Gaa 2011
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran discuss a horrific month of December and a depressing FOUR defeats in a row - the latest coming against Wolves and Newcastle.
They discuss how much blame is on Ruben Amorim and rank our squad against other Premier League teams.
Do we have any chance of avoiding defeat at Anfield?
Originally Posted by Irwinwastheking 
ULSTER FOOTBALL PRAYER
May my fistpass by square and true
May my punch land on you
May I never play silky football
May I trip my opponents till they fall
I will mever use a kickpass
'Puke football' they say, alass
They know nothing of the game of men
Ulster will reign again!!
I think he's more like an ex-Inniskeen (Co. Monaghan) goalkeeper, whom apparently was'nt much good...... a certain Paddy Kavanagh!
ULSTER FOOTBALL PRAYER
May my fistpass by square and true
May my punch land on you
May I never play silky football
May I trip my opponents till they fall
I will mever use a kickpass
'Puke football' they say, alass
They know nothing of the game of men
Ulster will reign again!!
The man's a Shakespere..
I think he's more like an ex-Inniskeen (Co. Monaghan) goalkeeper, whom apparently was'nt much good...... a certain Paddy Kavanagh!
Some very strange Quoting skills there STG!
Getting myself a signed All Ireland Cork Jersey on Thursday.
I'm excited to say the least
I'm excited to say the least
Jaysus, just heard about this. Shocking stuff, loved the Clare hurlers growing up, real men. He'd always have them wound up something fierce, some great tidbits about his management in 'Hurling: The Revolution Years'. I used to have a VHS called 'The Banner Raised' about Clare's win in '95, still remember Ger at half-time - "we're going to do it". Hope he beats it, what's the prognosis, or is there any yet?
Whilst I'm in here, I was at Kerry-Cork on Sunday, not mad keen on gaelic football but I'm from Cork and the ol' man is from Kerry so we went along to it. Standard actually wasn't great for the two best teams in the country. Should've been about 10 minutes of added time, he played 5 and then another 45 seconds to allow for a 2 and a half minute stoppage in injury time.
Not playing proper additional time is a serious gripe of mine about the GAA, it's obvious the referees don't bother to add up the individual incidents and instead nearly always just throw on the standard 2 minutes, 3 at a push, or if it's anything more still about half of what it should be.
It was ridiculous in Dublin-Kildare, several injuries, about 8 subs, time-wasting from Dublin, and we still got the standard 2 minutes. I understand there was a similar story in Cork-Offaly, and only 1 minute added. I've been on about it for years, drives me bonkers.
If that's your biggest gripe about GAA Feeky, it's clear you don't watch many games!!
The standard of refereeing overall is shit
The umpires haven't a clue
The manner in which they fix places and times for games with absolutly no regard for travelling fans
The pricing for games (especially kids)
The total irregularity of suspensions and punishments and the constant rule changes for no apparent reason.
Just a few gripes I can think of off the top of my head!
The standard of refereeing overall is shit
The umpires haven't a clue
The manner in which they fix places and times for games with absolutly no regard for travelling fans
The pricing for games (especially kids)
The total irregularity of suspensions and punishments and the constant rule changes for no apparent reason.
Just a few gripes I can think of off the top of my head!
Thats what makes following the GAA all the more exciting, there's nothing that couldn't possibly happen at a match.
Just having a Full Irish now, wait for Big Noel, Desi & Mickey to call around & we'll head it for Limerick Dog fecking country for the Galway Cork hurling clash, the sun is out too what more would a lad want in fairness!
edit: Oh Jaysus we nearly forgot the flask of tae & bag of ham sandwiches.
edit: Oh Jaysus we nearly forgot the flask of tae & bag of ham sandwiches.
To see a football match instead?
Make sure you keep Big Micky away from the dogs
Galway 2-23 - 1-14 Cork.
A 12 point victory over the mighty Cork & that was after being down 6 points to no score after 15 minutes, a masterclass of a display by the Galway lads, particularly by once again young Joe Canning this lad really is the Ronaldo of hurling the things he does on the pitch during a match are mind boggling. A real joy to watch & a pleasure to know.
17 points to spare against Clare & 12 points to spare against Cork. Galway are serious contenders now, no doubt about it.
A 12 point victory over the mighty Cork & that was after being down 6 points to no score after 15 minutes, a masterclass of a display by the Galway lads, particularly by once again young Joe Canning this lad really is the Ronaldo of hurling the things he does on the pitch during a match are mind boggling. A real joy to watch & a pleasure to know.
17 points to spare against Clare & 12 points to spare against Cork. Galway are serious contenders now, no doubt about it.
There is no doubt Canning is a fine hurler and one of the most talented in the country but this IMO is Galways problem. If Canning doesn't play well Galway don't play well.
And I think this was evident against Dublin
And I think this was evident against Dublin
Joe Brolly hasn't been on RTE for the past few weeks- has he been sacked or what?
He was on 2 weeks back for the Ulster final.
Antrim next for us. Hopefully we should come through that and then get a shot at revenge with a Cork rematch.
Sadly I think that will be the end of the road for us this year
Sadly I think that will be the end of the road for us this year
Pretty glad to get Longford out of the way, wasnt that confident goin there, but the boys got us over the line - thank feck. Next up - Wicklow or Armagh. Armagh wont like comin to Aughrim thats for sure, so it could be Wicklow for us!
Congrats to all the winners & condolences to all the losers..
Congrats to all the winners & condolences to all the losers..
I think u mean the Donegal & Antrim game man, that was puke football at its very finest
Ulster final is this Sunday (17th)
Donegal and The Rossies on a double??
Worth a few bob?
Worth a few bob?
Hard to follow the matches down under but good to see the Lillies get one over the filthy Royals.
No harm to see Meath out of this years football championship. Well done Kildare.
Meath were shite last night.
Congrats to Mayo Connacht Champions 2011. Good match considering the very poor conditions. Certainly better than the Ulster final between Derry & Donegal i don't know how there was only 3 minutes added on at the end, Ulster football has seriously gone to the dogs.
Can't argue with you TBP. One thing to remember though is that Mickey is eventually starting to bed in a few of the new young fellas into the team. Hopefully we can produce something like the form we've shown for the last 10 years with these lads!
Looking forward to this weekend. I must check which games are being shown on telly/
keaney broke his ankle day in a motorbike accident
big loss for the dub hurlers
big loss for the dub hurlers
My journey continues, off to Thurlus tomorrow for the Galway v Waterford clash. It'll be tighter than some expect it to be but i'm confident enough we have enough in the bag to pull it off. Joe Canning despite playing some unreal hurling didn't even come near his best yet. I'm expecting him to really shine tomorrow.
This was a wonderful piece of skill by him in the Cork match the back hand pass & to make it more sweeter the end product ended up being a cracking point.
This was a wonderful piece of skill by him in the Cork match the back hand pass & to make it more sweeter the end product ended up being a cracking point.
Same aul story this year man, no-one showing our game. BBC2 showing "Flog it", "Dads Army", "The Impressionists" throughout our encounter with Armagh; 2 Counties who've won 12 of the last 13 Anglo Celts & won 4 All-Irelands in that time. For folk who dont know what institutional bigotry is, this is it! feckers!
RTE and the GAA are no better. Look at this weekend again. I know the Rossies are no Marque team, but last years caunaght and ulster winners laying deserves better.
No doubt if we win the game against the dubs will be on though!!
Antrim next for us. Hopefully we should come through that and then get a shot at revenge with a Cork rematch.
Sadly I think that will be the end of the road for us this year
As predicted
We got blown away.The real action starts tomorrow in the championship.
Come one TYRONE!!
Come one TYRONE!!
Anyone know if the games at the weekend can be found on the internet? Most interested in the Mayo-Cork game, and TV3 have yet to reach Bolivia!
Dunno TBH, but there is bound to be a stream somewhere if its on TV.
On a more important note, WHAT A feckING DAY FOR ULSTER.
Bring on the Dubs now as far as I'm concerned. We're red hot at the minute and they haven't played for 4 weeks by next Saturdays game. Should be a clinker of a game at Croker.
Well done Donegal too. Hopefully we'll get another shot at ye in the semi!! Bit of revenge for an Ulster final defeat like we had with Armagh before. All the stars are starting to line up for Tyrone again. I'm getting that All-Ireland feeling!!!
On a more important note, WHAT A feckING DAY FOR ULSTER.
Bring on the Dubs now as far as I'm concerned. We're red hot at the minute and they haven't played for 4 weeks by next Saturdays game. Should be a clinker of a game at Croker.
Well done Donegal too. Hopefully we'll get another shot at ye in the semi!! Bit of revenge for an Ulster final defeat like we had with Armagh before. All the stars are starting to line up for Tyrone again. I'm getting that All-Ireland feeling!!!
Would have preferred a sterner test than that, Limerick are terrible
True. I think Aidan O'Mahony's place must be under threat after today's performance. Maybe Daniel Bohane as a straight swap or Shane Enright into corner-back with Killian Young moving out to half-back?
And holy shit, Mayo've just won! No one gave them a hope.
Ya I'd hope to see Enright come into the corner and revert Killian back to his best position. Yep some performance by Mayo but have to say we should be beating them in the semi's, Cork just didn't turn up today and were missing too many key men.
Good to see you back here man, seems a while since we last conversed about footie. Is there someone else? We might meet in the final, please God - so we can give the Country a whopper game. Doesnt bear thinkin about if we won the All-Ireland . Our County would not be able to contain itself with Mickeys loss, and her not bein there in person.. Other folk shouldnt be hopin we win for this reason, its disrespectful to the other team. Its unfair. I'd be the happiest guy in the world if we did tho. My emotions will be with Mickey.. Tyrones Fergie!
Haha no there's no one else! Ya it would be the final everyone wants to see the football has been poor so far to be fair and I don't think there is one person who would begrudge ye it after all thats happened!
What a goal for Kerry Yesterday. It was like Chico play!
Should be a hard game on Sat, not sure about goin tho, went last year & that didnt turn out well. Maybe if i stayed away the result will be different - i'm a little superstitious about football sometimes...