GAA VS FAI thread

schillaci wrote: SByrne24 wrote: schillaci wrote: GAA is f**king sh*te. You only have to look at what they do for 'training' to see how sh*te it is. They just hoof the ball back and forward to each other to practice kicking and catching and do endless handpassing drills. Absolute muck. You're comparing an amateur sport v a professional sport. There is a great amount of skill involved in Gaelic football as there is in hurling. Don't be pathetic. No I'm not. I'm comparing my local amateur soccer and GAA clubs. Theres f**k all skill in Gaelic football, although hurling is a fine sport.  I'd bet a team of Premier league goalkeepers with a few weeks training would beat a county side in a Gaelic football match. Awful stuff

Its typical GAA mentality , comparing their sport to top level football that the muppets feel so inferior of. Its a line often trotted out trying to make themselves feel special. Amateur v Professional , f**k off. Every professional footballer started out as an amateur so piss off if you are so bitter that you cant make a living off your sport. And then they might try to make an argument that their elite players are effectively professionals who don't get paid they are that good  Piss off

willmcc83 wrote: Green Devil wrote: The GAA is the establishment sporting organisation in this country not rugby, athletics, soccer, rowing etc. All given massive grants, plots of land etc.  So it's no surprise that even your bog standard average GAA club would have better facilities than a lot of the top soccer teams in certain counties.  I'm not asking my local GAA club to give my team discount on beers in the clubhouse, the use of their players gym etc. But to allow us use of half the senior pitch and floodlights for an hour a week during the off season, which we would pay them handsomely for.  TBF Carlow Rugby Club have allowed numerous soccer clubs use of their pitches and facilities  We're blessed we have Carlow IT on our doorstep, they have some of the best soccer facilities in the country but to train there for 3 hours a week it's costing €160.  What GAA clubs and county boards were given plots of land?

The current pairc Ui caoimh rebuild saw a rival sport have its land cpo'd. There were millions of acres given to them by the land commission in the early 20's