Replying To Whammo86:  "I don't understand why it's needed to have county players not play club championship.

Play club league during the inter county season. Regular club players still get regular games.

April is as good a time as August/September for intercounty football. Use it instead and leave more room for club championship.

The GAA solution and its removal of replays, reduction of the provincial championships and bringing forward of the AI finals is a decent start by the way.

The group stage part of it I don't like. I've been told that it's only in there to try to encourage provincial councils to move towards group games for their competitions."

Replying To Soma:  "Lots of clubs don't like playing in May because they will be without students doing college exams, and in June they will be missing the odd young player who is doing the leaving cert. You also have the problem of players packing it in once they are knocked out of the championship, if this happens in May or June you can be lucky to get 10 lads training for the rest of the year. There is no easy solution."

Replying To tirawleybaron:  "There is always an easy solution the problem is the "democracy" element. And the second is a total and utter lack of decent leadership at county board, provincial council and central council. These boards should be leading the way here. You can also see why the weaker counties remain weak. When was the last time a div 4 county came up with a motion to improve structures to help themselves?

While I suggested a 7 month intercounty season using all round robin elements things can really be organised anyway we want. For some reason an awful lot of people seem welded to structures that were derived more than 80 years ago. Maybe the "true Gael" yearns for a simpler time when we all had a half door and a tatched roof.

My real preference involves serious change.
1. Limit subs to 3 and reduce panels to 26 max - maybe even go to 13 a side which would be the end to defensive hand passing type "football"
2. Make December a total off-season for all and all completions finished in calendar year
3. Limit players to 3 teams per season. 1 club, 1 county and 1 college/school with a 4th allowed for underage dual players
4. Split season into blocks with no replays and a match every week
- January = preseason training
- February = county league/club league/school(college) league
- March = county League/club league/school(college) championship
- April = county provincial championship and club league
- May = county and club leagues and exams/holidays
- June = club championship
- July = county championship/club league
- August = club championship
- September - mid October = county championship/club league
- Mid October to November = club championship/interprovincial and/or international rules
- December = off-season

5. Championship played on Saturdays and leagues played on Sunday panel members who don't play Saturday must be allowed play Sunday
6. Various Boards organise their own completions to fit the window alloted - no overrun except for all Ireland championship final replays (club and county)
7. Inter county football is the biggest problem and needs serious restructuring to fit its allotted windows

All of the above should be applied to senior/junior and underage. Both GPA and CPA then step in if county's can't get their act together"

Replying To janesboro:  "It is dead..professionalism hasn't been good for club rugby. Look how low attendances are now for the average club game..I say this às someone who has attended games and have family involved in the club game for years...that's just my experience
alano12 (Dublin) - Posts:1451 - 27/01/2017 00:18:50

it aint dead - yes the crowd are way down and can be pretty brutal at times, but next time you are at a game look at the passion the players coaches and supporters have for it, the rugby is pretty good too, be honest i usually find club rugby more enjoyable then the pro game, mind you i usually enjoy club gaa more then the inter county stuff -"

Replying To opa01:  "I don't think, at the top of the GAA, they see any need for change. That's why they keep coming up with proposals that tinker at the edges or that they know will be defeated at Congress. Then they can say 'we tried' to change.

When they wanted to get the Sky deal through they didn't bring it to Congress but forced it through despite wholesale opposition."

Replying To Damothedub:  "Very hard to know what to say to your post , anyone who truly had the GAA at heart would feel crap at your post , all I can say is total admiration for those up there that fight the good fight"