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Replying To Damothedub: "Cotton wool for Dermo for the rest of the year , being Dublin it will be lambs wool of course" A wolf in sheep's clothing - Sorry Damon, couldn't resist it neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 12/11/2017 20:30:43 2061922 Link
Replying To MuckrossHead: "And there was me thinking you were a GAA man hill. In truth you are a Dublin supporter only & the rest counts for nothing. Sad really, you are missing out on so much." Couldn't have put it better myself. A key board warrior thats our hill dubarra (Wicklow) - Posts: 541 - 12/11/2017 20:36:29 2061924 Link
Replying To MuckrossHead: "And there was me thinking you were a GAA man hill. In truth you are a Dublin supporter only & the rest counts for nothing. Sad really, you are missing out on so much." Totally wrong I play club football and hurling. I go to each round of the Dublin senior club championship football and hurling. I'm just being honest and for some it seems blasphemy to admit the standard is nowhere near inter county level. the inter club provincial championships are never about good football as they are played on winter heavy boggy grounds it's dour football and about just getting through,it might lead to closer scorelines but some of the games are very low on quality. Your kidding yourself if you think club is better quality than county it's delussional really. hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 12/11/2017 20:56:52 2061932 Link
Replying To dubarra: "Couldn't have put it better myself. A key board warrior thats our hill" What a pack of lies and you know it. go on the Dublin page and you will actually see all the comments on the club championships to prove I was at each round of both football and hurling I'm just honest unlike some who watch a game on tg4 and think everything is rosy in the club game. hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 12/11/2017 21:00:30 2061935 Link
Replying To neverright: "A wolf in sheep's clothing - Sorry Damon, couldn't resist it" Ha ha , being Dermo your spot on Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 12/11/2017 21:01:22 2061937 Link
Replying To hill16no1man: "Haha what would we be left with every week then a mix of all out brawls with teams being reduced to 10 players each meets ballyraget celebrations meets games having players sent off before the ball is thrown in. some people are fantasists on here, a couple of close games and club is the be all and end all now" Someone's fishing!!! The_Fridge (Tyrone) - Posts: 2088 - 12/11/2017 21:59:28 2061951 Link
Replying To hill16no1man: "What a pack of lies and you know it. go on the Dublin page and you will actually see all the comments on the club championships to prove I was at each round of both football and hurling I'm just honest unlike some who watch a game on tg4 and think everything is rosy in the club game." You should try reading instead of spouting No one is say that club is better No one is saying the quality is better Everyone recognises the state of the pitch and conditions Ninety odd per cent of the lads playing wouldn't last 10 mins on a senior team , What's being actually stated is that there's a quality and a purity to the club game its old fashioned and a throw back , some on here see it and enjoy it others don't , each to there own Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 13/11/2017 11:00:53 2062027 Link
Replying To 11jm11: "Can we scrap the county football and make it all about the club? A premier league of the 20 best club teams in the country would be excellent." It would not be a bad idea at all county football in 'The Championship' is on it's @rse. But there would need to regulations put in to stop the big clubs in each county hoorving up all the players. A draft system like the Basketball where the worst teams get first pick of any player might be a good help. Unfortunately at the pace the GAA change we would all have to live three lifetimes to see any meaningful change. gormdubhgorm (Dublin) - Posts: 990 - 13/11/2017 12:04:59 2062048 Link
Replying To Vishred: "Dubs shud fly diarmo via jet to australia now, Sure your minted anyways ;" :D gormdubhgorm (Dublin) - Posts: 990 - 13/11/2017 12:07:07 2062050 Link
Replying To Damothedub: "You should try reading instead of spouting No one is say that club is better No one is saying the quality is better Everyone recognises the state of the pitch and conditions Ninety odd per cent of the lads playing wouldn't last 10 mins on a senior team , What's being actually stated is that there's a quality and a purity to the club game its old fashioned and a throw back , some on here see it and enjoy it others don't , each to there own" THEN WHY ARE YOU LACING INTO ME FOR AIRING MY OPINION? this is a forum for opinions, seems only if it goes with the popular opinion then is it? i did read and i read lines like do away with county and only have a 20 team club championships aka premiership was even spouted. so i suggest you read the posts yourself and not only try jump on mine. im not saying i dont enjoy club football you of all people should know i go to as many as i possibly can but to try dress it up as something romantic which it certainly is not, we got boggy pitches levelling the gulf in class between teams which results to close games and surprises, if people call that magic or something special fine but im a realist and when the ground hardens the weaker teams get found out and clearly exposed. sure dublin played donegal and monaghan in the league on similair surfaces and drew in donegal in a dour game and had to come from six behind in clones yet when comes to the actually playable surfaces there was a gulf between them. the same thing happens in club football when the grounds are not boggy the gap is there. hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 13/11/2017 12:17:05 2062051 Link
Replying To hill16no1man: "What a pack of lies and you know it. go on the Dublin page and you will actually see all the comments on the club championships to prove I was at each round of both football and hurling I'm just honest unlike some who watch a game on tg4 and think everything is rosy in the club game." Were you in Aughrim yesterday? If not you missed something special a good game of football played in the right spirit by both clubs representing their counties .Everything thing was rosey in the garden county yesterday anyway. What's seldom is wonderful for a county like Wicklow but you can't seem to appreciate that dubarra (Wicklow) - Posts: 541 - 13/11/2017 12:25:22 2062054 Link
Replying To dubarra: "Were you in Aughrim yesterday? If not you missed something special a good game of football played in the right spirit by both clubs representing their counties .Everything thing was rosey in the garden county yesterday anyway. What's seldom is wonderful for a county like Wicklow but you can't seem to appreciate that" no i wasnt in aughrim yesterday and i had a feeling what happened would happen, as you can tell on the dublin page i stated judes possibly would have beaten vincents had they kept discipline and not had two men sent off, ballymun had been the best team in dublin but never turned up in the final and must have been kicking themselves then but must be sick now. vincents were given a false belief the night of the dublin final and many on the dublin page thaught i was mad for saying so and that i was even anti vincents. im not begridging rathnew anything so i dont see why you think that, i just dont believe games played on heavy boggy pitches are the spectacles some are making out just because you get close scorelines and the odd upset. hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 13/11/2017 13:00:45 2062066 Link
Replying To hill16no1man: "THEN WHY ARE YOU LACING INTO ME FOR AIRING MY OPINION? this is a forum for opinions, seems only if it goes with the popular opinion then is it? i did read and i read lines like do away with county and only have a 20 team club championships aka premiership was even spouted. so i suggest you read the posts yourself and not only try jump on mine. im not saying i dont enjoy club football you of all people should know i go to as many as i possibly can but to try dress it up as something romantic which it certainly is not, we got boggy pitches levelling the gulf in class between teams which results to close games and surprises, if people call that magic or something special fine but im a realist and when the ground hardens the weaker teams get found out and clearly exposed. sure dublin played donegal and monaghan in the league on similair surfaces and drew in donegal in a dour game and had to come from six behind in clones yet when comes to the actually playable surfaces there was a gulf between them. the same thing happens in club football when the grounds are not boggy the gap is there." Left to you this would be the fixture calendar June Dublin 1st team v Dublin 2nd team every second week in Croke Park July Mayo v Kerry played every 2nd week to be played in Corks new stadium Just to keep the nordies happy Tyrone v Whoever else is playing well in August but play it Croke park no dodgy pitches allowed Final Dublin v Mayo/Kerry/OR Nordie in September You didn't come on and give your opinion as you put it ,you had a pop at those that had the temerity to say they enjoyed the games at the weekend, as for your attendance at club games fair play, question would be do you go because you enjoy them? or do you go in order to give out and slate ? , my club and every club has those attendees Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 13/11/2017 13:02:10 2062067 Link
Replying To hill16no1man: "no i wasnt in aughrim yesterday and i had a feeling what happened would happen, as you can tell on the dublin page i stated judes possibly would have beaten vincents had they kept discipline and not had two men sent off, ballymun had been the best team in dublin but never turned up in the final and must have been kicking themselves then but must be sick now. vincents were given a false belief the night of the dublin final and many on the dublin page thaught i was mad for saying so and that i was even anti vincents. im not begridging rathnew anything so i dont see why you think that, i just dont believe games played on heavy boggy pitches are the spectacles some are making out just because you get close scorelines and the odd upset." Hill we can't all afford pitches like crokepark I'm afraid, and we can't do anything about the weather either. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 13/11/2017 14:07:52 2062078 Link
Replying To hill16no1man: "Haha what would we be left with every week then a mix of all out brawls with teams being reduced to 10 players each meets ballyraget celebrations meets games having players sent off before the ball is thrown in. some people are fantasists on here, a couple of close games and club is the be all and end all now" the brawls only happen due to the excess of celebrations at he county win. very few rows in club matches in the majority of counties,because they care about winning a county title more than some leinster junior football competition for example. perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 13/11/2017 14:19:37 2062082 Link
Replying To 11jm11: "Can we scrap the county football and make it all about the club? A premier league of the 20 best club teams in the country would be excellent." would love that myself,give me decent club hurling or football matches played at the right time of year,over any inter county match. perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 13/11/2017 14:20:24 2062083 Link
In reality how many people care about club football outside their own county.It would be interesting to see the viewing figures for club matches on a Sunday on TG4 against premier league games on Sky.People will support their county or a club representing their county.For instance I wouldn't think there were too many people from Donegal glued to TG 4 on Sunday and on Sat around other parts of the country I would say there were more GAA people watching the Rugby than tuning in to the game in Omagh.I don't understand how you can say club football is better than County Football,It is like saying Junior B is better than Senior. gunman (Donegal) - Posts: 1056 - 13/11/2017 15:29:02 2062107 Link
Replying To gunman: "In reality how many people care about club football outside their own county.It would be interesting to see the viewing figures for club matches on a Sunday on TG4 against premier league games on Sky.People will support their county or a club representing their county.For instance I wouldn't think there were too many people from Donegal glued to TG 4 on Sunday and on Sat around other parts of the country I would say there were more GAA people watching the Rugby than tuning in to the game in Omagh.I don't understand how you can say club football is better than County Football,It is like saying Junior B is better than Senior." Your right re viewing figures no doubt , club games aren't everyone's cup of tea as this thread has proven , but as usual the topic sentiment of the topic and essence of the topic get twisted into a which is better club or county , which is the bulshi7 of it all no clown even on here would be stupid enough to think the quality of a club game matches a county game, what if I'm reading posts correctly is being said THIS weekend we had some cracking fixtures , which we did, the county game offers some thing the club game doesn't me personally I believe that works both way , which for me is win win Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 13/11/2017 16:39:00 2062117 Link
Is it a Portlaoise tactic for their goalkeeper to come so far out the field on numerous occasions? m_the_d (None) - Posts: 1099 - 13/11/2017 17:15:05 2062125 Link
Replying To Damothedub: "Your right re viewing figures no doubt , club games aren't everyone's cup of tea as this thread has proven , but as usual the topic sentiment of the topic and essence of the topic get twisted into a which is better club or county , which is the bulshi7 of it all no clown even on here would be stupid enough to think the quality of a club game matches a county game, what if I'm reading posts correctly is being said THIS weekend we had some cracking fixtures , which we did, the county game offers some thing the club game doesn't me personally I believe that works both way , which for me is win win" Great post Damo. MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 13/11/2017 17:27:14 2062128 Link