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[I think football was at a great place back in the 00s. The big teams were well capable of being got at by smaller counties, you had sides like Fermanagh, Laois, Westmeath, Sligo etc all taking big Championship scalps and they were all sides who the big teams would not take lightly. Those days are gone now and the game is becoming sterile.]

I think the Armagh County Board was correct in making its statement and standing up to Brolly.  Too often people take it on the chin when treated by media in the way that Kieran McGeeney has been in several forums by Brolly.  If he was in any position other than a football manager, the case could have reached the court given the level of inaccuracies in Brolly's statements.  McGeeney deserved to be supported by his 'employer' and the county board has a duty to him.

Both O'Se and McGuigan bottled it when questioned on the SG, both should have taken the opportunity to put Brolly in his place but decided not to do so, the video report provided the platform and they could have used the situation to let it be known that personalised attacks such as those by Brolly are not acceptable.  Both of them were prepared to say 'ach, it's just Joe and he's a character'.  Says a lot about both of them but not surprised given that both are so involved in the media.

Brolly has a point but at the end of the day nobody holds a gun to these players. If they want to play county football they no the circumstances and are willing to sacrifice that, there's a lot of perks in it for county players in any case.

What I don't like is the mistruths and spin he puts on it and I have no problem with an Armagh County Board representative coming on and taking him to task over these. He was criticising his own county recently for holding players back from the clubs, this despite the fact that a number of players who played against Tyrone were in club action a week before the Championship game. His attacks on McGeeney (who I wouldn't be a big fan of) are personal and bordering on pathetic. McGeeney's problem is that he has a fairly limited tactical mind and approach to his game but generally the players who have played under him tend to have a great respect for him.

Money is the huge problem in today's game, Dublin are just so far ahead of everyone else and there is no a worrying emerging gap between the 2nd tier teams like Kerry, Mayo, Tyrone, Monaghan, Donegal and the rest.

I think football was at a great place back in the 00s. The big teams were well capable of being got at by smaller counties, you had sides like Fermanagh, Laois, Westmeath, Sligo etc all taking big Championship scalps and they were all sides who the big teams would not take lightly. Those days are gone now and the game is becoming sterile.

I felt very sorry for Kevin McKernan when watching Down on Sunday, a great player, a guy who has given a good 10 years service and who played for a great team in his day now being part of that rabble of a team. I think he deserves great credit for continuing to put the committment required by an intercounty footballer despite being certain in the knowledge he won't achieve anything in the remainder of his Down career.

The Laws of unintended consequences.
The Qualifiers were designed to give smaller teams more games. Instead they have given bigger teams second chances and in doing so lessened the chances of the smaller teams.

Designed to give smaller team second chances?

Don't forget to also include the extra revenue from something like 30 extra championship games (excluding replays).

Armagh have taken the bait.

First rule of PR, do not reply and further bring to the fore the negative points raised previously, whether right or wrong.

Brolly would be sitting back laughing his balls off

The green away kit is nice, no doubt to be a massive  seller in Ireland.

I've a stove in the living room now 3 years or so. Do I need to clean the chimney or the inside of the stove. Usually burn  turf. A Plummer told me one time u didn't need to clean the chimney when you have a stove installed

Based on that, I hope that same plumber didn't plumb your house.

Well they seem to pump loads of money in PeaceIII etc

That's a large part of the problem. A culture of expectation and entitlement.

Without ever having the need to be self reliant, why would the free loaders bother their arse getting off their hole.

Some job being done there!

Biggest load of shite going. 30 years behind the times.

What do you as a couple fall out about?  Ok here's a flip chart with another 50 possible areas in case you hadn't thought of them.

Advice- given -in the middle of a blazing row, take each other's hand, look into each other's eyes and say an Our Father together - I kid you not

My advice would be to anyone, if they can avoid it, do so. 10 hours of your life you can never get back again. Cringeworthy!

Just seen this on Twitter

Ruud Gullit co-commentating on Arsenal vs Chelsea game for Bein Sports just said that he's heard that Van Gaal will resign in next 24 hours

I wouldnt doubt his credentials or ability, however what he has to work with is limited. The expectations of a fast turnaround ( inside 2 years) may be unrealistic.

He needs to clear the decks and rebuild, however that could take significantly longer than 18 months and may be curtailed by FSGs  largely unsuccessful shopping sprees already.

If he can land Liverpool a premier league title inside 3 years he'll be a miracle worker

Anyone calling for Klopp to klear off?

If that had been Rodger's team he would have been very heavily criticised, irrespective of the failings on individual players.

What football club has the longest running brand on their shirts in the world?

PSV- Phillips

["absolutely heavenly on the tastebuds"]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, either in bottle or draft, absolutely heavenly on the tastebuds.

Bud Light I also enjoy.

Shocktop (Belgian) with a thin slice of orange on top is also divine.

"absolutely heavenly on the tastebuds" and "devine"...........There used to be a time only men drunk beer !

Here's the full article Muppet. Rather your small selective snippet

Teamtalk has this evening learned that a series of allegations attributed to Tyrone minor footballers during the championship game against Donegal, "did not take place" according to Ulster GAA.

Both sides met in the opening round of the Ulster minor championship back on the 17th May in Ballybofey.  The allegations surrounded the alleged treatment of a Donegal player during the game but the Ulster Council in their judgement exonerated the Tyrone minor players, management and coaches.

Up until tonight the untrue allegations had remained in the public domain as fact.  Donegal minor football boss Declan Bonner had been particularly vocal following the game and one Donegal newspaper carried the headline "Donegal minor manager hits out after 'toxic' taunting of player".

A statement from Ulster GAA, and the Donegal and Tyrone county board's is expected to be released shortly to finally bring closure to this unfortunate episode.  Perhaps then the players that represented the Red Hand county that afternoon will finally begin to rid themselves of the unnecessary commentary which was attributed to them from the Donegal minor management, a former Donegal senior player and an RTE pundit.

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In a response to our report Donegal GAA have this evening responded with the following statement...

CLG Dhun na nGall wish to vehemently refute the story on teamtalkmag.com this evening. CLG Dhun na nGall has in its possession the Ulster Council CCC Investigation Report and the conclusions reached were agreed by both CLG Thir Eoghain and CLG Dhun na nGall at a meeting on Wednesday September 23rd. We understand that the Ulster Council will make a statement in the morning accordingly.

I agree,though most of us don't decide to involve ourselves in criminal activity.I have no sympathy whatsoever for drug mules,but these two young girls have been crucified,on this thread alone,while a former GAA star,now in his 60s,is already being excused under the "we all make wrong decisions"adage

What a w**ker you are Fearon.

You bring the topic to the board and refuse to name the individual in the first place despite the information being in the public domain and then display faux outrage at someone's general remark and revulsion over abuse that the same individual ( who you refused to identify) didn't receive.

FAO: All my Roscommon fans,
I'm not bothered by whatever any of ye have heard or not heard as ye are in cuckoo land most of the time anyway,but, since I've got you all in a huddle here, I'd like someone one of ye to do a little bit of research for me.
Can you find out if there was or is such a thing as a Roscommon roll of honour or the likes that covers the opening years of the last century?
If you do, I expect you will find that one particular club mopped up everything in sight. So much so that the County Board got rightly pissed off and told the same club to eff back to where they came from a few years before.
The said club gave them the two fingered salute and took the hint, wearing they would never return until every last sheep in Roscommon had gone to the Great Fold in the sky or something like that.
I'll give ye a hint. It''s located on the N4, somewhere between Charlestown and Frenchpark.

N4 ?