2014 National Football League

[QUOTE=“Mac, post: 931421, member: 109”]For a lad who only ‘joined recently’ your knowledge of TFK is unreal. It’s almost as if you were here in another life under a different name…

By the way, I’m still waiting for confirmation on how much that Briar Hill bet won you?[/QUOTE]

were you up drinking craft beers all night mate, you seem very snarly this morning

Its still night time in Lahinch

[QUOTE=“Mac, post: 931421, member: 109”]For a lad who only ‘joined recently’ your knowledge of TFK is unreal. It’s almost as if you were here in another life under a different name…

By the way, I’m still waiting for confirmation on how much that Briar Hill bet won you?[/QUOTE]

You sound like a broken record. Do you want me to send you a copy of my passport? Relax and enjoy your life.

“Your knowledge of TFK is unreal”. Is it really that layered and complex here. This isn’t Narnia Mac.

[QUOTE=“Tess Tickle, post: 931437, member: 2269”]You sound like a broken record. Do you want me to send you a copy of my passport? Relax and enjoy your life.

“Your knowledge of TFK is unreal”. Is it really that layered and complex here. This isn’t Narnia Mac.[/QUOTE]

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just when you think Mayo are building towards something they go and do that…they need a serious rethink…their ‘marquee’ players O shea and Vaughan are actually turning out to be the players holding them back…O shea has to carry the ball into a tackle nearly everytime he gets it which slows up the ball getting into forwrads…probably the one time he pulled first time on the ball yesterday they actually got a goal i think…Vaughan just tears up field and forgets to come back and when he does he just jumps on a player and gives away a free…this myth about Mayo having the best defense is nonsense…beaten under the high ball for goals in consecutive all Irelands…bastic sauntered straight through the middle in all Ireland final…lynch done same yesterday…Mayo just don’t seem to be learning…

[QUOTE=“Il Bomber Destro, post: 930927, member: 2533”]Martin McGuinness 1
Enda Kenny 0[/QUOTE]
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Liam O’Neill looking happier than usual there.

We’re going to win the league.

DUBLIN: S Cluxton; P McMahon, R O’Carroll, J Cooper; J McCarthy, N Devereux, K Nolan; M Dara Macauley, C O’Sullivan; P Flynn, P Andrews, D Connolly; A Brogan, E O’Gara, B Brogan.

DERRY: T Mallon; O Duffy, C McKaigue, D McBride; K Johnson, G O’Kane, A McAlynn; F Doherty, P Bradley; E Lynn, M Lynch (capt) C McFaul; B Heron, E McGuckin, C O’Boyle

MONAGHAN: R Beggan; K Duffy, D Wylie, F Kelly; D Mone, V Corey, K O’Connell; O Lennon, P Finlay; K Hughes, S Gollogly, C McGuinness; D Malone, J McCarron, C McManus.

DONEGAL: P Durcan; E McGee, N McGee, K Lacey; F McGlynn, L McLoone, A Thompson; R Kavanagh, M McElhinney; C Toye, R McHugh, O MacNiallais; C McFadden, M Murphy, P McBrearty.

Is that pretty much Dublin at full strength bar the u-21s? I don’t think you could regard Brennan as a guaranteed starter when everyone is fit. They seem to have been doing a lot of chopping and changing with MacAuley’s midfield partner in the league, the lad they had at midfield with him the last day (O’Mahony) was beyond useless.

Sean Leo McGoldrick is a huge loss for Derry as he is one of the elite wing backs in the game, even in his veteran years. Don’t see Derry collapsing like Cork did in the second half but they will need to start strongly and build up a lead. I also think they will be looking for the goals, wouldn’t be the biggest fan of O’Boyle but he also seems to be able to grab a goal. I’d imagine McCarthy is likely to pick up Lynn and would suspect him to be rather cynical in fouling him in deep areas, hopefully the referee clamps down on this.

Monaghan are suffering a lot of injuries at the minute, Walsh is a big loss as is Doogan and Darren Hughes is still not fit enough to start the match so there are 3 crucial players missing. Looking forward to seeing young Jack McCarron who I have heard great things about. Good chance to see how good the depth is in the Monaghan squad with these players not available though.

Donegal seem to be at full strength, can’t really think of any player coming in that will strengthen this side. I’ve been quite dismissive of them this year, I know MacNiallais and McHugh are relatively new to the panel but it has a very familiar look to a squad who looked really flat last season and there was never much depth to the squad to begin with. McFadden, Toye, Lacey, the two McGees, Kavanagh and Gallagher are all the wrong side of 30 now and are very much key performers in a squad that looks very light on depth. I haven’t seem them play yet this year so tomorrow will be an opportunity to qualify my appraisal. I also think the full forward line is very samey, they don’t have that elusive quick corner forward there and have no real options to change it. Some people would say it’s the best full forward line in the country but they all seem to be lacking a bit of pace and I think it will be much easier to defend against them with the new rules than forwards like McManus, O’Donoghue and McCurry. It’s time for McBrearty to step up as well - is this his fourth season as senior starter now? He has yet to deliver for Donegal and a lot of forwards around the same age group have usurped him.

I don’t think either Donegal or Monaghan to hold back tomorrow and expect a game played at full Championship intensity.

Why isn’t Podge Collins starting for Clare here? I thought he was going to be a dual player for the year.

wtf is with that lads hair and head combo?

Mudderajaysus but the chipp goalie is a big unit

Was thinking the same. It looks like he had some trauma or birth defect meaning it doesn’t grow on a certain part of his head. Very unusual haircut.

The 2 Collin’s brothers obviously love Davy more than their Dad, the cunts.

Tipp’s shooting here is cruel.

The state of the Tipp keeper. :smiley:

He looks like Gary Oldman did in the Fifth Element

Tipp’s midfield getting cleaned already.

A conservative estimate would be 25 stone.

Clare no.10 looks handy. Many dual players on each panel?

None on either i would guess, not on the Tipp panel anyway.

He looks like an extra from Last of The Mohicans.