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Would anybody have an issue with a county player playing for one side, while quite publicly supporting another, in particular, rival county.
Was having a discussion yesterday with a man who's son plays club football in Meath, despite being an absolute avid Dublin supporter. This man and his son (16) travel all over Ireland watching Dublin (providing of course, his son isn't playing a game the same day), They rarely miss a game.
I asked if his son would consider playing for Meath, if he was ever called up and he insisted he probably would, but would still remain a staunch Dublin fan and would wear his Dubs jersey at Dublin games when he wasn't playing for Meath
Of course this is a hypothetical situation, and I think if it became a reality it probably wouldn't happen, but it got me thinking, IF a situation ever arose whereby a man (or woman), born in Cork for example, was brought up supporting Cork, moved to a neighbouring, rival county, like Kerry, and was playing club football there and was eventually called up for Kerry, Would Kerry fans accept this guy then wearing a Cork jersey in his spare time shouting for the rebels, IF, THE PLAYER GAVE 110% WHILE WEARING THE KERRY JERSEY, EVEN AGAINST CORK
Futhermore, would his team-mates accept him/her ?
At the end of the day, as we stand, GAA is an amature sport. Nobody is bound by any contractual obligations. What a player does in his/her down-time is entirely up to him/her, isn't it ?
waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 22/12/2016 13:37:36
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Replying To waynoI: "Would anybody have an issue with a county player playing for one side, while quite publicly supporting another, in particular, rival county.
Was having a discussion yesterday with a man who's son plays club football in Meath, despite being an absolute avid Dublin supporter. This man and his son (16) travel all over Ireland watching Dublin (providing of course, his son isn't playing a game the same day), They rarely miss a game.
I asked if his son would consider playing for Meath, if he was ever called up and he insisted he probably would, but would still remain a staunch Dublin fan and would wear his Dubs jersey at Dublin games when he wasn't playing for Meath
Of course this is a hypothetical situation, and I think if it became a reality it probably wouldn't happen, but it got me thinking, IF a situation ever arose whereby a man (or woman), born in Cork for example, was brought up supporting Cork, moved to a neighbouring, rival county, like Kerry, and was playing club football there and was eventually called up for Kerry, Would Kerry fans accept this guy then wearing a Cork jersey in his spare time shouting for the rebels, IF, THE PLAYER GAVE 110% WHILE WEARING THE KERRY JERSEY, EVEN AGAINST CORK
Futhermore, would his team-mates accept him/her ?
At the end of the day, as we stand, GAA is an amature sport. Nobody is bound by any contractual obligations. What a player does in his/her down-time is entirely up to him/her, isn't it ?" Antrim would accept anyone who wants to play for us.
Except if Joey Barton if he changed codes.
Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4215 - 22/12/2016 14:08:22
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to a famous quote from 100 years ago..... never trust a convert.... too much to prove.
Horsebox77 (Kerry) - Posts: 5491 - 22/12/2016 14:58:45
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Can't see how any county would turn away someone who is good enough and giving 110%.
It's very different I know, but plenty of county lads swap jerseys with opponents and wear those jerseys at training, etc. without an eyelid batted
cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 22/12/2016 15:01:39
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Replying To waynoI: "Would anybody have an issue with a county player playing for one side, while quite publicly supporting another, in particular, rival county.
Was having a discussion yesterday with a man who's son plays club football in Meath, despite being an absolute avid Dublin supporter. This man and his son (16) travel all over Ireland watching Dublin (providing of course, his son isn't playing a game the same day), They rarely miss a game.
I asked if his son would consider playing for Meath, if he was ever called up and he insisted he probably would, but would still remain a staunch Dublin fan and would wear his Dubs jersey at Dublin games when he wasn't playing for Meath
Of course this is a hypothetical situation, and I think if it became a reality it probably wouldn't happen, but it got me thinking, IF a situation ever arose whereby a man (or woman), born in Cork for example, was brought up supporting Cork, moved to a neighbouring, rival county, like Kerry, and was playing club football there and was eventually called up for Kerry, Would Kerry fans accept this guy then wearing a Cork jersey in his spare time shouting for the rebels, IF, THE PLAYER GAVE 110% WHILE WEARING THE KERRY JERSEY, EVEN AGAINST CORK
Futhermore, would his team-mates accept him/her ?
At the end of the day, as we stand, GAA is an amature sport. Nobody is bound by any contractual obligations. What a player does in his/her down-time is entirely up to him/her, isn't it ?" Jimmy McClean played underage for the north. I think anything is possible after that
gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 22/12/2016 15:03:40
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Replying To waynoI: "Would anybody have an issue with a county player playing for one side, while quite publicly supporting another, in particular, rival county.
Was having a discussion yesterday with a man who's son plays club football in Meath, despite being an absolute avid Dublin supporter. This man and his son (16) travel all over Ireland watching Dublin (providing of course, his son isn't playing a game the same day), They rarely miss a game.
I asked if his son would consider playing for Meath, if he was ever called up and he insisted he probably would, but would still remain a staunch Dublin fan and would wear his Dubs jersey at Dublin games when he wasn't playing for Meath
Of course this is a hypothetical situation, and I think if it became a reality it probably wouldn't happen, but it got me thinking, IF a situation ever arose whereby a man (or woman), born in Cork for example, was brought up supporting Cork, moved to a neighbouring, rival county, like Kerry, and was playing club football there and was eventually called up for Kerry, Would Kerry fans accept this guy then wearing a Cork jersey in his spare time shouting for the rebels, IF, THE PLAYER GAVE 110% WHILE WEARING THE KERRY JERSEY, EVEN AGAINST CORK
Futhermore, would his team-mates accept him/her ?
At the end of the day, as we stand, GAA is an amature sport. Nobody is bound by any contractual obligations. What a player does in his/her down-time is entirely up to him/her, isn't it ?" I'll be eating ice cream in hell before I ever see one of that crowd wearing the Green and Gold!!!
TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 22/12/2016 15:40:11
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Replying To TheHermit: " Replying To waynoI: "Would anybody have an issue with a county player playing for one side, while quite publicly supporting another, in particular, rival county.
Was having a discussion yesterday with a man who's son plays club football in Meath, despite being an absolute avid Dublin supporter. This man and his son (16) travel all over Ireland watching Dublin (providing of course, his son isn't playing a game the same day), They rarely miss a game.
I asked if his son would consider playing for Meath, if he was ever called up and he insisted he probably would, but would still remain a staunch Dublin fan and would wear his Dubs jersey at Dublin games when he wasn't playing for Meath
Of course this is a hypothetical situation, and I think if it became a reality it probably wouldn't happen, but it got me thinking, IF a situation ever arose whereby a man (or woman), born in Cork for example, was brought up supporting Cork, moved to a neighbouring, rival county, like Kerry, and was playing club football there and was eventually called up for Kerry, Would Kerry fans accept this guy then wearing a Cork jersey in his spare time shouting for the rebels, IF, THE PLAYER GAVE 110% WHILE WEARING THE KERRY JERSEY, EVEN AGAINST CORK
Futhermore, would his team-mates accept him/her ?
At the end of the day, as we stand, GAA is an amature sport. Nobody is bound by any contractual obligations. What a player does in his/her down-time is entirely up to him/her, isn't it ?" I'll be eating ice cream in hell before I ever see one of that crowd wearing the Green and Gold!!!"
passerby (Tyrone) - Posts: 724 - 22/12/2016 16:04:04
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Replying To waynoI: "Would anybody have an issue with a county player playing for one side, while quite publicly supporting another, in particular, rival county.
Was having a discussion yesterday with a man who's son plays club football in Meath, despite being an absolute avid Dublin supporter. This man and his son (16) travel all over Ireland watching Dublin (providing of course, his son isn't playing a game the same day), They rarely miss a game.
I asked if his son would consider playing for Meath, if he was ever called up and he insisted he probably would, but would still remain a staunch Dublin fan and would wear his Dubs jersey at Dublin games when he wasn't playing for Meath
Of course this is a hypothetical situation, and I think if it became a reality it probably wouldn't happen, but it got me thinking, IF a situation ever arose whereby a man (or woman), born in Cork for example, was brought up supporting Cork, moved to a neighbouring, rival county, like Kerry, and was playing club football there and was eventually called up for Kerry, Would Kerry fans accept this guy then wearing a Cork jersey in his spare time shouting for the rebels, IF, THE PLAYER GAVE 110% WHILE WEARING THE KERRY JERSEY, EVEN AGAINST CORK
Futhermore, would his team-mates accept him/her ?
At the end of the day, as we stand, GAA is an amature sport. Nobody is bound by any contractual obligations. What a player does in his/her down-time is entirely up to him/her, isn't it ?" Are you trying to annoy those poor Kerry folk? D'Arcy played most of his career for Leitrim although, apparently, an avid Dublin fan.
neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 22/12/2016 16:06:27
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I think most lads would jump at the chance of playing inter county with most other rivals, unless deep down he knew he was good enough for his birth county and knew with proper application he would eventually get a call.
But some would know deep down they probably wouldn't make it to the team of their choice therefore would settle for another county. One of my close friends in my playing days went off to play for Wicklow as he couldn't quite break the panel in Dublin.
realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8589 - 22/12/2016 22:55:32
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If they were actively playing club football in meath then it would be strange yes..probably end liking meath though think of Jamie carragher mad Everton fan turned Liverpool legend where it's clear his loyalties lie now
alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 22/12/2016 23:19:22
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I thought this topic was about a very hypothetical Mickey Harte saying hypothetically that Tyrone would have hypothetically beat Dublin in a hypothetical AIF, if Tyrone would have hypothetically beaten Mayo in the quarterfinals.
No mention of the hypothetical semifinal game against a hypothetical Tipperary team and a hypothetical result that hypotheticallay could have gone against the hypothetical Tyrone team.
I would have hypotheticalmy signed off on a hypothetical rant against the hypothetical Mickey Harte seeking publicity to deflect poor hypothetical results in a what can only be described as a very poor hypothetical 2016. But I hypothisised that the administrators would have canned my then hypothetical post!
sam2008 (Tyrone) - Posts: 797 - 23/12/2016 08:27:02
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Replying To waynoI: "Would anybody have an issue with a county player playing for one side, while quite publicly supporting another, in particular, rival county.
Was having a discussion yesterday with a man who's son plays club football in Meath, despite being an absolute avid Dublin supporter. This man and his son (16) travel all over Ireland watching Dublin (providing of course, his son isn't playing a game the same day), They rarely miss a game.
I asked if his son would consider playing for Meath, if he was ever called up and he insisted he probably would, but would still remain a staunch Dublin fan and would wear his Dubs jersey at Dublin games when he wasn't playing for Meath
Of course this is a hypothetical situation, and I think if it became a reality it probably wouldn't happen, but it got me thinking, IF a situation ever arose whereby a man (or woman), born in Cork for example, was brought up supporting Cork, moved to a neighbouring, rival county, like Kerry, and was playing club football there and was eventually called up for Kerry, Would Kerry fans accept this guy then wearing a Cork jersey in his spare time shouting for the rebels, IF, THE PLAYER GAVE 110% WHILE WEARING THE KERRY JERSEY, EVEN AGAINST CORK
Futhermore, would his team-mates accept him/her ?
At the end of the day, as we stand, GAA is an amature sport. Nobody is bound by any contractual obligations. What a player does in his/her down-time is entirely up to him/her, isn't it ?" i think your last sentence answered the rest of your piece pretty well.
SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2385 - 23/12/2016 09:32:03
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Ahem we already have that situation, a Cavan player 'moving' to Kildare and play with a lilywhite club just to play for Kildare (then moved back to Cavan after a few months), Austin O'Malley moved from Mayo and if I remember correctly played a few games for Wicklow, Alan Costello and Fintan Ruddy from Mayo moved to Sligo and Costello played for the Yeats county, Ruddy was on the panel, happens all the time especially in the west, Anthony Finnerty played for Mayo in late 80s early 90s, his son lined out for Galway minors this year, that's just a small few, sometimes we have club players moving to Dublin in the hope of getting a look on the capital team
riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 28/12/2016 20:21:27
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Replying To riverboys: "Ahem we already have that situation, a Cavan player 'moving' to Kildare and play with a lilywhite club just to play for Kildare (then moved back to Cavan after a few months), Austin O'Malley moved from Mayo and if I remember correctly played a few games for Wicklow, Alan Costello and Fintan Ruddy from Mayo moved to Sligo and Costello played for the Yeats county, Ruddy was on the panel, happens all the time especially in the west, Anthony Finnerty played for Mayo in late 80s early 90s, his son lined out for Galway minors this year, that's just a small few, sometimes we have club players moving to Dublin in the hope of getting a look on the capital team" Toma's Tierney from Galway. Padraig Brogan to Donegal and back. Martin Carney from Donegal. Sean Lowry from Offaly. Loads. But none were reared in a neighbouring county supporting Mayo and then played for Mayo and I don't know of any. A mate of mine, who's Dad is from Roscommon, played for Mayo minors and for Roscommon vocational schools team.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7342 - 28/12/2016 20:36:30
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Replying To GreenandRed: "Toma's Tierney from Galway. Padraig Brogan to Donegal and back. Martin Carney from Donegal. Sean Lowry from Offaly. Loads. But none were reared in a neighbouring county supporting Mayo and then played for Mayo and I don't know of any. A mate of mine, who's Dad is from Roscommon, played for Mayo minors and for Roscommon vocational schools team." Did Sean Kilbride (father of Ian and Senan) and a classy half back for Mayo, play for Roscommon?
neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 28/12/2016 22:48:13
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Replying To neverright: "Did Sean Kilbride (father of Ian and Senan) and a classy half back for Mayo, play for Roscommon?" I never knew Senan Kilbride's Dad played for Mayo even though I probably saw him play for both!
http://m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/kilbrides-keep-it-in-the-family-28905278.html
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7342 - 29/12/2016 11:06:04
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