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Spike, i feel a stand of some sort at Dunsilly should be looked at next. Especially with the amount of championship games it currently hosts.

A bit of terracing do the job. The grass bank is far from ideal.

Hypothetically, if these were the teams to win their respective county championship, where do you think Cargin would rank?

Cross
Glen
Kilcoo
Derrygonnely
Errigal
Gowna
Glenties
Scotstown

Fair enough. Any others on that team MR2?

Cargin have never had a blow in, ever. Especially not any from Randalstown.

Out of interest, how many outsiders did Galls have when they won the all Ireland. 2 gallaghers & pollock come to mind. Anyone else?

Cargin without doubt the best team of the modern era.

St. Galls without doubt the best Antrim club team of all time.

No comparison.

Cargin with a champions performance. Well done to them. Mccann & shivers brilliant when introduced. They have some panel. Hopefully they can get a run in Ulster. Anyone know who they get?

Cargin are the kings of cuteness. Not a chance they will let the Dunloy men run amok like LD & PG1 did. They will have plenty of men back along with tactical fouling to stop the runners.

Hope they dont do it as it will make for a great game. But they will. Thats why they are champions.

Cargin by 8.

Where has Ciaran Bradley been at? Injured i take it?

Brutal conditions yesterday didnt make for the best spectacle. Brigids done well 1st half but Cargin completely dominated the game after the 1st goal. Once Cargin ramped up the physicality, Brigids didnt want to know.

Any word on Shivers injury? Looked like his hip.

Death,taxes and Portglenone bottling it 

Wouldnt say they bottled it. They were beat by the better team on the day.

If you mean they wouldnt have a better chance to get to a final, then i agree.

As McGourty said on commentary, they lack the scoring forwards. Will always come back to bite them.

The double is very much on. I fully expect Cargin to win, but Dunloy will not fear them. And nor should they.

They have some of the most skilled footballers in the County & thats the way they play. No fear.

Seann Elliotts point in the 2nd half...will be hard pressed to see a better score this year.

In relation to the Downeys, i get it from both sides. As MR2 alluded to, the lads have to play somewhere. But im more in the camp of play with your own. Particularly because st brigids have had the most underage success  in recent years. Its a poisoned chalice that their committee had, damned if they do, damned if they dont. Time will tell what the best decision was. I just feel that they should have stuck with their own no matter what.

They seem to have a win at all costs mentality, may work for them, but i cant see it at all. Play with your own, and if you do manage to win it will mean 100x more.

All in all, a poor enough weekend of football. Barring Dunloy LD, the other 3 games were flat.

Creggan were dreadful. PG1 not great either by any stretch but deserved their victory. McAleese back will help them massively.

Aghagallon and Cargin were both well below par which resulted in a poor game that promised so much.

Rossa not at the level yet as they struggled against an average St Brigids team. They will pose no threat to Cargin whatsoever.

Dunloy/PG1 very intriguing. Dunloys direct running will cause all sorts of problems.

the more i think about it the less of a chance im giving dunloy. LD missing R Murray, D Lynch and P Mervyn

Dunloy missing 2 county hurling starters in Molloy (after 2/3 mins) and Ryan McGarry.

I expect PG1 to win but wouldnt be surprised at all if Dunloy get to the final.

All in all, a poor enough weekend of football. Barring Dunloy LD, the other 3 games were flat.

Creggan were dreadful. PG1 not great either by any stretch but deserved their victory. McAleese back will help them massively.

Aghagallon and Cargin were both well below par which resulted in a poor game that promised so much.

Rossa not at the level yet as they struggled against an average St Brigids team. They will pose no threat to Cargin whatsoever.

Dunloy/PG1 very intriguing. Dunloys direct running will cause all sorts of problems.

Well done to mr2, no interest in players trying to buy frees & if any slabbering at frees (LD) move it forward. Job well done.

As said previous, bar jordan & mckeown, LD were poor. Missed Lynch through the middle, couldnt stop the run.

But fair play to Dunloy, well deserved. Smyth at 6 was excellent. As were the 2 elliots. Will be a massive threat in the semis and maybe beyond. Well done.

[No doubt st endas will be the venue for at least 1 of them]

Absolute dead rubber EOC, was played like a challenge. One gets LD, the other gets PG1, probably not worth going to war about.

The serious stuff starts now we are at the knock out stages.

Hopefully they let us host your game, surely the prefect venue for it

Creggan v Pg1 -cargin/ahoghill
Cargin v st marys- dunsilly/hannhstown
LD v dunloy - dunsilly
Rossa v lavey- corrigan

They are the sensible venues. No doubt st endas will be the venue for at least 1 of them....for some reasosn

What happened to Glenavy, whys it not used nomore? Brilliant venue.

Not a good enough venue for a championship QF. Plenty of better alternatives

I know, but it's consistently used. Terrible venue for both playing and watching.