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Ger Canning is stealing a living.

So was Colm O'Rourke as a pundit on RTE for 30 years. Now he's stealing a living as a Manager.

Nonsense. As well qualified as anyone in Meath to be in the job.

He has been given a ringside seat to every top game and team for 15 years or more and still doesn't understand the modern game.

That's bollocks. Meath still have a lot of work to do.

Only person who can call bollocks on that is O'Rourke.
We will see in the next 3 games.

Derry and arrogance look strange together

I don't think it's arrogance. If a junior club side had the tactics Meath had yesterday evening they'd be questioned. Just slicing big high ball into the Derry full back line, aimlessly half the time. On the odd occasion Meath worked the ball a bit closer to goals they looked much more dangerous.

Mayo v Kerry - Draw
Galway v Tyrone - Galway
Monaghan v Donegal - Monaghan
Roscommon v Armagh - Armagh

Derry v Meath - Draw
Clare v Kildare - Kildare
Louth v Limerick - Louth
Cork v Dublin - Dublin

Fermanagh v Down - Down
Cavan v Longford - Cavan
Westmeath v Offaly - Westmeath
Tipperary v Antrim - Antrim

Wicklow v London - Wicklow
Sligo v Waterford - Sligo
Carlow v Laois - Laois
Wexford v Leitrim - Leitrim

Great game but awful finish. Shame for it to be decided on such a tight call by officials. A tiny little tug that you get away with 9 times out of 10, but can't really complain when you don't.
Nonsense finish after that with the lad refusing to score the TD (and go down in history as the scorer of a Super Bowl winning TD) because his coaches tell him to stop at the 1 yard line so they can run the clock down. Something wrong with the rules when that's the sensible option.

In the 12/13 Giants win over the Patriots, the Giants running back literally fell over the line and scored when trying to stop himself short for a first down with a minute left when the defense let him run in unopposed. Brady and the Patriots got the ball back with a minute to use, but fortunately for the Giants their defense held on instead of the team comfortably running down the clock and scoring an easy last second field goal.

So it's not an unprecedented situation.

There was a game a couple seasons ago where Todd Gurley did score when he was told not to in this scenario and ended up losing the Falcons the game to the Lions (who had no timeouts remaining).

It was the right call

I see the U20's play tomorrow. Anyone know the squad for it or does it get published?

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I was gifted this and it was very nice, to the point where I'm buying myself another bottle. They do a couple gift sets at reasonable prices that'd be good ideas for a gift. 

GAA formally award Kilmacud the title.

https://www.gaa.ie/football/news/kilmacud-crokes-formally-awarded-2023-aib-all-ireland-club-sfc/

I'd say the admin didn't realize they were still on the Meath account instead of a personal one or some other alias.

Very sad news. Puts things into perspective. RIP Far.

"Due to the ongoing proceedings we as a club now do not believe the conditions exist for a replay to be contested"

What exactly do they mean by that? Do they see Kilmacuds appeal as valid or can they simply not be bothered anymore?

Neither I'd imagine. More likely they think Kilmacud aren't going to replay the game under any circumstances. Still feel they were right to appeal, if only to force the GAA to look into the area and improve/clarify their rules.

Are we ignoring the absolute state of the Croke Park pitch and the fact this fight is due to take place in the middle of the Championship? Eddie Hearn can get to f***

[their fans have no values]

Sure United and their fans have no values. He will be back in the team in a few weeks.

If it was a Liverpool player involved he would have been sacked on the spot.

This is absolute nonsense. I'm a fan myself and having talked to quite a few others the consensus was he should never play for the club again and probably should be in jail.

[Kerry]

Kerry v Monaghan
Galway v Roscommon
Tyrone v Donegal
Armagh v Mayo

Meath v Clare
Kildare v Cork
Louth v Derry
Limerick v Dublin

Down v Antrim
Cavan v Tipperary
Offaly v Fermanagh
Longford v Westmeath

Waterford v Carlow
London v Leitrim - Draw
Wicklow v Sligo
Laois v Wexford

[could]

Result will not stand, simply because in the rulebook for the infringement the penalty is conceding the game, fine, replay. One too much, the other too light a punishment. Doesn't matter who's fault it is, that what it states.

This is my first comment on this
As stated above the penalty is conceding the game, fine OR a replay
On what grounds do they decide which penalty to issue ?
I mean 3 penalties for 1 infringement
You either break the rule or you don't

I suppose it depends on the level of the offence. Maybe if Mullin had actually caught the ball or made a block on the line a forfeit would have been in order, or if it could (not sure how though) be proven that KC intentionally played with an extra man. In this case a replay is probably fair. Maybe in Mannions case a fine would be a applicable for him being away from the action but still on the field.

Are we fining all clubs that have lads standing over the line now? Wow

Yeah, this has been happening for years, at least at Ulster club level onwards.

Derry cruised to victory. Limerick were very disappointing. Derry had a strong team out, could have won by more but hit a good few wide/short.