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It's June in 2 weeks ffs. Why was it even left this late to begin with? Derry have their 6th found of club fixtures this weekend and have played more county games than us this year!

Don't be ridiculous. The May start has been the best thing Tyrone GAA have done in the last decade. The season has ran brilliantly the last two years with the Friday games and the May start date. League played through the best months of the year. Unfortunate change for Senior clubs having to wait an extra week this year but give me the current structure and calendar over a March/April start and lengthy gaps throughout the season.

Aye agree on the Friday nights, but last year club football went on to October, with training from January. So it's still taking up the most of the year.

No need to be training from January

Armagh club leagues round 13 is 26th July and round 14 (final round) is 2nd August. Championship will be towards end of August. What are club players doing from March until Tyrone are out apart from playing 5 league games?

I see they had some Jim Devlin cup competition running for seniors some slog for non county players to keep them interested without any meaningful games to do late in year.

Yeah Jim Devlin cup so teams either got 1, 2 or 3 games in that. I don't think many entered the Ulster league either. I'm sure the players have been in the gym since Christmas and then whenever pitch sessions started plus friendlies etc. I see last night the league has been put back a week so now starting on 31st May. It would have been a long slog to the start of the league.

No need to be starting training so early then when league doesn't begin until mid/end of May

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Joselu is something else though. Doesn't matter if it's the Bernabeu or Stoke on a wet windy night, the man delivers!!!

More like he couldn't do it on a wet windy night in Stoke. Crazy that 2 failed former Stoke strikers were leading the line at the end of a Champions League Semi Final.

Who's the other one?

Always great to see stories like this. Only got his first Spain cap last year too at 32. Unbelievable night for him and his family.

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

And county boards aping this trying to get county players more games with their clubs

Championship structures at intercounty and club level are a bit of a mess

Is the all-star team still decided by trial matches?

Just seen the team posted there and no players from Omagh, Dungannon or Donaghmore

Crazy game. Both teams a mess

It's only the 3rd or 4th story now on the 10 o'clock news

Interesting

Nothing at all from the usually very active PSNI Twitter feed and the BBC etc etc!

Tbf it was the lead story on the 9.30 news on bbc radio ulster

That would mean having to listen to Nolan and that's not going to happen!

I know, tuned in today for the first time in a while. Hoping for a bit of gossip

Nothing at all from the usually very active PSNI Twitter feed and the BBC etc etc!

Tbf it was the lead story on the 9.30 news on bbc radio ulster

Streams working for anyone?

Fixtures:

Laois v Leitrim - Leitrim by 2
Down v Westmeath - Down by 5

Donegal v Armagh - Armagh by 2
Derry v Dublin - Dublin by 6

Augher away to CNG on the first Friday night of the season for the 2nd time, pretty raw deal that

Looks fairly shoddy from the CCC

[Derry]

Derry v Roscommon
Dublin v Tyrone
Kerry v Galway
Monaghan v Mayo

Cavan v Fermanagh
Cork v Armagh
Donegal v Meath
Kildare v Louth

Antrim v Wicklow
Down v Clare
Offaly v Limerick
Sligo v Westmeath

Carlow v London
Waterford v Laois
Wexford v Longford
Leitrim v Tipperary

I don't think many teams hold an extra spot for a kicker on their practice squad. Usually if the kicker gets injured or hurt they'll act on it then. There's really only 32 active kickers out there so it's a tough gig to get. Even if a kicker gets injured in a game there's usually a back up option. I remember Wes Welker taking a kick back in the day as I think he had a soccer background.

Teams won't hold a spot for a kicker on the practice squad, but there is an additional place on practice squads this upcoming season for an international player

[Dublin]

Galway v Dublin
Tyrone v Monaghan
Roscommon v Kerry
Mayo v Derry

Armagh v Cavan
Kildare v Donegal
Meath v Cork
Louth v Fermanagh

Wicklow v Limerick
Clare v Antrim
Sligo v Offaly
Westmeath v Down

London v Waterford
Laois v Leitrim
Tipperary v Wexford
Longford v Carlow