Sorry, I meant apolgies to all other 30 teams' supporters.

thykingdomcome (Kerry) - Posts: 1206 - 21/06/2009 22:02:33    318728

was a poor game and derry just did not function what can you say about tyrone i would reakon they only played 60% and still won easy

hipster (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 21/06/2009 22:30:46    318769

I have to say I'm loosing interest in the football championship (not just because Wexford are going so bad, I've always enjoyed watching the football). I looked at the Sunday game tonight but I turned it off before they turned their attention to the football.
Personally I think it's loosing the gloss. It's time to revamp everything it's getting really stale.

They've got to just have divisions or something are get rid of these boring games that we have been looking at. Mayo and Roscommon, Kildare and Wexford, Dublin and Meath and I'm not going to start on Ulster (the football might be dire but generally at least the games are close).
It's terrible viewing at the moment I've really had my fill of it.
Provincials are a farce. Munster, Leinster and Connaught are dire sorry. I'd rather they threw the good teams together scrape the League and championship and just have a league and then the top 8 teams play off in a Quarter final. Got to be better than the current show. At least now we only have two provinces in the hurling Munster and the Rest of Ireland (It's not Leinster anymore lets face it despite the finalists being from Leinster). It's actually working out really well for the hurling we've only really had one dire game (I.e. Laois and Galway, we need Laois in there strong though).

In relation to football the only teams I'd be bothered looking at playing eachother are the following:
Tyrone
Mayo
Galway
Cork
Kerry
Dublin
Possible Armagh. Monaghan, Kildare and Derry maybe could be thrown in there so there is you Division for next years top flight. 10 teams who play eachother and then top 4 go into Semi or top 8 go into quarterfinals.
The next year the finalists of Division 2 go up and Division 1 go down.
Then bring back and promote the provincials to give the better players from the lesser teams a chance to mix it with the big fellas.
It's all about giving us some quality viewing. If they want to keep the provincials alive they can have their own knock comp just for them. They are not of any value anymore now anyway. It's kind of like the FA Cup where alot of teams just don't have a hope.

ColinWex (Wexford) - Posts: 901 - 21/06/2009 22:30:56    318771

Id be inclined to agree with that list ColinWex. Getting seriously vexed with football from looking at inferior displays by counties that talk the talk in the league. Ive a feeling Ill only remember the provincial finals onwards this year and will choose to forget the rest (except of course for Laois games). In fact with Kildare decent looking and ourselves maybe capable of something if we show up in the Kildare match, Leinster could provide the best entertainment up until the provincial finals this year. But Ive a feeling this champinship wont get good until the Quarters. Serious commendations to Antrim for bucking the trend of complacency and to Tyrone, Cork and Mayo for raisning the bar early on though!

spudenator (Laois) - Posts: 1052 - 21/06/2009 23:42:59    318866

Football should just be banned, then we could all watch a realsport.

Like cricket, or bowls, or lacrosse, or anything.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 22/06/2009 00:33:02    318920

Didnt see it no point in watching it from the comments on here .

tomaoo7 (Dublin) - Posts: 5896 - 22/06/2009 10:18:59    319043

Patrique is boring

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12311 - 22/06/2009 10:23:02    319047

People may find ulster boring or whatever,but i was looking at the draw yesterday and came to the conclusion that the teams in it that most teams would want to avoid were the ulster teams,armagh,monaghan,donegal,fermanagh and down.that says something... As regards exciting games,we are getting fewer and fewer exciting football matches,there are more boring games now than exciting games,no matter what province.

enda.muldoon (Derry) - Posts: 318 - 22/06/2009 11:25:17    319127

had both the pleasure and the displeasure of being in casement park yesterday. the pleasure at watching our minor hurlers dispose easily of down minor hurlers. them young men played hurling like tyrone play football. working their ***** off. an absolute pleasure to watch. then i had the misfortune to be stuck there watching THAT AWFUL GAME. it was absolute rubbish. tyrone were much the superior throughout the game. the only line they didnt dominate was their full forward line. mcguckain, sean marty and okane done brilliantly to keep the 3 boyos practically scoreless, but i suppose when the rest of the field can score the way they can it doesnt matter. just hope we dont get monaghan again in the qualifiers cause i dont think i can take much more sour grapes this year. boo hoo.

pig.ignorant (Derry) - Posts: 655 - 22/06/2009 11:33:38    319147

I dont see how anyone could refer to Mayo as having contributed to 'raising the bar'. I sat through their facile win over R,common and their was simply no opposition. I n relation to Ulster being mooted laughably as the weakest province I think those arguments should be set aside lads until the qalifiers are underway. I think those results will tell their own tale.

gaelantrim (Antrim) - Posts: 1616 - 22/06/2009 13:08:04    319300

yes mikeyjohn you are absolutely rite. galway play very nice football. but wen did they last win the all-ireland 8 years ago!! galway hav no backbone. all nice and pretty but no steel

galballygael23 (Tyrone) - Posts: 235 - 22/06/2009 16:18:23    319590

galballygael23
County: Tyrone

yes mikeyjohn you are absolutely rite. galway play very nice football. but wen did they last win the all-ireland 8 years ago!! galway hav no backbone. all nice and pretty but no steel
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Just the type of post that endears Tyrone to everyone. Galway had some of the best players to grace Croker in the 60s, late 90s and the early part of this decade. Plenty of skill - and steel - but no cheap hits and little or no cynicism. A little recognition and respect wouldn't go amiss there. Another of the tiresome 'football was invented in 2003' brigade........

Dubinmeath (Dublin) - Posts: 1123 - 22/06/2009 16:34:11    319605

mikeyjohn galway have a lot to learn about actually winning a game. sammon is a traditionalist like micko, catch and kick and as pit spillane says they like to put the boot into football spread it wide etc etc. but heres the reality since armagh turned football on its head in the early 90s things have changed, teams especially the like of armagh and tyrone and maybe dare i say it the dubs are very professional in their outlook, every detail is covered. galway may play attractive football but is it effective to win sam i doubt it. yesterdays match was an ugly affair they always are due to the hatred between these two teams, but i can see both being in croke park come august, as will armagh. and my guess is that galway wouldnt beat any of them.

reddoctor (Tyrone) - Posts: 1241 - 22/06/2009 16:57:13    319635

Reddoctor I would be very loath to refer to any GAA rivalry as 'hatred'. I attended the game as a neutral, just to run an eye over our final opposition, ahem. I think we should leave words like hatred out of our games. I witnessed good natured banter from the mixed crowd , with absolutely no requirement for segregation , unlike our soccer cousins.

gaelantrim (Antrim) - Posts: 1616 - 22/06/2009 17:12:21    319650

Yeah Ulster football is boring. Thank God they don't play hurling.

RAM85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 978 - 22/06/2009 17:22:42    319657

very funny Ram

hipster (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 22/06/2009 18:00:48    319714

Have to agree with Reddoctor. Football has changed, but what I think alot of Ulster teams - Monaghan, Cavan and Fermanagh don't realise is that OK knocking the lard out the opposition might win you the game in the early rounds but in the long run it will not win you an All-Ireland.

sam2008 (Tyrone) - Posts: 799 - 22/06/2009 19:42:39    319827

Some sour grapes on here tyrone are a class outfit and the dublins,westmeaths or galway cant keep up ..

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 22/06/2009 19:51:00    319843

sam ya pup when did cavan ever knock lard outta anyone?we couldnt if we tried.this saturday will show a great footballing game in ullster between two good footballing sides

beer baron (Cavan) - Posts: 3916 - 22/06/2009 19:52:36    319846

patrique
County: Antrim


Yes ulster has the best standard in ireland FACT.

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 22/06/2009 20:23:27    319874