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#16
General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread
October 09, 2023, 10:13:40 AM
Quote from: trailer on October 09, 2023, 10:03:24 AMIreland's performance on Saturday night was that of champions in waiting.


Can Ireland win the world cup?
of course, they have shown they are more than good enough when at their best.

Will they win it?
F**k knows given they need to win 3 massive knockout games to do just that.
A huge game up next against All Blacks, the fact remains Ireland have never won a knockout game in a world cup so lots of pressure against an All Blacks side who are experts at exposing any chinks in the armour. McKenzie has been one of the best players I have seen at this world cup (albeit against weaker opposition) and he cant even get in the side.
Get over that massive hurdle and will most likely have to tackle a Welsh team on an upward curve, like the Scottish game Ireland would be expected to beat them but it would be a tricky fixture.
Then the final most likely against a French side with home advantage. Hopefully it is Ireland v France as they have been the 2 best sides and would make for a great final. Ireland would have to produce their absolute best rugby for 80 mins to beat them imo.
Still a long way to go and no real point of looking past the next hurdle. Fingers crossed.
#17
The job is to be a good pundit, convey the game tactically and critically in s a somewhat entertaining manner. The vast majority of sports pundits are awful regardless of gender.
Of the female pundits I have heard I'd say Karen Carney and Emma Hayes are very good in my opinion (or at least as good as the male ones)
#18
General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread
September 28, 2023, 12:14:06 PM
Quote from: imtommygunn on September 28, 2023, 10:20:13 AMI would like to think we'll beat Scotland - though not a given - but I'd be very (pleasantly) surprised if we won the world cup. I think it's too big a stretch.

Why too big a stretch? We are number one ranked team in the world currently having won our last 25 games and just beat the holders and one of the favourites in toughest game of the competition so far despite our lineout being a disaster. I get our WC record in knockout is a disaster but we are entitled to be a bit optimistic surely.

We have Scotland up next, tricky game but Ireland should be beating them.
Then we have All Blacks. Can they beat us, of course they can. Can we beat them, absolutely. No one should be surprised with either outcome.
If we do win its Wales or Argentina. Again a tricky fixture but if we can beat SA and All Blacks by that stage no reason we cant beat either of those.  Then its a final most likely against France or SA. Again a massive game but we have beaten both in the recent past so again for me if we have made it that far its a 50/50 game.

Seriously tough route, granted but this is a World Cup and you have to beat the best to win it, same applies to the teams we face.

The All Blacks game will be massive given the narrative of Ireland never having won a knockout game and the All Blacks will bring their A game so any drop off from Ireland and we will be packing our bags but if Ireland play to form they have every chance of winning.

Again I get its tough to win it but I cannot say it would be a huge surprise if they did go all the way.
#19
General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread
September 28, 2023, 10:15:17 AM
Ireland showed against SA that they are certainly in the running to win the WC, but they also showed plenty of weakness in that game. Lineouts were an obvious issue and certain players did not perform to usual levels but still to come through such an intense game and have a break before next challenge is a big bonus.

We can only take it one game at a time though given the draw, beat Scots and we face All Blacks in QF. They may not be the best AB team ever but they will fully believe they can beat Ireland and any chinks in our armour will be exposed. If we do get over them we most likely face a Welsh team on an upward curve since 6 nations. Again they would fancy themselves against Ireland, get over that and its most likely the French on home turf or SA again in final.

Can Ireland win it? of course.

Will they? No one can say for sure, they will need to play their best in each game and a sprinkle of good fortune. Its great for a small country such as ours (for arguably its 3rd most popular sport) to be in with a shout of being world champions.
#20
General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread
September 26, 2023, 03:33:42 PM
Im living in Wales and they would fully believe they can beat either Ireland or the All Blacks if they get over Argentina of course. Ireland showed against SA that they are one of the big teams in this tournament, if they show up and play to their potential there is no reason they cannot win it out. I would not be at all surprised if we end up with a SA v Ireland final. I think the Dupont injury is huge and SA would really fancy turning them over.
#21
General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread
September 26, 2023, 10:04:32 AM
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on September 25, 2023, 08:53:06 PMSee Ole McKenna over the moon about Ireland beating SA, hard believe that lad was a good writer one time.

I seen his tweets where is almost giddy with excitement that Ireland will get knocked out in QF stage. Strange.
#22
General discussion / Re: Twitter
September 20, 2023, 09:23:44 AM
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Quote from: Blowitupref on September 19, 2023, 10:13:16 PMElon Musk says Twitter, now X, could charge all users subscription fees.  Most should quit using it if that happens.

I do enjoy Twitter, cant stand Facebook or Instagram but I would not pay a penny for it. The only people who pay currently are ones who have a decent following but once the followers all head off they will also. Threads is apparently the nearest thing but have not looked into it.
#23
General discussion / Re: Who’s Been Cancelled??
September 20, 2023, 09:20:51 AM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on September 20, 2023, 08:39:33 AMWhatever about consensual sex and the legal age of someone having sex, when a 31 year movie star is having sexual relationships with a 16 year old then I'm sorry, that guy is fucked up, and there is no justification for him in any shape or form.

On a personal not, I never found him funny or relevant and his rants about the 'establishment' go way over my head when he lives the lifestyle he does.

You reap what you sow in life and things will always come back and bite you in the arse

I fully agree, loads of people online defending him saying 16 is the legal age of consent in the UK so he did nothing wrong. That may legally be true but 16 in UK and everywhere else is still a child. So this adult has sex with a child, not only that according to her claims he had a BBC car come pick her up from school and told her what to say so she could get out of school etc. Sounds like grooming to me.

People also saying why the victims didnt go to the police need to take a look at the statistics on rape in the UK, its horrific. Never mind cancel culture if you are a woman it seems you live in a rape culture.
This post I watched the other day summerises it perfectly.

https://twitter.com/supertanskiii/status/1703462553525846106
#24
General discussion / Re: Who’s Been Cancelled??
September 19, 2023, 05:36:58 PM
Good interview with one of the people behind the investigation
#25
General discussion / Re: Who’s Been Cancelled??
September 18, 2023, 05:01:49 PM
Quote from: gallsman on September 18, 2023, 04:50:39 PM
Quote from: Mourne Red on September 18, 2023, 03:02:05 PM
Quote from: Eire90 on September 18, 2023, 02:25:15 PM
was the mother of the 16yo driving her to brands house why would a mother drive a 16yo to a man in his 30s house  thats what i have seen on some forums and comments.

Load of shite that there he got a car to take her, it was in the doc.. On the BBC news victim says "a BBC car would take her from school to Brand's house when she was 16 and he was 30"

On BBC today she said her Mum was against them meeting but Brand had told her what to say to get out of school etc. Sounds like grooming to me.

There was more than one encounter. In the full article it's detailed about the mother driving her round.

You can question the ma's wisdom but that has no bearing on whether or not Brand is a sc**bag.
#26
General discussion / Re: Who’s Been Cancelled??
September 18, 2023, 11:05:17 AM
I get hindsight is great and this was probaly part or his silly comedy radio show but even still how were alarm bells not going off, this clip is from 2007.

https://twitter.com/oliviamike1994/status/1703672864228995562
#27
General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread
September 15, 2023, 10:29:16 AM
France made 12 changes to the side who beat New Zealand, its like a Premier league side playing a minnow in the League cup in that they make wholesale changes knowing they will win anyway. You will see it if you look back on previous Wold Cup winners where they rotate and win with a poor performance. I would read nothing into it, France still favourites as it stands for me.
#28
Quote from: Ed Ricketts on September 13, 2023, 02:51:46 PM
Bournemouth, Vallacano and Swansea all pay better than the FAI. And there's also no chance the FAI have the cash to buy anyone out of an existing contract.

International jobs are a hard sell to any manager on the up. They're even harder to sell when the international team is a bit shit. And harder again when the shit international team has no money.

Kenny's replacement will not be someone with a red hot, recent track record. It'll be some dinosaur who did things in the 90s but can't get a look in at a club gig anymore, or Kenny 2.0 in the shape of Duff or Keith Andrews.

Ok if they have no money and a poor squad Im not sure why they should get rid of Kenny at all. He has them playing decent football even against World cup finalists. If the answer is just get rid of Kenny and throw some darts at some random former players with little or no coaching record then things could get much worse.
#29
Quote from: Ed Ricketts on September 13, 2023, 10:31:13 AM
I'm not sure how oblivious some are to the financial realities of the situation, but it is beyond mental to suggest that the FAI could compete with top tier English, Italian or Spanish clubs for the services of successful, up-and-coming managers. And it's even more absurd to think such managers would want to sidetrack their careers with a stint in charge of a mid-to-lower tier international team.

Someone like Carsley is the best we can hope for, and it's very doubtful that he'd even be interested. He's not getting the senior England job - they'll go big on that when they ditch Southgate. But a Championship club will take a punt on him eventually, which would probably be a better career move than the Ireland job.

The alternatives to Kenny are depressing - auld fellas so far behind the times that the club scene has forgotten about them. Or another LOI graduate like Damien Duff.

I mentioned Andoni Iraola and Graham Potter. Brighton picked Potter from Swansea who had got him from Östersund in the Swedish league. Iraola was with midtable Rayo Vallacano in La Liga and is now manager of those giants of football Bournemouth. The point Im making is the type of manager could be out there with a bit of scouting but we look at ex players who have done very little.
#30
Jesus neither of those are whats needed. Kenny has not got the results and does not have the best of squads at his disposal (one of the main reasons he got the job if we are honest) but to give him his due he is trying to get us to play a certain brand of football.

I think the FAI should go looking for a similar coach to continue this but someone who has done it at a higher level, i.e Seria A, La Liga, Premier League or even the Championship. So someone who had to work with a limited player base and got them to play these style of football but got results. For example Graham Potter took over from Hughton at Brighton who were long ball merchants and changed them into proper passing/possession side on a limited budget very quickly. Im not saying we would be able to get Potter (although he is currently out of work) but someone like that. For example Bournemouth got a new manager called Iraola who earned a good reputation for the job he did at Rayo Vallacano with a limited bunch on a small budget but again got them playing attacking football and even beat some of the big boys.

We should at least try and get managers who have some modicum of success behind them at playing this way, then you could put Kenny in charge of the underage set up to try and ensure we have a conveyor belt of players coming through who are used to this style.