This message has been edited - 25-aug-2012 @ 21:20

Originally posted by Shannonside:
Sure at minor level in Limerick when you think about it there's only Adare, Na Piarsaigh, Patrickswell, Bruff, Ballybrown, Mungret and Doon that are single club teams. 7 teams..all the others are amalgamations.

Originally posted by Scoreboard:
Sadly it's the same in a lot of counties in that players can take it or leave it. Tough times ahead over the next 10 years for Hurling & Football.

Originally posted by staycalm:
The 11am starts are a disaster and only suit the non drinkers. The amount of teams who start a game on a Sunday morning with less than 11 players is a lot more than any GAA team not starting with 15. It actually used to be a 10:30am start but clubs asked for the time to be put back and the LDMC changed it to 11. Was hardly worthwhile changing it by 30 mins. It doesnt help the clubs having to play without a full team or a team with hungover players

Originally posted by staycalm:
1 o clock games would be the best option. Can go out for your few pints the night before if you wish and not have to fall out of the bed too early. Plus it means you still have a decent chunk of the day left after the match

Originally posted by South Limerick Referee:
But to get back to the point, a player in soccer knows that he will have a set programme of games, week in, week out at whatever kick off time and can plan his life around that. Squad players stay in the game because they know there is a better chance of gametime. Squad players leave the GAA because they arent getting games, and then when the day comes where they are needed the club is forced to give a walkover.

This message has been edited - 26-aug-2012 @ 12:16

Originally posted by staycalm:

You are watching too much Premier league in England with squad rotation.....Look at the top junior teams in the city. They generally put out the same 11 week in and week out. There is very little squad rotation bar there is an injury or suspension.Have a look at any of the reports on the Leader and take a note of the team. Check every week and you will see it will more or less be the same 11 every weekend

Originally posted by South Limerick Referee:
Perhaps thats the case in the City, but then again in the City soccer is the chosen first choice code among many, wheras out the country its often a winter game to stay ticking over for GAA players.

Originally posted by South Limerick Referee:
But to get back to the point, a player in soccer knows that he will have a set programme of games, week in, week out at whatever kick off time and can plan his life around that. Squad players stay in the game because they know there is a better chance of gametime. Squad players leave the GAA because they arent getting games, and then when the day comes where they are needed the club is forced to give a walkover.

This message has been edited - 26-aug-2012 @ 12:36

Originally posted by staycalm:
Thats true. On a completely different issue, and forgive me oh lord for dragging the egg chasing into a GAA thread, but do you know if the Saracens Munster match has a definite stadium yet?? Munster got some hammering last night. Could be a tough year for them

Originally posted by South Limerick Referee:
I have lost interest in Munster, all the enthusiasm for them drained away as they became more and more of a business and less and less of a team that had an identity with the local clubs of Munster by containing players who previously played Munster Junior League.

Originally posted by South Limerick Referee:
A lot of the amalgamations would have had their own club teams only four years ago at Under 14. Players seem to be able to take it or leave it these days.

Originally posted by staycalm:
You will have a big Munster crowd at the Saracens game. Chance for the men to go to Wembley and the women to shop in London 2 weeks before Christmas

Originally posted by South Limerick Referee:
True enough. Funnily enough I have gone to very few away games over the years but rarely missed a home game.