Well Paid Pat Spillane

[myboyblue]

@Matty_Hislop

@myboyblue

Because he said

He was hardly referring to Leitrim ffs

Ah, so only the ones who can compete should compete. A perfectly sensible hypothesis

[farmerinthecity]

Ah come on. How would you take it that Leitrim should compete with Dublin?

That said however, Leitrim badly need to get their organisation together instead of playing the small numbers card all the time.

[myboyblue]

@farmerinthecity

Ah come on. How would you take it that Leitrim should compete with Dublin?

That said however, Leitrim badly need to get their organisation together instead of playing the small numbers card all the time.

Thats my point mate, other counties cant hope to compete with Dublin now that they are organised and have harnessed their natural advantages. Maybe if the GAA changed their funding structures, but thats a pipedream given the way they’ve worked to ringfence such matters.

[farmerinthecity]

@myboyblue

Thats my point mate, other counties cant hope to compete with Dublin now that they are organised and have harnessed their natural advantages. Maybe if the GAA changed their funding structures, but thats a pipedream given the way they’ve worked to ringfence such matters.

I think it is far too early to be suggesting that there is a chasm between the likes of Kerry/Mayo and Dublin.

Mayo should have won the last two All Irelands!

[myboyblue]

@farmerinthecity

@myboyblue

Thats my point mate, other counties cant hope to compete with Dublin now that they are organised and have harnessed their natural advantages. Maybe if the GAA changed their funding structures, but thats a pipedream given the way they’ve worked to ringfence such matters.

I think it is far too early to be suggesting that there is a chasm between the likes of Kerry/Mayo and Dublin.

Mayo should have won the last two All Irelands!

Mayo and Kerry are but 2 counties, there’s another 31 out there who for the most part cant keep it kicked out to Dublin and wont be getting close anytime soon. And Mayo arent the right side of the age profile. Its a credit to them that they’ve hung in there this long. The numbers they have in Dublin is incredible, the organisation and dedication it must takes for them to commit to the intercounty game from a logistics point of view in comparison to a Dublin footballer is astonishing.

Nonetheless, I come to praise Dublin, not bury them, their organisation is a credit to them, albeit funded handsomely by the GAA, and assisted greatly by all the natural advantages they possess which we’ve gone over already.

[Julio_Geordio]

Pat Spillane: Surrendering September to give incompetent county boards time...

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Julio_Geordio

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/pat-spillane-surrendering-september-to-give-incompetent-county-boards-time-to-run-off-games-was-a-serious-mistake-37372415.html

You often hear of Dublin getting into trouble scheduling club games. The club championship is often run off midweek under light at the end of October in a blitz style format.

[Julio_Geordio]

@Fagan_ODowd

@Julio_Geordio

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/pat-spillane-surrendering-september-to-give-incompetent-county-boards-time-to-run-off-games-was-a-serious-mistake-37372415.html

You often hear of Dublin getting into trouble scheduling club games. The club championship is often run off midweek under light at the end of October in a blitz style format.

Sure there are Dublin club teams that are out of the championship in April. That’s hardly the solution FFS

[binkybarnes]

Pat is some bag of wind. As @Fagan_ODowd said both the Dublin Hurling and football championships have been a shambles since the county football team started reaching all Irelands. Teams could win a semi final on a Wednesday and have to play a final on a Sunday.

This year has been brilliant in comparison. 2 weeks between rounds and games played on hard pitches. Fair play to the GAA for putting clubs first and fuck Pat and his scutter talk.

[GeoffreyBoycott]

Great piece from the greatest gaelic footballer of all time. Lets get the All Ireland’s back to their proper dates in September. County championships are even further behind than they usually are this year.

[anon32894817]

Nail on the head. the all Ireland finals should be on in September. The clubs should just play without county players and get over it.

[Julio_Geordio]

Limerick wouldn’t field at football team if that was the case

[anon32894817]

The limerick football team is normally finished in July. The clubs have ample time to play their games.

[Julio_Geordio]

So it’s only successful counties that clubs will have to do without in? Where would kyledimo be in that scenario?
You are punishing clubs for bringing through players. That’s just plain dumb

[anon32894817]

@Julio_Geordio

So it’s only successful counties that clubs will have to do without in? Where would kyledimo be in that scenario?
You are punishing clubs for bringing through players. That’s just plain dumb

It’s a fact of life. Look at Leinster they don’t get their internationals for the vast majority of the season. Either go back to straight knock out at senior intercounty level or else club play away without their counties players. Holding up the whole season for one or two lads is mental.

[Julio_Geordio]

Leinster don’t have their players for league games. Neither do clubs.

[GeoffreyBoycott]

@anon32894817

It’s a fact of life. Look at Leinster they don’t get their internationals for the vast majority of the season. Either go back to straight knock out at senior intercounty level or else club play away without their counties players. Holding up the whole season for one or two lads is mental.

That’s it in a nutshell. They’ve created all these pointless extra matches in both hurling and football championships and in hurling have effectively decided to play two league championships in the space fo 7 months. Something has to give. If they’re putting all those demands on inter-county players, the club game is not sustainable. It’ll have to go to the same way as the AIL in rugby.

[anon32894817]

Limerick and Clare both player played three games in four weeks and after that group phase they effectively met in a munster semi final. It was a complete waste of time.

[GeoffreyBoycott]

@anon32894817

Limerick and Clare both player played three games in four weeks and after that group phase they effectively met in a munster semi final. It was a complete waste of time.

Galway and Kilkenny played each other three times in their first six matches and all that was before the quarter final stage was even reached. Bizarre.

[kerry1891]

@GeoffreyBoycott

@anon32894817

Limerick and Clare both player played three games in four weeks and after that group phase they effectively met in a munster semi final. It was a complete waste of time.

Galway and Kilkenny played each other three times in their first six matches and all that was before the quarter final stage was even reached. Bizarre.

if one of them was good enough to beat the other in the leinster final it wouldn’t have arose

same could happened under the old system, they could have drawn in leinster or the all Ireland series meaning 3 games in the championship, okay granted not before the QF