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Do Inter-County Players Need More Protecting?

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Leitrim's Michael McWeeney has echoed recent comments from Mickey Graham (Cavan manager) by suggesting that inter-county players are being targeted on their return to club duty recently.

Looking at the list of injured county players heading into this summer does the Leitrim captain have a point?

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Let's discuss it here.

Administrator (None) - Posts: 2274 - 25/04/2019 14:20:20    2180218

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Well they get plenty of protection from the referees at club games...some of them get away with stuff your normal club player wouldn't

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11230 - 25/04/2019 18:38:42    2180261

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I know from my playing days that county players get targeted when they go back to club duty.

The quality of refereeing can be suspect and I'd say they let a lot of border line stuff go in club championship.

Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4219 - 25/04/2019 19:58:36    2180271

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Laughable, club players going without games for three to four months of the Summer & he wants special protection from referees, will we have to re write the rule book to have one rule for the club lad & another for the inter county lad so he gets preferable treatment, bizarre. Most of us have seen Inter County lads getting special treatment by refs for years, as dictated by the Inter County manager & County Board.
Next up the pay for play.

Uimhir.a.3. (Galway) - Posts: 409 - 25/04/2019 20:43:25    2180276

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Replying To Uimhir.a.3.:  "Laughable, club players going without games for three to four months of the Summer & he wants special protection from referees, will we have to re write the rule book to have one rule for the club lad & another for the inter county lad so he gets preferable treatment, bizarre. Most of us have seen Inter County lads getting special treatment by refs for years, as dictated by the Inter County manager & County Board.
Next up the pay for play."
Spot on

tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 25/04/2019 22:08:31    2180298

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Replying To Uimhir.a.3.:  "Laughable, club players going without games for three to four months of the Summer & he wants special protection from referees, will we have to re write the rule book to have one rule for the club lad & another for the inter county lad so he gets preferable treatment, bizarre. Most of us have seen Inter County lads getting special treatment by refs for years, as dictated by the Inter County manager & County Board.
Next up the pay for play."
I'd say he just wants the rules applied. We all know that country lad's can get targeted at club level

Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1829 - 25/04/2019 22:13:47    2180300

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Your best player, regardless of whether he's an inter County player or not, will be targeted.

Your team will do the same too.

The majority of inter County players across the country, in both football and hurling, are playing a bit of club at the moment. Some will get injured, hardly shocking given the numbers of them. Most don't get injured though.

Loads of inter County players got injured during the league too.

A lot of them got injured in training.

This is just inter County managers having a bit of a moan I think.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 25/04/2019 23:27:00    2180307

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I think everyone playing needs protection- should we provide a minder and who will pay for it, sorry I meant to say who will play for it!!

browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 26/04/2019 00:04:19    2180312

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