Time for the CFG to get teams in Ireland and Scotland.

[mancity2012_eamo]

No we dont, Football is by far the most played sport. You only have to see what happened when Dublin won the All Ireland this year most people in Dublin didnt give a toss.

Dublin winning the ladies and lads double was big here.
Personally I’d love to see us be able to compete at the hurling too.
Hurling is an absolute joy to watch played skilfully at incredible speed. And it’s unique to us.

The GAA is an amateur organisation managed professionally.
The FAI is a professional organisation managed amateurishly.

Football may be the most played but it is underfunded at every level, especially at grassroots level.

The GAA are in every parish on the island and it breathes community because you play for your locality.

The money does trickle down.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

You had a better day than me, punched kicked and spat at, though my assailants sounded like they were nordies. Very like a trip to Liverpool.

The Irish Celtic supporters are worse than Rags or Liverpool supporters.
And yes, you did get a lot of Nordies travelling down looking for trouble.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Yes, they rags were everywhere, i was just a kid then so may of escaped the worst. In the 90s a city shirt here was very rare here, now they are everywhere especially with the kids who are flocking to City.

I’ve seen loads of kids wearing City tops too.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

There must be a mention of hearts in there somewhere.

Lift up your hearts kind of guff.

Perhaps, but maybe not with a capital "H" let alone "Heart of Midlothian"...likewise there'll be stuff for wolves, reading, bury and a few others haha.

Luke 11:31 "The Queen of the South shall rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them"

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Perhaps, but maybe not with a capital "H" let alone "Heart of Midlothian"...likewise there'll be stuff for wolves, reading, bury and a few others haha.

Luke 11:31 "The Queen of the South shall rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them"

Fair. There are probably independent mentions of man and united too, so we shouldn’t pursue that road too far.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Fair. There are probably independent mentions of man and united too, so we shouldn’t pursue that road too far.

"Rags" you mean...? =)

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

"Rags" you mean...? =)

Yeah, they aren’t meek, so will never inherit the earth.

 

[TonyM]

Dublin winning the ladies and lads double was big here.
Personally I’d love to see us be able to compete at the hurling too.
Hurling is an absolute joy to watch played skilfully at incredible speed. And it’s unique to us.

The GAA is an amateur organisation managed professionally.
The FAI is a professional organisation managed amateurishly.

Football may be the most played but it is underfunded at every level, especially at grassroots level.

The GAA are in every parish on the island and it breathes community because you play for your locality.

The money does trickle down.

Rebel Og (u12-u18s in Cork) are absolutely fantastic to be involved with. Adult GAA is great too obviously but it's at the youth level that the real parish spirit exists.

Soccer should be watching and learning from it but I think they are too elitist.

 

[tommy116]

Dublin winning the ladies and lads double was big here.
Personally I’d love to see us be able to compete at the hurling too.
Hurling is an absolute joy to watch played skilfully at incredible speed. And it’s unique to us.

The GAA is an amateur organisation managed professionally.
The FAI is a professional organisation managed amateurishly.

Football may be the most played but it is underfunded at every level, especially at grassroots level.

The GAA are in every parish on the island and it breathes community because you play for your locality.

The money does trickle down.

Those gaa sports get far too much money anyway, we should spend money on proper international sports the world plays. The talent that is wasted playing those sports is a total shame.

 

[kun]

Nah, the Irish take Garlic football far more seriously.

We've missed out on their one talented player. The next one isn’t due until 2045.

Ireland, as an island, have consistently produced some top quality footballing talent. It didn't just start with Ferguson.
From Blanchflower and Best to Roy and Robbie Keane. Keepers like Jennings, Bonner and now Bazunu and Kelleher.
Players like Niall Quinn, Richard Dunne, Stephen Ireland, Shay Given, Glenn Whelan, Kevin Horlock, Steve Lomas, Terry Phelan, Damien Duff, Steve Finnan, Shane Long, Dennis Irwin, Seamus Coleman, Paul McGrath, Matt Doherty, James McCarthy, John O'Shea, Johnny Evans, Kevin Kilbane, Steve Staunton, Aiden McGeady and Nathan Collins prove there is a constant stream of PL level players - with occasional world-class talents.

Investing in a club in Ireland would make sense IMO. The LOI is at a very low standard right now but could improve. That would mean it would take comparatively little investment to make a large impact. It would no doubt be a loss making venture at first but if the club can move the talent through the CFG pipeline they could make serious cash off some Irish talent. Say we buy Cork City, and a young Robbie Keane comes through - he may not be good enough for city but he could go to Troyes, Girona, NYCFC or another CFG side and increase their value. An Irish club would make an excellent haven for young loan players as well - as the level is low but physical and they speak English. It would be similar to owning a national league side in that way.

The talent is there - Gaelic football is not a meaningful competitor as you simply cannot make the same sort of living in GAA. The grassroots needs extra funding in Ireland but that could begin with a new CFG club. Also, Gaelic games are less easy to just play with your mates in a park.