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Lads who think an armband makes you a captain, that's the problem right there!

Liverpool really centre centre backs or they will end up raiding Preston again if Big Virg has a knock. It's mad how massive clubs leave themselves so stuck.

Haven't bought an experienced senior centre back since Virgil in 2018. It's an odd scenario.  Centre back perhaps the most important position in the team.

The young Italian lad looked decent before doing the cruciate.

Is he back in training.

That aside they definitely do need another centre back.

It hasn't been, that's the point.

A select few are desperately trying to do so.

Then they shouldn't succeed and the likes of Nolan who normally thrives on this shouldn't be given any oxygen and that includes Nationalist participating in his "debates"!

[They probably killed children]

"Walking down a street with his Jewish family and IDF hero children who had come to get away from the war for Israel's survival for just a few days"


They are so beyond the pale its kind of impressive. Has form for doing this repeatedly.

They probably killed children. They are so deluded.

Goyim, more or less considered animals by Zionists.

And another thing, who listens to Nolan. No 'nationalist' should be listening to that clown. Stirs things up for ratings.

Whoever the f**k wants to. Getting out of the echo chamber once on a blue moon hurts nobody.

Jumping from one echo chamber into another won't hurt you but won't do you much good either.

I'm not a big fleadh follower, my love of Irish music extents to Thin Lizzy, Rory Gallagher, Mamas boys, horselips at a stretch but by all accounts anyone I've met the last week and has been to the fleadh has been ranting and raving about it and how well organised it was and how great the atmosphere in and around Belfast was.

I'll maybe make it my business to go up and see how it goes for the craic.

BUT,
  how has this turned into an usuns and themuns thing? I'm struggling with that TBH.

Is there nothing we do that can't be turned into a sectarian shíte show.

Is that how far Antrim have fallen that they are celebrating running away with an intermediate title?

Great achievement. Always going to beat Laois, just a matter of by how many. Up to senior again.


But not playing in Div. 1A will be difficult. Teams at 1B are not at the same level and won't help them in senior championship.


Dowds has steadied the ship after being ousted a few years back. Not sure what happened but seem to set Antrim back a bit.


Camogie finals were good. Although ref. should have produced a red in fairness. Decent crowd in also.

Dowds alluded to a bit of in-fighting holding the team back the last few years.

Antrim were the better team and will be facing the likes of Clare, Limerick, Waterford, Offaly in their round robin championship with the top 2 getting a crack at the quarter finals against a Tipp or Kilkenny most likely.

In the senior game, Galway will rue going for goals too early and should have kept popping the points over five minutes from normal time still on the clock then the 5 minutes of injury time.

Carrie Dolan should have seen a yellow for her first body check, didn't and went on to do an even worse one and got the yellow.
Considering Cork lost a player last year for much less (albeit right in front of the ref) she can consider herself very lucky.
The Galway centre back going off injured early in the second half was a big blow for Galway as she was doing so well.

Nice to see a Down girl, Sorcha McCartan picking up the POTM trophy, well deserved, some great scores throughout and her flick on for the second Cork goal was a thing of beauty.

The other Down girl on display evidently hadn't recovered enough for her shoulder injury and had to retire after 15 minutes I think. She'll be back in Portaferry colours in a months time.

Wee Micky has his men in place.

Stephen McGarry (Ballycastle)
Eddie McCloskey (the bodies)
Brian McFall    (the chip eaters rep)
Kevin Martin     (to keep the Dunlodians happy)
Dr Noel Brick    (for the sciency bit)

Heard recently one of our more senior officials has been responding to shouts from spectators by moving the ball up the pitch.

I did question if it was a case of mistaken identity for someone inside the wire but apparently not.

Maybe get more sensitive with age but I see this as an opportunity and have been practicing accents from every corner of the county.

Happened once in the league at our place and I believe it happened in Portaferry I believe with an Antrim referee.

Both times the supporter in question got dogs abuse from the team managements and those around them.

It may well have a good knock on effect to those arseholes who think because they pay a fiver in can shout and abuse all around them.

Maybe.  Or maybe the referee(s) involved shouldn't be such snowflakes because let's face it the crowd in attendance are always going to react as a games goes.

And if it is proper abuse (I didn't gather that it was) then clubs should be dealing with it. Or as you say self policing from those in attendance even better.

I do like the dissent rule and think it has been a success.  But let's implement it as written instead of making up versions and abusing ones position.

I know what you're saying in totally correct and referees shouldn't be punishing teams for shíte shouted on from supporters but by god it will soon put a stop to it as there's no better way for clubs to curb it than for the players, managers and other supporters seeing it hurt their team.
I know when it happened at our place the manager went nuclear on the supporter and he's been a tad quieter since.

Heard recently one of our more senior officials has been responding to shouts from spectators by moving the ball up the pitch.

I did question if it was a case of mistaken identity for someone inside the wire but apparently not.

Maybe get more sensitive with age but I see this as an opportunity and have been practicing accents from every corner of the county.

Happened once in the league at our place and I believe it happened in Portaferry I believe with an Antrim referee.

Both times the supporter in question got dogs abuse from the team managements and those around them.

It may well have a good knock on effect to those arseholes who think because they pay a fiver in can shout and abuse all around them.

[Beattie]

DUP are panicking looking at the TUV coming fast up the inside shoulder. Hence this past year, they're attacking everything Irish.


Strange thing is on the recent poll is I thought most of their vote slipage would go to the TUV but I see the UUP, under Beattie, has picked up a bit of that slack. He's drfting into DUP Lite terrority now with some of his statements.


So the DUP are under pressure from both unionist flanks now.

Burrows I presume you mean.

Stupid question, but are there any material differences in any of the three policy wise?

Trump's fault. He cancelled the memo of understanding.

Trump found out early doors who controls the power in Washington and it isn't him.

He's kompromat to AIPAC and he's being a really good boy for them.

Well done Mayo.

It's good to see a team with no real inhibitions giving it a real cut at it irrespective of the wides and mistakes, they kept going all out attack at every opportunity and forced their will on Kerry.

The best way to win IMO.

Well done the referee. Yes he made mistakes, the double bounce point, Murphy buying the odd free out when it looked like he'd be dispossessed, etc, but in all he let them at it and had no bearing on the game and that's the best outcome for a referee in that they just blend into the game and not front and centre of it.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0722/1584695-edenderry-garda-station/

Aye Right... 

Was half asleep at the end but watched and read a fair bit on this before but each time something new comes out there's always new bits come to light and none of it good. How he had so many at his beck and call beggars belief

Plenty of lessons learned, yet not one peeler will be charged with perverting the course of justice.

The more and more I read about Mc Shane coming in, the more I think he is a cod. People raving about his record with Slaughtneil. Whilst an impressive haul, Ian paisley would have won the Derry championships with the players at his disposal. In my opinion, He under achieved in Ulster with that group of players. And before the begrudgers get going, take a look at the finals he lost, completely negative, mind boggling tactics.

I'm sure you could pick holes in any management ticket if you look deep enough.

Give the lad a chance FFS. He can't be any worse than ultra defensive Davy Fitz.

DUP minister wants to pull funding for the Féile an Phobail because it is not inclusive.

The same DUP minister that pours money into Orange Fest.

By the way, the decision by Féile an Phobail to exclude a Woman's rights group is the most stupidest thing ever.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyej1ln8ydo

Trans people's rights do not trump non-trans women's right.

For me Féile got this one wrong. Whilst I don't necessarily agree with the views of this group, you should still allow them a platform and ensure the panel is balanced and voices are allowed to challenge them.

As for the DUP, the hypocrisy is dripping out of them.