If you were the GAA president......

5 things you out to congress do to make our games better?

1. Ban Tyrone ..joking..! 1, Send Antrim and Galway back where they came from!
2. Make the new rules permanent!
3. Decrease the game to 12 aside!
4. Put names on back of jerseys
5. Get rid of the "back door"

1. Close Croke Park to other sports
2. Put more effort into promoting the GAA worldwide
3. Improve the standard of refereeing
4. Stop diving by introducing a review commitee.
5. Scrap the backdoor.

ya cos thats all we need Paul, another fukin committee!!!

What would you put in place of the Back Door then lads, and a "champions league" style format is not an acceptable answer, it's crap!

bald eagle wrote:What would you put in place of the Back Door then lads, and a "champions league" style format is not an acceptable answer, it's crap!

Why is it crap? I think its the only way to go BE. The provinces are uneven and will therefore never be able to fairly serve as the first part of the championship. A league format will make sure that the best teams rise to the top and that all teams get a good few games. Can't see the down side myself.

Admin wrote:1. Close Croke Park to other sports
2. Put more effort into promoting the GAA worldwide
3. Improve the standard of refereeing
4. Stop diving by introducing a review commitee.
5. Scrap the backdoor.

1 Ok Admin - what about concerts??
2 Yep and a hybrid international game is NOT the way!
3 Free appointments at Specsavers methinks!
4 Is this like 5 people holding up 5.6, 5.5, 5.7, 5.5, 5.9 ????
5 Mmmm not sure. Depends on alternative! Us Dubs never get to use the f***ing backdoor anyway and we still can't win!

Admin wrote:1. Close Croke Park to other sports
2. Put more effort into promoting the GAA worldwide
3. Improve the standard of refereeing
4. Stop diving by introducing a review commitee.
5. Scrap the backdoor.

1. What about all the extra revenue they bring in because of the other sports? id say to keep it open for the big games, eg. Irl-NZ in rugby or Irl-Bra in soccer

2. There is an Aussie Rules world championship held every year that has promoted the game in numerous countries. i believe that one should be created to promote the game. you could have Hong Kong, Singapore, Western Australia, Eastern Australia, New Zealand, England, California, New York, Boston, etc....

3. Ref's need to address both team managers & captains in a meeting before the game and line out what he does & does not want to see happening. this is what they do in Soccer & Rugby and in rugby anyways it works out pretty well.

4. Dear god, not another committee!!!!!

5. Deffo agree with scrapping teh backdoor, i would like to see either a Champs League type or an all-ireland knockout!

Liamwalkinstown wrote:5 things you out to congress do to make our games better?

1. Ban Tyrone ..joking..! 1, Send Antrim and Galway back where they came from!
2. Make the new rules permanent!
3. Decrease the game to 12 aside!
4. Put names on back of jerseys
5. Get rid of the "back door"

Why don't you just handeling the ball and it's soccer

RMDrive wrote:

bald eagle wrote:What would you put in place of the Back Door then lads, and a "champions league" style format is not an acceptable answer, it's crap!

Why is it crap? I think its the only way to go BE. The provinces are uneven and will therefore never be able to fairly serve as the first part of the championship. A league format will make sure that the best teams rise to the top and that all teams get a good few games. Can't see the down side myself.

It is crasp, we used to have it in Derry and the County Board caught themselves on. The only thing it's good fro is increased player burnout, poor match attendance and poor matches.

The GAA has lasted 125 years without a "Champions League" format.

If ain't broke....................................................

Loyal2TheRoyal wrote:The GAA has lasted 125 years without a "Champions League" format.

If ain't broke....................................................

You sure about that?

Teams that have already been beaten have the right to go play in the All Ireland yet the winners of the provinces dont get a second chance

1. Erect statues of famous players outside Croke Park.
2. Use a lighter ball in football, would speed up game more
3. Build a new 60,000 capacity stadium in Athlone so it is accessable to everybody. (Include a terrace)
4. Enforce a rule that players must wear shinguards(hurling+football) and helmets(Hurling)
5. Scrap yellow card rule for hurling only.
6. Have a big investigation into what county boards spend their money on.

1. Close Croke park to foreign sports
2. have players names on the backs of their jerseys
3. Totally revamp the stadiums around the country
4. DONT scrap the backdoor system
5. put galway and antrim back in their respective provinces
6. Stop the Aussies from setting up recruitment camps around Ireland

A "Champions League" style format was used in Derry for the last 2 years, and it was a bold move by the Derry C.B. at the time and they were rightly applauded for their vision.

It however transended into a disaster with the majority of "big gun" teams that would've had a chance winning the whole thing not getting past the forst group stages. That coupled with a lack of Championship intensity in the games and quite a number of "meaningless" final matches due to teams being knocked out. This led the knocked out sides and the sides that had qualified to play weaker sides in the final group game and mess up the chances of their reserve teams in their Championship.

It's not the way forward in my opinion and never will be after the disaster in Derry. I applaud the Derry C.B. for trying it, and for realising that it wouldn't work and pulling it also.

I feel that the National League should be tied in with the Championship in some way, ie you can only play for the Sam if you are in Division 1 (made up of 16 counties). This will bring an element of seriousness to the league as well as the championship with final placings seeding the first round draw.

Only one idea i have for the whole thing, and one day my voice will be heard in the halls of Croker!!!!!(I hope)

Admin wrote:1. Close Croke Park to other sports
2. Put more effort into promoting the GAA worldwide
3. Improve the standard of refereeing
4. Stop diving by introducing a review commitee.
5. Scrap the backdoor.

1. I was a big supporter of opening croke park. I am happy to keep it open for big names such as American football or big rugby matches. It should be kept open for concerts

2.I think there should be 6 nations style championship with a team from each country. You could have players from smaller Hurling and football county representing Ireland

3. This I agree with more courses and a top ref live at a game monitoring the ref

4. Hand out supensions to anyone who is caught out diving

5. I dont have any real feeling on the back door system

Was talking to Pauric Duffy there at the weekend, maybe I should have passed on some of your ideas!

mid-mon man wrote:Was talking to Pauric Duffy there at the weekend, maybe I should have passed on some of your ideas!

Look at you name dropping

I met John Barnes once!

Ah he's my former teacher/principal, sure he's not going to forget his star student!

see the "SAY SOMETHING CONTROVERSIAL THREAD" for my ultimate name dropping lads