Ireland Team Talk X: The Long Hard Road to a Semi. MOD WARNING POSTS #1, #1474, #5707

All_in_Flynn

Clegg wrote: »

Sexton has a thumb injury and is out for at least a month. Ireland hope he might be back for the warm up game against Italy on the 10th of August.

Was a dislocation apparently. He’ll still be able to do lots of his strength and conditioning programme and his kicking etc.

Just can’t do any contact work which may be a blessing in long run.

They still expect him to be fit for opening warm up games.

Sanjuro

How bad would it be for Sexton to miss the warm up games? To be honest, despite having tickets, I'm not looking forward to those games. Too nerve-racking.

All_in_Flynn

Sanjuro wrote: »

How bad would it be for Sexton to miss the warm up games? To be honest, despite having tickets, I'm not looking forward to those games. Too nerve-racking.

You want him playing and sharp. Preseason games are vital in any sport.

Sanjuro

All_in_Flynn wrote: »

You want him playing and sharp. Preseason games are vital in any sport.

Yeah, I understand that. I presume you wouldn't risk Sexton in every warm-up game, however. To reduce injury risk, but also to give Carbery, Byrne and Carty an opportunity to put their hands up.

All_in_Flynn

Sanjuro wrote: »

Yeah, I understand that. I presume you wouldn't risk Sexton in every warm-up game, however. To reduce injury risk, but also to give Carbery, Byrne and Carty an opportunity to put their hands up.

You’d imagine the minutes to be played will be already mapped out for the players.

Sanjuro

All_in_Flynn wrote: »

You’d imagine the minutes to be played will be already mapped out for the players.

Fair point. Joe's not exactly known for his last-minute panic planning.

aloooof

Sanjuro wrote: »

How bad would it be for Sexton to miss the warm up games? To be honest, despite having tickets, I'm not looking forward to those games. Too nerve-racking.

They're normally dour enough games and you're just dreading it in case anyone goes down injured. Always think of Wally when those games come around.

Rigor Mortis

GavMan wrote: »

Not a huge fan of the collar and cuffs.

As long as they match

AbusesToilets

aloooof wrote: »

They're normally dour enough games and you're just dreading it when anyone goes down injured. Always think of Wally when those games come around.

FYP....:(

bilston

Sanjuro wrote: »

How bad would it be for Sexton to miss the warm up games? To be honest, despite having tickets, I'm not looking forward to those games. Too nerve-racking.

If I were you I'd sell your tickets! They're terrible games!

But hey if it's day out on the p*** then it will be good enough

Yeah_Right

bilston wrote: »

But hey if it's day out on the p*** then it will be good enough

Thats what it is to me. Don't normally like going to live matches if I'm really interested in them. But going along to a nothing game to drink beer with my mates on a summers day, great fun. Got a few mates from NZ arriving a day or 2 before one of the matches so a big group of us are going along for a Welcome To Dublin session. I hope its sunny. Or at least dry.

Former Observer

Lads the Sean O'Brien incident. Was he justified or was it poor form/a bit of nastiness? Always admired the man and hard not to see this as the fault of whichever rabble he got chatting to.

Dbu

Former Observer wrote: »

Lads the Sean O'Brien incident. Was he justified or was it poor form/a bit of nastiness? Always admired the man and hard not to see this as the fault of whichever rabble he got chatting to.

Justified?:eek:

All_in_Flynn

Former Observer wrote: »

Lads the Sean O'Brien incident. Was he justified or was it poor form/a bit of nastiness? Always admired the man and hard not to see this as the fault of whichever rabble he got chatting to.

Your Ma’s your Da

salmocab

Former Observer wrote: »

Lads the Sean O'Brien incident. Was he justified or was it poor form/a bit of nastiness? Always admired the man and hard not to see this as the fault of whichever rabble he got chatting to.

Ah he was drunk and did a stupid thing it’s all on him.
His brilliance as a player and apparently in general him being a nice guy doesn’t excuse it.

accensi0n

Former Observer wrote: »

Lads the Sean O'Brien incident. Was he justified or was it poor form/a bit of nastiness? Always admired the man and hard not to see this as the fault of whichever rabble he got chatting to.

Like was the other guy on fire?

Exclamation Marc

accensi0n wrote: »

Like was the other guy on fire?

Or stung by a specific jellyfish.

Dave_The_Sheep

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Or stung by a specific jellyfish.

Or Ireland's own version of Troughman.

yerrahbah

https://twitter.com/andymcgeady/status/1149037644887797760

https://twitter.com/andymcgeady/status/1149037747837054982

Squidgy Black

yerrahbah wrote: »

The cut of those jerseys is absolutely dreadful. Shoulders look way too deep and the flare out at the bottom.

awec

That's honestly brutal.

Your man looks like he's wearing an oversized jersey.

All that's missing is the Carrolls logo on it somewhere.

connundrum

That jersey compared to the Japan effort is night and day. That said, the Japan jersey being a player-fit is a key difference. Irish jersey on yer man looks a size or two too big

racso1975

It's a horrific jersey and the neck on it is brutal. Can't imagine any type of fit would make it look remotely good. Japan and Fiji do have stunning jerseys

Dave_The_Sheep

Just awful.

Shefwedfan

You know it’s World Cup time when everyone is complaining about the jersey and also some other country has a better one

Can’t wait now

awec

racso1975 wrote: »

It's a horrific jersey and the neck on it is brutal. Can't imagine any type of fit would make it look remotely good. Japan and Fiji do have stunning jerseys

The neck on the jersey is going to look ridiculous on the average person who doesn't have the neck profile of a rugby player or gym buff.

With global warming become a more pressing issue I'm glad to see the IRFU recycling material from Dublin Bus seats.

mfceiling

awec wrote: »

The neck on the jersey is going to look ridiculous on the average person who doesn't have the neck profile of a rugby player or gym buff.

I'm grand so.

*Sucks in stomach*

AbusesToilets

Perfection.


Jersey is nice too in fairness

Exclamation Marc

In fairness, the home jersey looks a lot nicer when it's not on a model



That said, it looks rank in the model picture and there is no mercy for that awful away kit.