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Yeah, if the problem wasn't within scope of the previous work, then the contractor couldn't be on the hook.
Only if the fault of the issue is actually with the contractor, then it all depends on if the effort was put into the actual contract with the contractor in the first place!
Are the fixture details for the round robin games being announced tomorrow?
Good bless your optimism. I would be very surprised if the contractor is footing any cost.
If my reading of the article is correct, the previous work was mainly to do with the surface... And they've now discovered a drainage issue.
The quotes from Touhy aren't incouraging.
"We have agreed a programme of work with Colman Warde and we’re getting costings of that at the moment for the main pitch,” explained the chairman.
“It will cost a considerable amount of money."
Totally. They must have made a right mess of doing the pitch if it is tearing up..... Kilmaine are doing a big project to extend the GAA/Community grounds and could easly do with that cash.
I was one of the people who forked out for a tile and would like a bit more of an explanation from Touhy.
You'd expect that the contractor would be swallowing a large portion of the cost of this extra work but maybe not
Does anyone ever get held accountable for things like the pitch! 300,000 spent on it only recently and it's now another major project, crazy really.
Mayo GAA on the lookout for two roles, Head of Finance and a Business Development Manager... I don't know which role would be the least secure 😂
https://twitter.com/MayoGAA/status/1653678281831628800?s=20
Seems like there are some sort of issues with the new pitch:
MacHale Park to close to County Finals? - Mayo Live (mayonews.ie)
Great though that the county QF & SFs won't be played there, they're much better in smaller venues
Draw ok for Mayo.
Nothing stopping them going down to kerry and giving them a bloody nose, but we will need a large gathering of fans at Killarney to get behind the team, but due to the governments immigration policy of filling all the hotels nationwide this seems unlikely.
Prices will be crude , and all small businesses will be affected who usually make a small fortune during this time of the season.
God love yer optimism!!
back fired from them to play Mayo v Kildare and Roscommon v Clare in Croke Park last year then again HQ don't do common sense and they'll likely have a few of those neutral games in Croke Park and perhaps two if not three of Dublin's games played there?
Ya id say so. But can you imagine the frustration of the moneymen in Croker if Dublin somehow finished third and were drawn away to Mayo if we finished second. 😁
Well home advantage is a reward for coming second rather than third in the group,bso I'd say it's the way it will stay.
Interesting if that's the case.
This means that all games as i understand it (not involving dublin) will be played outside Croker right up to QF stage.I think this is progress and certainly better than the super 8 nonsense and also the likes of the Mayo Kildare debacle last year.
Thats definitely the case or is now anyway, wouldn't put it past them to change it.
I think 2nd place teams get home advantage in the quarter final preliminary.
I'm pretty sure the neutral venue games will ne provincial grounds.During the super 8s for example it never mentioned neutral grounds,it mentioned Croke Park specifically. I'd take that as a small sign that sense will prevail.
Are the preliminary QFs fixed for Croke Park? I assume they are,this means there's no real difference between finishing 2nd or 3rd in your group.In fact in some cases depending who finishes where in other groups it might be advantageous to finish 3rd rather than 2nd.Thats if I have any of the above correct!
It started out as a neutral venue and then when the draw was made, it was suddenly Croke Park. I mean, I hope I'm wrong but unfortunately this is the usual approach from the GAA.
Wouldn't be unlike the GAA to repeat mistakes of the past. Unfortunately they are not concerned for any economy outside of the M50. If we need an example, the qualifier games we had against Westmeath in 16, and last year against Kildare (the other game being Roscommon and Clare that day) were games that ideally should have been played at a provincial venue to lift a local economy. The latter was played the same day as Ireland played Scotland in the Aviva and the attendance was fairly paltry, as I recall only around 22K. If ever there was a good reason to bring games to provincial venues, that was it.
Instead, the lads who sell burgers and pints in Croke park are given the priority there.
Could have Mayo V Cork and Kerry v Louth as a double header in Limerick.
On the rest of the groups:
Galway v Derry / Armagh and Tyrone v Westmeath in Clones
Dublin v Sligo - Portlaois and Ros v Kildare in Tullamore
Derry/ Armagh v Clare - Hyde, Monaghan v Donegal - Breffni
Mental if they bring any of these neutral games to Croke park. Im assuming our game V Kerry will be on the Sunday? as Killarney doesnt have lights or might it be Saturday afternoon? Checked hotels for the Sat night minute draw was done, nothing even half reasonable to be had
Would be a mistake to brng games like Mayo v Cork (Ennis), Monaghan v Donegal (Breffni/Omagh), Derry/Armagh v Clare (Castlebar/Hyde), Galway v Derry/Armagh (Hyde/Breffni) to a half empty Croker IMO when there are plenty of suitable provincial venues to host them
Not really
There was a lot of negative talk during the Super 8 about neutral games being in Croke Park and I even think that Croke Park was explicitly named in that setup i.e. One home, one away, one Croke Park.
Whereas here the terminology is very much "neutral venue"
I would expect all those neutral games will be in Croke Park, like the Super 8s
20/21st May
Kerry/Clare v Mayo
27/28 May
Louth/Dublin v Cork
03/04th June
Mayo v Louth/Dublin
Cork v Kerry/Clare
17/18th June (neutral venues)
Kerry/Clare v Louth/Dublin (maybe Portlaoise? Or Croker if it's the Dubs)
Mayo v Cork (Salthill or Ennis?)
Kerry Louth ourselves and Cork by the looks of it and barring any major shocks.
So it's Kerry, Louth (assuming they don't beat Dublin) and Cork
I'd probably have Kildare and Cork as being a less favourable draw than Donegal. Donegal would appear to be in a bad spot at the moment, some key players injured during the league and they haven't really overcome the loss of Murphy. Hard to know if they can overcome that and a change of managers during the league.
Cork are one of those teams that can beat anyone on their day but have been too inconsistent to build on their abilities hence whey they've remained in Division 2.
Kildare as we have seen this year and last can be good enough for 60 minutes but sadly for them they don't appear to have the stamina for a full 75-80 minute game. If they can overcome that, they'll be a lot more of a threat.
And there is no offense intended to anyone from those counties, that's just how I see it.
Assuming all of the favourites win their provincials, I'd say the bext draw we could get today is:
Dublin/Sligo/Westmeath
While the worst draw we could get is
Kerry/Armagh/Donegal
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