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Drumgath v St. John's
Annaclone v Darragh Cross
Glenn v Dundrum / Carryduff
Tullylish v Kilclief

Was he really that good? Thought he was average enough against Down, admittedly he shopwed a lot of character and never gave up and it would be hard not to feel for him at the end of the game, but still you have to ask the question was his performance really that good?

Down need a big improvement to have any chance of winning this one. Too many players had below par performances the last day and having watched the video I'm sure wee James and co will see that the excitement of extra time and a sublime performance from coulter has papered over a pretty poor down performance.
Defence played well in patches but Tyrone will tear them apart if they produce anything like the donegal game. need to be tighter, more aggressive and more focused.
Big King had an excellent game up in Ballybofey, grew in confidence as the game went on, he needs to take up where he left off.
Big Dan was quiet, spent a lot of time tracking men and working off the ball, needs to get back to his old self, driving the team forward and forcing men to track back after him. Have a feeling that there's a big game coming from him.
Forwards did reasonably well. Danny Hughes and Benny had superb games. Poland and M Clarke did reasonably well but both can and will play better.
Mc Comisky (sic) and J Clarke seem to have gone off the boil. I'd like to see James freshen thing up here, surely murtagh must be chomping at the bit to get starting and maginn had a strong influence when he came on against donegal. Clarke an mc comisky might do more damage coming in as subs when the game has opened up a bit.
Tyrone aren't as strong as they used to be but are still well ahead of us based on opening games. Here's hoping we can raise the bar

Drumgath battled hard could have won by more was an incident at the end Ryan Doran busted Mark Connelly looked nasty enough

Ging Connolly got busted, well he didnt get it for his charity work Big result for Drumgath but realistically I doubt if Glasdrumann are near as good as they think they are and Drumgath are always hard to beat after they get the first coulpe of games out of the road.

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Drumgath battled hard could have won by more was an incident at the end Ryan Doran busted Mark Connelly looked nasty enough

Ging Connolly got busted, well he didnt get it for his charity work Big result for Drumgath but realistically I doubt if Glasdrumann are near as good as they think they are and Drumgath are always hard to beat after they get the first coulpe of games out of the road.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. Heart breaking stuff.

Congratulation to Kilcoo, fantastic achievement.
Thought the game was poor enough, not helped by an over fussy referee. It could have been a great game if he had let them go at hell for leather, instead of the stop start spectacle that we were treated to.
On yesterday's performance I would't rate Aidan Brannigan as a good club player never mind a county player, that said, it might just have been nerves as quite a number of players played within themselves yesterday.

What is it with this nonesense of trying to publish championship fixtures and results in Irish? Apart from the incorrect spelling of many club names it denies information to those who have no Irish (that is most of us).
Thus the attempt fails to promote our games and also fails to promote the language, and is at a stroke contrary to two objectives of the GAA.
I've lost count of the many times some GAA neighbours from Armagh have asked me about senior championship games in Down they want to attend but couldn't find the fixtures in the paper.
By all means have the dual language information in match programmes but this is silly silly meaningless counter-productive stuff.

Right Leo you arrogant narrow minded p***k, if you need me to justify the use of Irish you deserve the abuse. Irish is our national language, before the colonization of this country by the English it was spoken by the vast majority of the people on the island. The policy of the English was/is to conquer the land and the people and one of the main ways of doing this was by wiping out the language and the culture. Every place, townland, parish, county, every field in ireland has an original name in Irish, a name with a meaning not a bastardised word made up by the English that sounds similar to the original but has no actual meaning eg's Áit tí Cathail - the place of Cathal's house, bastardised english version - Attical. Droim gath - the ridge of the spear, legend has it that St. patrick stood on the hill on Tamarí and said I'll throw this spear and where ever it lands we shall build the church, and hence the location of Droim Gath chapel in the valley below, bastardised english version- Drumgath. Every team in this county and indeed Ireland has a name in Irish a special name, a name with a story and history behind it, we should be proud of this culture and heritage and seek to learn more not walk talk and act like our english conquerors just because it is easier to do so. In fact we should take it one step further and only use the Irish names and banish the bastardised english versions to the dustbins of history. The aim of the GAA is to promote Irish culture, games and the Language, let us as Gaels do that and not fall into the rut of the sky sports brigade. And as for a few spelling mistakes, big f**king deal.
'Tír gan Teanga, Tír gan anam'

My starting 15:

1. B. Mc Veigh
2. Luke Howard
3. Conor Garvey
4. Monk Cole
5. Paul Murphy
6. Peter Turley
7. Declan Rooney
8. Peter Fitzpatrick
9. Dan Gordan
10. Michael Magee
11. Aidan Carr
12. Stephen Kearney
13. Danny Hughes.
14. Benny Coulter
15. Paul Mc Comiskey

16. M Mc Allister
17. D Rafferty
18. C Mc Govern
19. C Murney
20. A Rodgers
21. J O Reilly
22. R Murtagh
23. J Fegan
24. C Poland.

Go ndeanfaí Dia trocaire ar a anam.

Lads i have come too the conclusion that it matters little who is in or out of the panel, until we get a management team who are capable of providing basic organisation and some semblance of a structure and game plan. After two seasons in charge, Ross is still uncertain what his best options are when it comes to team selection, and what DJ brings to the table is a total mystery.

You have hit the nail on the head. Down are a very poorly organised team with no game plan or system of play. We may not have a panel of players capable of challenging for the top honours but we should be seeing signs of progress in terms of shape and a system of play whereby every player knows his role. At the minute we look like a gather up of players that sometimes click but any well organised team is able to exploit us. No point in Ross and co shouting and roaring in the middle of a match, it only highlights the fact that the proper work isn't being done of the field.

That is the wildest looking photo I've ever seen trying to promote a new buisness. Come on down for a rub and a tug.

I'm on the verge of buying a new house, how much in fees is it likely to cost me? solicitor, mortage etc?
What's the best way to go about getting a mortgage? I've just been getting a general guide using online mortage calculators and the mortage supermarket?
Who's the best/cheapest to sort these things out?

Myself and the better half had planned (and provisionally booked with deposit paid) to get married in a fine hotel just across the border in the free state in July 2010, but the way the euro has went is causing me sleepless nights and I think it'd be better to try and get my deposit back and book somewhere in the north. Any suggestions on good venues within a 30mile radius of Banbridge? (not the canal court as its already booked out)

Same as myself and the other half, only our wedding is July this year, if it was further away I've no doubt we would be like yourself and thinking of switching hotels. However the general talk from those in the know seems to be that it'll drop again and when u see how quick the turn-around came a decline might come just as quick.

We're not having too many sleepless nites just yet thou cos we dont know wat way things will go, but if it stays as is is at present the guest list will be reduced - simple as.
We also talked to the hotel the other day and mentioned the exchange rate and said they too are feeling the pressure cos of decline of northern couples even equiring about weddings in the hotel and that they are planning to get a package together to make up for it, so that its competitive again with northern hotels. We're to talk more to them in Feb/March but I know we'll be pushing for a good deal if the euro stays where it is.

So generally before doing anything I would approach the hotel and see if there is anything they are doing.

This sounds like good advice Tyrone lass. i think I'll try this approach first and see what they say. Or else I'll just give the misses the red card and continue as a merry bachelor.

Myself and the better half had planned (and provisionally booked with deposit paid) to get married in a fine hotel just across the border in the free state in July 2010, but the way the euro has went is causing me sleepless nights and I think it'd be better to try and get my deposit back and book somewhere in the north. Any suggestions on good venues within a 30mile radius of Banbridge? (not the canal court as its already booked out)