The Saturday/Sunday Game Thread

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9901

He gave JMQ an easy decision . Utter brainfart .

9902

Ye are nearly in Cork

9903

Once it was seen he had to go. No two ways about it. Absolutely idiotic. If he’d left the arm down he could have got away with a booking. Instead he fell between two stools meaning he didn’t even hit him a proper box and still got sent off. He got hung for a lamb.

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9904

Mickey Harte and Sean Cavanagh look a bit silly tonight with their daft approach to beating Dublin. Or maybe they’re just shit.

9905

Tyrone play with fear. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

9906

Are Mayo getting more on this team than Dublin?

No MBB, STFU.

OK.

9907

Brolly is a condescending fucker.

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9908

Brolly riling McStay.

9909

Brolly is well sauced.

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9910

Sunday Game TOTY

Cluxton;
Fitzsimons, O’Sullivan, Higgins;
Boyle, Barrett, McCaffrey;
Parsons, McCarthy;
McLoughlin, O’Shea, O’Callaghan;
Mannion, Geaney, Moran.

7 Dublin and Mayo and 1 Kerry.

9911

Some odd choices.

Doherty over McLoughlin.
Colm Cavanagh over Parsons.
Harrison over Fitzsimons

9912

Are these cunts pissed

9913

Mixture of looking a bit silly and the fact that they are just shit. Cavanagh was bigging up Dublin in a major way since the semi final rout, presumably to gloss over Tyrone shortcomings and whingeing rather bizarrely about the Dublin players jobs.

9914

???

What?

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9915

Is this live ???

9916

Andy Moran seemed to be struggling with a hamstring injury as the second half progressed, guys.

9917

Turns out 10,000 posts is sufficient for a championship year

9918

Not many left here either :scream:

9919

FOLLOWING DUBLIN’S DEMOLITION of Tyrone in last month’s All-Ireland semi-final, Sean Cavanagh was in a dispirited mood.

It was Cavanagh’s last ever game in a Tyrone jersey and while the Red Hand were expected to put up a decent fight against Jim Gavin’s side, they were simply blown away by a tactical masterclass.
Shortly after the 12-point defeat, the Moy star was asked for his thoughts on why the champions appear to be so far ahead of the chasing pack.

“I don’t understand how Dublin are so far ahead because in Tyrone we have given everything and I mean everything; in the gym, on the pitch – we have literally hurt our bodies every single night,” he told Newstalk. “We have gone out for nine, 10, 11 months and that still isn’t good enough.
“I believe we have some incredibly skilled players. I don’t know how the game can go to any more time commitment for players, it’s incredibly hard for players. I just don’t know where the game goes, how much more professional it can become.

“Obviously, Dublin are way ahead and I have no idea how they are able to do it. To try and do a 40-hour-a-week job and just be blown away from another team who… and maybe they aren’t doing 40-hour-a-week jobs similar to what other counties are, maybe that’s one of the reasons they’re so far ahead.”

But Cavanagh’s claims are misguided according to Dublin manager Gavin. Demands on inter-county players may be increasing, but he says his players are highly committed to their work lives too.

“If anything, we place a big emphasis on players getting that continued professional development,” says Gavin. “That’s part of their job. Sometimes they miss training because of it.
“I mentioned the academic cycle (earlier). We insist on players passing exams on the first go. So we’ll give them time off for that.

“And I think when you look at the profile of the players we’ve got now, we’ve got two medical students in Mick Fitz (Michael Fitzsimons) and Jack (McCaffrey). A few other players are still in college but most of them are in solid professional jobs.

“The reality of it is at inter-county level, they’re all volunteering their time. I suppose we’re very fortunate to have employers who understand the benefits of an inter-county player in their workforce because of the discipline in sticking to a routine and being able to work in a team dynamic.
“But we don’t place any undue demand on players on a Monday to Friday.”

9920

I thought Dublin players having jobs was similar to mobsters being on the payroll of sanitation and construction companies in the height of the US mafia?

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