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Derbyshire is very underrated in my opinion, but lets get to the real matter of the Irish squad................get Stephen Ireland back across. One of the best players in the prem, it is a real shame not to see him line out for his country.  Would be like England missin Rooney or Torres decidin not to play for Spain

Thanks Joe,il maybe make my way across and see some football this weekend. Minor semis look to be a good shout

Lads,sorry to hijack the thread like this, but im spending the weekend in Armagh and had heard the senior chamionship final was on. Could someone give me the details, where is it at,when and who's playing??

Thanks in advance lads

the majority of those incidents were out of his control, particularly the knee by Mullin

He could of give a free for McManus hauling Mullan to the ground! No?

Well, true, and i definitly agree it was a free but he can hardly be too blame for Mullins reaction.  As I mentioned before though, he was very keen to let the game flow throughout and probably thought that Mullin would have been unable to get the ball anyway, as another Monaghan man was coming on to it.  Realistically, it was a very difficult game to control and as mentioned by a number of analysts another referee would have ruined the game completely, but Jimmy White did a very commendable job in my opinion.

Martn McHugh said there on The Championship that Stephen O'Neill scored 1-09 and 1-06 in two in-house games last week. Scored 1-09 off Justy McMahon. Promising if true. Probably get inured this week though knowing Stephen's luck.

Thon boy's no use anyway!

Will be good for the game if Stephen O'Neill can get over his injury problems and back to his best - things boding well for Tyrone so far this year, and while Jarlaith was going a bit far in his pessimissim for Armagh next week, it could be a real walk in the park for Tyrone if things go their way

On the contrary BehindTheWire, I think the referee did a very good job today - the majority of those incidents were out of his control, particularly the knee by Mullin and the kick or two that Doc threw out while he was booking Bradley.  Those that he did see he got right, and for the most part wanted to let the game flow freely and not get bogged down with stops and starts for countless frees - theres nothing he can do if both teams decide to ignore the football and just get at each others throats throughout.

Needs much more help from the umpires and linesmen, and with video footage, its likely that any incidents that went unspotted will be punished after - cant think of anything in particular other than Brian Mullin may pick up a sunspension. Doc was very rightly sent off, could have been away a few times before he did get the marching orders.

Monaghans shooting let them down, its all fair and well taking plenty of shots when you have a strong wind at your back, but to drop them short in those circumstances is criminal.  Dont think either team performed anywhere near their best, but as Brolly pointed out its all about results at this stage- and for the semi final I would expect to see a stronger Derry side, with Muldoon, McCusker, Lockhart et al in line for a place in the team.