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The worse defeats are based on expectations going in, it can be crushing.

For me it was the '94 defeat by Down in Celtic Park...it signalled the end of the late Eamon Coleman's tenure of the Derry team and with it all hope of a second deserved all-ireland for that team.

The worst day for me was against Galway in 2001. I didn't have any expectations going there other than defeat but when we were winning so well mid-way through the second half I started to dream of a glorious victory.
That was our best ever chance of an All Ireland since 93 but it wasn't to be and the last ten minutes were a horrible time if you were a Derry fan.

Galway fans even said after the game that they couldn't believe they had won and that they didn't deserve it but it was no consolation. We were like cats on the way home. We nearly fought outside Slane and one boy got out to walk home.

I did consider that one myself but I thought the loss of Coleman and the small defeat to the eventual all-ireland winners after some anonymous player scored a goal against us just edged it for me.

For me it was the '94 defeat by Down in Celtic Park...it signalled the end of the late Eamon Coleman's tenure of the Derry team and with it all hope of a second deserved all-ireland for that team.

Star Trek is a thrill ride from start to finish, im a big Star Wars fan and loved some of the Trek movies especially undiscovered, and first contact.

I went with a mate who hates spaceship movies as he calls them, but he enjoyed it. The story is fun and fast paced, one of girls on the bridge is super hot, great special effects aswell, how good were the actors playing spock and kirk, fair play. JJ Abrahams can do no wrong it seems.

Watched Pineapple express last night aswell, cracking show, ridiculus scenarios but hilarious stuff .

I thought pineapple express was one of the most boring 'comedies' i've ever seen, maybe i'm getting too old for that type of thing anymore, but i don't remember one mildly amusing moment.

I thought Pineapple Express was terrible too...and I agree with everyon on The knowing.
Been a while since i've seen a really good new film, though I dont get to the cinema too often.
Has anyone seen the 3rd Underworld film? Liked the first 2, but the fact that Kate Beckinsale isnt in the 3rd has put me off a bit.

What game?
Eamon scored more than one point you know 

I think Platoon is probably my favorite.

But I also love Bridge over the River Kwai....and A Bridge Too Far....maybe I have a thing for bridges 

Wasnt fussed on Hamburger Hill. Full Metal Jacket was class until they actually went to war.

Kelly's Heroes was really good too...but I've just remembered one of my all time favourites....The Big Red One...I thought it was really good.

[predict another 1 point win for them.]

As a neutral I'm really looking forward to this game.
Donegals full forward line were fantastic against us last weekend and if they can keep that sort of form and get half decent supply they'll be very hard to beat. The also did a good defensive job against us.
Galway have some of the most dangerous forwards in the game too so I reckon this will be a high scoring affair.
Difficult to call, but as Donegal beat us and I'd like to see them continue I have to give them my backing and predict another 1 point win for them.

If only I'd put a 10 spot on that!
Well done Donegal....yous'll be a hard draw for anyone to get. Hope yous can keep it going.

Its at the front of the engine, you will see it if you take the engine cover off, otherwise refer to the owners manual.

Nah, already tried in there but no sign. I was told it was underneath somewhere near the rear...but that's as specific as I can be from what I was told.

Anyone know where the fuel filter resides on a SE D5?

Brian Dooher....and when I'm finished Ryan McMenamin   

But first on my list would be the very un-pc choice....the mother-in-law. Shes the stereotypical InLaw...there's times I'd love to bate lumps outta her. 

i'm no good at watching horror films on my own, but last sat nite decided to have a quiet one so myself and mr leenie decided to watch the skeleton key... i had myself all geared up to be scared shitless..... lights out, fire etc..... only thing that scared me was when his phone went off....

thought the film was a load of dung....

2 hrs wasted that i'll never get back!!!!!!

any suggestions of real scary horror films ... more ghostly than gruesome ?

I thought "The Ring" was very good as a horror. Havent seen to many of the recent horrors but I think most of them are gruesome.
The Devils Advocate was good for an oldie. Pacino is class in it.
The origina Psycho.
The first two Omen films....scared the crap out of me when I was a kid and I saw the first one again there a few months ago...still a goodan.
White Noise was good too...with Michael Keaton.

As a neutral I'm really looking forward to this game.
Donegals full forward line were fantastic against us last weekend and if they can keep that sort of form and get half decent supply they'll be very hard to beat. The also did a good defensive job against us.
Galway have some of the most dangerous forwards in the game too so I reckon this will be a high scoring affair.
Difficult to call, but as Donegal beat us and I'd like to see them continue I have to give them my backing and predict another 1 point win for them.

How bad was/is Paddy Bradleys injury?

Concussion, he gets it quite often 3 times in the last 2 years I think. Should recover that in a matter of hours.

it was reported after his initial 'break' from the squad that he'd suffered concussion twice in the previous 2/3 months, certainly was taken off against Dublin with it.  Apparently on saturday his vision was badly blurred after shipping a heavy knock to the head (of course, nobody saw it).

He got in in the NLF as well. I saw it happen it was an accident tho it happened over at the far side near the stand around the 21 Derry were shooting into in the 2nd half.

It happened right in front of me and didnt seem too much like an accident.  The same player hit skinner a belt in the gob 5 mins later and no-ne saw it either! If they had been seen (How the Tyrone linesman missed it or the ref who was 10 yards away I'll never knoewI cant see how the ref could have done anything but send the player in question off, but at the same time it was the only near dirty incident in the whole game so no real complaints. More a complaint about the ref than the Donegal player as he came over and lectured both paddy and eoin I'm assuming for "pretending" to be hurt. Thats a dangerous tactic from a ref...particularly PB as he was concussed and that could potentially have been a very serious injury.

Did anybody else notice at the end of the game, when the players were heading back to the changing rooms, the Donegal Full Back was making a charge for the exit, and had to be held back by other Dun Na Ngall players and supporters.  Something had obviously happened because he was stone mad. 

Awk Neill Mc Gee is a bit of an arsehole anyway.

Your still banging that drum are you girlie? You're a sole voice of excuse-making in a dignified and sporting reaction from Derry folk.

By my count, it is a minority of Derry posters on this board who do not have a compulsive need to badmouth the opposition, whether after losing or in victory.  SDG is just at the extreme end of bad taste, from a sporting perspective..

MS Thought most of the Derry posters I read on Sat night Sun morn were gracious enough.

Take everything this Monaghan poster says about Derry with a pinch of salt. He's just bitter because we beat them twice and is still trying to come to terms with us having better footballers than them.

A quick question for the Donegal posters....what do yous think of John-Joe Doherty now?
I know a lot of people didnt want him in the job but after defeating Derry are yous any happier with him?

There are some tools on here too!

I dont think its fair of some people to pass so much comment on the Derry performance having listened to it on the radio.
I for one thought Derry played OK, in particular Ger O'Kane, Lynch and Skinner. We scored 18 points ffs.
We were cleaned out in the full back line...lockhart and mccloy were both destroyed. Lockhart should have been taken off...McBride had a poor game against Monaghan but I dont think he could have been any worse than SML was yesterday and should at least have been given a try. I thought both teams played some very good football. Yes Donegal kicked a lot of wides in the second period of extra time, but Derry kicked at least as many wides in the first half of normal time...so to say Donegal should have been out of sight is also an exaggeration IMO.
Also an awful lot of people here questioning Cassidy....that's very premature as he's only in the job 6 months and we are still without some of our top players in McCusker, Muldoon, Hinphy, Mick McGoldrick, Devlin, McGuckian and Cartin (tho he prob wont be back). I do think he made some mistakes yesterday...for example taking off Diver, not taking off SML, starting McCaigue...but I thought on the whole there wasnt an awful lot wrong tactically.
Donegal were really up for the game, had home advantage and have a lot of very dangerous players and always have the potential (like ourselves) to play really well. Donegall had all the advantages going into this game and I think a one point victory was probably about right on the day, but at the same time if derry had won by a point there wouldnt be any of this talk about them putting in a poor performance.
The performance was fine, the game was a good one and Donegal won.
This is not an excuse, but I though the referee was awful towards Derry. Paddy Bradley went off injured after a blatant elbow to the back of the head right in front of me and the ref. The ref gave PB a lecture and told him to get up.  2 mins later the same defender hit Skinner a box in the jaw...again no free and a lecture from the ref to the Derry player. Skinner and PB were pulled and dragged all day and rarely was a free given but at the other end when SML and co fouled, which was quite often, there was always a free. In MF too it seemed to me Patsy and Diver were pushed in the back for every kickout and I only remember getting one free for that.  I dont mind a ref being picky or letting the game flow....but he has to be equal to both teams and he certainly wasnt yesterday. But worst of all was in the extra time when Lynn should have given us the equaliser, he was clearly fouled. He should still have got the score, but we should have had a free in about 20m right in front of goals which would have taken it to a replay.
I dont blame Dongal, as I dont think they were dirty or anything but I think the ref was definately biased against Derry.

Anyway good luck to Donegal.....they have the players to get to a semi anyway IMO and I for one will be backing yous in the next round...even if there were two women behind me who came out with some of the worst things I've ever heard at a match, but sure every county has a few pshyco weemin about, but the majority of the Donegal supporters around us were friendly throughout and I was disappointed at the end but at the same time had no problem wishing them the best for the rest of the championship.