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I think it is only kerry and and ourselves.

that was a great time. I did it in 88 13. That hill on the last mile was a f**ker in the heat. First time doing a 10mile race, so delighted to finish it below 90mins

pillar just made the mistake that cost dublin that game... taking shane ryan off. could never understand why he made that change

3 fond memories i have of that game
Brady putting manners on whelan
coming back from the brink -and actually believing we could
McDonalds winning point

Anyone doing the 10 Mile in the Phoenix park tomorrow?. 6,800 entered!

i'm doing it. its pissing in dublin right now,so hopefully it will be better tomorrow

scott dann didn't play for birmingham tonight. presume that was to stop hime getting cup tied for the champions league / europa league.
So it will be him cahill or jagekla tomorrow / monday (hopefully)

[Tom Sé is making his 74th c/ship appearance on Sunday so I'd imagine he's 2nd]

Hard to find stats for GAA alright, Terracetalk site has all the Kerry stats which is only of a certain use of course, but is very good. Tom Sé is making his 74th c/ship appearance on Sunday so I'd imagine he's 2nd, Tom Sullivan has 70.

please god it's his last for this year too! He can add more next year!

or this....
Far away from the Land of the Shamrock and Heather
In search of a living as exiles we roam.
But whenever we chance to assemble together
We think of the land where we once had a home.

But these homes are destroyed and our soils cultivated.
The hand of the tyrant brought plunder and woe.
Our fires are long dead and our hearths desolated
In our once happy homes in the County Mayo.

'Tis many long years since with hearts full of sorrow,
The Land of the Shamrock we left far behind.
The days of our youth it's now we regret them,
And the friends of our childhood whom we still bear in mind.

Ah! The days of our youth we'll never forget them
They cling to our visions wherever we go.
And the friends of our youth, may God always be with them.
They too are exiles from the County Mayo.

From historic Killala, from Swinford to Ballagh,
Ballyhaunis and Westport and oul' Castlebar,
Kiltimagh and Claremorris, Belmullet and Erris,
Kilkelly and Knock, that's famed near and far,

Balla, Ballinrobe, Ballina and Bohola,
Keel Oaks and Foxford, a few miles below,
Newport and Cong and oul' Straide and Manulla,
Charlestown too, in the County Mayo.

Chorus:
Now Boys, pull together in all kinds of weather,
Ne'er show the white feather wherever ye go.
Act each like a brother and help one and other,
Like the stout-hearted men from the County Mayo

it should be championship apperances though not qualifers. provinchial championship, qf, semis and finals. Even at that lads are getting an extra game that wasn't there originally

The routine never changes. All of them will trot out onto the pitch come Sunday evening without a bother on them.
I suspect James is doing a Jack O'Connor and playing him at his own game.

+1
pure mind games going on

Well done Dublin.  Should be interesting against Donegal.

When was the last time the 4 provincial winners were in the AI semis?

not since the back door come in and last year none of the provinical finalists even made the semis

just watched the 2nd half of the game v cork again. Great viewing. However kerry are a different animal altogether. one of my major concerns is that they will try to run at us as I don't think we are as suspect under the high ball as we have been in the past.
I do feel though that we can be a match for them in midfield as long as we get as much of the breaking ball that we did after the first 20 mins of the game v cork, That is the level of intensity and fight that needs to be shown from the off.
I am going into this game more confident that i was pre cork (hoping for a respectable defeat). I don't think that we are at kerrys level yet so i don't think we will win. BUT we were all surprised the last day and maybe we have another level that we dont know about yet!
2 changes i would like to see james horan make would be feeney back in at full back to pick up donaghy and doherty back in corner forward.

[When Kerry play Cork in the All Ireland Semi final]

The Truth is the GAA dont give a sh1t about the paying punters. They will milk you for everything they can get.
When Kerry play Cork in the All Ireland Semi final the idiots wont have the decency to move the game to thurles or Limerick.
will be great to see a small crowd at HQ for it.

Are you joe brolly in disguise? Today is Tuesday , mayo and limerick are still in the championship. maybe on sunday night you can talk about the cork v kerry semi final. It was like this in 2006 Tom humphries and the other journalists waiting for the old rivals kerry and dublin (although they haven't been rivals for almost 30 years ) to play in the final and we pissed on that parade. so please don't nail our coffin down just yet!

Wonder will St Patrick and the sombrero wearing cork lad square up on Sunday?.....be a tough one to call, Sombrero would have weight advantage but St Patrick might irritate him into submission...

i'd say st patrick will be on the reek on sunday (hopefully!)

apologies tubberman, you beat me to it!