Marty Clarke to make debut

[Aerlik]

Hitzelsperger, you're being a bit optimistic. 

Swans to win but it will be close and hopefully Power will thump the Eagles and their druggy players into oblivion.  Hell I'm even starting to change to supporting Collingwood when they play the cheats.

[man in black]

GAA could learn alot from both attitudes. An incident like that would wrangle on til Xmas in the GAA

Sure Mickey Linden and his pansy followers are still griping about a fair shoulder from Francois.

[goldenyears]

GAA could learn alot from both attitudes. An incident like that would wrangle on til Xmas in the GAA

Sure Mickey Linden and his pansy followers are still griping about a fair shoulder from Francois.

good man blackman, you are a hard boy alright...

[man in black]

A fair shoulder to the face???
We are going over old ground here, but Bellews tackle on Linden was disgraceful.

Im not even Armagh so i wont defend them hoors, but if Linden wasnt as yella as he is and pulled out he would have been alright.

[parttimeexile]

A fair shoulder to the face???
We are going over old ground here, but Bellews tackle on Linden was disgraceful.

Im not even Armagh so i wont defend them hoors, but if Linden wasnt as yella as he is and pulled out he would have been alright.

I don't know many people who would have come out of that tackle and been "alright".It was dirty end of story.

[5 Sams]

Linden yella?

Now I know you are trying to wind us up.

[Aerlik]

An almost identical tackle took place tonight by an Eagles' player on a Power player.  feckin disgrace.

Glad to see the junkies beaten, and even happier to see Junky El Numero Uno Cousins twanging a hammy.

[DUBSFORSAM1]

When was that bad tackle as I didn't see any in the game....there was one huge hit in the first half but nothing wrong iwht that....

[Gabriel_Hurl]

[redandblackjack]

'Sure Mickey Linden and his pansy followers are still griping about a fair shoulder from Francois.'

Typical Armagh mentality! The tr**p Bellew knew exactly what he was at! So a player is yella because he is a fair clean player? The term 'yella' is quite fitting for challenge such as the one on Marty Clarke and Linden! If anyone is yella it is the brave man who sizes his opponent up and catchs him 'stright down the middle' to use an ex Armagh senior players term!

[johnpower]

'Sure Mickey Linden and his pansy followers are still griping about a fair shoulder from Francois.'

Typical Armagh mentality! The tr**p Bellew knew exactly what he was at! So a player is yella because he is a fair clean player? The term 'yella' is quite fitting for challenge such as the one on Marty Clarke and Linden! If anyone is yella it is the brave man who sizes his opponent up and catchs him 'stright down the middle' to use an ex Armagh senior players term!

Not one of F Bellows better days when history is written who will people remember ? Mickey of course

[Mourne Rover]

The fact that we are still discussing a tackle from three or four years ago shows how little we Down fans have had to talk about over recent seasons. Having said that, Mickey's injury was caused mainly  because Benny played a foolish fisted pass over Mickey's head which he then had to run on to towards the goals while keeping his eye on the ball. Bellew saw his opportunity, ignored the ball  and flattened Mickey. Bellew expected to be booked, and could not believe his luck when the referee let him off. In the very next passage of play, Benny won the ball, went round Bellew and was immediately hauled down. Francie accepted his booking happily and did not commit a bad foul for the rest of the game. We can complain about the cynicism of it all, but the bottom line is that Down would be in very different position if we had a Francie of our own at the back.

[corn02]

Even Stephen Kernan is shitting himself in the first photo.

[An Laoch]

....meanwhile back on topic.

Collingwood v Sydney about to start on setanta sports 2 in a finals match.

Clarke plays, Kennelly injured

[bcarrier]

Live on setanta 2 now. Otherwise updates at www.afl.com.au. Collingwood have started well 15-8 after 9.