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Kilcoo are operating at a different level than everyone and it shows that Down club football is miles ahead of everything in Ulster. I reckon the top 4/5 teams in Down would be in the top 10 in Ulster IMO  I fear for Glen in the final. Kilcoo by +5 in the final

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Are you ever not pretending to be outraged Snapchap ?

He's all about the what about

Put a score on Iran/ Breatain bheag double.

"We shall overcome " . Sort of ignoring the fact we had them wee Welsh bastards here in Derry in khaki back in the day

Heard a nurse on the news saying this morning he only started nursing this year but he's gonna quit due to the pay? Would you not know the pay when starting a job ? 

Yes, you would. I'm not a nurse and I know exactly what they get. It's in the public domain.

What he didnt fully know but is how hard a job it is for the money

So water charges, and increase in rates? Brits are at it again

Can you blame them ?

Yes I can.. Because maybe if they hadn't made a pigs arse of the economy by going through more PMs than hot dinners we wouldn't be half as bad, also brexit when NI voted against it.

But its a threat to deal with the gobshites we have in Stormont. SF actuallt convincing people they could run a stand alone economy with no help from the brits -an economy that is much much bigger by the way

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-63754537

Heard a nurse on the news saying this morning he only started nursing this year but he's gonna quit due to the pay? Would you not know the pay when starting a job ? 

No

In fairness we were all caught up in the whole Ireland adventure and turned a blind eye to how bad it was. But you're right  it was pretty poor.

I absolutely loved Italia 90

I just switch on the TV with a wee table top aeriel and I have it , but I live in Derry so more or less Donegal

So water charges, and increase in rates? Brits are at it again

Can you blame them ?

I think that was a pretty disgusting thing that girl did to Foster. Foster is a bigot and a nasty one at that. The way I look at it, her father was a soldier who was shot in a war when his daughter was 8 yrs old. That war is over. I think it is obscene to go to the daughter of that soldier and mock her chanting the name of the people who shot her father. Furthermore, i think any republican who supports such carry on or makes apologies for it is no republican in my book. And I say all that with having nothing but contempt for Foster as a politician but there has to be a line somewhere and it was crossed here.

Totally agree

I feel sorry for her. One moment of drink fueled madness has probably ruined for career. If she was a bigot like unionists suggest, then she wouldnt have went anywhere near snarlene.

EH? Sure she was in to stick boot into her

[I think Dungiven gave them a better game than Portaferry b]

Dungiven seem the closest from what I can see. Realistically Dunloy the strongest by a good bit in antrim so if slaughtneil better than them hard to judge the rest of derry. You'd imagine Dungiven at least would be competitive in antrim. Lavey seem to have dropped off.

I think Dungiven gave them a better game than Portaferry but I also think Slaughtneil *probably* prepare to peak for ulster.

Derry always has good hurlers in it. Maghera always competitive. It's just that they're all footballers too.

They did but it isnt always accurate to compare like this as time and conditions have changed-Slaughneil would be up a level now from Derry final-they have found another couple young lads too

Is young McAllister of Cushendall stock?

Remember talking to an old mate from the Dall at a minor game in Ballinascreen and SN were playing, but never made the connection.

Not sure but likely with that surname .

[Looks like England's World Cup]

Argentina weren't that great when winning last years Copa America, stumbled over the line against Brazil in a low quality final and Colombia in the semi final on penalties in their last two matches yet it seems the hype they got from that trophy win has got to their heads.

Looks like England's World Cup to lose however with Southgate as manager they could be left disappointed again.

Jesus chill out

Where is Down hurling in the grand scheme of things in relation Ulster Club SHC?

3rd behind Antrim then Derry at the top at the minute, the one thing S'neil are doing is raising the standard in Derry I'd imagine in club hurling, I know they have won well over the years but teams are raising their own standards to try and catch them I'd imagine

The dual thing impacts the Derry county hurlers more than the other two for obvious reasons hence why the strength in club hurling in Derry hasn't transferred to IC.

Fear will know better, but how far beyond the Lynches, Lavey and the Screen would SN be? Do they even get a competitive game in the Derry club championship?

1 Slaughtneil
2 Kevin Lynches
3 Banagher
4 Eoghan Rua
5 Screen
6 Swa
7Lavey
8 Na Magha.

Thats the order this year. Eoghan Rua will drop away off wihtin next 5 years. Banagher, Lavey, Screen, Swa will all swap up and down that order-Lavey very strong underage.

Slaughtneil miles ahead of Lynches. Bar them 2 everyone else either intermediate or junior Ulster.

If Derry got all their dual players playing intercounty they would put it up to Antrim, but alas.

Club hurling relatively ok. We were baeten junior finalists and last in derry and beat Down junior well and put it up to Donegal senor champs-could beat them on another day

Think Eoghan Rua were beaten by Middletown at the weekend after extra time, who'd be far and away the strongest team in Armagh.

Yep beat by 3 points few weeks back, MT into final after beating carrickmore weekend past-big physical team, they would do well in Derry league

Yeah I think they're peaking a bit more now.

You feel for them at the minute as there are periods in the last 10 years they maybe could have won the whole thing but Ballyhalle and Ballygunner are phenomenal.

Love to see them get to final , but it's very very tough this year