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Ahhh the old ... not having top quality football people ... chestnut

One step removed from Neville's 'best in class' trope

So to address that they've acquired a 71yo billionaire minority shareholder supporter and Jason Wilcox

The football world is trembling at the prospect!

And if all else fails blame the Glazers, who to date have 5 PL titles and a European Cup under their tenure

Any current successful team that doesn't have top quality football people behind the scenes?  The 5 PL titles and a European Cup was won with Ferguson still there and the structure of the club and how it was ran went with his retirement. The true worth of the Glazers has been seen since.

The biggest compliment you can pay Ferguson is how on under god he won the last of those PL titles with that team.

[The only time though to beat Limerick is in Knockout]

Stopping the Limerick powerhorses through the tackle is bring results, reducing the throws handpasses have brought results too, thought Cork for most parts brought that to the game..

Easier said than done considering the size of these lads, and they have a fair bit of skill too.

Not sure if Aaron Gillane scored from play, and that is a huge ask also, so a few things went well for Cork on the day..

The only time though to beat Limerick is in Knockout

It is, but Cork had no choice as their own championship life depended on getting the win, they were full blooded in that regard, but the question is, were Limerick?

Even with this defeat they're still favourites for the Munster final with Waterford left in their sights in two weeks time.

Clare beat Waterford and there's the Munster final pairings sorted.

Tipp need to beat Cork or they're out also.

Both are on RTE so that'll please everyone including Donal Óg and any OAP's who've no internet up a mountain somewhere who'd never been able to see the game anyway before GAAGO.

[their money]

The Theatre of wet dreams....

I'll get me coat.

But it reeks of owners who've bled the club dry and not one bean of their money will ever be spent on Manchester United.

How can you say that, just the £2.1bn in player acquisitions since they bought the club

And not one bean of it from the Glazers.

That was all revenue generated by Man Utd PLC.

[their money]

The Theatre of wet dreams....

I'll get me coat.



But it reeks of owners who've bled the club dry and not one bean of their money will ever be spent on Manchester United.

MR2, was coaching the U10's the other night and one of them just pulled the sliotar out of another's hand during the game at the end .  I called a free and the wee bollox questioned me, but now I'm not sure if I was right. 

Was he right?

Evidently that was only the Donegal backroom team on the pitch after the game  ...
No wonder the Donegal chairwoman was a bit shell shocked 

Some game in the pairc last night..
Fair play to Cork, they went straight down the throat of the Limerick defence with long ball and broke it off for the runners coming in late from deep.  They created some great goals and left some behind them as well which you thought might cost them in the end.
The Limerick onslaught arrived at the start of the second half with Cork struggling to get scores and once Limerick took the lead the general feeling was that was Cork gone for the year,  but fair play to them, they showed a good bit of fight and were hanging on with a few scores of their own to keep it a one score game and got their reward with the penalty which you knew Horgan was going to finish off in style.

Limerick have let teams get leads on them once too often and got caught out  last night.
Their full back line now looks a bit light,  Lynch was very quiet throughout. Flanagan turned up as did Guillane, but some of the others didn't and that will be a concern for Kiely and Co.

A special mention to both referees in Carlow and Cork, they had the bottle to make the right decisions no matter what,  Stack was entirely right to award the penalty right at the death when Hayes rugby tackled the Cork lad bearing down on goal. In hindsight he'd have been better off letting him get his shot off under pressure and at an angle rather than the penalty.
He also took no shit from the Cork keeper and his bollocking about.
Credit where its due.

Even if Cork beat Tipp, they could still go out on head to head as both Clare and Waterford have beaten them.
Still a lot to be decided yet in both provinces.

[City wouldn't have the fanbase UTD]

City wouldn't have the fanbase UTD have so could give as many tickets away as thry like. Season ticket holders should get 1st preference.
A story you don't see published is the United team paid for all the tickets for the ladies teams families to go to Wembley this Sunday, that is 30 tickets a player. Yes its a drop in thr ocean for multi millionairres but they didn't have to do it.

Yet...

Kids follow winning teams, Utd haven't won anything of consequence in almost a decade and City have been winning Premier leagues hand over fist recently not to mention a CL title.

As shown by this thread the big driver to the Tailteann Cup is that it's open for so many to get a run at it. Most of the counties in it could have a say if they get a bit of luck and a run going. We've had Wicklow, Laois, Antrim, Fermanagh, Down, Sligo, Kildare all tipped. If marketed right, this has potential. Makes a big difference from the AI run in! 

Potential for a very competitive competition. But it won't be promoted. Will get 2 minutes on the Sunday game and we will only see it  at semi final stage. The GAA don't do promotion unless it's the Munster hurling championship. The 3 games for 30 euro is a good deal. But if your Down a trip to London should maybe be taken out and a 2 games at a tenner each offered.
 

yep only munster hurling is promoted, and they still whine about it.  Not been in it this year I must say I'm looking forward to this competition more than Dublin run to another all ire

Munster hurling is filling out stadiums right, left and centre, why wouldn't you promote it?


I think Donal Óg's gurning about Cork always being on GAAGO, behind a paywall but up to a few years ago none of this would be available to view anywhere at all.

[Anyone aware of the background]

That guy getting nailed to a fence by loyalist paramilitaries in Bushmills. Anyone aware of the background?

Looked a bit like MDF to me.

Team named for tomorrow. Massive game for us which will be a good marker for where we are at. Lineup looks strong.

Best of luck tomorrow lads.

Really pains me to say it as a Down man but your a good few levels above us, so give the bolloxes a good hammering for the whole of Ulster.

What trophy did the u20's win?

Leo Murphy cup
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It's a relegation trophy, a B c'ship, for teams who were put out early. They beat Antrim and Fermanagh to win it!
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What's the Tailteann cup again?

I honestly would love a rule passed somehow somewhere that sellers cannot cross county lines.

Newry Shamrocks, Burren, Mayobridge etc are fundraising, and I'm happy to support it. But a club from e.g Derry? What in holy f**k are they doing taking GAA money out of Down?

If you arrive at my door the first thing I'll ask is "do you pay your senior manager?"
And if the answer is yes, then you can f**k right off


If you've money for that, then you've got your priorities all wrong.

Ratcliffe making a lot of noise for a minority stakeholder. Cut all the perks of the staff for FA cup final day just before a swanky lunch for the players' WAGs, all paid for by the club. Nice.

Staff are getting 1 ticket and have to pay £20 for the bus? They have 1,100 staff! as for the dinner, seems that's been a tradition going back to Busby.

I hope they beat Arsenal this weekend 

Man City or any other club gets to a cup final, it's common to give a ticket plus one and pay for lunch and transport on what's a very special occasion. Mean act to take that away from regular staff. I think the problems and imbalance of power at OT will not be sorted out by taking Betsy from the canteen down a peg or two.
 Bit of unnecessary chest pumping from the man with the new hat. Lets see how he gets on with the real job.

A tory is gonna tory..

hammer the low hanging fruit.

Spurs have a penalty in the last minute to draw with City. You're a Spurs man and taking the kick. What do you do?

Boot it into the net and pick up your scoring bonus, maybe kiss the badge in the process to please the crowd who you've no affinity with as you're from Brazil, Korea or wherever.