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Anyone any idea when the PL annojnce the TV schedule for games for April.

Usually 8-10th of month before. Eg, 5th Feb they released March tv games

Are armagh good, or kildare bad?

Good to see a ref not buy mckernans diving antics.

Niall Morgan is becoming a very unlikeable footballer.  Becoming a pure mouth with macho man attempts.

OConnor some bullsh1ter.. said he'd rest the clifford brothers till middle of league, yet they barely got 1.5 games in.

Similar to the MacRory Cup final, the camera work by BBC is atrocious. Just keep with the wide angled camera. There is a split second difference when they change cameras.

Same for Armagh v Louth. Kept cutting to a zoomed camera, then back to wide lense, back to zoom. Impossible to follow.

I popped on earlier, close to 500 yoyos for 3 tickets.. And throw in Ticketmaster being the worst site on the planet.

Peter has obviously passed on his diving skills to the weans, any touch at all and they were reaching for the swimming goggles. The poor lad marking Daragh was left flabbergasted on a number of occasions with the referee's gullibleness

Was a Mayo fella marking him 1st half unable to handle Darragh at all was too late once the switch was made.

Has been some start to the year for Ulster football. Senior, Intermediate, Junior All-Ireland club titles won. Derry top of Division 1 and the Division could contain 6 teams from Ulster next year and now a Sigerson cup secured.

Ulster team #1 in Div1
Ulster team #1-4 in Div2
Ulster team #1&2 in Div3

Senior, Intermediate & Junior club champs
Hogan cup champs

Time for pathetic other provinces to get their house in Order.

Peter has obviously passed on his diving skills to the weans, any touch at all and they were reaching for the swimming goggles. The poor lad marking Daragh was left flabbergasted on a number of occasions with the referee's gullibleness

What the hell did shooter mcguinness know about education? Or that eejit ni chuilin know about sports?

it's all jobs for the boys.

I've heard that the LGFA sent out a fixture plan without consultation with other codes which has sparked criticism. Is it just me, or does the LGFA enjoy arguments and making strange decisions?

Why would they worry/care about other codes??

This 4 years malarkey grinds my gears... How the F does it take a professional rugby player this long to "acclimatize" to RWC-type-rugby?

[Derry have approached every league campaign like this for the past 3 years and have managed to keep it going deep into the championship.]

Mayo and Derry both like greyhounds out of the traps in this years League campaign. However it's a long season and Mayo ultimately flattered to deceive during last years League.

Derry have approached every league campaign like this for the past 3 years and have managed to keep it going deep into the championship. The GAA media seem obsessed about timing your run, usually as an excuse for the big counties losing.  This team has been unbelievably consistent for 3 years now, so the only criticism left is to say we are trying to hard to win every game.

McFaul's best position is definitely at 6, it's a pity for him that McKinless is also so good at it and probably more dangerous as an attacking threat. McFaul very good at linking the play though.

I agree with you Estimator, some pressure on Scullion coming in to that game against a gale force wind with a packed Celtic park and very little experience in county football. He did very well in the circumstances and got most of his kick-outs off.

The big difference being that Derry needed to keep winning Leagu games to get promotion. I'm not saying it's a bad thing at all to be winning League matches but it doesn't guarantee success later in the summer either. In fact I'd probably put a division one League title above a provincial title now that they have become diluted. It depends where a team is at in its development and a League title for Derry would be another staging post marked off enroute to trying to win Sam Maguire.

There is no way a Div 1 league title is above an Ulster championship. It's not even near it in terms of fan interest, media interest and what it means to the players. Look at Clones last year for Armagh Derry vs the Mayo Galway league final.

It doesn't generate the level of fan or media interest but it's arguable which is the greater achievement. Beating the top teams in the country and lifting a national title at HQ or winning 3 games in a knockout regional competition. I think the Ulster championship is unique and can understand how it might be considered more valued but it has still been greatly diminished by it no longer being linked to the AI series.

Certainly for the likes of Kerry or Dublin, winning a national league title is a far greater achievement than hoovering up easy provincial wins.

That's because the other teams in Leinster + Munster are an embarrassment, and roll over to both Kerry & Dub.

Ask McGuinness, McGeeney, Harte, Laverty etc if they'd rather win Ulster than their respective divisions.

Maybe one of the worst takes ever on this board. Look at Mayo, homecoming for both recent titles, only to do what Mayo do later in the year.

Is Antony possibly the worst signing for United in the modern era?

He cant run
He cant tackle
He cant shoot
He's weak
He runs down alleyways

Stone. Ducking. Useless

I see the 2023 diving mcguigan is still here in 2024. Surely refs talk amongst themselves? No? He's cat for it