Originally posted by Kobe Shefflin:
Great article. The sooner that teams are taken at face value and not regarded by historical reputation the better. It won't happen anytime soon though. The attendance statistic is excellent also, and a real indication of how there still is support for the games regardless of people complaining because every game isn't a sell-out.

Originally posted by Yojimbo:

He's used sentences starting with the word 'Everybody' the way I use sentences, or clauses, beginning with 'and'
And I note he followed up the seven 'Everybody' sentences with one 'And'.
Far too many paragraphs of similar length, though: scanning it, its difficult to see which points he wants to stress, apart from those first few 'quickfire' sentences

Originally posted by frasiercrane:
What fcuking difference does it make.Once you can understand the point he is making and most people can his grammar is completely irrelevant.I wouldn't read any Cormac McCarthy books if I were you is this article upsets you

Originally posted by c:
Good article alright. Even Newstalk panel yesterday were whining about football as a spectacle and that it didn't match up to when they were playing - and that was Oisin McConville and Colm Parkinson who aren't exactly Pat Spillane's vintage. Sure there are some bad games but there always are

Originally posted by Yojimbo:

Structure makes a helluva difference when you want to make a point

Originally posted by inbetweeners:
Oh course the irony of the whole article is that he is a typical paranoid bitter GAA fan - like a lot of posters on this site. He goes on about other sports throughout the whole article. He should worried about the GAA and its failures rather than worrying himself about stupid comparisons with other sports. Usual guff out of him.

This message has been edited - 18-jul-2012 @ 13:48

Originally posted by frasiercrane:
.Even in the indo yesterday Martin breheny was complaing about teh standard of the Munster hurling championship.Why coudlnt he just enjoy the hurling and to be honest I didnt see too much wrong with the standard of hurling.

Originally posted by BellShafted:
Is Sweeney not one of those ‘guys who sit high up in the commentary and press boxes and ------- down on the degraded stuff they witness on the pitch below?’ I doubt you’d have to look through too many back issues to find Sweeney calling for a restructure, stating A will beat B, Kilkenny will walk it, calling for a marquee game to kick off the season etc, etc That’s the great thing for journalists, you can write or say virtually the opposite of what they said two weeks previous to make themseves sound smart and feel smug, and no one even notices.

Originally posted by frasiercrane:
Youve made a bit of an eeijit of yourself their.Eamonn Sweeney is a massive Sligo Rovers fan I am almost certain he wrote his favourite sporting moment was Sligo winning the cup.
What he wrote in the above article is correct.For some reason almsot every bit of GAA coverage seems top focus on what isnt right as opposed to what is right.Even in the indo yesterday Martin breheny was complaing about teh standard of the Munster hurling championship.Why coudlnt he just enjoy the hurling and to be honest I didnt see too much wrong with the standard of hurling.

This message has been edited - 18-jul-2012 @ 17:53

Originally posted by inbetweeners:
So I made an eejit out of myself becasue he is a Sligo Rovers fan. I am sorry I can't follow the logic there but then again apparently I am a bit of an eejit.He goes off on a tangent about matches at the euros and misleading attendance figures but that is ok beasue he is a Sligo Rovers fan.Suppose I could just spam the opening page with 32 GAA teams to keep a topic I don't like off the site.Learn to spell eejit before calling other people one.

Originally posted by frasiercrane:

You said he was a "typically paranoid GAA fan" as if he only supported GAA and had some problem with other sports.He wasnt going off on a tangent, he was pointing out that there are a lot of things to be positive about in the GAA i.e the attendances but generally GAA journalists put more emphasis on the negative side of things.Those points he made were valid, the GAA championship attendances are pretty good compared to other sports and considering the size of the country and the level of entertainment provided so far in this years championship has been excellent as well.

This message has been edited - 19-jul-2012 @ 08:30

Originally posted by T_de_B:
Fair play to you, Boy.Jaysus, its a fair long road one would have to travel before one came accross such unmitigated ignorant bullshít.And to think we have you here on tap.There's richness as Wackford Squeers was wont to say!

Originally posted by BellShafted:
Too cryptic for me T de B. I'll try and work out what you're on about later.

Originally posted by inbetweeners:
Building straw men I see.The attendances are not actually that good compared with other sports. He is comparing apples with oranges.