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Watched a couple of episodes of Hitler and the Nazis : Evil on trial on Netflix very interesting so far and lots of nuggets that you wouldn't have learned in the school days.

If I was to rank the 9 teams in Ulster.

1. Kilcoo
2. Scotstown
3. Naomh Conaill
4. Newbridge
5. Loughmacrory
6. Kingscourt
7. Madden
8. Dunloy
9. Erne Gaels

How will the GAA board fraternity frame this one against Cavan?

Munterconnacht division 3 side got promoted this year for first time in decades.

Munchies won't win it out but might get one more win.

Some achievement for Ballina to win 3 in a row in Mayo. Haven't made much of a dent in Connacht or All Ireland so probably wouldn't get the national recognition but Mayo championship seems rightly competitive every year based on bookmakers odds, nipping 3 in a row in a championship 5 or 6 clubs fancy winning is some going

Probably one the most competitive championships in the country.

Quality lacking in recent years though.

Connacht wide open this year so they could be as good as any.

Or could it be a first provincial title for fermanagh ironically in Connacht.

Pearse v Brigids (Ballinasloe v Athlone to us up North) meet in Ros Final on Sunday.
Brids favourites but I'd make it 50/50.
€25 for a single game, no pensioner reduction, teams from far south, not great support for either...small enough crowd predicted.
As both teams are regular finalists they dont bring much of a big day bandwagon.

Are you a Carrick on shannon man so?

That's in fkn Laythrum🤮.
But I'm a lot closer to it than to Pearse or Brids.

Haha are Brigids actually athlone town or does another club cover that area?

Does ballinasloe spill over into rossie?

First win at Anfield in years, first win against Brighton in what feels like ages, real bogey team.

Long way from the finished article but seem to be going in the right direction. Hopefully they can push on now while other teams have European games to worry about, although the African players will be a big miss.

Was very impressed by the first 70 minutes. Showed great hunger to get the ball back I thought. Never anything easy with United but great to get a 4th.

Half Time Score in the Mayo Senior final replay. Westport 1-10 Ballina 0-6

Nice to see Westport win that

Not to be for Westport.

Ballina Stephenites 2-13 Westport 1-15

Some turnaround

Have a bad feeling about today game.

Think could be beaten 2-1 or 2-0.

Hope I'm wrong because a win today would be massive for momentum.

I see looking at the match preview Brighton have won on their last 3 visits to Old Trafford.  2-1,3-1,3-1.

And this season Brighton have beaten Newcastle,Chelsea and Man City.

Yeah it's a worrying trend hopefully that changes today

Pearse v Brigids (Ballinasloe v Athlone to us up North) meet in Ros Final on Sunday.
Brids favourites but I'd make it 50/50.
€25 for a single game, no pensioner reduction, teams from far south, not great support for either...small enough crowd predicted.
As both teams are regular finalists they dont bring much of a big day bandwagon.

Are you a Carrick on shannon man so?

Half Time Score in the Mayo Senior final replay. Westport 1-10 Ballina 0-6

Nice to see Westport win that

Have a bad feeling about today game.

Think could be beaten 2-1 or 2-0.

Hope I'm wrong because a win today would be massive for momentum.

Would I be correct in saying this is the breakdown of teams per county?

Antrim      0
Armagh      3 
Cavan       1
Derry       3
Donegal     2
Down        2
Fermanagh   1
Monaghan    3
Tyrone      3

How are Antrim supposed to improve if they have no representation; could they not amalgamate a few schools in Belfast similar to what they do in Derry and Donegal?

On the flip side that's incredible from Monaghan to have 3 schools represented; how do they do it?

They have amalgamated at Rannafast this year, three Belfast schools I think it is. Not sure amalgamating is the answer either

Think it is bound to help- can only be a good thing for the county if as many lads as possible are playing at the top level and getting exposure to it.

Yeah i'm in agreement its bound to help; with the right coaching and exposure it could develop the schools to be able to compete on their own down the line.

Would I be correct in saying this is the breakdown of teams per county?

Antrim      0
Armagh      3 
Cavan       1
Derry       3
Donegal     2
Down        2
Fermanagh   1
Monaghan    3
Tyrone      3

How are Antrim supposed to improve if they have no representation; could they not amalgamate a few schools in Belfast similar to what they do in Derry and Donegal?

On the flip side that's incredible from Monaghan to have 3 schools represented; how do they do it?

Sorry 12 yes. Even at that its probaly too many. Not 12 standard Senior teams in Cavan. They could have 10 with a couple of Divisional teams added.

Yeah there was some bad hammering this year.

Few teams not up to standard.

You'd imagine Cuchullains should be able to sustain themselves as a quarter to semi final senior team over the next few years.

Hard to know if there's any other teams in intermediate capable of doing that over next few years.

Maybe butlersbridge if there big numbers underage start to translate to success.

It's difficult to adopt a one size fits all approach, counties like Fermamagh and Monaghan have smaller number of clubs. Emyvale in particular look very strong for junior level this year.

Down have top 16 teams at senior, next 16 at intermediate and bottom 10 in Junior. It works well within the county but probably to our detriment at provincial level in the intermediate and junior grades.

While Emyvale will be strong, just a caveat that it depends on their key players being fit to start. Ryan McAnespie hasn't kicked a ball since going off injured against Donegal. Michael Hamill has been out injured since v Westmeath in Feb. Monaghan U20 full back Johnny Wright hasn't kicked a ball in the JFC due to a groin injury. Another Monaghan U20, Andrew Stuart, is only back from injury. And Karl Gallagher just back from two years with Adelaide Crows came on as a sub and was very impressive in the final. If all 5 of them start, no one in UJFC will come close to them.

That's an unreal embarrassment of riches for a JFC club. You'd never get that in Down where year on year teams are almost exclusively of Junior standard. You'd very rarely see a Junior team in Down with any county representatives in their ranks whether that be at Minor, U-20 or Senior.

That could be a Down issue just because a player is junior doesn't mean he isn't county standard.

12 senior in Cavan at the minute Rodney but I take your point.

12 senior
14 intermediate
12 junior

Which is fair.