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My money is stayin in my pocket as the game is too tight to call-

think Galls are better allround but you just never know at this level, one slip, error

or  a dodgy refereeing decision and its goodnight Irene--like Scotland earlier on!

Will the Gall's game still be on after all that rain??

What time is the Dunloy game on at?

No word on the team?

The McGourty question:

Kevin - Talented. Opinionated. Ambitious. Individualistic.
Kieran - Intelligent. Talented. Team Player. Untidy.
CJ - Brilliant. Natural. Over-used.

SaffronSam would know more.

Not sure that I do Shane. Three very talented boys in different ways. Kieran would claim to be the most intelligent because he passed the 11 plus, Kevin would disagree because he went to Queen's. Kieran and Conor won Colleges' football All-Stars, but Kevin has the Sigerson medal (admittedly won at about the age of 32). All three have played for Donegal Celtic's first team and have about three Colleges' hurling All-Stars each. Conor is the only one with a middle name (John) and Kieran has been known to spell his name Ciaran, depending on the day of the week.

I would have all three on the Antrim senior team. Kevin may be the least naturally talented, but he is a brave and gutsy footballer. His performance against Mayobridge a couple of years back was as good a midfield performance as I have seen. Lets himself down with his attitude sometimes, but should be one of the men that Jody Gormley would be building the Antrim team around. A very good goalie also and I think that Sean Boylan could do a lot worse than look at him for the number 1 jersey if the international rules takes place again.

Kieran is less in the limelight because he is the quietest and most laid back. Very skilful, intelligent footballer with a very accurate left foot. Well capable of taking scores from distance or hitting raking passes. Would be an ideal chf. As Shane says, probably the best McGourty so far this year and is benefitting from being the least well-known member of the family.

Conor, a precocious talent, allegedly made his Ulster colleges debut with La Salle while still in P5. More like Kieran in terms of ability and Kevin in terms of attitude. Certainly has the potential to be one of the best footballers of his generation, but must burn every hurl he owns.

Although a source close to the family, reckons the wee girl is the best footballer of the lot.

I would certainly rather have the three male McGourtys than the two Bradleys.

Max, don't ever question any of these boys attitude to St. Gall's. Their family is steeped in the club and winning an All-Ireland would be their main ambition. You certainly won't see any of them transferring to Derrytrasna Sarsfields.

Nor have they ever lifted the mitts to a referee.

Hilarious! La Salle debut in P5! haha!

Did no Boho St Fabers players make the cut ?!

Paddy was bang on

I left Casement on Sunday, got staight in the car, hit Radio Ulster--wot did i get ?? some woman singing about Jesus

Was fuckin cursin as i wanted to hear about the other games as well as intermediate and junior. Went home and hit teletext, saw results but it said match report to follow--not good enough

Roll on our Campaign

Will be interesting to see how they cope with the Bradleys but i cant imagine Glenullin will have much more than those 2 in the forwards.

On another note if Antrim plays enough of those Gall's boys Antrim should have too much for Cavan in Casement next spring--im confident of that and its not often you can say that

Gold we are only going to the semi for the day out - at least we'll be able to say we'll have been beaten by the eventual ulster champions

Hope u enjoy your day, make sure and get a feed in Goodfellas on Kennedy Way-hope u like flat Coke!

St Galls are as good as any club side in Ireland on their day. As I said on the Ulster thread, their first half performance was as good as any i've seen from a club side at this level. Who were the last side to beat them at Ulster Club level? Must've been in 2004.

Why have they never won an All Ireland Club title then?

because they were shite in a windswirled croke park last year

and because so mush of it comes down to luck--its so tight at that level--i remember big Muldoon struck for a goal in Casement in 01 when Galls looked certain to beat Ballinderry who went on to win the all-ireland
the year after they were about 6 up in enniskillen until Tom Brew couldnt miss and kicked about 7 in a row
after losing ulster final to An Lub the next year Carrickmore "out-foxed" them by the odd point in a 1/4 final replay before they won ulster and slipped up v cargin

Its tight as a ducks arse usually in Ulster--Glenullin could very well do a Loup and win the whole thing, one slip or wonder score may make the difference- no matter how could a team is one hoof up in the air or individual mistake can cost a team a year or a career

there was a page long interview with him in this weeks A'town news--made good reading

Congratulations to St Brigid's winning Div 2 today --some going winning Div 5, 4, 3 and then 2 in a row!

St Gall's looked powerful in Casement today-will take some stopping altho Glenullin had a good win over Newtown

gold did the mcgourtys all play today

Kevin played whole game-played well 3 good points, some blocks and covered the whole pitch
Kieran came on 5mins b4 half time--there was no real need for him to come on as Galls were flying at this stage and Sean Burns hadnt done anything wrong but i suppose hadnt been involved much as his marker Darren Rabbite seemed very fond of Burnsey's jersey! Kieran scored a point b4 half time but gave the ball away 3 or 4 times in 2nd half which u wouldnt expect from him(he was the only player who seemed to give the ball away on that team 2day
CJ came on with 10 to go-kicked 2 wides from way out and then scored a good point from the left at the death

St Galls put in some amount of blocks and didnt let Cavan play at all--Terry O'Neill and the entire half-back line put in a serious amount of work.
Burkey played well in midfield but a problem may be that they didnt win any clean ball in the middle--O'Neill and Aidso Gallagher were the only 2 who caught ball high above their heads.
Seanie Johnstone didnt start altho he was dangerous when he came on--scored a few points and had a goal chance beat wide by Ronnie Gallagher. Lyng was busy and skilful but he and Ford seemed frustrated and pushed out at Galls players as they simply couldnt get by them or stop them.
Niblock linked well and kicked a good score to put them 10-5 up but the Gall's forwards wernt in great form with Karl letting a few balls slip through his hands(no gloves on) altho he kicked about 4 scores. Gaels had a few good individuals but Gall's are as good a team as ive seen.

Will be interesting to see how they cope with the Bradleys but i cant imagine Glenullin will have much more than those 2 in the forwards.

Fair play to Dunloy although fermanagh football is never the strongest but any win in Ulster for Antrim teams is welcomed!

On another note if Antrim plays enough of those Gall's boys Antrim should have too much for Cavan in Casement next spring--im confident of that and its not often you can say that

Is that a northern referee. He's blowing everything 

Not sure but I see Mc Clorey is doing the line.

Mc Clorey was barely off camera in that game!

Congratulations to St Brigid's winning Div 2 today --some going winning Div 5, 4, 3 and then 2 in a row!

St Gall's looked powerful in Casement today-will take some stopping altho Glenullin had a good win over Newtown

I never miss it--think its a great read and hope its here for the long haul.

Im enjoying John Kane's sport psychologist bit also thats been going for about the last 3 weeks

Brolly's is a great read-he seems to be awful fond of Big Geoffrey!

Is that the same John Kane (son of Val) who used to teach in the Abbey and likes to use video cameras?

aye think he taught in the Abbey alright..whats this about the video cameras?!

I never miss it--think its a great read and hope its here for the long haul.

Im enjoying John Kane's sport psychologist bit also thats been going for about the last 3 weeks

Brolly's is a great read-he seems to be awful fond of Big Geoffrey!