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Whew! The relief. That man always frightened me. Reminded me of someone ... can't quite place it ...

Think he was Richard in Keeping Up Appearances

Gilmore on the news threatening Russia. If Vlad is listening - He's only a gobshite, OK? Don't mind us. Sure you probably have an Irish granny.

Nearly up there with The Skibbereen Eagle telling the Czar it was keeping its eye on him...

I see Paul Williams, the "journalist" (term used very lightly), has been busily trying to cover up/deflect attention being paid to potential Gardaí corruption over the bugging scandal. His article in the good ol' indo today has been rubbished by the security firm involved, who called it "wholly inaccurate".
http://www.thejournal.ie/verrimus-statement-reporting-1320967-Feb2014/

On a totally unrelated note, Paul was one of those who had penalty points kindly wiped by the Gardaí last year and who's hobbies over on wiki are listed as including " being among his associates in the pub; these associates are mostly serving or former gardaí". Ah, isn't that nice.

Interesting alliances here. Verrimus mostly made up of ex-sas, Sunday Times (Murdoch right wing rag)  FF and Sinn Fein versus Gardai and FG.

I'm willing to bet that GSOC were taken to the cleaners for 18 grand and standard security vulnerability was described as potential bugs. A bit like the lad with the new website that's told by his developers showing him a fancy report that he got 100 thousand hits in his first month as if hits were unique users.

Some claim the phrase "hip hip hooray" beloved of GAA captains on All-Ireland day has anti-semitic roots.

Mayo ye are acting like nouveau riche because ye have some sates now at McHale bought on credit.  A real Gaa supporter would never turn his nose up at having to stand in a terrace or sit his arse on a cold concrete slab. Some great games were viewed by men standing on muddy embankments on wet winter days. They never complained. They were a better breed of man too and many were your county men back in the day.

Would have Snow Patrol Chasing Cars up there.

Well Paul can't accused of county bias anyway.

Anyone have a video link to the Ciaran McDonald goal from a free versus Ballaghaderren in the county final a few years ago. Although it took a bit of a deflection, thought that was the best Hail Mary I've seen.

Good positive move by John Evans to name the team first, none of this keeping the opposition guessing as if that's an advantage. It's true, Jaspar Tully's famed paper was a downer this week leading with the hurling loss followed by a selection of morose predictions about Castlebar. Even Willie didn't have the usual purple patch of similes. Hopefully it will make for better reading next week.

It's high time we bate Mayo in Castlebar. It will be going on thirty years and that should be a source of great shame for every proud Roscommon man and woman who has ever worn the famous primrose and blue. Up until 1991 when Derekeen scored that last second free to equalise from 60 yards against a gaelforce wind and big McHale with his hands up trying to swat it down and I was standing on the embankment so it's no exaggeration, Mayo could not beat us in Castlebar even if you gave them a big stick. Even in 89. Let's not go there beaten before the ball is even thrown in like we did for the All-Ireland qtr final in 2001 because that will only end one way. And remember the last time we won in Castlebar in 1986, sure Mayo had the All-Ireland won that year after their heroics against Dublin the year before. Tony Mac had other ideas. One good man who believes can change fate and history too.

Did someone mention the feis at Bacon. Had a horrid experience there as a young lad. A decent enough sort but fruitcake of a teacher taught us stepdancing back in the seventies with the promise that it would make us better footballers. Mind you this now before Jigger  became a Ros star. Shipped us off to the Feis in Bacon one day and we were half the day trying to find it. By the time we got there, absolute back of the beyonds, had about thirty seconds to get on stage. Ripped the leg going up the makeshift steps and had to pull the socks up to the knee to cover the gash. Short pants at the time. Got on stage and the feckers started the music before I had a chance to draw the breath. Two girls I was up against went hopping around the stage to the hornpipe and I couldn't remember my steps. Stood there like a feckin eejit doing nothing and my leg killing me and the teacher down below with his hands in his heads having a nervous breakdown. A holy show is the only word. Afterwards one of the mothers felt sorry for me and gave me five pence to buy a bag of Tayto. Found a place there to get a bag of crisps. Saven pay said the women behind the counter. What are you on about says I, a bag of crisps is five pence and five pence is all I have. She pointed to the bag and sure enough it was now seven pence. Wasn't I the misfortunate waistrel that day in Bacon. Split the leg open, forgot my steps on stage and to top it off, it was the day a bag of tayto went from 5p to 7p. Well I hope to God I never ever see that awful boghole again. What are the council thinking off putting a center for excellence there.

Our girleens had a better day in Kiltoom on Saturday than ye're oul women

Mayo plays in the Division 1 Final


Roscommon plays in the Division 3 Final

Sums up the differences between the officially most boring town in Ireland (the entire County of Roscommon was voted!!! - too many Ross towns on the list to choose which) & the beautifull sparkling jewel of mountains (3 tallest in Connacht), cliffs, lakes (2 biggest in Connacht & 2+3 on Island), castles, beautiful boglands, fertile stone walled grasslands, bays, islands(biggest in Ireland), golden beachs, fjiords (Only one in Ireland) abbeys, sea stacks, beautiful tourist towns, vibrant shopping/business towns, O YEA & GOOD FOOTBALL to your West.

Aragh will you stop talking shite. Roscommon is famous for its ancient castles, abbeys and pristine lakes. The clans who built those castles also protected your Mayo hides for thousands of years and if you knew your history young garsun you'd know the O'Connors of Roscommon built many of the great abbeys in Mayo too. The only thing ye have over us is the mountains. I'll grant ye that. But it was a sorry day some of ye Mayo lads came down those swampy slopes because ye have been speaking some awful nonsense ever since mostly directed at unfortunate Roscommon ears.

To bring this back on topic , I was in the vicinity of Gaelic Park on Sunday and decided to check out Johno's Mayo in the off chance Ros would be meeting them in June, although that will be some turf skirmish in Carrick and M&M will be gunning for a chance to meet Mayo. Mayo won't have learned much after Sunday's match because New York's challenge was harmless enough although fair play they never stopped trying till the end. They were a very small team New York and the missus thought they were one of those underage teams that kick the ball around before a game starts. Despite that they went 4 points up after only a few minutes  while Mayo were still getting used to the astoturf, it not being the usual wet bogs they are accustomed to back home. New York actually should have went 1-5 to - 0-3 up after 10 mins missing an open goal chance after a deperate safe by Mayo keeper, that swiped the legs from under the New York lad. Had that gone in the Gaelic Park burgers would have took a bit longer to settle in the stomachs of the travelling support. A crumb of comfort for Ros or Leitrim is the fact that Mayo's defence when put under pressure still look shakey enough. Ronan McGarrity was my man of the match, fetching some great balls out of the sky. I was interested to see how Aodan O'Shea would fair and he's an 18 or 19 year old that has the gimp of a much older player. The Kerry blood ensures that there is a football brain in him. But if Fergal or M&M had any scout watching him at all, he can be marked easily enough due to his lack of mobility, but give him space and he can do damage, kick a nice point, or as a target man can bust up the play. I'd say putting someone tight and fast on Alan Dillon, keeping tight on O'Shea and beating him for speed, and somoneone to counteract McGarrity's fielding would allow Ros or Leitrm to make things difficult for Mayo. Have they the players is the question. Mayo have an experienced, settled look about them and with Conor Mortimor to come back will be confident enough of a Connacht crown and who knows what after that.

For the history buffs, the New York team of 1984 that beat a strong Mayo team in the Gael Linn tournament was honored at half-time. It was a pity Ros legend Jigger O'Connor was not there, but a look at the program showed he played his part in beating Mayo that day as he had always done in his all too short career for Ros.The crowd was tame enough on Sunday despite the efforts of that St. Patrick fella to get them going. Have seen him at a couple of Mayo matches against Ros teams in Castlebar. Do ye Mayo lads find him inspirational or a bit of a headcase. Another one who came down from the mountains I'm thinking myself.