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Anthony to Real Betis on loan seems a done deal. Garnacho to Napoli story seem to be gathering pace. Interesting few weeks ahead.

Letting Garnacho go for 50m is bonkers. They'll not sign anyone to do his job for anything less than 100.

That 7 premier league goals last season be easily enough replaced.  He was outscored by Hudson-Odoi, Kluivert, Bailey, Trossard, Semenyo, Hee-Chan in the league last year not one of which would be anywhere close to 100 million. 

None one are close to 19 years of age last season either. At this moment in time he's not 100 million but sold for anything less for 70 million will prove the incompetence level of the new lads over transfers and not much of improvement on Woodward, Matt Judge etc.

The problem is how much United would have to pay for a better player than him. But if he's got his agent whoring him around he can clear off too. Didn't work for Rashford and his ballbag brother though

The competition needs Omagh CBS so last night left a sour taste.
Maybe a retrospective ban of the large amalgamated team could be in order.

When the Down amalgamation won the hurling title, Mageean Cup, the Derry schools weren't happy and I'm only picking them because they beat a Derry school in the final and the manager made the point in an interview afterwards. The amalgamation stopped after that but I'm not sure if it was actually stopped/banned or just the arrangement stopped.

Play the remainder of the season like they did v Liverpool and arsenal. Yes it will be boring, but they need to stop conceding stupid goals. All 3 goals yesterday were very avoidable.

Looks like the manager is making a play at the Board basically telling them and the world that this group isn't good enough. Something we have known for a while but no one has come out and said it until now.

That's basically like the manager giving up, saying he's not to turn things around.

Dont think he is giving up at all, he is basically saying that he needs better players. Something any United fan would know.

I like his honesty in his interviews, he is going to get the time to turn it around I would imagine. Not very many players in the squad people would be up in arms if he let go, which is telling in itself.

I would agree. Everyone knows those players aren't good enough.Amorim is calling it out.  ETH brought in a lot of crap from the same agent.
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So many overpriced average ability footballers who aren't even athletic runners. I stood up for Ten Hag when he was there but my god he brought some crap in to the club. Anthony & Mount were terrible signings for the money. Onana is looking like more of a disaster every week and they let a better young keeper go in Kovar than the Turkish lad they brought in.

I don't mind some of the newer signings but they're just good squad players realistically.

Speaking of VAR. People complain about it non-stop, but then when it's not around, even worse mess ups like the Arsenal penalty can happen.

Would VAR have overruled it considering some of the soft arse penalties that have been given using VAR?

There would have been a few more red cards had VAR been employed

Yeah that would have been interesting. Havertz had Ugarte by the throat then went down after going head to head. Maguire was right - cheating shithouse.

It was good seeing a bit of niggle from the united side.

Speaking of VAR. People complain about it non-stop, but then when it's not around, even worse mess ups like the Arsenal penalty can happen.

Would VAR have overruled it considering some of the soft arse penalties that have been given using VAR?

I would have agreed with you at a time but I had a daughter who struggled a bit for a while on a couple of areas in a subject.

Due to the big class size it was hard to get the one on one help she needed.

We arranged some short term tutoring and it worked really well.

A small nudge in the right direction can really help. Even if it just helps their confidence overall.

The transfer test is probably the worst for it though, my daughter was the only one doing the test at the time that didn't go to a tutor so we felt like we were in the wrong. She did a couple of sessions and to be fair to the woman taking it she said she didn't need to keep going.

Why does trump want Greenland? I presume he's chatting shite?

There was a post on twitter from someone saying he was obsessed because he didn't understand how map sizing works so he thinks it's a massive amount of land. It's still quite big relative to here say but obviously not the size it's shown on the maps.

It's probably complete bollox but it made me laugh thinking of people trying to explain how the map works to him

I think they will be a thing of the past in a few years time. Its the same with music piracy in the 90s and movie piracy in the 00s. It always loses in the long run.

What is the alternative to IPTV do you think?

Subscription streaming service at a reasonable price, and the ability to only have to pay for your team or sports streams. Having to pay Sky for rugby, golf, darts and horse racing when all you want is football isn't an ideal system.

It is if you own/run Sky TV. It's going to be very hard to get away from them with the money they currently put into the premier league.

Looking at the Corn na nÓg squad list for St Colman's today and I was struck by the limited numbers representing Armagh clubs. Seems much lower than what it once was.

The emergence of St Paul's Beesbrook as an alternative for A-levels has probably had an impact. Handier for most of the South Armagh children too not having go into Newry and moving the right way in sporting sense also if the parents are that way inclined.

St Ronans in Lurgan too have taken a big chunk of lads that would've went to St Colmans.

St Pats Cavan worthy winners in the Corn na nOg today. Very well set up team, physical and athletic. Most importantly could take their scores.

Man charged with murder of Karen Cummings in Banbridge at the weekend was released on bail a month ago having been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, non-fatal strangulation and two counts of criminal damage.

" A Co Armagh man who has been described as a "serial perpetrator of domestic abuse" has been released on bail after allegedly attempting to gouge out his partner's eye and choking her.

Police were objecting to bail believing King was likely to commit further offences, he has a history of similar offences, has allegedly issued a threat to kill the injured party and is a "serial perpetrator of domestic abuse".

The PSNI also expressed concerns at how close King and the alleged injured party would be in proximity to each other, that he is currently on probation, he is a respondent to seven non-molestation orders, he would interfere with witnesses and he would likely fail to appear when required.

King, who must submit a cash surety of £300, was granted bail on the basis an address is found that is suitable to police, he must have no contact with the alleged injured party, he must tell police if the woman contacts him, he must not consume alcohol in a public place, he must submit to a preliminary breath test when required, and he must observe a curfew between 10pm to 7am."

That's horrendous, the justice system will get some flack for this

He's the son of the King that took over the LVF after Billy Wright. Untouchable

Jamie is one of the worst pieces of casting in the history of anything ever.

Okay it doesn't help that his character  mutates (even within one scene) between "smartest, calmest guy in the state, takes no prisoners" and "bumbling, sobbing mess who everyone trods on".

But rarely have I seen an actor play any part of a role with less distinction.

I think he's one of the worst characters in the show. He just seems to be used to steer the plot in a certain way. Some of his arcs are just awful and make no sense at all.

It's a soap with a big budget and great locations. I found it really enjoyable - drags a wee bit in later seasons and there are some silly storylines but I've stuck with it up to the latest episode this week.

Yeah me too - though this season has gone really silly I think.

We're nearly there with it now, finale this weekend. The standard has dropped off a bit and there seems to be a lot getting wrapped now up in a short season. Taylor Sherdian then decides to spend half an episode showing off his horse riding skills and going taps aff in the latest episode.

1923 series 2 out in April 2025 - interested to see how they wrap that up

I've heard good reports about Landman - anyone watching it?

Any recent self builders have price per sqft? House about 2200sqft

I'm in same boat. Sorting a couple of quotes and we're about 2300sq ft. Any ideas on general pricing?

It'll depend how much you are looking priced but a family member got a quote for £92/sqft roughly. That was for full fit out inside the house as well as outside works all done, gardens, asphalt etc. His was 3,600sq ft though so there's a bit of economy of scale to that.

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Forgot a club hurling trip to Dungarvan years ago and didn't realise I had left Fermanagh out. Missing Donegal for the Ulster set - too late to mark it off now

Down released their new jersey this morning - looks good. Can't work out how to get it in the post - it's on their twitter/facebook pages