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[Every game is a lottery.]

Why is the final between the 2 d2 teams? Hmmmn.

Because this is Ulster, where every team in the province has contested the final at least once  in the last twenty years.
Every game is a lottery.
Its why it the best championship in the land.

You might have a point but there's no need to tell lies.

There appear to be no certainties so if not a lottery its certainly unpredictable.

There are certainties. Antrim & Fermanagh are going to lose. Down extremely likely to as well.

You could have picked 4 out of 9 to win it. 2 of those are in the final.

Pedantic posts of the week go to.... 

It's a completely boring and untrue narrative though.
The Leinster final of 2023 had 2 Division 2 teams in it. They felt no need to use that fact to big themselves up. We, in Ulster, do. Our football can be fcukin dreadful too, and there's plenty of evidence this weekend.

[Every game is a lottery.]

Why is the final between the 2 d2 teams? Hmmmn.

Because this is Ulster, where every team in the province has contested the final at least once  in the last twenty years.
Every game is a lottery.
Its why it the best championship in the land.

You might have a point but there's no need to tell lies.

There appear to be no certainties so if not a lottery its certainly unpredictable.

There are certainties. Antrim & Fermanagh are going to lose. Down extremely likely to as well.

You could have picked 4 out of 9 to win it. 2 of those are in the final.

[Every game is a lottery.]

Why is the final between the 2 d2 teams? Hmmmn.

Because this is Ulster, where every team in the province has contested the final at least once  in the last twenty years.
Every game is a lottery.
Its why it the best championship in the land.

You might have a point but there's no need to tell lies.

Celtic park seems to be lucky for Donegal, maybe because of the towns Tyrconnell history. I notice there is a street down the road from it called Tyrconnell street.

I always thought that Tir Connail was Donegal but not including the Inis Eoghain peninsula (which includes Derry City) Tir Connail & Inis Eoghain combined create Contae Dún na nGall. Is this correct??

Yes

McShane not up to the pace of the game. Give a couple away now.

Been that way a few years.
Awful.

[the GAA wanta top of the range stadia but paid £15million to built it.]

At the end of the day, the GAA wanta top of the range stadia but paid £15million to built it. Would that wash if u wanted to built a house but only pay 1/6 of the cost to build it. They have to build whatever can be built with the money available.They seem to miss the point that their sheer lack of due diligence back about 10yrs ago, is the main reason we in this shit show.

Well, not quite. We are claiming to have contributed a significantly larger amount than that.
Jarlath Burns:
The GAA as an organisation has contributed some £57 million (£42 million from the Irish government) to the project so far and we believe that is a fair allocation

Now, they asked for it and got it so they obviously made that contribution.
If the British govt decide to give the rest of the money, then it's fair to say that the GAA has contributed all of the funding for the project.

Hanging your hat on future provincial championships wouldn't be very wise I don't think.

But, yeah, the "don't back down, double down" strategy has been a roaring success so I don't see any reason to change tack.

[His killing in prison, also feels like it could have had a level of facilitating about it - perhaps to keep him quiet?]

You will have noticed that the LVF were generally unable to carry out any attacks in the Garvaghy Road and Tunnel areas of Portadown. They did once try to shoot up the Tír na nÓg clubhouse one night but apparently the gunman was shaking so much he missed the building. Billy Wright and his cohorts were very much protected and enabled by the RUC, everyone in Portadown was aware of this hence the RUC couldn't guarantee easy access and exit from any of the nationalist areas of town. As an aside Robert Hamill's mother died this week without seeing any justice for her son's murder.

Wasn't aware of the Portadown situation, but thinking back on it there was genuine fear of the LVF across the catholic community. Watching King Rat and his cohorts patrol the crowds at Garvaghy always sent chills. There was that feeling that they could and would do what they wanted. Pure evil.
I know Wright eventually finished up in prison, but I can't remember what the charge was.
His killing in prison, also feels like it could have had a level of facilitating about it - perhaps to keep him quiet?

Happy enough with the outcome of that facilitation. Crip died young but he performed an important task.

One rat killing another.

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Stick to Scor and Handball.

Wouldn't bother. Shite at them too.

Lads away and have a look at yourselves. Arguing every single call that was against your team. There was very little in the reffing of that game that was controversial.
The last couple of pages would make your head hurt.

Give the prize to this fella.

Lynch is a liability.

He's hardly doing it off his own bat. Management need questioned on that.

Catch yourself on, complete clown even a dog wouldn't get burned twice in the same fire.

If you believe that isn't happening under instruction then it is you that needs to catch yourself on.

Stop the killing indeed.

Lynch is a liability.

He's hardly doing it off his own bat. Management need questioned on that.

Goal scoring opportunity so once its inside 21 its a pen. Thought it should be black under new rule?

David all about me Gough has to give a black card for something after.

No. It must be a black card offence which denies a goal scoring opportunity.

It wasn't a black card offence.

Black card wasn't given. Gough thought it was inside.

That was outside!!

Goal scoring opportunity doesn't have to be inside.  3-8 to 0-10

Has to be a black card offence for that.