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Glass finally kicks a ball inside to McGuigan and Derry have a penalty. Finally, a bit of entertainment from Derry.

Cork still being in this with 10 mins left doesn't reflect great on Derry's AI prospects.

Think they'll fall short but hope Cork put Derry out of everyone's misery here. Rubbish style of football.

Yes because Cork have been playing such a swashbuckling brand of football this year! 🙄

They at least tried to kick the ball up the field a few times...

Think they'll fall short but hope Cork put Derry out of everyone's misery here. Rubbish style of football.

Can see why Conor McManus is on the bench for Monaghan now. He wouldn't be much use in this "modern" game of gaelic football.

Statement performance from the reigning champions. I can only see Dublin living with them for the seventy minutes.

Kerry defenders giving Tyrone forwards plenty of it. Matching them physically. Clifford and O'Shea should get more space in this second half and they'll have 6+ to spare in the end.

Tyrone keeping it tight but you feel Kerry have another gear to go yet. Clifford's had a few bad misses.

I said it before. We haven't 1 player that would get on a Kildare team. It's just where we are. The whole machine is broken. If Billy isn't good enough, and he probably isn't,  then everything else is wrong too.

Regardless of whether that's true or not, you can't concede 8-16 to a Division 3 outfit in an AI semi. Take away the footballing side of things for a minute. Down were on another level from a fitness point of view. Our lads looked knackered at half time.

Did Monaghan kick any ball in during that first half??

The hurling folk won. This is almost impossible to watch. A knockout match to qualify for a quarter-final and this is what's served up.

At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter who we play in the semi-final as we will have to beat a Meath/Down if we want to lift the Tailteann Cup. That should be our aim as well. This group of players have shown real heart over the last few weeks.

The forward line of Murphy, Barry, O'Carroll and Kingston will cause any team in the TC problems. We need to maybe be a bit cuter with how we play at times but we have the firepower there to be competitive with a Meath/Down.

Hopefully a decent crowd turn up for two weeks time as the lads deserve it.

Lara looked drained. Smart fight from Wood though, fair play to him.

I think Lopez is a step above even Lara.

No shame in Conlan losing tonight to a top class fighter.

All the signs to me are pointing to KC waltzing to an AI title. These are decent Naas and Portarlington sides, and they're just brushing them off no problem.

If Mannion returns to fitness, it's definitely over for everyone else.