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Derry should have camped on MoR's doorstep last September but stupidly held out due to misplaced loyalty to Gallagher. The eventual approach was shambolic and amateurish. Man at the helm is out of his depth. We deserve better.

He was always going to see out the AI series with Glen though.

Good to get one poisonous f**ker out of United anyway.

Was he not one of your best players last year? I found it strange but what's the story?

Sancho. I'm sorry to see McTominay go if that's who you mean.

Looks to be the fault of Derry CB and no one else. Presumably MOR would be close enough with Glass and the rest and would have been easy enough to coax into the Derry job.

Good to get one poisonous f**ker out of United anyway.

Anyone else infested with wasps this week? Or do I have a nest somewhere 

Seen a good few this week alright after hardly any all summer.

What have been the big plays for the SDLP in recent years?
You could substitute SDLP with any other party operating in the north and  remove recent from the question, it would still warrant a rhetorical answer of none.

There are no big plays available.

As mentioned in another thread, elections in NI are now little more than a glorified census.

Nothing happens, nothing changes, nothing moves forward after an election. And nor can it. The real decisions are handled in Westminster. NI's politicians serve only marginally more purpose than acting as a wall between lobbyists and decision makers.

Except after the 2017 election when the Tories had a minority and the DUP named its price. SF could have replaced them but they don't take their seats.

What?! The tories did a confidence and supply deal with the DUP and, in a shock to nobody except the DUP, proceeded to shaft them. You think the Tories would have willingly entered into an agreement with a party they and their voters regard as the IRA in suits? And then honoured it? You think SF should drop their overwhelmingly endorsed/popular abstentionist policy on the off-chance that once a generation (at the very outside) they just might get to hold a balance of power for a few months or years before getting shafted a la DUP?

You claim the DUP named its price? They named it alright, but they didn't get paid. Did they secure a hard British border in Ireland? No. Did they stop the Irish Sea border? No. All they did was split their party.

No harm to you seafoid, but in your efforts to defend the notion of Irish politicians sitting in Westminster, you've really posted some nonsense here today.

Next you'll be telling us that Baroness Richie is performing a crucial service for us all by sitting in the Lords.

The suggestion of SF taking their seats instead of the DUP to do a deal with the Tories didn't even deserve a response but you've nailed it there to be fair.

It's just a regeneration of Eire90 or whatever his name was.

EO seems to live in a world of his own.

Absolutely lol

Sancho to Juventus, loan with obligation to buy.

Get Rashford out and they'll be flying

13% of the population? Almost certain thats the American %.

Anyway if Britain hadn't invaded, colonized and pillaged that particular section of the populations homeland for hundreds of years they maybe wouldn't have had to leave it.

Breheny attacking the split season again.
David Clifford totally in favour of it.

The Split Season is a disaster for GAA journalists. There is nothing to write about after July. Breheny used to do his lists. But that will only get you out a jail a week here, a week there.

Brolly resorts to the makey-up moment that defined a season. A story where a player/Manager/coach does something out of the ordinary and that was the difference in winning an AI.

And that's exactly the point - if journalists aren't writing and there's little or no media coverage, then it simply isn't happening for the majority of people in this country. For many, the gaa season is from April/may until mid July.
The last few weeks the only reference to gaa in the national media has been around Mickey Harte or similar managerial speculation, split season is an absolute disaster from a promotional and financial p.o.v.

I don't know the solution and in truth, I'm not sure a solution was actually needed, the old system worked well enough for long enough, and it's not that the split season is making a visible impact on the running of county championships.

What do you mean it simply isn't happening for the majority of people in this country?

I've never been to so many games in the last month than ever before. If you're a parent, coach or spectator of your club there's loads to be getting on with.

I don't really read the mainstream media as it's too formulaic for me. if you want insight go follow a few podcasts or coaching  groups on Twitter.
The only ones it isn't working for is said churners out of formulaic crappola in the newspapers.

 

Spot on.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/britain/irish-hotel-chain-accused-of-cancelling-oasis-fans-manchester-bookings-and-reselling-rooms-for-triple-the-price/a1616277664.html

This is what hotels get up to. Its mad to think these same f**kers were crying looking for bailing out during covid and this is the carry on they are at. I personally know two people who have had similar done to them in Dublin

Common enough occurrence do hear of air bnb ones at it as well.

All-Ireland club thread should not be taking in general county club championship, simply keep to their own county thread

Sure the all ireland competitors have to come from somewhere.

Fairly unlikely anyone in Armagh makes a dent in Ulster this year bar maybe Forkhill at junior.

Clann Eireann would be decent at Ulster level if they get there and would obviously be great to see Cross get a good run in Ulster given what that clubs had to deal with this week.

Realistically Ulster will be going to Glen again though.

Isn't this the All Ireland Club Championship thread not just Armagh?

Feel free to discuss any other championship....

[Conleith Gilligans]

For what it's worth here's how I see it panning out.

Malachy O Rourke to Tyrone, with either Ryan Porter or Paddy Tally.

Banty to Monaghan with Rory Gallagher his well paid sidekick.

Of Derry were remotely on the ball they should be breaking Conleith Gilligans door down.

Hands off!

Seeing Armagh win the All Ireland is bound to hurt Tyrone.

If they get this appointment right they could be a very dangerous proposition next year and further on.

Unfortunately you're right.

Well I say unfortunately, but to be honest from what I experienced Tyrone ones wished us well for the most part. It was Monaghan, Derry and Down who seemed to be the begrudgers.