I watched the games on TV4 today. Both games were hugely impacted by the weather. The sad point is that all counties should have played their county finals by now.

So the logic is that counties need to focus playing their championship games - all of them - in decent weather.

It has become accepted in the GAA community that county finals are played in really poor weather conditions and this should not be the case. Finals should be played in decent weather. So - play club games all through the year.
County managers have too much power and are dictating when club games are being played. Not ehat it shuld be about.

carlowman (Carlow) - Posts: 1877 - 27/10/2013 20:43:08    1506609

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Football all ireland champions are dublin?

This is a forum about club county finals so when I talk about football All Ireland champions I mean the club winners.

Rusheens (Mayo) - Posts: 55 - 28/10/2013 09:28:20    1506646

Oh these ank holidays will be the death of me....shook today. Was down in Castlebar yesterday for bothe minor and senior finals....can't remember being at a football game before with the weather so bad. Driving wind and rain. Wells one to Castlebar....they had lost two finals and it was third time lucky.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11585 - 28/10/2013 10:23:43    1506657

Congratulations to St. Brendan's on winning the Kerry senior hurling championship! Good luck to them in the Munster intermediate championship :)

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8825 - 28/10/2013 10:43:33    1506666

Yewtree.........Well done to Castlebar....they had lost two finals and it was third time lucky.
Could be an omen there!

beal (Mayo) - Posts: 1388 - 28/10/2013 13:31:00    1506723

Anti Mayo Birgade?? It was a terrible game of football every Mayo poster would agree with that I'm not slagging off Mayo football I'm just saying that yesterday's game was a shocker which was probably down to the weather and the fact that Castlebar were the way better team.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 28/10/2013 13:36:59    1506726

Beal....was thinking the same myself

Clondalkindub - the Mayo county final was a terrible game of football littered with mistakes and bad shooting. That said the hurricane like weather did play its part and I would give both teams the benefit of the doubt. I don't think James Horan will have spotted any new forwards that could come in for a Mayo next year though.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11585 - 28/10/2013 13:58:51    1506737

Yew tree Barry Moran was very impressive I thought. How come the youngest O Shea brother was a sub? He was on the Mayo panel last year so was he injured or what?

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 28/10/2013 14:04:10    1506738

Tom King and Neil Douglas both very impressive, the former for his shooting at important times in awful, awful conditions, the latter because of his ability to perform after a very poor start.

MayoMark (Mayo) - Posts: 332 - 28/10/2013 15:54:26    1506770

yew tree were you in the hyde in '11? now they were bad conditions...

RealRossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 332 - 28/10/2013 18:25:52    1506823

Yeah Conor O' Shea was injured all year.

southmatt (Mayo) - Posts: 98 - 28/10/2013 20:12:15    1506861

While the weather was poor i think its a bit pointless using that as the main excuse for yet another poor Mayo final. This year will be six year in a row that a side from Mayo won't have won a Connacht title and TBH James Horan is working miracles to get a decent county team out of that poor quality county championship.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3627 - 28/10/2013 20:16:55    1506866

real rossie.......yew tree were you in the hyde in '11? now they were bad conditions
was there for colleges match couple of weeks ago, bad conditions alright, dressing rooms a disgrace ........

pcworld (Mayo) - Posts: 549 - 28/10/2013 21:36:36    1506891

gaalover......six year in a row that a side from Mayo won't have won a Connacht title and TBH James Horan is working miracles to get a decent county team out of that poor quality county championship.
Spoken like the true rossie you are.......

pcworld (Mayo) - Posts: 549 - 28/10/2013 21:42:03    1506897

Gala lover.....you attend many Mayo club games?

I remember Hyde in 11 alright but last Sunday was a s bad. That said it was a poor game. I wouldn't worry too much about Mayo club sides faring outside the county. We had great club teams in the past winning all Ireland's and getting to many more finals but it didn't do the county team any good.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11585 - 29/10/2013 10:08:48    1506928

Dublin final this Sunday will be an all north side affair after the men and Vins took care of judes and Boden last night

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 29/10/2013 10:48:13    1506943

Dublin SHC Final will be an all southside affair between arch rivals Lucan and 'Boden!

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 29/10/2013 11:46:49    1506963

Surely Tg4 are showing the Dublin football county final? They haven't showed it since Boden played Jude's 3 or 4 years ago , it's between Ballymun and Vincent's it should be a classic with Connolly, Brennan ,Mossy ,Philly ,James Mac, Rock etc playing, lets be honest all of Ireland want to see the Dublin final so hopefully tg4 don't let us down.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 29/10/2013 12:26:16    1506978

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While the weather was poor i think its a bit pointless using that as the main excuse for yet another poor Mayo final. This year will be six year in a row that a side from Mayo won't have won a Connacht title and TBH James Horan is working miracles to get a decent county team out of that poor quality county championship.

Crickey, you'll be made look rather foolish when Castlebar beat Corofin . You seem to be very anti Mayo in all your posts, that's not healthy .

syferuseen (Roscommon) - Posts: 80 - 29/10/2013 12:39:18    1506981

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Surely Tg4 are showing the Dublin football county final? They haven't showed it since Boden played Jude's 3 or 4 years ago , it's between Ballymun and Vincent's it should be a classic with Connolly, Brennan ,Mossy ,Philly ,James Mac, Rock etc playing, lets be honest all of Ireland want to see the Dublin final so hopefully tg4 don't let us down.

Why do the rest of the country want to watch the Dublin final? What are you basing this latest piece of logic on?

moomoo (Kerry) - Posts: 4023 - 29/10/2013 12:44:55    1506988