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This thread has been completely ruined by a shower of bigmouth MFs, none of whom have been to a single game in these competitions all year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68018758

King Chuck is looking forward to getting back to work!

There's bound to be some conspiracies out there around both him and Kate in hospital at the same time...lol

Kate will come out two or three sizes bigger in the chest department after her "knee" op..

 

She could come  back out  as Kenny 

In all seriousness though, what would  happen  if the heir to the throne came  out as gay?  Let's say, Willy's nipper  married a dude , and  becomes king. Well,  surely it can't be  the King and partner, also  called the king?

That'd be as mad  as the  suggestion of Stormont changing the First  minister and deputy first  minister, to  both being called  first minister.

Answers on  a postcard

King and King consulate I would think.

Surely the partner would have zero problem with being called a Queen!

[Watching players run past a opposition player with the ball to get 'into position' is fecking nuts]

Teams/coaches players are too afraid to lose/shoot/attack

Watching players run past a opposition player with the ball to get 'into position' is fecking nuts

The game only opens up in the final quarter when teams have to try and win it

It sure is....if you nothing about football.

[and every other county in Ulster would love to have our set of forwards.]

Nothing between the 2 teams last night, Tyrone kicked some bad wides and Armagh dropping one into the net last kick of the game. Decent game for Jan and McKenna cup, some good positives for both teams. Armagh need a strong year this year and it's getting that wee bit of luck at vital times in big games. Armagh, Derry, Monaghan, Tyrone and possibly Donegal are all evenly matched and can beat each other in any game. For me the thing that's missing for Armagh is the marquee forward that most of the top teams have, the real game changer who'll get you a score outta nothing. Oisin O'Neill back and Niall Grimley are big positives, the young lad from Portydown Conaty (prob spelt that wrong) with his pace could be an impact off the bench.

Armaghs strength is in their forward line and every other county in Ulster would love to have our set of forwards. I'd argue that our weakness is in defence and the problem began when we began to stifle our attacking style to play a rigid defensive running game in order to shore up the defence.

Here we go. Hold on lads... it's gonna be a long summer of Armagh for Sam.

It's a massive jump to go from the best set of forwards in Ulster to winning Sam. If you could combine the Derry side up as far as midfield with Armaghs forwards I think you would have a strong contender though.

You would Drop P Cassidy, C mcfaul, S Mcguigan, E Doherty?
For whom?

McGuigan would start while McFaul and Doherty, though both good players, are middle third players, best deployed scavenging for possession, putting in tackles and running the ball up the pitch. Certainly not forwards in the traditional sense. Cassidy wouldn't improve the Armagh team any. 

Even for the GAA, where a bit of parochialism is de rigeur, this takes the biscuit for levels of delusion.

I would agree putting a lot of effort into the early stages of the league in order to stay up could be a double edged sword, and especially for the counties with a smaller pick due to population ie Mon, Ros and Derry.

Spain has a first class medical system, as have most countries in the developed world.

The UK has of course the "world leading" NHS.

The amount of shit we have been fed, and took at face value, listening to the BBC [and others] when we were growing up is mind boggling.

McGeeney not wanting to show his hand for the league         

The Democrats have a sizable pro Palestinian caucus-whereas the Republicans  wouldn't.

The Republican base and Trump supporters in particular would be very pro Israeli and wouldn't have an ounce of sympathy for the Palestinians

Haha. What good has Biden's sympathy done for Palestinians. America is a dictatorship. Two old white men fight it out each year, both in the pockets of big business and powerful lobby groups so no matter who wins it's pretty much the same outcome. Two bald men fighting over a comb.

There is no-one in US politics more rabidly Zionist than Biden.

Pat Flanagans letter after leaving Newbridge 

https://x.com/johnnyrc88/status/1733279207105442111?s=46

Fr Ted accepting the golden cleric was more gracious lol

Here I think JB is a great fella, someone of this calibre setting the agenda for unionism can only be good for nationalism imo, and needs to be encouraged. Everything he touches turns to shit.

Though in fairness the elected face of unionism as repped by Sammy, Gregory, Shannon and Lockhart are hardly intellectual heavyweights either.

Reminds me of Edwin Poots' Da who advocated for cutting off electricity and public services for catholic areas back in 70's. Same mindset. Spose they are the lost tribe of Israel though

Its the definition of genocide ffs.

It is not. Isreal has the arms to kill everyone in Gaza if they wanted to.
The analogy I used before was, this is analogous to the invasion of Poland, when many Poles were killed, but is not analogous to the holocaust, which actually was genocide. 

That's rubbish mate.

Israel is carpet bombing a densely packed city and refugee camps. It is analogous to the Warsaw ghetto except that even the Nazis didn't try to complete level that from the air with 2 ton bombs or go in with tanks or bomb schools and hospitals.

They are assassinating doctors, intellectuals and journalists. They have murdered many multiples of babies to combatants.

And if you don't believe me a quick google search will show you multiple members of the Israeli cabinet and army telling you that that's exactly what they are doing.

Ukraine voted against a ceasefire in Gaza, the hyprocritical shower of scumbags, they can go f**k themselves from now on as far as I'm concerned.

Yep. A f**king disgrace after the whole world rowed in behind them.

Can't you read? They didn't vote against it.

Did you row in behind Ukraine Armagh18, eh?

They abstained, which in my eyes equals voting against. Same as the Brits

Ireland was a member of the Axis during WW2 because they were weren't a member of the Allies. 

Totally different. But you know that anyway

Yes of course my statement is incorrect, a bit like saying an abstention is the same as a vote against at the UN. No one knows what pressure is being brought to bear on Ukraine. They are in a fight for their survival and their biggest ally has shown recent signs of wavering. But sure they should just take a moral stance and take it on the chin when the essential to their very survival flow of aid and weapons dries up.

They [rightly in my view] asked for, expected and accepted worldwide support for their resistance to an invasion by Russia.

They sought support for their stance in the UN criticising the invasion and used Russia's flagrant targetting of civilians and civilan infrastructure as a means of garnering sympathy and support for their cause.

Their gutless abstention the other night completely undermines that cause in my view. Using the targetting of civilians as means of raising support for your own cause but not showing an iota of empathy for an  even greater war crime is despicable.

I am fairly certain that a large percentage of people will share that view and that there will be a massive decrease in support for the Ukrainian cause as result of this. And rightly so.

You say all this with the luxury of not having Russian missiles raining down on your head and having to rely on certain allies for your survival. But sure, according to you, more Ukrainian children should now die because of the political situation Ukraine finds itself in. You're an idealistic fool.

Yeah I am sort of foolish like that tbf. Chagrined now that you've pointed it out.

Silly old me, I Find myself liking people more when they vote against dropping high explosives on babies than when they don't.

Wish I was a bit more sensible and pragmatic like yourself, maybe when I grow up who knows. 

Ukraine voted against a ceasefire in Gaza, the hyprocritical shower of scumbags, they can go f**k themselves from now on as far as I'm concerned.

Yep. A f**king disgrace after the whole world rowed in behind them.

Can't you read? They didn't vote against it.

Did you row in behind Ukraine Armagh18, eh?

They abstained, which in my eyes equals voting against. Same as the Brits

Ireland was a member of the Axis during WW2 because they were weren't a member of the Allies. 

Totally different. But you know that anyway

Yes of course my statement is incorrect, a bit like saying an abstention is the same as a vote against at the UN. No one knows what pressure is being brought to bear on Ukraine. They are in a fight for their survival and their biggest ally has shown recent signs of wavering. But sure they should just take a moral stance and take it on the chin when the essential to their very survival flow of aid and weapons dries up.

They [rightly in my view] asked for, expected and accepted worldwide support for their resistance to an invasion by Russia.

They sought support for their stance in the UN criticising the invasion and used Russia's flagrant targetting of civilians and civilan infrastructure as a means of garnering sympathy and support for their cause.

Their gutless abstention the other night completely undermines that cause in my view. Using the targetting of civilians as means of raising support for your own cause but not showing an iota of empathy for an  even greater war crime is despicable.

I am fairly certain that a large percentage of people will share that view and that there will be a massive decrease in support for the Ukrainian cause as result of this. And rightly so.

Ukraine voted against a ceasefire in Gaza, the hyprocritical shower of scumbags, they can go f**k themselves from now on as far as I'm concerned.

Yep. A f**king disgrace after the whole world rowed in behind them.

Can't you read? They didn't vote against it.

Did you row in behind Ukraine Armagh18, eh?

They abstained, which in my eyes equals voting against. Same as the Brits

Ireland was a member of the Axis during WW2 because they were weren't a member of the Allies. 

Ireland was a neutral non-participant in WW2, don't what you have been reading. 

153 countries voted for a ceasefire, the rest didn't vote for a ceasefire, in effect their vote was for a continuation of the wholesale slaughter of innocent civilians.