The Rant Thread(a place to dump ur baggage)

SamforMayo · 06-09-2014 10:14AM

davedanon wrote: »

My God. This whole site. It looks like ****. Everything single about it bar the actual posters is ****ing awful. It's clunky, hard to understand, impossible to navigate around. The whole thing needs serious modernisation.

It is difficult to navigate, at first it was very confusing.

Gavlor · 06-09-2014 10:21AM

davedanon wrote: »

My God. This whole site. It looks like ****. Everything single about it bar the actual posters is ****ing awful. It's clunky, hard to understand, impossible to navigate around. The whole thing needs serious modernisation.

To be fair 98% of the posters are also ****ing awful

dukeraoul · 06-09-2014 10:48AM

SamforMayo wrote: »

Well all I can say is watch the coverage from the news last night and you will see it was not un obtrusive. They could report the story with out the images of a grieving mother and father watching their children been driven away. It was gut wrenching . And I'm not blaming the camera men etc who are just following orders nor did I ever assume they took any enjoyment from it. I do however believe a very low key approach is better in what is essentially a family tragedy.

No. It's essentially a brutal murder.

SamforMayo · 06-09-2014 12:10PM

dukeraoul wrote: »

No. It's essentially a brutal murder.

Ok but what purpose did it serve to show those parents last night? It's not as if the media were been used to appeal for information.

ultraman1 · 06-09-2014 02:37PM

Wat so some ***** want. ..fockin flowers,if u say ur gonna do it ,just do it..ur startin to sound like Exxx bleedin Rxxx

pconn062 · 06-09-2014 02:45PM

ultraman1 wrote: »

Wat so some ***** want. ..fockin flowers,if u say ur gonna do it ,just do it..ur startin to sound like Exxx bleedin Rxxx

Huh? Your posts are getting more and more abstract, it's like reading Finnegan's Wake.

Ososlo · 07-09-2014 11:10AM

When you're from a certain county and everyone keeps on and on about some stupid game you have zilch interest in and they gasp in disbelief when you say as much.
It's like it's sacrilegious or something to have no interest or feel pride in your county! Why should I care?
I just happened to be born in the place and could just as was easily have been born in another county!

gerard_65 · 07-09-2014 11:25AM

Ososlo wrote: »

When you're from a certain county and everyone keeps on and on about some stupid game you have zilch interest in and they gasp in disbelief when you say as much.
It's like it's sacrilegious or something to have no interest or feel pride in your county! Why should I care?
I just happened to be born in the place and could just as was easily have been born in another county!

OMG.. BUT..BUT..BUT.. Your from there and you don't like that game....
SHOCKED and STUNNED.

Laois_Man · 07-09-2014 11:39AM

Ososlo wrote: »

When you're from a certain county and everyone keeps on and on about some stupid game you have zilch interest in and they gasp in disbelief when you say as much.
It's like it's sacrilegious or something to have no interest or feel pride in your county! Why should I care?
I just happened to be born in the place and could just as was easily have been born in another county!

Or when you're not from that certain county and you also have zilch interest in the stupid game but people who are from that county gloat at you about winning the All Ireland and who won't shuddup about it for the next week...... to the extend that you do end up taking a temporary artificial interest in said stupid game.......to chear for the opposition!

pconn062 · 07-09-2014 12:34PM

Rant: The Great North Run, when the elite field is deliberately weakened to allow the home favourite to win.

Also Steve Cram on the start of the GNR "One of the great sights in world sport". :rolleyes:

ultrapercy · 07-09-2014 01:00PM

pconn062 wrote: »

Rant: The Great North Run, when the elite field is deliberately weakened to allow the home favourite to win.

Also Steve Cram on the start of the GNR "One of the great sights in world sport". :rolleyes:

It also appeared to me as if the eventual 2nd place runner allowed Farah to beat him. Professional sport is a mockery at this stage.

pconn062 · 07-09-2014 01:22PM

ultrapercy wrote: »

It also appeared to me as if the eventual 2nd place runner allowed Farah to beat him. Professional sport is a mockery at this stage.

Totally, Kigen had that race won if he wanted with a mile to go before he slowed down and let Mo catch him. Pretty obvious the whole thing was set up for the Mo-show. Sad.

dukeraoul · 07-09-2014 01:41PM

pconn062 wrote: »

Totally, Kigen had that race won if he wanted with a mile to go before he slowed down and let Mo catch him. Pretty obvious the whole thing was set up for the Mo-show. Sad.

Glad you guys are saying this it looked like pretty much a pro pace job to get Mo under 60 which gleefully didn't work.

ecoli · 07-09-2014 02:12PM

dukeraoul wrote: »

Glad you guys are saying this it looked like pretty much a pro pace job to get Mo under 60 which gleefully didn't work.

Given Kigen paces Mo in training when he is in Kenya could very well be a possibility

Krusty_Clown · 07-09-2014 02:15PM

Really disappointing end to the men's race. Is it not a form of cheating to concede a race on purpose to allow another runner to win? Given that it would have a significant impact on the results from a bookie's perspective, isn't it a bit dodge? If it happened in another sport (Darts, snooker, soccer) losing intentionally would be a really really big deal. You could be a little more forgiving if Kigen was entered as a pacer, but he wasn't.

Really great result for Gemma Steele. don't want to sound like Kiernan, but it would be great to see what she could do over the marathon distance.

Rant: Sorry, got nothing....

Pacing Mule · 07-09-2014 02:25PM

Interview from sky news app ...

After the chasing pack fell away, Farah found himself fighting it out with Kigen for the remainder of the race.

The 31-year-old Londoner finally pulled clear over the final 200 metres of the 13.1-mile course.

He said: "It feels great. I had massive support from the crowd and I just had to dig deep.

"Mike's a great athlete and he just kept pushing and pushing so I was thinking 'just hang in, just hang in' so I could create more speed.

"Once we had dropped everybody I was thinking 'it's just me and you' but he wanted to run faster and just put his foot down and kept pushing and pushing.

"There were a couple of times when I was thinking 'four more miles, three more miles, two more miles' but I just had to dig in."

Farah, who came into the race having missed the Commonwealth Games before winning double gold at the European Championships in Zurich, admitted his rapid finishing time came as some surprise.

When asked if he had expected to come home in just 60 minutes he said: "No chance.

"Early on my aim was to run 60-something but I didn't think I could run that fast. It's great to finish the season with a win and a good time.

"I've learned a lot this year and it has been up and down. But now I want to take a break and relax and get ready for the World Championships next year."

This deserves it's own thread tbh.

ultrapercy · 07-09-2014 04:43PM

RTE Hutling pundits/commentators "hurling is the best sport in the world". I love hurling, its great and the fitness bravery skill and athleticism of the players is highly admirable but only a handfull of players on one small island in a corner of the world play the game how can it be compared to sports of global standing? Why have hurling/GAA people got such a chip on their shoulder that they need to constantly remind everyone how great they are?

walshb · 07-09-2014 05:50PM

The match had barely even finished and Donal OG was straight in with his sporting comparisons...

Cabaal · 07-09-2014 06:07PM

Ososlo wrote: »

When you're from a certain county and everyone keeps on and on about some stupid game you have zilch interest in and they gasp in disbelief when you say as much.
It's like it's sacrilegious or something to have no interest or feel pride in your county! Why should I care?
I just happened to be born in the place and could just as was easily have been born in another county!

I get that all the time,
Its great when they win but if they don't then meh.

I don't follow them generally and I'm not a "fair weather fan" either. Yet I have to listen to crap from people who are normally not from the same county going "what, you're not into hurling???!!?".

No, I'm fecken not, shock horror
:rolleyes:

Cabaal · 07-09-2014 06:10PM

ultrapercy wrote: »

RTE Hutling pundits/commentators "hurling is the best sport in the world". I love hurling, its great and the fitness bravery skill and athleticism of the players is highly admirable but only a handfull of players on one small island in a corner of the world play the game how can it be compared to sports of global standing? Why have hurling/GAA people got such a chip on their shoulder that they need to constantly remind everyone how great they are?

As bad as the GAA are atleast they don't call the finals for a sport only really played in Ireland...The World Series :pac:

ooter · 07-09-2014 06:25PM

Glad to see I wasn't the only one who thought kigen could've won the gnr today.
On the home straight Farah had a few words with him,doubt we'll ever know what was said but I thought kigen's face when they were posing for photos at the finish line said it all.

overpronator · 07-09-2014 07:39PM

The mobot.

overpronator · 07-09-2014 07:40PM

The mobot.

gerard_65 · 07-09-2014 07:56PM

Ososlo wrote: »

When you're from a certain county and everyone keeps on and on about some stupid game you have zilch interest in and they gasp in disbelief when you say as much.
It's like it's sacrilegious or something to have no interest or feel pride in your county! Why should I care?
I just happened to be born in the place and could just as was easily have been born in another county!

Ha ha, draw, so you'll have to put up with it a little longer:pac:

Ososlo · 07-09-2014 07:58PM

gerard_65 wrote: »

Ha ha, draw, so you'll have to put up with it a little longer:pac:

Yeah:rolleyes: I did think of that. You almost seem to delight in that fact!
Does that mean Up for the Match will be on again too:eek::eek::eek::eek:

walshb · 07-09-2014 08:09PM

Hurling and football should have extra time.

Rant: Pealties in hurling, and the whole opposing team allowed to block the goal. I may be wrong on that? Stupid beyond belief!

Oh, add in being allowed to "throw" the ball into the goal in football. Saying hand pumped in doesn't wash!

Sorry for my GAA rant.

Chivito550 · 07-09-2014 08:31PM

Good to see some athletics related ranting. I could rant about Mo Farah until the cows come home. How fantastic is it to see our sport being reduced to professional boxing, and the handpicking of opponents!!

Gavlor · 07-09-2014 08:49PM

walshb wrote: »

Hurling and football should have extra time.

Rant: Pealties in hurling, and the whole opposing team allowed to block the goal. I may be wrong on that? Stupid beyond belief!

Oh, add in being allowed to "throw" the ball into the goal in football. Saying hand pumped in doesn't wash!

Sorry for my GAA rant.

You are wrong on that.

Tom Joad · 07-09-2014 08:57PM

Gavlor wrote: »

You are wrong on that.

And the one below it too!

tunguska · 07-09-2014 09:09PM

ultraman1 wrote: »

Wat so some ***** want. ..fockin flowers,if u say ur gonna do it ,just do it..ur startin to sound like Exxx bleedin Rxxx

A here Anto you're posts are becoming more and more surreal. You're like Marlon Brando in apocalypse now.....

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