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I appreciate your obsession with scores.

Kiev 2   -  Drogheda 2

agg   Kiev 4 Drogs 3

Kiev through to the 3rd Qual round

Drogs had a 5 yard sitter of a chance to win the game and the tie, an unbelievable miss.

Holy f'eck
I can't believe this game.

2-2 and Drogs missed an absolute sitter
Then the Kiev Keeper allows a ball under him to spin across the goal line


Pity the Drogs didn't get Rangers.

Could be a sensational player at senior level.
Not much financial risk.
Full marks to Celtic to take the chance on young promising players like Sno and Crosas.
http://www.eyefootball.com/news/5906/Marc-Crosas/

Live on RTE 2
1/2 time in Kiev
Kiev 1 Drogheda 1
Just turned it on in time to see Drogheda equalise from the penalty spot, looked to be a soft penalty  but maybe the Ref spotted something dastardly.
After that a Kiev player took a dive in the Drogheda box and our fearless ref didn't want to know.

Dayo Richardson on the RTE panel thought it was an obvious penalty for Drogheda and the ref was right.
Thats what I like, a definite positive intelligent no nonsense bit of punditry

Usually just do a search about    'ipod remote  <your brand> set up problems'
would get you to the hub of the matter

NI is not a country. It is a partition of an Irish province which is still politically connected to the UK.
It has more status than the Isle of Man.

Since the GFA, there may be some sort of a vision for Northern Ireland, a land of two communities working together in harmony but connected to the UK. A sort of a transition over from being primarily British to be Northern Irish first and British or Irish second. A new beginning type of thing.

There may even be some sort of a dream that the Northern Ireland football team can be a focus to unite communities.
Frankly that idea is still full of pus  

There may also be some idea that the Assembly can function as a legislative parliament, a chamber where differences can be discussed and resolved. Frankly, on the surface the assembly veto paralyses that one, it has all the signs of impotency of the UN. AFAIK there is very little faith in the Assembly.

On the other hand, the ingredients that make up a united country are still strong and getting stronger despite 85 years of partition.
Essentially, that is the way the ball is rolling.

I have no emotional investment in unity, I  am quite apathetic on that one. There would be no flag waving from me.

Mr Hepburn, who is convenor of the Scottish Parliament cross-party group on human rights, said the rule was aimed at preventing supporters from waving the Tibetan flag.

He said that people who had travelled from England, Wales and Northern Ireland would also be prevented from waving their national flags.

Why would Northern Ireland visitors be prevented from waving the UJ?
The loyalist banner is not the national flag.

Looks like this flag will do just nicely for all the athletes who compete for Ireland.

Imgaine in Cathy Freeman was still around and won gold - what's that, you want to carry an Aboriginal flag as well as an Australian flag? Certainly not...

read the article
medal winning Athletes can fly /drape whatever they want (not tibetan) on a lap of honour.

Why is it bitter for people who consider themselves part of the uk to prefer other uk teams?

Dear God, it's almost as if nationalists see Ireland as their nation and unionists see the UK as their nation...

Ah Tony's groupies on patrol.
Don't all get in each others way now.
Is there nothing going on on the OWC board?

If you don't mind folks this time I am just communicating to Tony.
It's a bit of information for him.
If you don't mind please just backing off for a second. 
Make a wee bit of space there.

Tony won't be back tonight so you can all go and rest now.

If you're "just communicating to Tony" you can do it via private message.
If you post on a public forum, people have the prerogative to respond, and if you don't like it you can just fecking lump it

You don't get it, it is not a question of my liking it or not liking it.
I have the preogative to call it as I see it.
But that takes no special skill as I am remarking on an obvious weird obsession.

Sometimes 'tis better not to feed that tedious obsession






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Why is it bitter for people who consider themselves part of the uk to prefer other uk teams?

Dear God, it's almost as if nationalists see Ireland as their nation and unionists see the UK as their nation...

Ah Tony's groupies on patrol.
Don't all get in each others way now.
Is there nothing going on on the OWC board?

If you don't mind folks this time I am just communicating to Tony.
It's a bit of information for him.
If you don't mind please just backing off for a second. 
Make a wee bit of space there.

Tony won't be back tonight so you can all go and rest now.

Once you are old as Orior, what's another decade or two 

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/R/htmlR/roots/roots.htm

Disgraceful performance by Rangers, unfit, unambitious, tactically naive and outplayed by a minnow team.

At least this anti-football won't have a european stage this season

Rangers go 2 up front now
The Lithuanians  still attacking, they just don't know how to play the corner.

 
GOOOOAAALLLLL.

awful awful defending by Rangers

Is Donal Mac Sammy G?

Sammy must be about 90 years old, this lad (supposedly from the GAA community ) is going through his teenage Barry George phase of acute TF stalking which I suppose afflicts all visitors from the OWC to different degrees. 

If (I know, don't laugh) the IFA produce an environment that is politically neutral (ie devoid of exclusively unionist symbols etc), I will happily acknowledge genuine progress, extend my goodwill and would not be averse to supporting the side in certain circumstances (ie if it has no impact or has a positive impact on the FAI team as a consequence), as I would feel the team is at least trying represent me and my community, which sadly I am unable to say at present.

I have been to many North of Ireland games in the past, and would go again tomorrrow if there was a particualr team or player I wanted to see. Sadly I have never felt any affinity with either the team or its supporters and never will until the aforementioned changes are effected.

Until that day arrives, FFA will remain not ony a farce but an insult to people's intelligence.

In 1990 there was a survey done of soccer fans allegiances in Belfast I think,  catholic soccer fans,  90% of them put the  FAI team at nr.1 with the NI in second place.
90% of protestants put NI first with Ro  Ireland in last place behind Scotland Wales and England.

Interesting stuff indeed, whilst the catholic lads supported the FAI team they did not small mindedly wish the IFA mal fortune. Whereas the pre-owc crowd were a bitter bunch indeed

At the same time, flags or not, it's not the kind of place to get passing trade. With very little in the way of windows, it's one of those places where you wouldn't know what you're walking into - not the most inviting.

Sounds like it could be one of those cold places for Nationalists.

Tony could be right