The County Board Complaints Thread

[Jukka]

I’d like to see AI finals in August, I think it’s a gawling loss to the Irish summer to be honest and the GAA’s importance to it. However I think the hurling should be flipped past the football, and move forward the ridiculously early start of the Munster and Leinster championships.

My experience at club level is the players aren’t fussed if club championship starts in July or into August. What clubs only ever wanted was certainty and a fair window to play championships are reasonable pace.

The thing nobody is calling out here is the weight being placed on the club provincials and AI series, something that’s of importance to a fraction of clubs and players. That whole thing should be ran off as a weekend competition in my view, with better breathing room given to County championships to be run off properly.

More to the point, Cork and also the likes of Dublin and Galway, should be looking for their county champions to enter those competitions at a later stage, in recognition of the challenges faced by large dual counties, skipping the provincial stage even.

I’d be supportive if Cork just withdrew from nominating clubs for those competitions to be honest. More than half our clubs are in competitions where the winners don’t enter them anyway.

 

[Hallbopping]

I’d like to see AI finals in August, I think it’s a gawling loss to the Irish summer to be honest and the GAA’s importance to it. However I think the hurling should be flipped past the football, and move forward the ridiculously early start of the Munster and Leinster championships.

My experience at club level is the players aren’t fussed if club championship starts in July or into August. What clubs only ever wanted was certainty and a fair window to play championships are reasonable pace.

The thing nobody is calling out here is the weight being placed on the club provincials and AI series, something that’s of importance to a fraction of clubs and players. That whole thing should be ran off as a weekend competition in my view, with better breathing room given to County championships to be run off properly.

More to the point, Cork and also the likes of Dublin and Galway, should be looking for their county champions to enter those competitions at a later stage, in recognition of the challenges faced by large dual counties, skipping the provincial stage even.

I’d be supportive if Cork just withdrew from nominating clubs for those competitions to be honest. More than half our clubs are in competitions where the winners don’t enter them anyway.

You’re missing one key factor that makes an elongated inter-county season unworkable.

There are far more club matches now than there were in the past. From Premier Senior down to Premier Junior, each club is guaranteed at least three championship matches per code. That’s six consecutive weeks without a break and once you include the knockout stages after the group phase, it becomes twelve straight weeks.

In effect, you’re looking at close to three months for hurling and three months for football.

The last county final in 2025 was played in the final week of November. With increasingly unpredictable weather in October and November, if county championships were pushed back any further, you’d struggle to have them finished before Christmas.

 

[cactus jack]

They'd badly want to clean the clear panels at the dressing room end of the covered terrace in PUR

 

[North Cork Star]

They'd badly want to clean the clear panels at the dressing room end of the covered terrace in PUR

I am a huge fan of PUR. I thought the pitch was rock hard and in great nick for the time of the year and today's atmosphere was amazing. But the place might need a small upgrade for Health and safety reasons. Over in the main stand, there is only two exits at each end and it is very slow to exit the stadium with foot traffic which is not ideal in the event of a fire, God forbid. The possibility of looking at putting exits at the back of the stand although I think space might be an issue. Also, getting rid of the low wall along the walkway would be a help. I'm sure they are already compliant with Heath and Safety measures but no harm looking into these things.

 

[Hoggys White Helmet]

Was down at the 4g in PUIC watching a game and a youngfella was nearly decapitated after chasing a ball over the sideline and colliding with the portable grow lights. Surely they could store them somewhere else

 

[Hallbopping]

I am a huge fan of PUR. I thought the pitch was rock hard and in great nick for the time of the year and today's atmosphere was amazing. But the place might need a small upgrade for Health and safety reasons. Over in the main stand, there is only two exits at each end and it is very slow to exit the stadium with foot traffic which is not ideal in the event of a fire, God forbid. The possibility of looking at putting exits at the back of the stand although I think space might be an issue. Also, getting rid of the low wall along the walkway would be a help. I'm sure they are already compliant with Heath and Safety measures but no harm looking into these things.

That’s why I always use the terrace along the shoreline. Far quicker in getting out. There’s no space at all behind the stand, Cork Con has most of the land and there’s some gardens along it too.

 

[Clairecarebear]

Colm O'Driscoll transfer refused by Cork County Board

Former Cork footballer is planning on moving to O'Donovan Rossa

www.echolive.ie

I read this in the paper and was wondering why the board would do this, or why a club would object?
If a player isn't happy in a club why look to keep him, and would the board prefer to see someone give up football rather than move club?

 

[Hallbopping]

I read this in the paper and was wondering why the board would do this, or why a club would object?
If a player isn't happy in a club why look to keep him, and would the board prefer to see someone give up football rather than move club?

There’s a myriad of really good reasons a club would object to a transfer like this.

It’s worth noting that O’Donovan Rossa are a far bigger club than Tadhg MacCarthaigh. Skibb are a Senior A Club whereas MacCarthaigh’s are a Junior A Club. Smaller clubs like this are always under pressure to field teams and keep their best players so this objection isn’t about this player alone. If they didn’t object they would set a precedence to other clubs that essentially says ‘sure take our best players lads’. It could also be interpreted as a de facto admission that whatever area he is living in belongs to O’Donovan Rossa.

As regards the County Board, there are transfer bylaws which clubs have voted for and must be implemented. He’ll be off the field 96 weeks in July according to the article so presumably the transfer will go through then.

 

[Clairecarebear]

There’s a myriad of really good reasons a club would object to a transfer like this.

It’s worth noting that O’Donovan Rossa are a far bigger club than Tadhg MacCarthaigh. Skibb are a Senior A Club whereas MacCarthaigh’s are a Junior A Club. Smaller clubs like this are always under pressure to field teams and keep their best players so this objection isn’t about this player alone. If they didn’t object they would set a precedence to other clubs that essentially says ‘sure take our best players lads’. It could also be interpreted as a de facto admission that whatever area he is living in belongs to O’Donovan Rossa.

As regards the County Board, there are transfer bylaws which clubs have voted for and must be implemented. He’ll be off the field 96 weeks in July according to the article so presumably the transfer will go through then.

Thanks. I have no background or connection to GAA so looking as an outsider.

It seems unusual a club would want to keep a player who isn't happy there and teammates would know he wanted out.

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

I read this in the paper and was wondering why the board would do this, or why a club would object?
If a player isn't happy in a club why look to keep him, and would the board prefer to see someone give up football rather than move club?

GAA clubs can be very petty when they want to be. It doesn't matter anyway because he can play championship for Skibb after July