seligehgit wrote: » The Mayo News should be well worth a look at next week as the top 100 club footballers from the senior,intermediate and junior ranks are named. The rankings will be based on form in recent years,stating the obvious.
muddle84 wrote: » IMO, that ship has sailed. It doesn't matter what he does now there is no going back for him and the county board.He doesn't really want to work with the county board either, if he did he wouldn't be tweeting bullsh*t like that.
Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: » As well intentioned as he may be, he had his chance and blew it. I think it would be best for himself if he just stopped publicly making statements about the county board if he wants to work with them. The more he does it the less likely they will be to take him on board
charlie14 wrote: He still on the beer
seligehgit wrote: » Tim O Leary is back tweeting.https://twitter.com/TimOlea48502975/status/1257016381628915712?s=19
seligehgit wrote: » Nice interview with Jason Doherty post his recovery from that cruciate ligament injury he suffered in the Donegal match.https://themayonews.podomatic.com/enclosure/2020-04-29T10_42_04-07_00.mp3
charlie14 wrote: » The problem I would see with such big events, is that with the numbers attending, as testing now stands, with people returning to their own areas all over the country numbers could quickly get back to unsustainable levels and we would be back to where we started. Smaller numbers using social contact guidelines that would enable contact tracing would minimise that possibility but for big events with large numbers it just would not work for the foreseeable future I`m afraid.
TCDStudent1 wrote: » While I agree with a lot of your points, I am going to disagree on one. If the numbers dropped to sustainable levels over the summer and the government give the ok for big events from September onwards, I would absolutely love to see what a championship between September - November looked like. Have championship games under floodlights. I think there would be a fantastic atmosphere around it (maybe even more so given that there would have been so little activity over summer).
seligehgit wrote: » Indeed and I know there are probably external pressures on the GAA to not definitively rule out a championship this year but is all this indecision really necessary?These pressures do not suffice IMO,the great and good should make a call.Take the financial hit this year,write it off. TBH the layman on the street can see the direction this likely medium term to god knows when public health crisis are pointing. An ultra cautious approach should be taken for the country's good and as much as we love our gaelic games I am the first to admit same is non essential. The whole idea of holding championships this year does not sit easy with me. We'll be proverbially chomping at the bit come next year. As we all dream on as usual I'd hate for Aidan O Shea to lift Sam and not be one of the chosen few with an arbitrarily selected golden tickets. TBH I could'nt see a lot of joy around the holding of All Ireland championships this year and most certainly not in the heart of the winter in half empty stadia where social distancing might be nigh impossible to police and no atmosphere,that's without considering the health and well being of our players.
BandMember wrote: » I think it's fair to say that we can forget about any intercounty action for 2020 and will be doing well to see it back in time for the start of the League next year, especially if they still haven't found a vaccine. You can't expect the players, management, ground staff etc. and their families to take the risk of being exposed to the virus - not to mention that the experts are expecting a second wave in the autumn which could possibly be even worse than this one. Even if you leave that aside, there's the issue of whether to play the games either behind closed doors or with limited attendance. Behind closed doors doesn't seem to be a runner with either the players (still exposed to the same risks as above, no atmosphere etc.) or the G.A.A. (as they'd lose a fortune on holding the games without any gate receipts to cover the costs). Plus, if you have to limit the crowd to 5K, how are you going to do that??? Sure Mayo have nearly 5K Season Ticket holders so wouldn't be able to accommodate them alone! Same for Dublin. How would you decide which supporters get tickets and who doesn't? What about club allocations? The whole thing would be a mess! I'd imagine that their broadcasting contracts with both television and radio are the only reason why they haven't officially announced that there will be no games for the remainder for 2020 yet as they will be trying to figure out how much having no more games will cost them financially and what sort of agreement they can come to the broadcasters. However, on the flip side, you could imagine that the broadcasters would be desperate for some games to show.... (Just to be clear, I'm not saying that the broadcasters will be pressuring them into holding games just so that they can fill their schedules!! It's merely an observation as both broadcasters know exactly how serious the situation is)
seligehgit wrote: » Mass gatherings of over 5,000 people prohibited until the end August. TBH I think they should pull the plug on this year's championship on the basis of a public health requirement.
muddle84 wrote: » Limit the attendance to 5k?
mayo.mick wrote: » If they limit large gatherings like they are saying, licenced events up to 5K, they could probably play out the league before the end of the year.
km79 wrote: » I have a horrible feeling they will end up just playing off the league in late autumn
seligehgit wrote: » Don't even think about it!
Loafing Oaf wrote: » Or a standalone super 8 based involving the division 1 teams:P
