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Non-Gaa Forum - 3 Like(s)

Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "USA becoming more like Russia, China and North Korea these days, than they seem to realise. Even the Pope weighed in with a Trumpish sounding smear about Ireland last week. He's probably a closet MAGA fan too."
It would be more in the Popes line to think about all the abuse suffered in Ireland at the hands of the catholic church and clergy and apologise for that rather than smearing Ireland over some alleged verbal assault he encountered while wearing the collar here years ago, whenever it was he never gave the date.
The catholic church has lost all credibility to speak on such matters imo.

Tirchonaill1 (National) - 18/09/2025 15:45:23

Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To mick2007:  "The earlier comment is 100% spot on…. Fact"
Think the word "Skip" is funny tbh

DeMan (National) - 18/09/2025 12:37:34

Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To Maguiresman:  "https://x.com/SmallerFishGAA/status/1968627914154361301?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Another mess, paints us in a really bad light when we demand respect for our county team but cannot match the same standards ourselves with our clubs."
Maybe should of signed out of your Fermanagh account and back into your Donegal account eh? ;)

dgcrusader (National) - 18/09/2025 14:19:12

GAA Players Or Managers That Deserve A Statue - 2 Like(s)
The one I'm amazed hasn't been immortalised yet is Micheal O'Muircheartaigh.
A statue around Croke Park somewhere is surely in order?
In fact, I'd wonder if we should re-name a stand after him, one of the upper tiers could be re-named after him.

ExiledInWex (National) - 18/09/2025 14:54:37

Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To Ulsterchamps_32:  "You're right and think at intercounty level they've done a lot to clean up the substitutions. It can slow things up and it can get very busy it et but its just something that will just have to be lived with."
I thought the rule already was that the linesman was to hold the substitute on the sideline until the other player was off?

I know we are giving the ref a lot of stick here, and yes the buck does stop with him. But the linesman just let the sub run on, obviously without seeing anyone come off.

KneeAm87 (National) - 18/09/2025 18:01:12

Tomsmith Was Correct, Scrap The Two Points In Club Games Before All Hell Breaks Loose - 1 Like(s)
I think scrapping the 2 point rule is actually quite a good idea the games already set up to suit forwards with 3 up. So if you keep the 3 up rule it will still be a faster game and encourage more people to go for goals which people also want. Definitely there are being and will be in the future games decided by incorrect calls with replays already being played due to incorrect scores.

Lúla571210 (National) - 18/09/2025 15:59:38

Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To DeMan:  "Think the word "Skip" is funny tbh"
At least one person got it ;)

farneygael3 (National) - 18/09/2025 16:00:50

Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)

Replying To TheFlaker:  "And yet the Trump excusers on here will deny the reality of what was predicted."
The really worrying thing about Trump thing is when you consider the tens of millions who voted him into office again, the most powerful man in the world they say, a man who said you could maybe kill the covid virus by injecting bleach! what does that say about your average American?
The world has gone mad or maybe it always was but we didn't have instant access to the madness years ago.

Tirchonaill1 (National) - 18/09/2025 16:47:51

Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To totalrecall:  "County board should have stepped in and ordered a replay. Officials are human and can make errors no issue with that, but like kilmacud and Glen it shouldn't have been imposed on eunans to object for justice to be served. As usual GAA great at ignoring the obvious and players deserve better."
You cant have a situation where the county board steps in to decide on a replay due to officiating errors. Then you'd have a situation where the county board is deciding which games are important enough to have them bother to review, and which errors are important enough.

Every game has errors in officiating, so in reality the county board could review every game with a 1 point difference and find some reason to overturn it. Or even have a situation where there is an error that should deserve an appeal but the board has looked at the whole game, and on balance the ref gave a few wrong decisions the other way, so this evens it out and the appeal fails.

It would take no time until there would be calls of corruption and club politics if the county board decided to step in and not step in on certain games.

It would create issues between the referrees and the board. County boards have trouble maintaining enough officials without going out of their way to highlight and overturn their incorrect decisions. Not to say that officials shouldnt be held to account, but this is not the way to go about it.

Also you could have a situation where the county board announces a replay where the players do not want it. Imagine going on the beer for 2 days after getting knocked out and being told, actually youve got training tomorrow and a replay in few days, without even being consulted. Some teams will accept they lost on the day even with the error.

From a governance perspective, it is best to have that seperation in process, that the aggrieved team makes the request and has a specific error they want reviewed.

KneeAm87 (National) - 18/09/2025 17:12:27