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Going in circles about venues is melting my brain..

Corrigan got the funding rightly or wrongly, and was debated well enough at the time and most people agreed there there could have been better options, but we are where we are. The pitch is a dam site better than some of the pitches on show at the weekend, using Omagh as an example for starters.

All roads going to Corrigan are handy to get to, motorway on the doorstep, people for some reason feel that there should be adequate parking for 4 thousand people, that's just rubbish. When we went to Casement or Croke, people are parking all over the place, its a City. Walking half a mile to the pitch is normal for county games in most counties..

Been shown that whether we play on a bigger pitch or a tighter pitch makes no difference to our form, we are where we are down to what we have available

Someone was complaining about the wind ffs! There is a constant gale blowing down/around/all over most pitches in the country! Then toilets, how many toilets are available in these other grounds? Go before ya leave

Unfortunately I don't think that was the case.

The Frankies are circling the wagons on this one Coaster 

Totes most have sent MR out to defend Corrigan with the promise of a big game this year..

Any day someone representing Ireland win's their second gold at a World Championship is surely worthy of its own thread.  Co. Down man, Daniel Wiffen, unreal achievement ... hitting the form of his life in Olympic year as well ...

https://www.rte.ie/sport/swimming/2024/0218/1432960-irelands-relay-teams-given-big-olympics-boost-in-doha/

Remember the last swimming champion 

Whisky Piss?

Who introduced the short hurls to the game? It seems to have happened between the 2020 all ireland and the 2021 final. Was it Limerick ?

2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qRfeHtqpxw

2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0rzgUeFv4Y

Marty Mallon in Down was playing with a 32" hurl in the 90's. Everyone else was hammering away with 36 and 37" hurls at that time.

It's still enjoyable but more and more like the X Factor

If anything it's the back stories in some of these that make them what they are, real people.

I never liked the ones where they rolled out someone who all it was was "We won this, then we won that. We got bate that year and then we won the year later, and we all lived happily ever after"..

Very sad news.  Puting is like the reincarnation of Stalin

Putin is that alright, but what is Genocide Joe and the rest of the Zionist enablers in the west.

Their condemnation of Russia for the death of Alexei Navalny rings hollow and Putin knows it.

Any know if the million yo yo's from JP has trickled down to clubs yet ?

Yes.

I find it very interesting all the debate about Dunsilly.
I wonder what we did before we had it ' yep complain that our County teams were ill prepared etc etc etc.
Is it perfect? -No but it is a dammed sight better than nothing.
It is a long term project and will changes be made -yep.
Do we have the luxury of being able to fund in one go - no but just look back and see what progress has been made.
Hopefully once 4 codes come under one umbrella even more will be made.
Now with gym we move on to next stage - 4G  or better lights ?
It should not be considered for Adult games as not suitable. Schools and underage development games only.

As for Casement that is no longer an Antrim asset.Ulster control that and I suspect we'll not play too many games there.
Lets be honest even if we had 5k supporters at games it will feel empty.
Antrim county teams will continue to play in Corrigan - more politics but that ship has long since sailed.
Is it the right location - no ? but funding was given and that is where games will be.Expect them to receive funds to develop terrace far side any time soon.
When games were held in Ballycastle everyone complained it was yoo windy 🤣
It has larger pitch , better parking for bigger crowds but pitch would be heavy  and exposed at this time of year.
Great to debate but we are where we are and just need to crack on.

Antrim county senior teams will have access to the new Casement for NHL/NFL and championship and possibly the two senior county finals as the optics of the Ulster Council not letting them use it would be very bad, but don't be expected the SA junior B finalists to get a run out there!

Canavan show. There won't be a picture coloured in for a week.

In the words of a famous beardy West Belfast hurling coach;

"What sort of Irishman could wear a jersey with the Queens crown on it?"

Suck it up Trailer 

The same beardy boy would have took a bit of coin from Queens to coach them if I'm thinking of the same fella.

I don't think he ever coached Queens but that's not to say he wouldn't have as he did indeed like the coin/paper things with the Queens head on it..

 

1 litre engines.
Have two young drivers, so cheap insurance is a draw, but are the engines worth it?

I was told to avoid those 3 cylinder "ECO" engines like the plague by a mechanic who says you'll get about 70K miles out of them and they'll need replaced.

Canavan show. There won't be a picture coloured in for a week.

In the words of a famous beardy West Belfast hurling coach;

"What sort of Irishman could wear a jersey with the Queens crown on it?"

Suck it up Trailer 

Can the pitch in Corrigan not be moved back 15 yards at the bottim end?

That would help a bit.

Corrigan isn't measuring the minimum requirements nor is it hitting the maximum requirements.

Moving it 15 yards back would be over the max for length

Judging by the distance between the two 65 metre lines Corrigan isn't far off full length, maybe only a metre or two short.

The close proximity of the sidelines to the perimeter fence is probably the bigger issue and it's hard to see how you'd widen it easily.

What the hell did shooter mcguinness know about education? Or that eejit ni chuilin know about sports?

it's all jobs for the boys.

There's absolutely an element of that. Jim Wells in Health was another fantastic example.

When has it been any different?

Sure what does Jeremy Hunt know about economics? He's an English teacher with a load of failed businesses behind him.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68282329

"Its unfair we have to provide a plan to raise 113m ourselves in order for the British to write off the 550m we owe."

What is her background in finance?

What are any of their backgrounds in what they do? They will pay a consultancy firm an absolute fortune using taxpayers money to tell them what to do.
This is the way.

Thats my point, she hasn't really got a clue what she's talking about, no wonder people have such distain for politics here.

Hardly surprising, she wasn't expecting to be in this role three weeks ago.

DUP threw the Shinners a curve ball on the Finance portfolio and it's well and good Michelle coming out and saying there'll be no water charges but there will need to be something.

The Domestic rates cap seems to be the most obvious thing to go and will impact the more affluent areas most as it's based on house valuations.

Not sure how much that'll generate though.

There is a cap on the valuations though, is there not? So a mega house does not necessarily pay much more than a nice one.

Currently there is, but that's up for review to be removed to raise more funds.

Ards and North Down as well as South Belfast going to be the most impacted according to John Campbell Biz on the BBC.

Currently in the process of changing car and trying to source the best 7 seater SUV. From reading reviews the cars that seem best in performances and reliability are Hyundai Santa Fe, SKODA Kodiaq, KIA Sorento, Volvo XC90.

Would definitely be trying to buy a used car at reasonable money. Price of cars obviously increased post COVID so wondering is it best to maybe buy in England instead of Ireland.

Anyone any advice on 7 seater cars that they may already have especially the pros and cons.

Been looking at these models myself recently. If I could afford it I'd obviously go with the xc90. Beautiful Motor and never a recorded fatality as far as I'm aware. Had an older model before but cost a few Bob to run. Newer models better fuel efficiency. The Kia and Hyundai have had face lifts in21/22 so are very pricey in the used market. Although have heard great reviews on both. Kodaq q probably cheapest option with decent reviews too. Top of the range ones a decently kitted out. The prices up North are crazy. I bought a year old kuga in 2018 for 18k. Now a year old Kuga is 23k

Work colleague is a big fan of the XC90's, buys them from somewhere in Scotland though and drives it home, says he can save a few K doing it that way.

XC90 and KIA Sorento definitely have better space in the 3rd row. Kodiaq not as good. All three drive better well to be fair but would say XC90 is best by far. Higher price but you get what you pay for I guess. with whatever one we go with, long term I hope none of the three give any long term problems and are easy to run.

JCool do you know the dealer your friend buys from in Scotland? Thanks

Arnold Clark mostly he says;

Arnold

Does he get much of a discount off list price from them? I spoke to them on a car i was interested in at about £20k and I probably needed about £500 off to make it worth travel etc and they were not for budging on the price.  I was not prepared to travel over and then try to haggle as the option of walking away becomes expensive then.

I have heard that there are much fewer dealers in the UK (and NI) prepared to move on price now because of all the car supermarkets that have a no haggle policy. Would be interested to hear if people's experiences back this up, particularly if trying to negotiate on phone before travelling to UK.

He's a Tyrone man so I'd doubt he pays full price 

He didn't mention haggling but was comparing against Belfast prices for a similar spec'd car and reckoned he was almost 6K better off, so well worth the flights and boat tickets etc etc, but he did say to ensure that they agree for local garages to honour the warranty before you buy.

Currently in the process of changing car and trying to source the best 7 seater SUV. From reading reviews the cars that seem best in performances and reliability are Hyundai Santa Fe, SKODA Kodiaq, KIA Sorento, Volvo XC90.

Would definitely be trying to buy a used car at reasonable money. Price of cars obviously increased post COVID so wondering is it best to maybe buy in England instead of Ireland.

Anyone any advice on 7 seater cars that they may already have especially the pros and cons.

Been looking at these models myself recently. If I could afford it I'd obviously go with the xc90. Beautiful Motor and never a recorded fatality as far as I'm aware. Had an older model before but cost a few Bob to run. Newer models better fuel efficiency. The Kia and Hyundai have had face lifts in21/22 so are very pricey in the used market. Although have heard great reviews on both. Kodaq q probably cheapest option with decent reviews too. Top of the range ones a decently kitted out. The prices up North are crazy. I bought a year old kuga in 2018 for 18k. Now a year old Kuga is 23k

Work colleague is a big fan of the XC90's, buys them from somewhere in Scotland though and drives it home, says he can save a few K doing it that way.

XC90 and KIA Sorento definitely have better space in the 3rd row. Kodiaq not as good. All three drive better well to be fair but would say XC90 is best by far. Higher price but you get what you pay for I guess. with whatever one we go with, long term I hope none of the three give any long term problems and are easy to run.

JCool do you know the dealer your friend buys from in Scotland? Thanks

Arnold Clark mostly he says;

Arnold