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ffgg longford post2133 christopher (Donegal) - Posts: 81 - 14/12/2012 21:15:49 1310690 Link 0 |
@Christopher, Donegal. How many players have St Brigids, Roscommon transferred in from other clubs? I'd advise you to get your facts right!! Home grown talent and strong underage structures have brought success to this mighty Roscommon club. How dare you undermine their home grown talent! bangedupabroad (Roscommon) - Posts: 126 - 14/12/2012 21:16:16 1310691 Link 0 |
ill believe it when i see it as it was meant to be all done and dusted as regards the club in longford also ffgg (Longford) - Posts: 2571 - 14/12/2012 21:38:32 1310696 Link 0 |
Salthill/Knocknacarra in Galway are terrible for it.Teyre always snooping around to look for players they can poach.If i was from that area id find it hard to take pride in my team to be honest. joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 15/12/2012 16:32:38 1310879 Link 0 |
Culann, hows the form man? Take a lot of your points seriously i do. Especially the one about a Ballymun kid wanting to play with Ballymun and Dublin. And good luck to them kids too I say. But what about Celbridge and Ashbourne kids wanting to play with Dublin? Surely kids should play with the county they are reared in? Just like Paul curran, with a Meath Dad but Paul reared and living in Dublin and growing up to be a Dublin legend, then why should it be different when a Dublin man goes to live in Meath or Kildare and yet his kid wont play with his county like Curran did, but rather their fathers county? Surely this craic is undermining the ethos of the GAA too in my opinion. theborderfox (Monaghan) - Posts: 138 - 15/12/2012 17:14:21 1310889 Link 0 |
Thats a grey area. As I said in the same piece you quoted from 'unless you have a family connection'. I live i gContae na Mí and when I go into town to Navan you see a lot of Dub jerseys. When you go into Elverys both An Mhí agus Áth Cliath jerseys are sold. Personally, my own kids are An Mhi supporters and I have absolutely know problem with that but I know another Dub in the area and his kids wanted to be like their daddy and they wear the Dub jersey. I think, as I said above, that is a grey area. In my own opinion, it doesn't go against the ethos of the GAA - but who is to say I am right. That said the family seems to be at the heart of the GAA and I'd imigane they look at it as a grey area also. Culann (Dublin) - Posts: 2306 - 15/12/2012 17:29:08 1310894 Link 0 |
Bit of a joke, especially with minor players, Michael Deegan plays for Ashbourne, yet he was involved with Dublin minors this year because of the parent rule. I think there was another player from Dunboyne as well. I've heard that Dublin were trying to get underage players from Meath to play with Dublin because of this rule. You should be playing with the club and county you live in, unless there is a problem when you get to adult football with work eg. Anthony Moyles lives and works in Dublin and moved to a club there, but continued to play for Meath. There are plenty of players that play for Meath that have parents from other counties. ClassApart (Meath) - Posts: 1200 - 15/12/2012 18:18:40 1310934 Link 0 |
i dont mind switching clubs if the journey is too far such as players from mayo or that playing in dub but all them laois players playing in dublin is a joke especially when you consider how near dublin is to laois ffgg (Longford) - Posts: 2571 - 15/12/2012 18:25:11 1310937 Link 0 |
ClassApart AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 15/12/2012 18:42:51 1310947 Link 0 |
christopher donegal Ros2013 (Roscommon) - Posts: 548 - 15/12/2012 19:00:55 1310953 Link 0 |
AthCliath No I didn't mention it because its not relevant to the point. Yeh they are playing for Meath because they are living in Meath and playing club football for Meath it shouldn't matter where their parents are from. Sure half the Meath senior team probably have a parent from another county, I can think of 6 off the top of my head. If you are living in a county and playing for a club in that county you should play fooball for that county at minor level. If things change as you are older and you are living working in a different county thats fine. The Gaa is based on community and where you live. If there was a Dublin minor living in Dublin and playing club football in Dublin, but had a parent from Meath I would like to think that Meath wouldn't go looking for him. Sure look at the Brogans they didn't go and play for Kerry. If these parents want their kids to play for Dublin they needn't bother moving to Meath. And plus why should we hold up minor club games because of a player involved with another county. I think the parent rule is a joke. What if the best 15 minors in Meath had a parent from another county and they all went to play for those counties , sure that doesn't make sense. ClassApart (Meath) - Posts: 1200 - 15/12/2012 19:33:59 1310966 Link 0 |
Christopher from Donegal couldn't be more misinformed about St Brigids (Roscommon) if he tried. As been said already get your facts right before posting online!! The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4125 - 15/12/2012 19:46:22 1310971 Link 0 |
AthCliath from what I understand Micheal Darragh-McAuley's father is from donegal and Cian O'Sullivans father from Kerry... I don't see them claiming to play for them counties. No they play for the county the grew up in and have played club football for. You're just plain simply wrong if you think it's ok for underage players to play for a different county that they're not playing within. It's a complete surprise to me that the county board in meath haven't objected to it yet. tic_for_tac (Meath) - Posts: 151 - 15/12/2012 19:51:43 1310974 Link 0 |
tic_for_tac Culann (Dublin) - Posts: 2306 - 15/12/2012 20:00:15 1310978 Link 0 |
Class Apart, Culann (Dublin) - Posts: 2306 - 16/12/2012 12:56:47 1311058 Link 0 |
tic_for_tac AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 16/12/2012 13:41:03 1311075 Link 0 |
ClassApart AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 16/12/2012 13:58:51 1311087 Link 0 |
Culann - I am familiar with this, but it doesn't matter where their parents are from or who they support, if they want to play county football they should be playing for Meath because thats where they are living and playing their club football. The parent rule was brought in to help weaker counties and its turning out to be the opposite. ClassApart (Meath) - Posts: 1200 - 16/12/2012 14:50:32 1311109 Link 0 |
Rosineri, are you asking the question because of what other UK Clubs offer. tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 4072 - 16/12/2012 15:29:35 1311120 Link 0 |
ClassApart Culann (Dublin) - Posts: 2306 - 16/12/2012 16:15:31 1311145 Link 0 |