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Instead of picking a team from all Ireland what would be your thoughts on the all Ireland champions playing the afl champions for the cormac mcanallen trophy. Brings the championship to a higher level Mickhiggins (Galway) - Posts: 52 - 25/11/2019 20:33:01 2251407 Link
Replying To Mickhiggins: "Instead of picking a team from all Ireland what would be your thoughts on the all Ireland champions playing the afl champions for the cormac mcanallen trophy. Brings the championship to a higher level" Ya 2 professional teams going at it , sounds good to me. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 25/11/2019 20:58:57 2251415 Link
Replying To Mickhiggins: "Instead of picking a team from all Ireland what would be your thoughts on the all Ireland champions playing the afl champions for the cormac mcanallen trophy. Brings the championship to a higher level" No imo. To some lads its a privilege to represent theor country and to lads from weaker counties you are just alienating them further as only 5 or 6 counties have realistic chances of winning same for the foreseeable future sourmilk93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1145 - 25/11/2019 21:00:09 2251416 Link
I think the whole compromise rules venture is completely pointless. Professionals against amateurs playing the most b@$tartised game possible. Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1911 - 25/11/2019 21:09:59 2251422 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "Ya 2 professional teams going at it , sounds good to me." Still whinging eh..! Gonna be a long Winter for you ...! Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 3733 - 25/11/2019 22:06:07 2251433 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "Ya 2 professional teams going at it , sounds good to me." Lol Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 25/11/2019 22:42:01 2251442 Link
Apart from journalists who get a nice junket every few years no one else is really bothered anymore, it's dead, its ran its course. sean og (Armagh) - Posts: 1053 - 25/11/2019 23:02:44 2251447 Link
Replying To Bon: "I think the whole compromise rules venture is completely pointless. Professionals against amateurs playing the most b@$tartised game possible." I agree the gap is gone too far now and added to the fact that the pro teams game is all about highly physical contact makes it dangerous too Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 26/11/2019 00:18:25 2251458 Link
2 Finalists from each in mini/half match SFs, before the Final ? omahant (USA) - Posts: 2596 - 26/11/2019 00:48:24 2251462 Link
Replying To Fionn: "Still whinging eh..! Gonna be a long Winter for you ...!" Explain to me how that post was whinging? It's called honesty bud. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 26/11/2019 06:50:39 2251465 Link
An absolute joke of a game, fans loved it when lads were punching the heads of each other. Yes that was wrong on every level, but bar that, this game had nothing to offer fans. gilly1910 (Galway) - Posts: 170 - 26/11/2019 08:49:38 2251477 Link
Replying To gilly1910: "An absolute joke of a game, fans loved it when lads were punching the heads of each other. Yes that was wrong on every level, but bar that, this game had nothing to offer fans." The last game in Australia had over 30k fans show up. The last game in Ireland had over 38k fans show up. I think people who don't like the game tend to over state the lack of interest. If there is an appetite for the game from fans, and there clearly is, and if there is an appetite for the game from the players, which there clearly is, I really don't see the problem with the game being played every few years. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13710 - 26/11/2019 10:36:42 2251498 Link
Replying To Mickhiggins: "Instead of picking a team from all Ireland what would be your thoughts on the all Ireland champions playing the afl champions for the cormac mcanallen trophy. Brings the championship to a higher level" No there should be a mix from all four divisions. Some great footballers from lesser counties need all the recognition they can get, regardless of how interested the public is in this competition. Obviously, there would also need to be a healthy amount of Div 1 and 2 players in the squad to prevent a possible cringe worthy embarrassment like the All-Aboriginal descent team. eoghan6688 (Galway) - Posts: 154 - 26/11/2019 18:56:14 2251632 Link
Personally think it's great to see players from different counties on same team. Which was why I liked the Railway Cup. Baftardised game or not, those lads represent me more than any other Irish team. You find yourself cheering on eg Graham Geraghty, certainly a novel experience for me. And there's plenty of lads in teams who'll never win Sam who are great in the role and they're probably fresher than the AI winners who probably don't want to risk some stupid injury which could affect the next year's drive for Sam. essmac (Tyrone) - Posts: 1141 - 26/11/2019 20:43:43 2251654 Link
Replying To MesAmis: "The last game in Australia had over 30k fans show up. The last game in Ireland had over 38k fans show up. I think people who don't like the game tend to over state the lack of interest. If there is an appetite for the game from fans, and there clearly is, and if there is an appetite for the game from the players, which there clearly is, I really don't see the problem with the game being played every few years." I wouldnt be reading too much into 30k turning up to see it in Australia. There it is an event thing for the Irish diaspora, an excuse to meet up and have a few jars. Actually, taking that into account, 30K is an extremely poor crowd...it suggests that very few Aussies bothered attending.. I dont have a problem with the game. I think it could have developed into something significant but think the time is gone and dont see it happening now. However I do like the OP's suggestion and think if it is to have any future that might be the way to go. PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1903 - 26/11/2019 21:50:10 2251671 Link
GAA - How much money can we make from this endeavour ? irrelevant of whether it makes sense or is in alignment with what our core organisation is about. From a sporting perspective, its a joke. A bastardised attempt to marry two similar sports into one. Aussie Rules is more of an entertainment than a sport, the more fights, the better. I (like most people) haven't watched one of those games in years, but my abiding memory is of thuggish-like behavior from the Aussies to try and "box the ears off" their opponents. And the Irish lads looking on, and some of the "hard men" from the Irish teams facing up to these thugs. Bury it, let the Aussies knock the bejaysus out of each other and mark it down as a sport if they want. Move on, the experiment is over and it failed. Hoofhearted (Australia) - Posts: 49 - 27/11/2019 01:39:01 2251710 Link
I might be alone in this opinion, but I've actually always liked the game, and think it's far superior to gaelic football - particularly the way football has gone these past few years with so many teams being so defensive. I particularly like the way that if you're being tackled, it's up to you to move the ball on, rather than holding onto it and then getting a free for your own team because of pulling and dragging by the opposition. Also, no short kick-outs allowed, so there's usually a genuine contest for the ball each time. Would be more inclined to watch Ireland v Australia than most football championship games during the year. Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2249 - 27/11/2019 13:06:12 2251781 Link
Replying To PoolSturgeon: "I wouldnt be reading too much into 30k turning up to see it in Australia. There it is an event thing for the Irish diaspora, an excuse to meet up and have a few jars. Actually, taking that into account, 30K is an extremely poor crowd...it suggests that very few Aussies bothered attending.. I dont have a problem with the game. I think it could have developed into something significant but think the time is gone and dont see it happening now. However I do like the OP's suggestion and think if it is to have any future that might be the way to go." If 30k is an extremely small crowd we may as well abandon most spectator sports. I've no particular grá for the game myself but if the interest from fans is there and the interest from players is there then I don't see the problem. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13710 - 27/11/2019 14:47:40 2251802 Link
Replying To Pikeman96: "I might be alone in this opinion, but I've actually always liked the game, and think it's far superior to gaelic football - particularly the way football has gone these past few years with so many teams being so defensive. I particularly like the way that if you're being tackled, it's up to you to move the ball on, rather than holding onto it and then getting a free for your own team because of pulling and dragging by the opposition. Also, no short kick-outs allowed, so there's usually a genuine contest for the ball each time. Would be more inclined to watch Ireland v Australia than most football championship games during the year." Definitely a few good rules in the game. Completely agree about the defined tackle and minimum kick out both are much better rules than the mark which I think is a complete bore. The other problem is AFL take the adoration of violence to another level altogether Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 27/11/2019 14:59:47 2251804 Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KiJxjqNbBE A few hits in there that even Richie Hogan wouldn't try excuse :) Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2249 - 27/11/2019 15:05:54 2251807 Link