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Donegal steamrolled Armagh today by all accounts.
Hopefully we can avoid an embarrassment in the Quarters.

Waited 24 hours so as not to make any intemperate heat of the moment remarks.
The best team on the day won and were wll drilled and organised.
We were well beaten in every facet of the game yesterday. Yet with accurate shooting could have won the damn thing.
We set up a blanket of space marking defenders who in the main just stood there as Armagh kicked good ball in to their FF line who were nearly always 10 yeards ahead of their men going for the ball.
We had one 19 year old playing as a forward who was well marked and marshalled.
We weren't able for Armagh's strength and physicality, kept taking the ball into tackles and losing it. When you're a lighter team you have to let the ball go quickly to players who are breaking/running off the shoulder etc to make sure the ball holder has a few options.
A number of our lads didn't over exert themselves on occasions for the "dirty ball" which is disappointing.
Cregg and Senan Kilbride are not able to cope with good defenders and have no future if we're to become a top 12 team. Ian Kilbride is NOT a County player.( Face facts Syfín)
While being defensive may be ok on occasions we just have to now go with playing to our strengths - quick direct ball into forwards (not one forward) and only go tracking back when the other side wins the ball in their defence/midfield.
Decent enough season, some progress made but a lot to be done if we are ever to become a top 12 side.

Toll €2.90 at Kilcock, €3.10 M50 and €1.40 near Drogheda. Free from the Bridge in Athlone to the Hyde.
Cross country would be a long slow oul haul though.

Still don't know how this one will go.
Hopeful we can do it but could all come down to "on the day" as the cliche goes.
Anyway best of luck to our lads and be great if we can keep the roller coaster going for another 2 or 3 weeks.

Syfín - could you please take a vow of silence for one effin day.

[Apart from all that, I'm told he's quite a nice guy.

He is but a touch of arrogance in his make up. Probably from being an army Officer - the Officer is always right.

I'll help it to 70 anyway.

Keegan back appearing in front of the Oireachtas committee tomorrow with speculation that his resignation will be called for.

Nothing like a biteen of political hot air posturing and bandwagon jumping.

Donie Smith hasn't really developed as we'd expected so far. Hopefully by next July he'll have been sorted out and be delivering on the pitch for us.
I suspect Evans will start the same 15 again to get Keenan back in the groove.

Best wishes to our nicest Connacht neighbours.
Be great if we could get 4 Connacht teams into the Quarters.
Are Cork in bad shape and beatable or will they simply get their act together like Kildare and press on?

She could make the 100.
Sure the Tyrone lads have nothing else to be posting about now.

Bring it on .... and play football 

Tom Elliott and Arlene Foster are objecting to the annual Hunger Strike commemoration in Fermanagh.
Trying to compare apples and oranges?

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-28327754

Derrylin is 95% Nationalist isn't it?
Can't see what the problem is.
It would never be that "we" shouldn't be allowed to commemorate our heroes now would it ?

Another tale from the bicycle days - a Ros club was knocked out early on in the Championship so about 6 of them joined up with 2 clubs in  a neighbouring County no doubt using the names of lads who'd emigrated.
In those days there was usually only one Championship game per week.
Of course the 2 clubs got to their  County Final..........
So unlikely it's probably true.

We need Galway to win this one to keep up Connacht's representation in the closing stages.
I suppose poor oul Shliiiigo will hardly do the Corkies.

Hate to agree with Syfín but he has a point.
However a  horse like Ian K might start instead of Stackín.