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[Derry (as in the inner circle of CEO, Chair, PRO and main sponsor) were hell bent on reinstating RG, irrespective of the consequences or blowback. As close as last week, they were going to announce this, until it was scuppered by the Ulster Council statement outlining the fact that TG was still debarred from the association. Meenagh remained in situ for 57 days as he too thought Gallagher would be returning. Once it became clear he wasn't CM announced he wouldn't be returning]

Lads u worse than a bunch of gossiping woman, O'Rourke was always getting it, and that was going round awhile. I had hoped Meenagh stay on with him, not even sure why the Gallagher stuff popped up, Derry were never gonna bother with him again, and he only been mentioned as he been seen with Corduff this week.

Weasel, you are the gossip here.
Derry (as in the inner circle of CEO, Chair, PRO and main sponsor) were hell bent on reinstating RG, irrespective of the consequences or blowback. As close as last week, they were going to announce this, until it was scuppered by the Ulster Council statement outlining the fact that TG was still debarred from the association. Meenagh remained in situ for 57 days as he too thought Gallagher would be returning. Once it became clear he wasn't CM announced he wouldn't be returning. As for your statement re the Glen manager Malachy O'Rourke, again, like the various articles doing the rounds in the Irish news and Bel Tel, it's just poorly researched idle speculation.

Calling out some gossip with gossip/speculation of your own.

I can assure you, none of what I've said above is gossip.

hopefully not we dont want club turning into intercounty football with a few teams winning

Aye 'cos Kilcoo (population < 2,000) and Glen (population <10,000) are two obvious behemoths that are dominating their poor wee competitors who have no hope of ever competing against parishes and clubs of that size. 

Its not a parallel with Dublin (having approximately 20% of the island's population).

Completely get the point you are making but for the record, population of Maghera at the last census in 2021 was c4000 people.

Lads u worse than a bunch of gossiping woman, O'Rourke was always getting it, and that was going round awhile. I had hoped Meenagh stay on with him, not even sure why the Gallagher stuff popped up, Derry were never gonna bother with him again, and he only been mentioned as he been seen with Corduff this week.

Weasel, you are the gossip here.
Derry (as in the inner circle of CEO, Chair, PRO and main sponsor) were hell bent on reinstating RG, irrespective of the consequences or blowback. As close as last week, they were going to announce this, until it was scuppered by the Ulster Council statement outlining the fact that TG was still debarred from the association. Meenagh remained in situ for 57 days as he too thought Gallagher would be returning. Once it became clear he wasn't CM announced he wouldn't be returning. As for your statement re the Glen manager Malachy O'Rourke, again, like the various articles doing the rounds in the Irish news and Bel Tel, it's just poorly researched idle speculation.

Paddy Bradley and Aidan O Rourke could be good shout, Would Damien cassidy like another shot at it?

Definitely the worst shout on here, you cant just give the inexperienced a 'shot at it'. We are at the stage where we are competing for Sam, and just need to get over this team over the line. You cant just throw anyone into the deep end, has to be someone well experienced and capable for the Job. Only men I can think of that could do this and are realistic contenders are MOR, Jim Gavin, and of course Gallagher.

Someone suggesting Damian mcErlain coming back is the worst shout on here, either that or it was a piss take.

Our self-appointed CEO will do all in his power to get Gallagher reappointed.

Cahair has watched a replay and says correct call on the square ball. Just saying

Cahair changed his mind again!!

It's done now so no point dwelling on it. I'd expect an appeal on Benny's red card. It was never a red for a push in the chest.

Was at the game and thought at the time that it was the face. Could be wrong though. Toner made the most of it but technically a strike.
He was lucky the ref didn't see his earlier haymaker off the ball on one of the Lavey players when tracking back.

Cathair O'Kane is undoubtedly one of our best GAA journalists who is always thinking about the game and how it can be improved. He has always something worthwhile to say on a variety of issues. His player and game analysis on major games are  nearly always accurate,definitely insightful and very honest. The fact that he admitted that he got the square ball decision initially wrong in the Lavey/Ballinascreen game  and went to the trouble of double checking it,  is further proof of a journalist of the utmost integrity.

Thank you Cathair!☺️

Yes, Marty Bradley's a decent ball carrier and a good athlete. Have been impressed with Conor Mulholland, the Lavey fullback as well.
Both of them have the basic raw material there to play county but the real question is are they prepared for the commitment and life sacrifices required to be a county footballer in this day and age?

Hearing reports that the Ballinascreen Lavey game finished a feisty affair? Few red cards dished out to the screen, possibly harshly.

Hopefully screenexile will give us a reasoned impartial assessment.

Jesus there has to be someone better than Richie Donoghue!!

How can one umpire point to the goal, the other wave the flag then the ref who was 50 yards away come in and overrule it for square ball??!!

Benny Heron 100% should not have been sent off as well as a multitude of other poor decisions.

The second red was about the only thing he got right from what I could see.

On the match there wasn't much in it we did well to weather the black card, the disallowed goal would have had us a point up coming to the crunch. It would have given the team the energy needed to finish it out but they were tired and couldn't muster up much after that while Lavey slowed the game down and frustrated us which is to be expected.

Absolutely no way that was a straight red for Benny hopefully there's footage to get it overturned!

Always going to be the opinion of the defeated team.
As a neutral, with absolutely no skin in the game, I thought it was a straight red. He struck Toner straight into his face with the flat of his hand. The ball wasn't anywhere near it. I was too far away to see if it was a square ball or not. I thought he handled the game well overall.
On a side note, the abuse the linesmen got from screen supporters was a disgrace. The lad was there as a volunteer. Embarrassing actually.

People are allowed to change their mind. I still haven't heard an example of a story that he has actually made up?
Agree that he's prone to a bit of hyperbole, but actually making up a story...don't think so.

[generally insightful when it came to analysis.]

Reading  Brolly's columns  will prove his narcissistic side.  The president texted me ,  Rory McIlroy met me in Las Vegas and said "hey joe, fancy a pint?" ,  I was  climbing up Ayer's Rock in  the Australian desert  and two Aboriginal boys shouts "hey Brolly , Get Down from there ye Derry bollix "..... mental stuff.

Plus , he's attacked RTE on numerous  occasions. Trying to  suggest sure I didn't want to work for them  losers no more .  Rather than  the reality he was ousted , and he's  not  a big deal now . Fragile ego.

You'll never  reason    with a narcissist  . You have to njust walk away

Anyway, must go.  Jim McGuinness  has just texted again........

It's also possible that all those stories are true and so don't necessarily point to a narcissistic personality.
I don't believe any of us are qualified to diagnose a personality disorder.

I do understand why he is a marmite type character though, he's just one of those people you either love or loathe.
I always found him entertaining and generally insightful when it came to analysis.

I'd have no issues with him attacking RTE tbh. The Sunday game is much poorer, imo, without characters like Brolly, Spillane and O'Rourke.
RTE were probably within their rights to get rid of him if he wasn't following their internal regulations, but I actually generally agreed with his comments on certain individuals over the years. Well perhaps not on Marty Morrissey.

He may no longer be a big deal in RTE circles, but he certainly is in his profession. He also has his newspaper columns and the podcast - so I'd say he's stil la big deal in certain sectors.

I've no issue with people disliking him or disagreeing with me on this, but I think we are a much poorer society if we don't have the ability to speak our mind on things as trivial as sport.

What's the craic with Jim now? He just texted me to say he'd been talking to Brolly about a role as a forwards coach for Donegal. 

He really struggled when it came general analysis and would revert back to his comfort zone of slagging and story telling most of it made up. insightful analysis for me has been done by the likes of Jim McGuinness and Enda McGinley both have put in the necessary research to what they were talking about unlike Brolly.

Ok, give us an example of a story that he's made up?

"Shane McGuigan can't run."

Wise up man, that's not a story, it's an opinion. Great player but pace certainly wouldn't be his best quality

Big win for Lavey there tonight against the Blues. Leaves the group standings very interesting with Lavey on 4 points and a grudge game against screen where they will fancy themselves now that they have momentum. Leaving aside how bad Bellaghy were, Lavey played with pace, power and intelligence. Reality check for Bellaghy.

[generally insightful when it came to analysis.]

Reading  Brolly's columns  will prove his narcissistic side.  The president texted me ,  Rory McIlroy met me in Las Vegas and said "hey joe, fancy a pint?" ,  I was  climbing up Ayer's Rock in  the Australian desert  and two Aboriginal boys shouts "hey Brolly , Get Down from there ye Derry bollix "..... mental stuff.

Plus , he's attacked RTE on numerous  occasions. Trying to  suggest sure I didn't want to work for them  losers no more .  Rather than  the reality he was ousted , and he's  not  a big deal now . Fragile ego.

You'll never  reason    with a narcissist  . You have to njust walk away

Anyway, must go.  Jim McGuinness  has just texted again........

It's also possible that all those stories are true and so don't necessarily point to a narcissistic personality.
I don't believe any of us are qualified to diagnose a personality disorder.

I do understand why he is a marmite type character though, he's just one of those people you either love or loathe.
I always found him entertaining and generally insightful when it came to analysis.

I'd have no issues with him attacking RTE tbh. The Sunday game is much poorer, imo, without characters like Brolly, Spillane and O'Rourke.
RTE were probably within their rights to get rid of him if he wasn't following their internal regulations, but I actually generally agreed with his comments on certain individuals over the years. Well perhaps not on Marty Morrissey.

He may no longer be a big deal in RTE circles, but he certainly is in his profession. He also has his newspaper columns and the podcast - so I'd say he's stil la big deal in certain sectors.

I've no issue with people disliking him or disagreeing with me on this, but I think we are a much poorer society if we don't have the ability to speak our mind on things as trivial as sport.

What's the craic with Jim now? He just texted me to say he'd been talking to Brolly about a role as a forwards coach for Donegal. 

He really struggled when it came general analysis and would revert back to his comfort zone of slagging and story telling most of it made up. insightful analysis for me has been done by the likes of Jim McGuinness and Enda McGinley both have put in the necessary research to what they were talking about unlike Brolly.

Ok, give us an example of a story that he's made up?

Think about it though, Derry finished up in early July, mist of them took a break or a holiday (which they deserved). The Derry league was drawing to a close at that point. What other way is there of getting the county players games with their clubs other than what has been devised by cccc?
Effectively, the 6 round robin games are glorified league games. For me, and I think for a lot of people, the real think only kicks off with the quarter finals and straight knockout. The round robin format also has the added spice of the potential for relegation from senior championship which leaves each game meaningful. With the split season, I think it's the only format that could work.
The alternative is the Tyrone format of straight knockout. Their league is much more prestigious than ours so they play their championship later in the season and allow several league games with their county players. It's just a different way of doing it to suit each county.

Oil is a commodity. The price per barrel to take it out of the ground is relatively stable. There can certainly be a bit of gauging at a local level but it's the fat cats trading on the stock exchanges that is the primary driver of what's paid at the pump.