Boooooooo. Cmon Spain
Well thank goodness for that. Better team won.
Better team won for sure, but I stand by what I said!
Today is a good day.
This England team is certainly a far cry from past ones that had guys like Terry, Gerrard, Lampard etc in it.
Well done! Fab gold medal for Ireland in the pool!
Armagh cleaning up at the moment!
Think Wiffen is from Down.
Jaysus, that's a lot of medals.
I hear Iain Henderson was at the opticians and was surprised to find he had one eye bigger than the other .😂
Is this the longest time between posts in an off topic thread since we had one of these threads all those years ago…
Anyone going to oasis this weekend?
I'm painting a wall and watching it dry.
Sounds fascinating, can I join you? Nothing better happening as far as I can see
It's been a slow news year to be fair…. ;)
Yeah I'm going. Wife is a big fan and I don't mind them.
I'm going to Oasis tomorrow and I cannot wait. Richard Ashcroft a nice little bonus too
Ashcroft was unreal. Worked last night and God staff were just not capable of coping with crowds. Going tonight and will not be drinking much in ground at all.
Was an amazing gig. Yeah I stopped drinking as the place filled up, not worth the hassle. Enjoy tonight
The national football side is getting worse. I genuinely didn't think that was possible.
Our two brightest hopes are a goalkeeper who was a decent back up for Liverpool, and a 20 year old striker still recovering from a year long spell of injuries and confidence loss.
The damage John Delaney has done to youth development and player pathways will take decades to fix. We have to be thankful that the IRFU did away with amateurs and conmen of his ilk a long time ago.
The problems go back 25 - 35 years ago. FAI never capitalised on the Euro 88- WC 1994 era and a bit like Welsh Rugby where the clubs hold the power, the schoolboy clubs have similar power here.
John Delaney just made a bad situation much worse.
It feels icky to be defending him but the problems in Irish football were and are much bigger than Delaney. He didn't do much to help the situation but he didn't cause the problems either.
This is the root of the current malaise and while Delaney was a symptom of the rot he was also emblematic of it. I grew up in north Kildare and all of us played self organised soccer all Summer long and whenever other sports allowed (mostly GAA but also rugby). Like most kids then and now, it was the go to game that everyone joined in with. But there was never a soccer club established in the area until some of the local lads set one up themselves with not a sign of the FAI or even any idea that they would be of any use to anyone. This is back in the 90s when Jacks army was still in existence. Not only was the FAI absolutely useless but everyone knew it was useless and had zero expectations about it. To say they failed to build on the potential at the time is an understatement. This was/is a very common situation all over the country. The national organisation seems to have absolutely nothing to do with growing the sport. Even today there are twice as many GAA clubs as soccer clubs in Kildare. I'm not complaining mind, it's a fun game to play but a chore to watch unless the stakes are enormous.
Ploughing Championships start tomorrow. Anyone going? Spent day doing set up on site. Sites in crap state and event not started yet so be warned. ..
Feels like this place is dying a slow death. I'd be raging if we lost it, it's the only social media type place I use.
Off topic for the Off Topic thread, but really, really makes you appreciate Phillip Browne and Mick Dawson all the same.
The army being sent in to move those blocking fuel depots. Everyone has a right to protest, but the way these are going about it isn't on. Trying to cripple the country to get what they want. Hard to see this ending well, unless diesel suddenly gets cheaper by itself
Where are you seeing reports of the army being used?
They have been put on standby - as far as I understand it only cause they are the only ones with the heavy lift capacity to forcibly move this stuff. They won't be doing frontline policing (unless things get a lot worse anyway).
2 hour marathon barrier broken at London. I don't even know how to get my head around that.
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