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Can almost feel young PK's Northern Soul in the intro here 

Lower cusack first in use for AISF '94 is my memory

The weather crowd that just removed the 6 counties from their map of Ireland altogether

Maybe so, but don't triumph a republican background then bend over for the pound to get off a person involved in a organisation who carried out attacks on the GAA.

Lucy Letby killed God knows how many babies. She still got legal representation and nobody here took issue.

Is Irvine worse than her??

Everyone would have taken issue if the defending senior barrister was also a public face of Barnados or some other similar vunerable children charity. That would have been a f6cked up scenario and media and maybe gaaboard (WTF thread) would have and should have called it out.

I was a small part of a serial child killer defence team several years ago so I understand the 'everyone needs a defence' angle.

Reading the post above makes me think we should have two death notice threads. One for the celebrity nonsense and one for heroes. RIP wee John.

 Much the same in his drawers too I would say

Its all about the elasticity of the drawers. Poor elasticity and they always drop when you least expect it. I read about this in an economics text.

what way do Meath ones see the final going?

I think it will be close but Down will do enough to overturn the defeat of the last day.

floury spuds?

[The only reason to win it is to guarantee a place in the AI next year]

To be honest I'd say if you asked Cavan and Fermanagh what they would prefer, promotion or Tailteann winners then they'd choose the former all day long.

Don't quite understand that logic at all. The chance of winning a national trophy in Croke Park in front of a big crowd during the summer on a big championship day with a guaranteed holiday. As opposed to getting promoted playing winter League football with no tangible success. Nobody will remember finishing 2nd in division 3 at the end of their career.

No-one is going to remember winning the Tailteann Cup either

The teams already have a chance at winning something at their level..the divisional national leave finals.

The problem with the Tailteann cup is that the teams at the top of it it don't want to be in it, and the teams at the bottom of it have no chance of winning it so ultimately no one is interested in it.

The only reason to win it is to guarantee a place in the AI next year, which the winning team will probably get via promotion the next year anyway.

Total nonsense. They are playing to lift silverware in Croke Park in mid summer. By using that logic then the same applies to the winner of every junior and intermediate club championship up and down the country every season. If some of the 'top counties' don't want to be in it then by virtue of the fact that they aren't in the Sam Maguire, then they aren't actually a 'top county'. If they think they are too good for it then it boils down to having over inflated notions about themselves.

Why don't you ask the players why they are playing it?

Down manager said after the game on Sunday that he would trade it to be in the All Ireland..they have no interest in the Tailteann.

They don't care about the silverware, they care about the guaranteed AI spot.

All the messing with structures has removed the excitement from the championship. It was great when an an underdog county could get an unexpected win and finish up in the semi final or whatever, it was exciting, every county played to the best of their ability in every game, anything was possible, it's not anymore with the tier 2, round Robins, super 8's or whatever else is dreamed up.

The league is for playing teams at your own level, the Cup is for knock out games and the chance to play (and maybe beat) teams far higher in the league than you.

My thoughts exactly

The south's bins are tiny compared to the north's. Gotta factor that in to the productivity calcs.

No, we're mostly bin lids 

Some brilliant parties, I'm sure!

Yes. Free tickets to tailteann cup matches

Tina  Turner aged 83⁸

Hard to believe she was 83, superstar in the true meaning

You could say she was simply the best.

Better than all the rest?

Better than anyone