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Hurling Discussion / Re: Hurling 2025

Last post by marty34 - Today at 09:06:59 AM

The problem with ulster teams is there so few of them ,what's in Derry 10? Should be 20. Tyrone got what 5/6? Should be the same. The problem is there's nobody in clubs with hurling bck grounds to successfully start a club hurling team up and keep it going.

Tyrone and Donegal have more hurling clubs than Derry I'd say.

Especially at underage.

#2

General discussion / Re: Things that make you go Wh...

Last post by marty34 - Today at 09:05:10 AM

'Craigavon' 

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Hurling Discussion / Re: Hurling 2025

Last post by Brendan - Today at 08:03:40 AM

The problem with ulster teams is there so few of them ,what's in Derry 10? Should be 20. Tyrone got what 5/6? Should be the same. The problem is there's nobody in clubs with hurling bck grounds to successfully start a club hurling team up and keep it going.

Derry with 9 adult teams now St Finbarrs have broken through but will soon return to 8 when Coleraine fold their hurling team. Outside of that any of the new clubs are a long way off having senior teams

#4

General discussion / Re: Things that make you go Wh...

Last post by Windmill abu - Today at 06:46:59 AM

Can anyone cite an example of a large project in Ireland thats been a resounding success?

De Lorean in Dunmurry

You are going back to the past with that one.

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Hurling Discussion / Re: Hurling 2025

Last post by Wildweasel74 - Today at 02:44:38 AM

The problem with ulster teams is there so few of them ,what's in Derry 10? Should be 20. Tyrone got what 5/6? Should be the same. The problem is there's nobody in clubs with hurling bck grounds to successfully start a club hurling team up and keep it going.

#6

General discussion / Re: The Many Faces of US Polit...

Last post by Main Street - Today at 01:39:22 AM

Some of the blind eyes turned and bye balls he gets are hilarious. The golf swing were the sycophants cheer at his 'shot' as he puts the missed ball (off the Tee) into his pocket is my favourite to date.

What will the history books say in 20/30 years I wonder.

That history book has already been written

#7

General discussion / Re: Things that make you go Wh...

Last post by Armagh4sam2024 - Today at 01:37:52 AM

Can anyone cite an example of a large project in Ireland thats been a resounding success?

De Lorean in Dunmurry

#8

General discussion / Re: The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC ...

Last post by Armagh4sam2024 - Today at 01:30:02 AM

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/arne-slot-statement

What to say? What can anyone say at a time like this when the shock and the pain is so incredibly raw? I wish I had the words but I know I do not.

All I have are feelings that I know so many people will share about a person and a player we loved dearly and a family we care so much about.

My first thoughts are not those of a football manager. They are of a father, a son, a brother and an uncle and they belong to the family of Diogo and Andre Silva who have experienced such an unimaginable loss.

My message to them is very clear – you will never walk alone. The players, the staff, the supporters of Liverpool Football Club are all with you and from what I have seen today, the same can be said of the wider family of football.

This is not solely a response to tragedy. It is also a reaction to the goodness of the people involved and the respect that so many have for the boys as individuals and for the family as a whole.

For us as a club, the sense of shock is absolute. Diogo was not just our player. He was a loved one to all of us. He was a teammate, a colleague, a workmate and in all of those roles he was very special.

I could say so much about what he brought to our team but the truth is everyone who watched Diogo play could see it. Hard work, desire, commitment, great quality, goals. The essence of what a Liverpool player should be.

There were also the parts that not everyone got to see. The person who never sought popularity but found it anyway. Not a friend to two people, a friend to everyone. Someone who made others feel good about themselves just by being with them. A person who cared deeply for his family.

The last time we spoke, I congratulated Diogo on winning the Nations League and wished him luck for his forthcoming wedding. In many ways, it was a dream summer for Diogo and his family, which makes it all the more heartbreaking that it should end like this.

When I first came to the club, one of the first songs I got to know was the one that our fans sing for Diogo. I had not worked with him previously but I knew straight away that if the Liverpool supporters, who have seen so many great players over the years, had such a unique chant for Diogo, he must have special qualities.

That we have lost those qualities in such terrible circumstances is something we have not yet come to terms with. For this reason, we need everyone at the club to stand together and to be there for one another. We owe this to Diogo, to Andre Silva, to their wider family and to ourselves.

My condolences go to Diogo's wife, Rute, their three beautiful children and to the parents of Diogo and Andre Silva.

When the time is right, we will celebrate Diogo Jota, we will remember his goals and we will sing his song. For the time being, we will remember him as a unique human being and mourn his loss. He will never be forgotten.

His name is Diogo.

Fine statement by Slot.  Truly awful news.

Prob written for him but captures the sentiment. Rip

#9

General discussion / Re: Weather

Last post by J70 - Today at 12:40:48 AM

Ain't looking good in texas, especially that poor summer camp, how water rise 25+feet in 45mins on any flood plain. America a funny country who dont really believe in climate change, even though they suffering more severe weather events in recent years.

Daughter was in her me of those summer camps last year.. it's Scary how quick flash floods cause so much damage and how ill prepared we really are to preventing then

We had one here in NYC in 2021. Think it was ten inches of rain in little over an hour. I've never seen anything like it. We had a whitewater river running down our steps into our basement, but got off lightly with the damage. About half a mile away, a Nepalese couple and their young child got trapped in their basement apartment and drowned, as it filled up so quickly they didn't have time to get out. The drainage system in the city simply wasn't built to cope with that quantity of water.

#10

General discussion / Re: The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC ...

Last post by Dire Ear - Today at 12:39:52 AM

You're a Liverpool player or you're not. Some have it some don't. We never walk alone

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