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I know this is a thread about flags but anyone have any thoughts about the little bit of football that went on between the main flag events.

Not a whole lot. We're not at the races. We don't even know where to get the bus to the races. Tyrone were awful but still we let them beat us. And the least we could have done was lose with a bit of dignity, but our manager had to make an ape of himself.

We can only wait and hope that the work being done with the youngsters will bear fruit in time.

What did your manager do?

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/mcentee-irate-with-late-call-36993811.html

Just saw it on the Sunday game. Didn't look good

People from the north using the Palestinian flag as a prop is probably one of their more ill-advised choices. The people in Gaza would love to have their cushy lifes and political situation.

What??

This is the sort of insightful, nuanced analysis that keep me coming back to the board.

Don't get your smugness on it. You've just admitted you have absolutely zero knowledge of the occurrent in question yet saw fit to accuse me of supporting the Israeli genocide in Palestine because I like to watch football matches unimpeded.

Just out of interest, how many times have you complained to the Gardaí because of flags interfering with your ability to watch matches? Or do you know of anyone who has ever complained to the authorities because their view of a game was impeded? This whole idea of this being about somebody complaining because their view of the match was impeded is farcical. Had that guy been waving a Tyrone flag would he have been removed from the ground or even accosted about his flag in the first place?

If I asked someone to take a flag down all I could watch a game and they refused, then I'd absolutely complain to the Gardai. Thankfully I've never come across that kind of twat, with the exception of a langer women who gave it large to me sheet I repeatedly had to ask her to sit down and let us watch the match at the 2013 hurling final when Cork went a point up at the end (making O'Donovan's equaliser all the more enjoyable).

The suggestion here is that the individual involved refused to take the flag down when requested, thus valuing their desire to make a political statement (whether or not it's one you agree with is irrelevant) more than the right of the other spectators to view the match they paid to come and see. If (and again I stress, for your benefit, if) that's the case, then it's absolutely right that he was asked to take it down by the guards.

Would it not be stewards you complain to?

I wouldn't especially like to draw Longford in the qualifiers.

Hope we get down

I've changed my mind about the red card. It was deserved

I know this is a thread about flags but anyone have any thoughts about the little bit of football that went on between the main flag events.

Not a whole lot. We're not at the races. We don't even know where to get the bus to the races. Tyrone were awful but still we let them beat us. And the least we could have done was lose with a bit of dignity, but our manager had to make an ape of himself.

We can only wait and hope that the work being done with the youngsters will bear fruit in time.

What did your manager do?

What is the point, seriously, of RTÉ or anyone, showing that pathetic excuse for a contest, with absolutely no disrespect to Longford?

I have no idea. Watching paint dry would be more interesting.

No it wouldn't

8 steps by the Dub there

Are you gonna count steps taken by every player?

That was a harsh red

[I state that I would hypothetically not want to have my view of a football match obstructed.]

it seems you're just dandy with medics and kids being systematically taken out with the latest US 'precision' hardware! And those whinging whiners behind only had to get off their fat arses and shift a metre or two to the left or right to relieve their soft discomfort.

No, I'm not.

Do you or GHD not get how bad your hypocrisy is?!

I state that I would hypothetically not want to have my view of a football match obstructed. Whether it's a Palestinian flag or an Israeli flag or or a Tyrone flag is irrelevant. Get accused of endorsing genocide. Embarrassing stuff lads.

The flags were being hoist on the banking behind the goals at the Trim end, so all those poor Meath snowflakes had to do was to, literally, slide along laterally for a metre or two if the fleeting flag waving was proving to be an insuperable obstruction.

Jeez, some folk have little to be complaining about, seriously 

Watching games is the function of a stadium, this should not be compromised for political showboating, this can take place at the back of the stand or the corner where it is not blocking anyone.

So should it be compromised for county flags? Or Japan flags or confederate flags?

Yes I was Tonto.

I was gonna go myself but didn't in the end. Raging. Seemingly was a fantastic game. A shame the row will take away from that

When is the draw?

CK haven't posted on here in a while but your biased, ill-informed attack on Tyrone really infuriates me. I was at the match and believe me your one sided damnation of an incident you did not even see is mind boggling. The young Campbell lad for Tryone who was the catalyst for the unsavoury behaviour had been harassed by several Armagh players prior to the incident. He had his jersey pulled over his head, was being pulled and hauled down regularly and finally the Armagh number 7 drove into his back as he was going back into position from a kick out. If you have ever played football you will know that in most occasions players will not lie down and take abuse and will generally let their opponent 'know that they are there'. The young Campbell lad then just did what was done to him with a robust shoulder to his assailant in reply. No punches, no kicking no danger.

The reaction of Armagh players, their mentors and subs was not only disproportionate but vicious in the degree of its intent.

Obviously in situations like this there does reach a point of no return and a very serious and nasty fight broke out but I would like to make it very clear to you that all blame lies squarly with Armagh and their thuggish response to what was a fairly innocuous challenge which if happened 15 minutes into the match would have at worst received a stern lecture from the referee never mind a red card.

So CK wise up and stop posting shite on matters you know f**k all about.

I take it you were at the game?

I see the "nothing to see here brigade" are out in force!
Yet again Tyrone are stuck in the middle of disgusting behaviour. There's no excuse. Does ANYONE in Tyrone ever accept that they have a problem?
As Colm O'Rourke rightly said, this stuff follows them round like a bad smell.

Whereas Armagh starting a melee when losing the game at the Athletic Grounds has never been heard of before I suppose? 

When was the last time it happened?
For clarity I don't believe the poster who said this follows Tyrone around. It happens in all countoes

Any chance of the Cross players returning?

Depends on Hughes' injury I suppose