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Offaly v Kerry 1982
Dublin v Meath 1991 (final game)
Derry v Dublin 1993
Armagh v Kerry 2002
Kildare v Galway 1998
Tyrone v Armagh 2005
Fermanagh v Armagh 2004

As a man u fan it is embarrassing to watch the amount of times he dives. It really is indefensible.
He is having a great season but someday he is gonna get his. And I won't be crying.

He takes an odd dive - so what. If it bothers you that much you should stop watching soccer because most players dive. Don't single out Ronaldo because he's high profile and a "its part of their culture" continental European. For example Damian Duff is cat altogether - do you hope he gets his soon as well? Ronaldo is I think the second most fouled player in the Premiership. This is largely for two reasons - (1) his workrate - he's on the ball a serious amount of time and (2) he is often double teamed so one guy might be doing ok but the other fouls him. Obviously on top of this he is a very good player who runs at people which scares them to death.

Diving is an accepted part of the game in soccer. If it wasn't FIFA/UEFA etc would deal with it. It's the same as timewasting/feigning injury (diving probably on the way) in the GAA.

That is bullshit in my opinion. Diving is not a part of the game and should be condoned whenever and whereever it occurs.

"He takes the odd dive. "

I can think of at least three occasions this season when golden boy won a penalty from diving.
no fair.

And thats from a united fan.

I think Seanie has a point in that the authorities are giving their implicit consent by not punishing offenders afterwards. If someone can be shown to have dived to win a penalty or a free that resulted in an unjust sending off or a decisive goal, there should be serious consequences.

Sorry bout that!

Think this will be very hard game, i fancy donegal to do well this year and their win yesterday was impressive

I'd say it will a nice game of football, weather permitting. Should get a decent enough crowd for a February league game.

bump for Mayo4Sam's benefit.

Home match in Ballybofey. I'll be disappointed if we don't get the points here. Hopefully Neil Gallagher will be fit to start.

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For the first time this season, I think Utd are now capable of winning this league. Never really took them seriously til now.

The only way I can't see them doing it now is if they lose at Anfield and Stamford Bridge. They're well capable of taking at least a point at both and I think they probably will. Barring losing a few of the likes of Ronaldo, Rooney and Scholes to extended injuries, I can't see United throwing it away.

J70 and Cloc Mór, what does Dublin playing on Sat night have to do with the aertel service, or non service to be more precise?

Just lazy barstool dubbashing again.

RTE, in general, are far, far quicker to update matches and scores involving Dublin teams, whether in GAA or soccer, than provincial teams. If Dublin had been playing today, their scores would have been up a lot sooner than the scores for the games that were actually played today. Monitor the situation over the coming months for yourself, if you don't believe it.

Was looking at Aertel today for latest scores on the GAA games and it seems to me to be the most diabolical service out there. Now maybe I am wrong but is the GAA not the most watched sport in Ireland?? So how come Aertel can provide updates on time from Div 3 soccer matches in England while 1 hour after todays games still no score in the Sligo v Tipp, Mayo v Kerry, Laois v Westmeath and Louth v Down. In fact, according to Aertel no game had a score for the first half at all. For Christ sake, all they had to do was flick over to TG4 for the score in the Mayo match. I think I will withold my license fee until this is rectified.

Dublin played yesterday. Anything after that is low priority.

The relevant link: http://www.gaa.ie/page/football_qualifier_structure.html

[All Ireland Quarter-Finals: Each of the four Provincial Champions shall play one of the four winners from Round 4. A draw shall be made to determine the four pairings.]

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Quote from: Cloc Mor on Today at 05:30:34 PM
All Ireland 1/4 final - what might this be then?


The game before the Semi-Final perhaps?

Fair enough but I didn't realise that we had actual quarter finals in the GAA calender.  Perhaps you could forward these details to me from GAC where they are known as All Ireland quarter finals.

From the GAA website:

Bank of Ireland Football Championship Qualifier Structure

Round 1 - This Round shall include all the counties that do not qualify for the Provincial Semi-Finals. An Open Draw shall be made to give eight pairings.

Round 2 - Each of the eight defeated teams in the Provincial Semi-Finals shall play against the eight winners from Round 1. A draw shall be made to determine the eight pairings.

Round 3 - The eight winners from Round 2 shall participate in this Round. An Open draw shall be made to determine the four pairings.

Round 4 - Each of the four teams defeated in the Provincial Finals shall play against the four winners from Round 3. A draw shall be made to determine the four pairings.

All Ireland Quarter-Finals: Each of the four Provincial Champions shall play one of the four winners from Round 4. A draw shall be made to determine the four pairings.

All Ireland Semi-Finals: The All Ireland Semi-Finals shall be on a Provincial rots basis, initially determined by the Central Council. If a Provincial Championship winning team is defeated in its Quarter-Final, the team that defeats it shall take its place in the Semi-Final.

Fowler is to fat an old to be playing in the PL. why did reds by him? i dono. he was crap at Man shitty an he is not gona do anything for reds this year. hes passed it. End of story.

Fowler did the business for Liverpool in the run-in last season, getting a few vital goals at a time when Liverpool were struggling with the likes of Morientes and Ciise. While he may be surplus to requirements at this stage, he's still scored a goal for every three appearances this season, which is not bad given that most of them have come in the form of late substitute appearances.

An unexpected two points and a great start to the league. Maybe we can avoid the drop this time around! How long will Devenney be out for?

Ronadlo keeps delivering, (Alan Hansen kisses his ass now on MOTD, whereas all he used to do was slag his end product).

Was that not a fair comment at the time? The often pointless stepovers, the diving, the inconsistent quality of the crosses... Ronaldo has come on in leaps and bounds over the past year or so. He's earned the universal praise he's getting at the moment.

Giggs got similar criticism in his early days. He was great at beating people, but his final ball was very patchy.

Assuming everyone is fit, its Tyrone or Kerry for me. Armagh will miss Clarke badly, and the miles on the clock had to catch up on some of their key veterans sometime (been predicted for years, I know!). The Dubs and Mayo will probably push for a semi-final or even a final spot, assuming they avoid the really big guns. Wouldn't give the rest much hope of going all the way. Donegal will give anyone a tough game, but we may struggle for scores again, as last year, and won't be able to stay with a team like Kerry who can run up a big score very quickly when they get a period on top.

Good win. Liverpool don't have a great record at Upton Park and this was the sort of match that they have tended to lose over the past decade or so. Two stunning goals too!

Three of the next four games are very tough, although three of them are at Anfield. Everton first, then Newcastle away and, after Sheffield United at home, United come to Anfield! The Barcelona games are in there too. Maybe its just as well Arsenal put us out of the cups!