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RTE did a great little outro thing for the 2008 championship

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKWfGJXtJFo

Fabulous. And it's so exciting to see Michael Meehan back on the field  for 2012

Fermanagh got to the ulster final a few years ago and the AISF in 2004. 
Where did it go wrong afterwards?

['Conroy again another out of position player because he is definitely not a full-forward.']

How are Mayo for freetaking this year? That was a problem last year.

Was it really for the Championship?

http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=19411.msg979057#msg979057

just reading that thread i saw (Name edited out to save  Pride of an unhappy galwayman)

'Conroy again another out of position player because he is definitely not a full-forward.'                          -- discuss

the Galway players have been all over the shop over the last few years. Hanley the fullback was midfield last year
Bradshaw the HB was half forward last year. Conroy was midfield in 2010.

Another season, the Sunday Game is still shite.

Between TSG and the Late Late RTE is in a bit of a rut.
But you can't beat 20 minutes of sport on the six one news on sunday evening 

How are Mayo for freetaking this year? That was a problem last year.

Was it really for the Championship?

Only in the Galway match, which must have been all Seafoid could stomach

I was just wondering if we would get a repeat of this sort of patronising shite this year

http://m.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0622/1224299383646.html

Maybe it's just a reflection of where the counties in the west find themselves at the minute. If you're being straight-up and clinical about it, you'd have to say none of them will win the All-Ireland this year and, in fact, they don't look anyway close to winning one. That's what makes their provincial championship so valuable. It really is the case that on any given day, any one of three or four teams can beat the other and still go out the next day and get beaten themselves.

How are Mayo for freetaking this year? That was a problem last year.

Was it really for the Championship?

http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=19411.msg979057#msg979057

How are Mayo for freetaking this year? That was a problem last year.

RONAN McGarrity is on the verge of a return to the Mayo senior GAA panel, the Connaught Telegraph has learned.

The Ballina midfielder who has been training hard and playing well for his club has not been part of the Mayo squad since their defeat by Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-final last August.

However, he has been putting in a lot of training since the turn of the year and with impressive club performances over the past number of weeks it is expected he will rejoin the Mayo panel in the near future, if not this week.

Mayo's major problem over the recent national campaign was in centre field where they struggled in most games. With the O'Shea brothers sidelined through injury, this vital area was a cause for much concern. As a result McGarrity's recall will come as no surprise as on his day he is one of the best in the country.



Meanwhile the news on Aidan O'Shea is encouraging as the Breaffy man is making good progress with his injury and could be back in contention for the Connaught semi-final clash against either London or Leitrim in Elvery's McHale Park on Sunday, June 24.

The Breaffy man said he happy with the way his injury was coming on and while he hasn't done any training on the field yet he expects to be back sooner rather than later.

He said: "I am happy with the way things are progressing with my injury. While I am not doing any training on the pitch I am training in the gym.

"However, I expect I will be able to return to full training in the near future and maybe ready for the Connaught semi-final. But I will not rush things as I want the injury to clear up fully."

Absolutely great news that Ronan is on the verge of returning, massive boost for the championship.

Why do they spell it Connaught? Seonini.

They newspaper is a historical name throwback, what is inexcusable is the usage to the archaic British spelling in the body of the article. It's Connacht for feck sake.

Fair enough on the title but there is no call in the body of the article.

We are pretty much agreed, Sunday game analysis consists of wheeling out the same agenda driven egomaniacs every year to tell us what we know. Analysis pretty much consists of this;
Tyrone have alot of young players coming through, there's too much hand-passing, Kerry are a Croke Park team, Galway have some great lovely fowards w**k, w**k, w**k, Donegal defence isn't one for the purists, there's alot of hand-passing, players today are over conditioned, Cork are a big strong team, not sure if you know this but Mayo have a poor record in finals, did i mention that teams today hand-pass alot, Munster teams play less matches (Spillane spent 2 minutes last night explaining how Donegal have to play more games, we can read a f**king fixtures table Pat).

great stuff. That would make a fabulous skit

"That result yesterday showed they already are back to where they were when FOD took over. Every team in round one of the qualifiers will be hoping to get Roscommon"

The whole point of the qualifiers is to give teams a second chance. Ros are better than they were on Sunday.
They could get Waterford. How many qualifier round 1 teams will have all Ireland underage medal winners ?
Ros need to drop the béal bocht.  Progress is all about attitude.

RONAN McGarrity is on the verge of a return to the Mayo senior GAA panel, the Connaught Telegraph has learned.

The Ballina midfielder who has been training hard and playing well for his club has not been part of the Mayo squad since their defeat by Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-final last August.

However, he has been putting in a lot of training since the turn of the year and with impressive club performances over the past number of weeks it is expected he will rejoin the Mayo panel in the near future, if not this week.

Mayo's major problem over the recent national campaign was in centre field where they struggled in most games. With the O'Shea brothers sidelined through injury, this vital area was a cause for much concern. As a result McGarrity's recall will come as no surprise as on his day he is one of the best in the country.



Meanwhile the news on Aidan O'Shea is encouraging as the Breaffy man is making good progress with his injury and could be back in contention for the Connaught semi-final clash against either London or Leitrim in Elvery's McHale Park on Sunday, June 24.

The Breaffy man said he happy with the way his injury was coming on and while he hasn't done any training on the field yet he expects to be back sooner rather than later.

He said: "I am happy with the way things are progressing with my injury. While I am not doing any training on the pitch I am training in the gym.

"However, I expect I will be able to return to full training in the near future and maybe ready for the Connaught semi-final. But I will not rush things as I want the injury to clear up fully."

Absolutely great news that Ronan is on the verge of returning, massive boost for the championship.

Why do they spell it Connaught? Seonini. 

Fella in front with glasses-  "Oh Jesus, I think I left the oven on"

Chelsea are the worst team in years to win the Champions League, they most certainly aren't even the best team in England, let alone Europe. Barca and Bayern though have only themselves to blame. When you create and miss as many chances as they both did then you inevitably lose. It is good that the title goes around though keeps up the interest. It's just a pity that Terry has got his mitts on a medal. Fair play to Chelsea European Champions but the two best teams in Europe where sitting at home.

It was a mistake to replace Thomas Müller with a defender after Bayern scored the goal.
I think he would have been their best chance of a goal from play in extra time and he was on the sideline.

Obama - great home run Drogba

Connacht has been very open for the last few years with no team on top. Last year Sligo were shite. This year Ros are shite. Mayo were shite in 2010
http://www.con-telegraph.ie/sport/gaelic/767-longford-easy-meat-for-mayo
and Galway were shite 2009-2011.