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#1
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 04, 2024, 04:21:58 PM
Tyrone very inefficient, but yet not too far behind.
#2
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
January 27, 2024, 09:05:22 PM
Thought Monahan had thrown that one away, nice point to clinch it.
#3
More endings to that game than "The Ususal Suspects".
#4
Kilmacud probably playing with 20 in this fog. 8)
#5
General discussion / Re: Messi or Ronaldo - Who's best
November 01, 2023, 07:55:12 PM
Quote from: toby47 on October 31, 2023, 09:05:07 AMI think the past year has probably settled this debate in Messi's favour.

A world Cup and 8 Ballon d'Ors.

Massive in the Leagues cup too.... probably clinched it for him :)
#6
General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread
October 15, 2023, 10:53:06 PM
Quote from: square_ball on October 15, 2023, 01:23:08 PM
Quote from: tyssam5 on October 15, 2023, 12:43:56 PM
Quote from: bannside on October 15, 2023, 12:17:55 PMYes, they seriously challenged. How on earth can you disagree with that.

Inches from an almost certain world cup final, and inches from a new record of 18 test wins in a row.

Begrudgers will begrudge, as a rule I do my best to avoid people like that.

Hard luck Ireland Rugby, you have given us some memories these last few years. No doubt you will be back.

They were 'almost certain' to beat Argentina last time they got knocked out by them too I think.

You're definitely misremembering there in an effort to get a dig in. They weren't almost certain to win that quarter final in 2015 in the slightest. 

Checked

"Ireland go into the game against Argentina as odds-on 4/7 favourites with online betting site Bet365."

4/7 - maybe not almost certain depending on what kind of better you are, but strong favs. I will grant you that the the odds this year might have been even tighter had they beaten NZ. But the point is that talking about how easy hypothetical semi-final might have been when you are constant quarter final losers is what's wrong about Irish rugby.
#7
General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread
October 15, 2023, 12:43:56 PM
Quote from: bannside on October 15, 2023, 12:17:55 PMYes, they seriously challenged. How on earth can you disagree with that.

Inches from an almost certain world cup final, and inches from a new record of 18 test wins in a row.

Begrudgers will begrudge, as a rule I do my best to avoid people like that.

Hard luck Ireland Rugby, you have given us some memories these last few years. No doubt you will be back.

They were 'almost certain' to beat Argentina last time they got knocked out by them too I think.
#8
General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread
October 15, 2023, 12:03:26 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 14, 2023, 11:14:23 PM
Quote from: RedHand88 on October 14, 2023, 11:09:34 PM
Quote from: trueblue1234 on October 14, 2023, 10:54:56 PM
Quote from: RedHand88 on October 14, 2023, 10:28:05 PM
Quote from: trueblue1234 on October 14, 2023, 10:15:18 PM
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on October 14, 2023, 10:08:19 PMToo many lads glad Ireland lost, can't understand that attitude. Better u stick on the GAA thread.

Have to agree. I'm far from a rugby fan, but just find it bizarre to not be cheering for your country in a sport. Even worse again to be gloating like a kid in the playground when they get beat. Takes all sorts I suppose.

Ill tell you why. There is no sporting team on planet earth whos fans blow as much smoke up their own holes as Ireland rugby - The DVD of the friendly win over NZ, the god awful anthem, being told to shush in a pub because the man on the TV is kicking a ball and I might put him off from 500mile away, the list goes on.
I can already see tomorrows headline in the Sindo about how a gang of jolly green giants from a distant galaxy put up a heroic effort. New Zealand will be laughing at Ireland fans and media talking up their chances of winning the whole thing.
Closer to home, I doubt its even in the top 10 sports played/followed at a local level in Ireland yet its consistently marketed as "rugby country".

Yeah they should be more like GAA fans and moan and berate everything about the sport. Call for more rule changes at every turn about because it's becoming an abomination to watch. That'll help things.
Fans of a sport team, big up their team. Can't be at that, we'll have to drag the back to earth here.
It's easily avoided ffs unless you actually go get the Sindo and check out their headlines tomorrow to make sure. Also pop your head into a thread about the sport as well, just so you can make sure they've all been brought down with a bump!!

😂 Barely watch it myself but ffs it's not hard to avoid.

Vincent Hogan the sports journalist has just tweeted that they are "one of the greatest teams Irish sport has ever produced".

Do people really not see how silly this sounds?
Throw up a list of your Irish teams that seriously challenged in a major tournament.

did this team 'seriously challenge'? they talked about it.
#9
General discussion / Re: Road deaths
September 08, 2023, 05:47:05 PM
Quote from: armaghniac on September 08, 2023, 05:17:43 PM
Quote from: whitey on September 08, 2023, 02:01:03 PM
Interesting stats

https://www.itf-oecd.org/sites/default/files/ireland-road-safety.pdf

Given the increase in the number of cars and the number of KM driven per year, it's amazing that road deaths are 1/3 of where they were 30 years ago

For refernnce:

https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/state-by-state#:~:text=Posted%20May%202023.-,Fatal%20crash%20totals,Island%20to%2026.2%20in%20Mississippi.

That's in America, Irish roads are much safer than the US and at their lowest deaths were around one tenth of when I learned to drive given that the population had gone up by two-thirds.

Quote from: seafoid on September 08, 2023, 03:04:29 PM
Drink driving  would have been more of a feature them and the quality of the main roads has improved. Secondary roads still cause most deaths.

The deaths are on secondary roads, but it is bad driving that causes most deaths.

Life in the US, see crazy driving on the freeways all the time. But on similar roads to Irish ritual ones I rarely see the kind of mad overtaking and speeding you would get back home.
#10
I'm a bit lost as to why they bank can't go an unplug the ATMs while they sort it out.
#11
Quote from: full moon on July 30, 2023, 05:16:33 PM
The money men win again, and Kerry badly exposed when D Clifford has an off day. Not a classic by any means but the weather didn't help.

Sad that Dublin win another, they are the best team though. Too much media hype about Kerry and other sides, Dublin will win 80% of All Irelands for the next 10 years again, and otherwise just close defeats in finals.

Nor sure about that, the guys they brought back were crucial. Remains to be seen if they can do without them.
#12
Maybe, could be that he's a flat track bully.
#13
Best ever? Don't think Peter Canavan would have missed that at crunch time.
#14
Interesting turnover of the free kick for Clifford after the defense going bananas at the umpire. Not opposed to umpires getting involved more, but I'm not sure I've see. A ref turn over a free before like that.

Good hard game, reminds me of an Ulster final.
#15
Quote from: Mario on July 16, 2023, 11:06:19 PM
With everything that happened it's easy to forget but McGrogan injury was a massive loss for Derry as well

Easy to forget because the panel never even mentioned it.