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I think the 40m advancement should only stay for deliberately slowing the game down after frees (booting the ball away, stopping quick frees). There was loads of frustration directed at the Joe McQuillan in the Tyrone/Kerry game but not once did he advance the ball 40m. that's a completely different interpretation from what was being implemented early in the championship. The GAA want to increase attendances but yet there's really nothing more frustrating and off-putting to spectators than inconsistency.

I didn't hear what was said to Joe? Was it picked up by the tv? I only watched on BBC I player

I've been refereeing many years, in every game that has a scoreboard I've been asked two things what's the score and how long is left. That's every game

You're telling me they didn't know that a point went up for a wide?

Still no apology for Kilkenny over the scoreboard! 

From whom? If there was a Kilkenny player who didn't know the score I'd be very surprised.

Did Kilkenny come out looking an apology?

[Basketball rules strictly regulate physical contact to ensure fair play. Illegal actions, like holding, pushing, or hitting, result in fouls. Defensive players can contest shots and block without excessive force, while offensive players must avoid initiating contact, especially during drives to the basket]

Lots to discuss with regards to the rules and how they are going, for every one that doesn't like a certain rule someone will say they enjoy it..

I think the players have to be asked genuine questions, as they are playing with the rules, how do they like them and would there be any tweaks that they feel would make it better. The armchair viewer and of course those that pay in have thoughts on these, which as members of the association are intitled to their views but I'd say they are way down the list, whether they like it or not.

Defining the rule for tackle needs to be the main thing to address, if referee's where to adhere to the rules then it would be a free contest rather that a game of football, not sure the rules of contact in Basketball but if I read this right " Basketball rules strictly regulate physical contact to ensure fair play. Illegal actions, like holding, pushing, or hitting, result in fouls. Defensive players can contest shots and block without excessive force, while offensive players must avoid initiating contact, especially during drives to the basket" then that looks the same for football. Be a poorer spectacle for in my view.

The forward mark, get rid, not seeing much point in it now or when it came out, I like the midfield mark I feels when done it speeds up play and reduces the scrums

the 2 pointer can stay or go, but if one team can cut the deficit then that's down to the opposition allowing it or not taking advantage of their time or play with the wind in most cases, but if it goes would raising the points of a goal to 4 be a better option to increase the attempts on goal?

The not knocking it back to the keeper is also good in book, and the 40 arc distance, if its a strong wind, then the other team has it for a bit so shouldn't be an issue because of the wind. The teams that never pushed up on kickouts before the 40m arc are now doing it, I've no idea why they didn't put pressure on the kickouts for every kickout then,  if they take that away would teams then retreat back and allow the short kickout? And why would they do that?

The dissent rule is needed, but how do we keep the mouthing out and not have a stern enough tool to use that actually at this point has reduced it to nearly no slabbering?

British Open Final Day Tickets..... one adult and one juvenile ticket for July 20th in Portrush available to swap for two All Ireland hurling final stand tickets.... if interested please DM me

That is a decent exchange, if you are into the golf.. Good luck

Will be different outrage next month when the Wolf Tones rock up with their final final show

You read that they arrested someone with class A drugs and supplying drugs? Plus a dissident?

And seized a banner 🤷 As I said why is the same force not used for all the hate crimes over the 12th? I'm sure there'd be more than a few drugs around those bonfires.. but loyalists given free rein to do as they wish.
Not only don't tackle those crimes but aid and abett in them and refuse to stop an illegal bonfire.

Look, you've lost me with defending drug dealers

As for waiting on a United ireland to solve the policing problems that's not going to happen in our lifetime I'm afraid plus you'll still have peelers in the north and for a while 30 plus years they'll be under constant threat

I've said it multiple times they are nowhere near close to the police service that I grew up with on the Falls rd during the troubles, I've also said they ain't perfect

Seized a banner and gave it back! f**k me!

And stop with the whataboutery, going in to stop that bonfire would only have created more trouble, whether or not that is the correct thing to do isn't up for debate.

Rank and file policemen are told what to do from their bosses who in turn are told what to do mainly from their bosses. The government need to be front and centre and hold them to account, and that's why the policing board needs more control, to ensure there is transparency.

But when you have a plan to actually fix the police service let me know.

Jees! You're some fan of the PSNI. Don't be getting excited, I'm not advocating a return to violence.
We were promised so much with new policing but it is still at its core unionism with a whole anti-nationalist/Republican bias. Why are they covering up for loyalist murderers?
You don't agree so be it..

Show me in any post I'm a fan, and show me where I said I don't agree with getting answers?

The PSNI should like any police for mark their own homework, be like turkey's voting for Xmas, it needs no hold bars investigating. But that should be for every unsolved murder

Getting it right won't happen for generations, people literally have to die off.. but with social media I can't see an end to the perpetual Themus and usums

So when you've time, to actually give a proper answer without the stupid predictable insults I'll listen

You read that they arrested someone with class A drugs and supplying drugs? Plus a dissident?

And seized a banner 🤷 As I said why is the same force not used for all the hate crimes over the 12th? I'm sure there'd be more than a few drugs around those bonfires.. but loyalists given free rein to do as they wish.
Not only don't tackle those crimes but aid and abett in them and refuse to stop an illegal bonfire.

Look, you've lost me with defending drug dealers

As for waiting on a United ireland to solve the policing problems that's not going to happen in our lifetime I'm afraid plus you'll still have peelers in the north and for a while 30 plus years they'll be under constant threat

I've said it multiple times they are nowhere near close to the police service that I grew up with on the Falls rd during the troubles, I've also said they ain't perfect

Seized a banner and gave it back! f**k me!

And stop with the whataboutery, going in to stop that bonfire would only have created more trouble, whether or not that is the correct thing to do isn't up for debate.

Rank and file policemen are told what to do from their bosses who in turn are told what to do mainly from their bosses. The government need to be front and centre and hold them to account, and that's why the policing board needs more control, to ensure there is transparency.

But when you have a plan to actually fix the police service let me know.

You read that they arrested someone with class A drugs and supplying drugs? Plus a dissident?

Totally sectarian police force. Even in the last week confiscating a Republican memorial billboard before having to leave it back due the legal intervention.. while ignoring bonfires with all sorts of sectarian and racist slogans and effigies...

https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/psni-forced-to-return-billboard-memorial-for-republican-a-day-after-it-was-seized-in-house-raid/a516789500.html

I've asked you before about your plan to make the police force better, any ideas?

Btw have you read this link?

Funnily enough was with a old clubman today and we sat and tried to pick our best club 15, his memory will go back to a generation before me and I remembered his generation very well and going through to the modern players..

Was a complete struggle, as it's looked at with bias of styles and achievements and attitudes..

But very enjoyable and we didn't get to complete it without the main players but as this is showing we finding the Goat is impossible to achieve

MR2,
  When the PSNI actively do their utmost to withhold information on legacy cases involving Loyalist informants it's hard to say they're really any different to the RUC of old.

If the leadership of the PSNI really wanted to break all ties with the past and the RUC they'd have opened all their records to legal scrutiny but have done everything but.

The British Gov along with the PSNI is proof with the way they're dealing with the Sean Brown murder that deep down we're still second class citizens when it comes to the crunch.

Are they shooting rubber bullets at nationalist kids anymore, probably not, but institutionally they still hold a deep unionist bias.

I'm not saying it's perfect (multiple times I've said this) and legacy issues are and will be unfortunately very difficult to address, I've made my view on how to deal with legacy issues.

For me it's down to the government to address that, with powers that outstrip the police reluctance in providing all the information. Again that's going to be more difficult.

My current view is based on how my life and family life is with regards to living in a time of the old RUC and what I'm currently dealing with.

It's night and day, no raids, no shootings, industrial collusion, blatant bias and so many other things that happen.

The days of getting home 4 hours later after a game up the country involved being stopped and held for few hours are gone.

I listen like most to Sean Brown's wife and daughter on what they are dealing with since that time. Looking for answers and reason why.. I hope they get it, every unsolved murder needs to have closure too.

So give me the current set up to the last set up. But don't expect a institutionalised set up to change quickly.

As I've asked earlier I'd like to hear how it could be fixed but give me an actual thought out plan.

I'd never encourage anyone to join the police while the threat of dissidents or families having threats over their kid joining and so on.. how do you make it impartial?

LD have put a lot of work in on facilities and re-establishing their juvenile base, sad to see this and hopefully the work of a lone space cadet rather than anything else.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgeqp13zv49o

That's awful! Great set up around there.

Clifford is a modern day Matt Connor for me, enjoy it while it lasts

I seriously had to look up Matt Connor, I remember 80's football but he (due to an accident) didn't play that long but his best best are YouTube

Certainly similarities with Clifford on those clips

But Peter Canavan is a better player if we are looking at clips.

Clifford has a lot more to his game than most so gets the nod from what I've seen

Death to sean cavanagh a rotten **** who put Clifford above Peter the great.

Smary bastard

U know it Mucker

Put the perno down