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Taylor wouldn't live with Littler would he?

A quick glance through his averages in PDC finals would suggest Taylor might win.

What separates Littler is that a) he's doing it in an era where there's 8-10 men averaging north of 100 every match and he's still better, and b) he's only a feckin child. It took Taylor quite a few years to reach these levels.

One of the best halves of football I've ever watched, regardless the outcome

Incredibly soft free for Paul Geaney there. Presumably for being Paul Geaney.

His arm was pulled back as he went to bounce the ball.

Dingle are a poor outfit lads..

It's not possible to win a province and be a poor outfit.

Boden are exceptional. Almost county level.

Aye because the Clare, Limerick, Waterford and Tipp champions had pedigree

Aye because club football follows the same pattern as the county game.

Dingle are a poor outfit lads..

It's not possible to win a province and be a poor outfit.

Boden are exceptional. Almost county level.

I've been completely out of the loop with World News/Social media.. Detox'd because it would depress ya.

Could some explain why Trumps actioned that on Venezuela? Obviously oil at the deep cause but what's been going on

To protect our freedom.

God bless America.

Van Veen has beaten Humphries and Anderson to get to the final and if he can beat Littler it will be an incredible run. Littler hasn't faced anyone good yet but he will still be overwhelming favourite. The mental side is such a part of the game it is impossible to predict this one. All we can hope for is a great match.

Impossible to predict?

Littler will win a procession by a score of 7-2 or better.

Stranger things finale. No spoilers here. I thought it grand. A bit of fun. 2 hours was maybe 20 mins too long IMO.

Ive seen loads on spouting complaints already. People get too much into these things... talking about lore etc fs. Maybe the time between series has caused a lot of this.

Is there ever a general census of contentment with a big series ending? Seems not

As mentioned by others, The Wire's full-circle ending was excellent and the Americans gave us a complete and satisfactory conclusion.

Others worth mentioning:

Six Feet Under, the final episode was better than everything before they delivered previously.

Friday Night Lights, finished in a sweet and grounded way.

The West Wing handed over to the next cycle with real poise, though to be fair it always had a more natural conclusion than other series.

The Office (UK). Not quite the anthology of those mentioned above, but its final episode delivered fairytale endings with edgy humour.

It's almost 20 years since Kerry retained an AI. Does this count for anything going into 2026? Probably not a lot, except to say that they're likely not a whole lot different to all Kerry sides since the golden years i.e. a talented team, but if any of their top 2-3 players get knocks / lose a little form, they should be ranked somewhere between a challenger and a contender, rather than a favourite.

The biggest thing this year though is whether any of the other managers with loaded squads - Armagh, Tyrone, Dublin, Donegal, Galway - might actually try to embrace the new rules, instead of trying not to lose. Attacking the opposition's kickout would seem to be the key to new football. Hopefully they all go after it.

I sincerely hope that Donegal either have a revelation year or a blow out year. Jimmy came too close to ruining football again last season, and too close to setting us all back years again.

Did Jimmy Mcguinness do anything  different last year that  the other teams did?

Yes, they were tactically poor in the AI final , but what else did he do  to "ruining football again"?

Im far from a McG/Donegal fan , especially after  last year , so just curious  for your answer

It's not that they did it different to other teams, so much as how relentless they were in pursuit of maintaining the old way of playing football. And it very nearly worked too. Had it worked, then all the "Jimmy lites" who've been destroying club (and schools) football for the past decade would have felt entitled, vindicated to double down on their efforts. Their archbishop's sermon would have been extolled in coaching courses across the country.

Probably the oddest thing about 2025 though was that even though Armagh and Tyrone had clearly shown that clinging onto the vile bastard son of football tactics wasn't going to work against Kerry, Donegal still thought it would work by just being even more focused on not playing football.

I've never cheered for Kerry in my life til that final. But by God did football need Jimmy to lose, and to lose convincingly.

It's almost 20 years since Kerry retained an AI. Does this count for anything going into 2026? Probably not a lot, except to say that they're likely not a whole lot different to all Kerry sides since the golden years i.e. a talented team, but if any of their top 2-3 players get knocks / lose a little form, they should be ranked somewhere between a challenger and a contender, rather than a favourite.

The biggest thing this year though is whether any of the other managers with loaded squads - Armagh, Tyrone, Dublin, Donegal, Galway - might actually try to embrace the new rules, instead of trying not to lose. Attacking the opposition's kickout would seem to be the key to new football. Hopefully they all go after it.

I sincerely hope that Donegal either have a revelation year or a blow out year. Jimmy came too close to ruining football again last season, and too close to setting us all back years again.

The life expectancy of a Wire cast member must be about 15 points below average.

Clay Davis lit up every scene.

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Former Tyrone football star Conor Meyler has highlighted "white middle class male privilege" in the GAA, contrasting that with the ongoing struggles for females in Gaelic games.

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3fzp9ea3

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What I don't yet know. Is Meyler just batshit crazy, or is he  carving  out a career for himself as an arch contrarian?

Bridge over Troubled Water
Homeward Bound
America

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I much prefer Disturbed's cover of Sound of Silence, so would have to exclude it here.

In an ideal world, we wouldn't drink Coca-Cola, use Caterpiller plant machines, visit the Aviva, have Allianz as a sponsor or insurer, use Facebook, use HP, Siemens or Motorola products etc...
Can't see any of this happening on a concerted level so GAA shouldn't react to being singled out here.

Much too level headed a response from this one.

Would I be the only one getting a sense that shocks are much more likely in a tournament when there's one man so far ahead of the field?

The incentive to give every ounce of concentration and play over Christmas just has to dissipate from the high rung of players. Make your money elsewhere.