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25 Minutes at least, its not exactly Motorway ffs
35 minutes from Belfast
County Chairman and assistant treasurer from St Johns..so it will be in Belfast

I just think it should be in Ballymena. But as I said, a far bigger crowd will go to matches in North Antrim, i'd be saying the same if it was Dunloy or Loughgiel.
Anyway it doesnt really affect the match, I just think its common sense.

Plenty of siege mentality stuff coming out, county bashing refereeing bashing, venue bashing! Very strange, never heard the Dall be like this before

It's not siege mentality at all. It wouldn't matter a difference  to the the result at all, but for people all over the county wanting to watch the match I dont think the likely venue of Lamh Dhearg is a good place to hold the crowd you could get elsewhere.

25 Minutes at least, its not exactly Motorway ffs
35 minutes from Belfast
County Chairman and assistant treasurer from St Johns..so it will be in Belfast

I just think it should be in Ballymena. But as I said, a far bigger crowd will go to matches in North Antrim, i'd be saying the same if it was Dunloy or Loughgiel.
Anyway it doesnt really affect the match, I just think its common sense.

Probably will be   , even though you'd get twice the crowd in North Antrim and better venues.

Ballymena is right in the middle

[quickest cynical response I have read on this Forum]

Antrim not spending it wisely would be my biggest fear.  Dublin were very well organised and had a great plan in place.

Good man. That's the quickest cynical response I have read on this Forum, and there's a fair bit of competition.

Oh phulease Brendan!!

Thats just spin and well you know it. No harm I believe in people holding concerns that money (if not properly used) may not get spent wisely. Keeps minds focused does it not?

People go on & on about Dublin GAA being given a fortune, which is true. But they had a plan in place which I'm sure we can all agree is a success. I'm happy Antrim got the money and fair play to Saffron Vision...but what happens from now on in is the key bit. Surely that's common sense??

Antrim not spending it wisely would be my biggest fear.  Dublin were very well organised and had a great plan in place.

Clare v Limerick at 4 on tg4

Did you all enjoy that piece of class?

Ben Yedder 

I would be pretty sure that the county boards are thinking of the extra money.

[The setup is nuts.]

Some cracking games this weekend.

Galway v Limerick - can Limerick finally get promoted.

Laois v Dublin - can Laois get a vital win to prevent a relegation play off.

KK v Wexford will be some battle in 1a considering the cats got some of their mojo back last time out and Davy will have Wexford going all out.

Galway have been taking it easy. Not sure they want to get promoted. They like 1B cos you can test out players at little cost. And still win the league. The setup is nuts.

Depends where you are in terms of team development.

Galway can live in 1B for a year or two as they've got a settled spine of the team by and large in their prime and are hardened championship campaigners whereas Limerick aren't.
They're a young and mostly untested team who haven't really had a good run in the championship for a few years now and need to be in 1A to get that on a regular basis.
The restructuring of the Munster and Leinster championships to round robin may help Limerick in this regard, but they really need out of 1B.

IMO the structure is good for the likes of Laois, Antrim and even Dublin and Offaly who really need to rebuild as they get competitive games and also get a crack at some bigger fish in the same division and maybe get a playoff place for another day out against a 1A team.

I wouldn't be rushing to change the hurling leagues just yet.

I would get rid of the Quarter finals. Maybe top 3 in 1A, Top in 1B in the Semi Finals. Or top 2 in each league.
But the counties voted to keep QF's even though they are trying to provide more weekends for Clubs. All about the coin for county boards.

Martin Farragher's red card from the semi final rightly rescinded this evening, free to play for Corofin in the final.

Good stuff, common sense in the end! both finals should be decent this year, very hard to call...  Corofin and Cuala favs I'd imagine but be close enough! Thats my £20 double for the day!

Nemo slight favourites on PP.
Cuala & Na Piarsiagh. both evens. Na P players who got sent off in SF both got 1 match bans and miss the final

What's the other matches? You'd think Galway v Limerick in the NHL would be on. It's the most important match this weekend.

Galway up by a point with time nearly up

And still leading with judt over 15 to go. Will struggle to hold on but fair play so far

Robertson brilliant too