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Buckley is playing some game for Crokes in the middle. Better match than first semi final.

Yeah they breed them tough in Ballymun and its showing on the field. Crokes have good footballers but have no stomach for a battleand it's showing again.

This Ballymun are one hard physical team. They play and tackle with unreal intensity. This game looks over. Hard to believe Cooper wouldn't take responsibility for hitting the penalty.

Fair play to Brigids..they went out with a gameplay to slow the game down and Deegan allowed them to implement it

Bollox...Brigids were the better team so give them the credit they deserve...Both teams were at the niggly stuff all game but moreso Cross...Ref had a decent game too...typical sour 'apples' from an armagh man!

You are the one talking bollox. deegan allowed pulling and dragging of the Cross lads to go unpunished. the No.3 kicked Clarke FFS when he was a cert to be one on one. At one stage a Brigids defender fell over the ball with the two Cross lads at least 3 ft away from him...result free out. not sour apples. Deegan is a poor ref and once again Northern teams are done over by a southern ref.

Clutching at straws blaming Deegan, he is by no means a great ref but I don't think he favoured either side over the other. Only complaint is that he should have played another minute at the end for time wasting.

After beating Cross I hope St Brigids can go on and win it, that cake fella is a right lunatic.

At this stage an Ulster ref cannot be apponted to ref Crossmaglen. So it has to be a "southern" ref.


Both teams will look at incidents with the ref.

I thought the Cross defender was taken out of it for Brigid's second goal.

That's what I thought originally but he actually ran into his own man.

Very scrappy football, only kept exciting by the closeness of the scoreline. Well done to St Brigids but Cross left that game behind. Dominated midfield but failed to make it count on the scoreboard. That goal miss at start of second half came back to haunt them.

Camera man brutal

Cross lead 1-5 to 1-4 36 mins gone. Very scrappy game.

Ronnir Rosenthal

OCallaghan either needs switching or taken off, he's walking a tightrope with constant fouling. On the other hand Cross look far more dangerous up front than Brigids. Good substitution putting Brennan on for Oisin who was ineffective today. Could be saving Oisin for last 10 mins if the game is in the melting pot.

Brigids defence getting cleaned here. Cross could do serious damage here.

Danny OCallaghan right half forward for Cross??? Would presume he wil play as an extra defender.

Previews of the two games here if any of ye want to take a look:

http://www.livegaelic.com/news/all-ireland-club-championship-preview-st-brigids-vs-crossmaglen/
http://www.livegaelic.com/news/all-ireland-club-championship-preview-dr-crokes-vs-ballymun/

Really looking forward to the two games, the standard in this competition is just superb. It doesn't hurt that several of the teams remaining play a brilliant brand of football, Cross and Brigid's in particular.

Good previews even if I disagree with the verdicts for both matches. St Brigids and Ballymun double is in the bookies at 10/1!!

Should be two good matches, more interesting than national league fixtures at this time of year. I'm hoping for a Cross v Dr Crokes final which would be one to look forward to.

Also in the Cross preview it says that they relinquished their Armagh title twice in 17 years when in fact it was only once.

that's a very good comparison yellowcard, appears to be slow in style but definitely isnt, though Murph is in tip-top trim condition which is where the comparison falls a little!

Yeah I would agree that he is a lot more mobile, its more the lazy natural style that he displays. Anyway he seems to have grown in stature since the AI win, all round brilliant player.

See Michael Murphy's fabulous point for DCU v UCD today in the Irish Daily Mail Sigerson Cup, on Higher Education's youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/HEGAATV

Nice finish although he didn't chip it over his marker first like people were saying on Twitter. Looked like he went to dummy solo the ball thinking he might get blocked and slightly overcooked it.

Yeah, still an unreal score. Absolute monster of a player, very reminiscent of Colin Corkery with his effortless style.

Good to see the hosts make the finals weekend, it looks to be DCU's competition to lose.