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Not long now to Christmas and season of goodwill.That club from The East are in Ulster Final but as an act of goodwill and taking into account they are near border of South I feel we should take them in as our own as there are more like us in their outlook on football and commitment than those deep in The East.So good luck to Kilcoo in the final and let the whole county get behind them.
We mightn't always like getting beat by them but you gotta admire them.But 2020 it will back to the usual and they will not win Championship.This is the end of this period of profile for them.
Any word on Senior County Squad , any new faces in?

A couple of Glenn men in..

Derrygonnelly missed a serious chance to get to an Ulster club final yesterday.

Kilcoo were there for the taking.  Derrygonnelly completely dominated around the middle and their back 6 kept the dangerous Kilcoo forward line very quiet ( apart from the goal where they switched off). 
Up front though was a different story.  They just lacked composure and took some very poor shots on and missed some very straight forward ones.  I couldn't help think that if they had Michael Gylnn available (he played in the Hogan winning St Michael's team last year and is their captain this year) they would have won.  His free taking alone would probably have got them another two or three points.  Again the rule that prevents under 17s from playing senior football prevented them from doing this.

if kilcoo had darragh o Hanlon and young Doherty playing they would of won by more!

Young Doherty? whos he when hes at home or why was he not playing?
I know O hanlon still on the road back from them operations

He's like a mini Laverty.

Glenties are a horrible team to play against very well organised and will be very hard to beat. If its them and Kilcoo in the final it will be an absolute slugfest.

Wouldn't be one for the purists that's for sure.

Kilcoo will beat Derrygonnelly out the gate.

Just like trillick were going to??

I watched them against Trillick, it was a great end to end game for us neutrals, however they will not be able to play like that against Kilcoo who will suffocate the life out of them and dispatch of them quite comfortably.

Kilcoo will beat Derrygonnelly out the gate.

How about settling the game the way the Ladies hockey was decided the other night. Players attacking from the 50 one on one with a time limit. Or my preference would be 3 attacks each, 2 forwards attacking 2 defenders and GK. Goals only and no time limit. Would be great to watch imo

Rubbish... sure just constantly foul then till time elapsed

Double header then in Armagh for both Glenn and Kilcoo on Sunday the 17th...

Best place to park around Pairc Esler?

Probably best to park in the town and walk down as traffic getting away can be an nightmare. Public car park across the road from the front of the Buttercrane shopping centre would probably be your best bet and then a 5-10 walk down.

What about reducing numbers? Say to 11/12/13 a side during extra time.

What's everyone's opinions now after the weekends results?

I thought Glenn were lucky enough to win BBB, Jack McCartan probably the best player for them on the day.. Strange game plan from Kinawley didn't really attack a lot of lateral passing no one wanting to break the line until last 5 minutes and missed two goal scoring opportunities.. Shocking penalty miss from Ruairi Corrigan at the end also

Perhaps a bit harsh on Glenn who I thought were always in control (bar the missed penalty) and the better team. Yes the corrigans had plenty of ball but created very little scoring opportunities. Which is surely what you want your defensive setup to do?

What would Glenn be like in intermediate. Evens against a very good kinawely team tomorrow

Glenn can be very difficult to play against, they swallow you up, turn the ball over and break at serious pace. Very fit young team and if everyone was available they would be playing at a higher level, I'd expect them to give Kinawley a very tight low scoring game, who comes out on top I don't  have a clue.

I would like an opportunity to clear a couple of things up regarding the minor match yesterday. Especially as whitegoodman, forevergreen, smurfy and others post whatever comes into their heads as fact.
The whole incident sits well with no one from the Kilcoo club.
The player involved was genuinely remorseful for what he said. He could have denied it and never had a suspension imposed on him but I'm glad he chose instead to admit his guilt and accepted his one match ban imposed by Kilcoo committee.
The punishment for verbally abusing your opponent carries a max one match ban.
Instead the County board gave an 8 week ban for 'bringing the game into disrepute'.
The Lad missed 4 matches including a senior and minor championship final.
A fair enough punishment I'd have thought.
How do you please the jealous mobs? Firing squad? Hangman?
Now ask yourselves honestly, would your club have suspended one of its own under similar circumstances?
I doubt it. Kilcoo acted with courage and I admire them for it.
The lad has learned his lesson, as a club we've tried to learn from this.
Always keen to improve, always keen to learn.

Ah so he didn't bring the game into disrepute, that clears that up, so in essence we have all learned that the young lad, the kilcoo minor management and club  couldn't give a flying f**k about the offended family and to hell with any justice they might have been entitled to, his apology was obviously about as sincere as Sammy Wilson saying he wants a United Ireland!!!
Well done always learning

Yea but they showed tremendous courage they way they went about it.

I would like an opportunity to clear a couple of things up regarding the minor match yesterday. Especially as whitegoodman, forevergreen, smurfy and others post whatever comes into their heads as fact.
The whole incident sits well with no one from the Kilcoo club.
The player involved was genuinely remorseful for what he said. He could have denied it and never had a suspension imposed on him but I'm glad he chose instead to admit his guilt and accepted his one match ban imposed by Kilcoo committee.
The punishment for verbally abusing your opponent carries a max one match ban.
Instead the County board gave an 8 week ban for 'bringing the game into disrepute'.
The Lad missed 4 matches including a senior and minor championship final.
A fair enough punishment I'd have thought.
How do you please the jealous mobs? Firing squad? Hangman?
Now ask yourselves honestly, would your club have suspended one of its own under similar circumstances?
I doubt it. Kilcoo acted with courage and I admire them for it.
The lad has learned his lesson, as a club we've tried to learn from this.
Always keen to improve, always keen to learn.

Courage you say...

Clubs in Cavan fine about it. They were division 2 is right this year. It's very rare the above happens but if they lost junior final they would have been a junior  club next year in division 1. Sure league and championship are two seperate competitions.

So in 2020, they'll be in Div. 1 league team and when that league starts, they could be All Ireland Jnr. Champions.

How does that work out?

Because they are two different competitions. Promotion and relegation are seperate for both.

How does one get relegated to junior then?