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Would like to congratulate dunloy and st galls on their results yesterday.

wasnt surprised by dunloys result at all, they are a very good young team, with some excellent forwards who i believe should be on the county panel.

as for the galls, i was at the match yest and thought they thoroughly deserved their victory although it should have been more convincing. thought sean kelly was immense and kevin mcgourty's use of the ball was brilliant.
though kevin being kevin got booked at the end of the second half for givin the ref verbals about burke bein sent off and then with about five or ten minutes to go, glenullin got a free out kevin lashed the ball for all he was worth over the roof of the stand to waste time. lucky for him the ref didnt see him do it. such a talent but things like that people remember him for.

i for one will be in newry next sunday supporting the galls.

dunloys match is at clones after the junior final.

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Intermediate

Dunloy by 4 (with a few bloody noses...)

Ballymena by 6

Gleneravel by 3.

Dunloy Glenravel would be a good final but I fancy Ballymena to be there or there abouts.

ur some craic glensman, 4 teams left and you fancy 3 of them!

law of averages wud say you have a good chance of gettin it right.

b'mena will be hard to beat, the addition of the 3 logans has helped them no end & not just paddy, the other 2 are good players too(well div 2 anyway).

i fancy dunloy mysel, on their day they could beat most div 1 teams. but as said in previous posts i think they along with glenravel shud be playin senior championship.

your not far away itg.

should make for interesting semi-finals.

does anyone know what the craic is with the other match?

i know rumbly character mentioned it before, but i seen on the antrim gaa site that the admin person, said st enda's were through and that was it.
wud be a shambles in rossa did get back in, though it wudnt suprise me in the slighest and would hold the whole thing up, prob wouldnt be finished in time for ulsters anyhow.

ok tommy gunn, i thought they had the choice, but you know what i'm gettin at.
playin in a lower grade doesnt make you better in the long term, it might give you short term success albeit at a lower level, but it depends on where your club sees themselves going in the future.


on another note, i feel i have to mention michael pollock's point for gorts against st pauls on friday night.
he hit an almighty sideline, stand side of pitch, very difficult shot straight over.
eye of the needle stuff, absolutely brilliant.
can only be good for the future of antrim football and to think he couldn't even make the u-21 panel!

as previously pointed out, it is up to every club as to decide which championship they play in.
obviously some clubs would rather take the easier option of intermediate, thus having a better chance of winning and then representing antrim in the ulster.
lets take the county hurlers for example. they entered the christy ring last year instead of liam mccarthy. does anyone think this helped them improve as a team.
it maybe builds the confidence up a bit, but your beating lower level opposition, or in some cases getting beat by them.
this year they have improved because they were playin top teams in the top league and championship competitions.

take gortnamona for instance they are now in the semi of the senior, they could have taken the intermediate option at the start of the season which they could have won.
they now have a very good chance of making the final and good luck to them.

in my opinion all division 1 teams from the previous year and the present incoming year should be in the senior championship along with the winners of intermed. the year before. open draw. no option in the matter.

Mick lyons, Martin O'Connell, Niall Cahalane & Robbie O'Malley.

tevez & hargreaves will fit straight in.

nani has had a full pre-season behind him.

that leaves only anderson, who is just back in training after copa america, give him a month or so and he will be up to speed.

you say chelsea will play attack-minded this year, yeah rite.
they started with 6 midfielders on sunday and no strikers. terry & drogba are both out for the first month, africian nations in jan!

[and United's new signings will take time to bed in]

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Man Utd

Relegation :
Wigan, Derby & Birmingham

Top Scorer :
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and United's new signings will take time to bed in

like hargreaves doesnt already play for england and tevez played for west ham last year,doh!!

Would just like to comiserate and congratulate Jody and the boys, for such a gallant effort on saturday.
IF only the ref had've blown for the kickout not being outisde the 21, IF only someone had've fouled them before they crossed the halfway line, IF only !!

with jody as manager, he showed his qualities on sat he knew when to make switches, and that panel of players we can go somewhere, maybe not sam maguire but div 4 next year would be a start!

did my eyes deceive me, max hopes antrim win! 

antrim have a good group of dedicated players who have been training since oct or nov time, this is their reward for their committment, lets hope it pays off.
i dont agree with certain players being back on the panel, just because they thought their was a chance of glory. the like of mark dummy runs dougan an big mihall duck eggs an blue moulded sodas magill. they undoubtedly have the talent, but i personally think they're only there for the good time.
but its up to jody to decide that.

also max i hope derry get tore into those scummy bigheaded dubs, i would be glad to see them gettin put out. they think because they have won 3 leinster titles in a row they are world beaters. they in my mind are not unbeatable in croke park.

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rocky, the competition maybe is treated as a pile of horse manure by most, some in other counties dont even know the final is on this weekend or who is playing.
we are in it for a reason, we play div 4 football next year.
but jody gormley and the senior panel are using it to try and improve themselves and fair dues they have got their big day out in croker, how many of us can say theyve been there, done it and got the t-shirt.
and IF they beat wicklow, which i hope to god they do, but i wudnt underestimate any mick o'dwyer team, they get a trip to america.
so tell me if you were on the county panel would you want to play in tommy murphy cup ?

NEWSFLASH

There has been a sighting of one white cocasian male, who goes by the name of The Real Slim Shady!
He was last seen entering a cinema in the toome area, wearing a Homer Simpson mask!

You wud have to fancy a Dunloy v Glenravel final!!

wat does anyone think about the senior championship this weekend?

galls shud put the lamhs to the slaughter, pardon the pun.

cargin & st pauls shud be an interesting one!

john joe's mate wud be big mehall "duck eggs and blue moulded sodas" magill!!   

heard thru the grapevine johnjoe's mate made a guest appearence at county trainin last nite along with sean kelly(not the fish and chip shop one, st galls) and tony convery!


is the fleadh on in kilkenny at the weekend!!