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A couple of mentions of contracts. In one sense the clearing of him by Ulster GAA before the letter could have been seen as a breach of 'contract' and there is a more obvious mention of a 'verbal' one with Naas.

There's a defamation angle but if he goes down contract as coach route then loss of earnings would be public. Naas would have to say how much they were paying him and that's another can of worms with the tax man...

That's him so. He will probably bring Moyna with him and I wouldn't be shocked if he convinced Pat Gilroy to come back in a role.

It'll be interesting to see who Louth go for now. They look a team on the up, but they may have peaked this year. Like Kildare should have beaten them in Leinster.

Still, Roscommon are not such a great prospect in comparison and even Mayo seem to be a mess, and the off field BS will drag on too.

There seems to be a fair few lads in and around county teams now who might fancy stepping up. Donaghy is one who might cut his teeth somewhere soon, or if Jacko steps away would he jump in?

If Philly McMahon won Leinster and even All Ireland club with Naas then he'd be very much in the mix.

Ger Brennan is likeliest bet in fairness.

McEntee to Mayo seems an odd one at such short odds.
I don't see him making that step up.

I said it on the other thread but surely Darragh Canavan and McCurry will be better the next day too.
Canavan especially looked like he was off balance ALL the time.

If they can get the spread of scorers going...then who knows.

Yeah, you can look back on their games. Also, sometimes they have free content too, but not sure re these games.

Are the Ulster teams something Jacko is going to use in terms of psychology. As was noted they have beaten Tyrone plenty of times, but they can still rustle up some soreness from the 00s!

They see off Armagh, send Tyrone packing and then it's Donegal (more than likely) in the final. I'm sure he will tap into it.

I know following Gavin was a tough gig, but whoever comes next will be down serious players compared to when Dessie started.
Fenton, McCarthy, McCaffrey, Mick Fitz, Mannion. Plus you could see Cluxton and Kilkenny may not be back.

They got the strongest club fball in the country.

With plenty of out of town lads in it who they can't pick.

I said it before. Dubs have lads with multiple All Irelands who you cant back to lead if CON or Kilkenny are not on it.

Canavan looks like he is on skates all day. Always looks like he os slipping or off balance.

I found it mad how those involved in the club who came on were like 'fair enough' on travel expenses. Is that a thing in Dublin clubs?!
Like back home the students would get train or bus fares sometimes if they had to be home midweek, but aisde from that.

And there seems to be a case that they were using fuel cards and expenses when going county training, which they would have claimed mileage for anyway!

It's actually mad how many people don't understand that the clubs are individual units and think Croke Park manages everything.

Id someone in work saying clubs shouldn't be taking out loans and thought the GAA was amateur...
As in why would they need to any money like that. I had to point out capital projects and running the club.
Eventually they admitted their tennis club is run the same way.

The tune is changing a bit now...he normally never says anything bad about Israel...

"I gotta get Israel to calm down now," Trump said as he left the White House, Reuters reports.

"Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and they dropped a load of bombs, the likes of which I've never seen before, the biggest load that we've seen.

"We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f**k they're doing."

I really have a feeling Meath could beat Galway. I know Galway are better but they have had to dig deep a fair bit over the last few weeks.
If Ethan Rafferty ties up Walsh like he did Clifford then that's a massive boost. They also have big mobile men around the middle and can let rip from distance.

In the others I think the Dubs and Donegal will come through and Armagh will put Kerry out. I'm basing it off vibes but I could see Armagh by 5+ v Kerry.

This weekend is going to be brilliant.

I'm a neutral as I'm on Tailteann Cup duty so just wondering what bonus game I'll get! 

I'm getting ahead of myself here but for the semi-finals I'd imagine the Dubs will get a Sunday? Are there pairings that can't happen for the semis?