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Correct but why would anyone think it's okay for senior men's fixtures to go ahead tonight and not allow ladies fixtures tomorrow?    From what they put on social media, they plan on accessing based on weather as they go.  Think only other ladies fixtures is u14s

Not sure, but I don't think that was really the point of the post. The real mind blowing logistic of the weekend isn't to do with the weather, it's the fact that there are Senior Ladies fixtures at 7pm and the County Senior team are playing at 6pm in Newry in the Ulster Championship.

So play senior men's football but don't allow senior ladies football to proceed?

There's more than Senior Ladies fixtures on any given weekend.

Would be delighted to get Amorim.  Very good reports on him.

If I was a Liverpool fan the thing I would be concerned about is will he have the same clout that Klopp had regarding new players coming in, players came to Liverpool not just because it's Liverpool FC but because they wanted to play for Klopp.
You may find now players might be more reluctant, though in fairness Liverpool are in a far better place now than when Klopp first came.

Alot of the players Klopp bought were decent players who he improved coming from small clubs like Southampton, Hoffenheim, Wolves etc so they weren't really competing for the already made top players. Saying that I get what you are saying.

I suppose you are now trading off the 'Klopp factor' against the fact Liverpool are now actively competing each season at the top of the league. Much more of a pull than 5-6 years years ago, regardless of who is at the helm.

As noted also, not too many household names have been signed by Klopp, more so good players, good personalities who he has been able to get the best out of, develop and probably most importantly, keep happy even if regularly on the bench.

City's to lose. Arsenal close second after the dismantling job they did on Liverpool at the Emirates and the furore which followed from pitch and media. Ah well, always next year.

Impressive.

Cancel the season.

Again Down GAA Social media shocking to say the least! No Recognition to are players involved last night!

Here we go again ffs. Precious, easily offended souls. As bad as the woke brigade, and not even factually correct. That post was written on this forum at 11.15pm according to the timestamp. The red mist must have descended that much you couldn't see Facebook, Instagram or Twitter to see the acknowledgement before you posted here. It's just sensationalist nonsense at this stage. Whatever stick can and will be used to beat any part of the Co Board, don't worry about being correct. Not to mention the issues with county social media over the past 7 days.

In fairness there is a massive difference in winning the McCrory with the equivalent of Kerry and bringing Kilkeel single handedly to the final more suited to a Sligo.

Ordinarily I'd agree with you.

But Clarke weren't alone. It was a freakish time for St Louis football.

Over those couple of seasons he'd teammates of the calibre of James Colgan, Joe Ireland and Pete Fitzpatrick, three of the best players in Ireland for their age group.

Then Gavin Joyce, Eamon McConville, Hugh Magee, Gerard McCartan, who won AI minor medals in 2005.

Luke Howard was involved too, a fine player who I think played in an u21 Ai final.

And something in my head says the O'Reilly brothers were St Louis men too around that time.

Marty was fabulous.

But this wasn't just the Marty show.

This is true, they did have a great group. However you take one of those named players out and they still get to the finals. You take Clarke out and they don't. He was still very very much the main man, despite the others around him. The same can be said of the AI Minor team, a great group, but without Clarke, wouldn't have done what they did. In my opinion.

Martin Clarke and Michael Murphy must be the two best MacRory/schools players there have been for a long time. Their longevity and performances in the competitions were sublime.

I think you are showing your age somewhat here.

You will note I said for a long time. A long time could be 20 years. In this instance perhaps that is right. No doubt there will have been other super players, but does age even matter in this scenario? I think not. There can't have been too many players who had the impact on his school side (considering their level) as Clarke did? Perhaps people who have witnessed schools football over a longer time have their own thoughts, and maybe rightly so, but that's the beauty of opinion I suppose.

Checked for updates on this game on Downs Twitter, no mention of it. Really poor form

Check Facebook for information on the reason.

Martin Clarke and Michael Murphy must be the two best MacRory/schools players there have been for a long time. Their longevity and performances in the competitions were sublime.

RIP a tough tough take for any young man.

It's hard to know how this will pan out. One scenario is that it will motivate the players to win for him. Then there's the other one where players don't feel the need to impress as he'll not be here next year. You just don't know.

Couldn't see the latter happening tbh. Not saying they will win all round them, but there'll be no downing tools.

Bradley is f**king outstanding.

top class I reckon he starts Sunday as well as defended well against martinelli in cup.trent to come on when game opens up.glad he chose the soccer over the gaa;)

Good option to have. Bench do him no harm either. Trent is first choice rb obviously but good to have the options. I've said it numerous times before, when Utd, City & Chelsea were winning multiple titles, they weren't sweating over 'who will start', or 'you can't drop him' etc. One drops out and another comes in and doesn't weaken the team. Thats the key. Allows for rest too. Gomez been solid since he's had to drop in across the back line over the last while too. Great to see.

Here's the thing JB.

For years this kind of thing used to annoy me. How could they not know their team in advance? Why do they play silly buggers with line ups and positions? Why do they play silly buggers adding players to the squad from outside the 26/28? What are they so paranoid about revealing... as the oppositions's game plan will be focussed on Murdock, Kerr, Guinness? Etc.

But it's kind of dawned on me the past few years that in pretty much every changing room I've ever been in - up to semi final stages, when the team is usually settled bar injuries - that managers are literally changing their minds right up until the last minute. Some of it is to keep players on their toes, but most of it is about giving them as much time as possible to consider everything.

And that's at club football level... where the stakes aren't as high, the options are more limited, the travel times are minuscule in comparison.

Modern football is a den of overthinking. I could easily imagine conversations with selectors ongoing until an hour before throw-in.

So when I bear all that in mind, it just no longer bothers me that a team isn't named in advance. I'd honestly prefer that over a "dud" team.

Especially for R1 of the league.

I'm going to try really hard to take this guidance on board and not get frustrated with lack of team information... I'm dreading Thursday already though as that's when it usually dawns on me that we have nothing online again..
but I'm going to try Wob
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Nothing online again? Almost every football team for the last 3 years has been published in all competitions in advance of the game. You are clutching at straws. For a Sunday game, you want the team published on a Thursday night? You are mad in the head. The players wouldn't even know the team at that stage, regardless of what paperwork has to go where on a Wednesday. The faux outrage knows no bounds.