Originally posted by Deeper Meaning:
What goes around comes around. All this GPA professionalism, player transfer markets, pay for play has been given one kick in the teeth today.And I am delighted

Originally posted by Deeper Meaning:
McGeeney is the GPA and they have secretly wanted a high profile transfer like this. They have also secretly wanted a full time professional team to win with a manager who believes in the GPA. They got their answer today. The GAA were bigger fools to give Kildare a bail out

Originally posted by Deeper Meaning:
McGeeney is the GPA and they have secretly wanted a high profile transfer like this. They have also secretly wanted a full time professional team to win with a manager who believes in the GPA. They got their answer today. The GAA were bigger fools to give Kildare a bail out

Originally posted by Turenne:
I'd say Donal Og is seething right now.

Originally posted by old seaman:
I doubt he had any interest in a football match but of course someone has to have a cut off him if there is any chance at all.

Originally posted by South Limerick Referee:
Seanie Johnston a doubt for Cavan game with a shoulder injury. More Karma???

Originally posted by Spiritof28:
This thread sound like the recounting of the minutes from the inaugural meeting of the Tibetan Hang-em-High committee and reps of the Daily Communicant party.
Such is the Mystical and Fervent insights and revelations on display here. In fact I'm becoming affected myself so here goes.

As usual when these highly motivated and like minded committees get together truth goes out the window but that does never create an obstacle for these soothsayers.Interestingly comrade Badger is all over the threads relating to the SJ circus.
I'm sure his membership of this star gazing club can be traced to several KARMA revelations.

• An extended feeling of euphoria at getting Kildare on a day when they played totally inept football. • The opportunity of connecting Kildares defeat to the SJ circus and Meaths last seconds TRY scoring win over Louth a couple of seasons back and their subsequent refusal to give a replay (his reference to Kildare now been the most hated team etc. LOL) • The realisation that Meath are in with a great chance to win the AI this year.Meath do have a great chance this year unfortunately though this prospect is not built on their football ability as much as the fact that they will not be having MEATH REFEREES officiating whom we all know have eyesight even from 40 meters that only a cat could envy and don't forget the other big plus element to their cause is Bantys brother has also hung up the whistle a pity he didn't do it a couple of years early for Kildares sake.

Originally posted by Deeper Meaning:
McGeeney is the GPA and they have secretly wanted a high profile transfer like this. They have also secretly wanted a full time professional team to win with a manager who believes in the GPA. They got their answer today.

Originally posted by spade caller:
When will Kildare people learn that you can't win an all-Ireland with automotons? Yee tried it in the 90s and due to the poverty of Leinster yee got 2 provincial titles. Unfortunately, "expenses" paid out guarantee nothing, energy is the only thing you need to expend to win an AI. Kildare, despite their self-delusion are no nearer to winning an AI than they were in the early 90s, and even if they did somehow win one this year, it would be tarnished.
I genuinely feel sorry for the real GAA people in Kildare, of which there are many. They have been left down by all this crap and no amount of whataboutery will ever justify the behaviour and/or the expenditure we've seen in the last couple of years

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Originally posted by Spiritof28:
Is your submission about football or is it just envy at what Kildare supporters (because for the most part that is where the funding of the Kildare team came from under both Micko and McGeeney) are in the position to provide for their team.
Please don't be so condescending as Kildare has always contributed a great brand of football whither winning or losing this is well respected and accepted by all followers (SJ arrival will not change this style one way or the other)IMO your reference to the efforts of Kildare in the 90’s is a below the belt remark and indicates to me your agenda here goes way beyond football remember as with any team, Kildare play football in the style that is dictated at any given time by the trend that prevail at the time.The 90’s let me remind you in Leinster at least was all about running non stop from first to last whistle hand passing and stamina at the time Kildare played with that style.Accepting that point let no-one come on here and not give due recognition to the epic 3 games a relatively young Kildare team played out with a superb Meath team in the semi-final of Leinster in 1997. The second game in particular will always remain in my memory for the intensity of the battle that day where Kildare 6 points up starting the second period of extra time were pinned back by the Jody Devine show and had to settle for a draw in the end. I know I'm sticking my neck out here but I believe that if Kildare had got over Meath on the first of these 3 epic games they definitely would have gone on to AI glory that year as it was with Meath playing themselves out in the epic encounter they lost to Offaly in the LF only for Kerry to win a handy AI in the end that year through the boot of Maurice Fitzgerald.
Kildare were also involved with Dublin in fantastic games around that period.
LEINSTER FOOTBALL IN THE 90’s actually hit a purple patch in this period with the Leinster Champions contesting 8 of the 10 finals. With a success rate of only 33% however this was more down to the intensity of the competition in Leinster during this period rather than anything else. I could expand further on why you are so wrong in your views but I suspect you are so hell bent in getting in an opportunist SLAG against Kildare than listening to any other argument.

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Originally posted by Spiritof28:
I will hardly be able to sleep tonight you have unnerved me so much LOL. I have been involved in football all my sporting life and nothing irks me about it except sometimes the mediocrity that is to be found in the administration and officialdom in the modern game.
Oh and of-course know alls like you.
Seeing as you are hung up on the 90's. Can I remind you that the Kildare team of 98 in order to get to the AI final that year had to beat the AI winners of the previous 3 years Dublin 95 Meath 96 Kerry 98 indeed if there was any fairness the GAA should have nominated Kildare for Sam on those achievement alone.
Believe you me my friend by the time Kildare reached the final that year they were a team that had shifted alot of knocks and were carrying a serious amount of injuries.While Galway slipped into the final a much fresher team having accounted for such huge powers in the game at the time as Roscommon (Getting a lucky draw and winning the reply in Connacht through a goalkeeping error)and Derry.

Originally posted by Deeper Meaning:
What goes around comes around. All this GPA professionalism, player transfer markets, pay for play has been given one kick in the teeth today.And I am delighted

This message has been edited - 08-jul-2012 @ 22:32