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any guitar players got any tips of mastering barre chords

* make sure your hand / arm is correct, ie you'll want your thump and index finger to form a clamp.

* learn to play open E with your middle, ring and pinky finger (makes it easier to move the E shape barre chairs down the fret board)

* maybe start with power chords, ie E A D strings (E shape barre) or A D G strings (A shape barre) and learn to navigate up and down the fret board memorising the chords.

* do not get hung up on all the strings ringing clear, the bottom B string can be a brut. Work on placing the barre chord as quick and accurately as you can.

Haven't looked, but I'm sure Justin Sandercoe or Andy Guitar would have a video or two with better / clearer tips

22k at Croke Park yesterday. Sure everything is grand. Well done the GAA. Hope ye are proud.

Ostriches.

Would definitely do no harm to move the Leinster games out of CP for a year or two. No Dubs I know would have an issue with this

Louth will give Dublin a game for 45/50 mins. Kildare, what is the craic there? Could be doing with a McGuinness or a Gallagher type manager

[Every game is a lottery.]

Why is the final between the 2 d2 teams? Hmmmn.

Because this is Ulster, where every team in the province has contested the final at least once  in the last twenty years.
Every game is a lottery.
Its why it the best championship in the land.

You might have a point but there's no need to tell lies.

There appear to be no certainties so if not a lottery its certainly unpredictable.

There are certainties. Antrim & Fermanagh are going to lose. Down extremely likely to as well.

You could have picked 4 out of 9 to win it. 2 of those are in the final.

Pedantic posts of the week go to.... 

Donegal's Ulster final to lose.

Would you ever f**k off with that crap. It wasn't entertaining the first time you did it and it hasn't aged well with the 100th.

No it's not. It doesn't even make sense. You literally have to have something to lose it. Ball-ache'ery at its finest

[I am not trolling here, but is Ulster really that good?]

I was off to a gig so only had to endure the first half...Christ!

Down coughed it up whenever Armagh actually engaged them and were also afraid to shoot, but Armagh stood so far off them.

I am not trolling here, but is Ulster really that good? Like the reason why the Provincials are here to stay is down to one province but the quality varies a lot within that. The best game of the year could be Dublin v Derry in the league.

Good? Are you asking is the level good or the competiveness good? The former, there's 3 or 4 teams that, outside of Dublin could win Sam. 50% of next year's NFL Div 1 will consist of Ulster teams. The latter, Cavan beating Monaghan, Donegal taking out the Ulster champions and Div 1 winners. Cavan Tyrone going right to the wire, as did Down v Armagh. Ulster is by a great distance the most competitive province, and overall the strongest.. Not that you didn't know any of this of course 

There you go!

https://madventure.co.uk/london-to-sydney-overlandtour/

A lot of people have been to Oz. On paper it's a place I'd like to have visited but the getting there is very off putting for someone who hates flying. How many 1 hr flights would it take?!

There you go!

https://madventure.co.uk/london-to-sydney-overlandtour/
[/quote]That's just the job but there doesnt appear to be a return leg. And I don't think I have enough annual leave to cover it.
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I met a couple in a backpackers place in Noosa, many years ago,chap a teacher from Magherafelt who'd taken a year out and travelled to Australia overland (most of the way, a flight maybe from Bali to Sydney to finish off) . Civil folk, canny mind their names

Armagh would appear to be surprised that Down can and will crunch them in the tackle.

Ref seems to prefer Down's tackling style.

Awful boring game that highlights just how wrong it is that our game rewards teams for playing keep ball.

Football is fucked.

Did you not say you weren't watching another game this year? Or maybe that was some other negative Nelly

Don't think I'd have said that. I wouldn't know what else to do with my life.

  apologies, I'd be the same.

Armagh would appear to be surprised that Down can and will crunch them in the tackle.

Ref seems to prefer Down's tackling style.

Awful boring game that highlights just how wrong it is that our game rewards teams for playing keep ball.

Football is fucked.

Did you not say you weren't watching another game this year? Or maybe that was some other negative Nelly

Armagh v Down - DOWN 4-2 on penalties
Donegal v Tyrone - TYRONE by 2

Good idea that why not toss for a home venue in Semi Finals?!

On a related note, is the first time Celtic park has been used as a venue for a non-Derry championship game? I can't recall any other occasion anyway.

It would be suitable for Donegal/Tyrone, Donegal/Antrim to Tyrone/Antrim games, but the latter rarely arise and a Tyrone/Antrim game could also be reasonably played in the Athletic Grounds.

Toilets, changing rooms etc a bit dated, but Celtic Pk is an amazing arena to watch football. Hoping to get along to the game on Sunday, should be a tight battle

Deserved lead for the the toffees at halftime.If Everton had put as much effort into the rest of the season they wouldn't be where they are   
Liverpool missing some great chances as has happened so many times in games this season.

Same old story. As shite as Liverpool were for half an hour, they really should be ahead in this match. Title chance blown through missed easy chances.

Surprised at how many are just going through the motions with a title at stake.

[Lee Dixon remains the worst.]

I dont mind Ally.

I hate when sky have either Neville or Carragher on co comms for their respective teams.

Lee Dixon remains the worst.

Steve McManaman is by a country mile imo

[Do you do this every time someone has an opinion you disagree with? "You're talking out of your hole. I'm right, you're wrong".]

Just goes to show anyone can beat anyone on the day. Harte is a stubborn f**ker though so I'd put money on Lynch pushing up the next day too! Not many teams have the midfield to dominate Glass!

Derry are a class side, I've no agenda here... But Conor Glass is so overrated it's unreal..another shocker performance, he saves his shockers for when Derry are in a tight spot too

I'd agree with that. Even from what I've seen at club level he's able to take it up a notch in the final 10 minutes but before that it doesn't feel like he's in the game. Seems to be the same at county level as well. Capable of a few big plays during a game but it doesn't feel like he's there consistently for 45/50 minutes

As a famous son of Derry once famously said.. 'youse boys no nothing about football'.

Do you think Conor Glass consistently impacts the game from start to finish? I don't. As I've said already he takes his game to another level in the last 10/15 minutes if needed but the rest of the game he isn't as influential as Rodgers is say

You can double down all you want but you are still talking out your hole. I've missed 1 Derry game in the last 2 years,caught a good few Glen games. I know it's a thing to reel against popular opinion etc these days but you'll be in a very very small minority who doesn't think Glass is a player at the very highest level, a rolls royce of a player. Glass is the real deal. The wee 10 mins at the end of games cameo from yourself deserves the Gene Wilder Willy Wonka meme more than any line I've heard in a while

I'm just giving my opinion mate. There's no need to be so upset about it. I know Glass is a top player, top 10 in the game right now no doubt. I just don't rate him as high as you do. Do you do this every time someone has an opinion you disagree with? "You're talking out of your hole. I'm right, you're wrong".

, I definitely don't, just the very odd time it's merited!

Just goes to show anyone can beat anyone on the day. Harte is a stubborn f**ker though so I'd put money on Lynch pushing up the next day too! Not many teams have the midfield to dominate Glass!

Derry are a class side, I've no agenda here... But Conor Glass is so overrated it's unreal..another shocker performance, he saves his shockers for when Derry are in a tight spot too

I'd agree with that. Even from what I've seen at club level he's able to take it up a notch in the final 10 minutes but before that it doesn't feel like he's in the game. Seems to be the same at county level as well. Capable of a few big plays during a game but it doesn't feel like he's there consistently for 45/50 minutes

As a famous son of Derry once famously said.. 'youse boys no nothing about football'.

Do you think Conor Glass consistently impacts the game from start to finish? I don't. As I've said already he takes his game to another level in the last 10/15 minutes if needed but the rest of the game he isn't as influential as Rodgers is say

You can double down all you want but you are still talking out your hole. I've missed 1 Derry game in the last 2 years,caught a good few Glen games. I know it's a thing to reel against popular opinion etc these days but you'll be in a very very small minority who doesn't think Glass is a player at the very highest level, a rolls royce of a player. Glass is the real deal. The wee 10 mins at the end of games cameo from yourself deserves the Gene Wilder Willy Wonka meme more than any line I've heard in a while

Just goes to show anyone can beat anyone on the day. Harte is a stubborn f**ker though so I'd put money on Lynch pushing up the next day too! Not many teams have the midfield to dominate Glass!

Derry are a class side, I've no agenda here... But Conor Glass is so overrated it's unreal..another shocker performance, he saves his shockers for when Derry are in a tight spot too

I'd agree with that. Even from what I've seen at club level he's able to take it up a notch in the final 10 minutes but before that it doesn't feel like he's in the game. Seems to be the same at county level as well. Capable of a few big plays during a game but it doesn't feel like he's there consistently for 45/50 minutes

As a famous son of Derry once famously said.. 'youse boys no nothing about football'.