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Work with teenagers and there have been a few males identify as female [or vv], and ask to be referred to as she etc and dress across the gender. 

After the initial WTAF (soto voce of course) it just becomes another one of those things. Having said that there weren't any issues with toileting etc which could have raised the temperature I spose.

The other teens don't seem to raise an eyebrow about it tbh. I suspect, with zero empirical evidence of course, that quite a lot of it is attention seeking behaviour.

Ach come on man, yous gave the ball away under zero pressure a dozen times in the first half and kicked 3 or 4 good point chances into their  keepers hands.

The first thing good coaching does is establish the right mindset.

Ok. So tell me what mindset Andy McEntee and Colm O'Rourke have given our players? Are they telling them they can't win? Are they telling them it doesn't matter if we lose? Of course not. Don't be thick.

As I said these lad have been winners coming up through the minor ranks. Do you think Keoghan is still playing over a 100 games for the county for a bit of craic?

I bet the stuff the Meath lads are hearing in training in terms of mindset etc is no different than any other county. Why would it be any different?

And saying there's no pressure is nonsense. There's pressure on every ball and pass in that game because possession is key.

If you know any thing about it it's because the people in charge of Meath football don't know what they're doing. They put good things in place and then let it fall apart.

Dublin have a full time S&C professional overseeing that from U14 right to senior who was working with Leinster rugby previously. We've had 2 people in to do a similar job who stuck around for about 2 years each and then quit.

It's not the players mindsets, it's not Colm O'Rourke, it's the mindset perhaps of the county board and their small mindedness.

Doesn't do much for your argument when you have to resort to abuse.

And to be honest your argument is as limp as some of the Meath shooting, as it appears you are agreeing with me that there is a mindset issue but that it originates at County board level not with the coaches or players.

Performance Enhancing Drugs.

Tactically we did nothing wrong. There was a lot of positives but there seems to be a gap in terms of strength and conditioning.

Your players kept making unforced errors, continually hand-passing and kicking the ball to Dublin players when under zero pressure, absolutely nothing to do with S&C.

It was clear they did not believe they could beat Dublin. Until that mindset changes they [and the other leinster teams] will stay in the same place.

Disagree. Our players were running out of steam by the end they looked like they could play for another 20 minutes.

Mistakes were made as we got tired. Unless you're a mind reader you can't claim to know the mindset of players. I'm sick of bluffers spouting this shite like they were in the dressing room and all week at training.

It's not mindset. It's coaching. And we've been doing it wrong for about 10 years. These lads have beaten Dublin at Minor and U20's and have Siegerson medals.

Once we get to senior there's a drop off and our promising players development plateaus. It's 100% coaching and S&C.

Ach come on man, yous gave the ball away under zero pressure a dozen times in the first half and kicked 3 or 4 good point chances into their  keepers hands.

The first thing good coaching does is establish the right mindset.

Performance Enhancing Drugs.

Tactically we did nothing wrong. There was a lot of positives but there seems to be a gap in terms of strength and conditioning.

Your players kept making unforced errors, continually hand-passing and kicking the ball to Dublin players when under zero pressure, absolutely nothing to do with S&C.

It was clear they did not believe they could beat Dublin. Until that mindset changes they [and the other leinster teams] will stay in the same place.

[Hamas for some reason are being held to a much higher moral authority than the IDF who have killed civilians at will for years, yet nothing is done about it.]

Who has a rock concert outside a prison camp?

This type of justification is a bit like saying that it is ok to bomb a hospital because there are terrorists in the area.

Also,
  over 30% of those killed by Hamas that day were members of the IDF, how many Israelis killed by the IDF that very same day is still very much up for debate.
I'm not saying Hamas didn't kill civilians that day but we now know the raping and beheaded babies were all IDF lies and propaganda.

The beheaded babies was propaganda, but I think it is difficult to claim that nobody was sexually assaulted.

Hamas for some reason are being held to a much higher moral authority than the IDF who have killed civilians at will for years, yet nothing is done about it.

No, they are not. Hamas are evil, the question has been whether the Israelis are much the same.

Denies Hamas being held to a higher moral standard than Israel.

Next sentence.... holds Hamas to higher moral standard than Israel.

Looper.

Some of the best memories of playing were championship replays I was involved in, something special about them. 

On Conor Lane, I would say every ref gets decisions wrong during a game.

But he has a tendency to get more of them wrong in favour of Dublin. Like for tbe Derry penalty, if that had been Con tackled like that there would have ben zero hesitation and no consultarion needed in giving the penalty.

He has always ben appalling when refereeing Derry IMO, a performance against Galway a few years ago in particlular sticks in mind. By that reference point, yesterday he was fairly even-handed, both teams got some soft frees Dublin got a couple that were nowhere near fouls though.

Hes not alone in that of course the Dubs at home will always have that advantage

For the life of me I cannot get the rationale for people within the GAA constantly belittling existing GAA competitions. The latest bandwagon is that the league final is a bad thing. Not too long ago there was a school of thought about how league success and AI success were inextricably linked but following Mayo's blip last year there appears to be a head of steam building towards doing away with the league final. And if you think I'm over reacting think back to when the black card and forward mark [to name but 2 shitshow ideas] were introduced and how the momentum for those were generated.

There seems to be a school of thought out there which would support the following:

The McKenna Cup & other provincial preseason comps are a waste of time and should be scrapped.
The provincial championships are not fit for purpose and should replace the preseason comps.
The National League is meaningless and should be used instead as a seeding competition for the Championship. 

TBF I never hear these things talked about, or indeed even mentioned, outside the confines of media studios, newspaper columns or this board. But you can be sure that if some windbag says something on TV or a podcast it will have a large band of people on here claiming it as their own original proposal during the following week.

PS not saying Peter C is a windbag, but if Tyrone were top of the league and gunning for the final instead of Derry there might have been a different slant to his argument ;-)

Do away with the only chance of a day out in croke pk for silverware for most duv 3 and 4 teams. Again the bugger counties always push for what suits them.

For the absolute life of me, I'll never understand why anyone would want to play in front of 5-10k people in Croke Park. The atmosphere is shit at these games. Absolute shit.

Tell me you've never played gaelic football without telling me........

[80k on a holiday?]

Right decision as clubs need stop appealing every single restructure as they have been the last number of years, however it's a very dangerous situation if the executive can effectively carry or defeat any vote they want. This executive seems to have become a dictatorship and serious changes need made.
Also. 80k on a holiday? That's complete and utter madness.

County senior holiday?

According to Cahair yes

So, what this squad has done for the county the last 2 years, 2 Ulster's, 2 x semi final appearances. The sacrifices made, never mind the revenue brought in, you'd begrudge them a team holiday? Complete and utter madness is right

I'd agree with that, probably the equivalent of about £1,500 per man. Plus sponsors will be covering the majority of the costs i'd imagine?

I thought the 80k was for a warm-weather training camp?

Derry last goal probably a square ball, but the Umpire raised his flag super quick.

He was clearly in the square. Thought it strange that no one questioned it

He definitely wasn't!

https://x.com/sporttg4/status/1761770141140816350?s=46&t=phQ2HHkWD0UVsLqr_FKpag

Looks pretty clear that he's outside the square when the ball leaves the other player's hands.

It wasn't a set play, so he's allowed to enter the square before the ball does.

It's not clear at all where the line is, but it looks like he is outside what we think is the square when the ball is played in.

With eyesight like that you should take up reffing.

The goal of Oct 7 was to show the true face of Israel to the world. Today the Attorney general spoke at the ICJ about Israeli settlers. Mission accomplished.

If that was the goal of oct 7, then it was a perverse masochistic act where Hamas leadership knowing their militia could in no way protect the Palestinian civilians, deliberately provoked the reaction of Israel and expected the mass slaughter of the innocents but were at peace with that plan because it would show the true face of Israel to the world?
That would point to Hamas leadership cynically and sadistically not giving a damn about the slaughter of the innocents but look to the propaganda value of such
Maybe that played a part, who knows with Hamas.
I would also look to who also benefits from this imposed conflict, namely the barely concealed hidden hands of Iran, Syria and Russia.

No need to look too hard for barely concealed hidden hands of those who benefit as they are in plain sight. The people enabling and cheerleading a genocide as they send billions in weapons to bomb children and women.

Sure they are all on TV every day of the week with comments such as 'kill them all' when asked about a ceasefire or proudly voting to stop funding to relief organizations.

These are the people benefitting with cash from AIPAC and other lobby groups such as weapons manufacturers who are making a killing from this.

So no need to to go looking for Reds under the Beds or Abduls in the Attic in this case mate.

Unbelievable the contortions the UK parliament went through last night to avoid saying they support a ceasefire, including the Speaker breaking with long held convention to allow an opposition amendment to another opposition party's early day motion. It appears Hoyle succumbed to blackmail from Starmer in order to keep his job as Speaker. In any normal political system both would lose their jobs.

What it also shows is that the influence the Israelis have over western political parties is awesome, it appears they can literally get them to do anything they want as most British politicians present stance flies in the face of reason and decency.

I Will Follow [the most lucrative tax dodging regime]

Bad [Khamas]

Where the Streets Have No Name [or buildings if its Gaza]

Egress from Celtic Park is compounded by the fact that [other than when playing Donegal/Sligo etc] nearly all traffic is funneled over 2 bridges.

The GAA should lobby for another new bridge over the Foyle, be money better spent than on Casement, or a new PA system.

Sure even if you can't hear that a pair of lost sunglasses have been handed in, you will get home in time for CF.