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[their best 11 is more than a match for City]

United have been really poor. Very lucky to get a result yesterday. They'll really need to step it up to rattle city.

Utd have some real quality in their team but their commitment is questionable, Pogba being a perfect example. But I think they will lift it for a huge derby game and their best 11 is more than a match for City.

Assume you are on the wind up here?
Few if any Utd players would make the City first 11

And what about the guy who can't make the Utd first 11? City seemed pretty keen on him last year. There's a serious amount of quality in that Utd team. Clubs are not stupid and don't pay huge wages for the hell of it.

United have been really poor. Very lucky to get a result yesterday. They'll really need to step it up to rattle city.

Utd have some real quality in their team but their commitment is questionable, Pogba being a perfect example. But I think they will lift it for a huge derby game and their best 11 is more than a match for City. 

I guess we can forget about league titles when City are getting decisions like that.

They can forget about league titles if they can't score when it counts and keep drawing games. Need to capitalise when/if City do slip up unlike the last time when City lost to Newcastle.

I'm happy enough with the team named. What's the story with Moynagh?..

He was away somewhere last week but I believe came back this week so assume he may be available?

Maybe. I don't think Gunner is available.

Cavan 5/2 for Sunday so the bookies aren't expecting much from us. Usually i'd be encouraged with a win against Kildare but they are missing a lot of players. Be very interesting to see what sort of team Mickey puts out. I'd fully expect Madden to start.

Who is best to put on Comer? Killian Clarke probably? Or stick Gunner on him for a while and see if sparks fly.

The only thing flying there would be cards. In gunner's direction. Mcveety probably the best match for Walsh alright but then you're taking away your greatest strength.

Martin Reilly did a good job on Donnacha Walsh in Breffni a couple of years ago. Might be worth a try on Walsh Sunday. Good reader of the game too and composed on the ball. Sometimes he slows it down too much in the half forwards so one of the young lads could be tried in there instead.

Cavan 5/2 for Sunday so the bookies aren't expecting much from us. Usually i'd be encouraged with a win against Kildare but they are missing a lot of players. Be very interesting to see what sort of team Mickey puts out. I'd fully expect Madden to start.

Who is best to put on Comer? Killian Clarke probably? Or stick Gunner on him for a while and see if sparks fly.

Apparently Comer is injured. I'd be very worried about Shane Walsh. He's the type of player to open up a team like Cavan.

Seniors beat Kildare in a challenge game Sunday by 4 points, a 2nd string lost to Mullinnaughta by 1 point.

I think there might be something in it for us on Sunday against Galway, we could be getting them at a good time.

Heard Gunner was called in and made an appearance v Mullinalaghta which is welcome news. Mackey played too apparently and James Smith played well. Heard nothing on team v Kildare.
Galway will be very tough even with injuries. They have had some great underage teams over the last few years and many players involved with Sigerson so they will have ample replacements. Gearoid is a big loss for us and we will probably struggle for scores without him. A win on the road would be a fantastic start though.

Was Gunner not given extra time off with the club run to Ulster final?

Honestly don't know. No Mullahoran players have been contacted either way, whether to say they are not required or that they will be required later. That was last week.

Probably shouldn't read too much into McKenna Cup. It's about blooding players and we've done it better this year compared to this time last year IMO. We've left 5/6 seasoned players on in each game giving the younger lads a better platform whereby last year we threw them into the deep end more and a lot of them sank. Still, Donegal result is disappointing and a little worrying and we definitely need extra players back for the league in addition to who have played so far. Not asking Gunner in is a bit perplexing too and a massive misjudgment. Cannot for the life of me see how anyone could not think he would be a big asset over the course of a league and be pushing for a championship place. 

I suppose contact is contact now. It makes no difference whether it was an innocuous tug on the arm or a defender catching a "trailing leg". It's buying a free. If a defender gives the forward a chance to look for contact then the referee has a choice to make. Unfortunately part and parcel of the game. Not my idea of fair play but you cannot ban a player for it under the current definition of cheating.

I put it down to the decline of the influence of the Catholic Church here in Ireland.

Divorce that is, not a midlife crisis.

When word got round that a marriage was on the rocks the local PP would be dispatched round to the house of said couple where the PP would coerce the poor afflicted wife to stay with the adulterous, alcohol sodden, wife beating brute for the good of the family name or the kids.

That's fairly mean spirited, it was rarely the influence of the priest but society's view in general that marriages where meant to stay together.

I'd agree with iceman, people don't ride out the rough patches and make it work the way they used to. If the idealised view of the marriage they have doesn't work out they largely just say f**k it and leave. I look at the generation above my own and you see couples who lived through the troubles and the economic depression of the 70-80s. There's far too idealised a view of romance and marriage in the modern world. There's a large cohort of people who believe that it's meant to be like what they seen in the movies.

All true. Gender roles were more defined in the past though where as now women are much more foot loose career wise and have more independence financially. Men too have more choices. But I'd agree with your point, people are now probably more self centred and have an idealised view of how things should be and will move on if it's not realised instead of working at it. To what I don't know because that path will most likely lead to unfulfilled and loneliness.

Galway United have a new manager, Alan Murphy. Cavan wouldn't be competing with them. McGuinness got a nice pay off from his time in China. He had a 2 1/2 year contract, left after 6 months. He has own business , so wouldn't have be relying on the Cavan job either way..

That's if he take it at all.

What does he do?

I went home earlier in July to Armagh and was home the year before that too. Something I noticed and I suppose I'm experiencing a bit of it myself is the scary realization that life is moving very fast, time is precious and lots of men (and maybe women too) around the age of 40 are having a bit of a mid life crisis and wondering if they chose the right path. I've changed jobs recently in to a brand new industry.  Some friends at home have done the same. I also see the negative side of things with people ending their marriages in the hope for something better....

I find myself concerned more about time.  Missed opportunities to spend time with my aging parents or missed opportunities to spend time with my kids.  My job change hopefully will provide more work/life balance and afford me more time at home and less travelling for work. But I still wonder what else I can do.

Anyone in the same boat?
#GaaBoardTherapy

In the same age bracket, and its a bit stark looking back: 20 year old me would not be impressed with the way things turned out.
That said, you improvise as you go along, and I often think of Robert Frost's 'The Road Not Taken' when looking back to see how I got here.
Best of luck with it all, especially the work-life balance, spending time with kids and parents.  Every minute is an investment in memories.

Wouldn't look back too harshly. Maybe 20 year old you had even less answers and a simplistic outlook. You must keep looking forward in life and can't compromise yourself too much. I think a lot of relationships breakdown because couples have unrealistic expectations of each other and refuse to yield or accept each other warts and all. You should not try to change someone too much or allow yourself to be changed too much either because that begs the question, what did people see in each other to begin with.

Good luck to county board. It will not be a easy task. They have to be salesman as well as a recruiter. If they could pull off Horan or McGuinness that would be something amazing but I just cant see it. To me it will end up being an internal person and I am ok with that. The key thing is a man who can inspire the fellas who couldnt commit this year to get back in there.

Maybe a certain player will be leaving to be an elected official too. Sounds like a good idea to me.

Hi Itchy. Do you know what McGuinness is qualified to do for a living apart from the obvious coaching in professional sport he has been doing for the last few years? Seems hard to comprehend how we could afford to pay him to support a family solely on the Cavan job. Fair enough he combined the Celtic Donegal job but that was a coaching role with some flexibility. He's linked with the Galway United job but that is the top job so can't see how he could combine the two in this scenario. Also wondering how much money we're talking if we're competing with a LOI 1st division club for his signature.

A LOI club that was the subject of a Saudi takeover.

So any idea how much we're talking here?

We should do a poll. Is your partner:

1) a daughter of Satan
2) high maintenance
3) easy going
4) missing in action

Mine is definitely 2, mind you she will probably tell you and am far too easy going (which I am) to the point that it has held me back in life..

Held you back from what my friend? Being a different person most likely. Nothing wrong with being easy going. Be proud and take comfort from who you are, someone probably well liked, and keep "Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners".