Ireland's biggest sporting embarrassment?

Peist2007 · 29-12-2014 9:42pm

People not knowing about our vast Tiddlywinks tradition in this country, now that is a national embarrassment

keano_afc · 29-12-2014 10:49pm

nm wrote: »

Katie Taylor turning out to be a jesus freak was pretty bad

For who, you and the 2 clowns who thanked your post?

Dempsey · 30-12-2014 3:50am

nm wrote: »

Katie Taylor turning out to be a jesus freak was pretty bad

A surprisingly religious person trump people that cheat?

Typical Irish bull****. People like you dont deserve an opinion worth noting on irish sport

LorMal · 30-12-2014 8:34pm

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

The GAA generates millions for the economy on an annual basis and so pays back any of the funding money it gets from the government in the additional tax revenue GAA matches generate.Think of the amount of money that is spent in Dublin, Thurles, Killarney,Cork etc and time there is a big match that would otherwise not be spent.

Why, what would happen to that money otherwise?

threeball · 30-12-2014 8:58pm

LorMal wrote: »

Why, what would happen to that money otherwise?

His point was that it generates money for towns around the country which wouldn't see that level of business otherwise.
Also, as its normally surplus income thats spent on match tickets, food etc I'd imagine quite a bit of it would be spent on amazon or other non irish companies websites, foreign holidays etc so not find its way back into the irish tax coffers at all.

Bridge93 · 30-12-2014 9:14pm

Peist2007 wrote: »

Do you expect any sporting or cultural organisation, from the GAA to the National Tiddlywinks Association, to refuse funding?

Good thing I don't say they should. I said the funding was embarrassing not them accepting it.

Highflyer13 · 30-12-2014 9:19pm

John Delaney full stop. /thread

threeball · 30-12-2014 11:31pm

Highflyer13 wrote: »

John Delaney full stop. /thread

He's had some serious predecessors as well. Bernard O Byrne anyone? The FAI is and always has been a joke organisation motivated entirely by how much money it makes for the top brass with no real interest in the game its supposedly promoting and developing.

Thargor · 31-12-2014 11:04pm

Has to be Delaney and the 33rd team bullsh1t, I dont often feel embarrassed about things that happen to this country in sport, politics etc, there's usually a worse example of it happening somewhere else but I really cringed watching that fat corrupt fcuk Blatter laughing about it and the gloating in the UK papers the next day, think I was in Scotland at the time, I remember it being reported heavily in a "Spare a thought for poor Ireland..." kind of way anyway and I was genuinely embarrassed.

2nd place would be all the pompous, arrogant crap that goes into anything associated with rugby, the way people talk about it like anything they do is making history, stuff like that Guinness ad talking about every Irish man feeling 8ft tall, talking about "Historic" victories when its just a fecking friendly international, Ryan Tubridy sucking d1ck trying to pretend he knows anything about sport when they have a rugby player on the LLS every week etc, pure nauseating.

Mongfinder General · 01-01-2015 12:40am

Roddy Collins

Agent Coulson · 01-01-2015 12:47am

Eamon Dunphy, Johnny Giles and Liam Brady still working for RTE and been considered relevant in 2014/5

flutered · 01-01-2015 1:05am

sup_dude wrote: »

I'm not a fan of Cian O Connor by any length. In his defence though, that was very unreasonable and not entirely his fault. Cian wasn't the only one who was taken out of the running. They were EXTREMELY strict that year. The trace of the drug found in Waterford Crystal was given to the horse months beforehand by a vet as a treatment and would ordinarily not have affected the results. Although the drug was in the system still, it would not have had any effect of the horse. Like I said, the FEI were very very very strict that year and have since apologised and admitted they made a mistake with the strictness of the drug testing.

but a genuine guy who learned his trade from a small farmer outside tipp town got a fehin elbow so sir o reilly got to get some more glory

flutered · 01-01-2015 1:08am

rmchmufc wrote: »

Pure head in the sand stuff alright

for each medal she recieved she had a dope test plus an internal, in case sheb had another sampel hidden:eek:

bobwilliams · 01-01-2015 1:18am

Mongfinder General wrote: »

Roddy Collins

No.no. And No, 5 mins in the mans company and you would change your opinion of him, chaps a legend

gordongekko · 01-01-2015 1:36am

bobwilliams wrote: »

No.no. And No, 5 mins in the mans company and you would change your opinion of him, chaps a legend

Good man roddy

nxbyveromdwjpg · 02-01-2015 1:41am

Dempsey wrote: »

A surprisingly religious person trump people that cheat?

Typical Irish bull****. People like you dont deserve an opinion worth noting on irish sport

I didn't say anything trumped anything, I said it was embarrassing and it was to listen to. A valid opinion, more than you've offered anyway.

Jesus made her win apparently, rather than her own training, trainers, effort, skill, ability, preparation etc :rolleyes:

Sure I must pray for a medal myself if your man Jesus is just handing them out.

nxbyveromdwjpg · 02-01-2015 1:51am

grazeaway wrote: »

...the girls faith should have nothing to do with it. .

Exactly

onlyrocknroll · 02-01-2015 1:51am

Of course this crap isn't isolated to either GAA or even Ireland but it's still pretty embarrassing.

fryup · 02-01-2015 11:46am

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

yahoooo!! up ya boya

buyer95 · 02-01-2015 3:23pm

threeball wrote: »

He's had some serious predecessors as well. Bernard O Byrne anyone? The FAI is and always has been a joke organisation motivated entirely by how much money it makes for the top brass with no real interest in the game its supposedly promoting and developing.

Bernard is now in charge of basketball Ireland!

MarcusP12 · 02-01-2015 10:29pm

nm wrote: »

I didn't say anything trumped anything, I said it was embarrassing and it was to listen to. A valid opinion, more than you've offered anyway.

Jesus made her win apparently, rather than her own training, trainers, effort, skill, ability, preparation etc :rolleyes:

Sure I must pray for a medal myself if your man Jesus is just handing them out.

Whilst it may not be everyones cup of tea for her to be so passionate about her faith, to suggest that it should be a source of embarrassment is a bit ridiculous to be honest. I think most people interpret her comments as being that god is a source of inspiration to her and that drives her to do all training and hard work you correctly refer to as the reason for her success. Many sportsmen and women use fame and money to drive them on, she uses her faith. No biggie, good on her and each to their own. I think shes a credit to her familiy and the nation regardless of her motives..but you're entitled to your opinion....

For the record my offering is the lack of discipline and more specifically the lack of enforcement of bans in the gaa as being a source of embarrassment to us. Some of the stuff you see would get you a criminal record if it happened off the pitch. What irritates me more is how some bans get over turned no matter how clear cut the offence was....just my opinion and shared by many already...if some people from abroad saw it at its worst theyd think we were a crowd of savages!!

flutered · 02-01-2015 11:02pm

buyer95 wrote: »

Bernard is now in charge of basketball Ireland!

dunno where they get his wages from, they have to be the worst organasion i ever had the misfortune to be involved with, they get worse and smaller each year.

Redmen Rafalution · 02-01-2015 11:03pm

buyer95 wrote: »

Bernard is now in charge of basketball Ireland!

what exactly is the story with basketball ireland now? They seem to be in a sorry state

Muahahaha · 02-01-2015 11:08pm

Redmen Rafalution wrote: »

what exactly is the story with basketball ireland now? They seem to be in a sorry state

It must have been Bernard !

Grand Moff Tarkin · 02-01-2015 11:35pm

onlyrocknroll wrote: »

Of course this crap isn't isolated to either GAA or even Ireland but it's still pretty embarrassing.

Handbag stuff.

Grand Moff Tarkin · 02-01-2015 11:36pm

Redmen Rafalution wrote: »

what exactly is the story with basketball ireland now? They seem to be in a sorry state

Finished as a force since the early 90's.

washman3 · 02-01-2015 11:39pm

flutered wrote: »

dunno where they get his wages from, they have to be the worst organasion i ever had the misfortune to be involved with, they get worse and smaller each year.

Didn't even know we have a basketball team..:o
How often do we play and against who..??
Do we also have a ladies team.?

Cedrus · 02-01-2015 11:49pm

dodderangler wrote: »

Cian o'connor and his junkie horse Waterford crystal "meths" losing gold medal for the fcuking HORSE being on drugs

Jessica Kürten ripping him apart for that and then getting caught herself only three years later. (Her suspension was upheld and she got no apology unlike O'Connor).

Molester Stallone II · 03-01-2015 1:01am

Eddie Macken, disappearing horses and their passports

Aidric · 03-01-2015 1:03am

A sweaty Marty Morrissey chasing Cindy Crawford for an interview at the Beijing Olympics was particularly creepy.

Ireland's biggest sporting embarrassment?

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