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Championship Predictions Competition - W15 - AI Final!!! - 46 Like(s)
As with the TC Final, there will be additional points on offer (normal time only)
Predict the Winner = 3 points
Predict a Draw = 5 points
Predict the Exact Winning Margin = 10 points
Predict RTE MOM = 10 points
P.S. Would the admins have a spare AI Final ticket going for myself, who drove thousands of clicks to the HS website thanks to my NFL and Championship predictions competitions?!?
Hit Like if you agree! :P
Lockjaw (National) - 17/07/2023 12:58:58
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Another Spectacular GAA PR Own Goal - 16 Like(s)
Let's call a spade a spade here. It's that old, blinkered republican viewpoint - down with soccer, down with rugby, down with anything with a the remotest Anglican hint about it. Complete and utter bullshit which should be consigned to Saoradhs meetings. Not part of a modern and inclusive GAA.
Lockjaw (National) - 23/04/2019 17:56:53
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Donegal V Armagh - 12 Like(s)
Replying To royaldunne: "And if this year we would have won it as we actually topped the table. As for superior ? Ahh please come back to me when Donegal have more than two all ire. One won playing what can only be described as a afront to the gaa and football. Run along lad." As opposed to assaulting their way to All Irelands?
Lockjaw (National) - 04/11/2020 12:45:23
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The Donegal/Armagh Row - 10 Like(s)
Laughable. Just Laughable. The GAA disciplinary process is a complete farce. Consistency & transparency are totally alien concepts to them.
Anyway. Time to draw a line under it now & just concentrate on the game. Better teams than Armagh have left MacCumhaill Park sore & disappointed over the last number of years. Time to do the talking on the pitch.
Lockjaw (National) - 12/04/2022 07:33:56
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NFL Predictions Competition - Week 2 - 9 Like(s)
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Lockjaw (National) - 07/02/2023 11:50:53
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Perspective - 9 Like(s)
As I'm sure all of you are aware west Donegal suffered an awful tragedy last weekend with the deaths of four young men in a terrible accident. Life can be so cruel and God only knows how the families are going to cope with the desperate loss of their loved ones.
It just got me thinking though. These days we are bombarded daily with Brexit updates, Trump's incoherent ramblings, climate change warnings, fitness gurus telling us what we can and can't eat, do more exercise etc. It is very tiresome and overwhelming.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is, I for one plan to take stock of life and concentrate on the important things. My family and closest friends. Take the time to call or visit your parents and grandparents. Reach out to that friend you haven't seen in a while to see if they'd like to head for a coffee and a catch up. Forget social media - I'm talking about real human contact.
The past few days up here have been very sombre. You never know what's around the corner so don't have regrets when it comes to those you love most.
Lockjaw (National) - 01/02/2019 11:40:50
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The Corona Virus And Possible Effects To GAA Matches - 8 Like(s)
Replying To KillingFields: "To go a bit further on that nonsense that only 100 died from Covid
The graphic that is represented as evidence that only 100 people died from Covid in Ireland is nonsense and an insult to those who died, their relatives and friends and to all the health workers risking their own lives to help them. The truth is that the graphic is exactly what the science predicted. The most at risk were firstly, but not solely, those with underlying illnesses and the elderly. That was always the stated reason for the lock down. Nothing new or sinister about this. On top of those underlying illnesses, Covid killed all 1777. They died because of Covid. No subterfuge at play here just ranting nonsense of people with big opinions matched only by their lack of understanding of the nature and threat of the virus." Well said. It is truly amazing the amount of experts who have emerged in our time of crisis. I mean, Dr Glynn, Paul Reid, Dr Holohan etc needn't have bothered spending years of their lives studying for and acquiring their qualifications. Not when hard, bullet proof medical facts were so readily and easily accessible through Facebook and the likes.
Another example is the idea that Bill Gates is some sort of Illuminatti/Lizard person. Imagine Bill - You spend 30 years of your life and the guts of $50 billion of your own dollars supporting humanitarian causes. You directly save hundreds of thousands of lives in South East Asia by providing anti malaria netting to half of a continent. You drop infant mortality rates throughout the entire developing world by funding vaccine programs including vaccinating 40,000,000 children for polio, and, amongst a plethora of philanthropic endeavors, you fund free educational platforms like Khan Academy so people can have free access to high quality education. Arguably doing more to better life on earth for humanity than any other human being to ever live.
Then after donating half of your wealth to charity and pledging 90% of the remainder to charity in your will.....
You then hop on the internet only to find a million scientifically illiterate imbeciles that are using the very computers you pretty much invented in the first place to call you a child murdering arch villain anti-christ because they watched a YouTube video made by some other yokel with the comprehension of a duck..
Lockjaw (National) - 09/09/2020 09:18:22
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The Corona Virus And Possible Effects To GAA Matches - 8 Like(s)
Replying To zinny: "To be honest there is nothing in this statement that wasn't expected, club was always going to happen before inter county and saying October for inter county would allow most club championships to finish - we altered formats perhaps.
The behind closed doors is a bit more complicated I think. To make up for lost gate receipts they would have to show more live games but would the broadcasters have the ability to show all the games as there would so much overlap. The delivery platform is there through GAAGO but how many live games could the broadcasters manage in the one day.
What however it does show is the GAA has not given into the doom and gloom merchants who are similar to what we see on here." Doom and gloom merchants? Or realists?
I still can't believe that after 10 weeks or whatever it is, that people cannot get their heads around the seriousness of this pandemic. I know that this is a GAA website and forum, and that we all obviously love our sport but my God, priorities lads.
There seems to be this attitude that we've done our bit for 10 weeks so that's us now, let's get the show back on the road.
The virus is still out there. 37 people died yesterday. 37! The only reason that it isn't way more is because the vast majority of us have practiced social distancing and obeyed lockdown measures.
All we've been doing is smothering the flames. If we're not extremely careful it could easily reignite, overwhelm the HSE and we'd be back to square one. 30 lads sweating and puffing on a football field is definitely not being careful.
Lads saying club will be played before county?!? How is this any less dangerous to public health? Christ above!
I said it before on this thread, we have absolutely gone soft as a country, used to just having what we want when we want. This pandemic has forced us all back to brass tacks. People talk about sport returning being a morale booster? Completely agree it would - but not at the potential devastating cost. Your morale should be boosted by the fact that you and your family are keeping safe and well please God, that we can still get out in the fresh air for exercise and we're not going to starve. If we have to make do without sport for 2020 then so be it.
Lockjaw (National) - 07/05/2020 09:31:53
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Donegal V Armagh - 8 Like(s)
Replying To royaldunne: "Assaulting. Haha. Yeah tell that to Murphy." When did Murphy assault someone?
Lockjaw (National) - 04/11/2020 15:27:25
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Donegal GAA thread - 8 Like(s)
Jeez no harm lads but the standard of GAA discussion on here has gone to the dogs this last while.
Lockjaw (National) - 21/11/2023 17:01:44
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Donegal GAA thread - 8 Like(s)
Replying To muckla: "Back to the days of old with Donegal. McGuiness and Murphy to steady the ship. Mcguiness performed miracles before but almost ruined football along the way. I am not looking forward to seeing him back to do it again." I've seen this trotted out here and elsewhere on social media. Do you really think Jim McGuinness would come back on board and adopt the same tactics that he used before? Ridiculous. It's an entirely different set of players for one. Do you think he's that stupid or tactcially inept that he hasn't noticed that the changes in gaelic football over the last decade? How Dublin worked out how to beat a blanket defence? It's a very lazy analysis to assume Jim would just come back in and try to repeat to what worked before.
Lockjaw (National) - 23/03/2023 11:41:44
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If Lee Keegan played for Dublin - 8 Like(s)
Replying To Toney: "No doubts but Lee is one of the top footballers in the country.
However, he and controversial incidents always seem to go hand in hand together.
I wonder would the national media view him in a different light if he lined out in the Sky Blue of Dublin?" Fed up with all this sh*te.
Defender targets opposition's star man! Shock f****** horror!
The sooner the ball is thrown in on Saturday evening the better!
Lockjaw (National) - 28/09/2016 15:41:59
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Donegal V Cavan Ulster Semi Final - 8 Like(s)
Replying To [email protected]: "Well said I watched the game on RTE and recorded it on bbc and watched it later,listening to pat spillan before the game on RTE he basically said that Cavan had no chance and Donegal would do the same as what Kerry did the evening before to cork and that after 50 minutes Donegal's know how would blow Cavan away because Donegal play at a higher level. After the game he basically said the same thing again to justify what he'd said earlier but failed to mention that before the goals Cavan were well in the game could have had a penalty and but for a great save by Patton would have had a goal ,he's always running down Ulster football yet never mentioned the quality that both teams displayed on Sunday isn't the man that's showing Kerry how to defend an Ulster man ,don't care how many all irelands he has I think it time RTE put him and O'Rourke out to grass." Lockjaw (National) - 10/05/2022 16:12:14
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The Corona Virus And Possible Effects To GAA Matches - 8 Like(s)
Replying To Galway9801: "I'd give SF a term, not because I have alot of time for them, but because if they do a good job it's great, and if they don't do a good job avd fail to bring about the type of change they say they will (I'm guessing they won't), then they'll finally be exposed as the opportunist spoofers that their critics say they are.
Either way it's worth a try. No harm to give the traditional parties a kick up the backside every now and again anyway." Exactly. Politicians are like nappies, they need to be changed regularly and for the same reason.
Lockjaw (National) - 01/03/2021 09:21:24
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Charlie Redmond's Jim McGuinness comments - 8 Like(s)
https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2017/0718/891132-charlie-redmond/
While I don't want to wade back into the ins and outs of the Diarmuid Connolly saga I thought Redmond's comments were a bit silly?
I can remember McGuinness staunchly standing up for Ryan Bradley after his first Championship match in charge against Antrim live on RTE.
Also, the comments about McGuinness bringing the game to depths it had never seen previously? You'd swear he rewrote the rulebook or something.
Redmond is a great GAA man but he's not talking sense on this occasion in my opinion.
Lockjaw (National) - 18/07/2017 11:27:19
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Clucko - I doff my cap - 7 Like(s)
A remarkable achievement and a testament to his dedication and quality over the years. He will rightly go down as the best goal keeper of all time and one of the GAA's most iconic players. The perception of him is that he's a bit of an introvert. But I would actually commend him for that. Too many players nowadays aren't happy unless they're on social media promoting themselves or some product or other. Stephen has shown himself to be a GAA player first and foremost and he has reaped the benefits of that approach. Well done that man!
Lockjaw (National) - 04/08/2017 11:51:04
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All Ireland Championship 2020 - 7 Like(s)
Replying To Crinigan: "Better fist of it? Ye'd be hammered year after year until you've barely a panel left like the rest of Leinster." Really? With players like Neil McGee, Eoghan Ban Gallagher, Ryan McHugh, Paddy McBrearty, Michael Murphy....players who have experienced actually beating Dublin.
Good lad.
Lockjaw (National) - 16/10/2020 18:48:42
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The League - 7 Like(s)
Replying To royaldunne: "Why is it only ulster that still holds this view ??
I am genuinely interested, is it self belief? Is it a unwillingness to see what's goin on ? I'm not having a go but no county in Leinster thinks like that. And I am talking about counties that have more all Ireland than either Donegal or Tyrone, Meath are in the top 5 in traditional counties, Offaly have a huge tradition, Kildare same, Laois Westmeath etc have all beat or win provincials this century yet they have all come to the belief that the all ire is now a dead competition,
The view that it's only a warm up (the league) seems to only come from ulster counties. Do they still believe they can beat Dublin? And Kerry ? Let's be honest and I'm not having a go here, neither Donegal nor Tyrone are going to win Sam this year or next for that matter, neither would beat dubs and either would find it hard to beat Kerry, they really are in the also rans along with a lot of other counties. I admire ur optimism, sure I am always a half full glass man. But how many all ire will dub have to win to change these counties minds ? I know Donegal were last team to beat them and all that, however just 4 years previously Meath put 5 goals past cluxton and destroyed them yet we can see what the gaa created , why can't some ulster counties ?" Right so. Let's disband county competition altogether and concentrate solely on club.
Dublin are the best team ever granted, but they haven't annihilated any team in a final. Mayo and Kerry have both gotten close. Could Donegal and Tyrone beat Kerry or Mayo on their day? Yes.
I don't understand this defeatist attitude at all. Meath used to be renowned for their teak toughness and would never yield an inch to Dublin. Where has that attitude disappeared to? Like meek lambs these days it seems.
Lockjaw (National) - 28/04/2021 16:22:30
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Jimmy The GAA Bogeyman - 7 Like(s)
Well hopefully that puts an end to the "He ruined football" guff.
The great man has returned & does what he does best, and that's winning championship football matches.
Maybe if more coaches around the country showed the same initiative, the same drive and the same intelligence Gaelic Football would be in a better place. Rather than spouting tired clichés & lazy analysis.
Look it's early days, it's only an Ulster 1/4 final win, & we're far from the finished article, but the trajectory is trending upwards & long may it continue.
#JWM
Lockjaw (National) - 20/04/2024 21:31:57
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Jimmy's Coming Back! - 7 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "He's much blamed for things he had no part in!
2011 was a strange affair, and followed one of the most enthralling games I've watched when Donegal beat Kildare in the previous game. He spotted weaknesses in Dublin and almost made them pay price, Ironically sending off of Connolly may have opened up space that Dublin could exploit.
2014 has become stuff of legend. Dublin's failure to make dominance on scoreboard count was matched by Donegal ruthlessness in counter attack. Talking to some people you'd think Donegal won that by 0 - 7 to 0 - 6!
Probably did Dubs another favour that year. Be good to see back in my view." Thank you Barney for probably the most insightful post I think I've read surrounding Jim's potential return.
I cannot stand the lazy, stupid analysis which seeks to attribute blame to McGuinness when it comes to discussing how football was played for a decade. Jim is a deep thinker, and devised a hitherto unseen set of tactics which suited his playing personnel. Ulster titles and an All Ireland duly followed.
Other teams aped his template. Noone had a gun to these coaches heads forcing them to do it.
It beggars belief that people seem to genuinely think Jim would come back in and try the same thing again. If you listen to the man, or read his articles, it's clear that he's as clued in to the current game as he ever was. But yeah, roll out the blanket and see if it works like it did over a decade ago. Jesus Chist Almighty...
If Jim comes back there are a few things which will definitely happen. Donegal will be fitter, stronger & perhaps most importantly of all will play with an intensity and an edge which has been lacking for a few years. Even if that doesn't lead to success in terms of silverware, I'll be happy enough as it will mean a squad of men will represent our county hokding nothing back.
Lockjaw (National) - 17/08/2023 16:02:37
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