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Great to hear Cavan have tabled a motion to Saturdays Central Council meeting requesting to reverse the decision to drop all pre season competitions, surely all players and management would be delighted with this as it would be ideal to adjust to any rule changes before NFL begins germac (Down) - Posts: 554 - 22/10/2024 22:14:43 2576470 Link 3 |
Mckenna and O'Byrne and even Walsh got decent crowds. Lots of money for injured players fund. I used to love them. Dublin beating KK in Walsh final was biggest win in generation. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3073 - 22/10/2024 23:05:25 2576474 Link 0 |
Connacht GAA said they will back that motion and if pre-season are to return the Connacht GAA should show a bit of common sense by moving all games out of 2,000 capacity air dome and play matches in county grounds that would attract 5 to 7,000 people plus they can continue to stream the games.
Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 231 - 23/10/2024 00:01:38 2576479 Link 3 |
Sensible proposal to reinstate the competitions. Not least due to teams not having to enter the league 'cold'in terms of new rules , players etc Bainisteoir (National) - Posts: 559 - 23/10/2024 07:33:39 2576488 Link 0 |
Agree 100%. And it was great to get to grounds like Mountrath, Callan etc that you'd likely never go to otherwise. There have even been Byrne Cup games fixed for our grounds. Biggest crowd in Wexford Park the last couple of years was a Walsh Cup semi final against Kilkenny also. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 13662 - 23/10/2024 08:05:09 2576494 Link 0 |
Always loved it as well. We managed to win loads of them and it was a great opportunity to develop fringe players since the league became more competitive
Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3096 - 23/10/2024 08:23:31 2576497 Link 0 |
o byrne cup should be retained
mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1865 - 23/10/2024 10:50:12 2576518 Link 1 |
If they are restored and they go on in the Dome again then Prenty is hypocrite of the year!
Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1918 - 23/10/2024 10:53:36 2576519 Link 0 |
The teams wouldn't be entering league cold they still play plenty of friendlies on top of these so called competitions
KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3667 - 23/10/2024 12:22:00 2576534 Link 0 |
2003 was year we beat Cats in final. First time Dublin had won it in 40 years! Shows you how bad things were but Parnell was jammed and great excitement. Cody even pretended afterwards that he was wary of us for the championship :-) Loved going as you say to Gorey and Enniscorthy and Abbeyleix and elsewhere. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3073 - 23/10/2024 13:10:25 2576545 Link 0 |
13,000 attended the O`Byrne cup final of 2004, in Mullingar whos offical capacity was 10,000. Meath v Westmeath Paid O se v Sean Boylan. unbeliveable atmosphere for last sunday in january. i wonder is there any video footage? dickie10 (UK) - Posts: 761 - 24/10/2024 22:16:29 2576780 Link 0 |
The players seem majorly against the preseason competitions. They need to be in training 6 weeks before the competitive preseason competitions start. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8247 - 25/10/2024 09:14:56 2576811 Link 0 |
Some of the same GPA lads complaining about too many games seemed to have no problem heading overseas for the Summer. Often leaving their own clubs short.
BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3073 - 25/10/2024 11:44:27 2576839 Link 3 |
The pre season games had turned into a hindrance for most counties, and they started to play B or C teams, panel players but most of these lads would be playing with Colleges at the same time, and would have to play both and it was alot of games for them. Tribes88 (Galway) - Posts: 17 - 25/10/2024 12:36:00 2576858 Link 0 |
Longford won O'Byrne Cup in front of over 9000 in Mullingar in Feb 2000. LongfordgaaAbú (Longford) - Posts: 568 - 25/10/2024 13:34:48 2576871 Link 0 |
Maybe they liked them because they were straight knockout? Also meant that there was more of a level playing field between the Dublins and the rest although Dublin always took it seriously. I recall indeed a great final between Dublin and Longford in packed Parnell Friday under lights. Think we won with last gasp Jayo goal? BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3073 - 25/10/2024 14:06:40 2576881 Link 0 |
Barely 100 spectators in Wexford Park this year for Wexford v Kildare in the first game of the O'Byrne Cup. Just dropped into it myself as I was working near the ground that day. Wouldn't normally have made the trip in for it. Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2577 - 25/10/2024 15:18:29 2576898 Link 0 |
That Dublin-Longford final in Parnell Park was 2008, goal deep in stoppage time by Jayo to win it. 7000 at that one. In the 16 years since, attendance has collapsed, especially in recent years where some of the earlier stages have a couple hundred at best going to them. Times have changed - You won't get people to come out in numbers on a cold/wet Winter day to overpay to watch a bad tournament game, not even the final. Other more interesting things competing for eyeballs and peoples time, and in that world the O'Byrne Cup doesn't have a place that matters anymore. LongfordgaaAbú (Longford) - Posts: 568 - 25/10/2024 16:54:02 2576918 Link 0 |
There we have it , seems like GPA dont want pre season competitions , Surely these games are a great way of unearthing 1 , 2 maybe 3 players who could play at county level along with getting used to new rules, seems like tail wagging dog to me germac (Down) - Posts: 554 - 26/10/2024 19:42:24 2577072 Link 0 |
The GPA argument is that they have to be back training 6 weeks before "competitive" preseason games where people are paying to attend. With challenge games, there can be flexibility in playing games by quarters, using the full squad etc. Essentially GPA only want players back in training around 6 weeks before the league. The compromise has to be challenge elements to those preseason tournaments. Be that 4 quarters of 15 minutes and interchanging substitutions throughout. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8247 - 26/10/2024 19:56:29 2577074 Link 0 |