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Post by glengael on Jun 30, 2014 11:13:50 GMT
Armagh surprised me in Ulster, putting a halt to Monaghan's run at least temporarily. Look forward to Ard Mhaca's report on that one.
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Post by kerrygold on Jul 1, 2014 17:20:08 GMT
The Dubs continue to look good and remain the team beat in the championship. I can't see Meath getting within 10 points of them. Kildare continue on their aimless merry go round, like a carousel horse that gets a new coating of paint every so often, looks smart but going nowhere in particular, to the back drop of the carnival music. The Leinster championship has become stagnated while Dublin have become a monster in it. This stagnation and this monster will become a real issue for Croker sooner rather than later. A small crowd for four counties, in their pomp during the 90's the brilliant trilogy of Dublin, Meath and kildare contests packed full houses into Croker, 65,000 patrons during the 90's and the first full newly developed Croker house in 2002 standing at 82,129.
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Post by sullyschoice on Jul 1, 2014 19:06:34 GMT
I like the way Armagh are playing football under their management team. They showed sparks earlier in the year before it went wrong for them.
I noticed again on Sunday that the home team didnt march behind their flag nearest to the sideline, but this time there were no shanannigans. Thats the second Ulster Championship match where this has happened so it pits to bed that myth that the row with Cavan was the Bands fault.
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Post by ansúilleabhánach on Jul 1, 2014 23:25:51 GMT
...A small crowd for four counties, in their pomp during the 90's the brilliant trilogy of Dublin, Meath and kildare contests packed full houses into Croker, 65,000 patrons during the 90's and the first full newly developed Croker house in 2002 standing at 82,129. And yet, as the tide of the big ball ebbs in the province, we may see the resurrection of the double bill of hurling semis. Even Loch Garman beginning to stir again. Was thinking about the irony of it as Dubs won. Sunrise, sunset...
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Post by Ard Mhacha on Jul 2, 2014 17:41:08 GMT
I like the way Armagh are playing football under their management team. They showed sparks earlier in the year before it went wrong for them. I noticed again on Sunday that the home team didnt march behind their flag nearest to the sideline, but this time there were no shanannigans. Thats the second Ulster Championship match where this has happened so it pits to bed that myth that the row with Cavan was the Bands fault. Clones was a 'neutral' venue last Saturday, even though it is in Monaghan. So the home team thing in the parade wasn't relevant.
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Post by skybluezone on Jul 3, 2014 13:09:00 GMT
I like the way Armagh are playing football under their management team. They showed sparks earlier in the year before it went wrong for them. I noticed again on Sunday that the home team didnt march behind their flag nearest to the sideline, but this time there were no shanannigans. Thats the second Ulster Championship match where this has happened so it pits to bed that myth that the row with Cavan was the Bands fault. Clones was a 'neutral' venue last Saturday, even though it is in Monaghan. So the home team thing in the parade wasn't relevant.[/quote] Oh no, how is this fair?
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Post by Ard Mhacha on Jul 3, 2014 13:12:00 GMT
It's not.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Jul 3, 2014 15:21:18 GMT
Monaghan are the Dubs of the North!!
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Post by ansúilleabhánach on Jul 3, 2014 19:26:00 GMT
Monaghan are the Dubs of the North!! Without even being in it! The north, however; sin scéal eile
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Jul 3, 2014 19:41:42 GMT
Monaghan are the Dubs of the North!! Without even being in it! The north, however; sin scéal eile The North is actually correct. For example we live in the South-West region but I know what you are referring to... I certainly know where Monaghan, Cavan and Donegal are.
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Post by ansúilleabhánach on Jul 3, 2014 20:15:56 GMT
I was hoping the chosen emoticon would be enough to indicate that my grammar lesson was not to be taken at face value- I knew you knew!
Is deacair an rud é a greann a cur sa théacs
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Post by tyroneperson on Jul 3, 2014 20:23:42 GMT
In all likelihood sounding like an idiot here but when Tyrone was playing Fingal in the Nicky Rackard final a few weeks back I was confused to learn that Fingal's apparently a county. Still confused about it.
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Post by Ard Mhacha on Jul 3, 2014 22:03:37 GMT
In all likelihood sounding like an idiot here but when Tyrone was playing Fingal in the Nicky Rackard final a few weeks back I was confused to learn that Fingal's apparently a county. Still confused about it. There's 3 counties within Dublin as far as I know. Isn't there 2 counties within Tipp too?
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Post by kerryexile on Jul 3, 2014 22:21:35 GMT
About 20 years ago the traditional county of Dublin was divided into 3 councils for administrative purposes - Fingal, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and South county Dublin.
Fingal should definately not be in any hurling competition. I think that if this applied to every county North Kilkenny would play South Kilkenny in the Nick Rackard final.
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Post by glengael on Jul 4, 2014 8:24:52 GMT
In all likelihood sounding like an idiot here but when Tyrone was playing Fingal in the Nicky Rackard final a few weeks back I was confused to learn that Fingal's apparently a county. Still confused about it. There's 3 counties within Dublin as far as I know. Isn't there 2 counties within Tipp too? No Tipperary has been united by the local government reforms which came into operation recently.
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Post by sullyschoice on Jul 5, 2014 11:02:48 GMT
Dublin being split into three counties....now there's an idea. Quick someone tell Eugene Mc Goo.
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Post by Jigz84 on Jul 8, 2014 16:31:51 GMT
Amusing piece from Gaelic Life re: Tipp's hammering of Longford. IT’S Monday morning and I am quite sure that the topic of our first blog of the week should be the final pairing of the Ulster Senior Football final. However, I would argue that this is not the biggest story of the weekend. We all knew that Monaghan would beat Armagh and set up a replay of the NFL division two league final, and also the 2013 Ulster final, against Donegal. The biggest story with an Ulster interest actually happened in Semple Stadium, when Tipperary beat Longford by 2-17 to 0-6. Why is that the biggest story? Because two weeks previous Longford had beat Derry by two points in Celtic Park. How can such a travesty happen? Is it right that a team like Longford can knock out a fine team like Derry with negative tactics. In doing so the championship are robbed of a team who should be lauded for their exciting, swashbuckling, and youthful approach to the game. That result was so frustrating, so annoying, so unfair that I should be allowed to claim compensation and a couple of weeks off work to deal with the emotional strain that it caused me. I accept that Longford had a better strategy than Derry on that sad day in Celtic Park, and that their defence and forwards played better than us, but what I don’t accept is that they can go out the next day and barely put up a fight against Tipperary. Where was their blanket defence against the Premier county, why didn’t they flood their men back behind the 45 line just as they did against Brian McIver’s men? Yes I understand that football can be cruel, but that result was so bad, so terrible that it should have a plastic mask over its mouth and be locked in a high security prison. Maybe it is a case that teams now just want to beat Derry, and that’s enough for them. Forget winning the All-Ireland, beating the NFL big guns is all those lads want. Gah! - See more at: gaeliclife.com/2014/07/gl-monday-blog-armagh-monaghan-is-not-the-big-story/#sthash.4Bp73KQO.dpuf
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Post by Ard Mhacha on Jul 9, 2014 1:55:39 GMT
Armagh surprised me in Ulster, putting a halt to Monaghan's run at least temporarily. Look forward to Ard Mhaca's report on that one. We did battle well, played some good stuff but Monaghan played nowhere near as well as they can. McManus black card probably had an effect too. I still thought we were up against it for replay. Even with the 3 players back. I always thought Monaghan could raise their game but we probably played to our max. The result was never in doubt from early on tbh. Tyrone on Sunday. I don't like to be pessimistic but our summer will end in Omagh. Tyrone aren't the force they were but we don't have the know-how or experience to go there and win. Monaghan showed if you stop Dyas and Clarke, it's pretty much game over.
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Post by tippabu on Jul 9, 2014 20:08:36 GMT
Amusing piece from Gaelic Life re: Tipp's hammering of Longford. IT’S Monday morning and I am quite sure that the topic of our first blog of the week should be the final pairing of the Ulster Senior Football final. However, I would argue that this is not the biggest story of the weekend. We all knew that Monaghan would beat Armagh and set up a replay of the NFL division two league final, and also the 2013 Ulster final, against Donegal. The biggest story with an Ulster interest actually happened in Semple Stadium, when Tipperary beat Longford by 2-17 to 0-6. Why is that the biggest story? Because two weeks previous Longford had beat Derry by two points in Celtic Park. How can such a travesty happen? Is it right that a team like Longford can knock out a fine team like Derry with negative tactics. In doing so the championship are robbed of a team who should be lauded for their exciting, swashbuckling, and youthful approach to the game. That result was so frustrating, so annoying, so unfair that I should be allowed to claim compensation and a couple of weeks off work to deal with the emotional strain that it caused me. I accept that Longford had a better strategy than Derry on that sad day in Celtic Park, and that their defence and forwards played better than us, but what I don’t accept is that they can go out the next day and barely put up a fight against Tipperary. Where was their blanket defence against the Premier county, why didn’t they flood their men back behind the 45 line just as they did against Brian McIver’s men?Yes I understand that football can be cruel, but that result was so bad, so terrible that it should have a plastic mask over its mouth and be locked in a high security prison. Maybe it is a case that teams now just want to beat Derry, and that’s enough for them. Forget winning the All-Ireland, beating the NFL big guns is all those lads want. Gah! - See more at: gaeliclife.com/2014/07/gl-monday-blog-armagh-monaghan-is-not-the-big-story/#sthash.4Bp73KQO.dpufI can assure the author of this piece that Longford did in fact use a blanket defence, a mixture of patience and quality out done it though. It was singly the most defensive formation ive ever seen playing football, even after half time while 7 or 8 points down still longford sat in and showed no ambition. It was pretty much a flawless performance by tipp and hopefully a sign of things to come, 1 to 9 against cork were outstanding that night but our forwards were poor and we should have run out easy winner despite this. We have for me a corner/full back as good as any in the country in ciaran macdonald, as good an under 21 in the country in colin o riordan. Still missing the depth off the bench but the quality is in the county they are just injured or concentrating on under 21 hurling at the moment. The Laois match is the perfect draw for me, one where we are going in as underdogs against an established division 2 team and one who we are more than capable of taking a scalp against should be play to our potential
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Post by Ard Mhacha on Jul 13, 2014 22:31:22 GMT
Tyrone on Sunday. I don't like to be pessimistic but our summer will end in Omagh. Tyrone aren't the force they were but we don't have the know-how or experience to go there and win. Monaghan showed if you stop Dyas and Clarke, it's pretty much game over. Reverse psychology works again
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Post by southward on Jul 13, 2014 22:49:19 GMT
Congrats Ard Mhaca. That's a great result in Omagh. Surely end of the road for Mickey Harte and a few more. Have to say, the draw seems awfully unbalanced. What is the purpose of the 2 groups anyway ?
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Post by southward on Jul 13, 2014 22:54:56 GMT
Massive score put up by Clare today; 4-26. OK it was Carlow, but still. They'll have the full attention of the dual players from now on too, could be a tricky prospect.
Big win for Kildare v Down too.
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Post by Mickmack on Jul 13, 2014 23:06:44 GMT
Tyrone have been very successful at minor and at Colleges level over the past 10 years but it is not working its way through to the senior team. Maybe what we are seeing are very good minor teams from Tyrone as opposed to exceptional individuals minors coming through.
Big loss for Mickey Harte.
Nice to see Clare reflecting the strength of its club football scene just now.
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Post by sidelined on Jul 13, 2014 23:07:41 GMT
tyrones loss today begs the question where have all their star minors gone? .none of their minor winning teams seem to have come through to star in senior ranks.[or u21 for that matter]. burnout???
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Post by southward on Jul 14, 2014 9:28:47 GMT
Qualifier Draws
Round 3B: Roscommon v Armagh; Clare v Kildare. Games to be played on Saturday, July 19th
Round 4A: Cork v Sligo; Galway v Tipperary. Games to be played on Saturday, July 26th at neutral venues.
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Post by glengael on Jul 14, 2014 9:51:34 GMT
Tyrone on Sunday. I don't like to be pessimistic but our summer will end in Omagh. Tyrone aren't the force they were but we don't have the know-how or experience to go there and win. Monaghan showed if you stop Dyas and Clarke, it's pretty much game over. Reverse psychology works again You won't get away with that again Ard Mhaca, we're on to you now !!! A big win for Tipp at the weekend in Portlaoise, running up a big lead, surrendering it and then pulling away again to close it out. For reasons I can't rationalise I've never quite liked Laois that much. Both Tipp and Clare are doing quite well this year. Cork have got a home draw next so you'd have to fancy them v Sligo who had 2 points to spare on Limerick.
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Post by Jigz84 on Jul 14, 2014 9:56:58 GMT
Reverse psychology works again You won't get away with that again Ard Mhaca, we're on to you now !!! A big win for Tipp at the weekend in Portlaoise, running up a big lead, surrendering it and then pulling away again to close it out. For reasons I can't rationalise I've never quite liked Laois that much. Both Tipp and Clare are doing quite well this year. Cork have got a home draw next so you'd have to fancy them v Sligo who had 2 points to spare on Limerick. No they don't. Cork v Sligo and Galway v Tipp will be played in neutral venues, quite possibly a double header in Tullamore or somewhere like that.
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Post by glengael on Jul 14, 2014 10:08:41 GMT
Sorry. Didn't remember that from previous years. Apologies.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Jul 14, 2014 13:18:39 GMT
Podge Collins was MOTM!
Still can't believe Kildare beat Down!!
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Post by Jigz84 on Jul 14, 2014 15:33:45 GMT
Saturday, July 26
GAA Football All Ireland Senior Championship Round 4A
Cork v Sligo, O'Connor Park, Tullamore, 5pm (Sky Sports) Galway v Tipperary, O'Connor Park, Tullamore, 7pm (Sky Sports)
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