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[I think if the point should show the hole recording of the match ,would be heavy suspensions for both teams]

Downjim!! Your alive🤣 was worried about you after the bridge game 🙈, I think if the point should show the hole recording of the match ,would be heavy suspensions for both teams

Yeah very Selective posting of video to be sure, there could have been plenty of videos showing misbehaviour from CPN at the game, for example PD having to leave pitch with a busted nose!
Good to see Downjim has awakenedd, think he is a closet magpie fan as they are the only club which motivate him to post!! After Friday his own club might have a few weeks off

[Insulation (all Kingspan spec but wondering who is the alternative, at least to keep them honest)]

I am just about to start a self build, long road ahead. Was wondering would anybody who has done similar recently have any supplier recommendations, I am particularly interested in the following;

- Structural steel
- Insulation (all Kingspan spec but wondering who is the alternative, at least to keep them honest)
- Doors & windows
- Roof slates
- Hollowcore flooring

Would be interested in price and service/quality recommendations.

I am in the south Down area but would give anyone a shout.

Quinntherm is a good alternative and should be a good bit cheaper, at least worth pricing against Kingspan!
For the slates contact Tegral/Capco and their reps will call out to site

[What happened between RCD and St Andrew's heard on the radio at the weekend that there is a sign up St Andrew's (at least I think it was there) to say everyone welcome bar members of RCD?]

With Portrush being such a success other than the weather it's almost certain the open will be back. Which makes me think if Portrush can host it after some course adjustments then why not add county down to the rota as well. If anything it is an even better course.

RCD don't want to host The Open. It's been shot down numerous times.

They would need to spend quite a bit and have a loss of revenue while they make the necessary changes which would be necessary. There is no appetite for that in RCD.

What happened between RCD and St Andrew's heard on the radio at the weekend that there is a sign up St Andrew's (at least I think it was there) to say everyone welcome bar members of RCD?

The story goes that a society of St Andrew's members arrived at RCD and were refused access to course years ago. If you believe all you hear

Stevi nicks.. wind your neck in, take the beating and quit your crying!! Mc kernan met the fella with super shoulder, shouldnt even have been a free!! Lets put the jealousy and bitterness to one side and agree that the cream always rises to the top, u14s, u 16s, minor finalists, 2nds semi finalists, 3rds finalists, senior double!! The aristocrats of down football, always have and always will be!! Past, present and future champions!! As i said dominating a county for so long but yet no return in ulster marks failure in my eyes, you need to cement your clubs name in ulster glory to be recognised as a great team, lets be honest down hav'nt produced any great teams since ourselves and it looks like its going to be left up to us to repeat the glory in the years ahead again. Heads up to kilcoo though, tried so hard.. failed and will go down as decent team in our local club scene.

So you ignore the main point of my post, no crying at all, best team won without doubt. It was to point out to you that all teams use various methods legal and illegal to close out games! It was something new to me that when our keeper goes to take a kickout out one of your management took it on himself to kick another ball onto the pitch. Innovative I thought, not crying but according to you all week Kilcoo are big bad boys who use 'Dark Arts' and the good boys from Burren would't resort to any such tactics!
And as said before good luck in Ulster, tough game against Scotstown/Derrygonnelly but home advantage might count. Make the most of it because the decent club team will be back next year with hopefully a full deck of cards!!

[credit where due, today no old antics or unsporting conduct!]

Great sporting occasion today (which is the real winner ). Huge congratulations to ballyholland, a great side with classy players and just too good for us today. Well done to the seniors, commiserations to kilcoo and credit where due, today no old antics or unsporting conduct! They might be back, we go into ulster with no pressure, huge ask, (possibly not ready yet) but will aim to restore pride back to ulster club glory for the county as we have done so many time previously 😁👍#5ulstersinarow #proudhistory #futureisgreenandwhite

Give it a rest ffs, you have been trying to wind it up all week with the kilcoo bashing! This isn't a complaint but it is sweet tonight from a burren man with their own dark arts to close out game, with management kicking balls into pitches, systematic fouling including a very dangerous tackle from mckernan on young rooney! Not sour grapes as best team won but please open your eyes. Good luck to burren in Ulster and to the kilcoo team congratulations on a good year with all the hurdles that they had to overcome.

[Kilcoo start anymore bralls?]

Bridge shit themselves again tonight with the game in their hands with ten to go
Kilcoo be hard to stop

Kilcoo start anymore bralls? Laverty still diving when 1-on-1 with keeper? Whole mgt team still stupidly mic'd up?

Do you care to elaborate?? That is a brave accusation, I have been to a few of the games and have seen a broken jaw, a broken eye socket and a young lad getting kicked all of whom were wearing Kilcoo jerseys! Kilcoo are not on their own by a far way in starting bralls

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I looked at a couple of refurbished ones alright and they're decent value but I was a bit worried they'd have hassle with it. Anyone else have experience of buying a refurb?

I have bought 2 laptops and a pc with no problem at all. Had an issue with one of the laptops but rang the seller and they sorted me out over phone, basic enough computers but 100percent.

I see Slaughneil are likely to appeal McNeil's red card, to be fair they are right as he did not warrant a red, it was his colleague who stamped on Celium Doc that deserved the red! Or as Kenny Archers says was he just play acting

The TG4 coverage tonight, as suspected, left out all three red cards, so there must be a prospect that Slaughtneil will seek the full tape in support of any appeal by McNeill. What the highlights did confirm was McMullan made an excellent save from the penalty, even though the umpire behind the post waved it wide and was overruled by the referee. It was also clear that Kilcoo's two late goal chances were inches away from finding the net, so, also taking into account two dubious first half points awarded to Slaughtneil, the margins  on the day were incredibly tight.

Yeah as you said tg4 avoided the controversial decisions, think it was a clear cut pen no matter what me archer in the Irish News today, but then again he didn't get much right!!

Mr Archer said in Irish news

The TG4 coverage tonight, as suspected, left out all three red cards, so there must be a prospect that Slaughtneil will seek the full tape in support of any appeal by McNeill. What the highlights did confirm was McMullan made an excellent save from the penalty, even though the umpire behind the post waved it wide and was overruled by the referee. It was also clear that Kilcoo's two late goal chances were inches away from finding the net, so, also taking into account two dubious first half points awarded to Slaughtneil, the margins  on the day were incredibly tight.

Yeah as you said tg4 avoided the controversial decisions, think it was a clear cut pen no matter what me archer in the Irish News today, but then again he didn't get much right!!

We will see how many teams get as close to beating Slaughneil as Kilcoo were yesterday, I left last year's Ulster Final with no doubt that Slaughneil were the superior team but coming out of the Park Esler yesterday the two teams were evenly matched and Kilcoo would have been well worth their win if they had managed to get 1 of the 3 clear goal chances! As for the style of Kilcoo's play, have you watched Slaughneil's? Kilcoo are worthy champions of Down and the other clubs do need to up their game if they are to challenge in the next 4/5 years.
Kilcoo are a superb club team and are genuinely in the top tier of Ulster Club football as proved over the past 6 years in the Ulster with significant wins over St Galls, Cross and Scotsctown (in Clones) and two Ulster Final appearances, as an Armagh exile living in Kilcoo I hope Slaughneil get to the final but are beat by Armagh Harps

There were few complaints from Kilcoo about their two reds but the Slaughtneil coaches were incensed by their own dismissal. It came as a series of tackles were flying in, and it was hard to say exactly how much contact was made in any of them, but hopefully there will be some TG4 coverage tomorrow night which clarifies matters.

Kilcoo red cards were red cards, but just because the slaughneil bench were incensed it wasn't a red card?? One of their players stamped on a kilcoo lad on ground, I actually think the ref sent off the wrong man. As you say if tg4 have coverage will clear it up

[until their own red card, which was during a melee and seemed debatable.]

Kilcoo have played in the last six Ulster club championships and have ended up with a litany of hard luck stories but no titles. They have a brilliant defence but their midfield has struggled since Greenan went to Australia and they do not really have enough scoring forwards to get them over the line in tight provincial contests. Their discipline cost them today, as Ward, after an outstanding Down final, got involved in two crazy tackles early on and was gone within nine minutes. Slaughtneil were second best at that stage but used the extra man cleverly to edge ahead until their own red card, which was during a melee and seemed debatable. The second Kilcoo dismissal just after the break looked like a fairly blatant punch off the ball, and the Slaughtneil goal, when Bradley was able to punch to the net after no one picked up his run from the middle, should have finished the contest. However, in fairness to Kilcoo, they pushed up O'Hanlon, got Devlin into the game and probably should have salvaged a draw. They were genuinely unfortunate to miss a penalty, have another effort flicked off the line and the final shot of the day pushed on to the crossbar. However, with Ryan Johnston missing, Jerome needed to deliver on the day but did not score and was seldom a threat, although it was still a surprise when he was replaced when the match was still in the balance.  They are a reasonably young side, but winning another Down title and getting back into the Ulster series a year from now will be a tough prospect. While encouraging the likes of Ward and a couple of the Branagans to get a run in the county squad would help them, they do things differently in Kilcoo.

To be fair I don't think you can call stamping on a player lying on ground debatable, it was a poor action

I'd say 900-1000 low ball park (flywheel + clutch kit + water pump + labour)

Water pump was changed with timing belt, need a fuel pump but going second for one of those.

VW Passat, 2.0 TDi 2007, Fuel Pump leaking and sounds like Flywheel going
Does anybody have a ball park figure, can't be good.

Sachs do a complete module kit now, replaces flywheel & clutch all in one unit. Stuck one in my 04 Touran last week, cost around £330 inc vat which was a nice shock to get as I was expecting more. Haven't paid the labour yet though lol

Cheers was looking online and Sachs seem to be the best priced alright. Lovely timing with hols on the horizon but I suppose at 140k miles these things are due to go in car!!