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What a dive to win the free

Yes, it's not really what you associate with Cork football (or hurling)

IT Carlow will host both the Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cup Finals in February next year.

Both those draws looks horrifically lopsided; what's with group 1 of the Fitz?

Aw diddums did I upset poor hurleyman?
We're not as big a joke as Laois where they haven't yet discovered that it's the ball you have to hit!

Laois beat the Wexford champs yesterday, and won well. No fouls either of any note.

Wexford lads lost the head near the end, loads of yellow cards.
Tipp game was class, ref swallowed the whistle a few times near end which added to excitement

Kevin McStay

Here's a story. O'Shea lost his fifth final on Saturday, December 19th, 2020. He didn't score. Dublin won with no undue fuss. On Monday, January 18th 2021 a friend of mine had a meeting with a sports consultant in the Sism gym in Castlebar. It is run by a member of the Mayo backroom team. It was a wet damp old morning and as he went into the office, my friend spotted O'Shea doing a weights session. He had started back the week before. People don't see that side of it. He has been doing this for a decade. Joe doesn't see that. Up to recently, Aidan O'Shea hadn't missed a game for Mayo in 10 years. I imagine that he won't miss many next summer either.

Does he not realise how bad that makes O'Shea look? All that effort and he hasn't improved one bit as a player since 2012.

''Trying is the first step toward failure'' Homer Simpson

This seem to be your motto.

was thinking the very same. O'Shea should put the weights down, join this forum and pretend he's from Dublin. Time better spent by the sounds of it.

One thing that struck me about O'Shea when i watched it back; second half throw in, he wins a free - but instead of dropping it and leaving it for someone else, while he goes forward to where the ball might land, he tries an outside the boot kick which goes 40 yards to a Tyrone defender with no Mayo man within 10 yards of the ball.
Not a surprise, he is not a good kicker of the ball - but why oh why did he even try to kick it.
Every f*cking time - and that is before we get to his ability slowing the ball down when he gets it, always taking a hop and solo as he has no idea what to do with it.
Also, at one stage in H1, he gets a pass back on his own 14 - so of course off he sets soloing it out of defence like Keith Higgins without the pace but it looks great to the uninitiated, and then is wrecked by the time he gets to midfield and paws it off.
Less gym and more ball and speed would be the way for Aidan.

eoghan mcghloughin not in 26 per programme

Where is a good spot to watch the match in Belfast?

Kyle Anderson the Aussie darts player early 30s.

Liam "Chunky" O Brien of Kilkenny

I can see a situation where a lot of people will either travel to Dublin in the hope of getting a ticket, travel just for the atmosphere or just congregate in pubs within the competing counties so will it actually be safer with a reduced capacity? I'm not so sure it actually will.

Yes, they should open it up, but they have gone too far down the rabbit hole at this stage to reverse - the fact that there will be no minor game to get the crowd in a bit quicker and earlier will also be a consideration, but there will be massive parties in Cork and Limerick tomorrow, which will be replicated in 3 weeks

On the plane as I type , looking forward to another great weekends craic! Probably not as many teams this year and the senior competition will be probably a bit watered down due to the lack of sanction players. We have 2 teams going from Setanta San Diego this year, back to defend our Intermediate and Junior C football titles ! Anyways looking forward to a great weekend!

Will it survive the hurricane?