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Just after watching a few of your most talented boys on RTE 2, Mossy Mc Cann and Niall Mc Keever on that OZ Factor show.  

I was heartened by the absence of Sean Mc Greevy, i'm assuming he told that Ricky Nixon c**t where to go !

Could be wrong, but i don't think so hardstation. Think the defeated finalists have to play the winners of round 2 of the qualifiers.

you have to be joking mohan. give the man time, he'll be after you. rumour has it he likes posting on this board...

lets see if we can get this thread to go over a 100 pages this time!

Let him ...

I thought the lining out of the team against Tyrone was criminal.

Paul Murphy? Eoin Brown?

Not Inter-County standard at all!

aye but sir there were injuries lets see how he goes with a full panel to pick from. would say monaghan are favourites atm
ive a serious question, who would win in a fight. dick clerkin or patsy bradley?

Patsy

Injuries are a bad excuse - Where was Conleith Gilligan, Wilkinson, McCloy?

Wilkinson and Gilligan aren't even on the panel this year! And DC just didn't put Mc Cloy on.

Exactly
Wilkinson was MOTM for Ballinderry last year ... was perfectly suited for the Tyrone game and style of play + lots of experience
Gilligan could have been a great addition
McCloy should have been on after 20 mins (should have started anyway) and gone CB when McGoldrick went to MF

Only agree with you on Mc Cloy.

Wilkinson could have been worth a shout against Tyrone only because the half forward line on that day was in complete disarray.

I think Gilligan despite being given plenty of opportunity has never shown his worth on the intercounty stage. Dont thonk he is worth drafting in.

I think if he had even brought McCloy on to stick to Cavanagh after 20 mins when Murphy came off he could have realised O'Kane who is the best defensive attacking option

Agree completey, O'Kane did an excellent job on what he was assigned to do .... nullify Cavanagh.  The only problem with that was Derry missed his foraging runs up the field which he did so effectively time and again against Monaghan.
Mc Kaigue was left to take up this role agaisnt Tyrone and with all due respect he didnt have much impact, he just ran into trouble too often.
Only thing is .. would Mc Cloy have kept Cavanagh as quiet as O'Kane did ?? O'Kane matched him for pace and was constantly snapping at his heels throughout the game.   I'm not sure Mc  Cloy would have kept him as quiet.

you have to be joking mohan. give the man time, he'll be after you. rumour has it he likes posting on this board...

lets see if we can get this thread to go over a 100 pages this time!

Let him ...

I thought the lining out of the team against Tyrone was criminal.

Paul Murphy? Eoin Brown?

Not Inter-County standard at all!

aye but sir there were injuries lets see how he goes with a full panel to pick from. would say monaghan are favourites atm
ive a serious question, who would win in a fight. dick clerkin or patsy bradley?

Patsy

Injuries are a bad excuse - Where was Conleith Gilligan, Wilkinson, McCloy?

Wilkinson and Gilligan aren't even on the panel this year! And DC just didn't put Mc Cloy on.

Exactly
Wilkinson was MOTM for Ballinderry last year ... was perfectly suited for the Tyrone game and style of play + lots of experience
Gilligan could have been a great addition
McCloy should have been on after 20 mins (should have started anyway) and gone CB when McGoldrick went to MF

Only agree with you on Mc Cloy.

Wilkinson could have been worth a shout against Tyrone only because the half forward line on that day was in complete disarray.

I think Gilligan despite being given plenty of opportunity has never shown his worth on the intercounty stage. Dont think he is worth drafting in.

Cheers Milltown.

If Tyrone managed to get lucky and put the Saffrons out ... and i do emphasise the word 'IF' ... whose scalp out of the below would ya fancy

1. Down v Laois
2. Monaghan v Derry
3. Longford v Kerry
4. Wexford v Roscommon
5. Tipperary v Sligo
6. Donegal v Clare
7. Westmeath v Meath
8. Wicklow v Cavan

Random queston ... When does Belfast become part of County Down ??

I know that Bredagh is a county down club, it's based around upper ormeau so is it once you cross the ormeau bridge that you are in County Down ?

anyone who was at the cargin v st galls game..

how did rory gallagher get on? i still reckon he could do a job with fermanagh 4ward line

He was alright Erne, he started at CHF,  he showed good movement and awareness at times.  Could be mistaken but i think he scored a couple of frees.  Unfair to judge him on the basis of a league game that didn't seem to be taken all that seriously, but overall he didn't stand out.

But yeah he could be worth a shout in that current Fermanagh team

Just back from the St Galls v Cargin game, it finished a draw, St Galls 2-12 Cargin 1-15.  Both sides were far from full strength with St Galls having a larger number of absentees.  Overall, I felt Cargin deserved the win.  They conceded a soft enough goal in the 1st half  and St Galls were awarded what appeared to be a dubious enoguh penalty in the 2nd half.  Niblock came on during the 2nd half and made a definite impact and with Cargin losing shape, St Galls came back into it.  Agree with you Milltown in the sense I can see how St Galls would be a different proposition come championship time.

A draw? Who'd a thought... 

Must have been a good open match Atticus with that scoreline? Neither team playing their full hand, but neither ceding ground. What was the score at half-time? Did many of the county men feature?

Building up to a humdinger of a championship semi-final - particularly given the token resistance Cargin put up last year at that stage.

It will be like Munster. Whoever wins that semi-final will have the championship in the bag.

Yeah, It was an enjoyable enough game to watch.  Think Cargin were 3 points up at half time, from what i remember it was 1-8 to 1-5.  Cargin conceded a soft enough goal not long before the half time whistle.

County Men playing for Cargin included Tomas Mc Cann, Scullion, Crozier and Close.

St. Galls had  Gallagher playing for them as well as Mc Clean, O'Neill and Colin Brady. Niblock came on the 2nd half.

Quite a few St Galls missing as there was county hurling training so that ruled out two of the mc gourtys and karl stewart. 

Was talking to a chap at the game that says Kevin Mc Gourty has hung up his boots, any truth in that milltown?

Would imagine a championship game between them would be a good contest, would still fancy St Galls to shade it with all their players out.

Just back from the St Galls v Cargin game, it finished a draw, St Galls 2-12 Cargin 1-15.  Both sides were far from full strength with St Galls having a larger number of absentees.  Overall, I felt Cargin deserved the win.  They conceded a soft enough goal in the 1st half  and St Galls were awarded what appeared to be a dubious enoguh penalty in the 2nd half.  Niblock came on during the 2nd half and made a definite impact and with Cargin losing shape, St Galls came back into it.  Agree with you Milltown in the sense I can see how St Galls would be a different proposition come championship time.

Anyone know when the St. Galls vs Cargin game is ?  Was told it's tomorrow evening but i'm thinkin it couldn't be wit the football on saturday and the hurling today ?

Any predictions for it, would it be worth a watch ?

What's Casement's capacity and do you think it will sell out?