The Rant Thread(a place to dump ur baggage)

Billy Mills

Rant- this forum recently. Gone from fun banter/ people knowing a lot about athletics to a pack of moany ****ers.... Lighten up.

ultraman1

Billy Mills wrote: »

Rant- this forum recently. Gone from fun banter/ people knowing a lot about athletics to a pack of moany ****ers.... Lighten up.

Billy ...uv changed man..

adrian522

Billy Mills wrote: »

Get off your ridiculous high horse. A) I was pretty much kidding. they get a **** ton of money that other sports don't which makes slagging them fair game C) wa wa wa wa don't you have a bog to go attend do?

Wow.

I wasn't just talking about your post tbh but the constant stream of silly bitchy comments from all comers including the likes of Jerry Kiernan and some articles by Ian O'Riordan etc.

Your latest post just goes to confirm that really.

So they get money to develop the games, big deal, I don't get why that means we need to see all this sniping at them.

pa4

This is an athletics forum. We can't help how great we are.

PS I'm still fitter than every inter county player out there. FACT. :pac:











Just Kidding

ThebitterLemon

Billy Mills wrote: »

Get off your ridiculous high horse. A) I was pretty much kidding. they get a **** ton of money that other sports don't which makes slagging them fair game C) wa wa wa wa don't you have a bog to go attend do?

A day on the bog down by me, Billy, sure that's guaranteed to improve your 5k times

TbL

KielyUnusual

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

A day on the bog down by me, Billy, sure that's guaranteed to improve your 5k times

TbL

As my mam always said to me, sure you'll never get a tan like you will footing turf down at the bog.

Rant: these city folk that don't understand the value of solid day's work.

Bulmers74

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

A day on the bog down by me, Billy, sure that's guaranteed to improve your 5k times

TbL

I think TbL we'll have to bring Billyboy down the country some Friday & show him what we're on about. Maybe a day footing turf followed by a game of Junior B football might help with gaining an understanding we can stick em in corner forward against a right hardy boy at corner back. Then a feed of beer (none of that craft stuff) at least a dozen large bottles of Guinness off the shelf and to round it off the Parkrun in Knocknacarra the following morning.

RedRunner

Neither a rant nor a rave: I find the whole Athletics vs GAA thing quite comical to be honest.

The irony here of course is that the first President of the GAA, Maurice Davin, a Tipperary farmer, was actually a former international Athlete.:D

Don't know the history of Athletics organisations in Ireland but perhaps they were the makers of their own misfortune? Also I remember when I was the youngster I thought the whole BLE vs AAI split very damaging to the sport. This topic is probably worth a thread of its own but perhaps has already been done to death.

SamforMayo

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

A day on the bog down by me, Billy, sure that's guaranteed to improve your 5k times

TbL

It might give him something real to complain about at any rate;)

Slow_Runner

Old Age:mad: Since I turned 40 last month had a calf strain followed by pelvic misalignment - will be out for another week or 2.

ecoli

RedRunner wrote: »

Neither a rant nor a rave: I find the whole Athletics vs GAA thing quite comical to be honest.

The irony here of course is that the first President of the GAA, Maurice Davin, a Tipperary farmer, was actually a former international Athlete.:D

Don't know the history of Athletics organisations in Ireland but perhaps they were the makers of their own misfortune? Also I remember when I was the youngster I thought the whole BLE vs AAI split very damaging to the sport. This topic is probably worth a thread of its own but perhaps has already been done to death.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055544130

SeanPuddin

The turf getting so dry that when you pick up a stuck it crumbles in your hands. **** the sun.

walshb

Billy Mills wrote: »

Rant- this forum recently. Gone from fun banter/ people knowing a lot about athletics to a pack of moany ****ers.... Lighten up.

WTF do you expect. It's a rant forum. Should be nothing fun about it!:mad:

walshb

And top GAA players are fit as fiddles!

RayCun

walshb wrote: »

And top GAA players are fit as fiddles!

this guy is as fit as a double-bass

walshb

RayCun wrote: »

this guy is as fit as a double-bass

Looks can be deceiving!

notsofast

SeanPuddin wrote: »

The turf getting so dry that when you pick up a stuck it crumbles in your hands. **** the sun.

Excellent, if not random rant.:)

pa4

Nightclubs. I don't know why I keep going to them even though their fcuking ****e unless your trying to pull a young one :pac: Filthy sweat boxes with dickhead bouncers and incredibly overpriced drinks! Pubs are much better crack!!

SeanPuddin

notsofast wrote: »

Excellent, if not random rant.:)

I'm sure someone was talking about the bog

RedRunner

ecoli wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055544130

Ah Thanks Ecoli. Will have a good read of that later!

gerard_65

pa4 wrote: »

Nightclubs. I don't know why I keep going to them even though their fcuking ****e unless your trying to pull a young one :pac: Filthy sweat boxes with dickhead bouncers and incredibly overpriced drinks! Pubs are much better crack!!

You've been to coppers I see:pac:

Gringo78

RayCun wrote: »

this guy is as fit as a double-bass

The Jamaican shot putter in Commonwealth Games has exact same build!

RayCun

Gringo78 wrote: »

The Jamaican shot putter in Commonwealth Games has exact same build!

True, but that is the right build for a shot putter. Not for a goalkeeper

DubOnHoliday

Posting pictures of and criticism of people who represent their county in amateur sports is a bit low tbh.

Billy Mills

DubOnHoliday wrote: »

Posting pictures of and criticism of people who represent their county in amateur sports is a bit low tbh.

Public figure tbf. He was on Sky Sports last night.

RayCun

DubOnHoliday wrote: »

Posting pictures of and criticism of people who represent their county in amateur sports is a bit low tbh.

Not taking a pop at him personally, but the idea that county players are all super fit

walshb

RayCun wrote: »

Not taking a pop at him personally, but the idea that county players are all super fit

Why not post an outfield player? Be like a GAA fan dismissing athletics and posting a picture of a shot-putter. The lad must be a good/best goalkeeper if he is getting selected.

BTW, are field participants termed 'athletes?'

Also, appearance is only one factor. Many HW boxers are fit as fiddles, and look to be slobby in appearance.

DubOnHoliday

If that player is on a team he's there on merit, chosen by selectors, his commitment etc. I'm sure I could google unfit athletes and post pictures, but it's a bit sad tbh.

belcarra

In fairness he's there for one thing only I'd imagine and that's his kick outs.
He's probably built for that.
Why not instead talk about Mickey Newman for Meath?

Tom Joad

Don't want to get sucked into a GAA vs Athletics debate. Why can't we all just get along anyway

Doesn't always have to be us against them but we rarely hear the stories where GAA and Athletics co-exist and actually benefit each other which happen every day in most parts of the country.

Story of Patsy Forbes GAA legend turned Athlete is a great example - nice piece from the Belly Telly about him here

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/declan-bogue/athletics-veteran-patsy-forbess-way-of-life-serves-to-inspire-30022206.html

Btw the most important attribute for a GAA keeper is his kick-outs so to his weight is completely irrelevant and to hold up a keeper as an example of the physique of a GAA player is a bit disingenuous to say the least.