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Do people think that our clubs and players will see action this year ? Bear10 (Meath) - Posts: 463 - 03/06/2020 06:41:51 2279777 Link
Replying To Bear10: "Do people think that our clubs and players will see action this year ?" no Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 642 - 03/06/2020 11:05:42 2279799 Link
i think they have to. Clubs pay affiliation fees for the competitions, club members pay memberships and if theres nothing then clubs and people will be looking for their money back. the county board cant sustain that so will run some sort of a reduced championship i reckon. LetuceBFrank (Meath) - Posts: 67 - 03/06/2020 14:00:20 2279813 Link
Replying To LetuceBFrank: "i think they have to. Clubs pay affiliation fees for the competitions, club members pay memberships and if theres nothing then clubs and people will be looking for their money back. the county board cant sustain that so will run some sort of a reduced championship i reckon." Yes I agree that hopefully we can get back playing at club level with a positive attitude. Bear10 (Meath) - Posts: 463 - 03/06/2020 17:28:16 2279837 Link
Replying To Irish_downunder: "no" Ok good man !! Bear10 (Meath) - Posts: 463 - 03/06/2020 17:28:49 2279838 Link
Replying To Bear10: "Yes I agree that hopefully we can get back playing at club level with a positive attitude." how it will work though will be very interesting. We're all just amateurs and volunteers and clubs wont have financial means for testing before games similar to what the soccer clubs are doing. Thats what I'm interested in hearing about. LetuceBFrank (Meath) - Posts: 67 - 04/06/2020 10:22:54 2279870 Link
Replying To LetuceBFrank: "how it will work though will be very interesting. We're all just amateurs and volunteers and clubs wont have financial means for testing before games similar to what the soccer clubs are doing. Thats what I'm interested in hearing about." Yes I suppose it will be like all local soccer & rugby clubs in Ireland but if things are going the way they are and continue to do so you would imagine it will become a possibility . Although some players and officials might still not want to play which is fair enough as everybody has to make their own decision Bear10 (Meath) - Posts: 463 - 04/06/2020 12:51:26 2279877 Link
Replying To LetuceBFrank: "i think they have to. Clubs pay affiliation fees for the competitions, club members pay memberships and if theres nothing then clubs and people will be looking for their money back. the county board cant sustain that so will run some sort of a reduced championship i reckon." So we all have to tog out and risk livelihoods all for the sake of a measly affiliation fee? winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 594 - 07/06/2020 13:12:20 2280059 Link
Replying To winatallcost: "So we all have to tog out and risk livelihoods all for the sake of a measly affiliation fee?" No individual has to anything that they don't want to Selwyn (Meath) - Posts: 387 - 07/06/2020 20:11:00 2280078 Link
Replying To winatallcost: "So we all have to tog out and risk livelihoods all for the sake of a measly affiliation fee?" Yes.... But as we've seen in this and every other country, the economic aspect has a big say. The affiliation fee is not measly when every club in the county pays it! if its not paid, clubs could be entitled to their money back. What happens the county board then with no income? Then what about the clubs, many who have collected membership and have overheads of loans, insurance etc. If theres no games, many may look for their money back. What happens then when loans are defaulted on? I'm not saying any of this is the right thing to do but whats the alternative solution to the above problems of the pandemic? LetuceBFrank (Meath) - Posts: 67 - 08/06/2020 09:36:06 2280096 Link
Typical lip service to clubs. With county to start in mid October and club to finish at same time is a joke. Inter county training to recommence in mid September again the club with be without their players who they should have full time till the club is eliminated. Conor McManus on the Sunday game showed that is not the county manager you can blame for county payers training and skipping club training. Anyone who believes that inter county will not start training till mid September is off there head. The GAA show have been bigger and left the October November time to clubs and the idea of an all Ireland in December or jan/feb is ridiculous but as everyone knows it's ... money money money Brownepat (Meath) - Posts: 532 - 09/06/2020 07:49:58 2280149 Link
Replying To Brownepat: "Typical lip service to clubs. With county to start in mid October and club to finish at same time is a joke. Inter county training to recommence in mid September again the club with be without their players who they should have full time till the club is eliminated. Conor McManus on the Sunday game showed that is not the county manager you can blame for county payers training and skipping club training. Anyone who believes that inter county will not start training till mid September is off there head. The GAA show have been bigger and left the October November time to clubs and the idea of an all Ireland in December or jan/feb is ridiculous but as everyone knows it's ... money money money" The GAA can't win on this really. Play intercounty first and you'll get plenty of howls of "clubs treated poorly again, having to play in october while we keep the best months for 1% of players" CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1668 - 09/06/2020 15:15:56 2280186 Link
The club window lasts 11 weeks, starting on 31 July and ending on 11 October. Inter-county training can only resume on September 14th, before the championship starts October 17th. However, many county boards are expecting pressure to come from inter-county managers looking for access to their players for training, which could prove problematic for clubs still involved in their respective championships. In some cases, inter-county managers are already looking for club championships to be played as quickly as possible so they can have earlier access to their county players. Above sums it all up - COUNTY COUNTY COUNTY - players are under desperate pressure as it stands they are caught between two stools. After all that people have been through in the last few weeks/months the BULLIES still wins. It is a know fact that some dual players are opting out of playing some one of there club sports. Due to what is going to be expected of them. ALLGAA32 (Meath) - Posts: 64 - 10/06/2020 12:17:47 2280271 Link
Replying To ALLGAA32: "The club window lasts 11 weeks, starting on 31 July and ending on 11 October. Inter-county training can only resume on September 14th, before the championship starts October 17th. However, many county boards are expecting pressure to come from inter-county managers looking for access to their players for training, which could prove problematic for clubs still involved in their respective championships. In some cases, inter-county managers are already looking for club championships to be played as quickly as possible so they can have earlier access to their county players. Above sums it all up - COUNTY COUNTY COUNTY - players are under desperate pressure as it stands they are caught between two stools. After all that people have been through in the last few weeks/months the BULLIES still wins. It is a know fact that some dual players are opting out of playing some one of there club sports. Due to what is going to be expected of them." The county manager infamously stopped dual players from doing both codes when he was in charge of Ashbourne. Some DonAsh heads say the hurling has never recovered since RR (Meath) - Posts: 165 - 10/06/2020 13:12:29 2280280 Link
Replying To RR: "The county manager infamously stopped dual players from doing both codes when he was in charge of Ashbourne. Some DonAsh heads say the hurling has never recovered since" No offence to Donaghmore/Ashbourne but they've never "recovered" to what? They've been a middling to poor intermediate team as long as I can remember and are still a middling to poor intermediate team. CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1668 - 10/06/2020 15:28:23 2280301 Link
See where Mayo are running off their football championship in 6 weeks which appears a bit tight. The have 4 groups of four with a quarter final, semifinal and final. There appears to be 11 weeks set aside within the county for our championships so I hope the follow something similar with a quarter final, semi-final and final. browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 10/06/2020 20:25:43 2280349 Link
Mayo's plan will not work for dual players. Hopefully Meath take into account the amount of dual players in the county. fjones (Dublin) - Posts: 12 - 10/06/2020 21:02:37 2280354 Link
Replying To fjones: "Mayo's plan will not work for dual players. Hopefully Meath take into account the amount of dual players in the county." While I agree dual players need to be taken into account; as far as I know Mayo have 3, possibly 4 adult hurling clubs so don't really need that many rounds to do their championship anyway. CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1668 - 11/06/2020 09:43:21 2280391 Link
Replying To CastleBravo: "No offence to Donaghmore/Ashbourne but they've never "recovered" to what? They've been a middling to poor intermediate team as long as I can remember and are still a middling to poor intermediate team." Numbers wise I presume he means. Hurling was always popular in Donaghmore and had 2 teams in the 2000s/2010s. Numbers have declined drastically to the point of being just about able to field 15 for league games and only slightly better for championship. Selwyn (Meath) - Posts: 387 - 11/06/2020 10:15:20 2280394 Link
Why are we to have Finals on 4th October there is another week for Clubs as Inter county don't start till 17th or in Meaths case 24th Oct. There was room for Q/F and 2 teams to come out of groups but County team comes 1st again. Disappointing noelpconnon (Cavan) - Posts: 219 - 11/06/2020 11:21:56 2280404 Link