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  • #52
    John_D80
    Registered Users Posts: 3,539 ✭✭✭John_D80


    Depp wrote: »
    between that and the cubs during the week I'd say the place is hopping!

    Unreal I'd say. Saw on facebook that even White Sox Fans were out celebrating the Cubs win.

    Of all the US cities I've visited I would honestly say as well that Chicago is far and away the ''most Irish''.


  • #53
    John_D80
    Registered Users Posts: 3,539 ✭✭✭John_D80


    Gamebred wrote: »
    It was a glorified friendly lads get over it.

    Funnily enough though the All Blacks didn't treat it as such. Not even in the slightest. Best available 15 started.


  • #54
    TherapyBoy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 4,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭TherapyBoy


    Gamebred wrote: »
    It was a glorified friendly lads get over it.

    Don't run down a major achievement by that Irish team. Win or lose, their effort deserves better than that.

    Moderator: Non Drinkers Group & Grand Theft Auto



  • #55
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    TherapyBoy wrote: »
    Don't run down a major achievement by that Irish team. Win or lose, their effort deserves better than that.


    I'd say the same about any nation celebrating a friendly win like they won the world cup.


  • #56
    John_D80
    Registered Users Posts: 3,539 ✭✭✭John_D80


    Gamebred wrote: »
    I'd say the same about any nation celebrating a friendly win like they won the world cup.

    I dont know how you can say that. You're exxagerating to extreme lengths there. If we won the world cup believe me there would far more celebrations than what is going on now.

    Its a huge achievement, from a team that was on the wrong end of a 24 point spread going into the game.

    111 years coming. Friendly or not, its a huge day for rugby fans and (most) irish sports fans.


  • #57
    Swashbuckler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,582 ✭✭✭Swashbuckler


    Gamebred wrote:
    I'd say the same about any nation celebrating a friendly win like they won the world cup.

    Ah now..You're just being controversial for the sake of it.....Great victory.


  • #58
    wonderfullife
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭wonderfullife


    Gamebred wrote: »
    It was a glorified friendly lads get over it.

    Stick to MMA bro :)

    New Zealand culture doesn't compute the word "friendly". Rugby is a religion over there.

    That black shirt is treated as sacred. As soon as you put that on, you're expected to run through a brick wall for the shirt and for the nation.

    More to the point, they were on such a win-streak and seeking to go down as the best side of all time.

    They will be absolutely gutted and sick tonight. Honest to God they will actually feel like there's been a death in the family to lose that game.

    Say whatever you like if it makes you feel better but you simply can't understate that achievement today. It was a monumental effort by the team and they deserve every plaudit that comes their way.

    Today is not the day to do a Roy Keane and diminish the plucky Irish getting the big win. They were warriors today and played for the memory of Axel Foley. I truly believe they'd have beaten any team in the world today in those 80 minutes.


  • #59
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    wonderfullife wrote: »
    Did it for Foley. Full stop. Would have taken a superhuman effort to beat Ireland today.

    Some catch from Zebo from that up-and-under. Colossal hits from Trimble and Henshaw. Atmosphere unreal.

    Just hope we didn't use up all our luck before next weeks big one :)

    Without being disrespectful to Axel but they did it for themselves, not in his memory.

    @Gamebred, that NZ team is the first ever to lose to us, that's a big thing for them friendly or no friendly.


  • #60
    Depp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Depp


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    Without being disrespectful to Axel but they did it for themselves, not in his memory.

    @Gamebred, that NZ team is the first ever to lose to us, that's a big thing for them friendly or no friendly.

    29 games and 111 years waiting! a proud day for any Irish rugby fan!


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  • #61
    wonderfullife
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭wonderfullife


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    Without being disrespectful to Axel but they did it for themselves, not in his memory.

    @Gamebred, that NZ team is the first ever to lose to us, that's a big thing for them friendly or no friendly.

    Absolutely - what i meant was there are many reasons why rugby players put their heart and soul into performance. There's your own pride in performance. There's pride in the jersey, in representing your family, county, and province when you put the green jersey on. There's a sense of wanting to do all those who held the jersey before you proud. There's a sense of obligation to those competing for your jersey to do it proud.

    They did do it for all those reasons.

    All i'm saying is you can be certain each and every one of them wanted to do Axel proud too and that would have been a huge motivating factor. You can't put a price on that.


  • #62
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    That's the thing, I don't think it was a huge motivating factor.

    Without being disrespectful, a lot of that team wouldn't have even met, let alone played or trained with, Foley.

    To me the main motivation for each player was to win for themselves.


  • #63
    jcd5971
    Registered Users Posts: 2,549 ✭✭✭jcd5971


    CatFromHue wrote:
    Without being disrespectful, a lot of that team wouldn't have even met, let alone played or trained with, Foley.


    Whilst I'm sure for some of the players it had an effect, I tend to agree with you that the foley thing is being massively overstated.


  • #64
    wonderfullife
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭wonderfullife


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    That's the thing, I don't think it was a huge motivating factor.

    Without being disrespectful, a lot of that team wouldn't have even met, let alone played or trained with, Foley.

    To me the main motivation for each player was to win for themselves.

    You might be right.

    On the other hand - Zebo, Stander, Ryan, Murray all started and were close to him. He was friends with Simon Best and knew Rory well.

    What i can definitely say is the 4 Munster lads who started all looked emotional before the game and all played like men possessed. I'm sure you'd agree it was some sort of factor for them.

    The formation for the Haka in the number of 8 couldn't but inspire emotion in the players.


  • #65
    John_D80
    Registered Users Posts: 3,539 ✭✭✭John_D80


    Cant imagine there are too many cricket fans in an Irish MMA forum but even for the uninitiated, check this out.

    Superhero level fielding by South African cricketer Temba Bavuma.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDWnknH1_yg


  • #66
    Propane Nightmare
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 779 ✭✭✭Propane Nightmare


    Gamebred wrote: »
    I see SBG's number 1 cheerleader in the media has gotten his dream job working for Conor himself on the maclife.com, Andrew McGahon leaving severemma to work for them.

    Andrew mcgahon is SBGs number 1 cheerleader???:rolleyes:

    Who the F let this monkey on the internet...

    Another typical blow in ufc fan who has no clue about the Irish MMA community.

    Taking the internet away from you might be a good idea if you are just going to come on posting this sort of stuff..give it a rest


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  • #67
    Mean Laqueefa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 712 ✭✭✭Mean Laqueefa


    Propane Nightmare wrote: »
    Andrew mcgahon is SBGs number 1 cheerleader???:rolleyes:

    Who the F let this monkey on the internet...

    Another typical blow in ufc fan who has no clue about the Irish MMA community.

    Andrew and sean are legends !

    Living in the uk and for the 5th of Nov party the wife and i dressed up, no one had a clue but we had a ball


    https://twitter.com/fraapp/status/794984079750037504


  • #68
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    Mean Laqueefa wrote: »
    Andrew and sean are legends !

    Living in the uk and for the 5th of Nov party the wife and i dressed up, no one had a clue but we had a ball


    https://twitter.com/fraapp/status/794984079750037504


    Legends how exactly?


  • #69
    Mean Laqueefa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 712 ✭✭✭Mean Laqueefa


    Gamebred wrote: »
    Legends how exactly?

    Two lads that got into something that they love and have the craic enjoying there job, that makes them legends to me. We are all here to talk mma cause we love it so imagine being paid for that........... Legends


  • #70
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    Mean Laqueefa wrote: »
    Two lads that got into something that they love and have the craic enjoying there job, that makes them legends to me. We are all here to talk mma cause we love it so imagine being paid for that........... Legends


    I think the term legend is banded around quite easily now a days if that makes them a legend to you fair play, I dont think theres anything legendary about them or anything they do considering Sean is a bedroom journalist who tweets all day and Andrew sold out to a media rival and left his team but thats just my opinion.


  • #71
    wonderfullife
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭wonderfullife


    Gamebred wrote: »
    I think the term legend is banded around quite easily now a days if that makes them a legend to you fair play, I dont think theres anything legendary about them or anything they do considering Sean is a bedroom journalist who tweets all day and Andrew sold out to a media rival and left his team but thats just my opinion.

    Ah come on.

    Every time i messaged Andrew on Twitter he was either working in a nightclub or grinding away with his jiujitsu.

    He put in countless hours in the Irish MMA scene for years for no reward. He gave a spotlight to McGregor, to Seery, to Pendred to everyone.

    SevereMMA would be nothing without McGahons interviews over the years and i guarantee he's lost a fortune in money covering this sport. Credit union and bank loans to try cover events in the UK, Ireland and America.

    Labeling him a "sell-out" is very unfair. He's done more to raise the profile of MMA in Ireland than any other single journalist, including the 'Don' Petesy Carroll.

    He deserves to sit back and chill now on whatever McGregor is paying him (can't imagine it's a fortune either!! 40 or 50 grand a year tops).

    You'd have a point if SevereMMA were paying him 30 or 40 grand a year to do these interviews and covering his expenses. He's a young man, it's no fun breaking your back and being broke to cover your passion. The Mac Life is a good move for him for a year or 2.


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  • #72
    Mean Laqueefa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 712 ✭✭✭Mean Laqueefa


    Gamebred wrote: »
    I think the term legend is banded around quite easily now a days if that makes them a legend to you fair play, I dont think theres anything legendary about them or anything they do considering Sean is a bedroom journalist who tweets all day and Andrew sold out to a media rival and left his team but thats just my opinion.

    Id think you would find most start out in there bedrooms but Sean has good analysis and askks good questions but i wait for your podcast. Anderw works hard and i will admit im biased as when i needed help i reached out to him and it gave a years worth of confidence in his reply. I love you Gamebred but say legends as a term of endearment only. I CAN tell you fact that when i went through some horrific **** i reached out to them they replied so fast and made me feel ok/normal again and the only thing we had in common was MMA. Andrew has LEGIT helped me and has Sean so even just a term im sticking with Legends


  • #73
    martyos121
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,494 ✭✭✭✭martyos121


    Gamebred wrote: »
    I think the term legend is banded around quite easily now a days if that makes them a legend to you fair play, I dont think theres anything legendary about them or anything they do considering Sean is a bedroom journalist who tweets all day and Andrew sold out to a media rival and left his team but thats just my opinion.

    I fully agree:
    Gamebred wrote: »
    Not mad at Claudia Gaedlhas appearance at all,looking fine at this press conference




    Jon Jones is a legend came out with one of his belt

    Gamebred wrote: »
    DC is a beaten man already emotionally battered so easily by Jones,


    This conference is fire!


    Big Ben Rothwell just interupted the conference to give Ireland a shout out what a legend.
    Gamebred wrote: »
    Now that you mention weapons :pac:






    The Diaz brothers are legends.
    Gamebred wrote: »
    Dont know if anyone seen this but this kinda of illustrates the mind Diaz has,he got absolutely murdered in this fight and still sat in guard stockton slapping the **** out RDA taking the piss he is a legend,love to see him in shape fight him again.
    Gamebred wrote: »
    Feck off ive not missed an event live in donkeys :pac:



    Im not really desperate to see anyone on the card either Hunt is a legend but outside of that all I wanna see is Scoggins,hoping that cheat lombard gets bet.
    Gamebred wrote: »
    Mark Hunt is a combat legend,same with frank big fan of his grappling but Hunt is probably my favourite hw alongside rothwell crazy lifestory pulling for him tonight first round ko hopefully.
    Gamebred wrote: »


    Very true man,a legend going out on the top as champ after clearing out 170 and 185.
    Gamebred wrote: »



    Conor dropped into that guy what an absolute legend!
    Gamebred wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/GrabakaHitman/status/712795530028515328


    Nate asking where Ariel is hahahahahahahah legend
    Gamebred wrote: »
    What a legend Bas is,



    Im in for the tournament anyways!
    Gamebred wrote: »
    Bad bad man dustin poirier couldnt be happier for him legend.

    That's only the first page too, there's two more! :pac::D


  • #74
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    True I suppose its up to Severe to pay him to stay and its obviously not something they can do,I do worry for their future now with McGregor not gonna be around for ever and their main interviewer jumping to a new media rival who will have exclusive McGregor stuff will harm them big time.


  • #75
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    @Marty


    I standby every single one of them comments so what is your point? Im sure hundreds of thousands of people agree with me,where as ive seen 1 person call the severe lads legends :confused:


  • #76
    martyos121
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,494 ✭✭✭✭martyos121


    Gamebred wrote: »
    @Marty


    I standby every single one of them comments so what is your point? Im sure hundreds of thousands of people agree with me,where as ive seen 1 person call the severe lads legends :confused:

    I was only having a laugh with ya man, I remember you throwing out the word legend so much that I had to pull you up on it. :D

    I would call the Severe lads legends though, they do great work over there and have done an awful lot for the Irish MMA scene. Not all "legends" wear four ounce gloves.


  • #77
    Mean Laqueefa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 712 ✭✭✭Mean Laqueefa


    martyos121 wrote: »
    I was only having a laugh with ya man, I remember you throwing out the word legend so much that I had to pull you up on it. :D

    I would call the Severe lads legends though, they do great work over there and have done an awful lot for the Irish MMA scene. Not all "legends" wear four ounce gloves.

    #NotAllHeroesWearCapes


  • #78
    Axwell
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    Gamebred wrote: »
    @Marty


    I standby every single one of them comments so what is your point? Im sure hundreds of thousands of people agree with me,where as ive seen 1 person call the severe lads legends confused.png

    Legends might be a bit strong for the lads from Severe but your comments about them and Andrew are one that not many people would agree with you on. Andrew went up and down the country covering local MMA events, promoting the pro MMA scene, covering Irelands fighters here and abroad. Doing long hours going to events, doing the interviews and putting together and editing the content - funding all that out of his own pocket working in a nightclub and doing some radio work on top of loans to be able to follow the bigger fights abroad. All for the love of the sport and doing something he is passionate about, a thankless job when you see posts like yours.

    Now that an opportunity comes along to take that career to the next level, to actually get paid for all the hard work that goes into it and all the time and effort he has put in over the years and you want to call him a sell out? I couldn't think of anything further from the truth and it just shows a narrow mind that people would think to label him that on here or social media. He is finally getting paid properly for all the work he has been doing for years and more power to him.


  • #79
    wonderfullife
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭wonderfullife


    Axwell wrote: »
    Legends might be a bit strong for the lads from Severe but your comments about them and Andrew are one that not many people would agree with you on. Andrew went up and down the country covering local MMA events, promoting the pro MMA scene, covering Irelands fighters here and abroad. Doing long hours going to events, doing the interviews and putting together and editing the content - funding all that out of his own pocket working in a nightclub and doing some radio work on top of loans to be able to follow the bigger fights abroad. All for the love of the sport and doing something he is passionate about, a thankless job when you see posts like yours.

    Now that an opportunity comes along to take that career to the next level, to actually get paid for all the hard work that goes into it and all the time and effort he has put in over the years and you want to call him a sell out? I couldn't think of anything further from the truth and it just shows a narrow mind that people would think to label him that on here or social media. He is finally getting paid properly for all the work he has been doing for years and more power to him.

    100%

    Plus, the term "sell-out" to my mind implies someone who gives up on their dreams for money.

    He was making zero from SevereMMA and now he's, in all likelihood, getting a normal wage for a 24-year-old. There's not a hope in hell you'll be seeing him driving a Porsche to jiujitsu class! He'll be on a normal wage and probably get the perks of going with Conor to cover a few events.

    I.e. all that's really changed now is he doesn't have to get himself in stressful debt to go to these events.

    If Ariel Helwani upped and left for the Mac Life, then yes it'd be selling-out. He's extremely well paid by Vox Media clearing very decent 6 figures a year and his dream was to be an MMA journalist. if he made the switch then i could understand the term "sell-out".

    Andrew didn't sell out to anything. There was nothing to sell out! He was being paid buttons by SevereMMA and getting himself depressed over the loans he had taken out.


  • #80
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    Axwell wrote: »
    Legends might be a bit strong for the lads from Severe but your comments about them and Andrew are one that not many people would agree with you on. Andrew went up and down the country covering local MMA events, promoting the pro MMA scene, covering Irelands fighters here and abroad. Doing long hours going to events, doing the interviews and putting together and editing the content - funding all that out of his own pocket working in a nightclub and doing some radio work on top of loans to be able to follow the bigger fights abroad. All for the love of the sport and doing something he is passionate about, a thankless job when you see posts like yours.

    Now that an opportunity comes along to take that career to the next level, to actually get paid for all the hard work that goes into it and all the time and effort he has put in over the years and you want to call him a sell out? I couldn't think of anything further from the truth and it just shows a narrow mind that people would think to label him that on here or social media. He is finally getting paid properly for all the work he has been doing for years and more power to him.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=101578491&postcount=74


    See my post above for clarification lads try not get offended on his behalf, Sellout was the wrong word to use and I retract it, Severemma cant offer him the financial incentive to stay so they are partly to blame I suppose but I feel the future of severemma is not too bright with this departure which is a credit to Andrew for the work hes done but remember nobody put a gun to his head to do it.


  • #81
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,813 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    John_D80 wrote: »
    Cant imagine there are too many cricket fans in an Irish MMA forum but even for the uninitiated, check this out.

    Superhero level fielding by South African cricketer Temba Bavuma.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDWnknH1_yg

    the South Africans always have some of the best fielders



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  • #82
    Axwell
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    Gamebred wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=101578491&postcount=74


    See my post above for clarification lads try not get offended on his behalf, Sellout was the wrong word to use and I retract it, Severemma cant offer him the financial incentive to stay so they are partly to blame I suppose but I feel the future of severemma is not too bright with this departure which is a credit to Andrew for the work hes done but remember nobody put a gun to his head to do it.

    Its not getting offended on his behalf, you made the comment and you were taken up on it. Now you want to retract it because it was the wrong word to use but you still seem to have a similar opinion. What happens to SevereMMA afterwards is up to them, he has moved on to further his career. If Severe suffers in the long run over that its on them, not on him and only highlights what a fundamental part of the whole thing he was.


  • #83
    wonderfullife
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭wonderfullife


    I've always felt SA never recovered from losing a player of Jacques Kallis stature. He was beautiful to watch. That 2009 side they had was a machine of a team.


  • #84
    John_D80
    Registered Users Posts: 3,539 ✭✭✭John_D80


    riffmongous wrote: »
    the South Africans always have some of the best fielders


    Wow, he was at full stretch there for sure! The last 3 seconds of that vid was awesome!

    I'm just a recent convert to the game so I'm seeing things like this for the first time.


  • #85
    loudnoises89
    Registered Users Posts: 209 ✭✭loudnoises89


    Gamebred wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=101578491&postcount=74


    See my post above for clarification lads try not get offended on his behalf, Sellout was the wrong word to use and I retract it, Severemma cant offer him the financial incentive to stay so they are partly to blame I suppose but I feel the future of severemma is not too bright with this departure which is a credit to Andrew for the work hes done but remember nobody put a gun to his head to do it.

    They will need to pull something out of the bag to keep listeners tuned in to that podcast. Andrew played the lead very well but now I don't know what will happen. Sheehan won't sail that on his own, great mind for analyzing "tape" but not so great in terms of broadcasting. Hope they get a good replacement though as I listened every week and enjoyed the hell out of it.


  • #86
    Mr. Manager
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 11,139 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. Manager


    I feel like with this being my grandad I should know more about the sport of cricket :o


  • #87
    TimRiggins
    Registered Users Posts: 2,137 ✭✭✭TimRiggins


    Lads the cricket talk is going to turn people off this thread. And besides, Baseball is 3 times the sport!


  • #88
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,615 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    They're both ****e
    /discussion


  • #89
    SDTimeout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,660 ✭✭✭SDTimeout


    Gamebred wrote: »
    I think the term legend is banded around quite easily now a days if that makes them a legend to you fair play, I dont think theres anything legendary about them or anything they do considering Sean is a bedroom journalist who tweets all day and Andrew sold out to a media rival and left his team but thats just my opinion.


    You're the type of guy who rips me on the internet but tells me you love my work at an event.

    I thought I made it pretty clear on the Podcast all of my reasons but there's been enough sniping on this thread that I want it to be the end of it.

    If i'm a sell out for trying to get myself out of a really really negative lifestyle for myself then fine. I've been suffering pretty badly in 2016 and have had to start going to a counsellor for many issues. The worry of making enough money to continue financing severe trips was a massive part of that. I work 5 nights a week in a ****ty nightclub. I barely make over 200 euro a week because the hours are that bad. For the most part of the year I was only doing 2 nights a week so work out that for yourself.

    Make yourself feel better, ripping into someone who had a passion. I became disillusioned with MMA Coverage in a full time capacity. I realised that I cared for the sport in Ireland I didn't care for attending random UFC's or doing that as a full time job. I see how stressed and little money those in those jobs get.

    Thank you to everybody who has sent me a message or just wished me well on this new career move. I know it's going to be a success.


  • #90
    callaway92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,843 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    SDTimeout wrote: »
    You're the type of guy who rips me on the internet but tells me you love my work at an event.

    I thought I made it pretty clear on the Podcast all of my reasons but there's been enough sniping on this thread that I want it to be the end of it.

    If i'm a sell out for trying to get myself out of a really really negative lifestyle for myself then fine. I've been suffering pretty badly in 2016 and have had to start going to a counsellor for many issues. The worry of making enough money to continue financing severe trips was a massive part of that. I work 5 nights a week in a ****ty nightclub. I barely make over 200 euro a week because the hours are that bad. For the most part of the year I was only doing 2 nights a week so work out that for yourself.

    Make yourself feel better, ripping into someone who had a passion. I became disillusioned with MMA Coverage in a full time capacity. I realised that I cared for the sport in Ireland I didn't care for attending random UFC's or doing that as a full time job. I see how stressed and little money those in those jobs get.

    Thank you to everybody who has sent me a message or just wished me well on this new career move. I know it's going to be a success.

    giphy.gif


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  • #91
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    SDTimeout wrote: »
    You're the type of guy who rips me on the internet but tells me you love my work at an event.

    I thought I made it pretty clear on the Podcast all of my reasons but there's been enough sniping on this thread that I want it to be the end of it.

    If i'm a sell out for trying to get myself out of a really really negative lifestyle for myself then fine. I've been suffering pretty badly in 2016 and have had to start going to a counsellor for many issues. The worry of making enough money to continue financing severe trips was a massive part of that. I work 5 nights a week in a ****ty nightclub. I barely make over 200 euro a week because the hours are that bad. For the most part of the year I was only doing 2 nights a week so work out that for yourself.

    Make yourself feel better, ripping into someone who had a passion. I became disillusioned with MMA Coverage in a full time capacity. I realised that I cared for the sport in Ireland I didn't care for attending random UFC's or doing that as a full time job. I see how stressed and little money those in those jobs get.

    Thank you to everybody who has sent me a message or just wished me well on this new career move. I know it's going to be a success.


    Afternoon Andrew, Firstly I retracted my sell out comment if you take the time to read through the thread so if I offended you I apologize on that front,

    I wouldnt snipe online then tell you I love your work at an event because I dont love your work so why would I? I respect your dedication to going to all the events in Ireland and abroad when no one else really put the effort in but less of the emotions please nobody forced you to do any of this or work in any ****ty nightclub to go abroad for severemma,

    Anyways good luck with The Mac Life.


  • #92
    SDTimeout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,660 ✭✭✭SDTimeout


    Gamebred wrote: »
    Afternoon Andrew, Firstly I retracted my sell out comment if you take the time to read through the thread so if I offended you I apologize on that front,

    I wouldnt snipe online then tell you I love your work at an event because I dont love your work so why would I? I respect your dedication to going to all the events in Ireland and abroad when no one else really put the effort in but less of the emotions please nobody forced you to do any of this or work in any ****ty nightclub to go abroad for severemma,

    Anyways good luck with The Mac Life.

    I did read your comments. You got called out on it so you backed down. You still meant it to begin with and you just tried to blow it over.


    Your mindset is proved thought with your last comment. "Well congratulations but nobody made you do it" Ireland 2016. You're right, i should have shut up, I should have said nothing about my mental health and i should have just got on with it. Sure you're grand just get over it!

    I know nobody forced me to do it. The place I work in was very accomodating with any nights off over the years I needed for MMA coverage. I couldn't leave there and get a new job because of the amount of time off I needed over a year to cover stuff for Severe.

    Have you ever loved someone or something, that you would do anything for it even at the expense of yourself. Letting people down is one of the worst things you can do, I try very hard to never let that happen in any aspect of my life. That's what I felt like when Severe was gaining momentum. There wouldn't be anybody else covering the sport in Ireland today if it wasn't for SevereMMA let's be honest about that. So after building momentum and these guys getting signed. I absolutely HAD to get to Conor's fights, no matter what (I've been at every one in the UFC run) because being there was the next opportunity to grow the site and grow the fanbase of the sport in Ireland. When you are focused on something you are in auto pilot and you don't look at what's going on around you.

    Maybe that doesn't make sense to you, but that's how I think.

    I'll shoot CM Punk style here luck is for losers. But hopefully you enjoy the new type of work i'll be doing.


  • #93
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    SDTimeout wrote: »
    I did read your comments. You got called out on it so you backed down. You still meant it to begin with and you just tried to blow it over.


    Your mindset is proved thought with your last comment. "Well congratulations but nobody made you do it" Ireland 2016. You're right, i should have shut up, I should have said nothing about my mental health and i should have just got on with it. Sure you're grand just get over it!

    I know nobody forced me to do it. The place I work in was very accomodating with any nights off over the years I needed for MMA coverage. I couldn't leave there and get a new job because of the amount of time off I needed over a year to cover stuff for Severe.

    Have you ever loved someone or something, that you would do anything for it even at the expense of yourself. Letting people down is one of the worst things you can do, I try very hard to never let that happen in any aspect of my life. That's what I felt like when Severe was gaining momentum. There wouldn't be anybody else covering the sport in Ireland today if it wasn't for SevereMMA let's be honest about that. So after building momentum and these guys getting signed. I absolutely HAD to get to Conor's fights, no matter what (I've been at every one in the UFC run) because being there was the next opportunity to grow the site and grow the fanbase of the sport in Ireland. When you are focused on something you are in auto pilot and you don't look at what's going on around you.

    Maybe that doesn't make sense to you, but that's how I think.

    I'll shoot CM Punk style here luck is for losers. But hopefully you enjoy the new type of work i'll be doing.


    Ha trust me someone disagreeing with my use of words wont make me change my views, I said sell out in zest and freely admit I was wrong,

    Again we all have our mental health problems so I sympathize with you as ive had similar circumstances,

    my post was coming from a worry for severe tbh as a fan of the sites content it provides especially with Conor I feel you moving to The Mac Life doesnt bode well for severe with the the new mac life gonna be in direct competition but I suppose its their problem not being able to pay you well enough on top of you not wanting to do the mainstream mma media thing,

    Anyways have a good day.


  • #94
    Digitalism
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 991 ✭✭✭Digitalism


    Gamebred wrote: »
    Ha trust me someone disagreeing with my use of words wont make me change my views, I said sell out in zest and freely admit I was wrong,

    Again we all have our mental health problems so I sympathize with you as ive had similar circumstances,

    my post was coming from a worry for severe tbh as a fan of the sites content it provides especially with Conor I feel you moving to The Mac Life doesnt bode well for severe with the the new mac life gonna be in direct competition but I suppose its their problem not being able to pay you well enough on top of you not wanting to do the mainstream mma media thing,

    Anyways have a good day.
    pls stop

    your digging your grave bigger and bigger. btw you dont have to keep telling us you admit you were wrong...no one here thought you were right in the first place LOL

    Needless to say Andrew put it well back in its box ;)


  • #95
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    Digitalism wrote: »
    pls stop

    your digging your grave bigger and bigger. btw you dont have to keep telling us you admit you were wrong...no one here thought you were right in the first place LOL

    Needless to say Andrew put it well back in its box ;)



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  • #96
    DjembaDjemba
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 102 ✭✭DjembaDjemba


    Gamebred wrote: »

    Again we all have our mental health problems so I sympathize with you as ive had similar circumstances,
    Seriously....:mad:


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  • #97
    Digitalism
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 991 ✭✭✭Digitalism


    Gamebred wrote: »
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    enough of the childish mcgregor gifs when you have no response, what are you, 14 years old?
    its eating into my data too


  • #98
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    DjembaDjemba wrote: »
    Seriously....:mad:


    Seriously what? have you something to say?


  • #99
    wonderfullife
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭wonderfullife


    SDTimeout wrote: »
    I did read your comments. You got called out on it so you backed down. You still meant it to begin with and you just tried to blow it over.

    Your mindset is proved thought with your last comment. "Well congratulations but nobody made you do it" Ireland 2016. You're right, i should have shut up, I should have said nothing about my mental health and i should have just got on with it. Sure you're grand just get over it!

    There are people in this life who will have listened to you spilling your heart on the podcast crying and the first thing they will think is "Jaysus get a hold of yourself". That's not just Ireland 2016, that's the World 2016 and it's hard to ignore it.

    Anyone who knows your work appreciates what you've done for Irish MMA. You were the first one to ask Conor a question after the Hill fight, the Buchinger fight and that night in Sweden when he dismantled Brimage.

    At that stage Conor was a nobody and even after the Brimage fight he was still a nobody with a 1-0 UFC record yet there were you were in Sweden, of all places, covering him. I have a fair idea how much those flights set you back just to be there and that was a big outlay for a 21 year old in 2013.

    I'm sure you had a ton of amazing experiences, met a load of great people and have a lot of great memories. I'm also sure with how active Conor was fighting that you had sleepless nights thinking "right, how am i going to fund this trip, is it a bridge too far this time?".

    If it was only covering Conor that'd be one thing - the fact that you still showed up to every domestic event from as recently as Cage Legacy in Drogheda all the way back to the old school Chaos FC events in Derry, says a lot about what your motivations were.

    Actually, the fact that The Mac Life put out an article yesterday about Leah McCourt winning Gold in the Blue Belt division at the World No-Gi championships in jiuitsu already tells me a lot. It says John Balfe under the article but i know that's your influence already.

    One of the articles i wrote on my blog, i know you read it, on the state of Irish MMA - i said "ultimately it may be Conor himself, through his Mac Life vehicle, that continues to raise the profile of Irish talent".

    I hope that's what you bring to your new venture. Continue to spread your passion for Martial Arts in Ireland and continue to raise the profile of people like Leah. You've a great platform now and i'm sure Conor shares your passion for Irish MMA.

    I'm a fairly emotional type of guy and when you started crying, so did i. Most of us can relate to an end of an era, of putting in so much work into a relationship (work or personal) and it coming to an end.

    Continue your counselling - health is your wealth. There's a thread of Boards which I post on myself called "Let's All Laugh at Depression" in After Hours. It can be a really good resource when you're feeling down, use it.

    For all your work so far for Irish Mixed Martial Arts, thank you. Continue it now and keep working towards your next belt in BJJ.


  • #100
    dashoonage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,134 ✭✭✭dashoonage


    Ah lads....


  • #101
    DjembaDjemba
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 102 ✭✭DjembaDjemba


    Gamebred wrote: »
    Seriously what? have you something to say?

    I wont even bother


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