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Townsend has always considered himself Irish, pity yis tease him for effectively his accent

How come then he refers to England as 'we' in other England matches not featuring the ROI that he is covering?

Ah i would not come down hard on the lad. After all he was born and raised in England! Sure he played for the Republic and he has a soft spot for us. But you cannot ask him to pretend he has no connection with his home?

Hope Westmeath don't go into this with an attitude of having Nothing to lose. First of all there is a game to be lost and secondly if you lose and you lose narrowly to a decent side you go better into the Qualifiers. A mauling after all the good work this year could be their undoing for the season!

[Fields of Athenry]

Only realised this was on yesterday.

I suppose I might head up the road to watch it.

I hope the Irish fans have learned the rest of the Fields of Athenry, they've had plenty of time since the Euros.

And maybe a few new ones to go with it.

Anyone else sick to the stomach of hearing this song being beat out at every opportunity?

+ 1. Awful awful dirge.

yep

Was starting to think I was the only one there for a while, I can relax a bit now! 

+1 - Can't see the attraction!

Toure will just fill the role of 3rd or 4th choice central defender which is pretty much what he was doing at Man City for the past 18 months anyway. Think he's a bit past his best as this stage but can probably fulfill that role in the squad fairly well.

Seems a good signing on a free. But then again, we thought that with Harry Kewell! 

Talking to a few tryone lads over the last couple of days and they all agree Donegal deserved the win.....but they think if they meet them again this year they will beat them.
Would any of the posters on the board agree with this?
I didnt see anything on Sunday that would lead me to that conclusion, but maybe others see what I dont.

I genuinely don't see where the optimism there is coming from, I felt that Donegal won pulling up, think they have got more in the tank for when it is required. Even if Morgan had landed those frees I still think Tyrone were up against it.

I have to agree. Tyrone were peaking during the league, Donegal were coasting and it cost them their status. It's still hard to know where this Tyrone team will end up. But there were to many reading to much into league form where counties like Kerry, Mayo, Cork and Donegal were regrouping or not really interested. Donegal rightly feared this fixture and the celebrations after the game told their own story. They would not have feared Tyrone unless they were some threat.

Back row left to right: Lorcan Mulvey (Cavan) Fulham Irish, Site manager;  Lloyd Colfer (Wexford) GAA development officer; Greg Crowle (Westmeath) Parnells, Credit Control manager; Cathal Magee (Down) Tir Chonaill Gaels, Construction manager; Paul Geraghty (Galway) engineer manager; Danny Ryan (Mayo) maths teacher; Caolan Doyle (Derry) Tir Chonaill Gaels, Schoolteacher; Shane Mulligan (Monaghan) Fulham Irish, Engineer; Martin Carroll (Louth) plumber ; Declan Traynor (Meath) Fulham Irish, Labourer; Evan Byrne (Tipperary) student; Kevin Lynham (Offaly) Heston Gaels, Site foreman; Damien Dunleavy (Galway) block-layer; Eoin O'Neill (Galway) electrician.

Front row left to right: Brian Collins (Sligo) architect;Philip Butler (London) student; Tony Gaughan (Mayo) Neasden Gaels, Self employed plumber;  Padraig McGoldrick (Sligo) Heston Gaels, Site manager; Mark Gottsche (Galway) Tir Chonaill Gaels, Works for London GAA board; Seamus Hannon (Longford) Fulham Irish, Civil engineer; Barry Mitchell (Laois) Heston Gaels, Property investor;  Ciaran McCallion (Derry) Kingdom Kerry Gaels, Site engineer;  David McGreevy (Down) Kingdom Kerry Gales, Recruitment consultant; Stephen Curran(Kerry) St Kiernans, Structural engineer;  Sean Kelly (Mayo) student;  Eamonn McConville (Down) accountant.

Kolo Toure had signed an agreement in principle to join the club on July 1st

Strange one that! 

How long is Spillane doing this gig now? His number is has to be up soon! We get little or no personal statistical analysis. Any Stats are got from newspapers etc. He follows the traditional view of counties.  He is clearly being left behind by Brolly, McStay and O'Rourke. He is clearly stuck in a time warp of 70's GAA, dreaming of High fetching, Long balls into the full forward line, 1-3-3-2-3-3 formations, Ulster Counties being the nice counties that come to Croker for the day out. Ah i could go on. Last nights remarks regarding GPS and Blanket defenses. The week before's remark that Mayo should have beaten Galway by 10 goals - 80 points to prove they were a top team!

. They will blow Roscommon away.

Good man yerself.

Don't think so! Roscommon unlike Galway will not be caught by surprise, the cat is outta the bag. I do expect Mayo to win, but it will be a struggle!

Since you are all in anniversary mode

24 years today since it's up for grabs now

A neighbour ( a Gunners fan) was at his Match. The Kop waited for Arsenals Lap of houour and gave them a round of applause, suppose it was easier in those days as Liverpool were winning every second league. Emotions were high at the time as well, many probably were still thinking from loved ones injured and killed. He said on top of the joy of winning the League after such a long wait, to see such good will made him cry!

Awful trite light tabloidesque "analysis".
Be better if they just had highlights of the games and leave it at that.

+1.

+2

Have to say, I'm coming round to Paul Grimley's point of view; two weeks, two public stonings.No analysis of the London-Sligo match,just an assassination of a current manager by a former player!Our game deserves much better.I look forward to the day when another channel is in a position to compete with RTE!!!!!

It's time for everyone to brush up on their Gaeilge and hand it over to TG4.
Spillane didn't have a clue about gps but less of a clue how a proper blanket defence works. If he thinks Cork will run through Donegals defence or Kerry will play 2 long balls and they'll be in on goal then he is living in cloud cookoo land.
Then all we had was rushed through reports on the Leinster games and London/Sligo. More action, less Spillane is what's needed.

Exactly, the cork no 7 and gooch would both have been fouled way out the field and the taking of the free delayed by any one of the top teams.

It's Spillanes One trick pony The long ball into the Full Forwards.

Jez, Spillane just would not let O'Hara or Whealan talk about the GPS that Tyrone were using. Poor form! It was one of those if you can't argue just shout him down! And as for the Blanket rant about Limerick..... jez! 

Joe...... takes....... an awful long time........ to get........ his point....... across.

True, but there is a bit of thought there. Thought That himself and O'Rourke were better today without Spillane. Spillane looks for Catchy lines and Metaphors. He really is a Sunday World Journalist - All headline and no content!

He is probably also a Sunday World reader.

Jez, Spillane just would not let O'Hara or Whealan talk about the GPS that Tyrone were using. Poor form! It was one of those if you can't argue just shout him down! And as for the Blanket rant about Limerick..... jez! 

Joe...... takes....... an awful long time........ to get........ his point....... across.

True, but there is a bit of thought there. Thought That himself and O'Rourke were better today without Spillane. Spillane looks for Catchy lines and Metaphors. He really is a Sunday World Journalist - All headline and no content!

We'll hand deliver a man-handled Mayo to R2 for ye lads. Sligo to beat both Galway and Mayo.

Again.

The AI Quarters are all set up for you. Teach Mayo a lesson and then it's onto Leitrim/London in the Connacht Final.