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Collie McDonald very harsh on us! Bottled a big call at the end when it was level. McCann man handled throughout the game and then gets red.

Watched an old movie called Song for a Raggy Boy. About a reformatory for boys run by priests! Blood boiling by the end of it!

Aidan Quinn?

Seriously a cracking film

Yeah! Very good actor indeed!

Watched an old movie called Song for a Raggy Boy. About a reformatory for boys run by priests! Blood boiling by the end of it!

Antrim GAA social media is a joke
You'd not know there were any SFC games on this weekend bar the game featuring the greatest League champions not even scores put up or a massive minor championship game earlier and still nothing

Why don't you put your name forward?

Yeah no criticism allowed, like North Korea

He just said put your name forward. Silly comparison

Did Saffron Voice not offer their services for free and were turned down!

Antrim GAA social media is a joke
You'd not know there were any SFC games on this weekend bar the game featuring the greatest League champions not even scores put up or a massive minor championship game earlier and still nothing

Saffron Voice the only men doing any work!

Whatever but in most of the rest of Ireland it's as Bunker says.
Especially so in towns.
Would even 5% of the population be members of GAA Clubs?

I often hear Colm Parkinson saying that the GAA in ulster is different to Southern Ireland. It's more of an obsession up here.

I've been to a few towns down south and GAA does feel more like a sports club than what we have up here. But at the same time GAA is surely still the main show in town! I wouldn't say is on a par with the local rugby and soccer clubs in the small towns and villages in Southern Ireland.

His is 90% of the general public's view.

I really don't feel like it is like this in Ulster. Most national villages or parishes in the North have a very strong link (and in some cases an obsession) with their GAA club. GAA clubs can't be just compared along side the local soccer or rugby clubs. 

There is a hard-core minority who live a breath every minute of the day for the Club and GAA. There are like minded people in Soccer, Basketball, Rugby and so on.

In all these sports there are the passers through - Those who have kids involved, those who are still playing and those who are going through a phase of being involved in the club, following the county/National team. 

To most people in my community the GAA (local Rugby club, Soccer club) means very little. Most pass by the pitch, glance in and see activity. Some will think - that's nice.

They are virtually oblivious of what happens in the local club and some don't really care. Some of these still might support the County team and be sunshine supporters when the Club gets to a county final.

To me the GAA has meant different things at different stages of my life. All have been sporting related.

There is a lot of talk of what a GAA club does for the community, but in most cases it just offers the opportunity for young Girls and Boys to play sport. In the main that's all my local club does and does quiet well. And that's ok.

Sorry to be a bit of a Party-Pooper.

What club are you with out of interest? Your experience couldn't be anymore different to my relationship with GAA.

How long before this recovers?? Or will it ever recover?

The problem with these paid podcasts is that a fiver here and there soon adds up and then that's not even including the likes of your Netflix, prime etc. I only pay for the Smaller Fish one and it's the best by far to be honest.

Watched Kandahar on Prime last night. Standard Gerard Butler fare - not terrible and not great.

Decent watch

Also been watching Bear, it's OK, I wouldn't give it the rave reviews it's been getting everywhere tbh. The anxiety levels certainly increased watching S1.

S2 Episode 6, The Fishes (Christmas episode), was really something else 👏 👏

I don't know. I think it was too much and nearly annoying trying to watch it. Saying I'm enjoying the show. I think season 1 was better though.

Where do you fly to go to San Sebastián?

Who cancelled?

The TEAMS (or one team).

Why?

They don't want to play two nights in a row. Fair enough excuse. Dates are very tight for everything now with the new split season. Trying to make a story out of nothing here as per usual on this board.

Tonight's Laverty Cup final has been cancelled on the morning of the match. What a farce of a county.

Apparently the important league game tonight between Cargin and Creggan U17s has been moved now too. So their lads would have been fine to play last night.
Why didn't they just come out last week and say, we have a load of lads injured and away and can we try reschedule ffs.

Who cancelled?

The TEAMS (or one team).

Why?

They don't want to play two nights in a row. Fair enough excuse. Dates are very tight for everything now with the new split season. Trying to make a story out of nothing here as per usual on this board.

Tonight's Laverty Cup final has been cancelled on the morning of the match. What a farce of a county.

Creggan asked to postpone the game the day before it was due to take place. The date has been in the diary for a long time now. They pulled out of a league game against us a number of weeks ago. So it's not like the league is an important competition for them, which is fine. From talking to a few up that direction it seems they have men injured and away and they are using the league game as an excuse to not play the final tonight. It's bad form cancelling a final on such short notice. One of our mentors came home early from holiday for it and another parent came home from working in England to watch his son.

The knock on affect now will be trying to find a date closer to championship time.