Clare to pull out of championship?

copacetic

On the news just there that clare are threatening to pull out of
the championship because they don't like their players
being pulled up for acting like fools.

anyone think this makes a lick of sense?

Kristopherus

If Cork had stayed in the Dressing Room as they were supposed to, then there would be no dust-up.

Guy:Incognito

Kristopherus wrote:

If Cork had stayed in the Dressing Room as they were supposed to, then there would be no dust-up.

Why cant 2 teams come out of a dressign room and onto a pitch together without kicking lumps out of each other?

copacetic

I thought they concensus was that one team came out late and the other early?

aran5

i know someone who was in the tunnel and basicly no one was at the dressing rooms to tell the team when to come out, it was the officals fault and it just resulted in this, clares point is not to shift the blame

copacetic

aran5 wrote:

i know someone who was in the tunnel and basicly no one was at the dressing rooms to tell the team when to come out, it was the officals fault and it just resulted in this, clares point is not to shift the blame

they and the cork players started a fight in front of a guard of honour of kids. you seem to be trying to shift the blame for this on to 'officials'. It's feckin ridiculous. Are you really saying that you can't expect 2 teams of grown men to go out on the pitch together at the same time without fighting?
Maybe we should have a fence between them as well just in case this happens again as apparently they can't be held responsible for their own behaviour?:rolleyes:

KevIRL

Its lunacy to even suggest it tbh. Take your punishment on the chin Clare. If Clare do pull out, they should be suspended from next years championship too, and the following year should have to play in the Nicky Rackard Cup and work their way up from there.

Show that the GAA wont be held to ransom like this.

Benedict XVI

Just heard the chairman of the Clare county board on Morning Ireland saying that they would not pull out of the cahmpionship but would appeal.

And he kept stressing that the event was dealt with in the refs report and that should be the end of it.
Does anyone know what the refs report actually said ?

I though I heard he was not even on the pitch at the time so I would expect his report to go something like ' I was not on the pitch at the time , I therefore cannot make a judgment on this'

Is the clare offical makeing a pathetic case like 'the ref did not see it so therefore it did not happen'

eddiehobbs

Is this an anti clare thread? the officials should have ensured the teams did not come out at the same time. gaa have to accept part responsibility for what happened. it could have been avoided

Benedict XVI

eddiehobbs wrote:

Is this an anti clare thread? the officials should have ensured the teams did not come out at the same time. gaa have to accept part responsibility for what happened. it could have been avoided

I know it has been said before but For Christ sake, so a team of grown men cannot run out on a field without pucking the heads off each other in front of a guard of honor of kids, a full stadium and a TV audience ?

The responsibility is with the fools who managed to get themselves suspended for being so tick that they could not run out on the field without a fight.

blackbelt

I blame Cork.If you see when the two teams run out together (which is comical) the first man to strike out was a Cork man coming out of the tunnel,then it just escalated from there.

I really think the whole thing is laughable.They were like a pack of children who got the last Mars bar gushied into them.

mise_me_fein

I'll put serious money that this wont happen. It's just a threat that wont materialize.

copacetic

eddiehobbs wrote:

Is this an anti clare thread? the officials should have ensured the teams did not come out at the same time. gaa have to accept part responsibility for what happened. it could have been avoided

i wouldn't be anti-clare at all. although with the way they are acting over this I have a much lower opinion of them than I previously had. I'm certainly anti their attitude and actions on this issue. The argument over the gaa being partly responsible is just childish imo. It's like coming to a junction to find the lights are out and just driving through it and crashing into some idiot doing the same thing. Then the pair of ye blaming it on the county council because the lights were out.

jank

he first man to strike out was a Cork man coming out of the tunnel,then it just escalated from there.

And frank lohan didnt shoulder donal og at all i suppose?

The whole thing is a joke. It was all handbags no striking at all, not nice to see but one has seen much much worse going on in GAA matches.
Cast your eyes back to the league match between dublin and tyrone. That was a full scale riot!

Fine if the GAA wants to be heavy handed in this grand but for the rest of the championship they will have to treat everyone the same

Nalced_irl

Maybe i saw it wrong but i thought it was a clare man that gave the initial dig coming out of the tunnel. Could be wrong tho.