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Worst county to be a supporter of?

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    #92
    BobbyPropane
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    Limerick footballers excluding the last 3 years. All those really close games against Cork and Kerry where we were on top for the majority only to lose in the final moments


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    #93
    Pegasusbridge
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    FREETV wrote: »
    The worst team ever in a Leinster Final against any Dublin team and I primarily blame the management team as the players looked as if there minds were elsewhere and they weren't with it or in to it.
    No guile, hunger, intelligence, focus, basic ball skill, concentration, agression until it was far too late.

    The match was really won by halftime.

    Were you at the game? Dublin were far better but Meath worked hard the whole game and never gave up. This dublin team has a great mix of experience and youth and are playing great football. Meath were a division 3 team last year. We're improving but we still have a long way to go.


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    #94
    FREETV
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    Dublin can run faster, are able to create many chances, they are able to read the game, have vision, pass accurately, get in to the proper positions when needed, can easily keep posession of the ball and can easily shake off the man marking them.
    They have hunger and look like they enjoy the game.

    Meath haven't even got the basic skills down yet.


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    #95
    Pegasusbridge
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    FREETV wrote: »
    Dublin can run faster, are able to create many chances, they are able to read the game, have vision, pass accurately, get in to the proper positions when needed, can easily keep posession of the ball and can easily shake off the man marking them.
    They have hunger and look like they enjoy the game.

    Meath haven't even got the basic skills down yet.

    So that is a no then. Dublin were better in those areas but a lot of things went there way too. That happens. Meath aren't nearly as bad as you are letting on.


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    #96
    tippy25
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    Leitrim. (shakes head)


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    #97
    LeoB
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    No county is "worst" to follow. You follow them because its in your veins.

    I have great admiration for the like of Carlow, Leitrim, Longford, Wicklow who will never win a Senior title. The people are just as passionate there as anywhere else. Look at the playets they produce from time to time, Mickey Quinn, Emlyn Mulligan, Simon Rea, Paul Bardin, Leighton Glyn. Real All Stars never properly recognised by GAA


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    #98
    Nidgeweasel
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    Always thought it must be shi'te being an Antrim Hurling fan.

    Out on their own in Ulster but well behind the rest. Must feel like a pointless exercise at times.

    Don't agree with the Waterford shouts, some great provincial wins over the past 10/15 years or so and some great results.

    Donegal was a tough one. 19 years failing over and over and over again when all we wanted for one fecking Ulster title. Just one. Had some great times from '93-'10 but we were left in the doldrums on many occasions. Still, we pull in big crowds and we love the craic of it all. Even when the team was part football team part stag party!

    Also, the Kerry/Kilkenny thing doesn't wash with me. They are bred and reared on winning All Irelands. I can't imagine that would ever get stale. They have their own comparators and things to judge themselves against internally. Fair enough you probably won't ever get the scenes like after Donegal in '92 or even from Mayo when they win it next but they have their own standards, and they're fairly weighty and massively important to them.


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    #99
    citykat
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    Nidgeweasel wrote: »

    Even when the team was part football team part stag party!
    .

    Really?


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    #100
    Nidgeweasel
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    citykat wrote: »
    Really?

    Yes.

    Dublin in 2002, The run to the semifinal in 2003, beating Tyrone (AI champions) out the gate in '04, beating Fermanagh to get to the QF in 2006, winning the league in 2007, finally beating Armagh in the championship with a late goal in 2007.

    That's just off the top of my head. Of course after these results we usually woke up to stories of the players antics in the Abbey hotel that night.


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    #101
    LeoB
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    No county is "worst" to follow. You follow them because its in your veins.

    I have great admiration for the like of Carlow, Leitrim, Longford, Wicklow who will never win a Senior title. The people are just as passionate there as anywhere else. Look at the playets they produce from time to time, Mickey Quinn, Emlyn Mulligan, Simon Rea, Paul Bardin, Leighton Glyn. Real All Stars never properly recognised by GAA


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    #102
    paulocon2
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    mod9maple wrote: »
    52 posts in and nobody has mentioned Louth. Wouldn't know one end of a hurley from the other and the football team hasn't won an all-Ireland or a Leinster since 1957.

    Certainly gets my vote and thinks looking bleaker than ever after this year. At least Division 3 next year should see us win a few games and maybe make a promotion bid!


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    #103
    For Forks Sake
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    RoscommonTom wrote: »
    Sligo, never win anything and going nowhere

    And yet we have a game this weekend whereas you ....


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    #104
    Syferus
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    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    And yet we have a game this weekend whereas you ....

    Given the opposition it mightn't be the most advisable time to be sticking your chest out.


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    #105
    markfla
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    Laois have been very frustrating in both codes, we wasted a great generation of minor/U21s, could've achieved more than 1 leinster I believe in the 2000's. And these days with Portlaoise winning 7 county championships in a row they only have one player on the team.
    With the hurling, our attitude to the county and from the county board was deplorable, seen lots of good players not bother with them...but recently we're getting it right.....very disappointed they didn't hurl as good as they could against waterford this year and went out timidly


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    #106
    MaroonAndGreen
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    Lots of mentions of Mayo but being a Mayo supporter I have to say the good days often outnumber the bad.

    Even in the last decade I can think of some wonderful days: beating Tyrone in 2004, who can forget Dublin in 2006, beating Galway in Salthill in 2009, beating Cork in 2011 after being big underdogs, the 2012 and 2013 semi finals against Dublin and Tyrone, and of course winning 4 Connaught titles in a row.. 4 in a row :eek:

    In that time we've had the 2 beatings against Kerry in '04 and '06 and the recent losses to Donegal and Dublin in the finals, but we've been there on All-Ireland final day and we've had some great times following the team.


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    #107
    DazMarz
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    Wicklow.

    The most galling part of it would be their beating of other teams in the Championship, then seeing those other teams progress onwards and upwards... while Wicklow stagnated or even went backwards.

    During the Mick O'Dwyer-era, Wicklow had some pretty impressive scalps to their credit; Kildare, Down, Fermanagh, Cavan, Longford.

    Within a year of defeating Kildare, the Lilywhites were contesting an All Ireland Quarter Final, and then the following year, a Semi-Final.

    Down, famously, got to an All Ireland Final the year after they shockingly fell to Wicklow.

    Fermanagh, Cavan and Longford have all progressed since they were defeated by Wicklow.

    Wicklow, contrarily, have not progressed at all. Being mired in Division 4 has not helped at all. The one, ignominious season in Division 3 is best left in the past.

    Wicklow have also run other counties close in the past, but failed to close games out. In 2004 (or so), they ran Meath sickeningly close in Croke Park, but failed to get over the line.

    There is no chance of Wicklow ever winning a provincial football or hurling title. The best hope is the early rounds of the qualifiers and trying to keep the show on the road. For a county with such a high population and with such a great, competitive club scene, it is staggering how poor the county plays. The father is a devout Wicklow man and it is gutting going to Aughrim with him (and beyond) to see Wicklow put to the sword again, and again, and again.

    It is a soul-destroying county to follow. No glory in the past. None in the present. No chance of it in the future. Has to be, easily, the worst county in both codes at Senior Level.


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    #108
    Nidgeweasel
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    DazMarz wrote: »
    Wicklow.

    The most galling part of it would be their beating of other teams in the Championship, then seeing those other teams progress onwards and upwards... while Wicklow stagnated or even went backwards.

    During the Mick O'Dwyer-era, Wicklow had some pretty impressive scalps to their credit; Kildare, Down, Fermanagh, Cavan, Longford.

    Within a year of defeating Kildare, the Lilywhites were contesting an All Ireland Quarter Final, and then the following year, a Semi-Final.

    Down, famously, got to an All Ireland Final the year after they shockingly fell to Wicklow.

    Fermanagh, Cavan and Longford have all progressed since they were defeated by Wicklow.

    Wicklow, contrarily, have not progressed at all. Being mired in Division 4 has not helped at all. The one, ignominious season in Division 3 is best left in the past.

    Wicklow have also run other counties close in the past, but failed to close games out. In 2004 (or so), they ran Meath sickeningly close in Croke Park, but failed to get over the line.

    There is no chance of Wicklow ever winning a provincial football or hurling title. The best hope is the early rounds of the qualifiers and trying to keep the show on the road. For a county with such a high population and with such a great, competitive club scene, it is staggering how poor the county plays. The father is a devout Wicklow man and it is gutting going to Aughrim with him (and beyond) to see Wicklow put to the sword again, and again, and again.

    It is a soul-destroying county to follow. No glory in the past. None in the present. No chance of it in the future. Has to be, easily, the worst county in both codes at Senior Level.

    Ah well. At least the scenery is nice.


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    #109
    MAXELLROSE
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    The cork senior footballers must be one of the most infuriating teams to support.since1987 they have been in 10 finals, won 3,drawn 1 and lost 6.Not to mention the countless all Ireland semis they lost, mainly to Kerry having beaten them earlier in Munster. The galling thing is that they were favourites in a lot of those games,then fell on their ass. They raise your expectations and let you down with a bang like in the Munster final!!! ;;;


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    #110
    hairyhaliom
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    Nidgeweasel wrote: »
    Always thought it must be shi'te being an Antrim Hurling fan.

    Out on their own in Ulster but well behind the rest. Must feel like a pointless exercise at times.

    You do realise that Derry got to the All-Ireland Hurling Quarter finals in 2000 and 2001 and won the Nicky Rackard Cup in 2006? they also lost the Ulster final by 1 point this year.

    Antrim have it tough in the county scene but their clubs have had success in the All-Ireland stage.


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    #111
    hairyhaliom
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    AugustusMinimus wrote: »
    Derry have won an All-Ireland is recent memory. Would rule them out on that basis alone.

    Anyone under 25 wouldn't really remember that so they wouldn't, they just remember the league runs and the championship let down which follows.
    In Derry homes the All-Ireland photo is displayed similar to a picture of the virgin mary.


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    #112
    Nidgeweasel
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    hairyhaliom wrote: »
    You do realise that Derry got to the All-Ireland Hurling Quarter finals in 2000 and 2001 and won the Nicky Rackard Cup in 2006? they also lost the Ulster final by 1 point this year.

    Antrim have it tough in the county scene but their clubs have had success in the All-Ireland stage.

    Antrim have won 21 of the last 25 Ulster Championships and the last 14 in a row.

    Not really sure what point you're making.


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    #113
    MayoSalmon
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    Fermanagh


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    #114
    racso1975
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    Carlow carlow carlow. ..........brutal and the politics is shockin!!!!!


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    #115
    MayoSalmon
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    racso1975 wrote: »
    Carlow carlow carlow. ..........brutal and the politics is shockin!!!!!

    Lovely Jerseys though


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    #116
    Hotfail.com
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    MayoSalmon wrote: »
    Lovely Jerseys though

    I'm sure the jerseys are the only reason Anthony Rainbow got the management job. :)


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    #117
    ballsymchugh
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    willowthewisp wrote: »
    Longford is pretty bad.

    meh. being a longford supporter isn't too bad. the senior team have taken some big scalps in the past few years through the qualifiers with derry a few times and mayo in 2012.
    we've had a few decent runs in the league (bar the last 2) getting promotion 2 years in a row. made it to div 1 in 2004 and beat kerry with an injury time goal in the first game.
    days out like that are deadly for the likes of us. should be more in the future if the under age keeps developing the way it has recently too.

    although beating westmeath after extra time in the final of the o'byrne cup in 2000 was fookin class!!


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    #118
    kiwiq
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    Kildare by a country mile. They always let you down and the pain doesn't get any easier.


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    #119
    feargale
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    buck65 wrote: »
    Offaly. A county with fond memories of winning things but haven't won anything in years and unlikely to again.

    Offaly is a very small county and what they achieved in the last quarter of the 20th century beggars belief. With their small population and their dual status they were never going to sustain that level of success. Such a small county can be expected to produce a vintage crop about once every thirty years, and if they are very, very lucky that will result in triumph. Often it doesn't, or culminates in modest achievements, witness Waterford hurlers in the noughties, Longford footballers in the sixties etc.. But Offaly have established a tradition which should stand to them in the future,


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    #120
    MaroonAndGreen
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    ballsymchugh wrote: »
    meh. being a longford supporter isn't too bad. the senior team have taken some big scalps in the past few years through the qualifiers with derry a few times and mayo in 2012.
    we've had a few decent runs in the league (bar the last 2) getting promotion 2 years in a row. made it to div 1 in 2004 and beat kerry with an injury time goal in the first game.
    days out like that are deadly for the likes of us. should be more in the future if the under age keeps developing the way it has recently too.

    although beating westmeath after extra time in the final of the o'byrne cup in 2000 was fookin class!!

    Ah it was 2010 we made the final that year :P


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    #121
    feargale
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    hairyhaliom wrote: »
    Antrim have it tough in the county scene but their clubs have had success in the All-Ireland stage.

    I live a long way from Antrim so I wouldn't know, but I've been told more than once that club hurling in Antrim is as good as anywhere in the country, and that inter-club rivalry and accompanying bad blood is the elephant in the room. I've also heard the same said about Wicklow football. What a pity! I'm sure we'd all love to see either conquer Ireland.


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