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That Dublin goal was a joke, got the ball 10mtrs inside his own half and with 2 hops and one solo is inside the kerry 20mtr line, it was the defining score of the game. It gives a whole new meaning to "one giant step for mankind."

Maybe all not well in paradise that is Dublin football. I heard early last week that Fenton had a back injury and the dubs to play an injured player is unthinkable.
What is even more unthinkable is the Connolly situation, he was at the airport heading to usa but was turned back with visa problems and finds himself 8 weeks later on the 26 for an all-ireland final.
This is not what Gavin has preached over the last number of years. Where now is the group, the team, the panel and the rewards that come with committing to the cause.
For the first time I can see a major crack in the Dublin set up, Gavin has thrown his book of ethics out the window and once that happens pieces will start to fall off the good ship that has been Dublin football. They may or may not win the replay but will smiling Jim be at the helm next year? My guess is he wont.

Anyway, to get back on topic...
Msgr. Horan, the buck that built Knock Airport was a great buddy of Charlie Haughey. Naturally enough, money was no object when FF were in power but that problem back in the 80s was that there was frequent changes of government and that meant Knock airport development got money when FF were inn power and Garret Fitzgerald and his Blue Shirts cut back on what Knock had been promised when Horan started developing the place. Jim Mitchel, one of Garret's ministers, once described the airport as a foggy,, boggy place and not worth spending a fraction of the £10m Horan said was promised. Anyway, the airport got built and opened and FR. Horan got Charlie to cut the ribbon even though he was in opposition at the time. There was open war between Knock airport and FG since and even when Enda was the boss, Knock supporters complained at how miserable with development grants he was.
There's a bit more to the story than that but the fact remains that Knock Airport was always regarded as a FF project. The main obstacle to the development of Knock airport was and is the fear that it could draw business away from Shannon. FF was just as cynical as FG in this regard. Back then Mayo was a 5 seater and most times it was 3 FF and 2 FG but there never was much in it and a few hundred votes one way or the other could mean one seat changing hands. However, down in Clare the story was a bit more complicated and 2 or more seats could be regarded as swings. So both parties has to consider what would happen if they gave Knock a bit of a leg up against Shannon and naturally enough Shannon always won.
Horan had gone ahead and started building on the assumption that Knock would get a licence for scheduled transatlantic flights bit that never came to pass.
Cathal Duffy, who stepped in when the monsignor got a heart attack, said he has a contact in Chicago who would guarantee him 55 charter flights a year if he got a licence but he never did and AFAIK, Knock still can't handle transatlantic flights even though it has the longest runway in the country.

You have covered it there lar, thats exactly as it happened with the airport.

Indeed.
However I take it Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan, Louth are now economic powerhouses since they were the first places to  elect SF TDs.

Border counties have always been most neglected by the FF and FF crowd. That's why SF has success there.

As for mayo. What got done in north mayo for example. There's been f**king nothing done even when they had a taoiseach. Flynn the corrupt hoor did more for mayo (He brought us the road)

Btw - the fact ring can influence granting of money is a disgrace in itself

Roscommon even worse eejits when it comes to voting. Like a bet dog coming back for more.

Funding would not be granted unless the project being funded qualified. Lads sitting on their asses doing nothing and bitching about getting nothing is typical of the new Ireland of entitlement.
Michael Ring helped us with our project once it was confirmed the project had potential and people willing to give their time and skills to see it home. Your response itchy is typical of the criticise everything and finger pointing that goes on, open your eyes, join your local enterprise team and do something for your area.

You know nothing about me you muppet. But I can tell you this, I have fund rasied and put a huge amount of infrastucture into my club. I applied for the grants and I did the running with the people in the club. I didnt need any gombeen politician telling me he would look after me. When the infrastructure was in place they all came running to claim that they had something to do with it, one of them want to cut the ribbon, a FG bollix. They were all told to f**k off. Politicians should govern, not run around shaking hands at funerals of people they barely know and hold "clinics" to fill potholes, move esb poles and create the illusion they are helping you with a project. And clowns like you that entertain this crap and vote for these bluffers because you believe their rubbish are the root cause of the issue.

f**king Rossies even voting for fellas that shut down their hospital. Deserve everything ye get.

Jayus itchey you are getting tichey or is it bitchey  stay away from that keyboard for a while and take some long deep breaths, you will feel a lot calmer 

Really brilliant posts here about who is the best loser

Indeed.
However I take it Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan, Louth are now economic powerhouses since they were the first places to  elect SF TDs.

Border counties have always been most neglected by the FF and FF crowd. That's why SF has success there.

As for mayo. What got done in north mayo for example. There's been f**king nothing done even when they had a taoiseach. Flynn the corrupt hoor did more for mayo (He brought us the road)

Btw - the fact ring can influence granting of money is a disgrace in itself

Roscommon even worse eejits when it comes to voting. Like a bet dog coming back for more.

Funding would not be granted unless the project being funded qualified. Lads sitting on their asses doing nothing and bitching about getting nothing is typical of the new Ireland of entitlement.
Michael Ring helped us with our project once it was confirmed the project had potential and people willing to give their time and skills to see it home. Your response itchy is typical of the criticise everything and finger pointing that goes on, open your eyes, join your local enterprise team and do something for your area.

Michael Ring has been very supportive of 2 different projects [public] I have been involved with over the last few years, he was supportive with advice and funding and even though I have never voted for his party I give credit where credit is due.
Maybe if people got involved they would know what is going on in their communities and the wider community and would not make such sweeping statements.
Mayo as a county has had its fair share of good politicians over the years and have been reasonably well funded.
People west of the shannon need to activate and bring forward projects that will get funding.
Westport as a town should be held up as an example to all towns of what can be done when people organise and pull together. Sitting in your parlour crying and complaining wont get things done, hard work will eventually get rewards but waiting for someone else to do it for you never will.

Friend of mine got 2 davin end tickets for 40 euro each about an hour before throw in, he said there were any amount of tickets available below face value. I think the football may be the same, who is going to pay 90euro for a ticket to a game we already know the result of.

Probably the demise of a great Mayo team, who will be remembered when many Sam Maguire winners have been forgotten. Unlucky to be in the same era as undoubtedly the greatest gaelic football team ever. But they had their chance, the goalkeeper debacle, and then Donal Vaughan's utterly foolish needless red card (from such a great player too)

Sam winners are never forgotten but when they are talking about losers this Mayo team will be no 1 loser, I think id rather be a forgotten winner.

Well its fine and dandy reading all the tyrone posts on here crying about being hard done by karma is such a bitch.

What an insult to the great kingdom of Kerry with their 37 all=Irelands, +5points at even money in an all Ireland final, yerra tis quare times.

Its not about the bulls... before and after games its about seeing the games themselves, the only reason I turn on before throw in is for team line ups and I always turn off after, I dont need those gobshites to tell me what I just saw, if there was a very controversial incident in a game i might hang on and have another look.
I live in a rural area and have many neighbours who dont have sky or never will, a lot of these elderly as well, these people have been gaa people all their lives and for an amateur organisation to deny their very own supporters is beyond comprehension.

[Some of the predictors on here were calling anything up to 8 point win for Cork.Always look at the form [not just one match] and also the history of teams]

And I took the 11/5 on the rossies, it covered the trip to Cork, While ros only won by a goal they were the much better team for most of the game and should really have won by more.
We will be back next year with a better prepared team and a better panel as we have 4 of our best players returning and as Anthony Cunningham only took over the squad in the middle of last December there was limited s&c done as we were straight into a div 1 campaign.
Some of the predictors on here were calling anything up to 8 point win for Cork.
Always look at the form [not just one match] and also the history of teams.

Didn't you also call a 6 point win for Donegal? 

Those who are afraid to make a prediction are afraid to be wrong and those who are afraid to be wrong should not comment on those who are not afraid.
But I hope ye enjoy Andy Morans testimonial match next Saturday because Im not afraid to say ye will be hammered and so you can comment on my prediction if i am wrong let us have your prediction or are YOU AFRAID

Not afraid of making predictions in the slightest, I was one of the winners on here in an early round but not great since unfortunately and I missed last week's as I was in the middle of moving house.

My post was in reference to the two lines at the end of your own post which you would have done well to have taken heed of yourself in relation to the Mayo game

Stay tuned later in the week and I'll let you know if I decide to let the heart rule the head 

Lets look at the form, Donegal coasted in Ulster beating Tyrone easily on the way,
Beat meath and drew with kerry having lost their first choice full backline,
Mayo lost to ros, beat only galway that played div 1 football this year, barely got past Armagh, Cavan had beaten armagh after a replay and donegal had easily beaten cavan. No matter how you draw the form line it pointed to a donegal win. The only maybe against donegal was they had not been exposed to the level of intensity that mayo bring and that indeed proved to be the defining factor.
History, championship history is the only one you count when looking at championship games and its much of a muchness on that count with both teams having important wins in the recent past and indeed not a lot of history between them.

And I took the 11/5 on the rossies, it covered the trip to Cork, While ros only won by a goal they were the much better team for most of the game and should really have won by more.
We will be back next year with a better prepared team and a better panel as we have 4 of our best players returning and as Anthony Cunningham only took over the squad in the middle of last December there was limited s&c done as we were straight into a div 1 campaign.
Some of the predictors on here were calling anything up to 8 point win for Cork.
Always look at the form [not just one match] and also the history of teams.

Didn't you also call a 6 point win for Donegal? 

Those who are afraid to make a prediction are afraid to be wrong and those who are afraid to be wrong should not comment on those who are not afraid.
But I hope ye enjoy Andy Morans testimonial match next Saturday because Im not afraid to say ye will be hammered and so you can comment on my prediction if i am wrong let us have your prediction or are YOU AFRAID

Dublin by 12
Tyrone by 4
My bet this week is Dubs -5 at 10/11 in Ladbrooks. Took the price on Monday as it may go to -6 or -7 before the week is out. Then again I may have it wrong as I did not think Donegal were as soft as they looked last Saturday, a gutless performance.