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Newsflash.... blatant favouritism shown by other counties (congress) towards Dublin, effects other counties. Only in Ireland! Sounds like you have to have a word with you county boards chaps and tell your reps to vote more fairly at congress rather than whinging about it when something that they themselves voted in favour of, some 18 months previously, comes to pass. This Dublin team will take on any opposition anywhere.
Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 05/07/2018 18:51:28 2118900 Link 2 |
Beacause if you read the rules you'd know that there is no mention of a neutral venue. It's home, away and Croke Park. Where would you plan to transplant Croke Park to make it a neutral venue in all cases for all counties, Sofia??
Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 05/07/2018 18:57:11 2118903 Link 0 |
all right then joxer so why don't they nominate an alternative home venue other than croke pk...come on dublin lets walk the walk instead of all your talk
mayotyroneman (Tyrone) - Posts: 1821 - 05/07/2018 19:06:11 2118907 Link 0 |
I suspect that what has happened was that no one thought it was worth their time complaining as Croke Park were seen as this vast, immovable & all powerful entity that brooked no dissent. We all owe Kevin McStay & Cian O'Neill an enormous debt of gratitude for showing that all it takes is a big pair of balls to face these people down & now that it has happened there will be no more of the arrogant nonsense that we have seen in the past. MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 05/07/2018 19:10:11 2118909 Link 2 |
Truth be told joxer, such is the limited intelligence & ability of the average delegate to Congress, I would doubt if any of them actually worked out the consequences of what they were voting for. I well remember Albert Reynolds being asked about various conspiracy theories & he dismissed all such talk. The only theory he subscribed to was the theory of the cock up where powerful people who had barely enough brains to put their trousers on the right way ended up in positions of power solely because of the hardness of their necks. "And then we wonder why things go wrong" said Albert Some things never change. MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 05/07/2018 19:18:09 2118910 Link 0 |
All sorted now joxer, full review at the end of the year.
MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 05/07/2018 19:19:44 2118911 Link 0 |
And think of Poor Mayo, who lost a few All Irelands by a Point, Drew 1.. Home advantage "worth at least 3 Points" I quote Kevin Heffernan. Imagine if Mayo got them in Cork or somewhere. Why not Aviva, we gave Pitches to Socer. All A Farce. Their All Irelands are De-Valued with a Big Question Mark on all of them??????????????????????????????????
SAMMYTHEBULL (Galway) - Posts: 1646 - 05/07/2018 19:25:01 2118912 Link 3 |
Possibly Muckross. In anyways hopefully next year it'll be sorted out properly and now people see that the top brass can only do what we let them. Here's hoping for a cracker between Dublin and Donegal Sat week. Just back myself from a week on the Costa del Dún na nGall with the family, the journey's not too bad so yous'll be grand with the 7pm throw in ;) MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 05/07/2018 19:29:05 2118913 Link 1 |
Disappointed to be honest, had a coach trip WhatsApp group going and everything. Looking like we will have to rely on Cork for our trip to PUC this year. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 05/07/2018 19:35:55 2118914 Link 1 |
You have to have broad shoulders when your looseing, but even broader shoulders when you are winning! ;)
TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 05/07/2018 19:39:22 2118915 Link 1 |
Looking forward to it MesAmis, the 2014 semi final in on 24 hour loop in MuckrossHead Towers these days!
MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5028 - 05/07/2018 19:44:37 2118919 Link 0 |
Ain't that the truth! ;)
Jackeen (Dublin) - Posts: 4097 - 05/07/2018 20:55:08 2118932 Link 1 |
Designating Croke park for round one of this series of games is downright brazen by the GAA whether they stated it as a neutral venue or not doesn't make a blind bit of difference. The rules favor one team over the other 7 obviously. This Parnell Park chat is nonsense. Croke Park is Dublin's home. I think next year the munster and leinster winners are in the same group (likely kerry and dublin) so hopefully a real neutral venue for the round one games will be implemented. The system as it stands will have Dublin playing their most difficult game every year against another provincial champion at home. Every year. Unfortunately for the 3 other teams in Dublins group this year they are starting the competition at a major disadvantage. Some reward for Donegal after winning Ulster to be playing a team away from home and more then likely will have to win their final two games to progress. KY4SAM2015 (Kerry) - Posts: 898 - 05/07/2018 22:09:06 2118963 Link 2 |
Totally unfair but no surprise. Many of us have raised the whole imbalance in the funding issue, yet the current DG stated last year that while it would be reduced there would be no vast decrease in their funding. The whole facts that show the number of games they have played in Croke Park, the whole insistence that they cannot play in certain stadia as their GAA season ticket holders & Parnell pass holders have to be accomodated so counties lose their home advantage to accomodate Dublin. The whole farce of having the same dressing room, warm up end etc is laughable. Dublin Joe to ref the final is all that is left. Uimhir.a.3. (Galway) - Posts: 409 - 05/07/2018 22:20:19 2118971 Link 1 |
I am sure you are really worried about Donegal...... Only thing you and some of the other Kerry moaners are worried about is facing Dublin...... If we meet in All Ireland Semi Final's or Final's going forward, does this mean ye want the game played outside of our National Stadium that is Croke Park....??? Would Clones be NEUTRAL enough for you then....!!! Did ye feel the same when we couldnt buy a win off Kerry for years - no, ye wanted to stuff the Dubs in Croker. So cop on.....!!! Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 3727 - 05/07/2018 22:23:58 2118972 Link 2 |
We could nomnate the Neller but it would just about hold the ST and Parnell Park ticket holders. The next complaint would be that away fans aren't getting a ticket allocation. So we can't win. Personally I would have our home game at the Neller. The change next year should be to have the CP games played at a suitable neutral venue. Dubln will play anywhere. It doesn't bother the fans and if you look at Dunlin's aeay record, it doesn't bother our players.
Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 05/07/2018 22:42:11 2118975 Link 0 |
Can a county put forward a vote in congress to say Croke Park cannot be designated a home venue by any county? We'd see who would vote for that then. spiritofeslin (Leitrim) - Posts: 136 - 05/07/2018 22:51:52 2118977 Link 0 |
If only we had something like an assembly with every county having their own representative and these rules could be nipped in the bud before they happenedthrough a democratic voting systeem. Oh wait....;) TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 05/07/2018 22:57:58 2118979 Link 2 |
Think you're giving County Boards more credit than they deserve. To think no county board realised this would happen and raised concern which wasn't agreed with by enough to stop it from passing is beyond my suspension of disbelief.
joeteor (Donegal) - Posts: 217 - 05/07/2018 23:08:11 2118981 Link 0 |
Just to clarify, as there is confusion. FOB (Dublin) - Posts: 912 - 06/07/2018 00:09:01 2118991 Link 0 |