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GAA Discussion / Re: Football Championship Predictions- Week 6 closes midnight on Friday

« on: Today at 04:57:02 PM »

Week 6 is the Tailteann Cup Preliminary games, scheduled for next weekend 21/22 May.

Have your entries in by midnight on Friday, including margin of victory, and do your own due diligence regarding venues:

Wexford v Offaly  Offaly by 4

Wicklow v Waterford  Wicklow by 6

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GAA Discussion / Re: Derry V Donegal Ulster final 2022

« on: Today at 02:57:53 PM »

Did Maghera not have a lean spell too? Always thought it was tied to that. Now you've convent and Maghera both competing.

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General discussion / Re: Brexit.

« on: Today at 01:50:35 PM »

Strangford too JC.

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GAA Discussion / Re: Derry V Donegal Ulster final 2022

« on: Today at 01:36:42 PM »

Their underage has got strong again though so you'd expect that to improve things.

In Donegal your success creates more success. I guess you have the likes of McEniff to thank for it. McGuinness too. It's a real badge of honour to wear your county colours and it isn't like that in every county!!

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GAA Discussion / Re: Derry V Donegal Ulster final 2022

« on: Today at 01:26:15 PM »

Even in Donegal the club scene is strong. The appetite for the county scene has waned in a lot of counties these days. i think Down and Meath are just going through lean spells. Meath won u17 last year so maybe will surge a bit but I think Dublin's dominance has probably crippled them too. It's hard to know what's going on in Down but all is not well.

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GAA Discussion / Re: Derry V Donegal Ulster final 2022

« on: Today at 12:58:58 PM »

Derry always has had footballing talent. There just hasn't been the county setup to match. Look at their clubs and the success they have. I don't think you have that many other counties like that. They're a while crowd for infighting is half their problem 

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General discussion / Re: Brexit.

« on: Today at 11:55:23 AM »

He should be long gone by now but you'd never know.

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General discussion / Re: Holidays

« on: Today at 09:50:39 AM »

I booked 4 nights there in September. It's actually not that bad money wise(600 odd euro) but it's non school time so that is likely why. I thought it would be a rip off but saw some photos from other people and it looked really good and thought considering it wasn't that dear. Our wee boy will be 3 then so there looks to be a good bit he can do and the swimming pool will occupy him rightly.

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General discussion / Re: Brexit.

« on: Today at 09:44:30 AM »

I agree with this. It's a work in progress and Boris and the DUP have furthered the cause by years but it is still a way away!

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GAA Discussion / Re: Colm Parkinson/The GAA Hour

« on: Today at 07:50:59 AM »

Does the BBC GAA podcast primarily focus on teams from the six counties?

No it's much more specific than that
Concentrates on Tyrone , Derry, Armagh and Antrim

It’s crying out for a quigley.

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GAA Discussion / Re: The Sunday Game

« on: Today at 07:50:06 AM »

I used to think Marty Clarke was very good and I wasn't sure on McConville but I've kind of reversed my opinion now.

Clarke is generally excellent, McConville should not feature when Armagh are playing.

I think it’s commentary vs punditry to be fair to him.

Can’t have des at all. I really went off him years ago when he was at Eamon o’hara and donal og about their managers to try and make a headline for himself. 

Jc inadvertently your point actually makes a point for the tailteann cup. The “lesser” counties actually get little coverage when they are in the a championships anyway so putting them into a b one where they get little or none isn’t much different.  I get arguments against it but honestly don’t get that one.

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Antrim / Re: Antrim Football Thread

« on: May 16, 2022, 10:07:21 PM »

Thought that. Be interesting to see what he does come championship- seems to have suffered a lot from injuries this year.

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Antrim / Re: Antrim Football Thread

« on: May 16, 2022, 09:50:35 PM »

Is shivers, senior, injured cub? I don’t see him playing that much for you.

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General discussion / Re: 6 County Assembly Elections - 5th May 2022

« on: May 16, 2022, 08:28:39 PM »

https://twitter.com/JonTonge/status/1526268333124898816

 

Sammy's a republican. I knew it.

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GAA Discussion / Re: The Sunday Game

« on: May 16, 2022, 08:00:52 PM »

I used to think Marty Clarke was very good and I wasn't sure on McConville but I've kind of reversed my opinion now.