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Say what you will about Joe Brolly but let nobody question his character

and he has the smarts whereas Spillane doesn't

What do you think of that Joe Brolly?

youtube.com/watch?v=ReOwtTzUAZQ

[Spillane was a great footballer but he's a total gobshite as a pun]

Another Pat Spillane thread started by a Nordie.. 

If you want to talk about smug presenters/pundits lets first address that obseqious little bollix Brolly. Could he be any more pro-northern ? Did ye here him on the Tyrone-Mayo game saying Tyrone were much better than Mayo...ffs they won by a point in a game that Mayo could have, and should have, won imo. Did ye hear him contrasting the goal attempts by Tyrone and mayo. The Tyrone attempt was a great move altogehter yet Mortimers goal was "lucky"  ..you'd swear it was Tyrone that scored and not Mayo...jesus, what a t**t....I cant believe how biased he is and you lads just laugh away at how "funny" he is whilst having coniptions about Pat Spillane...

You'll get no argument from a Tyrone man about Brolly, but ffs Mike take the blinkers off just because he's from Kerry ... Spillane was a great footballer but he's a total gobshite as a pundit, and he'd be a total gobshite as a pundit if he was from Carlow, Leitrim or Rathlin Island

He has nothing fresh to say. The GAA pres was on today or yest about TSG comments often being dull.and they are. But the hurling is great.

Never mind Canning, John Hanbury should have been red carded for that tackle on Callanan when he gave away the penalty.

That was brutal. Shoulda been sent off alright

[Any Kilkenny people I know are all very happy to be playing Galway now and not Tipp.]

Decided late enough in to the week I might head to this game. Great game for the neutral. Thought Galway struggled a little in the first half with nerves their composure let them down a bit but were fantastic to keep coming back at Tipp after each goal. Noel McGrath coming on got a hell of an applause from all supporters.

I thought his point was going to win it.. would have been some story.
Any Kilkenny people I know are all very happy to be playing Galway now and not Tipp.
Hope Galway hammer them but I think KK will win.

Galway are the Mayo footballers of Hurling. They always have a big game or two in them in any given season. They are the dream team to meet in an AI final, simply because they have a lorry load of doubt they have to rid themselves of before a ball is thrown in. But hey you can only keep trying and one of these days.............. 

Spot on. Actually a worse record than Mayo too....
But hope springs eternal.

I can see the first cat ball headed in towards the Galway FB line...I hope the wides tally from Galway is tight because it's going to be timber and they are not up to the level of Tipp  2010 yet either as far as I can see...

Galway are at home in Croke Park, like a regular seat in a favorite pub whenever they are in town no matter how long the absence.

[I don't think there is another county in Ireland]

Some win for Fermanagh. Something missing in that Roscommon team especially when they go in as favourites.

McGrath working wonders and building on the great work Canavan/Donnelly did. Impressed with their conditioning and fitness which has obviously been developed over the past 2-3 years.

Westmeath draw is favourable and just shows what belief and momentum can do. Great draw for Fermanagh and a great chance of a quarter final now. Well deserved

Agreed about favouritism and Roscommon.

Very very odd how they usually fail to deliver when tipped to win. Some chink in their make up, I don't know.

Must drive their fans potty.

Have said this before but I don't think there is another county in Ireland (maybe Cavan) that are as passionate about football as Roscommon.

You must not have been in too many places if you think that's the case.

Just my opinion. Have yet to meet a Roscommon person without an interest in gaelic football. Cannot say that about any other county.

One of the finest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRJl5Srx4e0

PE is right enough in what he says. It is the current generation of Tipperary hurlers that KK have dominated bar that one AIF where Tipperary fully deserved the win.

Up to recently Tipperary beat KK pretty much always. No love lost between the two counties.

Will be amazed tbh if Tipperary don't win the AI this year.

I heard someone on RTE saying that on their day Galway are the only Team that can beat the cats. Surely Tipp have that as well.

Fair play to Cork.
Clare did well to win that all Ireland in 2013.


Will the Cork Galway match be played in Thurles ?

You can get a tan footing turf.

Not too bothered at least we weren't hammered. Hopefully we'll come back with a new set up next year whether with Mick O'Dowd at the helm or not I don't mind. Hopefully we'll be more match fit and with less injuries. If any good came from today it shows we can play defensive football if need be even without our full strength squad.

Thank God Galway didn't lose to Meath again this year

Not really what this thread is for but slightly related.
The luas stop at st James hospital is Oispideal San Seamus. Why not Naomh Seamus?
I never heard of 'san' as gaeilge

San Nioclas

2 teams lost in mediocrity. Beating Armagh was it 2 years ago was sweet.
Hard to know how good Galway are. Definitely not top 5 material.

Congratulations Westmeath!  Great entertainment, and glad I decided to stick and watch the second half.

Great to see them doing so well.

Great performance by Sligo, much deserved win but my god Roscommon have no fight in them at all.

They might have no fight in them but they have an all Ireland in them .

http://www.the42.ie/roscommon-john-evans-all-ireland-2070553-Apr2015/

Ros are a February phenomenon
criostlinn Sr. Member Posts: 318
Re: FBD League 2015 - Leitrim for 3 in a row?

You know what.Dont let me ever hear anyone say the FBD league is dead. This competition was reborn on Sunday. To see the delight in the Roscommon players eyes on the final whistle, well it would bring joy to any man. It just goes to show how wonderful the game of football is that on any given day anything can happen. So the Ros have put down a marker for the year ahead. Just like they did last year and teh year before that.
Altogether now. We are Ros, We are Ros, We are we are we are ROS
It seems like everyone in Mayo are awful perturbed by an FBD game. More talk of markers being thrown than a stationary shop. There was a time (last year) when ye could lose this game without losing your heads completely. Methinks some part of you is very worried that the glory days are over for a while, FBD or no FBD.
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Well done Sligo. The magic of sport.