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Personally I despise Hoganstand (particularly the messageboard)

I think the majority of GAA web designers are still in the back ages in terms of design, astethic qualities ect.

And to the person who had the gripe about Tyrone's site because the use of flash, and it slowing the speed down - get a decent broadband connection.

Paddy Heaneys articles, IMO are top notch journalism, and he is the reason I buy the Irish News. (It's certainly for all the political ballox in the front third!)

This is not the first time Mr Heaney has taken criticism, and it certainly won't be the last. In his role I'm sure he's used to it! His articles are constantly slated in OTF by all and sundry, sure it's impossible to please all us Irish with a single point of view.

Deffo one of my favourite sports journo's; and miles ahead of one certain Martin Breheny, who many failings deserve their own thread!

Quality - Thanks for that, I remember watching the game on TV as a whipper snapper but couldn't remember much about it. Prestine   

[1. Why your user name 2. Favourite all time game 3. Favourite all time player from your county4. Favourite other poster on gaaboard.com. 5. Things you'd like to see change on the site. 6. Player from another county you admire. 7. Dual players. Should they be allowed do both (why/ why not)8. Dublin Hurling, IS there hope? *question for dubs9. Best Moment of the year? 10. Worst moment of the year? 11. Breasts or bum? 12. Breaking ball or park live? 13. (Situation) Cork v Meath (if from Meath Cavan V Dublin) in an All-ireland final. You have to shout for one or your head will explode. What do you do? *question for dubs14. DJ Or Eoin Kelly 15. What your own county needs to do to win Sam next year? 16. How do you stop (legally, Meath lads) Kieran Donaghy 17. Hopes for 2007. 18. Who will win Sam in 2007. 19. Who will win Liam in 2007. 20. Your Gaaboard resolution for 2007.]

1. Why your user name
2. Favourite all time game
3. Favourite all time player from your county
4. Favourite other poster on gaaboard.com.
5. Things you'd like to see change on the site.
6. Player from another county you admire.
7. Dual players. Should they be allowed do both (why/ why not)
8. Dublin Hurling, IS there hope? *question for dubs
9. Best Moment of the year?
10. Worst moment of the year?
11. Breasts or bum?
12. Breaking ball or park live?
13. (Situation) Cork v Meath (if from Meath Cavan V Dublin) in an All-ireland final. You have to shout for one or your head will explode. What do you do? *question for dubs
14. DJ Or Eoin Kelly
15. What  your own county needs to do to win Sam next year?
16. How do you stop (legally, Meath lads) Kieran Donaghy
17. Hopes for 2007.
18. Who will win Sam in 2007.
19. Who will win Liam in 2007.
20. Your Gaaboard resolution for 2007.

1. From Willem Defoe's character in Platoon - A film I adore and I was lucky enough to meet the man in a Manchester in 1999.
2. Tyrone/Armagh AI semi final 2005
3. Canavan
4. Eh...Zig I suppose
5. Fearon's membership - as in removal of.
6. McConville / K McDonald
7. Tough one - on the face of it dual players are on the fast track to burnout, but if they have the talent it's hard to turn them away. I'm gonna sit on the fence with this one.
8. N/A
9. McDonald's angled point against the Dubs to clinch a semi final victory for Mayo - quality
10. Losing to Derry in the Ulster 1/4 final
11. Breasts, it has to be breasts.
12. Watching Park Live is like pulling teeth - I hate it
13. N/A
14. DJ
15. No injuries!
16. The $64,000 question here - Shackels maybe? Stop the supply to him from the midfield seems the obvious answer, easier said than done.
17. To win Ulster again
18. We will 
19. Cork
20. I don't do resolutions - they only make a liar out of me.

Jesus we Irish are a happy lot

The approx. 10% of the population who STILL don't know how to use a f**king bank machine.

Young teenagers on the bus having a conversation all passengers can hear; when all they have to talk about is American pop rock acts.

The women who work in my office who ask me for help when they make their daily c**k up on their PC - and the fact I'm not rude enough to tell them to f**k off and that the adult IT classes are held on a Saturday Morning!

Irish League Football.

forget a out trying to dominate all possession and allow opposing teams to commit themselves forward now and again and hit them on the break?

But if Arsenal changed thier style of play I honestly believe they would suffer a lot more than they are right now.
For all our possesion we were careless in attack at times (Adebayor's work rate is great but he's far from the finished article)
I fear our title chances are gone now

Looks like Henry is gonna be on the bench today. I'd imagine after 90 mins midweek he'll only be used if we are in bother.

Man thats a shockin big list. The Geordie Docs will be on good overtime on the run up to Christmas!

I'd start RVP personally, Adebayor in 2nd half for Henry should we be in control.

I think it stems from the dislike of sucessful managers in some corners, so no matter what he says he'll be critised for.

I'm usually very cautious about the visit of Newcastle ever since they beat us at Highbury a few days before Christmas a few years back. Very embarrassing as I was going out with a Geordie for a while at Uni and I took a bit of grief for it. (Proper nutters Geordie wemen).

But it was take an amazing transformation in form for Newcastle to beat the goons tomorrow, they can't score or defend, a dangerous combination in any league.

My prediction: 2-0 to the Gunners

Baptista & Freddie are back too apparently

Cheers GH, got that fine, some bed time reading there all right. I'll never need a GAA pundit again 

The fixture argument aside, what is wrong with our junior, intermediate and senior players playing games against teams based abroad?

If sucessful it would promote our games to the world in a way the IRS never could.

I'm feeling after the sham in Croker the other week MH may find he has a lot of supporters for this idea that would not have been there a few months back.

Is there an official copy of the rules of football available online? Some might think it pedantic but I'd find it interesting.