C+H Sports Discussion Thread

Bobalicious93

We were hijacking several other thread with sports discussion, so let's take it all into here.

Anyone fancy Pat's over the two legs vs Steaua Bucharest? Not a Pat's fan, but I might head to the second leg. I've heard rumours it may be held in the RDS. Anyone know any more on that?

Professey Chin

Why is cow dung playing what sounds like a beer?
Damn farmers and their crazy shenanigans

Jesus Juice

How many C+H threads have you started now Bob?

Your on a roll!!:P

Bobalicious93

Jesus Juice wrote: »

How many C+H threads have you started now Bob?

Your on a roll!!:P

And you'll notice all bar this one have reached at least 5 pages too. So there's no shortage of quality threads made by me either. :pac:

Having said that, this one seems to be dying a slow death. Someone discuss some sports quick!

Premier League starts this weekend. Any one want to throw their predictions out there?

Chelsea v Hull City
Aston Villa v Wigan
Blackburn v Man City
Bolton v Sunderland
Portsmouth v Fulham
Stoke City v Burnley
Wolves v West Ham
Everton v Arsenal
Man Utd v Birmingham
Tottenham v Liverpool

I think Liverpool will really struggle without Alonso. At least for the first 6 weeks anyway.

Jesus Juice

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

And you'll notice all bar this one have reached at least 5 pages too. So there's no shortage of quality threads made by me either. :pac:

Having said that, this one seems to be dying a slow death. Someone discuss some sports quick!

Premier League starts this weekend. Any one want to throw their predictions out there?

Chelsea v Hull City
Aston Villa v Wigan
Blackburn v Man City
Bolton v Sunderland
Portsmouth v Fulham
Stoke City v Burnley
Wolves v West Ham
Everton v Arsenal
Man Utd v Birmingham
Tottenham v Liverpool

I think Liverpool will really struggle without Alonso. At least for the first 6 weeks anyway.

Tbh I think Stoke v Burnley will be the best game there,they'll both be out to prove something!

Bobalicious93

Jesus Juice wrote: »

Tbh I think Stoke v Burnley will be the best game there,they'll both be out to prove something!

I'll be keeping my eye on Villa v Wigan myself, I like the football Martinez's teams play, be interesting to see if James McCarthy gets many games there, and how he develops.

I don't think Wigan will struggle as much as people seem to think, they still have a good core there, despite Bruce leaving.

Mushy

Nice round for Harrington today. Hopefully he keeps it up. McDowell & McIllroy not far behind either.

Insect Overlord

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Man Utd v Birmingham

I'm going to be at this one

Niall09

Mushy wrote: »

Nice round for Harrington today. Hopefully he keeps it up. McDowell & McIllroy not far behind either.

I hope Harrington and Woods play all 4 rounds together, would be fantastic.

Do you play golf, Mushy?

The Frayed Ends

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Tottenham v Liverpool

I think Liverpool will really struggle without Alonso. At least for the first 6 weeks anyway.

Got to agree. Lucas has had a great pre season.. But it's pre season :pac:
And he's no where near the class of Xabi.

Still I think Liverpool should win this 2-1.

but I heard today that Gerrard may miss the match because of injury :mad:

Stev_o

Super League tomorrow! Need my rugby fix.

Jesus Juice

Have ye heard they're gonna introduce Golf and Rugby 7's into the Olympics?
If they did that would be awesome cause at least Ireland would have a chance at winning something for once!!

Stev_o

Jesus Juice wrote: »

Have ye heard they're gonna introduce Golf and Rugby 7's into the Olympics?
If they did that would be awesome cause at least Ireland would have a chance at winning something for once!!

Heard but we have no chance of winning either but thank god that pickey woman can box that ll win us some medals

Mushy

Niall09 wrote: »

I hope Harrington and Woods play all 4 rounds together, would be fantastic.

Do you play golf, Mushy?

Would be fun to see. Although maybe a day away from woods so Harrington can play without extra distraction.

Used to play, would do now but no time/money for it.

Mushy

Stev_o wrote: »

Heard but we have no chance of winning either but thank god that pickey woman can box that ll win us some medals

Ireland would have a chance in the golf section, as much as any othe country with populations 10 times ours and more at times.

sock puppet

Mushy wrote: »

Ireland would have a chance in the golf section, as much as any othe country with populations 10 times ours and more at times.

I don't think you you want to bring the per capita argument into Ireland's sporting performances. Look at New Zealand and Norway. Countries with similar populations to Ireland but they outperform us every olympic games.

Bobalicious93

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Chelsea v Hull City
Aston Villa v Wigan
Blackburn v Man City
Bolton v Sunderland
Portsmouth v Fulham
Stoke City v Burnley
Wolves v West Ham
Everton v Arsenal
Man Utd v Birmingham
Tottenham v Liverpool

hmmmm.... 5 right and 3 wrong, with 2 more games tomorrow. Not bad.

jefreywithonef

Harps snatched a last-minute draw tonight. Oh yeah. :cool:

Mushy

sock puppet wrote: »

I don't think you you want to bring the per capita argument into Ireland's sporting performances. Look at New Zealand and Norway. Countries with similar populations to Ireland but they outperform us every olympic games.

Yeah but surely it depends on what sports are being participated in too. I'd fancy Irelands chances in golf ahead of NZ & Norway, but not other sports.

In other news, wahey for another Leeds win. Hopefully this season might work out better. And my prediction for Harrington was right...not to play with Woods on 3rd day would be better. Pity he messed it in end, but could still work in hid favour. Also, C'Mon the Premier!

Bobalicious93

Monzo wrote: »

Harps snatched a last-minute draw tonight. Oh yeah. :cool:

Did us a bit of a favour there. We were busy losing to Rovers in the cup. Hasn't been a good week or so for UCD.

jefreywithonef

It seems you have signed Sean Houston from us on a scholarship. He's been one of the few bright points of the season so far, he's very good up front and should be a good squad player for UCD.

Bobalicious93

Liverpool starting with dropped points. I am pleased by this.

United weren't too impressive today though, hopefully we see an improvement at Burnley on Wednesday.

Bobalicious93

Couple of PL games tonight:

Birmingham v Portsmouth
Burnley v Man Utd
Hull v Spurs
Liverpool v Stoke

I'll take any sort of a win tonight. Just need to keep picking up the wins for now.

Bobalicious93

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

I'll take any sort of a win tonight. Just need to keep picking up the wins for now.

Well, that went well.

Mushy

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Well, that went well.

Who ya support? Good win for Burnley*

Under-statement of the year

Shacklebolt

I've a match tomorrow and another on sunday. Wish me luck people!*


*Or else...

Bobalicious93

Mushy wrote: »

Who ya support? Good win for Burnley*

Under-statement of the year

United.

We were fcuking terrible tonight. Passing was shocking, I hate to say it, but we missed Ronaldo tonight. There was just no imagination about us at all.

SantryRed

Monzo wrote: »

Harps snatched a last-minute draw tonight. Oh yeah. :cool:

Mushy

Leeds back in action today, hopefully make it 12 from 12, so a good start.

Fair few Irish lads in top 10 of the European golf, Gillick did well in final, cant be all bad for Irish sport now.

Stev_o

England 147-3 at the mo and pretty much have the Ashes the way their run rate is going.

Australia though lost to New Zealand in a improved 3N but christ NZ were bad.

Mushy

Stev_o wrote: »

England 147-3 at the mo and pretty much have the Ashes the way their run rate is going.

Australia though lost to New Zealand in a improved 3N but christ NZ were bad.

Yeah, England win that...will avoid Sky Sports for a while now.

Australia haven't done anything this 3N Championship. The hype over there when the first match on was crazy, but of course, barely anything about it after.

Leeds are on fire:D 4 wins from 4 in the league, more to come.

Great win for Cork too today, Congrats!

Stev_o

England won hurrah for that.

Wigan just edged passed Cas 29-26 in a brilliant game of Rugby League, really puts Union to shame these days but oh well no one seems to think so.

soccymonster

Cork bate tyrone in the football!
Woo-pe-dee-doo ..

Bobalicious93

soccymonster wrote: »

Cork bate tyrone in the football!
Woo-pe-dee-doo ..

You're supposed to be asleep :eek:

soccymonster

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

You're supposed to be asleep :eek:

Hehehehehehehehehehehe...
Im "supposed" to be asleep but im not .

Now if only clare can beat kilkenny in the u21s, ill be a happy girl..

Bobalicious93

soccymonster wrote: »

Hehehehehehehehehehehe...
Im "supposed" to be asleep but im not .

Now if only clare can beat kilkenny in the u21s, ill be a happy girl..

Can you tell your friends to leave me alone? I'm scared

Daysha

Performance of the weekend goes to Michael Chopra for this goal celebration alone.

soccymonster

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Can you tell your friends to leave me alone? I'm scared

LOL! Sorry :P cant do anything about it.. Block them sure. Maybe they're playing fire with fire. You scared them earlier now they scare you!

Soccer...*yawn*. I was forced by my cousin to write on my boards profile that i think chelsea will win the league. Does that have any significance?

unknown13

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Did us a bit of a favour there. We were busy losing to Rovers in the cup. Hasn't been a good week or so for UCD.

Wow someone supports UCD in the LOI.

Bobalicious93

unknown13 wrote: »

Wow someone supports UCD in the LOI.

I know not many of us around

unknown13

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

I know not many of us around

Last time, I was in that old dump of a ground there was only about 20 UCD fans and about 250 and that was against your neighbours up the road who are currently in the premier division and still in the cup

sock puppet

soccymonster wrote: »

Hehehehehehehehehehehe...
Im "supposed" to be asleep but im not .

Now if only clare can beat kilkenny in the u21s, ill be a happy girl..

So Limerick are so poor that you've transferred your allegiance to Clare. What has the world come to.:p

soccymonster

sock puppet wrote: »

So Limerick are so poor that you've transferred your allegiance to Clare. What has the world come to.:p

ah no! Limerick have been knocked out of everything so i might as well support clare (the county that gives me food, water etc) in the u21s as i need something to keep my spirits up after the tipp-limerick match .

And i know a guy on the u21 team :P.. So dont go pointing fingers!

Bobalicious93

unknown13 wrote: »

Last time, I was in that old dump of a ground there was only about 20 UCD fans and about 250 and that was against your neighbours up the road who are currently in the premier division and still in the cup

Yeh our support is pretty cack I'll admit.

The new ground is pretty snazzy though. Have you been?

Bobalicious93

Champions League group stage draw was made a while ago.

A
Bayern Munich
Juventus
Bordeaux
Maccabi Haifa FC

B
Manchester United
CSKA Moscow
Besiktas
Wolfsburg


C
AC Milan
Real Madrid
Marseille
FC Zurich

D
Chelsea
FC Porto
Athletico Madrid
Apoel FC

E
Liverpool
Lyon
Fiorentina
Debreceni

F
Barcelona
Inter Milan
Dynamo Kiev
Rubin Kazan

G
Sevilla
Rangers
VFB Stuttgart
Unirea Urziceni

H
Arsenal
AZ Alkmaar
Olympiacos
Standard Liege

Group G is shockingly bad. Some tough travelling ahead for United, though Wolfsburg would be a nice trip. Disappointed we didn't draw the Circus though. OT would have been rocking. Oh well, we'll just have to knock them out at a later stage then

Handy groups for Arsenal and Chelsea, Liverpool's is fairly tough. Once again though, the usual suspects will come through I expect.

Mushy

Chelsea have a fairly tough group. Atletico are a good team, even removing my FM bias support of them:D

Group G will be horrendous. I'd love to be a fan of any team in Group C, the travelling would be lovely.

Stev_o

Warrington beat Huddersfield in the Challenge Cup final, some match but my god the Giants played suicide rugby.

Bobalicious93

United beat Arsenal 2-1 thanks to Abou Diaby.

We were rubbish today. Evra, Fletcher and Rooney the only ones to come out of today with some credit. Wonder will Eboue be given a retrospective ban now for his dive? :rolleyes:

Wenger is a legend.

Fince

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

And you'll notice all bar this one have reached at least 5 pages too. So there's no shortage of quality threads made by me either. :pac:

Having said that, this one seems to be dying a slow death. Someone discuss some sports quick!

Premier League starts this weekend. Any one want to throw their predictions out there?

Chelsea v Hull City
Aston Villa v Wigan
Blackburn v Man City
Bolton v Sunderland
Portsmouth v Fulham
Stoke City v Burnley
Wolves v West Ham
Everton v Arsenal
Man Utd v Birmingham
Tottenham v Liverpool

I think Liverpool will really struggle without Alonso. At least for the first 6 weeks anyway.

prophet bob
(ha ha, i keep thinking of rowan atkinson in blackadder when i hear someone say bob. bob. bob. ha ha)

Mushy

A week to go and I'm already looking forward to the big one.

Also, Leeds, what a start!

Bobalicious93

Cyprus v Ireland tomorrow night. HUGE game. We just want any sort of a win, to keep Bulgaria off of our backs for good. I fancy Montenegro to get something in Sofia tomorrow.

This is how the group looks atm:

Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
Italy 6 4 2 0 9 3 14
Ireland7 3 4 0 8 5 13
Bulgaria 6 1 5 0 6 4 8
Cyprus 6 1 2 3 6 9 5
Mont. 6 0 4 2 5 8 4
Georgia 7 0 3 4 4 9 3

All things going well tomorrow, we could have the play-off spot all but secured.

I fancy us to get the win, we've looked impressive in all of our away games so far, it's at home we've struggled to be honest. Having said that, I'll take a scrappy 1-0 every time.