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I've been meaning to ask. DLBs?

Congratulations to Rangers and St Pats posters here and commiserations to any from Clans and St Pauls. It was a disappointing day yesterday for the neutrals, with both games proving to be damp squibs. I don't know enough about the Intermediate to comment in any great detail, beyond knowing...

As for the second semi-final yesterday, I thought the better team won. On the basis of the play, Madden should have held a lead at half time, but had some terrible wides in the first half, and therefore only went in level. The game definitely got stretched towards the end and Rangers superior...

Although the match on Saturday night was not of a particularly high standard, it was a hugely enjoyable contest. Clann Eireann were absolutely cruising towards a final. They had the match by the scruff of the neck, but were completely undone by the (deserved) red card. It totally changed the...

You're framing the situation to make the criticism of what are volunteers, to be much more acceptable. They are not paid. They get expenses to cover their costs in travelling up and down the county. Those expenses are not in the same league as the 'expenses' paid to managers in nearly every club...

On your first point above, that's fine. However all you are doing is accentuating a culture of officials getting the blame and being harassed / intimidated, which in turn puts people off volunteering for the role, which lessens the pool of referees which means standards remain very low. At that...

I was at the match last night. The incident happened close to me. It was clearly a Killeavey line ball and Soupy come in and essentially prevented a quick line ball, which Killeavey were desperate to take as they were chasing the game. That provoked a reaction from the Killeavey defender and he...

Took in all of the Senior quarter finals over the weekend. I was eagerly looking forward to the Madden v Nab match but it ended up relatively disappointing. Madden I thought were very impressive in the first half, particularly in defence, and they snuffed out the challenge of the much vaunted...

Were you there?

Correct.

I really, really hope that a lot of the comments here are tongue in cheek, because if they're not, they would simply make you despair.

Out of curiosity, where are you going with this?

The whole debate around 'Why Kerry' frequently raises its head on GAA Forums. A good number of years ago (certainly over ten), I saw a response from Bord na Mona Man, on GAABoard, that I thought was the best I'd seen and I kept it and use it every now and again for info. I regurgitate it again...

It never gets any easier. Each Armagh Championship exit seems to have a special twist of the knife, and last night was no exception. I've often said that Geezer has to be one of the unluckiest managers about. At a guess, I'd venture there have been no more than 5/6 Senior Championship penalty...

Sunday was just great. I don't need to tell anybody here that we don't follow Armagh for the glory. We do so because they are our team. And every once in a while they have it in them to give any team in the land, a bloody nose. It's probably why we travel so often in hope more than expectation...

I have to say that my immediate reaction to seeing that team line up was surprise at how strong it was, or certainly a lot stronger than I remembered it!

I don't often get the urge to stand and applaud a post on here, but this was so on the money that it was nearly getting a 'Bravo!' in Chez Firefly. This is very much along my own thoughts and I'm sure my previous posts of my own will echo what Ed has said, albeit without the same panache. I...

Indeed. I'd imagine Francois would make a lot of all time 15s. The thing that always struck me in these debates is the number of top class players who came and went between 77 and 02. There are a number who are present in my team and others who just missed out - Feargal Harney, Gerard Houlihan...

I think it only fair that others benefit / are subjected to* my wisdom. * Delete as appropriate.

Doe he bounce the ball twice, consecutively, as a lad on Reservoir Dubs said he did?