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Outclassed by good bit as expected.

How difficult is it for officials to control the number of balls on field?

Every time a ball is kicked into the terrace, the keeper picks up another one to attempt a quick restart.

How you'd expect the officials to control when and where that ball is returned, I'm not sure.

Ball catchers would prevent 90% of that. Don't know why they aren't in place in Omagh. Definitely hampered their own County champions in this case. They were looking to get the ball away quick most of the time but couldn't.

If they charged just a few quid more for tyronegaa tv they'd be able to afford catch nets.

Dark Winds on netflix is good!

Agreed, really enjoyed it.

Derry lost players, to trying out Afl and continue to do so.

Callum Brown for one was a big loss. Really stood out at underage level for Derry.

Don't think that's accurate, was he not a sub on that team who Clifford beat in 2017, definitely came on a lot the next year and impressed for the u20's, but not the standout of those panels?
That's not to say he wouldn't be a massive game changer for Derry now!

That was down to a baffling tactical decision from the manager. He came on at half time and nearly turned the game but it was too much to do. Had he played the whole game it would've been a lot closer as Kerry couldn't handle him.

Great game in the IFC final. Skinner still doing the business

Jimmy Carr

Can't have that  condescending p***k.

Jimmy Carr is brilliant. There are no taboo subjects with him and he annoys the f**k out of the woke brigade, which is a bonus.

Seconded
Looks like I missed out on some great Sean lock moments on their show due to my hatred of this guy

Jimmy carr is a longstanding supporter of Israel so if I liked him that would present me with a dilemma. Luckily it's just given me one more reason to hate the obnoxious pr**k. He really isn't funny in the slightest. Kevin Bridges is probably the best around at the moment. Neil Delamare is really good also and someone you can see at smaller venues.

Must be some constipated hoors on this board. Everyone seems to like white bread. Can't eat that stuff at all or it totally binds me up.

Heated panini or ciabatta with ham, cheese, tomato and some greens, oil and balsamic. Top class. Tastes especially great on holidays but not bad at all home made

predictions?
carmen v lough- lough to win carmen boys on the pish at the weekend
trillick v errigal- both teams not hit form can see a replay on the cards

Don't know how you can say errigal and trillick haven't hit form. They were average last day out but both were on top form in the first round. Both now have got a blip out of the system. This could be a great game because realistically it's the final no disrespect to the other 2.

The most incredible thing is unionists can never see the enormous privilege and one way society they created and lived in for years. When you're used to privilege a little bit of equality feels to them like they're losing. So many streets and roads in the north have been named after british military wins, like agincourt avenue, or after royals or people like cromwell who killed thousands of Irish people. Universities and other institutions and bridges named after royals. The whole society was created to suit unionism and to try to erase any sense of Irishness. This whole one sided privilege remains in place to a large extent but still unionists cannot accept a small bit of irishness.

Really bad call by cassidy there, never a black card.

Just the 42 steps for that goal?

What a game though, definitely the best championship in the country

Cahair isn't far off the mark with his latest article, a quarter full owenbeg does nothing for the atmosphere. There shouldn't be a game played there before the SF stage.

Is Owenbeg really the reason for the atmosphere? Perhaps if some of the clubs decided to play a bit of decent football it would help. Not a lot at the minute to enthuse the supporters.

People talk about how great Glen is. How many on here were at the Ballinderry v Banagher league play off? A big crowd but the atmosphere was shocking. Why? Not Watty Graham Park's fault? It was because the game was so one sided, the game as a whole was poor and nothing more. Have we heard that this season? Nearly every Derry senior game this season. Wouldn't have mattered where you would have watched the Senior games last weekend the atmosphere would have been dismal. A team of dancing cheerleaders with a firework show wouldn't have brightened up the games, particularly the Kilrea and Loup games.

The atmosphere is poor because the games are poor!!! As for Cahair how would he know how full Owenbeg is? Sure he spends most of his time in his beloved County Down. He would write anything for a few clicks and likes.

Disagree, I'd say there would be a better crowd and atmosphere if some of the early round games were held in Glen, Bellaghy, Ballinascreen, Magherafelt, Slaughtneil etc. The matches over the last weekend or two haven't been great but the weather has been atrocious. People seem to be comparing to the tyrone championship but they've had quite a few poor one sided games also. Dungannon trillick was a great match but that was 2 teams in the top 3 in the league drawn against each other and they were both in the top 4 teams with the bookies.

Joe Brolly on 2 pointers

https://archive.is/iSkZq

On Friday night in the Tyrone senior league, Dungannon beat Trillick 0-25 to 0-17. Trillick lost heavily, despite kicking the ball over the bar more times than Dungannon and playing the better football.
They lost because Dungannon have a two-point specialist, Paul Donaghy, who scored nine two-pointers. Dungannon's other scorers on the night managed 0-1 apiece. All of Trillick's scores, like Donegal's in the All-Ireland final, were one-pointers. Trillick put the ball over the bar 17 times. Dungannon put the ball over the bar just 16 times, yet beat Trillick by eight points, a humiliation in a game where Trillick were the better team.
Two-pointers are skewing the fairness of the contest. Knockmore played Balla in the first round of the Mayo senior championship and with a few minutes to go to half-time had built a five-point lead against a strong wind and a strong opposition. Then, Balla were awarded two frees in succession outside the 40-metre arc and floated them over in the gale. When the ref blew the half-time whistle there was only a point in it and it felt weird.
If a team is fortunate enough to have a two-point specialist, they now have an enormous advantage. A free 41 metres out is almost as good as a goal and far less bother. A free 41 metres out with a gale at your back is a cinch. If the referee moves the ball forward 50 metres for the ball not being handed back promptly or a remark by a player, then a two-point specialist can bring it back out to the 40-metre line and exact a scarcely fair punishment.
The two-point specialist in Mayo is Evan Regan, or Tony Yeboah as I call him, since his left foot reminds me of Yeboah's thunderous comic book volleys when he played for Leeds. In the Stephenites first-round game against Ballyhaunis, he scored five two-pointers, four in the first half with the wind, which killed the game.
For Evan, anywhere from 60 metres in is a straightforward putt. Outside of the boot, instep, it matters not. In an era when anything that might remotely be physical contact is a free, he is an extraordinary weapon, again skewing the natural balance of the contest.
I think back to when I was playing. Anthony Tohill, 6'5", built like Captain America, could sweep frees over the bar from 60 metres at his cush. If there had been two-pointers then, how many more games would we have won? How many championships? Or Bryan Sheehan, the Cahirsiveen phenomenon whose long frees were a fairground attraction.
Joe Brolly: Bad news for the rest is that Kerry look like they're just getting started
It is clear from this first season of the new rules that it is imperative to find and develop two-point specialists, like the kickers in American football. Teams at all levels that have such a kicker will have a huge advantage. An advantage that they do not have to earn in the traditional way — by playing better football than the opposition.
A two-point specialist, regardless of his general ability, is now absolutely worth it. It no longer matters if you are being outplayed. And if you have a gale-force wind blowing, then a two-point specialist can win the game in a single half.
Jim Gavin's rationale behind the two-point score was that it would draw defences out and force them to defend the 40-metre arc. I agree with this, but that rationale only extends to scores from play and 40 metres is too close for specialists. I would therefore keep the two-pointer from play but move it back five metres creating a 45-metre arc.
However, two-point frees are unjustifiable. Worse again is the option to move the free back out to the 40-metre arc when the referee has advanced the ball 50 metres. Again, this is a thoroughly unworked-for advantage. The normal principles of any sporting contest are fairness, that the scoring system broadly reflects the balance of the play, and that the scores are created/deserved. This does not apply to two-point frees, where a specialist kicker can and often does win the game on those alone.
In the All-Ireland final this year, Kerry had two two-point specialists. Donegal had none. In spite of the fact that Donegal kicked the ball over the bar the same number of times as Kerry, like Trillick on Friday night, they lost heavily. What would ordinarily have been a titanic contest was instead a terrible anti-climax because of those two-point specialists. Kerry advanced behind that spearhead, growing in confidence after every two-point dagger.
Under the traditional scoring system, the half-time score would have been 0-13 to 0-10. Instead it was 0-17 to 0-10. Crucially, however, Donegal were psychologically shattered by the two-pointers. Kerry scored six two-pointers. Donegal had none. Without those two-pointers the final score would have been 1-20 to 0-19, and do not forget that the Kerry goal came at the very end when Donegal had abandoned all hope.
The new rules have revived the corpse of Gaelic football. But when the scoring system does not broadly reflect the balance of play, when instead of being a fair contest it becomes a skills test for a small number of two-point specialists, what exactly is the point?

Very strange comments from brolly. The 2 pointers were a big difference in the AI final but they were down to tactics more than individual skills. Donegal have several players well capable of kicking 2 pointers and had done in previous matches but had obviously decided they could get their scores more efficiently closer in. It seemed that Jim mcg had decided that shooting from outside the arc was too risky because there were a number of times donegal could've gone for it. As for Trillick I'd say they have a few players like lee brennan who could easily kick 2 pointers. It's down to management tactics whether or not they go for them but it can also be down to the defensive team not allowing the opportunities. I would say when trillick play dungannon in the championship paul donaghy will struggle to get close to tht number of 2 pointers. The rules are in their infancy so personally I'd like to see them stay for a couple of seasons at least before making too many more changes.

I'd be surprised if the 2 point free survives until next year.

I would be extremely surprised if it doesn't survive. Removing it would give teams a license to foul just outside the scoring zone. The new rules have reduced cynicism so keeping the 2 point free is a must.

Is the Mfelt keeper putting his hands up for county bck up. We been needing somebody to clock over 2 pointed frees. Though our last forerae into a outfield keeper in nets didn't go well!

He's their 3rd choice, great striker of the ball though

He started the past couple of years in the half forward/half back line. 2 cruciates at a young age really hampered his senior development. I believe Mfelt's keepers are both out for the year so have had to draft him in.

Fair play to him for putting his hand up and going in goal. That's probably his best game in goal for us. The 2 point frees are massive in the game now so if he can get consistency he could be an option at county. James Murray, Rory small and cahir spiers could possibly go into the county next year but certainly in the next couple of years.