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Would took 3:30pm on a Sunday instead a late Saturday  time. A pair of them games should be put on a Sunday.

Connacht are playing their final home game against Stormers in Galway on Saturday evening.. Kick-off: 5.05pm.

Traffic will be mental and there will be few places to stay!

I see Conleth McGuckian was starting for Glen this evening..I assume that means that he has left the county panel??

Imagine letting McElholm run the entire pitch, without any pressure

Was in the O'Duffy Terrace with the family for the Ulster Final last year. Couldn't believe the amount of alcohol an Armagh fan in front of us managed to get into the ground. He'd a cool bag full of cans. Not that he needed any more ale.. he soaked everyone in his vicinity when Armagh equalised, shaking cans and spraying them everywhere.

Obviously no checking of the bags on the way in and stewards clearly didn't want to deal with it in any way.

Same thing that Derry did against Donegal in '21. Have to show intent to attack.

Coldrick made up most of the time from the final free kick (time wasting) by Morgan.. maybe another few seconds could have been applied. But Cavan were going backwards/sideways.

Again, what is the protocol? Should Donnelly not have to leave the field?

Watched the first half back this morning
and it hasn't really changed my mind from standing in the Brandywell Terrace yesterday evening.

Derry owned the ball at the start of the game and should have opened up a bigger gap on the scoreboard before Donegal got off the mark.

The shots dropped short especially playing with the wind in the first half were poor.

Even before the goal Lynch was caught twice out the field, once Rogers intercepted the through ball and another when McGrogan wasn't focused on getting the pass from Lynch and Donegal got a point at the other end.

Could have done with someone else other than McKaigue getting on the end of that goal opportunity.

Ref had a decent half, didnt fall for feigning injury from the hit my McGuigan. No real difficult calls to make.. But was he right about the protocol on the injury to Patton??

Not sure if I can stomach the second half yet. Might have to leave that for a while.

The three schools that are conspicuous by their absence are from one particular county. Would the county management teams for the age groups involved have restricted the attendance at the trials for those on their respective county panels??

[were beaten in the first round. It didn't do us any harm. We went on to win it from there twice]

Sure the lucks been hanging out of the penalty Kick Champs (X2), why change anything? just go full of the bull until it goes pear shaped and then think about it.

Any examples of when other Ulster teams didn't go all out to win Ulster and as a direct result they won an AI?

In the second year if the current competition?

Tyrone had a fair degree of ambivalence to the USFC in noughties. But I'm sure that's the response you were waiting for to refute it.

Harte and the players?

"A couple of years we were of the mindset that we were going to win the All-Ireland and were beaten in the first round. It didn't do us any harm. We went on to win it from there twice."

https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/gaa/gaelic-football/tyrone-legend-sean-cavanagh-issues-28938977#google_vignette


A quote from Sean Cavanagh today funny enough.

But you know yourself that it's not true.
2008 was the only time that happen for Sean.
2005 was the Ulster Final (replay)

Poor game, but a good win for Derry.

Still on Ref watch.. the decision not to award Toner a free, for the charge in the back, after Murrays shot was saved by Comerford was bizarre considering the what he was giving frees for throughout the game.

Laois by 5
Westmeath by 1
Armagh by 3
Derry by 1

One point win for Tyrone.
0-13 to 1-09
Thought McGuckian had earned a draw with his goal. But Derry caught out on the final kick out and Tyrone got up the pitch to score.

Streams working for anyone?

Derry game working fine for me. Plenty of wides, but some decent football towards the end of the half. McNicholl with the score of the game.

[Derry]

Derry v Roscommon
Dublin v Tyrone
Kerry v Galway
Monaghan v Mayo

Cavan v Fermanagh
Cork v Armagh
Donegal v Meath
Kildare v Louth

Antrim v Wicklow
Down v Clare
Offaly v Limerick
Sligo v Westmeath

Carlow v London
Waterford v Laois
Wexford v Longford
Leitrim v Tipperary