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Has Minder upset Kevin McGourty?

Kevin's last update would suggest so!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/17118342

Ulster getting bate, and bate well

Ulster ahead.

Any GAA players worth following?

[3. Two Carrickmore players have cuts on their faces so how 1 player from Carrickmore was sent off in the row is anyones guess.]

Lads I do not condone but there is some crap being talked here. Neither club is innocent and I would say both will take whatever punishment is handed out.
But let me state a few things about what happened from the outset of the inital incident.
1. There was no row initially, the Carrickmore player was sent off for a very bad tackle. There was a bit of pushing and shoving and after the red card, it appeared all had settled. As the Carrickmore player went to leave the field, the county player verbally abused him about his wife who is from Dromore. He made a go for the player and all hell broke lose.
2. At no stage was there 3 Carrickmore players at the wire beatening 1 Dromore player
3. Two Carrickmore players have cuts on their faces so how 1 player from Carrickmore was sent off in the row is anyones guess.
4. There was no trouble in the crowd in the man started hitting Carrickmore players with it. Indeed there was no trouble in the crowd until a man, who was a selector with Carrickmore went to retieve his seven year old from the vacinity. As he lifted his daughter the umberella man punched him in the face. That is when it kicked off.
5. The man who got his ear bit off wouldnt be a voilent man and it appears he was caught up in something out of pure inquisitiveness as to what was happening. He was wearing a Carmen fleece so he was a legitimate target to those fighting. The same seemed to be case with anyone with a Dromore fleece on.
5.THESE INCIDENTS HAVE TO STOP IN OUR GAMES

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/5358024.stm

Sure according to this link (from 2006) one Carrickmore player punched another Carrickmore player to get a blood sub on.  Animals 

Ah now SE, 6 men received straight red cards in the Ballinderry v Kilrea Championship game.  Granted it didnt spill into the crowd...

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I foolishly watched this clip.  I'm an idiot.  For anyone that hasn't - don't.  Like someone said, I can't undo it!

[screenexiles]

Some of it was in atrociously bad taste. I didn't watch it - but I got emailed a list of 10 of the "best" jokes from it.

It'd be right up screenexiles alley. 

I could be wrong Puck, but I'd imagine you meant screenmachine?

Petty instead of pity.

Dermot McBride - Derry Corner Back.
Emmett McGuckin - Derry forward

[Dick O'Kane and Ally Elliott]

St Galls were well worth it, Karl Stewart was outstanding. Dunloy started going for goals very early and their shooting was terrible.  They just don't seem to have the players anymore and when they still have to start Dick O'Kane and Ally Elliott it shows the strength of their bench. Sad way for them to bow out if indeed they do. Not to take away from St Galls though they were the better team.

What age are these two men now?

What a great day.  Well done to all involved.

[nd also gave Dublin the handiest of scores when Joe McMahon was coming out of defence with the ball!]

Too much love on this thread, humility in defeat, humility in victory, where is the bitterness, the anger, the resentment, bah! what has this board become 

Well Indiana is having a fit about Joe McQuillan being soft on Tyrone even though he didn't think it necessary dole out any yellows for Dublins persistent fouling and also gave Dublin the handiest of scores when Joe McMahon was coming out of defence with the ball!

The resulting free was missed.

I see a fella from Greenlough (Derry) is on the team/squad.
What about Jonny Niblock - is he still part of the set up?

[What happens inside the fence should stay there]

Am looking forward to the tactical battle between Brennan and Joe Kernan. I heard Armagh are so sure of victory that Aidan O'Rourke has ordered in 500 special Ulster final 2011 picture frames for the shop. A huge after game party has been planned for clones square by the Armagh sponsors. Friar Tucks, simply fruit and Morgan Milk. Yummmm! Prize draw for a free cube of diesel 

On a much more serious note I hope the apple munchers from around Cross behave themselves a lot better than they did the last time Brennan led a team against one from Armagh. The throwing of screenings will not be tolerated!

thon hallion brought it all on himself and he's lucky he was bate home!!!

Not really BCB. What happens inside the fence should stay there and those Cross supporters let themselves and their club down very badly that day. Any talk of beating people home is showing yourself up for what people percieve the Cross supporters to be. It wouldnt have been the most sensible move either.

Thats all off topic anyway. I saw Dermot McNicholl out running last night. He is going to show McKeever how a real Aussie Rules man plays the game.

Derry by 8

Then Mr Brennan should remember that himself as he got heavily involved with people outside the fence.  And as someone who was inside the fence in both games, Brennan antagonized everyone from players, managers and officials and I would suggest he was the losing of it from Slaughtniel.  Anyway, back to the game, I reckon that if he can control himself on the line Brennan at the back of it all has the tactical nous to set up Derry to beat Armagh.  Armagh are obviosuly on a high from the win and Derry are a bit unknown after their facile win over the men from the lakes.  Armagh have the momentum but have they the game plan to beat a Derry team that will pack midfield and defence and leave space for Eoin Bradley to exploit?  I don't know but where James lost the run of himself in the first game I can't see Brennan going the same way. I actually think this will be a draw with Derry to sneak the replay.

I cant let that sit at all BCB. The reason Cross beat the balubaa's was the very dubious sending off of Shane Kelly in the drawn match. Only for that you where beat. Brennan is what he is, a head the ball, and came straight out after the match and apologised for his part in what went on. For the vast majority of the Derry club championship matches he has been involved in watching him on the line has been more entertaining than the games.

Derry simply dont have the players to beat Armagh if they are faced with the level of performance that Armagh produced against Down. I would agree with some of the Armagh supporters scepticism about wether the Armagh team can repeat the performance against Derry. In reality it probably wont be needed as we are a middling division 2 team. If Paddy Bradley was fit and available it could have been a different story. We dont have the midfield capable of winning enough possession and we dont the quaility of backs needed to contain McDonnell and Clarke. Its a far cry from recent times where the forwards where always the bother.

Was this game in Glen?  If so, did young Kelly not sink the head in some cross man?  Could be wrong, before anyone jumps down my throat.