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Duffer is doing a McIlroy here... I reckon he's blown it he's not long enough to be safe on the 18th

Joe Brolly's articles are complete pish but at least they have a bit of humour or say something controversial.

I didn't even read all of Mickey's article I skimmed it for the jist and then turned over to read about Antrim upping the stakes in terms of discipline.

Replace him with John Brennan who never comes out with excuses.

Lol what's that got to do with the price of bread. John Brennan isn't writing a weekly column crying at pundits and making excuses.

I don't think any current manager should have a weekly newspaper column and certainly not John Brennan. Sure let Mickey Harte make excuses when he's interviewed after a game but his artcles are muck, when I read an article every week I want somethin different apart from "My players are fit shut up" and "International Rules is bad mmmkay".

Brilliant article today by Mickey Harte.

Puts the season in perspective.

Mickey deserves enormous credit for the very dignified and profesional manner he has conducted himself throughout the season and to suggest that it was diffcult for him, his family, the backroom team and players would be an understatement.


Well done.

No it's not it's just an article full of excuses and having a pop at Pundits. They should take his article out of a Friday it's tripe and just amounts to him having a go at anyone who dares to criticise his team.

Get Christy O'Connor to do a football article on a Friday. His hurling article every week is far and away the best bit of journalism throughout the whole paper!!!

Is the game on TV??

Fair play to McIlroy he's pulling out all the stops!

Just remembered 3 more . . .

Saved by the Bell
Hang Time
2 Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place (Don't watch any more after Season 2 when the abandoned "the pizza place")

bbc.co.uk/sport

Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas on verge of Barcelona move


By Dan Roan
BBC sports news correspondent Cesc Fabregas Fabregas started his career with Barcelona at the age of 10

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas is close to signing for European champions Barcelona for a fee believed to be about £35m.

The transfer, one of the most protracted in Premier League history, is yet to be completed but Arsenal expect it to be done by the weekend.

According to a senior source at the club, all the funds generated by the sale will be reinvested in new players.

The Gunners have been linked with Scott Dann, Phil Jagielka and Gary Cahill.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger looks intent on strengthening his defence and reports have suggested centre-backs Dann of Birmingham, Everton's Jagielka and Cahill of Bolton could be targets.

Fabregas, 24, would be unable to feature for Barcelona in the Champions League if he plays a part in Arsenal's match with Udinese on Tuesday, motivating both clubs to complete a deal before that game.

The BBC understands a fee of £30m, plus over £5m of additional performance-related payments, is close to being reached for Fabregas.

It is believed that, if he is sold, the Spaniard will be due £4m in compensation - £1m for each year of his contract he did not complete - but may be prepared to forego that payment in order to facilitate a deal.

Negotiations have been conducted by Barcelona's Vice-President Josep Maria Bartomeu and is believed to be a final take-it-or-leave-it offer, leaving Arsenal having to sell one of the major assets or keep a player who has his heart set on a move.

The transfer fee is significantly less than the £40m that Arsenal had been holding out for and suggests that the Gunners felt they had no choice but to sell a player who wanted to leave.

Fabregas, who has 58 caps for Spain, joined Arsenal from the Catalan giants in 2003 and, since making his name in north London, has been persistently linked with a return to his boyhood club.

Wenger will now turn his attention to keeping Samir Nasri at the club, who has refused to sign a new deal at the Emirates amid speculation of interest from Manchester City.

If the Fabregas deal goes through as expected, he will become Barcelona's second major signing of the summer following their £23m purchase of Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez.

Bumpidy bump bump!!

A great cause and a lot of hard work and effort has gone into making the day a success, some big names from all around Ulster are taking part as well so it's guaranteed to be a great day.

It would be good if a few GAAboard heads were able to make the trip!!

I'll pick a few that maybe people aren't that familiar withMy favourites:


Extras
Royle Family (Probably my favourite)
Big Bang Theory
Cougar Town
Man Stroke Woman
The Thick of it (Not a lot of people know about it but a complete gem)
Sirens
How I Met Your Mother
Nurse Jackie
Malcolm in the Middle (just brilliant)
My Boys
Trailer Park Boys
The League (If you like the Inbetweeners you'll like this)

Did anyone see Joey Barton have a barney with a few journo's yesterday . . . it was great stuff!

When someone calls a person from the north a Nordie, they are implying the term 'them ones up there', with the suggestion that Southerners are superior beings and in fact a different breed entirely.

However very few people find the term Nordie offensive.

Most northerners actually find it humorous that 'Southerners' think it is a victory for them to call a person from the north a Nordie.

Let them have their little win, I say, for if that is what a person classes' a success then moments of a triumphant nature may are likely to be few and far between for this individual.

I don't get this "Southerners" business what about people from Inishowen what do you Northerners call them?

I don't bother with the "Southerners" thing I prefer to call ye all 'Free Staters'

What do you expect them to say. Dublin and Kerry are the form teams and the teams with the history and pedigree to back it up.

I think Donegal have an outside chance but Kerry will definitely beat Mayo. Every shred of info points to a Kerry Dublin final so why are pundits getting hauled over the coals for saying it?!

Why Shane???.

When do you think we should talk about it?? When we have slid back to a mid level county , settling for mediocrisy?

Wait until the SFC is over. For all we know the Dubs played their AIF yesterday.

That would be my worry... If they can back that performance up (which they will have to to beat Donegal) then maybe they will.do it and fair play if they do. Imo they don't have it but never say never!!

♫♫There's only oonnee David De Gea, he comes from Spain supposed to save ya, replaced Van der Sar, let's them in from afar . . . walking in De Gea's wonderland!!♫♫