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Bazzo

I thought one of the lads was taking the piss when he told me McCarthy had been offered the job a couple hours ago...

Squidgy Black

sydthebeat wrote: »

LinkedIn could be in serious trouble after an audit by the DATA watchdog

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/linkedin-processed-18-million-email-addresses-of-non-users-for-targeted-advertising-1.3708284

They won't be. The ICO haven't bothered to date with large fines. Facebook Ireland was fined 500k last month for "serious breaches of data protection law" by the ICO, DPC aren't making any fines they've imposed public yet.

sydthebeat

LinkedIn could be in serious trouble after an audit by the DATA watchdog

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/linkedin-processed-18-million-email-addresses-of-non-users-for-targeted-advertising-1.3708284

Squidgy Black

prawnsambo wrote: »

How John Delaney has kept his job for this long beggars belief. The OCI dodged a bullet when Hickey got caught with his hand in the cookie jar because Delaney was the anointed one to take over from him. I still shudder at the thought.

His cronies won't overthrow him. There's a lot of people in the FAI that are there because he gave them the position.

There's been calls for Delaney to step down for years now, but the only way it can happen is if the board of executives vote on it.

prawnsambo

How John Delaney has kept his job for this long beggars belief. The OCI dodged a bullet when Hickey got caught with his hand in the cookie jar because Delaney was the anointed one to take over from him. I still shudder at the thought.

sydthebeat

prawnsambo wrote: »

They're well out of it. The failures are happening long before the players are called up to the Irish squad.

completely agree... silk purse , sows ear comes to mind.
Martin o Neill is a good manager but even he cant mould this group of players into a consistent winning team.... though he came close.

International football as a product is declining rapidly.
Within this, the standard of player available to ireland is not great at all. The influx of 'non home nations' players into the higher echelons of english football doesnt help at all....

prawnsambo

sydthebeat wrote: »

so martin and roy are gone....

who wants this poison chalice ?? whos the contemporary version of Trappatoni? whats Louis Van Gaal up to these days?

They're well out of it. The failures are happening long before the players are called up to the Irish squad.

sydthebeat

so martin and roy are gone....

who wants this poison chalice ?? whos the contemporary version of Trappatoni? whats Louis Van Gaal up to these days?

Squidgy Black

troyzer wrote: »

What is there to lose by trying something different and picking players who we have more control over and access to?

The strategy of sending players to England as kids and picking them for the Ireland squad is dying and so is picking Irish eligible kids from overseas.

The old ways are no longer working, try something new. I'd rather see Kenny fail spectacularly by losing 6-0 against Greece by trying something new than by plodding along and allowing Irish soccer to continue to decline.

Control and access isn't really an issue in soccer compared to rugby. The majority of the top nations in the world don't have regular access to their players or any control over them because players from their national league are a minority, or non-existent, and that's even countries with a proper professional league. Brazil, Argentina,

Replace players playing professional football to a high standard in England with players playing in a league where most of the players are only semi-professional and the training standards aren't anywhere close to English clubs, and Irish football will completely tank as we start to lose games even more frequently.

Management and the team aren't the issue here. It's the organisation, and how it's been ran for the past couple of decades without change. The LOI is struggling, teams are struggling financially. They're trying to wind down traditional teams that have produced a lot of Ireland's top talent (St Kevin's, Home Farm, Belvedere) by trying to push the LOI academies as a priority without listening to it's members.

thomond2006

I wonder how things would have turned out if the Dublin Dons had happened.

troyzer

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Bringing in LOI players is going to do absolutely sweet f all other than appease people who protest against the lack of them in the squad. 90% of LOI players are lads who were over in England and didn't make it.

I'm not sure Kenny would be the right call at all. He's only coached once outside of Ireland's semi-pro/barely pro leagues, and that was in Dunfermline where they were relegated in his first season in charge and he was sacked.

What is there to lose by trying something different and picking players who we have more control over and access to?

The strategy of sending players to England as kids and picking them for the Ireland squad is dying and so is picking Irish eligible kids from overseas.

The old ways are no longer working, try something new. I'd rather see Kenny fail spectacularly by losing 6-0 against Greece by trying something new than by plodding along and allowing Irish soccer to continue to decline.

Squidgy Black

troyzer wrote: »

He hasn't been great but he's not the real problem; Delaney is. This is him just trying to save himself.

Having said that, I agree that Stephen Kenny should have the top job. Bring in more LOI players. Try to moneyball the **** out of it. Do something different even if it ends in failure.

Bringing in LOI players is going to do absolutely sweet f all other than appease people who protest against the lack of them in the squad. 90% of LOI players are lads who were over in England and didn't make it.

I'm not sure Kenny would be the right call at all. He's only coached once outside of Ireland's semi-pro/barely pro leagues, and that was in Dunfermline where they were relegated in his first season in charge and he was sacked.

troyzer

Mookie Blaylock wrote: »

Looking likely that Martin O'Neill is getting the door today... interesting times ahead if that's the case... Stephen Kenny for the top job

He hasn't been great but he's not the real problem; Delaney is. This is him just trying to save himself.

Having said that, I agree that Stephen Kenny should have the top job. Bring in more LOI players. Try to moneyball the **** out of it. Do something different even if it ends in failure.

Mookie Blaylock

Looking likely that Martin O'Neill is getting the door today... interesting times ahead if that's the case... Stephen Kenny for the top job

Podge_irl

Neil3030 wrote: »

Curling is actually precisely the kind of sport I'd imagine is full of complete p1ssheads. :pac:

Yup. What the feck else is there to do.

Neil3030

Curling is actually precisely the kind of sport I'd imagine is full of complete p1ssheads. :pac:

Mookie Blaylock

'Curling team sorry for drunk incident'

http://www.skysports.com/share/11558774

Of all the sports you'd expect to see drunken antics... curling would not be high on anybody's list I'd say

errlloyd

DGRulz wrote: »

This. Our Broadband and TV stuff is in my Dad's name but hes never home and tbh he's useless at tech stuff. So when I call them to complain about something I'm DGRulz the senior :pac:. Never had a problem. Only one I won't do for the folks is the bank.

I was tempted to make a complaint that they were sexist because they didn't believe my name was Katie.

DGRulz

Podge_irl wrote: »

Yeah, this isn't really new. On the other hand just pretend you are them and it will probably work out fine.

This. Our Broadband and TV stuff is in my Dad's name but hes never home and tbh he's useless at tech stuff. So when I call them to complain about something I'm DGRulz the senior :pac:. Never had a problem. Only one I won't do for the folks is the bank.

Podge_irl

errlloyd wrote: »

Lads are companies taking the piss with GDPR. Friend ordered a load of shopping to my place from supervalue online, didn't arrive. I called them, with the correct order number, address and phone number. And they wouldn't tell me anything becuase I wasn't the account holder. The ****.

Yeah, this isn't really new. On the other hand just pretend you are them and it will probably work out fine.

Squidgy Black

errlloyd wrote: »

Lads are companies taking the piss with GDPR. Friend ordered a load of shopping to my place from supervalue online, didn't arrive. I called them, with the correct order number, address and phone number. And they wouldn't tell me anything becuase I wasn't the account holder. The ****.

That was more than likely the case before GDPR, usually with stuff like that only the account holder can discuss their account, or someone else with verbal consent of the account holder. At least that's how it used to roll when I was working in a call centre.

There's ridiculously strict fines around giving out customer information without the customer being aware.

errlloyd

Lads are companies taking the piss with GDPR. Friend ordered a load of shopping to my place from supervalue online, didn't arrive. I called them, with the correct order number, address and phone number. And they wouldn't tell me anything becuase I wasn't the account holder. The ****.

Podge_irl

thomond2006 wrote: »

If the Bears make the playoffs (highly likely after last night's win), their first round pick next year which Oakland now possess would be at least in the 20s.
Moreover, the Bears and Raiders swapped first and second rounders in the following draft and the difference between them may not be vast.

TL/DR: The eventual price paid by the Bears for Mack might be feck all.

Unless the Raiders hit a home run in the next two drafts (e.g. New Orleans' draft last year), this is looking like an idiotic trade by them. I don't buy the 'saved money' guff. If you're lucky to have drafted a superstar and he's still in his prime, then you pay up.

Gruden is an awful coach, an awful judge of players and will drive the Raiders into the dirt before receiving a handsome payoff to **** off.

He became a commentator for a reason.

thomond2006

Squidgy Black wrote: »

That trade is just the absolute epitome of the Raiders. He's an absolute monster.

Podge_irl wrote: »

The can't even tank correctly :pac:

If the Bears make the playoffs (highly likely after last night's win), their first round pick next year which Oakland now possess would be at least in the 20s.
Moreover, the Bears and Raiders swapped first and second rounders in the following draft and the difference between them may not be vast.

TL/DR: The eventual price paid by the Bears for Mack might be feck all.

Unless the Raiders hit a home run in the next two drafts (e.g. New Orleans' draft last year), this is looking like an idiotic trade by them. I don't buy the 'saved money' guff. If you're lucky to have drafted a superstar and he's still in his prime, then you pay up.

Squidgy Black

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Should have bought another chromecast. This firestick is a waste of space. Useful for my granny who just wants a netflix machine maybe. Not for me.

Used one for IPTV, just for sky sports and that a while back, they're not bad for that + Netflix and Prime Video.

Podge_irl

Squidgy Black wrote: »

That trade is just the absolute epitome of the Raiders. He's an absolute monster.

The can't even tank correctly :pac:

errlloyd

Deleted User wrote: »

Should have bought another chromecast. This firestick is a waste of space. Useful for my granny who just wants a netflix machine maybe. Not for me.

It's very very useful for KODI etc. Also useful if you have amazon Prime and wanna use Amazon Prime Video.

[Deleted User]

Should have bought another chromecast. This firestick is a waste of space. Useful for my granny who just wants a netflix machine maybe. Not for me.

Squidgy Black

thomond2006 wrote: »

All hail Khalil Mack.

That trade is just the absolute epitome of the Raiders. He's an absolute monster.

thomond2006

All hail Khalil Mack.