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Replying To Albundy19:  "Ridiculous message."
Possibly not. Happened back in the 70's. Same club.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2296 - 02/07/2026 10:55:22    2683604

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Replying To Dunlavin4Miley:  "You make a fair point, but at the end of the day there's a culture in the club there that needs to be stamped out and clearly Rathnew themselves aren't doing anything about it. County board have been far too soft on these incidents for many many years and they need to show some balls imo"
happens to regularly and really needs at some point of action. Ideally banning players makes more sense as punishing all is not really fair. But its happening far too often at this stage

InterestWicklow (Wicklow) - Posts: 20 - 02/07/2026 12:56:06    2683655

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Replying To ulsterrules:  "Club should be banned from senior competitions, if the true GAA players in that club still want to play let them transfer to Glenealy,newtown,St Pats. This happens far to often with Rathnew. Playing GAA is a privillage not a right.
When the ban is over they can return to their club , atleast then they will have experienced how to behave and they players and supporters who forced them into the ban will not be welcomed back and this will help rathnew clean up it's act.

Or any other team that behaves this way across the country."
Up there with the most absurd messages I have ever read.

heavyheart19 (Wicklow) - Posts: 178 - 03/07/2026 00:16:41    2683806

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Replying To heavyheart19:  "Up there with the most absurd messages I have ever read."
What's your solution? It's an ongoing problem in the club, a culture that's been allowed to fester for decades. A culture that needs to be stamped out, and bans for players clearly are not working

Dunlavin4Miley (Wicklow) - Posts: 44 - 03/07/2026 10:41:32    2683852

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Replying To Dunlavin4Miley:  "What's your solution? It's an ongoing problem in the club, a culture that's been allowed to fester for decades. A culture that needs to be stamped out, and bans for players clearly are not working"
Agreed on above, I would like to hear the alternative as other ways do not work.

InterestWicklow (Wicklow) - Posts: 20 - 03/07/2026 11:31:59    2683877

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Replying To InterestWicklow:  "Agreed on above, I would like to hear the alternative as other ways do not work."
Other than a suspension for those involved, and a stiff fine for the club, it's hard to see how a solution could be found. There is a small section of supporters who can become quite vocal and toxic if things are going wrong. Unfortunately it is tolerated, almost encouraged. This can brush off on players, some of whom don't need much encouragement to engage in the dark arts. Children see this and it becomes almost normalised. I'm not saying it is all the supporters fault, but they can be a factor. So, I don't know where the answer lies. To suspend the adult clubs ?? A drastic action or reaction. But then who mentors the young kids ?? They are a long established and proud club, but these actions have been their Achilles Heel for decades now. You would need the wisdom of Solomon to sort it out, which is probably one reason that the can just gets kicked down the road continually.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2296 - 03/07/2026 16:27:57    2683987

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Replying To heavyheart19:  "Up there with the most absurd messages I have ever read."
100%

Albundy19 (Wicklow) - Posts: 141 - 03/07/2026 17:57:49    2684015

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A ban for the player and big fine for the club should be the starting point but the GAA don't use video evidence to make decisions as far as I'm aware? so rules need to change from top down

Hoggie10 (Wicklow) - Posts: 15 - 04/07/2026 10:11:13    2684095

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I notice that the free for management dissent is starting to be used and is very effective. Needs to be used more. Management soon cop on that their actions can lose them a tight game.

liam500 (Wicklow) - Posts: 248 - 04/07/2026 13:17:16    2684126

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It is a shame that the build up to one of our biggest days in many years, maybe our biggest considering the reward of being in next year's all-ireland series on merit, is being overshadowed by negative overtones from certain quarters. Maybe a bit of respect can be shown in the next week to the curremt intercounty squad who've done a lot to bring pride to the county. The minority can be dealt with through the disciplinary process. I knowwhat I'll be focused on in the next seven days.

wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 2244 - 04/07/2026 13:46:57    2684130

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Replying To wicklowsupport:  "It is a shame that the build up to one of our biggest days in many years, maybe our biggest considering the reward of being in next year's all-ireland series on merit, is being overshadowed by negative overtones from certain quarters. Maybe a bit of respect can be shown in the next week to the curremt intercounty squad who've done a lot to bring pride to the county. The minority can be dealt with through the disciplinary process. I knowwhat I'll be focused on in the next seven days."
If we don't sort out discipline at grass root level in the clubs how can we bond together to form a county team. No one here is saying a bad word about our heroic county team. Next weeks chat will of course be all about their day in croke park and please god they take home the cup. The debate here for the past week has been interesting to see how we can stamp out such violent conduct in certain matches. It has to be discussed

kodak13 (Wicklow) - Posts: 142 - 04/07/2026 14:12:20    2684140

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Replying To wicklowsupport:  "It is a shame that the build up to one of our biggest days in many years, maybe our biggest considering the reward of being in next year's all-ireland series on merit, is being overshadowed by negative overtones from certain quarters. Maybe a bit of respect can be shown in the next week to the curremt intercounty squad who've done a lot to bring pride to the county. The minority can be dealt with through the disciplinary process. I knowwhat I'll be focused on in the next seven days."
Agree, on another note, I couldn't get tickets for the final. I was at the semi as well as the home games. How many tickets are usually distributed to Wicklow clubs? I saw some got early access but my local club, never notified the coaches. I tried Ticketmaster on Wednesday, I was number 652 in the queue, whenever I tried to select tickets, it kept saying unavailable, as I was doing that, the available seating was disappearing. Normallywhen you buy tickets you've so many minutes to complete it but that option wasn'tavailable. I'm disappointed that I can't bring my kids. Does anyone know if the County board would have any extra?

Hoggie10 (Wicklow) - Posts: 15 - 04/07/2026 15:44:13    2684165

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Replying To Hoggie10:  "Agree, on another note, I couldn't get tickets for the final. I was at the semi as well as the home games. How many tickets are usually distributed to Wicklow clubs? I saw some got early access but my local club, never notified the coaches. I tried Ticketmaster on Wednesday, I was number 652 in the queue, whenever I tried to select tickets, it kept saying unavailable, as I was doing that, the available seating was disappearing. Normallywhen you buy tickets you've so many minutes to complete it but that option wasn'tavailable. I'm disappointed that I can't bring my kids. Does anyone know if the County board would have any extra?"
A friend of mine had a similar experience on Wednsday. In the end he got lucky, but like you, seats kept disappearing on him for a while.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2296 - 04/07/2026 16:54:48    2684173

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Replying To kodak13:  "If we don't sort out discipline at grass root level in the clubs how can we bond together to form a county team. No one here is saying a bad word about our heroic county team. Next weeks chat will of course be all about their day in croke park and please god they take home the cup. The debate here for the past week has been interesting to see how we can stamp out such violent conduct in certain matches. It has to be discussed"
It seems as though we're talking about one club. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think this is a wide scale problem where a number of clubs are behaving this way?! Just ban the players concerned; if the same individuals reoffend, give them a long ban.

wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 2244 - 04/07/2026 18:26:04    2684203

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Replying To wicklowsupport:  "It seems as though we're talking about one club. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think this is a wide scale problem where a number of clubs are behaving this way?! Just ban the players concerned; if the same individuals reoffend, give them a long ban."
Yes you are correct. It is mainly one club. Has anyone heard if the ccc have met and taken action on the player?

kodak13 (Wicklow) - Posts: 142 - 04/07/2026 19:16:53    2684216

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