Bogball.......

lanch

GAA is about as glamourous as a sweaty gym sock!!!!

Its one of the few "games" were little or no skill is involved in order to compete at a high level. A thirst for violence and teeth smashing is a must though.

Fact: there are more injuries in GAA then there are in a more contact and physical sport like rugby.

Why? Because in rugby (or any other sport for that matter) you do not have cross-eyed toothless buffoons out to settle a vendetta with the critter that
robbed his prize sheep last weekend.

Even at county level this sport is completely local and a lot worse for it.

If this sport is to evolve it has to be become more professional (both financially and in attitude) and the penalties for senseless violence should be harsh (ie. a total ban from the sport indefinately). There can be no room in any sport for bloodthirsty actions at any level. Recriminations are not part of sport.

GAA can be saved.

Basq

RuggieBear

1/10

Basq

RuggieBear wrote:

1/10

Feeling generous today, Ruggie?

RuggieBear

basquille wrote:

Feeling generous today, Ruggie?

well it's a logarithmic scale...

Hagar

Th OP is the same plank who spammed the Archery forum the other day. :mad:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054863792

If he has no interest in sports in general he should leave the forum voluntarily or be banned.

lanch

I'm not sure if you read the blog but im pretty sure i'm making a valid point, i'm not mindlessly spamming forums, i'm simply expressing an opinion (and also a constructive idea on how to solve the problems within the sport itself).

kippy

Your spewing verbal diahrreoa.
What brought on this outburst???
You seem to have a habit of it.

lanch

i dont think two expressed opinions is a habit. Maybe I'm wrong. Check the music section and you'll see a more positive opinion about a band called Braund Reynolds.

cournioni

lanch wrote:

GAA is about as glamourous as a sweaty gym sock!!!!

Its one of the few "games" were little or no skill is involved in order to compete at a high level. A thirst for violence and teeth smashing is a must though.

Fact: there are more injuries in GAA then there are in a more contact and physical sport like rugby.

Why? Because in rugby (or any other sport for that matter) you do not have cross-eyed toothless buffoons out to settle a vendetta with the critter that
robbed his prize sheep last weekend.

Even at county level this sport is completely local and a lot worse for it.

If this sport is to evolve it has to be become more professional (both financially and in attitude) and the penalties for senseless violence should be harsh (ie. a total ban from the sport indefinately). There can be no room in any sport for bloodthirsty actions at any level. Recriminations are not part of sport.

GAA can be saved.

You must be crap at football, and that is why you are making these excuses for not playing it.

lanch

Yeah Dimebag Darrell.. cool. Shot be one of his own fans at a gig, thats real music for ya.

cournioni

Right... I suppose you are going to say the same about John Lennon too are you? He was shot and killed by one of his own fans too wasn't he?

Or are you going to be a hypocrite and say oooh thaaats different... Really it is...

Twat.

lanch

I'm not the biggest fan of Lennon's but he did have more talent in his left gonad than "Dimebag" and he was also able to write a cohesive tune. As for Lennon being killed by one of his own fans - at least theres a film being made about chapman, unlikely to happen for the fellow who offed whats his name.

P.S. I cant actually believe you were seriously comparing Dimebag to Lennon.


(theres also no need for "twat", really, we're all adults here)

Basq

lanch wrote:

I'm not the biggest fan of Lennon's but he did have more talent in his left gonad than "Dimebag" and he was also able to write a cohesive tune. As for Lennon being killed by one of his own fans - at least theres a film being made about chapman, unlikely to happen for the fellow who offed whats his name.

P.S. I cant actually believe you were seriously comparing Dimebag to Lennon.


(theres also no need for "twat", really, we're all adults here)

Did i wander into the Music Forum?

Lemlin

Originally posted by Ianch
Its one of the few "games" were little or no skill is involved in order to compete at a high level. A thirst for violence and teeth smashing is a must though.

Hurling is one of the most skillful and fastest games in the world. It requires a huge amount of skill.

Gaelic football requires just as much skill as soccer or rugby, even more it may be argued. Anyone can kick a ball and play soccer.

Originally posted by Ianch
Fact: there are more injuries in GAA then there are in a more contact and physical sport like rugby.

Can you give me a source for this fact please? Or did you just pull it from where you pulled the rest of your 'post' (now, there's proper use of inverted commas for ya)?

Originally posted by Ianch
GAA can be saved.

From what? Jaws? GAA has nothing to be saved from, its doing better than ever. Just look at Croker, one of the top five stadiums in Europe.

Waylander

Actually I thought calling you a twat was well merited. If you do not like GAA that is fine, I suggest you do not watch it. But why deliberately go to a forum of GAA fans, and post such nonsensical drivel. Grow up lanch. To say there is liitle or no skill involved is just ridiculous, you must never have played the game.

Imposter

lanch wrote:

...A thirst for violence and teeth smashing is a must though...

...Why? Because in rugby (or any other sport for that matter) you do not have cross-eyed toothless buffoons out to settle a vendetta with the critter that
robbed his prize sheep last weekend...

lanch wrote:

(theres also no need for "twat", really, we're all adults here)

Aye, really mature for an adult you are!

lanch

I guess you've never played gaelic on a pitch when an opposing player for no particular reason decided to kick my teammates knee cap half way around the other side of his leg, or when during another match a player was repeatedly kicked in the head while sprawled on the ground from a previous "mis-judged" tackle. The officials at these junior/intermdiate matches are outrageous and the possiblity for serious injury is ever present. The game maybe prospering at senior inter-county level but if we do not sort out the problem at junior level we will have very few talents left for tomorrow.

Frank Spencer

lanch wrote:

I guess you've never played gaelic on a pitch when an opposing player for no particular reason decided to kick my teammates knee cap half way around the other side of his leg, or when during another match a player was repeatedly kicked in the head while sprawled on the ground from a previous "mis-judged" tackle. The officials at these junior/intermdiate matches are outrageous and the possiblity for serious injury is ever present. The game maybe prospering at senior inter-county level but if we do not sort out the problem at junior level we will have very few talents left for tomorrow.

You still haven't proved your "fact" lad.

cournioni

lanch wrote:

I'm not the biggest fan of Lennon's but he did have more talent in his left gonad than "Dimebag" and he was also able to write a cohesive tune. As for Lennon being killed by one of his own fans - at least theres a film being made about chapman, unlikely to happen for the fellow who offed whats his name.

P.S. I cant actually believe you were seriously comparing Dimebag to Lennon.


(theres also no need for "twat", really, we're all adults here)

There was a reason for my twat comment. It is because you are acting like one. Using your own opinion rather than factual information and trolling anyone that disagrees with you, like anyone actually gives a crap.

Right, so Dimebag wasn't able to write a cohesive tune? You really are showing yourself up as one uninformed/uneducated/ignorant twat. Have you ever actually ventured outside your own preferred genre of music? Dimebag Darrell was seen as one of the greatest guitarists of his generation, just because the music he played was less mainstream than Lennon's doesn't mean he is any less of a musician.

cournioni

lanch wrote:

I guess you've never played gaelic on a pitch when an opposing player for no particular reason decided to kick my teammates knee cap half way around the other side of his leg, or when during another match a player was repeatedly kicked in the head while sprawled on the ground from a previous "mis-judged" tackle. The officials at these junior/intermdiate matches are outrageous and the possiblity for serious injury is ever present. The game maybe prospering at senior inter-county level but if we do not sort out the problem at junior level we will have very few talents left for tomorrow.

Here's a solution... Become a referee! I'm sure you'd fit right in... :rolleyes:

Waylander

So lanch you wrote off GAA of every level including inter county and said that there was no skill involved, because somebody kicked your mate? I am sorry about his knee, but if you think these things do not happen in other sports you are not only ignorant, but stupid too. The captain of the Irish rugby team, while playing for the lions, against the best team in the world, was picked up by two players and thrown down on his head, in such a way that his neck could easily have been broken. Obviously this leads us to believe that there is no skill in this game, and that only slack jawed morons play it. I could find similar incidents from just about any sport, but I could not be ars*d discussing these kind of things with the likes of you.

lanch

right boys, im off to lunch, so we can carry on with this later on, cheers chaps

cournioni

Waylander wrote:

So lanch you wrote off GAA of every level including inter county and said that there was no skill involved, because somebody kicked your mate? I am sorry about his knee, but if you think these things do not happen in other sports you are not only ignorant, but stupid too. The captain of the Irish rugby team, while playing for the lions, against the best team in the world, was picked up by two players and thrown down on his head, in such a way that his neck could easily have been broken. Obviously this leads us to believe that there is no skill in this game, and that only slack jawed morons play it. I could find similar incidents from just about any sport, but I could not be ars*d discussing these kind of things with the likes of you.

Exactly... Tarring everyone within the sport with the same brush for one or two incidents is very, very ignorant and very stupid. In fact I don't know why I even lowered myself to even post in this thread.

Hagar

I must say, it is very bad form to call lanch a "twat" as he thinks this term is obviously objectionable as he believes he isn't one.
However please note my earlier post when I called him a "plank". As he has not objected to this I suggest that "plank" be accepted as the official term of abuse for the rest of this thread. That is all.

RuggieBear

Stop feeding the troll

lanch

Harsh boys, but probably fair. Its been good doing business with you. Don't forget to send the christmas cards!!

mchurl

plank i like it!!!

Big Ears

Lanch if the game lacks so much skill why don't you become a dual inter-county star who is the best player in the country , by the way you're talking it must be fairly easy to do so and of course you'd get money from endorsements on isotonic sports drink and other products and would be hailed in your county as a hero and would be known as a sporting genius throughtout the country .

Why don't you do it , it just couldn't fail :rolleyes: .

kaimera

banned.

locked.