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I've wondered that myself recently; I presume there's some income from advertising (TV) passed on, and I suppose the clubs sell some local advertising.  But outside that, I have no idea ...

I remember chatting to a fella from Faughanvale (Derry) a few years back after they were on it.  I had assumed they got some sort of revenue from it but he said they didn't get anything for it and it cost them money in the end up as the club spent loads of dough on massive flags, bunting and the like to impress the cameras.

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Did Marc O'Se get a yellow for that?  Such a professional foul.

I was hoping Tyrone would win at the weekend, I would much rather be playing them than Donegal.  Derry's defeats under Brennan have come against Donegal and Laois in the league, both were hammerings and both came when playing teams with very defensive systems.

I think Skinner will find it hard to get in the game, with a sweeper to play quite close in front of him and either McGee or Lacey on him who both appear to be in great form.  Hopefully that should free up space further out the pitch and a lot could depend on whether Derry can take points from range.

Murphy and McFadden are both class forwards, Murphy has been sacrificed for the team somewhat this season but it's working for them so fair play to McGuinness.  I expect Donegal to stifle Derry and win this one ugly in a low-scoring game.

A lot will hinge on Haye's strategy.  If Haye tries to recreate the Valuev fight and willingly concedes the centre ground he will find it very difficult to hurt Klitschko from those positions.  Wlad is a well-conditioned fighter and will continue finding his jab throughout the fight, and the extra agression should see him through on the judges scorecards in my opinion.

If Haye tries to grab the centre of the ring and force Klitschko back it will be a very interesting contest and I would expect a stoppage.  I would still just about fancy Klitschko to get it in that scenario but I think Haye needs to be agressive and come forward in this fight to have a good chance of winning.

Brain off the year brady crying and cribbing on newstalk about cluxton taking the 45's...................................................hes a tool of the highest order that man,.........................................I wonder who took mayos before our game

Crying about Cluxton taking 45s?  Why?

It would also be nice if our elected representatives had a basic grasp of grammar.

Ballymena man Sean McVeigh is captaining them now, he played a few different positions for Antrim when he was just out of minors and seems to have settled in his natural position in midfield for London.  Judging by the big crowd for the Mayo game I was thinking they must have a big contingent over there.  McStay on the Sunday Game mentioned they have a lock of Kerry footballers too.

SO does Macklin have much of a chance against Sturn tomorrow night?

Macklin's around 3/1 in tge bookies but on Ringside this week they (McGuigan, Jim Watt, Ricky Hatton) were all tipping him strangely enough.  Sturm has a decent record and I would be shocked if he doesn't win.  Macklin is the challenger and fighting away from home so he's going to have to stop him or dominate the fight to win the belt.

Her adviser Mary McArdle says people should just hide it down their trunks.

That sounds very like a Hiroshima/Nagasaki defence.

Anyone follow Kahn on twitter. He's been retweeting a rant from one of his advisers who is giving off about sky not wanting to show his fight with Judah. Reading between the lines, sky don't want anything to do with him at the minute after the hash that was made of the mccloskey fight and sky. Between various blogs and rumors (admittedly online) Kahn seems to think he is worth alot more than he is and seems to be very greedy, even by boxers standards, when it comes to TV deals/fighters. I'm sure atticus could confirm this. I'm sure he'll be back on sky at some point, probably even this fight will end up on sky, but maybe he'll learn not to bite the hand that feeds him.

Was reading a bit in the paper about it. Sky have told him they're not interested as there was no interest in the McCloskey fight which was downgraded to a PPV fight to just another fight on Sky Sports 3. Khan is in the Golden Boy stable and one of their representatives has said Sky can't pick and chose fights from their stable - it's the heap or nothing so I'd fully expect Khan to be back on again.

I think that Golden Boy statement is a complete bluff.  I imagine if one of their other fighters was going to lose money in the future because of Team Khan's argument that fighter would be extremely fucked off.  They're not team-mates or anything so I don't think they'd be willing to stand together.

What was it about this eve?

Really can't fathom this decision at all.  Surely the Ulster Council are supposed to try to maximise attendances/revenue at the games.  This will definitely impact on the attendance.

No one has been better than the legendary Jimmy Smyth.  His TV commentary of the 2002 AI final was the peak of his career.

Him and McGinnity were good together when they done it.  Are there many other examples of a former high-profile player going into the lead commentary position?