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    #7502
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,291 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    Don't think there will be such a thing as this generation's Brady but they're all going to lose to the 9ers anyway so its academic.


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    #7503
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    Don't think there will be such a thing as this generation's Brady but they're all going to lose to the 9ers anyway so its academic.

    A few months ago, who could have called 49ers @ Ravens a potential Superbowl preview? It's great that it wasn't flexed to all hours.


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    #7504
    Clegg
    Registered Users Posts: 16,670 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    "This generations Brady."

    Aaron Rodgers is a better QB and I will forever die on that hill.


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    #7505
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,291 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    Clegg wrote: »
    "This generations Brady."

    Aaron Rodgers is a better QB and I will forever die on that hill.

    Quite possibly. Hard to argue against Brady/Belichek being the greatest coach/QB combo though. Would be hopeful BB continues on after Brady actually - its the only way you'll really get to see their individual impacts!


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    #7506
    Yeah_Right
    Registered Users Posts: 5,960 ✭✭✭Yeah_Right


    Clegg wrote: »
    "This generations Brady."

    Aaron Rodgers is a better QB and I will forever die on that hill.

    Joe Montana was better than both of them.


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    #7507
    stephen_n
    Registered Users Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    Reading through this thread now is genuinely more confusing than when the bogball is on. It’s like getting dropped into a comicon debate about Klingon dialects.


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    #7508
    Neil3030
    Registered Users Posts: 16,981 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    stephen_n wrote: »
    Reading through this thread now is genuinely more confusing than when the bogball is on. It’s like getting dropped into a comicon debate about Klingon dialects.

    I'll simplify this for you - anyone who says anybody is better than Tom Brady at anything is lying.


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    #7509
    errlloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 12,600 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    Neil3030 wrote: »
    I'll simplify this for you - anyone who says anybody is better than Tom Brady at anything is lying.

    Everybody in the world has a better personality than Tom Brady. So I guess hes's the best at not having one?


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    #7510
    Tommybojangles
    Registered Users Posts: 388 ✭✭Tommybojangles


    Jackson wont maintain this level, enjoy it while it lasts. I think Lucks crappy Injury record cost the world the next great rivalry between him and Mahomes

    That's just opinion, but anyone who is still arguing for Rodgers over Brady is kidding themselves


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    #7511
    Interested Observer
    Registered Users Posts: 13,001 ✭✭✭✭Interested Observer


    The FAI have published their accounts, in an unbelievable amount of debt. Delaney paid nearly 500k to leave.


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    #7512
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Interested Observer wrote: »
    The FAI have published their accounts, in an unbelievable amount of debt. Delaney paid nearly 500k to leave.

    56 million in debt.

    Absolutely massive scandal. Criminal charges very much on the table, looks like serious fraud.


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    #7513
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    How on earth is that possible?!

    This puts another layer on the questionable expenses of the association. 3 have already gone as a sponsor (or at least are not renewing, open to correction), others will follow.


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    #7514
    aloooof
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,221 Mod ✭✭✭✭aloooof


    Revised figures for
    2016: profit of 2.3m becomes profit of 66k.
    2017: profit of 2.8m becomes loss of 2.9m.

    Sandalous stuff.


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    #7515
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,365 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    How the fcuk can you get a payoff in those circumstances.

    Revenue will surely be all over them like a rash now.


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    #7516
    Interested Observer
    Registered Users Posts: 13,001 ✭✭✭✭Interested Observer


    awec wrote: »
    How the fcuk can you get a payoff in those circumstances.

    Revenue will surely be all over them like a rash now.

    It seems once you reach a certain level of seniority your pay and performance get totally disconnected from each other, he has been accountable to absolutely nobody for about a decade. He has become vastly wealthy from the FAI and the absolute state he's left it in. Deloitte aren't even willing to say it's a going concern and are refusing to audit it next year.


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    #7517
    Neil3030
    Registered Users Posts: 16,981 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    Been asked for advice by a former colleague in Wales, considering sending his son to Nigel Osborne's rugby in French thing - anyone sent their kids on this, is it worth it?


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    #7518
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Neil3030 wrote: »
    Been asked for advice by a former colleague in Wales, considering sending his son to Nigel Osborne's rugby in French thing - anyone sent their kids on this, is it worth it?

    I sent my kid on this and he's refused to take off his beret ever since. Wouldn't recommend.

    Note: this didn't happen.


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    #7519
    Felix Jones is God.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 93 ✭✭Felix Jones is God.


    Just out of Jim Jefferies at the 3arena...top gig


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    #7520
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,365 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Felix Jones is God. wrote: »
    Just out of Jim Jefferies at the 3arena...top gig

    Just finished watching Joshua v Ruiz, not a top gig. Total muck.


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    #7521
    Felix Jones is God.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 93 ✭✭Felix Jones is God.


    awec wrote: »
    Just finished watching Joshua v Ruiz, not a top gig. Total muck.

    Hmm, just saw the result...Ruiz came in too heavy by far imo


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    #7522
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,605 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Felix Jones is God. wrote: »
    Hmm, just saw the result...Ruiz came in too heavy by far imo

    Way too heavy. Joshua came in lighter than last time, just kept moving and didn't let Ruiz get planted at all. Was an awful fight to watch, but a masterclass from AJ in terms of game plan.


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    #7523
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,176 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    awec wrote: »
    Just finished watching Joshua v Ruiz, not a top gig. Total muck.

    In terms of entertainment, horrendous. In terms of pugalism, it was a masterclass. Joshua absolutely dominated and picked Ruiz apart.

    I recorded it though so I'll never need another sleeping pill.


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    #7524
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,365 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Ruiz weighed in at 128kg ffs, so who knows what actual weight he was at the fight, though I doubt there was much of a weight cut going on there this week for him to have to rehydrate.

    128kg is Butterbean territory.


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    #7525
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    A classic between the Saints and the 49ers tonight. Unbelievable.


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    #7526
    prawnsambo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,009 ✭✭✭✭prawnsambo


    Funniest thing I've seen in a long while. The replies to the tweet are brilliant too. But it's absolutely for real and the site changed it within the last couple of hours after it took off on Twitter.


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    #7527
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I thought that was the recipe for the majority of my life


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    #7528
    prawnsambo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,009 ✭✭✭✭prawnsambo


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I thought that was the recipe for the majority of my life
    If you thought that after having eaten one, I'd worry for your sense of taste. :D


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    #7529
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    In my defense, I was a very picky eater for years so never touched them. I'd say they would be better with mince meat to be honest!


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    #7530
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,365 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Deleted User wrote: »
    In my defense, I was a very picky eater for years so never touched them. I'd say they would be better with mince meat to be honest!

    Ah here, a wee mince pie with a bit of custard or brandy butter/cream is a joyous thing.

    You need to expand your horizons.


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    #7531
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    So hot on the heels of requiring a new work laptop, my home PC has now died.

    I'm going to do a new build - budget 1500 - 2000. Anyone done a custom build recently or have any recommendations?


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