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What is the minimum for Geezer this year. Like if he had them last 4 would people be delighted?

Why would you be  delighted?  We're in the semis  lads, sure that'll do us.

If a team don't believe they can win Sam ,  why  are they even bothering?

Is Robbie Keane's  reputation not tarnished  now  , with him taking the Shekel?

Coagh in Tyrone/South Derry border, it is down the road from Ballinderry Shamrocks but is a Protestant village.

Castledawson in South Derry. There is a club called Castledawson but it isn't really in Castledawson, it is in a townland called Broagh and serves mainly the rural area. This is where Seamus Heaney was born but Bellaghy try to gatekeep him. Castledawson is a Protestant town with a soccer club called Moyola Park.

Ballyronan, South Derry. It is a mixed village, people there have to play for St. Patrick's Loup which is an area further west. It is some sort of hamlet.

Ballyronan and loughshore area strong nationalist area nowadays. The Loup and Ballyronan are only 1/2 mile apart and are the one club - An Lúb.

Ballymaguigan wouldn't be too far up the road the other direction too, and then new bridge. South derry has clubs every couple of mile.

True, all along the loughshore feom Coalisland/Clonoe and the 500 clubs around there, down to Ardboe/Moortown area and on into south Derry - Ballinderry, An Lúb, Ballymaguigan and Newbridge. Then onto in Antrim with Cargin and Creggan etc.

You could probably go right around the whole lough.

Funny in a way that club football is so strong in this area of the 3 counties - south Derry, east Tyrone and sw Antrim. 

They once wanted to fill in Lough Neagh and have another county, it could be a good one.

What should we call  this new county?

Man City are taking the premier league to court over its financial fair play rules.

It looks like they think the best form of defence is attack.

Man City are  like a  rogue state. The Israel  of the premier league

Is/was there  a Lough shore championship, like the Gaeltacht championship?

Would be a great  idea , with different hosts annually. Seems a no brainer  given there seems to be so many clubs near  the Lough Neagh shoreline , and  would be great for the local economies

Forming a new club  in such  places will no doubt lead to more extreme sectarian behaviour  from those  who feel they are "under siege" from all things Irish. Look at the attacks,  bigotry and  threats East Belfast have had  to deal with.

It only takes a handful  of bigots to unravel things.

Finally.

It's not built yet!

Colin Gibb  from Black Lace, aged 70.

[Fast, front foot and aggressive in the tackle. We have nothing to lose as nobody expects us to win Sam. Just keep playing like that and see where it takes us, we've shown we have the firepower.]

The Brendan Rogers fist pass that went badly off target leading to the second goal, it's difficult to legislate for such poor implementation of the basics ...  never mind Rogers lack of an attempt to get a tackle in on the way up the field ...

https://youtu.be/N_N7bbRteTA?t=156

Rodgers had more than a couple of sloppy plays yesterday, but in fairness to him, he sprinted the whole way back. Not sure who you want him to tackle when the ball is 20 yards up the field ahead of him.

I think it's wrong to pin point mistakes like this - they things happen to every player.  Look at the Louth ball out yesterday, plus the Westmeath cross-field pass.  All three resulted in goals.
These things happen. All players, managers and referees etc. make mistakes.  They don't need to.

The pass didn't loss Derry the game. It was lost when the referee threw up the ball.   

Nothing more than an observation. Derry's midfield is normally such a platform for them and yesterday they were wiped out

The three Armagh boys across the middle were phenomenal, haven't enjoyed a game so much in a long long time. Just hope we can follow it up with a performance against Galway

It was reminiscent of 2022 when we steamrolled Tyrone and Donegal. Fast, front foot and aggressive in the tackle. We have nothing to lose as nobody expects us to win Sam. Just keep playing like that and see where it takes us, we've shown we have the firepower.

That was the best midfield performance in a long while. Crealey has won me over with his performances this championship and we know what Rian is capable of. The big surprise was Grimleys selection but he more than justified it, he's always had the ability but seemed luckless with injuries at times.

Absolutely. 

The  belief Armagh can take from yesterday  , that if they continue to set up like this , they could very well  have the beating of any team.

I just hope they don't retreat  back into their shell  again , as that would be  an absolute waste.

3 tiers would be grand. A top 8 straight knock out championship would be unreal.

You mean like  four QFs ? One match and you're gone?

Would be madly competitive. 16 in the top tier is too much imo.

Aye, a straight knock out  would be great , but the GAA aren't going to  kill the  golden goose.

Nope, better to have  lots of meaningless group matches, with second and third   chances .  The GAA aren't going to go back  to Meath/Dublin 1991 or Derry/Down 1994 where one heavyweight  goes out on the opening weekend.

3 tiers would be grand. A top 8 straight knock out championship would be unreal.

You mean like  four QFs ? One match and you're gone?

[I'd never heard of him]

Rob Burrow

I'd never heard of  him , but just seen a news report.  Poor fella.  His deterioration  from his rugby days was  unbelievable.

What a  b******d of a disease.

Even if you've no interest in rugby league or sport in general, I'd this almost impossible to believe for anyone who hasn't spent the last 4 and a half years living under a rock.

I'd seen a news  report on the Scottish  rugby player  a while ago (Weir?), and Sinfield  sort of rings a bell as well, so must  have seen or heard  something about him along the way ,  but I honestly hadn't heard of  Burrow.

Rugby is a  sport I have absolutely no interest in  , so I suppose it's  not surprising I've not heard of some  of them

Rob Burrow

I'd never heard of  him , but just seen a news report.  Poor fella.  His deterioration  from his rugby days was  unbelievable.

What a  b******d of a disease.

[It has got to the stage though that you have a question mark over nearly every story he tells.]

I don't know much about yer man who accompanies Joe on the podcast, but it must be very frustrating. At the same time, if they're making much money from it, he just bites his lip.

It has got to the stage though that you have a question mark over nearly every story he tells. I heard one recently when he talked about Canavan coming back on v Armagh in 03 and kicking a few more points in the AI Final.

What took you so  long?

And nearly  every story?!

I think the Armagh bench could be the winning of this game.

But only if they  actually come on though