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Gerry Anderson is a brilliant presenter, as is Nolan. Jones on the other hand....

How many medals do an All-Ireland winning team get?

Is it 30? If so its a disgrace that some lad who's been there all year miss out on a medal for some lad who's only brought in for thr final.

Unless everyone is happy, Derry will not win the All Ireland. I really hope the management don't do this but I don't rate Conway (I blame him for throwing away the big lead the last day) so you never know.

Don't think it was Niall's fault in fairness. He brought one man back because JF Bradley (by no real fault of his own) was getting dragged way up the pitch and leavinbg massive gaps through the middle. However too many men came back (I suppose instictively when you're defending a lead). I could see Niall where I was shouting constantly at players in get on up the pitch. He was constantly shouting that for the last five minutes.

First time 1992 semi final Derry vs Dublin. Upper Hogan.

Since no has disagreed  i assume next may/june i wont have to listen to how  other counties aren't being given hill tickets ?

In fairness I know for a fact Derry got no allocation of Hill tickets and they did request them. (the QF game).

As for the match, thought the Dubs gave it all and were unlucky in the end. Maybe if Cluxton had've found a good pass when he was out on the 45 or so, instead of gifting Kerry a point things could've worked out differently. However I must say I thought the ref was fairly harsh on Kerry a few times.

For me I couldn't beliveve that they brought Cosgrove on. Seems to me that he's had plenty of chances to prove himself and hasn't (since his great year, 2002 was it?). Also I noticed that from about 55mins onwards Shane Ryan was out on his feet. He couldn't run at all after that. He gave it all before that, but surely pillar should've taken him off for Magee? Also I agree Vaughan adds nothing in open play.....but he shouldn;'t have been subbed for Tomás Quinn. Quinn's a better footballer, but he 's a total bottler. I know who I'd want on the field if I had a last min free to level it.*

Was a really good atmosphere at the game. There were a few idiot Dublin fans beside me, but I must most of them (like when we played them) were great.




*Ok I know he missed a last min free last year, but it was from an enormous distance.

Come on Derry!!

Yeah very sporting and fair play to him for mentioning that young fella at the end.

I agree more needs to be done to encourage Protestants to join the GAA. I'm not too sure exactly what could be done to encourage them, but a good start would be some sort of press release from the GAA totally contempting the abuse handed out to that young fella in Fermanagh recently.

I also think if some interest is shown, then perhaps Gaeilc Games could be tauagt in Protestant schools. Also I think it's a disgrace that Gaelic Games aren't played in integrated schools in the north. I know for a fact that the exclusion of GAA and the Irish language prevent a lot of Catholic children from joining intergrated schools. Even if they were optional parts of the curriculum it would be helpful. At the start I'm sure it would be mostly Catholic children taking up the option,but over time Protestant children will see their Catholic friends enjoy the sport and may well become involved themselves.

The Ulster Council in particular should perhaps set out a scheme or target for involving Protestants. After all it could only make future Ulster teams stronger in the future. Derry and Tyrone's population is about 33% Protestant, Armagh about 40%, Antrim about 65% and so on. They are all significant portions and surely the biggest untapped market (so to speak) the GAA has.

Imagine if the old saying of Fermanagh being bad at football because "Fermanagh's half water and half Protestant" could be reduced to Fermanagh's bad becasue they're "half water".

Michael McIver is Derry by the way. 

Club- Baile an Doire Na Seamróg (Ballinderry Shamrocks)
County- Derry
Best Moments- 1993 - Derry winning Sam AND St Paddy's Day 2002 - MY club crowned the kings of Ireland.

Oh and hi.