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Replying To Htaem:  "Darren was a great fullback and he only played 2 championship matches in Meath during his 12 seasons on the panel, both qualifiers:

2002 v Louth
2007 v Fermanagh

We played 2 qualifier games in Navan in 2006 as well but as far as I remember Darren wasn't on the panel that year."
I think Darren Fay's father Micky Fay, played on the Meath team who beat Offaly in the 1970 Leinster SF Final. The score was Meath 2-22 Offaly 5-12. 1 point win for Meath, in an 80 minute game. Incredible match.
Some Royal County supporter will confirm if true. The Fay's had a hotel in Trim.

MicktheMiller (Offaly) - Posts: 112 - 06/11/2020 14:14:26    2305583

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Replying To supersub15:  "Sort of like splitting hairs, or having your cake and eating it, little to complain about."
Modern problem!

MicktheMiller (Offaly) - Posts: 112 - 06/11/2020 14:15:12    2305584

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Replying To republicofcloone:  "I see O'Se said he may have been abrupt in his comments but 'it's fair to question'. So he's doubling down on what he has said about Sligo and Leitrim etc."
Yep, a real half assed statement from him....
"I may have been abrupt...but it's fair to question..... " ?????
He knew exactly what he was saying.
A bit of heat comes on him and he tries to backtrack...

He was completely out of order, but do you think he cares a jot...???
Not on your nelly..... couldnt give a .....

Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 3309 - 06/11/2020 14:26:58    2305589

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Replying To Fionn:  "Yep, a real half assed statement from him....
"I may have been abrupt...but it's fair to question..... " ?????
He knew exactly what he was saying.
A bit of heat comes on him and he tries to backtrack...

He was completely out of order, but do you think he cares a jot...???
Not on your nelly..... couldnt give a ....."
Not at all, he'll have a whinge fest in his column tomorrow no doubt

republicofcloone (Leitrim) - Posts: 120 - 06/11/2020 14:50:20    2305595

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Replying To republicofcloone:  "Not at all, he'll have a whinge fest in his column tomorrow no doubt"
and get well paid for it- wonder some of these pundits have to work at all?? A lot of them are on TV and have columns in papers also.

foneyforme (Leitrim) - Posts: 143 - 06/11/2020 15:18:19    2305604

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Replying To foneyforme:  "and get well paid for it- wonder some of these pundits have to work at all?? A lot of them are on TV and have columns in papers also."
What's your point? Would you not class writing columns and speaking on tv as work?

hopballref (Galway) - Posts: 249 - 06/11/2020 15:51:27    2305616

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Replying To foneyforme:  "and get well paid for it- wonder some of these pundits have to work at all?? A lot of them are on TV and have columns in papers also."
No way a pundit on the tele or writing in the papers..... Someone should call the cops

sourmilk93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 565 - 06/11/2020 15:55:49    2305617

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Replying To foneyforme:  "and get well paid for it- wonder some of these pundits have to work at all?? A lot of them are on TV and have columns in papers also."
Some of these pundits are tiresome same ole same ole and pure biased when their counties are playing. In fairness to McStay he s the least biased. Whelan very biased as is Spillane and yes most have newspaper columns also Ó Sé indo Whelan has evening herald Spillane SW and both Brolly and Ó Rourke sun indo. Yes they all earning top money from Gaa even without their full time jobs.

CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 630 - 06/11/2020 17:03:37    2305638

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Replying To foneyforme:  "and get well paid for it- wonder some of these pundits have to work at all?? A lot of them are on TV and have columns in papers also."
Sure go and setup your own GAA punditry blog and podcast if you think it's so easy.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 5955 - 06/11/2020 20:11:41    2305681

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Replying To CiarraiMick:  "Some of these pundits are tiresome same ole same ole and pure biased when their counties are playing. In fairness to McStay he s the least biased. Whelan very biased as is Spillane and yes most have newspaper columns also Ó Sé indo Whelan has evening herald Spillane SW and both Brolly and Ó Rourke sun indo. Yes they all earning top money from Gaa even without their full time jobs."
The thing is those pundits that sometimes get their fair share of critism,in fairness not one of them appointed or selected themselves as RTE pundits, and if they were offered x,y,or z euros to sign up as a pundit then good luck to them, ok so I begrudge them a bit, some of them have columns in the papers as well, now I'm beginning to really begrudge them, however they are not perfect but who is.?

Also,

At any time prior to this Covid - 19 Pandemic when was there an issue with any county withdrawing from a senior football provincial championship without valid reason, if at all, or from a NFL competition, or for that matter from any scheduled competition, when.?

supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 2161 - 06/11/2020 20:46:37    2305689

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Interesting statement from Sligo players saying they wanted the game to go ahead. Who made the call to concede so? Maybe Tomas O Se was right

sourmilk93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 565 - 06/11/2020 22:39:17    2305715

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Replying To supersub15:  "The thing is those pundits that sometimes get their fair share of critism,in fairness not one of them appointed or selected themselves as RTE pundits, and if they were offered x,y,or z euros to sign up as a pundit then good luck to them, ok so I begrudge them a bit, some of them have columns in the papers as well, now I'm beginning to really begrudge them, however they are not perfect but who is.?

Also,

At any time prior to this Covid - 19 Pandemic when was there an issue with any county withdrawing from a senior football provincial championship without valid reason, if at all, or from a NFL competition, or for that matter from any scheduled competition, when.?"
A couple of years back a last round game between limerick and Wicklow wasn't played, I can't remember was it because of a storm but it was the gaa's decision not to play it, not limerick or Wicklow pulling out as far as I know.

Of course Kilkenny pulled out of football years ago.

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 11732 - 07/11/2020 07:48:44    2305738

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Replying To sourmilk93:  "Interesting statement from Sligo players saying they wanted the game to go ahead. Who made the call to concede so? Maybe Tomas O Se was right"
Of course they wanted to play. Doesn't every player who trains want to go out and play but at the moment there are 11 confirmed cases in the panell of 32. Throw in another 4 close contacts plus 4 injuries. Then add that up and see what numbers you have. Then add in that this virus has also been transmitted to family members and you get an idea of the seriousness of the situation. O Se was brilliant. If he didn't come out with such an ignorant comment there wouldn't have been a word about Sligo since last Wednesday cos we are a small county with a small pick of players. The players statement was directed towards the useless Co Board who never uttered a single line in support of the players or management. The players wanted a postponement but the Co Board didn't think it worthwhile to request one. They probably would not have got one but the pressure should have been put on to see what would happen. Remember Kildare took a stand Newbridge or Nowhere and forced Croke Park to eat humble pie. Roscommon did similay when they announced a few years ago that the Connacht final would be in the Hyde and lo and behold that's what happened.....

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 796 - 07/11/2020 08:06:42    2305740

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Replying To sourmilk93:  "Interesting statement from Sligo players saying they wanted the game to go ahead. Who made the call to concede so? Maybe Tomas O Se was right"
If O'Se was right, would it maybe not be a good idea to explain himself better than throwing a loose statement out there that shines a controversial spotlight on Sligo GAA? If it is 'fair to question Sligo' then tell us why? Because its out there now because of him one way or the other but all he seems to be going on are 'thrown out there' rumours with no facts.

SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2020 - 07/11/2020 09:36:32    2305752

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Paul Taylor says sligo couldn't play due to Covid and injuries, players obviously had a different view, were they asked their views? Clearly not obviously

Whereismyman (Sligo) - Posts: 4 - 07/11/2020 10:36:00    2305762

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Replying To KingdomBoy1:  "A couple of years back a last round game between limerick and Wicklow wasn't played, I can't remember was it because of a storm but it was the gaa's decision not to play it, not limerick or Wicklow pulling out as far as I know.

Of course Kilkenny pulled out of football years ago."
Thanks for the info. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) And yes as far as I can remember the Wicklow v Limerick match wasn't played because of a snow fall, I could be wrong though.

Kilkenny withdrew from senior football because of a self-made" hurling Pandemic" in the county, - - they are still coping well with that "Pandemic" by all accounts.

supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 2161 - 07/11/2020 10:56:31    2305768

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Apparently Sligo CB never asked for postponement as there would be the same issue playing rescheduled match, with 14 day isolation etc. That may be the case but they should have formally asked anyway even if they knew they would be refused. At least GAA would have been forced into a decision.

Firstly, for the players that were prepared to play. Secondly because there would have been precedent. GAA said there are contingencies for semi-final and final. Now fast forward a few weeks to a provincial final and potentially a team with COVID cases.

Anyone here think there will be walk over in a provincial final? You can bet there would be a postponement then. And if anyone mentions the Sligo case, the powers that be will say Sligo never asked for a postponement, and some crap about having to fulfil Tv agreements.

Pro14 rugby had no qualms about postponing televised matches e.g. 2 consecutive Connacht matches where opposition teams had COVID. Nearly whole Biarritz team contracted COVID. So professional setup or not, no one is exempt. It's just that weaker counties are less resourced to prevent it and more impacted when it happens.

Bawner (Sligo) - Posts: 30 - 08/11/2020 09:18:25    2305997

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