Club Championships 2023/24

St Brigid’s will beat these Derry Girls in the final.

given the conditions great second half, crokes had a chance with that short point ,after last years furore, Glen players seam humble, not sure who I'm for in final.

Great finish to the game, well done to Glen for sticking with it when it looked like they might have blown it. Bad miss from Walsh at the end, he'll be kicking himself.

That's the beauty of the club championship, a great club can emerge in any country.

We had teams from Clare, Antrim, Laois, Westmeath and others in finals. And going way back even that great Eire Og Carlow team.

(but in fairness, Derry and Roscommon are both Div 1 countries, right?)

Yes, even in beating Corofin and Castlehaven comfortably, it still feels like they haven't needed to reach top gear.

I'm fascinated to see how they play in the final.

Couldnt really fault the goalie for that goal?

The defender dropped it. Every keeper now is coming off his line to support working the ball out of defence.

Although maybe he passed it to a defender under a bit of pressure, but he still should have held the pass.

St Brigids hardest game this year was the Ros county final, they only beat Boyle by 1pt. The all Ireland final vs Glen will be a much easier win for them.

That was a farce today. No way in a million years should that game taken place in thise conditions. GAA don't give a damn about their players. All week there was huge build up to this game and I was looking forward to watching it. Who in their right mind thought that should go ahead. Players were even saying afterwards they couldn't see the ball.

Why are you getting so triggered by someone not understanding commentary in Irish ffs?

How? Genuinely?

That's not true at all. Visibility far better at pitch level and the glare from the floodlights made it significantly worse of a spectacle on TV. Pretty easy to work out - players could see what was happening without major issue, despite anything Shane Walsh says, when on TV you could literally only see the near side of the field. Still don't think it should have gone ahead though.

Glen the far superior team throughout and it would have been an absolute travesty if they'd manage it to lose it. That said, they'd have been the architects of their own stupid downfall as they decided to sit back after about 35 minutes, deciding they'd done enough. That let Rory O'Carroll, who was getting absolutely roasted and should have been black carded, come out to the middle and start to have an influence on things. Mannion and Walsh more than happy to rise to the challenge and kicked some wonderful scores. The Walsh pass for the goal was incredible. They could have won it but wouldn't have deserved it at all. Glen **** the togs and a freak play aside, Crokes looked very poor throughout, save two or three players. A lot of miles on their clock.

Should have been a red all day long. Lane completely bottled it. There wasn't anything "late" about it in the slightest. If you're early or even on time, you're not allowed lead with the forearm. He raised his elbow to smack him in the face and succeeded.

More sports need to start looking at the way rugby applies its laws/rules and how consequences of foul play, accidental or otherwise, are factored into punishment.

Glen will start, deservedly, as firm favourites but if they take their foot off the gas and think they have it wrapped up early enough the way they did today, St. Brigid's are more than good enough to take advantage.

You've shown your true colours anyway with dual players comment, the reason most players play both is there clubs wouldn't be able to field teams if they didn't.

I dont see what the big deal about playing into January is?

I think it has been a really good club championship in both codes. Lots of games every weekend right up to Christmas. I enjoyed it.

Those weather conditions could easily have occurred in December.

Exactly. We've had snow and storms on St Patrick 's Day in the past.

The Glen v Kilmacud match clearly shouldn't have been played yesterday and if the schedule wasn't so crowded they could have rescheduled it.

It still takes way too long for county's to complete their club championships and is proof that irrespective of all the changes the GAA at central level have done to ease fixture congestion the problem is mainly to do with county boards.

Offaly hurlers were out of the championship on June 17th and the Offaly hurling final was played on October 15th

Offaly footballers were out of the championship on June 10th and the senior football final was on September 24th.

It should not take that long for any county to complete their championship, simple as that.

Clubs leagues finished in around early june.

Again clubs leagues take way to long to finish.They should be weekly fixtures not once every 2 weeks.

Too much nonsense in GAA over having gaps between fixtures, what the hell is wrong with having a one match per week schedule for all competitions.I imagine the players would like it more as it would reduce the training to matches ratio.

I saw yesterday there that both respective mangers were not consulted about whether they wanted to play the game. I was shocked at that. As both said it should not have been played.

It's not their decision. If the referee deems the conditions playable, and one team doesn't want to play, they are free to forfeit.

As has been pointed out on numerous occasions, conditions at pitch level were much different to how it looked on TV. Shite for sure, but playable. 1-14 and 2-10 are some impressive scorelines for teams who supposedly couldn't see the ball or the goals.

Both managers should have got together in that case and had a discussion. If both refused to play what would the ref do then? He would have to call it off?

What are the rules on it if both refuse to continue/play?

By controversy I mean that both managers did not want it played and were surprised the ref went ahead with it. Plus the game became virtually unwatchable on the telly.

The only time I remember similar fog at match was Dublin v Mayo in Westport (League) I think it was a televised game. But it was definitely called off.

Interestingly the Galway-Offaly game yesterday in Tullamore was abandoned with 15 mins to go, due to the fog.

So the referee can do that if conditions are getting worse.

Now, I'm not sure how the fog differed in Tullamore v Newry or if it differs hurling v football, but still.

There will be loads of tickets available.

It's not the intercounty all-Ireland final.