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Getting played off the park here and will do well to still have 11 men at half time. Timber can't stop fouling.

If they kick it over their own end line, the 45 has to be taken.

Is that not a bit silly?

I mean, they've won the ball back and put it out of play - regardless of where.

If he kicked it into his own net it would be a goal.
If he threw it over the sideline, it would be a free.

But he put it out of play.  That's the point.

If he kicked it into his own net, it's a goal. Ball is still in the same play. I get that.

I mean if he kicks it over the sideline after the hooter, it's not a side-line. The game's over.

A silly rule if he kicks it over his own line.

The point is that if you kick it out after the hooter, the treatment is different depending on what line it is.

If it's kicked wide, game over.

If it's put out for a sideline, game over

If it's put out for a 45, deliberately or not, the 45 gets taken. Why?

No

you'd wonder what the difference is, sure most county free takers would have a good chance of scoring a sideline, or even a 2 pointer depending on where it went out. Even in the Kildare case a sideline would have been a great chance to drop one in for a goal chance.

It's daft but I suspect with the 45 they reckon there's a chance that a possible score could be deflected wide and feel teams should have the chance at it.

I felt for the Louth lad on Sunday. If Kildare had pulled that back he'd never have lived it down.

Capt Pat had it down for murder

That's the bigger wtf to be honest. Thankfully Pat doesn't head up the CPS in England.

No

Good to see ICE sorting out these criminal aliens.

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Well none, because unless they're complete f**king morons, they factor it into their pricing.

Yes, I wonder why Chinese restaurants don't want you using cash...

Wise the f**k up everyone. 99% of people looking cash are doing so they can avoid tax. Mossy people happy to give it to them are looking to avoid VAT.

Well no shit sherlock.

That plus the outrageous card fees. Why wouldnt they?

My point is stop f**king whining about card fees when the real reason is to keep everything off the books.

Yes, I wonder why Chinese restaurants don't want you using cash...

Wise the f**k up everyone. 99% of people looking cash are doing so they can avoid tax. Mossy people happy to give it to them are looking to avoid VAT.

Loads of card machines working all over the country. They've a battery. I survived the 6 hours of a power cut without feeling the need to dig out the stash from under the mattress and stock up.

Some analysts, Paul Flynn in particular have been making the point that with all the advantages forwards have under the new rules, refs have to get stricter on technical fouls, particularly over-carrying. Maybe Gough is in agreement.

There was a particularly pivotal Meath score late in the game where the fella took an outrageous number of steps.

Refs/GAA kind of in a bit of a hole over it given it hasn't been policed effectively for 20+ years.

When the ball goes for a 45 after the hooter sounds, it's take the 45 and play on.

Somewhat bizarrely, if the ball went for a 45 and then the hooter sounded, the only option is for the 45 to be taken and scored from directly - no other player can touch the ball.

Same applies to penalties. Bit bizarre, feels like they should be there other way around to me.

Sorry yes, QF, not preliminary QF so at best they were the 5th team last year. I don't think anyone believes that though.

There's no question of "justification" of seeding - there is a clear formula for it. They could end up winning the all Ireland and with the benefit of hindsight you could come crowing back to lord it over me. It would still be completely irrelevant to the situation as it is today. Failure to reach the provincial final means they can only be 3rd or 4th seeds, so you're really splitting hairs if you want to argue that their seeding is a touch harsh.

Harsh enough on Derry dropping to 4th seeds.

Is it really? Since the winning penalty in last year's league final they've done the square root of f**k all.

They got to an AI quarter final

To do which they beat Westmeath and drew with Mayo, subsequently winning on penalties.

But even take that at face value, coming out of last year they were, at best, 9th in the country. This year they picked up a single point in the league, generally looking way off the pace and were comfortably beaten by Donegal in the preliminary round in Ulster. 4th seed sounds about right to me.

Harsh enough on Derry dropping to 4th seeds.

Is it really? Since the winning penalty in last year's league final they've done the square root of f**k all.