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Maybe the black chap was a Catholic. 
Peter shows his true face again

Do the local residents have a right to be angry? Do you know the full story on why they have protested?

The full story on why they have protested? Racism. No f**king excuses. Racism. This man has lived in Belfast for four years. He is a local. He is a charity worker. His contribution to society in his four years here no doubt would substantially outweigh the combined contribution of all the racists protesting outside what WOULD have been his home. I'm just hearing on the news now that he has now decided he doesn't feel safe enough to take this house and now has no idea where he will live. A crying shame. Sad to see any poster coming on here and trying to echo the coward that is Peter Robinson by suggesting this protest wasn't motivated by racism. At least Robinson has an excuse; he has to keep the knuckle dragging racists and fleggers on side and away from Jim Allister's clutches. What's your excuse fox? Interesting too that the UUP election leaflet in the area carried the same slogan that these racists plastered over this man's would-be home: "Local houses for local people". Today demonstrates once again that the two main unionist parties are just whole hearted participants in a race to the bottom in their attempts to woo the bigot vote. Some "leadership". And so much for Robinson's (belated) politicians apology over his comments about the Muslim community.

Is it just me or do his arms look a bit long?

Does anyone know a physio in Mayo could verify it?

There's one in Ballina that says it has been photoshopped for sure.

Dessie mone doing it doesn't make sean cavanagh doing it ok.

Sean Cavanagh doing it doesn't mean we can't mention Dessie Mone doing it ok.

Good afternoon. We've had a report of a disturbance.

[and secondly because Joe Brolly never mentioned it and if the last few pages of this thread]

Hopefully RTE take their key analyst Tommy Carr to task then. He thought the Hughes incident was a blatant black card. After multiple replays he decided that Hughes "took one for the team" yet later his colleagues decide that Sean dived. I didn't see the Sunday Game but did they highlight how easily the lad went over for the penalty?

Clutching at straws.

It really is. I don't see how you can compare a penalty being given after clear contact with a player pulling another down with him to win a free. If your main defence is quoting Tommy Carr then it's not a very strong one to be fair.

I think the lad went down very easily - is that not a dive to achieve an advantage? There was clear contact between Hughes and Cavanagh. Why was Hughes' arm over the top of Sean's shoulder? My quote of Tommy Carr is more a dig at the analysis on RTE. They have experts looking at the same incident and they arrive at completely polar apart conclusions.

Crucially, the "experts" who had time to view the incident several times - and that's both Brolly and Spillane, and O'Se and Whelan - all reached the same conclusion.

And I haven't heard ANYONE else question the penalty decision.

Maguire the penalty decision was a farce. A textbook dive. A fair and legal tackle went in and he dropped like a stone. The reason no fuss had been made about that is firstly, because it wasn't scored, and secondly because Joe Brolly never mentioned it and if the last few pages of this thread (and several other threads) shows, most lads desperately need Joe to tell them what to think and then they'll blindly repeat him ad nauseum.

You clearly don't know how Joe Brolly is perceived in Monaghan with a comment like that. 

You are being completely biased, which is understandable, but it was a stonewall penalty. As to whether is was deliberate/intentional/clumsy/accidental (i.e. a black or yellow) is debatable within the confusion surrounding the application of cards, but it was definitely a penalty.

I'm not just talking about Monaghan folk. The threads from last two Tyrone games have been polluted by people endlessly rehashing whatever Joe Brolly told them to think. As for the penalty, it wasn't scored so not exactly vital, but I defy you to take another look at it and then still try to tell yourself it was a "stonewall penalty". The man dropped to the ground like a stone but that's as near as it got to "stonewall". But sure as I say, unless Joe Brolly says so too....

That's been confirmed.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/motorsport/f1/2014/0616/624193-schumacher-leaves-hospital/

I don't see why some people think it's the 'mature' thing to support England.

It's the same mentality (from the same opening poster) that continually argued a few years back that Lizzie Windsor needed to be welcomed to Ireland in order for us to become mature. Such self-debasement makes my skin crawl.

Hopefully RTE take their key analyst Tommy Carr to task then. He thought the Hughes incident was a blatant black card. After multiple replays he decided that Hughes "took one for the team" yet later his colleagues decide that Sean dived. I didn't see the Sunday Game but did they highlight how easily the lad went over for the penalty?

Clutching at straws.

It really is. I don't see how you can compare a penalty being given after clear contact with a player pulling another down with him to win a free. If your main defence is quoting Tommy Carr then it's not a very strong one to be fair.

I think the lad went down very easily - is that not a dive to achieve an advantage? There was clear contact between Hughes and Cavanagh. Why was Hughes' arm over the top of Sean's shoulder? My quote of Tommy Carr is more a dig at the analysis on RTE. They have experts looking at the same incident and they arrive at completely polar apart conclusions.

Crucially, the "experts" who had time to view the incident several times - and that's both Brolly and Spillane, and O'Se and Whelan - all reached the same conclusion.

And I haven't heard ANYONE else question the penalty decision.

Maguire the penalty decision was a farce. A textbook dive. A fair and legal tackle went in and he dropped like a stone. The reason no fuss had been made about that is firstly, because it wasn't scored, and secondly because Joe Brolly never mentioned it and if the last few pages of this thread (and several other threads) shows, most lads desperately need Joe to tell them what to think and then they'll blindly repeat him ad nauseum.

[What's your alternative?]

Fair play my ass, how long did it take. The man is a dinosaur

+1. A dangerous individual.

The quicker Arlene gets in the better

-1. She makes Gregory Campbell seem decent and fair minded. She is a smug, hateful, bigoted, arrogant witch. This backfiring on Arlene was one of the most satisfying moments in recent election history: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBcBQqyWMqk

Hard to take your comments seriously Nally with all due respect, SF are happy enough to share the top table with them.

Mandated to do so regardless of who is leader of the other largest party. What's your alternative?

?

pull it down at the first available opportunity, if SF become the biggest party at the next general election as expected the DUP will pull it down regardless, there is no way they will accept a sf first minister. Joint rule with the Irish and brit governments, with an increased mandate in the south you may be able to exert more influence.

Pull the plug on the assembly despite being mandated to share power by a vast majority? And unionists will happily go for being jointly ruled by Dublin as the alternative? FFS even direct rule from London was described by the DUP's Simon Hamilton as being too close to Dublin, or to use his phrase: "Direct Rule is Dublin Rule".

As the late Brian Keenan said, wishlists are for Christmas. Have you any realistic alternatives?

SF have failed to deliver, irrespective of mandates.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/well-have-a-united-ireland-by-2016-says-mcguinness-25922555.html

"Irrespective of mandates"? Again, a bit of an over simplified, head-in-the-sand comment Charlie. We just had an election where the parties supportive of power sharing were the parties with the vast majority of support. So don't be ducking the issue. Have you any non-wish list alternatives you can suggest?

I have already mentioned an alternative, was Martins dream of a UI by 2016 a wish list? if its good enough for Martin. Has Stormont worked? Are you content as Lynchboy says to continue treading water until we are in a majority here?,

What you have done is provide an eleven year old news article. I'm sure Martin McGuinness doesn't believe today that there'll be a reunited Ireland by 2016. Which should tell you something about how useful wish lists are. Your joint sovereignty idea is just straight off a wish list. It's not going to happen, so what else have you got? Other than waiting for a majority and building political strength across the island, I see no other realistic alternative. And you are certainly not providing any (as tends to be the case with a lot of SF's most vocal republican critics).

[What's your alternative?]

Fair play my ass, how long did it take. The man is a dinosaur

+1. A dangerous individual.

The quicker Arlene gets in the better

-1. She makes Gregory Campbell seem decent and fair minded. She is a smug, hateful, bigoted, arrogant witch. This backfiring on Arlene was one of the most satisfying moments in recent election history: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBcBQqyWMqk

Hard to take your comments seriously Nally with all due respect, SF are happy enough to share the top table with them.

Mandated to do so regardless of who is leader of the other largest party. What's your alternative?

?

pull it down at the first available opportunity, if SF become the biggest party at the next general election as expected the DUP will pull it down regardless, there is no way they will accept a sf first minister. Joint rule with the Irish and brit governments, with an increased mandate in the south you may be able to exert more influence.

Pull the plug on the assembly despite being mandated to share power by a vast majority? And unionists will happily go for being jointly ruled by Dublin as the alternative? FFS even direct rule from London was described by the DUP's Simon Hamilton as being too close to Dublin, or to use his phrase: "Direct Rule is Dublin Rule".

As the late Brian Keenan said, wishlists are for Christmas. Have you any realistic alternatives?

SF have failed to deliver, irrespective of mandates.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/well-have-a-united-ireland-by-2016-says-mcguinness-25922555.html

"Irrespective of mandates"? Again, a bit of an over simplified, head-in-the-sand comment Charlie. We just had an election where the parties supportive of power sharing were the parties with the vast majority of support. So don't be ducking the issue. Have you any non-wish list alternatives you can suggest?

From LAD

[What's your alternative?]

Fair play my ass, how long did it take. The man is a dinosaur

+1. A dangerous individual.

The quicker Arlene gets in the better

-1. She makes Gregory Campbell seem decent and fair minded. She is a smug, hateful, bigoted, arrogant witch. This backfiring on Arlene was one of the most satisfying moments in recent election history: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBcBQqyWMqk

Hard to take your comments seriously Nally with all due respect, SF are happy enough to share the top table with them.

Mandated to do so regardless of who is leader of the other largest party. What's your alternative?

?

pull it down at the first available opportunity, if SF become the biggest party at the next general election as expected the DUP will pull it down regardless, there is no way they will accept a sf first minister. Joint rule with the Irish and brit governments, with an increased mandate in the south you may be able to exert more influence.

Pull the plug on the assembly despite being mandated to share power by a vast majority? And unionists will happily go for being jointly ruled by Dublin as the alternative? FFS even direct rule from London was described by the DUP's Simon Hamilton as being too close to Dublin, or to use his phrase: "Direct Rule is Dublin Rule".

As the late Brian Keenan said, wishlists are for Christmas. Have you any realistic alternatives?

[What's your alternative?]

Fair play my ass, how long did it take. The man is a dinosaur

+1. A dangerous individual.

The quicker Arlene gets in the better

-1. She makes Gregory Campbell seem decent and fair minded. She is a smug, hateful, bigoted, arrogant witch. This backfiring on Arlene was one of the most satisfying moments in recent election history: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBcBQqyWMqk

Hard to take your comments seriously Nally with all due respect, SF are happy enough to share the top table with them.

Mandated to do so regardless of who is leader of the other largest party. What's your alternative?

?

-1. She makes Gregory Campbell seem decent and fair minded. She is a smug, hateful, bigoted, arrogant witch. This backfiring on Arlene was one of the most satisfying moments in recent election history: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBcBQqyWMqk

Is there a video of the smug look being wiped of her face?

Not on youtube unfortunately!

Fair play my ass, how long did it take. The man is a dinosaur

+1. A dangerous individual.

The quicker Arlene gets in the better

-1. She makes Gregory Campbell seem decent and fair minded. She is a smug, hateful, bigoted, arrogant witch. This backfiring on Arlene was one of the most satisfying moments in recent election history: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBcBQqyWMqk

Hard to take your comments seriously Nally with all due respect, SF are happy enough to share the top table with them.

Mandated to do so regardless of who is leader of the other largest party. What's your alternative?