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The Irish Government are tripping over themselves with money, please send your poor relatives up some coin so we can build this and then tell NI soccer and DUP where to go

As for Armagh game...Armagh will always give you good chances in a game and if you take most of them then you'll be in touching distance, if you fail they'll have a wee spell where they can pull away from you easily and game could be over (this is for the lesser teams BTW). Armagh are very unpredictable and could win by 1-2 pts or 15pts it's all down to the other teams taking the chances Armagh give them in the game.
What we have seen so far in Ulster is the favourite's are getting their balls slapped so hope this is different and Armagh have taken note of the previous weeks, a sending off or lose goal or two and anything can happen but I expect Armagh to win by 5-6pts as they should have too much for Down

A bit of reality for majority of you is Derry had 34 shots or something like that and most dropped short or wide, Derry will not concede similar goals like last week and will be tighter. Everything went right for Donegal on the day and I wouldn't get too caught up on the result. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle where Derry are better than they showed and Donegal are just not as far down the road as that result showed but they are a serious team who will only get better as the season goes on. Sin é.

Was booking flights to Glasgow there. I selected the flights and was at the very last stage for payment and they messaged me to say the price had changed and would i like the flight at the dearer price...WTF. Surely when you select the flight and proceed to payment that's the price guaranteed. Pure gangsters.

A flight a few days to go was £82.00 from Belfast to Glasgow and when the fixtures came out for games Celtic were due to play Sevco that day, the flight is now sitting at £302. How can they get away with this?. Is there not like a regulatory Authority or some sort of rules they have to abide by or can they just stick whatever fee they feel like?.

Unreal Cup game...Celtic not at their best but you have to give credit to Aberdeen for hanging in and giving it a real go. Back post twice on Celtoc's LHS is an issue and teams know to target this area as it's the weak side.

Dundee away will be the big test, win that and Celtic are on the home run

Lads, this is Celtic! It won't be straight forward!

Settle yourself

Got my last 5 fixtures slightly wrong...

Sunday 28th April v Dundee (A)
Saturday 4th May v Hearts (H)
Saturday 11th May v Huns (H)
Wednesday 15th May v Kilmarnock (A)
Saturday 18th May v St Mirren (H)

Celtic will play 3 at home (Hearts, Dundee and Sevco) and 2 away (Kilmarnock and St Mirren). Some weekend that but it's not as significant as made out, they win 6 games they win the league. The only thing is they have to beat us at CP and can't afford another slip-up.

Ohh right...

You don't have to be a mastermind to work out the 3 teams who are in the mix to win SAM...Dublin, Kerry and Derry. Kerry and Derry would be similar in levels with Dublin just ahead.

The chasing pack...well take your pick, anyone of 7-8 teams can make a semi final.
Galway if they get their main players fit
Mayo if they lift that damn curse...lol
Tyrone if they can be more consistent (hopefully not...lol)
Armagh if they can get some luck on the day
Donegal if they can get their injured players back fit for Championship
Rossies with a bit of luck
Cavan just like a bad fart, can't seem to get rid of them easily and linger around.
Cork can be dangerous and bloody someones nose

It would be a major shock if the 2024 Sam Maguire winner does not come from the first 3 mentioned...Sin e

Must be 8 months straight now of this. Took the day off to go cycling but you darnt go out that day.

I feel your pain...We're for Spain at end of the month (Cycling) and between a cold and a chest infection and the rain every other day it's impossible to plan anything or prepare properly for it.
We got a great last week of May and first week of June last year and I believe it has rained every other day since that

BALLBAG

I suppose Armagh will be favourites for this game and rightly so but anything can happen in Ulster Championship, Fermanagh are tight and normally hard to beat in Eniskillen but i expect Armagh to win by 3-4pts. Probably only pulling away last 10 mins.
What is the crowd capacity at Brewster Pk?. Are they expecting a full crowd?. I'll probably miss the 1st 10-15mins as I can only leave home at 1 for a 2:00pm throw in so will be tight for me too. Hopefully by the time I arrive 1:50 ish the crowd will be in and I can get up close to the ground.

Regarding the decisions from the Ref in the game, it's really difficult to decide when you have a Celtic bias and green tinted specs on even though you try to be reasonable about it. Sevco fans say the complete opposite so is the truth somewhere in the middle?. From my eye test i feel we got shafted...5 early bookings which had an impact, the foul count was like a 3:1 ratio in their favour and we're the ones playing all the football. Silva rolled about and dived the whole time he was on the pitch looking to get someone sent off, their penalty was shocking and the defending for the 3rd goal from Yang was a disgrace TBH and he needs a qer kick in the bollocks from BR for the lack of effort.
BR put Calmac and Yang on and tbf to him I agreed with them changes at the time as it looked like to me our midfield were tiring and losing its grip on the game so what better man than Calmac to come on and take control of the game and slow it down to suit us but it totally backfired, Calmac was well off the pace and gave the ball away for their goal. Ironically deflecting off him from the shot and Yang's lack of effort for the 3rd goal. He clearly wasn't fit and Barnado was the guy who should have come on earlier...Hindsight.

A few have already stated...yesterday feels like a defeat after the position we had ourselves in, when the dust settles it will show that a draw was not a bad result and that it is in our own hands and having them at home will be an advantage but no guarantee.
It's not just Scotland (although it is worse up there) but VAR is ruining the game, this software can be manipulated to suit an agenda. The lines can be thickened for offsides, they can cut the image/video short to show what they want you to see. A still image of a tackle will always make it 10x worse looking than the actual real life footage.