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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Freethinker: "There you go again calling people who disagree with Mr T Deranged. That's straight out of his lexicon. I happen to think that Mr T is the worst thing that ever happened to America, Europe and the rest of the world Hardly enough to put me in the deranged category - but if it makes you feel better, so be it." What is your logic for thinking he's the worse thing to happen the world.
I think his bark is worse than his bite. After all his hoopla his first term was unremarkable until he lost election and he helped fan flames of capitol riots
I'd be more concerned what will come from Vance or newsoom next
jm25 (National) - 10/12/2025 16:19:46
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To TheFlaker: "That's a really bizarre way of looking at things. Only having a pop at posters who highlight all the mad stuff." No if someone says something I agree with ie David Clifford is best footballer in Ireland I will give it a thumbs up.
A debate involves two opposing views.
I am in fact balanced I call out both sides ie I'll call out Barney for nonsense and you and freethinker on other side
Like see how you cannot give him an iota of credit.
I can criticise and give credit where due
jm25 (National) - 10/12/2025 15:48:50
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Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "In fairness, having to commute to another club in Dublin does Not defeat the purpose of travelling back to Galway, for example.
There are plenty of clubs in Dublin who could take them, even if it is not a high profile or Senior club.
Putting a limit on It is the only way to do it imo.
The likes of Crokes, as massive as they are, being allowed to play an import of the quality of Shane Walsh, does not sit well with me at all, or with a lot of people. And that is no slight on Shane at all btw.
And this is not just about non-Dublin players - Dublin players transferring to another Dublin club with a chance of silverware should not be allowed. Na Fianna being one example. Plunketts previously, another.
It can get right out of hand if it is not addressed by DCB.
Super clubs will prevail and the other Dublin clubs left aside with no hope of success." Well said Fionn. I have no allegience to any Dublin club but I have great admiration for Ballymun Kickhams as they never looked to poach players and its nice to see clubs like that get success.
gaa.88 (National) - 10/12/2025 15:20:52
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Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "I think 3 is too many tbh.
Na Fianna did it years ago with the Armagh lads and Dublin players from other clubs.
So if you were to limit it to one from outside Dublin and one club transfer within Dublin.
Perhaps that could work.
One thing is for sure though, the DCB need to address it." I dont think any player should be allowed play with a club unless they working or living in close proximity.There does nt seem to be a parish rule in Dublin and players able to choose the club they wish to play for.Na Fianna and Parnells took it to the limits.
gaa.88 (National) - 10/12/2025 15:15:17
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Tailteann Cup: Right To Scrap Group Stage? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To alalalalalum: "More than that, it is a demeaning trophy. You aren't good enough to be in All Ireland knockouts so here is a meaningless cup for you to play in." Door isn't closed on any county, if you happen to be a div 3,4 team you can compete in the Sam Maguire cup by reaching your provincial final and you can also get to compete in it by winning the "demaning Trophy" so hardly meaningless more super.
Gaa_lover (National) - 10/12/2025 13:02:08
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Freethinker: "There you go again calling people who disagree with Mr T Deranged. That's straight out of his lexicon. I happen to think that Mr T is the worst thing that ever happened to America, Europe and the rest of the world Hardly enough to put me in the deranged category - but if it makes you feel better, so be it." Read again I did not call anyone deranged for disagreeing with him.
People who cannot give him credit for anything I put in that bracket
It's deranged if you can't acknowledge he has improved things in Gaza compared to situation under Biden watch.
Feel free to call out his failings of which there are many
He could turn water into wine and you'd complain it's not beer.
Your opinion is just that.
Don't think he's up to much either and he's a nasty person I'd put him slightly ahead of Biden as president.
From shows I've watched recently I'd put time mcveigh and Koresh below him in terms of Americans worse then him
jm25 (National) - 10/12/2025 15:43:07
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To jm25: "Has he not got things settled between Isreal and Palestine compared to mess he inherited?
India and Pakistan agreed to ceasefire
The info is out there if you think freely and not have trump derangement syndrome
As I've said dont like him but just criticising his bad and not calling out things he has done well is not very balanced" There you go again calling people who disagree with Mr T Deranged. That's straight out of his lexicon. I happen to think that Mr T is the worst thing that ever happened to America, Europe and the rest of the world Hardly enough to put me in the deranged category - but if it makes you feel better, so be it.
Freethinker (National) - 10/12/2025 14:57:03
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Club Football Championships - General Discussion - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Gaa_lover: "Yes that's the plan and some are losing the run of themselves with anger with that slight change. You do wonder how things was managed at all when the Senior All-Ireland final was played on the 3rd Sunday in September for many decades" There were way less county championship games before the September finals, so plenty of time for club championships during the summer. Many AI winners in hurling and Football for over a hundred years only had to play between 4 and 6 games.
Viking66 (National) - 10/12/2025 13:58:23
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TheFlaker: "You don't debate or highlight the mad stuff but you come on here acknowledging things you think he does well? Have you any idea how daft that sounds? No thoughts on Venezuela i see?
I called the election wrong. I know. Like do I have to keep admitting that? And does that mean I can't highlight the crazy stuff ?" I don't debate stuff I agree with how can I
jm25 (National) - 10/12/2025 13:21:21
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TheFlaker: "You don't debate or highlight the mad stuff but you come on here acknowledging things you think he does well? Have you any idea how daft that sounds? No thoughts on Venezuela i see?
I called the election wrong. I know. Like do I have to keep admitting that? And does that mean I can't highlight the crazy stuff ?" I don't know about venesuela what happening so would be silly to comment on something I don't know about
I literally have posted a list of his mad stuff I think he does wrong and have constantly it's there in my last post.
One more time he's soft on Isreal and Russia
I don't like how he speaks to reporters Particular women and some of his appointments are a bit mad.
Now can you not acknowledge an India Pakistan ceasefire is good and he has improved situation in Gaza?
What may happen I future I can't predict
jm25 (National) - 10/12/2025 13:20:03
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To FullOfPorter: "Sorry but your markers for healthy democracy are not relevant. Democracy is a lot more than how many people are on the ballot paper. I don't know what relevance your media references are about either. The point was that even RTE, which has a perception of being on side with the government of the day, is still able to robustly interview government reps, unfortunately not consistently enough, and hold them to account. Altering interviews and whatever partisan angles demonstrates an inept media. In America Trump will only answer questions he's comfortable with and throws personal insults at journalists who ask legitmate uncomfortable questions. So one pillar of democracy, the ability of the media to hold government to account, is not working in America.
On elections, sure there is only ever 2 candidates for the US presidential election! A person who has way more power than our ceremonial president. The Irish one normally has more candiadtes just not this time. For Dail and council elections we have a PRSTV system which is one of the most democratically inclusive voting systems you can have. That has allowed for a wide range of parties, independents and people of varying views. You have two parties in America in a first past the post system. Its an horrendous system which encourages least worst option voting and some districts will never vote a different party. Your point that there was 25 Reps and 24 dems is pointless, sure it's still the same two parties. Add to that constant gerrymandering of voting boundaries. It's like the bloody north under unionist rule.
You also have the office of President which has way too much executive power. No one person in Ireland could hold that much power. Not to mention the ridiculous college vote which stems from the 1700s and allowing states with high rates of slavery to have disproportionate power relative to their white population. You can't run either for Pres in the USA unless you are bankrolled to the gills. The entire American system is antiquated and stuck in the 1700s. They might as well still be going around in breeches and knee high white socks." I have seen TDs in recent months refuse to answer questions from a journalist and was in fact called out by r rest of press crew
jm25 (National) - 10/12/2025 13:03:39
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To IronSleeve: "Ok. So the 8 team championships I think it's safe to say are a success. But the structures need work. The Championships and Leagues not aligned can lead to silly stuff. If Aughavas had an off day they'd be Div1 league and Junior Championship next year. But even teams playing one division lower in the league are not prepared properly for a higher championship.
The current 4 game open draw is a bit of craic alright but not really fit for purpose if you want your championship to be merit based. Most had a good oul laugh at Mary's this year. Truth is though they got a rough draw and if they were relegated they'd have made Intermediate very uncompetitive next year, probably even more so than Allen Gaels this year. Funny perhaps but not good for Leitrim football, especially for the 7 other Intermediate clubs.
So what to do? How about this? Align league and championship asap. Same teams in both in all grades.
Play the league and then seed a 2 groups of 4 championship based on league performance. FIrst and second in league seeded one for championship, third and fourth seeded two and so on.
The league thus becomes very competitive because it will have a big bearing on your chances in the championship. You want your team to have as high a seed as possible so the league in effect becomes part of the championship (without being part of the championship!)." Partly what made the senior championship entertaining this year was the fact Carrick were in such trouble. That is what the luck of the draw is all about. The club with the biggest population in the county and a large management team shouldn't have struggled so much but they did.
If they weren't good enough for the senior championship which they almost weren't this year then they should have been dropped to intermediate...or are you suggesting they get an indefinite stay in senior? That's a bizarre take.
They barely beat last year's intermediate champions in a relegation battle remember...who is to say how they'd do at intermediate in that case.
alalalalalum (National) - 09/12/2025 21:55:38
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TheFlaker: "India and Pakistan, that's all you have? 500 approx killed since ceasefire in Gaza and Israel just biding their time. Russia ploughing ahead. Trump now getting involved in Venezuela because of oil and other natural resources. Iraq mark 2. You accuse others of TDS but yet you don't debate any of the mad stuff or highlight it?" I don't debate thr mad stuff as I agree with you no defending it or do you want an echo chamber where we all just talk about someone's faults
You ignore due to your TDS that I've said he's soft with Russia and Isreal, that the way he speaks to reporters women in particular is pathetic also
Some of his appointments have been crazy too
You mentioned Russia that happened between his terms and is a mess not of his doing.
I find it odd considering he's so soft on vlad that putin choose to start invasion after he was no longer president
You mention India Pakistan as all I have can you not just say yes it's good that those two nations have a ceasefire
Can you not say he has improved things between in Gaza because they have still horrible what's happening but it's clear deaths have reduced
Like you are so off on him you couldn't even see him winning election when it was wide open for him
I have same tds with Man Utd can flgive them no credit
jm25 (National) - 10/12/2025 12:21:55
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TrueBlue35: "Ok so then to play devils advocate and using a real life scenario where D'arcy is living close to Ballyboden clubhouse but Boden already have their transfer allocation filled like you mention above (1 inside and 1 outside Dublin). Let's say the closest two clubs to Ballyboden - Ballinteer and St.Judes have also filled their transfer slots (quite likely most years). Is D'arcy then left with the option of St.Anne's or Thomas Davis? Or does he end up with a commute within Dublin defeating the purpose of why he's not traveling back to Galway in the first place?
I think while Dublin remains an employment hub and location for fellas to come and work, live etc then it's going to be very very hard to keep a handle on." In fairness, having to commute to another club in Dublin does Not defeat the purpose of travelling back to Galway, for example.
There are plenty of clubs in Dublin who could take them, even if it is not a high profile or Senior club.
Putting a limit on It is the only way to do it imo.
The likes of Crokes, as massive as they are, being allowed to play an import of the quality of Shane Walsh, does not sit well with me at all, or with a lot of people. And that is no slight on Shane at all btw.
And this is not just about non-Dublin players - Dublin players transferring to another Dublin club with a chance of silverware should not be allowed. Na Fianna being one example. Plunketts previously, another.
It can get right out of hand if it is not addressed by DCB.
Super clubs will prevail and the other Dublin clubs left aside with no hope of success.
Fionn (National) - 10/12/2025 12:19:03
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Tailteann Cup: Right To Scrap Group Stage? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To alalalalalum: "And what about it...you don't see the FA cup format changed because some non league team is beaten 5-0 by a premier league side.
You can never tell what will happen on the day of a game, look at Longford beating Mayo in 2010 for example.
Days like that are now prevented by the powers that be because they think they have the best interest of Longford at heart. But they don't." No, but when that non-league team is beaten 5-0 or even 10-0 by a Premier League team, they can still compete in another cup competition more suited to their own standing.
There's the Vertu Trophy for Leagues 1 & 2 (i.e. what used to be called 3rd Division & 4th Division). There's the FA Trophy for tiers 5 to 8. The FA Vase for tiers underneath that.
Every team in the country can enter the FA Cup in the hope of getting a crack at one of "the big boys", and when they're inevitably beaten somewhere along the way, they go back and compete in something else.
Just as every county here still sets out in the main championship at provincial level in the hope of a good run and maybe a surprise result against a "bigger" team. And then when they're beaten, they go compete in something else as well.
Pikeman96 (National) - 10/12/2025 10:59:42
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Freethinker: "Remind us again, which ones ?" Has he not got things settled between Isreal and Palestine compared to mess he inherited?
India and Pakistan agreed to ceasefire
The info is out there if you think freely and not have trump derangement syndrome
As I've said dont like him but just criticising his bad and not calling out things he has done well is not very balanced
jm25 (National) - 10/12/2025 10:57:47
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Tailteann Cup: Right To Scrap Group Stage? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To alalalalalum: "More than that, it is a demeaning trophy. You aren't good enough to be in All Ireland knockouts so here is a meaningless cup for you to play in." Is an intermediate club championship title demeaning? Those clubs weren't good enough to be senior that year, but I've never seen a single intermediate champion say it was embarrassing for them to win it. Quite the opposite.
Clubs are graded because they're at different levels. Winning a junior or intermediate title for some clubs often means more to them than another club winning senior. The same makes sense at county level, given the disparity in standard.
WanPintWin (National) - 10/12/2025 10:55:44
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To GalwaysFinest: "Slaughtneil in Parnell Park will be no joke. Tight pitch and those boys will work like dogs. Would be great to see Loughrea win it. Best of luck to them." Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard
BigBàsMan (National) - 10/12/2025 10:27:48
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To SouthGalway: "Trump sued and won against CBS news for altering the Kamala Harris interview, the Media covered for Biden until the so called debate when the whole world saw the truth, they denied the existence of the Hunter Biden laptop, etc so I don't know what media you're talking about. As for dysfunctional in the USA there were 25 Republicans in a recent enough primary and I think 24 Democrats in a recent enough primary yet the Irish President race was very limited and I won't even bother mentioning all the spoiled votes. Wake up." You seem to be an expert all thingsAmerican, and fair play to you. You probably are American and that's as it should be. But you might read up on the constitutional guidelines governing the selection of candidates for a largely ceremonial role as president of this country. Last time there were many more made it through. Twenty odd runners for each party in primary's is great, as they were for positions as lawmakers. Running for the Dail or county councils here could have many candidates, which is again, as it should be, as the positions are again, for lawmakers and legislation.
Freethinker (National) - 10/12/2025 09:46:50
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To alalalalalum: "Still a sizeable chunk of the population who believe what that organisation churns out God bless them" There are many ways to pick up informed news on what's happening in the world, and in fairness, RTE are pretty fair in their coverage, unlike those two bastions of democratic discourse in your country, Fox and CNN. We should be defending our instruments of democracy really, when you see what autocratic regimes do to the "free press" .
Freethinker (National) - 10/12/2025 09:38:02
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