LOI
10,000 people play hurling - its not hard to shine at it[/quote]
4,022 skinny moustache types at final of HIGHEST RATED TOURNIE in Irish Soccerball.
22,000 at final of secondary Hurling competition.
You’re still losing.
[quote=“FingalRaven, post: 771933, member: 80”]300000 people pay football in Ireland
200 play overseas
a couple of 100 play league of Ireland
thats how highly rated LOI players are. In the top 400 out of 300000
We are truely watching elite sportspeople when we watch LOI
10,000 people play hurling - its not hard to shine at it[/quote]
Hurling is a far more difficult game Raven, its a huge compliment to the GAA that so many play it. Any gobshite can play soccerball and plenty do, about 300000 in Ireland at last count (source: ESRI report, statistics appendix, subsection “Gobshites playing soccerball in Ireland”).
This has been fun, can we get back to talking about the football championship now please?
Andy Moran and Alan Dillon won’t make the Connaught QF against Gaillimh on Sunday.
[quote=“Fitzy, post: 771940, member: 236”]Hurling is a far more difficult game Raven, its a huge compliment to the GAA that so many play it. Any gobshite can play soccerball and plenty do, about 300000 in Ireland at last count (source: ESRI report, statistics appendix, subsection “Gobshites playing soccerball in Ireland”).
This has been fun, can we get back to talking about the football championship now please?
Andy Moran and Alan Dillon won’t make the Connaught QF against Gaillimh on Sunday.[/quote]
Hurling isnt a difficult game- get the ball , hit it - thats it - No skill or tactics.
Shinty is a much more skillful game (known in Ireland as ground hurling)and in reality is the traditional game of Ireland. The Hurling the GGA look after is really just a munster game and it has never spread throughout the county. The GGA fucked up by promoting air hurling ahead of the more universally played hurling
[quote=“FingalRaven, post: 771942, member: 80”]Hurling isnt a difficult game- get the ball , hit it - thats it - No skill or tactics.
Shinty is a much more skillful game (known in Ireland as ground hurling)and in reality is the traditional game of Ireland. The Hurling the GGA look after is really just a munster game and it has never spread throughout the county. The GGA fucked up by promoting air hurling ahead of the more universally played hurling[/quote]
You’re reaching now mate, reaching like Bandage trying to reach a cross into the box.
Is this Dalai Lama lad a bit dim?
In light of his arguing with TASE about the GGA for 17 pages, yes, that would be the general consensus Mac.
Offaly senior football manager Emmet McDonnell has axed Ross Brady, Richie Dalton and Sean Pender from his squad following a breach of discipline.
The trio missed a training session earlier this month and have been removed from the panel, having failed to in form the management of their reasons for being absent.
It is highly unlikely that the players will feature again in McDonnell’s Championship plans this summer, with the Westmeath native key to lay down a ‘no nonsense’ policy in his initial months as the Faithfuls boss.
However, McDonnell is not ruling out a return to action for the players in the future.
“If players are showing the commitment to play for the county I won’t close the door,” he said.
McDonnell is expected to confirm his Championship panel today ahead of the Offaly’s Leinster SFC quarter-final against Kildare at Croke Park on June 1.
Gavin Shiel is ruled out of contention having played illegally for Tullamore in the Offaly Senior Football Championship.
Eoin Rigney has gone to America, but there is some good news with Johnny Brickland back in the frame having returned from injury.
Offaly clearly mean business this summer
They just won’t have any players left to do business.
Cavan to beat armagh and galway to beat mayo
Cavan 0-11 Armagh 1-9
Galway 2-12 Mayo 2-13
Jeez that Cavan team is very young.
Cavan win nothing without blacklion men and this year their corner back is a shannon gaels man, cavan by 2
Big test for the Breffni Babies
What a pathetic anthem there from the Ulster men.
Brady lucky to avoid a red for that “tackle”.