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unknown13 · 15-05-2010 10:51PM

JayP what county are you from

Jay P · 15-05-2010 10:56PM

unknown13 wrote: »

JayP what county are you from

Clare. But don't bother trying to insult me about it because I genuinely don't care about GAA. Especially Clare GAA. Football and Hurling are great sports, but meh to be honest.

unknown13 · 15-05-2010 10:58PM

Jay P wrote: »

But when last have they won something of note, i.e. an All-Ireland?

Why are you even talking. Dublin have 22 Football All-Ireland's and 6 Hurling All-Irelands. Clare have 3 hurling ones and 0 football. The facts speak for themselves.

soccymonster · 15-05-2010 11:14PM

unknown13 wrote: »

Why are you even talking. Dublin have 22 Football All-Ireland's and 6 Hurling All-Irelands. Clare have 3 hurling ones and 0 football. The facts speak for themselves.

*cough* chokers *cough*

Jay P · 15-05-2010 11:15PM

unknown13 wrote: »

Why are you even talking. Dublin have 22 Football All-Ireland's and 6 Hurling All-Irelands. Clare have 3 hurling ones and 0 football. The facts speak for themselves.

And what's that got to do with anything? Why am I not allowed to contribute? Because Clare have 3 All-Irelands? Because I don't obsess over the sport? Because neither of those arguments are valid.

And you're talking about history, not the current state of the team. Dublin had a tradition of winning All-Irelands. They haven't won an All-Ireland in 15 years. The facts are that they haven't proven themselves to be the best in the country in a long time, so any criticism is justified, in my opinion.

suitcasepink · 15-05-2010 11:19PM

Here to settle it once and for all =P
Dublin are chokers, they wont win the big games at crunch time atm
Clare are playing Division 2 for the 2nd year in a row, they lost to Wexford. Nuff said

Neither team are any good or gonna win anything this year! :pac:

Waterford on the other hand.. Endless possibilites :P

This is a tongue in cheek comment obvs.. part from the last part!

unknown13 · 15-05-2010 11:21PM

Jay P wrote: »

And you're talking about history, not the current state of the team. Dublin had a tradition of winning All-Irelands. They haven't won an All-Ireland in 15 years. The facts are that they haven't proven themselves to be the best in the country in a long time, so any criticism is justified, in my opinion.

What is funny is that Clare haven't won an all-ireland since 1995 and apart from reaching the 2002 final have done jack s**t in anything. When was the last time they even won munster.

Dublin have won two under 21's all irelands and 6 provincial titles since 1995 in football.

Jay P · 15-05-2010 11:28PM

unknown13 wrote: »

What is funny is that Clare haven't won an all-ireland and apart from reaching the 2002 final have done jack s**t in anything. When was the last time they even munster.

Ok... I never argued that Clare were better than Dublin, or anything like that. I also said I don't really care about Clare GAA, or how crap it is. Why are you creating an argument with me?

unknown13 wrote: »

Dublin have won two under 21's all irelands and 6 provincial titles since 1995 in football.

Ok... And who exactly is the competition in Leinster? In fairness, there are no teams to the same standard as Dublin. And you're missing my point. My point is:

Criticism of Dublin is entirely justified. Yes, I accept that they have won Leinster titles, and Under-21 All-Irelands, but neither of those are Senior All-Irelands. Senior All-Irelands are what matters, and Dublin have been consistent in failing to win All-Irelands in recent years.

And please don't come back saying Clare are crap because

I know they are.
I don't care they are.
This is about Dublin not delivering, and how as a result, any criticism they recieve is valid.

rebel girl 15 · 15-05-2010 11:37PM

Monzo wrote: »

How are you forgetting Denis Irwin? One of the greatest ever full backs.

Cos I was half asleep when I posted it! Mr Consistent at right or left back!

sock puppet · 16-05-2010 04:47AM

seanaor wrote: »

I wouldnt say they favour Leinster. Its more of a 'root for the underdog' kinda thing. Leinster v Connacht, it was Connacht all the way for them!

No way would Leinster ever be the underdog in the RDS. Munster have beaten Leinster in Dublin once in the past 7 years. It's rare for either team to win away.

JamieK · 17-05-2010 12:11AM

unknown13 wrote: »

What is funny is that Clare haven't won an all-ireland since 1995

What happened in 1997 then?? :cool:

17-05-2010 05:07PM

Who does everybody fancy for the Champion's League?

Personally, I can't look past any team coached by Mourinho.

unknown13 · 17-05-2010 05:27PM

Inter 3-0.

Insect Overlord · 17-05-2010 06:27PM

Bayern are also on a high though. I'm fairly sure they did the German league and cup double this season.
The result of Ribery's appeal will be out tomorrow, that could have a big impact on how they line up on Saturday.
Whether Ribery plays or not, Internazionale will have to be favourites going into the game, but I'll be surprised if it's as one-sided as 3-0.

unknown13 · 17-05-2010 06:29PM

It is how good Inter actually are. If they are as good as I think they are they will win 3-0 if not they will win 1-0.

Bobalicious93 · 17-05-2010 06:48PM

Insect Overlord wrote: »

The result of Ribery's appeal will be out tomorrow, that could have a big impact on how they line up on Saturday.
Whether Ribery plays or not, Internazionale will have to be favourites going into the game, but I'll be surprised if it's as one-sided as 3-0.

If that red card is rescinded then UEFA are an absolute joke. Was a shocking tackle, and poor old Darren Fletcher missed the final last year over a perfectly timed tackle. Having said that, it really wouldn't surprise me to see Platini and his cronies reverse the ban.

I hope Inter destroy Bayern, after the way they acted at OT over the Rafael sending off. I quite like Mourinho aswell, next United manager, *SAF impression* There's absolutely no doubt about tha'.

unknown13 · 17-05-2010 06:53PM

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

If that red card is rescinded then UEFA are an absolute joke. Was a shocking tackle, and poor old Darren Fletcher missed the final last year over a perfectly timed tackle. Having said that, it really wouldn't surprise me to see Platini and his cronies reverse the ban.

I hope Inter destroy Bayern, after the way they acted at OT over the Rafael sending off. I quite like Mourinho aswell, next United manager, *SAF impression* There's absolutely no doubt about tha'.

No surprises why you are saying that.

Jay P · 17-05-2010 06:54PM

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

I quite like Mourinho aswell, next United manager, *SAF impression* There's absolutely no doubt about tha'.

I really like Mourinho as well, and funnily enough, the only reason I don't want to see him going to Real Madrid is because I'd much rather see him at United.

Bobalicious93 · 17-05-2010 06:55PM

unknown13 wrote: »

No surprises why you are saying that.

Well no, since I explained exactly why in the next part of the post..

unknown13 · 17-05-2010 06:57PM

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Well no, since I explained exactly why in the next part of the post..

Come on Bob, that post is very biased and it is very clear you are a United fan from reading that post.

Bobalicious93 · 17-05-2010 07:13PM

unknown13 wrote: »

Come on Bob, that post is very biased and it is very clear you are a United fan from reading that post.

Well, if you ignore that it says "Manchester United Fan" in black and white in my sig, I don't think anything I said was too biased...

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

If that red card is rescinded then UEFA are an absolute joke. Was a shocking tackle

It was a terrible tackle (on Toulalán, IIRC?) and deserves the ban that comes with the sending off.

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

and poor old Darren Fletcher missed the final last year over a perfectly timed tackle.

Fletcher didn't deserve to be sent off against Arsenal last season, he went in to win the ball, and he won it. Never a red card, yet UEFA let it stand.

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Having said that, it really wouldn't surprise me to see Platini and his cronies reverse the ban.

Platini's dislike for English football is well documented, I don't think I need to explain this part.

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

I hope Inter destroy Bayern, after the way they acted at OT over the Rafael sending off.

Again, nothing too controversial here, Bayern (Van Bommel in particular) acted like prícks to get the ref to produce a card against Rafael which he wasn't going to otherwise. Though it was partly the ref's fault for being influenced so easily, admittedly.

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

I quite like Mourinho aswell, next United manager, *SAF impression* There's absolutely no doubt about tha'.

And I don't see the problem here, I like Mourinho, no bias involved in that. He's a character, and the game can never have too many of those. People might say he's an attention seeker, and everything is always about him, but he's smart like that, the Inter team receive little or no attention from the media because of it, thus making their preparations for big games much smoother and easier.

Insect Overlord · 17-05-2010 09:36PM

unknown13 wrote: »

Come on Bob, that post is very biased and it is very clear you are a United fan from reading that post.

Stop picking arguments just for argument's sake.

17-05-2010 10:09PM

Interesting how Bayern got the ref to send off a Man U player when Inter were victims of this against Barcelona.

The Mourinho piece in the Sunday Times was very good.

jefreywithonef · 20-05-2010 12:00AM

Some lad scores from the centre circle but the joy is to be found in the commentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBO6H3LUbvM

20-05-2010 12:51AM

Monzo wrote: »

Some lad scores from the centre circle but the joy is to be found in the commentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBO6H3LUbvM

Being on holidays in Spain during the world cup was the best thing ever. Commentators here just don't have the same passion. I can't imagine Andy Gray and Martin Tyler shouting GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL after Wayne Rooney banging one in. Not to mention the Irish ones.

jefreywithonef · 20-05-2010 01:13AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Being on holidays in Spain during the world cup was the best thing ever. Commentators here just don't have the same passion.

You immediately reminded me of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noOHdTQd6H8

:pac:

Bobalicious93 · 20-05-2010 10:49PM

Monzo wrote: »

Some lad scores from the centre circle but the joy is to be found in the commentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBO6H3LUbvM

Match fixing. That's all I'm saying

unknown13 · 21-05-2010 12:08AM

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Match fixing. That's all I'm saying

So do I. What is this then.

Insect Overlord · 21-05-2010 12:39AM

That was a great save, in fairness :pac:

Mushy · 21-05-2010 09:51AM

unknown13 wrote: »

So do I. What is this then.

Jaysus they now have an interactive appeals process for fans;)

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