League 2021

Big Jim

Big Jim

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Influx said:
Spoke to Eir Sport earlier who said that us northerners cannot view their NFL coverage, directed to Premier Sports who said they were not covering games til next month. Is it the case that we will not be able to watch our team in our final two group games?
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Now that is proper disgusting (I think). There are still issues with people moving around and definitely not allowed to attend games and they are effectively making them behind closed doors for Nordies! Yeah they really do want unification in the 26.
 
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niall1980

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JoeH said:
Scandalous stuff
So much for a 32 County organisation
Hopefully the media will pick this up about the discrimination for the north
How the hell the those well paid officials in croke park allow this to happen?
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Think I will get rid of my premier sports subscription
 
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niall1980

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McGeeney confirms Jamie Clarke not involved with Armagh this year, which I think had been flagged.

Some other interesting comments on rte.ie:

On player opt-outs

Everyone has a personal choice. Jamie is an exceptionally good fella, I have a lot of time for him personally and he was always straight up when he goes.

Some people just have different passions. I don't really think it's got to do with the football or the commitment. They just tend to give commitment to other things, I suppose it depends where your cards are aligning on your particular journey.

I think we're all caught in a time warp. We tend to focus in on the three/four players (who don’t commit) of the 3000 who are involved with inter-county, I think it’s a small percentage. I would actually think the opposite, I think football nowadays is far more enjoyable.

You have to remember that when we (90s-early 00s players) were going back training/travelling home, we were going back to run. We did a pre-season in September, another one in January and another one in April/May, and all we did was run. That's all we did, run. The summer months were great but you still ran until a week or two before championship when you got to sharpen up with a few sprints.

Now it’s just all football, outside of pre-season, it's all game scenarios. I think it’s a great time to be involved in football. I genuinely do. I think it’s moved on exponentially, in terms of what they’re doing for their players, and even just to be able to access the different things that you can now as a footballer.

It’s not for everybody, especially when you’re not getting first-team hurling or football, it’s easy to get disgruntled because in everything like that, people are going to have different opinions, mine might not be right and a manager might pick different players but I think in general, players are enjoying football and hurling.

On Kieran Donaghy:

We have Kieran Donaghy, Ciaran McKeever and Ciaran McKinney. It seems to be the four Ciarans. It's a bit of craic when they're giving out to us.

The reason I went after Kieran (Donaghy) was Kieran made a career out of bringing other people into the game and I just think that's something we were still missing in Armagh. It’s sometimes hard to explain to people. Sometimes, I think you can have too many good forwards. You need people to make them tick, a bit like Kilkenny does for Dublin, like Kieran would have done for Kerry, things like that. I just thought Kieran would have that type of background in his basketball too.

Kieran is a very gregarious type of character anyway. He is good fun. They (the players) find it hard to stop laughing at me all the time... It's good to have somebody else in with a sense of humour. I don't think it’s so much where people come from. I also think the fact that although playing underage with Kerry, that he got in through the Underdogs system, he has a great humility about him as well.

He has loads of All-Irelands in the back pockets, All-Stars and things like that, International Rules. He has got everything but there is a great humility about him too, and a great humility about the way he does things. I don’t really think it makes a difference where you are from. Your characteristics you bring to it will definitely add a different dimension. I think the three Ciarans all have their own character, but Kieran’s pathway has definitely given him all the attributes to be a great coach.
 
Ard Mhacha 13

Ard Mhacha 13

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Influx said:
Spoke to Eir Sport earlier who said that us northerners cannot view their NFL coverage, directed to Premier Sports who said they were not covering games til next month. Is it the case that we will not be able to watch our team in our final two group games?
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What? Really? Well wouldn't that just be bloody typical :mad:
 
Armaghniac

Armaghniac

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Influx said:
If it is the case that we cannot see games that our fellow gaels just a few miles away can enjoy, is there any truth in the rumour that Damian McCullough is planning to commentating on these games, whilst hanging from a drone above the centre field area of the Athletic Grounds. Knowing Damian, it seems credible!
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It is possible that the GAAGo may work in the North. The same issues that prevent watching games, i.e. that the IP number is geocoded someplace in Britain, might save the day. This is more likely to work on a PC than a tablet or phone, where it van determine the location from the GPS.

I'm in the 26 counties, I think my best plan is to get a VPN for a couple of weeks and get the games on GAAGo.
 
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Too Long Ref

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Armaghniac said:
It is possible that the GAAGo may work in the North. The same issues that prevent watching games, i.e. that the IP number is geocoded someplace in Britain, might save the day. This is more likely to work on a PC than a tablet or phone, where it van determine the location from the GPS.

I'm in the 26 counties, I think my best plan is to get a VPN for a couple of weeks and get the games on GAAGo.
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GAAGo are doing a super deal for €25 for Island of Ireland.

It's gets you a year's access to it and all games not on Sky, TG4 & RTE are being shown on it. I'm not sure what the story is with Eirsport stuff.
 
Lemallon

Lemallon

Active Member
Too Long Ref said:
GAAGo are doing a super deal for €25 for Island of Ireland.

It's gets you a year's access to it and all games not on Sky, TG4 & RTE are being shown on it. I'm not sure what the story is with Eirsport stuff.
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I logged on to Renew on the app and an annual pass was the only option. €50
 
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