Re: 2010 GAA Betting thread

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Four favourites for Div 1 games

Kerry, Mayo,Tyrone and Cork

about 7/1

[mid-mon man]

I've a feeling one of Tyrone or Kerry will be beat!

[Dougal]

i have a feeling kerry or mayo will lose,but not tyrone.Sorry MMM

[mid-mon man]

Well I was right anyway and thankfully it was the one I wanted to lose!

[mossbags]

Well I was right anyway and thankfully it was the one I wanted to lose!

Good result for Monaghan. I'd imagine Iniskeen might have been worth a point or two to them today.

[Boxtyeater]

Well I was right anyway and thankfully it was the one I wanted to lose!

Good result for Monaghan. I'd imagine Iniskeen might have been worth a point or two to them today.

Forumites...did ye watch this today?...I did.
A couple of points:...A bloody fine ground, extra pitch, fine sod, great car parking, grand stand, excellent landscaping, all in all a friggin' good looking set-up.
Question for MMM or anyone in the know: (A) are Inniskeen a senior club? They weren't but a junior club back in Boxty's days in Monaghan.
(B) The Tyrone m/fdr Cassidy caught 3 mighty balls in the closing quarter of an hour. Has the noble art of fielding returned?

[mossbags]

Paddy K cost the Grattans big time back when he slipped off for a 'mineral' in the 1926 County Final. Surprised you don't remember that Boxty. Anyway this article explains it pretty well while also whettin the appetite for the Paddys day club finals.

'WHAT would the poetic genius of the area's most famous son have made of it? All-ticket National Football League games in Inniskeen weren't on the GAA's schedule back in the early 1940s when Patrick Kavanagh -- who is reputed to have been a talented, if somewhat eccentric, goalkeeper -- accused the "stony grey soil of Monaghan" of burgling the bank of his youth.
Almost 70 years on, Inniskeen will host a League game against Tyrone
next Sunday (Clones is undergoing repairs) and since the official
capacity of the Grattans' ground is around 3,700, it's a ticket-only
occasion. There's intense demand for tickets, proving yet again that
the best way to popularise an event is to restrict the accessibility
routes. What next in these unusual times? An All-Ireland senior club football final between teams from Clare and Antrim?
Actually, yes. It takes place two weeks from today when Kilmurry-Ibrickane meet St Gall's
in what will be one of the most uplifting occasions in the 40-year
history of the AIB All-Ireland club championships. Indeed, what with
disputes over the experimental rules, objections to the use of video
for disciplinary hearings and the interminable saga of Limerick hurling's woes, the club finals at Croke Park on St Patrick's Day will provide a welcome escape from dreary negativity.
In terms of appeal and contrast, they are possibly the most
exciting pairings the finals have ever produced. Not only will all the
provinces be represented, but the difference between the hurling and
football finalists could scarcely be greater. giants
Hurling features giants from two top hurling counties as Ballyhale Shamrocks, joint leaders with Birr on four All-Ireland titles, face Portumna, who are bidding to become the first club in either code to win the three-in-a-row.
And if that wasn't exciting enough, the game will pit Henry Shefflin, arguably the greatest hurler of all time, against Joe Canning,
a youngster with an eye to supplanting King Henry as No 1. The football
final will have a completely different texture, as the best of Clare
and Antrim collide in their driven pursuit of a first All-Ireland
title. Nobody would have come even close to predicting a
Kilmurry-Ibrickane versus St Gall's when 32 clubs set out on the
provincial road last October. Indeed, there are lots of clubs all over
the country who are convincing themselves that if they were catapulted
into Croke Park for the final, they would beat either of the finalists.
Sorry, lads, you got your chance and came up short, whereas
K/I and St Gall's didn't. That clubs from two of the so-called 'weaker'
football counties succeeded in threading their way through all the
ambushes to reach the final is not only a massive boost to the
championships but has also given clubs everywhere something to aim for.
Up to now, Baltinglass (1990) were the only club from a 'weaker' county to win the football title. Thomond College
won in 1978, but it was comprised of star names from several counties
and was not regarded as a true representative of Limerick. That
accusation cannot be levelled at K/I or St Gall's, who have reached the
final for the second time in five seasons. They lost to Salthill-Knocknacarra in 2006, an experience they reckon will give them an advantage in the final.
However, K/I -- who haven't conceded a single goal in five
provincial and All-Ireland games and who are expertly tutored by
manager Micheal McDermott -- are on a mission which they believe is accompanied by an unstoppable sense of destiny.
Who would have thought in 1996 when Sixmilebridge beat Dunloy in the hurling final that Clare and Antrim would be opposed in a football final 14 years later?
Patrick Kavanagh would have loved the club championships and,
in a different time, might even have played in them, although legend
has it that he once cost Inniskeen a county title. Former Sunday
Independent editor, the late Michael Hand, used to tell a story of being once sent to Inniskeen to report on local reaction to Kavanagh's success as a writer.
He assumed locals would be thrilled with the distinction
visited on the parish by Kavanagh, but instead he found a degree of
antipathy, which surprised him. Eventually, a local bar man appraised
him of the background, explaining that Inniskeen Grattans were once
leading by two points late in a county final when their goalkeeper
(Kavanagh) "left the bloody goal to get a mineral from a huckster and
while he was gone the other crowd got the winning goal." After that, Kavanagh could pen as much beautiful poetry as
he liked, but would never be forgiven for costing Inniskeen the county
title. That's poetry for you!
- Martin Breheny

[mid-mon man]

Well I was right anyway and thankfully it was the one I wanted to lose!

Good result for Monaghan. I'd imagine Iniskeen might have been worth a point or two to them today.

Forumites...did ye watch this today?...I did.
A couple of points:...A bloody fine ground, extra pitch, fine sod, great car parking, grand stand, excellent landscaping, all in all a friggin' good looking set-up.
Question for MMM or anyone in the know: (A) are Inniskeen a senior club? They weren't but a junior club back in Boxty's days in Monaghan.
(B) The Tyrone m/fdr Cassidy caught 3 mighty balls in the closing quarter of an hour. Has the noble art of fielding returned?

Inniskeen are an Intermediate team this year Boxty, but they'd be moving between that and the Senior division over the last few years, they'll be Senior again next year I'd imagine. They've improved alot over the last 10 years or so, won the All-Ireland Intermediate a few years ago.

The ground really is top-class, one of the best club set-ups in the country by all acounts, certainly one of the very best I've seen. We played our championship semi-final against Magheracloone there last year and it's by some distance the best surface I've played on. It wasn't long opened but by god it was like a carpet! The county players say it's a better surface than Croker on a summers day. You should have seen the old set-up they had there(maybe you were there before Boxty?) stuck in the middle of the town and a real chore to get to with the winding roads through the houses, and the pitch was terrible, going up a good metre at the corners at the far end from the entrance. A world of difference to their current set-up, they're getting alot of praise for it and rightly so.

As for the game itself today, delighted with the result. To have any chance of staying up we were going to have to pick up the points at home but this one was going to be tough. Encouraging to see us come from behind and eek out a narrow win under pressure, usually it's the opposite for us! Nice to win when we weren't very convincing in front of the posts despite scoring 1-14. Tommy Freeman was good and worked hard but didn't score as much as he'd like. McManus had what is a rare off-day these days, didn't do much from play though he scored a few lovely frees. Credit also to Finlay for knocking over a good few. Dick Clerkin my MOTM, was all over the pitch and turned in a typical workhorse performance, just the type of effort needed there today. Valuable experience was gained for alot of young lads on show today, I was surprised at how many started and came on but they all acquited themselves well and looked up to the challenge against an experience Tyrone team. The half-back line that started was aged 18, 19 and 21! And another 20 and 19 year old came off the bench, there's a couple putting their hands up for selection come summertime.

[Boxtyeater]

[quote="mossbags"]Paddy K cost the Grattans big time back when he slipped off for a 'mineral' in the 1926 County Final. Surprised you don't remember that Boxty. Anyway this article explains it pretty well while also whettin the appetite for the Paddys day club finals.

I was only 10 then.......

[Boxtyeater]

You should have seen the old set-up they had there(maybe you were there before Boxty?) stuck in the middle of the town and a real chore to get to with the winding roads through the houses, and the pitch was terrible, going up a good metre at the corners at the far end from the entrance. A world of difference to their current set-up, they're getting alot of praise for it and rightly so.

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Good report MMM, thanks. Boxty did indeed play in Inniskeen back in the day!!! I've told you before...We played a "Paddy Kavanagh" tournament back in the late 60's on a Whit weekend when 'twas a village, Carrick Emmets V Magheracloone..
Long weekend, porter, tribalism and "weak refereeing" led to a fractious affair....

Ah Yes!!! The good old days...

[mid-mon man]

Ah yeah sure I remember you talking about that tournament! It was somewhat of an intimidating venue alright! I remember after one particularly bad-tempered game against Inniskeen at minor level there were a few slaps thrown on the short walk back from the field to the dressing room, things could have turned ugly if the management didn't quickly usher us into the ready and waiting bus!

It's funny though, both the best and worst surfaces I've played on were both Inniskeen's!

[Boxtyeater]

It's funny though, both the best and worst surfaces I've played on were both Inniskeen's!

It's gas tho' really. Looking at the pitch/ground/facility that is Inniskeen today, albeit an Intermediate club in Monaghan (no disrespect intended) it is on a par with the recently re-furbished County ground that is Pairc Séan in Carrick..

Methinks we're some way behind here.....

[bocerty]

Cavan Offaly Dublin & Kerry all to win pays about 13/1 - worth a punt i'd say

typical of Cavan - let you down a bagful

[Boxtyeater]

typical of Cavan - let you down a bagful

Bocerty (ass-kicked) snakes back onto forum post here....

Well, tell us Boc...

[mid-mon man]

It's funny though, both the best and worst surfaces I've played on were both Inniskeen's!

It's gas tho' really. Looking at the pitch/ground/facility that is Inniskeen today, albeit an Intermediate club in Monaghan (no disrespect intended) it is on a par with the recently re-furbished County ground that is Pairc Séan in Carrick..

Methinks we're some way behind here.....

You see they sold their old ground to developers, just before the price of land plummeted so they got quite a sum of money for it, you can certainly tell alot of money went into their new set-up. Some shrewd men around Inniskeen alright!

[mossbags]

It's funny though, both the best and worst surfaces I've played on were both Inniskeen's!

I had the same thing going on with my ex

[bocerty]

typical of Cavan - let you down a bagful

Bocerty (ass-kicked) snakes back onto forum post here....

Well, tell us Boc...

what do you want to know Boxty????

[mossbags]

Bank 1022.50 (+522.50)

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Tricky week this. Mayo should beat the Dubs at home I reckon, gonna take a wee shot on them going to town.

ADVISED
Mayo (-5) v Dublin, 0.5 @ 3/1
ie 50 staked to win 150

Bank 972.50

After being unlucky enough last time Westmeath will be all out this week for the win and 6/4 at home to a flakey Laois side looks more than fair to me. Also the KIBs are way overpriced imo for Paddys day so this weeks money

ADVISED
Westmeath 2points @ 6/4 to beat Laois
Kilmurray 1point @ 3/1 to beat St Galls

[Guest]

have not really been following this thread but i think galway at home to kerry at 6-4 and cork away to tyrone at same price

[bocerty]

Cork -3
Dublin
Kerry
Armagh
Derry

pays about 31/1

[mossbags]

Bank 672.50

I wouldn't put anyone off Galway to bate De Duds at 15/8. Meath and Kerry also look decent value for their excursions up north this weekend but my money will be on the Farney to administer a wee reality check to mayo where many still blame a Monaghan mon for 96. Also Waterford, with some big names returning to the fold, look too big against Tipp in the hurling

ADVISED
Waterford to beat Tipp 0.5 points @ 3/1
(50 staked to win 150)

Monaghan to beat Mayo 1 point @ 9/4
(100 staked to win 225)

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