Ireland Team Talk Thread IX: Grand Slam Champions SEE MOD WARNING POST #1122

Zzippy

Old thread creaking at the seams. Suggestions for a thread title welcome

Podge_irl

Grand Slam Champions!

#ScrewTheMockers

jm08

jm08 wrote:

The Lions won the 2nd game when POM was dropped.

That's exactly what I said

I'm not much of a gambler but I did manage to turn a tenner into 130 and put it on Ireland to win the six nations

Dave_The_Sheep

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm not much of a gambler but I did manage to turn a tenner into 130 and put it on Ireland to win the six nations

That's a bit long winded for a thread title, to be honest.

Zzippy

Zzippy wrote: »

Old thread creaking at the seams. Suggestions for a thread title welcome

Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> CHECK THE IP ADDRESSES
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> Rob Kearney is the Lizard People
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread X> Jacob Stockdale with a perfectly timed intercept on Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> Won't Somebody Please think of the Print Media
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> This might have been a more straight forward decision had we kept the old thread going an extra week
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> Seriously just go back and delete a bunch of posts in the old thread in case we win the slam like
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> 41 Phases

irishbucsfan

I believe that this thread should be closed after 41 posts in honour of that great moment of magic

prawnsambo

Deleted User wrote: »

Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> CHECK THE IP ADDRESSES
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> Rob Kearney is the Lizard People
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread X> Jacob Stockdale with a perfectly timed intercept on Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> Won't Somebody Please think of the Print Media
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> This might have been a more straight forward decision had we kept the old thread going an extra week
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> Seriously just go back and delete a bunch of posts in the old thread in case we win the slam like
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> 41 Phases

I like number 6. There has to be at least a weeks worth of posts about Rob Kearney that we can consign to the dustbin of data.

Zzippy

prawnsambo wrote: »

I like number 6. There has to be at least a weeks worth of posts about Rob Kearney that we can consign to the dustbin of data.

Do you realise the howls of indignant rage the mods would get via PM if some posters saw their post count reduced by 90%?

connemara man

Zzippy wrote: »

Do you realise the howls of indignant rage the mods would get via PM if some posters saw their post count reduced by 90%?

Yeah I don't need that

prawnsambo

Zzippy wrote: »

Do you realise the howls of indignant rage the mods would get via PM if some posters saw their post count reduced by 90%?

Aren't they all banned?

Scythica

My GF coaches rugby and we've just managed to get 2 tickets at face value through her club. And her folks live near Twickenham.... her name may as well be Carlsberg right now

aloooof

Deleted User wrote: »

Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> CHECK THE IP ADDRESSES
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> Rob Kearney is the Lizard People
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread X> Jacob Stockdale with a perfectly timed intercept on Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> Won't Somebody Please think of the Print Media
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> This might have been a more straight forward decision had we kept the old thread going an extra week
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> Seriously just go back and delete a bunch of posts in the old thread in case we win the slam like
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> 41 Phases

If the ROG/Sexton chat from the other thread makes it into this one, it could end up being:
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> ** MOD WARNING POST #28 **

Burkie1203

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> CHECK THE IP ADDRESSES
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> Rob Kearney is the Lizard People
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread X> Jacob Stockdale with a perfectly timed intercept on Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> Won't Somebody Please think of the Print Media
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> This might have been a more straight forward decision had we kept the old thread going an extra week
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> Seriously just go back and delete a bunch of posts in the old thread in case we win the slam like
Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread IX> 41 Phases

The Knives are out for Uncle Joe.

Jack Kanoff

Jacob Stockdales Ladder

stephen_n

Zzippy wrote: »

Do you realise the howls of indignant rage the mods would get via PM if some posters saw their post count reduced by 90%?

Just take out IBF’s that would free up about 25%, then block his pm’s, sorted.

jacothelad

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

That's a bit long winded for a thread title, to be honest.

Load of Schmidt.........:D

sydthebeat

Zzippy wrote: »

Old thread creaking at the seams. Suggestions for a thread title welcome

for the sake of 5 days, id suggest holding off with a thread title..... ;)

I suggest "Ireland Have Won The Grand Slam" so we won't have to change it all next week

connemara man

Tempt fate we shall not

jacothelad

connemara man wrote: »

Tempt fate we shall not

no.

errlloyd

One of the things I love about new threads opening is the chance to see what we were talking about when the last thread opened.

It was 11 months ago. The discussion was focused on the upcoming tour of USA and Japan. There is a picture of James Ryan in the first response. He had never played a professional game, now he has played 12, including 7 tests. He's yet to lose.

The discussion was negative. Focusing on how disappointed poster's would be if mcfadden, Kearney and Trimble went on the tour to Japan and the USA. None of those players travelled. There was hardly any talk in the first few pages of uncapped Jacob Stockdale. In the 11 months since he's scored more test tries than Simon Zebo or Gordon D'Arcy.

Jordan Larmour was also out of sight and mind.

My reflection from reading that first page or two from 11 months ago, is that as a forum we're a lot more cynical than we should be. Tell the posters there that Jacob Stockdale would be an 8 cap ten try test player they'd have laughed. At the same time tell them a year later Ron Kearney would be playing out of his skin and picking up man of the match awards to hold Jordan Larmour out of the side they'd have had you committed.

Fascinating how things have gone in the last 12 months.

aloooof

errlloyd wrote: »

One of the things I love about new threads opening is the chance to see what we were talking about when the last thread opened.

I really hope when you're looking back at this one it'll be with very fond memories of Saturday coming!!

prawnsambo

errlloyd wrote: »

At the same time tell them a year later Ron Kearney would be playing out of his skin and picking up man of the match awards to hold Jordan Larmour out of the side they'd have had you committed.

Fascinating how things have gone in the last 12 months.

Fascinating indeed. They probably wouldn't even know who Ron Kearney was. :P

foxyladyxx

prawnsambo wrote: »

Fascinating indeed. They probably wouldn't even know who Ron Kearney was. :P

haha.. me for one

errlloyd

Autocorrect is a pain.

D14Rugby

connemara man wrote: »

Tempt fate we shall not

so we should cancel the t-shirts and tv ad?

swiwi_

Got in before yeah right.

Suck on that bro.

prawnsambo

swiwi_ wrote: »

Got in before yeah right.

Suck on that bro.

Boards is a fascinating place. So many little hidden battles.

Runswithfeet

Against the Head panel have us winning a tight game on Saturday....hope they are right.

Runswithfeet

Against the Head panel have us winning a tight game on Saturday....hope they are right.

joseywhales

Zzippy wrote: »

Old thread creaking at the seams. Suggestions for a thread title welcome

Ringa Ringa Ringrose, pockets full of roses

MJohnston

So.....I hope Twickenham has better underpitch heating than Stade de France did in 2012, weather for London this Saturday is looking ropey as fúck.

shootermacg

Leavy is too slow to play open-side....discuss.

Eod100

MJohnston wrote: »

So.....I hope Twickenham has better underpitch heating than Stade de France did in 2012, weather for London this Saturday is looking ropey as fúck.

Is it meant to be that bad yeah? I'd forgotten about that.. Would be a disaster all around if it came to that and fairly embarrassing for RFU if it could be prevented. Whatever about rescheduling a round 2 match, rescheduling final round match with Champions Cup quarter-finals in 2 weeks would be a nightmare.. So hopefully they'll do everything they can to avoid it!

prawnsambo

MJohnston wrote: »

So.....I hope Twickenham has better underpitch heating than Stade de France did in 2012, weather for London this Saturday is looking ropey as fúck.

Well Stade de France has none at all, so Twickenham would have to be better. And Accuweather aren't forecasting frost. Six degrees, so not very mild either.

spiralism

I see the RFU are planning to come down hard on second hand tickets bought on tout sites or outside Twickenham and encouraging people to use their official resale portal. Which is nowhere to be found.

Wonder how hard they'll actually come down on lads who spent four grand on viagogo though.

MJohnston

prawnsambo wrote: »

Well Stade de France has none at all, so Twickenham would have to be better. And Accuweather aren't forecasting frost. Six degrees, so not very mild either.

Pay no attention to Accuweather as it's rubbish, go and have a read of the weather forum.

irishbucsfan

MJohnston wrote: »

Pay no attention to Accuweather as it's rubbish, go and have a read of the weather forum.

Yep, looks like it'll be freezing.

I trust HQ to get the game on

Professor Moriarty

MJohnston wrote: »

Pay no attention to Accuweather as it's rubbish, go and have a read of the weather forum.

All of the apps are a joke but FWIW, YR is predicting 0 degrees overnight and 0-2 degrees with sleet and snow during the day.

prawnsambo

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

All of the apps are a joke but FWIW, YR is predicting 0 degrees overnight and 0-2 degrees with sleet and snow during the day.

Ah yeah, I know they're crap on long term forecasts but as you get closer in they get more accurate. Five or six days is usually relatively accurate.

MJohnston

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Yep, looks like it'll be freezing.

I trust HQ to get the game on

It's more the forecasts of snow that have me, not worried exactly but keeping an eye out. I'd definitely be getting over to London on Friday rather than Saturday if I was travelling to the match though.

MJohnston

prawnsambo wrote: »

Ah yeah, I know they're crap on long term forecasts but as you get closer in they get more accurate. Five or six days is usually relatively accurate.

No, unfortunately they're generally pretty poor about snow and cold conditions, for whatever reason. A lot of the apps completely missed that blizzard of a couple weeks ago.

Professor Moriarty

prawnsambo wrote: »

Ah yeah, I know they're crap on long term forecasts but as you get closer in they get more accurate. Five or six days is usually relatively accurate.

Hopefully. There's no ice/frost forecast for Friday night so the pitch should be okay. Plenty of Wintergreen though.

prawnsambo

MJohnston wrote: »

No, unfortunately they're generally pretty poor about snow and cold conditions, for whatever reason. A lot of the apps completely missed that blizzard of a couple weeks ago.

A lot of people didn't believe the forecasts.

Eod100

spiralism wrote: »

I see the RFU are planning to come down hard on second hand tickets bought on tout sites or outside Twickenham and encouraging people to use their official resale portal. Which is nowhere to be found.

Wonder how hard they'll actually come down on lads who spent four grand on viagogo though.

Don't know how that will work. On the day, will they be able to tell who bought from those sites? Ideally they would cancel those tickets before being resold.. I understand people paying over the odds but reality is that encourages the tout market. But there's always going to be demand so needs to be more done to clamp down on secondary market businesses which are all currently perfectly legal..

MJohnston

prawnsambo wrote: »

A lot of people didn't believe the forecasts.

Well exactly, but they're just like people who don't think Rob Kearney should be in an Irish team.

Neil3030

Whatever title gets chosen, if it's not dedicated to Tadhg Furlong, I will not darken the thread's door!

Eod100

Hearing Conor Murray's interview with Michael Corcoran on RTE, sounds really eager and hungry. Very aware of the threat England will pose too. It's going to be a cracking game!

Zzippy

Neil3030 wrote: »

Whatever title gets chosen, if it's not dedicated to Tadhg Furlong, I will not darken the thread's door!

Unleash the Jukebox!

swiwi_

10 essential steps for Irish fans on the road to Ireland becoming No. 1

1. Acknowledge that "anyone" could coach Ireland, such is the quality of player on offer to the national coach
2. When you pick your world 15, only include Irish players. And Rieke Ioane. Oh wait, scratch that, Stockdale is better
3. The English media blame your success on all the irelanders in the team, even though they were all born in Ireland
4. You control World Rugby
5. You control World Rugby refs. Except Wayne Barnes
6. You've never lost to Scotland. Since 2017
7. All the other countries (except purebred Argentina) start selecting Irish "project players". You beg World Rugby to increase eligibility to 100 years
8. You never again lose a 6N match. You pretend you like total dominance, but secretly wish for a hard match or two
9. You rotate your team for easy matches like Wales
10. Adidas sponsor the jersey, replacing Canterbury, longstanding traditional supplier since 2014