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We’ll be gripped by Saturday night fever
Another outbreak of Saturday night fever is imminent — and I must say I for
one am delighted.
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Joe Kernan: We must have the young at heart
Thursday, 4 February 2010
There's an old adage — ‘start as you mean to go on’. I have no doubt that it
has particular resonance in several elements of life — but I certainly have
no great desire to see it applied to one aspect of the new GAA season.
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Joe Kernan: Getting off on right foot makes all the difference
Thursday, 28 January 2010
There has been a common thread running through post-match interviews conducted
with various county team managers in the Barrett Sports Lighting Dr McKenna
Cup to date.
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Joe Kernan: Lawn and his Cookstown team flying flag for Tyrone and Ulster
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Maybe Armagh and Tyrone are not viewed as bosom buddies in a football context
but I must take my hat off to the Cookstown club who have reached the All
Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship final.
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Joe Kernan: Coney and Clarke are making big impact
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Team-building is very much in vogue just now with managers all over the
country striving to assemble their strongest panels for the forthcoming
National League.
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Joe Kernan: Race to moral high ground after Newry v Larne is too quick
Thursday, 21 January 2010
In many ways, sport tends to mirror society as a whole. This being the case,
maybe we should not be particularly surprised nor indeed shocked when
violence infiltrates contests in various codes.
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Joe Kernan: Big freeze has brought problems to the surface
Thursday, 14 January 2010
The current spell of arctic weather has brought a lot of problems to the
surface — and surface is certainly the operative word in this context.
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Joe Kernan: Let’s fit in as many games as possible during rest of January
Thursday, 14 January 2010
If the unthinkable should happen and even one province were to be forced to
cancel their January competition altogether, I would be bitterly
disappointed.
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Joe Kernan: The four provincial champions in 2010 will be...
Thursday, 7 January 2010
It is never a good idea to put your head above the parapet particularly when
it comes to making predictions in a GAA context.
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Joe Kernan: County managers feel heat despite big freeze
Thursday, 7 January 2010
It does not seem that eight years have elapsed since I decided to take the
Armagh squad to La Manga for a bout of warm weather training.
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Joe Kernan: Monaghan won’t be the same again without McAviney’s camera
Thursday, 24 December 2009
When Crossmaglen Rangers landed All Ireland Club titles in 1997, 1999 and
2000, there was obviously much revelry and celebration. After all, the club
had scaled a peak that had initially been deemed impossible not once but
three times within a four-year spell.
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Joe Kernan: Armagh show the future’s Orange
Thursday, 24 December 2009
This was always going to be a special year in a GAA context. After all, the
125th anniversary celebrations were destined to take pride of place in an
extensive programme of fixtures and events that made it one of the busiest
years in the history of the association.
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Joe Kernan: Violence still a major issue facing modern game
Thursday, 17 December 2009
A change is as good as a rest, they say. And it’s maybe appropriate that
change is taking place at different levels in Ulster just when county team
players, managers and officials are resting up during the close season.
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Joe Kernan: We deserve better than awful abuse
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Christmas is traditionally a season of goodwill. But while I fully respect
that people are striving to spread good cheer despite the grim economic
climate, I myself am on the warpath.
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Joe Kernan: Too many demands on county players...so give youth a chance
Thursday, 10 December 2009
While county team players are a prized asset in any club, the time has come
for county board fixture planners to show greater awareness of the demands
that are being made on those same players - and for clubs to give younger
players the chance to step up to the mark at senior level.
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Joe Kernan: Our game is changing for better
Thursday, 10 December 2009
We are living in an ever-changing society. Work practices, social trends,
communications — in practically every aspect of our lives, change is taking
place and at a rapid rate too.
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Joe Kernan: Doctors’ orders work wonders for players
Thursday, 3 December 2009
When Meath won their All Ireland football titles in 1987 and ’88, Gerry
McEntee was a driving force from midfield, his physical power and commitment
helping to underpin Sean Boylan’s all-conquering side.
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Joe Kernan: Tadgh’s father set best example
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Back in 1982 I played against Tim Kennelly when Armagh confronted Kerry in an
All Ireland football semi-final, having previously gone head to head with
him in National League ties. He was a strong, skilful player imbued with
typical Kingdom pride and commitment.
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Joe Kernan: Pact strikes big blow for renewed harmony
Thursday, 26 November 2009
There is one word in the dictionary that is calculated to spawn apprehension,
misgivings and even downright disgust when it is mentioned in a GAA context.
And that word is ‘strike’.
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Joe Kernan: A fitting finale to campaign
Thursday, 19 November 2009
The pendulum has been swinging in different directions in the Ulster Club
Football Championship to date.
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Joe Kernan: Patience is key word
Thursday, 19 November 2009
For any county team manager, the close season is nothing more than the calm
before the storm.
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