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Mayo defence excellent. Roscommon not offering any goal threat.

Roscommon had at least three or four goal chances today and wasted them all, needed at least one to have brought that game to the wire.

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Mayo lost a fair few PUCK OUTs I see...Christ that is just sloppy.

I know there is a GPA scam thread but this is something different in fairness.

They are talking about all the pressures 3rd level players face and how it stops them with work and puts them under the kosh for study...

Now, one thing jumped out - 62% say county managers cause most pressure during college.

But, when you hear the GPA talking on this and since the beginning they will have a go at the Croke Park dinosaurs and all the admin lads, but rarely have a go at the biggest issue in GAA - highly paid county managers.

Jarlath Burns isn't ringing lads around the country to get them up at 6am for pre-work sessions! I'd argue that the split season has more to do with county managers than anything.

In Kildare Geezer got the boot from the clubs because he would never release players. There would be lads rotting on a bench and they still wouldn't be let go to play a match.

It really bothers me that they won't square the blame on the people who demand the most of the players, while also helping themselves to a fair few quid. It's all a big dance around it.

I can honestly say that Kildare people give out about Dublin getting money, but many will admit that we wouldn't spend it well even if theyt threw millions at us.

Like all the money kicking around in 98-2000 and we had the absoilute worst grounds in the country. We did build a centre of excellence eventually.

Then we see that Conleths is finally getting done up, but there are images where some seats will have near zero visibility of the pitch! I hope that's wrong...

Also Kildare chat highlights the lack of quality pundits. They know some names like Dan Flynn and then say we have good players, but iof they watched any of our games you'd know he has been unfit for 2 years and playing poorly.

Like Louth are no great shakes and Ger Brennan was a bad club manager in Kildare, so the Dubs being what they are does not excuse us losing to them.

Am I getting ahead of myself here but if United get their arse in gear they could do some damage next year...

Liverpool are done. Klopp is a Fergie type whose personality papered over cracks. Salah will go to Saudi or USA. A lot of their team has serious miles in the legs.

City can only buy so many lads, and if KDB is getting injured more often. They also buy a lot of similar players bar Haaland.

If Arsenal buy a striker and don't run Saka into the ground they have a young central defence and midfield who will grow.

This season is there ANY hope that City could wobble. That was a fairly draining Champions League defeat...

In fairness they never whip enough balls into the box, but even then, for such a big man he gets rattled easy enough. Rudiger bullied him and then Nacho did well this time.

I think they are just not used to teams folding when they ramp it up. Barca were like that on some of their worst Euro nights too. If a team didn't fall asunder Messi would be standing on the wing and the rest of them would be rolling around.

I know it's easy to say the best team lost but the concentration levels from Madrid were amazing. And then when it was needed they had lads like Nacho and especially Rudiger jumping in.

City tried to pull them around but it's not like Palace and their low block, these boys were not for turning. Also in the extra time Real did fire a few warning shots to keep City honest.

Truth be told I don't like Pep as he just seems like a flase hoor.

€30 adult stand ticket for the Leinster semi-finals. Now in the past you could saw 2 games is decent for that price BUT in the last decade the product in Leinster is dung.

I can't understand why they don't drop the price for provincials at least. Even the rugby lads are redicing tickets for the Croke Park match...

There is a lot of back and forth re Dublin who I think we should all admit would dominate any province. They are dominating the All-Ireland long enough so it's fair to say their depth would manage Ulster too.

But, that doesn't excuse Kildare and Meath especially. They should be up and around Div 1 or solid Div 2. I know lads are saying when we are waiting to be hammered in Leinster it breeds a bad vibe, but the league is something different and Kildare were annihilated by Cork and Derry last year. That is not excuseable.

There will be a reset and some fresh blood on the pitch and on the line next year, but the Dubs are going nowhere!

Yeah like they only had a few months running the shite out of them and playing challenge games...but God forbid players would be expected to play games!!!

The whole rest issue is never managed properly by the GAA managers. Like I know soccer is pro, but the top teams play twice a week with massive table topping games and then European nights too.

These lads are getting grants and are talked of as eilte athletes.

I'm happier as a Kildare man playing Wicklow. I think we will lift it a bit, but there will be some tankings later in the summer...

Such a weak response internationally. They believe Israel is trying to not massacre people and they will have a good long look at themselves in the mirror!

I honestly don't know what Israel needs to do before they actually get some serious sanctions. It's so depressing. And I see now the aid food groups are stopping their operations temporarily so that's job done for Bibi and the lads - let them starve!

So many of these politicians joined FG because it was their best chance to get a seat. They also are the ones who think there is very little wrong with the country.

Now, when there is a hint that they will be up against it, they don't fancy the fight. Of course, the toxic online abuse will get all the blame as they dish it out directly or indirectly via the Indo, etc to SF and any other parties they don't like.

I said it on the the Div 2 thread, and I know it's very wishful thinking, but when it got very toght a few times yesterday the less established Dubs made some poor choices on the ball and seemed a bit unsure if a Con, Fenton or Kilkenny were not there.

But, it's unusual to see them in any way rattled, so I don't see them being stopped. There is some hope too in the goal chances that were coughed up too.

A good chunk of Kildare people talk about how Geezer leaving set us years and want him back.

I'm past it as I thought he can't make good ingame calls and all the integrity talk went out with the Seanie Johnston debacle.

This is my roundabout way of asking Armagh people if he can bring you on?

It was a great game.

It might be a false dawn again...but when the big lads are tied up the newer lads are less likely to grab the game.

There is big trouble brewing within Israel now as they want the ultra orthodox to do military service.

I'll admit ignorance on it, but see they're don't pay tax, get subsidises for studying Torah and are the ones setting harder line.