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#1

General discussion / Re: The far right

Last post by whitey - Today at 01:38:20 PM

This says a lot, fascist yanks with nothing to do with Ireland trying to push their right wing agenda onto us

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/more-than-half-of-social-media-posts-about-wicklow-anti-asylum-protest-were-from-us-analysis-finds/a1068312180.html

You realize Twitter isn't real life?

A couple of right wing US political commentators (with millions of followers) highlight the fact Ireland doesn't enforce its own immigration laws.

This then gets retweeted/shared/liked by a fraction of a fraction of 1% of the people who saw it.

And you use this "datapoint" to deligitimize people valid concerns which were shared by a sitting FF TD yesterday

https://www.fiannafail.ie/news/cowen-demands-enforcement-of-immigration-laws?hs_amp=true




Strange

#2

GAA Discussion / Re: Leinster Senior football c...

Last post by Milltown Row2 - Today at 01:33:47 PM

Its not that Dublin are producing better footballers, its just that given their volume of participation in Football they are producing many many more of them
Look to Kerry Galway Tyrone Mayo and Derry.
They have plenty of  footballers equal to or better than many Dublin players.
They simply don't have the numbers to cover for injury and rest.
They don't have the luxury of bringing on a Jack mc Caffrey or  Michael Darragh for the last 20.

Dublin compared to any of the others have the quality players to pick two teams from.
None of the other counties do.

So, is it a numbers game or a money game?

Well both.
If you are given funds to develop the game you can coach 20 players for the same amount as 10.
I heard on the RTE podcast that Dublin spent approx 7 million on their seniors last year.
The nearest to this was Cork.
6.2 million I think.
However 40 percent of Corks was on travelling expenses alone.

Ok so why are Dublins hurlers not doing what Limerick are doing with their money and less numbers that Dublin?

#3

GAA Discussion / Re: Joe Brolly

Last post by Orior - Today at 01:31:18 PM

He's a complete deluded arsehole

What are you trying to say? lol

#4

General discussion / Re: Hamas attack Israel & sub...

Last post by johnnycool - Today at 01:29:33 PM

And some people think America is a democracy.

It was never a democracy.

It was only a matter of which one from the ruling elites takes control every four years.

The UK is more or less the same at this point.

#5

GAA Discussion / Re: Joe Brolly

Last post by red hander - Today at 01:26:42 PM

He's a complete deluded arsehole

#6

General discussion / Re: Hamas attack Israel & sub...

Last post by Itchy - Today at 01:18:58 PM

And some people think America is a democracy.

#7

General discussion / Re: The far right

Last post by Itchy - Today at 01:18:13 PM

This says a lot, fascist yanks with nothing to do with Ireland trying to push their right wing agenda onto us

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/more-than-half-of-social-media-posts-about-wicklow-anti-asylum-protest-were-from-us-analysis-finds/a1068312180.html

#8

GAA Discussion / Re: Leinster Senior football c...

Last post by Derryman forever - Today at 01:03:42 PM

Its not that Dublin are producing better footballers, its just that given their volume of participation in Football they are producing many many more of them
Look to Kerry Galway Tyrone Mayo and Derry.
They have plenty of  footballers equal to or better than many Dublin players.
They simply don't have the numbers to cover for injury and rest.
They don't have the luxury of bringing on a Jack mc Caffrey or  Michael Darragh for the last 20.

Dublin compared to any of the others have the quality players to pick two teams from.
None of the other counties do.

So, is it a numbers game or a money game?

Well both.
If you are given funds to develop the game you can coach 20 players for the same amount as 10.
I heard on the RTE podcast that Dublin spent approx 7 million on their seniors last year.
The nearest to this was Cork.
6.2 million I think.
However 40 percent of Corks was on travelling expenses alone.

#9

GAA Discussion / Re: Joe Brolly

Last post by Snapchap - Today at 12:56:37 PM

The title of Joe's latest Free State episode might lead you to believe it's about Jim McGuinness, but it's essentially just Joe using Jim as the vehicle to pursue his personal vendetta against Mickey Harte.

Joe spent years making fairly bitter attacks on McGuinness, auccusing him repeatedly of having "destroyed the game". A few months ago he wrote a column blasting the extreme and unfair expectations McGuinness places on players in their personal lives in pursuit of success, and only a few months ago, termed him "the the dark destroyer of gaelic football" who was about to unleash his latest "virus".

One victory from Jim over Mickey Harte later, and we get a podcast telling us everthing that is wrong about Harte as a man and a manager, and how McGuinness is the greatest manager in the game and absolutely lauding how he man-manages his players.

The episode also contains Joe telling us how he told txt a friend before the Derry Donegal game to predict that Donegal would win using "a ploy to go for lobbed goals when the keeper comes to midfield". Weirdly, he never once made that prediciton in public before the game. Just told us about how he predicted it in the aftermath and how obvious it was.

#10

GAA Discussion / Re: Leinster Senior football c...

Last post by Milltown Row2 - Today at 12:46:37 PM

Its not that Dublin are producing better footballers, its just that given their volume of participation in Football they are producing many many more of them
Look to Kerry Galway Tyrone Mayo and Derry.
They have plenty of  footballers equal to or better than many Dublin players.
They simply don't have the numbers to cover for injury and rest.
They don't have the luxury of bringing on a Jack mc Caffrey or  Michael Darragh for the last 20.

Dublin compared to any of the others have the quality players to pick two teams from.
None of the other counties do.

So, is it a numbers game or a money game?