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Name your three favourite chords by... [Status Quo]

lol. Sums it up for me too.

This arc will close even quicker than Ocean Colour Scene would.

[Joyce]

Clifford is the best player I've ever seen, the perfect forward.

He would seem to have a better big game to quiet game ratio than any inside forward I can remember. His quiet games tend to involve 5 points.

Those who might laud Canavan, Joyce, Connolly, O'Neill, Cooper, McDonnell, Coulter, Linden, McManus, O'Callaghan, Walsh as being better, I would suggest have their own biases to deal with.

Sorry, what?
That's not bias. It's a much bigger issue than that.

It's a subjective thing. Whoever you tilt for in "best ever" is subject to your personal bias. It's why so many people of my generation would tell you that Maradona was a better player than Messi. He was better in spurts here and there, but objectively Messi was better at just about every aspect of the game apart from heading the ball. It's why people who saw Matt Connor playing once or twice would tell you that he's better than Clifford. He might well have been. But the belief that supports this idea mainly comes from romanticism, more than objectivety. Because they only saw him play once or twice.

Recency bias is too a thing. But I don't think it's as natural for humans to consider "modern" players to be as good as those from their youth, or those from their own playing days.

Clifford is the best player I've ever seen, the perfect forward.

He would seem to have a better big game to quiet game ratio than any inside forward I can remember. His quiet games tend to involve 5 points.

Those who might laud Canavan, Joyce, Connolly, O'Neill, Cooper, McDonnell, Coulter, Linden, McManus, O'Callaghan, Walsh as being better, I would suggest have their own biases to deal with.

Meath love taking the ball into the corners and then  go around in circles until someone has a potshot. I've no idea what the f**k that's all about.

in 10 mins Donegal have kicked more direct ball into McBrearty than Meath have kicked into their full forwards.

Football has changed lads.

Two blowout semis.

Waste of time from here in today

Harte maybe even worse as a neutral.

Meath being a little underrated by the last few posters.

Had Tyrone or Armagh arrived at this juncture with wins over Dublin, Kerry and Galway, they'd at worst be one point off being favourites.

Bookies giving Donegal 5, and everyone agreeing with them, it just seems like nobody has been watching.

Not saying Meath will win, but this should more or less an even money game.

Mickey Harte was dreadful in the co commentator role yesterday. Came across as someone from a bygone era, who was more interested in Tyrone than the actual match.

Ticketmaster is a vile institution. With nothing else to gain or explore apart from inventing new ways to extract as much as possible from everyone it engages, it's at the sharp end of why monopolies hurt the end consumer.

But there's a reason why there's so little serious competition in their market. Multi venue booking systems with reserved seating are highly complex pieces of software. Once queuing systems and server latency are considered, it would be a mammoth task to take them on and do it even nearly as well.

The Dubliners. National treasures and icons no doubt.

They were though mostly interpreters of songs rather than songwriters, and for my money, every time Sinead O'Connor covered a Dubliners cover, she made it better. She was a better balladeer in my humble opinion.

So sticking to stuff that wouldn't have suited Sinead so much.


1. Rocky Road to Dublin.
2. Monto
3. Black Velvet Band

 

Same thing again there with the keep-ball tactics before halftime. When you've Enda McGinley rattling on about control and game-management you know you've the wrong rules in place.

I know there was instances of keep-ball before and the hooter came in but it's now established practice across all levels to kill time.

You're like a man swimming in clear blue, beautiful waters, on a sunny day on an uncrowded beach, surrounded by friends and family, complaining that some other family - keeping their distance - happens to be there.

You're upset but you don't know why.

What the f**k are you on about?

That you'd find misery in anything

Look at the Kerry and Mayo teams that tyrone played in 2021 and come back Wobbler?

It's not that Trap.

Tyrone didn't fluke an All Ireland. I'm not suggesting it.

But they'd baggage against Dublin. Properly heavy, can't f**king carry baggage.

The way they approached the AI final against Mayo was of a team that knew they'd unshackled a burden. It was brilliant. Mayo weren't ready for that. But they didn't beat the best team in Ireland that year. Mayo did.

Was it a flash in the pan from Armagh?

They did lose two games leading up to this

Kerry were poor enough by reports (missed first half) and the first 10 minutes they were second best..

Why do teams not hammer and press kick outs all the time?

We're going through an assimilation period.

It shouldn't be a surprise that Kerry get there quicker. They always have.

Meath shouldn't be a surprise either. For all O'Rourke's unwillingness to adapt to what is now old football, Meath got a jump start on new football by having him in place for a few years, as inadvertent as it may seem.

Dick Clerkin was right about this Armagh team.

What did he say about them?

Weakest team to ever win the AI.

They're better than the Tyrone team that won the 2021 All Ireland*

Nah, Tyrone 2021 had a tougher run and played better football. Last year's Championship overall was of a much lower standard. Indeed it was the worst quality season I can recall. Armagh deserved to win it though and their progress over the past few seasons and with a group of players who hadn't excelled at underage should be an inspiration to all. I wasn't convinced the new rules would suit them but they looked pretty good - until today. Margin of defeat actually flattered them.

Kerry looked very good. You'd have them and Donegal out in front of Tyrone and Meath at this stage.

No not sure about that.

Tyrone wouldn't have got within 10 points of Dublin. They didn't believe they could nor know how to do it. Mayo gave them a gift from heaven and they grabbed it with both hands.

Armagh were better winners.

And it hurts me to say it.

Armagh too slow to make changes and Kerry happily punched holes in the sides of the ship when going was good.

Blaine Hughes must feel like a mug.

10 points in 10 minutes and keep kerry scoreless? Would be some miracle

Blaine is honestly among the most shat upon players of all time.

Armagh were better with him. So much better.

You can have a back room staff of 50 and all the data in the world.

But if they're always looking for an edge instead of looking at the obvious, it's a waste of time. It's not data. It's not even information. It's gambling. And it makes zero sense. Makes even less sense in a set up so professional.

Sweeper keepers are for show. Real goalkeepers win things.