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Why do professional place the ball slightly outside the small quadrant at the corner flag and a linesman standing right beside him?

Whole of the ball, whole of the line

If it came out Over the Bar was a teacher too I'd start home schooling the wains!

Liverpool 3-1 Spurs. Have a few friends over through and they are having some craic atm. Jammy!

Channel 4 now. Klopp v Poch

What's the best hurling podcast out at the minute?

Off The Ball has a fair bit atm

Enjoying the WTF with Marc Maron interviews

[Fermanagh held this Donegal firepower to 15 points]

Fermanagh held this Donegal firepower to 15 points, 3 of which were in added time at the end of the game when Fermanagh were chasing scores.

Donegal have attacking threats, so do Tyrone. Donegal played 2 out and out defenders against Fermanagh, namely McMenamin and McGee, otherwise they had 4 attack minded 'defenders' in McLoone, McHugh, Gallagher and McGrath, knowing they didn't need to be overly defensive against Fermanagh. I predict their personnel will change next day out to leave more protection for Magee and McMenamin, otherwise Tyrone's running game will hurt them. Both keepers will have a big influence, Donegal didn't lose a kickout the last day out, Tyrone will exert more pressure on them hopefully.

Both teams will fancy their chances in this one, going with Tyrone by a small margin with the players coming in from bench making a difference on the day.

The same Fermanagh that held Monaghan to 10 points last year. The same Monaghan that put 19 odd scores on Tyrone in Rd 1.

I really think this Donegal teaming is building nicely. There's serious fire power there and they've a bucketload of powerful runners and tigerish defenders, and of course Michael Murphy. Donegal to win by 2/3 and will retain their Ulster crown

Happy enough with that draw, could have been alot worse. A good chance to build some momentum and see where the season takes us

After being knocked out of their Provincial Championship, Antrim could very well play Tipp in the same tournament Dublin and Kerry play in with a snowballs chance in hell of winning. Why not play each other in a competition they could win?

Tipp reached a All Ireland Semi Final a couple of years ago, and did quite well in it. I expect they'd react with anger to being dumped into a B competition for the mortal sin of being narrowly relegated to Division 3 earlier this year.

The same Tipp who've been dumped out of Munster @ the first hurdle by Limerick!? A couple of years is a long time in football.

I was quoting GAAGAA's example. IF Tipp were in Div 3 and didn't for example reach their Prov final, then in a tiered setup they shouldn't be near the A competition in that particular year

[than Antrim taking on Tipperary in the Junior Championship]

Hilarious. There's a model already there in club football which works brilliantly. Senior, intermediate and junior. Ardmore in Derry don't have to play slaughtneil and dregish in Tyrone don't have to play errigal Ciaran. There's no reason it can't work in county.

'cos you want to beat your neighbours in a match that will invariably be played much closer to both counties than Antrim taking on Tipperary in the Junior Championship.

Hard to have local matches that matter if you aren't even in the same competition.

After being knocked out of their Provincial Championship, Antrim could very well play Tipp in the same tournament Dublin and Kerry play in with a snowballs chance in hell of winning. Why not play each other in a competition they could win?

McGeeney obviously took a leaf out of Pillar Caffrey's management book of failure today. Shouldering a blindsided Down player during the interval. Classlessness personified.

You questioning another man's class belongs in the WTF thread ! Comedy gold

Brilliant to see. Monaghan again underwhelming when removed from Clones. For all of the stick the fans give the Dubs over Croke Park, they can't handle away days themselves.

Clown

Well done Cavan. Few jitters in the 2nd half but weathered the storm. Hunger in spades. Qualifiers shaping up rightly!

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D'oh! Ah haha

Madness when you can buy them online or from a local Del Boy for £12 - £20 for tops and shorts

[So you would have been happy enough with Derry playing Wexford in a Junior championship on sunday past rather than Tyrone in the Ulster championship?]

This debate is strikingly similar to the Brexit fiasco.

A number of strident voices whipping up support for an idea as a panacea to perceived inadequacies in the GAA with absolutely no consideration of what the long term consequences will be or even any acknowledgement that there might be negatives associated with the idea.

So we continue with the current fiasco where the strong get stronger and the weak have nothing to play for apart from the dream of getting a big draw and playing out of their skin to keep the defeat in single figures. Anyone who can't see the many negatives with the current setup isn't looking at what's happening and the disenchantment among county players and supporters outside the top 5 or 6 teams.

So you would have been happy enough with Derry playing Wexford in a Junior championship on sunday past rather than Tyrone in the Ulster championship?

Are you making the argument that tiering will help the weaker teams? I am firmly of the opinion that it will be the last nail in the coffin for weaker counties to the benefit of the stronger ones. 

NO-ONE advocating tiering has ever pointed out the possible downsides to a new system.

Is there a 2 tiered proposal out there that includes removing the provincial Championships ?