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Folks,
Have any of ye bought one of the Órga Retro Wear jerseys yet?

There's a new one coming out for us soon, so I just wanted to gauge the sizing of it, before buying.

If you have one, what's the fit like...tight and exact as per their website measurements (which can sometimes be taken with a pinch of salt!), or do they fit bigger in real life?

Any feedback would be appreciated!

It's the same team as the one that was named last week, apart from Moynagh named at 4, instead of Conroy.

The writing has been on the wall for a long time. Most of us knew that there was something missing the 1st year, but the 2nd one confirmed it. We've gone backwards during his tenure, but hopefully we can get a shape on things again now.

It would he great to see a few players coming back, before they're past it. 2016's team was the best in a long time, but dissolved as soon as Mattie came for various reasons. It'd be great to see a few of them give it another lash before it passes them by, along with the best of the young lads we have now. With a bit of a solid plan on the sideline, there is the makings of a fairly decent side there.

Given what we've seen over the last while, that's pretty much EXACTLY what we're in for, I'd imagine!
We can live in hope of a change in tactics, but I wouldn't hold your breath...

An added bonus to all of this would be the spectacle of Cavan and Tyrone rattling around in front of a small crowd in Croke Park.
Just to ram home the point.
No disrespect to either county, but the penny needs to drop that fixtures other than the Leinster final, Super 8s, semi-finals and the final need to be kept well away from the place.
The stadium itself and the actual game is diminished by small attendances.

Damn straight...nothing worse than those matches when you can hear individual voices echoing around the place!

Brewster Park - Fermanagh 5pm

Now we feckin have yis!!!!!

It makes damn all sense, opening Croker for a small crowd, but If they are going to insist on having it in Dublin, rather than changing to Brewster, they should at least consider Parnell Pk, so there might be some semblance of an atmosphere.

For selfish reasons, Dublin suits me grand, 'cause that's where I live. I've been up and down the country, becoming more and more annoyed with what I've been seeing, as the weeks went on. It hasn't been pretty lately, as most of the Cavan heads will testify to, so at least that way, I can wander over to the match and then go and sup pints all evening, without having to get in the car. I have enough bloody miles done for one year!

Fair play to everyone. That's what it's all about, at the end of the day.

I was below. Great to get the win and it was well deserved!
I didn't get to Ennis, but I was at all the rest and there is a good consistency to the performances, which continued today.
That was the problem with last year...far too much chopping and changing and a different team sheet every week. We simply did not have a settled team. What we are seeing this year looks a lot more settled and the results so far are proving that right.

We played a really good first half, into a strong breeze. Cork were playing 13/14 behind the ball a lot of the time, which was hard to break down, but we chipped away. We fell away a bit in the second half, and were a fair bit more meandering in the first two thirds. It invited Cork onto us more than we needed. In fairness though, we defended well and gave away very few frees. We weathered the storm and if anyone was going to rattle the net it should have been us. Moynagh pulled a shot wide and both Galligan and Martin R had good efforts cleared off the line. Cork didn't really have any solid goal chances, but they did put a lot of scoreable point efforts wide. If they had been more clinical at that stage of the match, the gap could have been a whole lot tighter.

The last time I was there was a horrible h***r of a day in the qualifiers, so it is great to finally put that demon to rest!

I'll have to say that I'd prefer Galligan goals, purely for his restarts. Farrelly is a good keeper, no doubt, but his kick outs just aren't as accurate. We gave a few scores away, that came from poor restarts. When Murray came on, he worked really hard to make himself available for kick outs on a few occasions and he was picked out well, but there wasn't enough of it. Unless you really have no other options, the days of just hitting it in a lad's general direction are gone.

Ado Cole scored two lovely points (one under serious pressure) but I'm not convinced that he is the ff that we need. A decent footballer, no doubt, but he's a bit scattery betimes. I'd like to perhaps see David Brady getting a decent run in that position.

The pitch was in s***e...it was more beach than field and cut up very badly. I don't know how they played the hurling after, without losing the sliotar in some of the craters that appeared!

Great to get a win under our belts...first time in a long auld time that we've scalped one of the 'top' teams.

Going down yesterday, there was plenty of chat around the fact that for the first time this year, we were all happy enough with how the team was lining out. The team selections to date just didn't sit right with anyone and were overly experimental. It was obvious that some experiments were not working and that others didn't get a proper chance at all. We lined out on a more obvious way yesterday and it worked...the proof of the pudding is in the eating and all that jazz!

When Mayo went 5 up, with a strong wind, it looked ominous, but for whatever reason, from then on, they out Cavaned Cavan...endless lateral recycling, no penetration etc etc. Another team would've approached it in a very different manner and it was fairly clear to see what they needed to keep doing, but for whatever reason they didn't! Once the goal went in everyone could smell blood and it is a credit to our lads that they took the opportunity when it presented itself, because we don't always do that.

Of course there are things that could've been better and one swallow doesn't make a Summer, but we've had a lot of negatives to process over the last few weeks, so let's just soak up a wee bit of positivity for a while.

Some great performances...Big G, Rory, Killian (way more at home at 6), Martin and Dara McV all played well, and I thought that Joe D had a good cut to him when he came on. I'd like to see more of him.
That pass from Martin to Mossy was pure sexy...pity he didn't stick it in the top corner!

We've given ourselves a fighting chance of survival, so hopefully we'll go out and give Kerry their fill of it next weekend. In the meantime, have a pint or two, if you're into that kind of thing and enjoy the fact that we've just beaten last year's All Ireland finalists in their own back yard. We have more than our fair share of bad days, so it is important to enjoy the good ones when they do come along!

Team for Omagh announced...

1. Ray Galligan
2. Fergal Reilly
3. Killian Brady
4. Jason McLoughlin
5. Ciaran Brady
6. Conor Moynagh
7. Martin Reilly
8. Tomas Corr
9. Gearoid McKiernan
10. Gerard Smith
11. Dara McVeety
12. Niall Clerkin
13. Niall Murray
14. Conor Madden
15. Sean Johnston

Surprised to see Faulkner on the bench...I'd have him in there.

Yep, that's pretty much it folks...I think we're all on the same page so far.

We don't have a good shape to us at all, at the minute. OK, it may not always have been pretty betimes over the last few years, but there was a plan and a shape that we tried to stick to. It paid off...we didn't find ourselves back in Div1 by accident. In last year's League in particular (ok, different quality of opposition granted) we looked more tactically prepared and moved forward with purpose. I don't see much evidence of that these days. We have a potentially great back 7 but m/f isn't clicking and there is nothing cohesive about us going up the field, most of the time. The team selections are so erratic and all over the place from week to week.

McG talking the talk, but not walking the walk yet. Everyone deserves a proper chance, and I'll happily be proven wrong, but I'm not convinced by what I've seen from him so far. Hopefully that will change soon. I'll be interested to hear his take on last night. The 'isn't it great to be here...over the moon' schtick has worn very thin with me (and many more!) by now!

The 1st half was a total write off last night...frustrating to see the amount of primary possession and breaking balls lost around the middle. I don't know how we managed to only go in 2 down at the break!
The 2nd half was better, and showed glimpses of potential at times, even if it was fairly obvious that the game was out of reach. We pushed forward better for 20 minutes or so, and got a few nice scores. If we can play like that for 70 minutes, we might be onto something.
Finishing the game with 15 on the field would also be a help...it really is an uphill battle when the opposition have the numbers to play keep ball with, for long periods of time.

Saddens me to say it but cavan are gone. That was as bad as they have been in years. A rude awakening for all the idiots that were delighted to see Hyland ran when there was no one as good as him available. Not a forward in sight, Johnson at this level isn't up to it. But what was the game plan, it looks like a disorganised mess. Depressing stuff.

Manager way out of his depth. Team selections and substitutions are all over the shop. No apparent tactics.

Yep, it is looking that way all right. No shape to us atm.

As for Cavan folk wasting their time travelling - good enough for them

How empathic of you. Still and all, we'll be back on the 12th. Try to have your s**t together by then, if you don't mind.   

Arrived in Omagh at 13.40 only to be told that the game had been called off 10 minutes earlier. 386 km round trip. Very annoying, considering that it had seemingly been clear to lots of people this morning, that the pitch was totally unplayable. I know that the ref had final say, but there needs to be provision for someone closer to the location to make a call in such obvious circumstances.

In fact, the referee stated on the radio, that the ref for the Donegal/Dublin game had in fact called in to see it on his way to Ballybofey, and had serious doubts about it's playability (he texted him pictures of a waterlogged pitch apparently). Surely a call could have been made even then, rather than waiting for our ref to arrive at 13.20. Complete pain in the ass, especially considering that we have to make the same trip all over again in a couple of weeks!