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#1
General discussion / Re: The Fine Gael thread
March 27, 2024, 09:13:34 PM
Quote from: Itchy on March 27, 2024, 06:47:44 PM
Quote from: whitey on March 27, 2024, 03:23:55 PMWhether you like or dislike McDowell he argued points of law as it pertained to the failed referendums and what he said made all the sense in the world.

The govt tried to pull a fast one and it cost Varadkar his job

If I were to hazard a guess, "far right" (by the standards of this board) will get somewhere between 15-20% of first preference votes in the next General Election





Whitey, you might as well ask a dog to estimate how far it is to the moon than ask you to estimate first preference in votes in a southern election from America. I would say max 3% and will get no one elected as only the brain dead would vote for them and no one will transfer to them.
I wouldn't use the board as the basis for any political conclusion
#2
Hurling Discussion / Re: Hurling 2024
March 27, 2024, 07:49:16 PM
Quote from: johnnycool on March 25, 2024, 04:43:34 PM
Quote from: seafoid on March 25, 2024, 04:26:22 PM
Quote from: johnnycool on March 25, 2024, 09:02:34 AM
Quote from: seafoid on March 24, 2024, 05:34:38 PM19 wides. 10 frees sent wide.

Clare went up the gears when needed but in general the standard of hurling was poor over the weekend and whilst it may not have looked like it the Down lads say there was quite a lot of sand on the pitch in Portlaoise which probably contributed to the bunching, inability to rise the ball first time etc etc which ensured the game didn't really have any pace to it.

Tipp will be concerned, unsure of the spine of their team, does Maher come out to 6, who goes back in to 3, centre forward is probably where they should be playing Bonnar Maher IMO but they to find a balance in there and lads who can get the most out of Forde and Morris who need the ball in early and in space to cause defences problems.

 Clare content that they've a panel now going into championship but Kelly and O'Donnell need game time and surely the final is the place to get them some. Even Ryan Taylor and David McInerney haven't featured to date and are allegedly back to full fitness.
One concern for Clare is that they don't think John Conlan has 70 minutes in him and a stand in centre back isn't Seadna Morey in all fairness. Conlan has played some hurling in the last year with club and county and he isn't getting any younger but he is their talisman and there's more to replacing him than just for his hurling!
David Fitzgerald is a beast of a hurler, size, speed and skill, Clare need him in the game a lot more, but what a weapon.


Championship is 25% faster than league. Touch and accuracy are far better. A loss like that may be better for Tipp in the long run if they are honest and want to learn from it.
Clare are probably better overall.
The provincial harness is unfair on Munster because there are 5 decent teams and in Leinster there aren't.
 

Yet no one in Munster will ever question the fairness of the current format!
Whenever the first congress is where they review the new system there will probably be timber.
Cheddar, Colm O'rourke, Jim McGuinness and Colm Bonnar have all spoken with authority about the flaws of the system, , focusing on injuries, the lack of downtime and the fitness levels required.
#3
General discussion / Re: Weather
March 27, 2024, 07:43:28 PM
This is climate change. Warmer and wetter
#4
General discussion / Re: Brexit.
March 27, 2024, 07:35:39 PM
#5
General discussion / Re: extortion
March 27, 2024, 02:14:24 PM
Diageo pays about half of profits in dividends.

This has to keep growing..

https://www.dividendmax.com/united-kingdom/london-stock-exchange/beverages/diageo-plc/dividends
#6
General discussion / Re: The Fine Gael thread
March 27, 2024, 12:25:06 PM
Quote from: gallsman on March 27, 2024, 12:03:31 PMFormer AG
Former Minister for Justice
Former Tánaiste
Long time TD, current senator

Most importantly, massive gobshite. I've always thought of him as the southern, Fenian Jim Allister. Sees the 'ra everywhere he looks.
He is vehemently anti SF. He is the Sunday Independent in human form on this issue.
John Bruton would also have been anti violence but more pragmatic
#7
General discussion / Re: extortion
March 27, 2024, 11:28:42 AM
I heard yesterday that 60% of alcohol is consumed at home now.
#8
Quote from: yellowcard on March 27, 2024, 09:17:33 AM
Quote from: seafoid on March 26, 2024, 10:17:19 PM
Quote from: mouview on March 26, 2024, 09:35:03 PM
Quote from: seafoid on March 26, 2024, 08:49:38 PM
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on March 26, 2024, 07:57:20 PMPoyet to be the new Ireland manager as Georgia beat Greece on penalties.
Awesome a coach who can't even get Greece to the euros through the back door of dud teams, can't wait. Might as well stick with o'shea
We couldn't beat teams at our level under the previous regime. Poyet knows how to do that !
Losing on penalties ONCE doesn't mean the manager is bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZt6-NJYv6U
O'Shea needs more time anyway. He definitely has talent.


Very little, ochon. Ferguson starting to look more like a kid who had a streaky spell a few months ago than "maybe the best teenager in the world" as one over-excitable commentator described him at the time. Both our vaunted goalies are scarcely world-class either; after that? Very little.
Not the players, 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjE080TGEEk

But Ferguson will find his mojo again

Will he though? It can't be a coincidence that his form has nosedived after he signed the big contract and he looks bang average all of a sudden. He could just as easily fall by the wayside like many before him. Troy Parrott was talked up as the new Harry kane at one stage and he has done little to live up that reputation since. The same applies to Bradley whose next contract will probably be life changing numbers. He has played well for Liverpool but there are only about a dozen games to base it on and I'd only judge them after playing a couple of good seasons after they become established pros. 
It's the nature of the game for top class strikers to go through lean periods. Richarlison couldn't hit Clery's window with a brick last season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STKrmBq7MTs
Someone on Radio 1 was saying that Poyet was unlikely to be the new man.  Nobody knows who the mystery new manager is. 
#9
Quote from: mouview on March 26, 2024, 09:35:03 PM
Quote from: seafoid on March 26, 2024, 08:49:38 PM
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on March 26, 2024, 07:57:20 PMPoyet to be the new Ireland manager as Georgia beat Greece on penalties.
Awesome a coach who can't even get Greece to the euros through the back door of dud teams, can't wait. Might as well stick with o'shea
We couldn't beat teams at our level under the previous regime. Poyet knows how to do that !
Losing on penalties ONCE doesn't mean the manager is bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZt6-NJYv6U
O'Shea needs more time anyway. He definitely has talent.


Very little, ochon. Ferguson starting to look more like a kid who had a streaky spell a few months ago than "maybe the best teenager in the world" as one over-excitable commentator described him at the time. Both our vaunted goalies are scarcely world-class either; after that? Very little.
Not the players, 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjE080TGEEk

But Ferguson will find his mojo again
#10
GAA Discussion / Re: Power Rankings
March 26, 2024, 10:09:32 PM
Quote from: Cunny Funt on March 26, 2024, 10:07:54 PM
Quote from: seafoid on March 26, 2024, 09:59:17 PM
Quote from: Cunny Funt on March 26, 2024, 09:42:03 PM
Quote from: seafoid on March 26, 2024, 09:22:38 PMNobody knew what was in store this time last year. Monaghan got to the semi final last year and were relegated recently. Did their form fall off a cliff or did they do things differently this year so far?

Monaghan were missing too many of last year All-Ireland semi final team and no surprise they got relegated. Get the majority of those players back and they should at least reach the last 8 this summer.
So far how do you think Roscommon will go ?
#11
GAA Discussion / Re: Power Rankings
March 26, 2024, 09:59:17 PM
Quote from: Cunny Funt on March 26, 2024, 09:42:03 PM
Quote from: seafoid on March 26, 2024, 09:22:38 PMLast year Roscommon did a lot of pre season training and hit the ground running in the league, winning 3 on the trot. They ran out of gas over 8 days in June, losing 2 matches by a point.
This year Brigids got to the all Ireland final and Roscommon didn't care about the league ....

Don't think it was possible to do a alot of training last year before the league when the appointment was made so late and wasn't Burke still involded with Maynooth college?

Would have cared about that league and it simply became uphill challenge to avoid relegation once they lost to Tyrone in round 1 and only drew with Galway at home in round 2.
 
Nobody knew what was in store this time last year. Monaghan got to the semi final last year and were relegated recently. Did their form fall off a cliff or did they do things differently this year so far?
#12
GAA Discussion / Re: Power Rankings
March 26, 2024, 09:22:38 PM
Quote from: Cunny Funt on March 26, 2024, 09:02:22 PMRoscommon last year played a controlled possession based game making them competitive against all Div 1 teams in league and championship. Since the Dublin draw in May and the daft media talk that followed it they have gone away from that. Burke has come out since to say that way of playing wasn't his style which suggests it was the style of one if not two of the coaches that left.

This year are a disjointed and unorganized team.  They are currently a team that don't make themselves hard to score against and a forward line that struggling without Ben O'Carroll,Ciaran Murtagh and Cian McKeon.  Lack of midfield also with Eddie Nolan opting out and Keith Doyle injured. No surprise with all of that Roscommon were relegated and it will be a struggle for Davy Burke to turn things around and to get much of impact out of his team the upcoming championship.
Last year Roscommon did a lot of pre season training and hit the ground running in the league, winning 3 on the trot. They ran out of gas over 8 days in June, losing 2 matches by a point.
This year Brigids got to the all Ireland final and Roscommon didn't care about the league ....
#13
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on March 26, 2024, 07:57:20 PMPoyet to be the new Ireland manager as Georgia beat Greece on penalties.
Awesome a coach who can't even get Greece to the euros through the back door of dud teams, can't wait. Might as well stick with o'shea
We couldn't beat teams at our level under the previous regime. Poyet knows how to do that !
Losing on penalties ONCE doesn't mean the manager is bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZt6-NJYv6U
O'Shea needs more time anyway. He definitely has talent.
#14
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL - Scouting GAA Players
March 26, 2024, 07:42:58 PM
Charlie Smyth has been offered a contract according to RTE
#15
General discussion / Re: extortion
March 26, 2024, 07:37:34 PM
Shrinkflation is when you py the same price but get less. This is very common now.