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Well done !!
Best of luck to yis !!

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2024/02/07/sean-moran-gaa-needs-to-do-more-to-keep-top-football-counties-interested-in-the-league/


paywalled article so i domt know what he says

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2024/02/07/sean-moran-gaa-needs-to-do-more-to-keep-top-football-counties-interested-in-the-league/


paywalled article so i domt know what he says

A lot of paywalls can be got around by adding a Network Throttling profile in Chrome DevTools

A lot of paywalls can be got around by adding a Network Throttling profile in Chrome DevTools

Or the easier approach is to copy the article address
Go to remove paywall.com
Paste the address in the box there
Bingo

If the article Is still paywalled , top left hand side click
On the archive today tab and it brings you to a different page that will show article
If that doesn't work , give it a wee while try again _ it'll work second time

1 week in 

Stay strong
Hang in there

It gets easier
Had sons birthday yesterday - 11 year old
It flies by !

Kieran Hughes. Really good article in the Irish news. I liked him- not your conventional kind of player.

Big loss for Monaghan - not a starter anymore or not someone that would have the 60/70/80 mins of running in him but for a lad to throw in for 20 mins when the games in the mixer and just tell him to cause havoc he could do it
Was a frustrating player to watch at times as a Monaghan fan because he couldn't just give a simple punt pass it just HAD to be an off the outside of the left boot sidewinder !
When it did come off it was glorious to watch!
Near enough destroyed Donegal on his own in 2013 - he had great hands and was comfortable under a high ball with nearby attention - loved it in fact ! McGee got nothing from him that day
Wonder how much longer he will stay with Scotstown now
Think he could be a good man on the line some day too
Anyway - A great servant for Monaghan football

[SpVgg Greuther Fürth]

SpVgg Greuther Fürth played Liverpool in a Friendly today. Ended 4-4. With colours hoops and a similar crest you'd wonder about a connection, or are they just copying greatness?

There's a shamrock in the coat of arms / symbol of the city of Fürth.

The one Hurson call I could not figure out ( and there were a few) was the free out for the Dubs when Gary Mohan leapt for a ball and he blows a free out
Think Mohan made contact with a Dubs head but replay clearly shows Mohan only having eyes for the ball
A very strange decision I thought and indicated the more benign view Hurson took towards the Dubs overall today
He didn't win it for them but he was certainly kinder to Dubs than Monaghan
He did get some calls spot on - I will give him that Hanlon touching on the ground and Dubs touching g on the ground we're both correct calls
Monaghan had their chances in 1st half and didn't take them , ran out of steam and bench options in the end
Dubs have a lot to do before they are fit for an All Ireland final

Most modern structures are built with a 120 year design life contemplated when in planning
I'd say Croker will outlast most of us

the stadium looks like it is ageing already.

I'm Not talking about cosmetic appearance
I'm talking about structural integrity and durability

Most modern structures are built with a 120 year design life contemplated when in planning
I'd say Croker will outlast most of us

I thought the goys were supposed to be the number 1 ranked team in the world ?

I suppose as long as Gerry Thornley gets the chance to wheel out his best cut & paste pre World Cup puff pieces about Leinster's Ireland's "ferocious intensity" and "exemplary culture" and "frightening front row" full of " winners DNA" then we can rinse and repeat the past 6 world cups where we have been Autumn & Spring World number 1's that get treated as a proper teams plaything come the 1/4 final stage

Bernabei simply not Celtic standard, Kobayashi not exactly suitable either
Thought Abada off today
In a nothing game it ultimately meant f**k all but a good wake ups call and by the look of things one that is needed
Take Johnston, CCV, Taylor, Mooy, Kyogo & Maeda ( for an hour) out and the cupboard looks decidedly bare
Few injuries and the Huns ignominious CL record is ours if we aren't careful
Without coming across as glass half empty CSC, summer recruiting needs to be ruthless and a step up if we are to move a level

Interesting team choice today by Ange
Bernabei at left full
Abada , Oh & Jota upfront
Despite his goal a few weeks ago I'm still in the fence with Bernabei, isn't a consistent enough defender yet for my liking
Am looking forward to seeing Oh getting stuck into the Huns tho

Not a Dublin City centre pub , but at Portabello, Ned O'Connels
Used to live in Portobello many moons ago and Ned's was for pinting  and the better known Portobello was for pulling
Spent many an afternoon in Ned's , great pub , good pint - hope it is unchanged

I know our HR grown ups are looking at attrition rates , new hire rates and retention rates and they are nervous for long term

You have grown ups in HR? That's pretty unusual!

Indeed. Usually HR are the last people in the company to wake up to it.

They've obviously no f**king idea whatsoever of the cost of knowledge leaving the company on a regular basis.


In general, nowadays employers need to be offering both a big wage and good terms. Otherwise they're getting the dregs.

Our lot offer a reasonable wage, but they are completely at sea over terms. About 30 years out of date and they just keep losing people out the door at a horrendous rate. Yet not one of those in charge wants to deal with it - not even sure they acknowledge it.

My use of this he term grown ups was very much tounge in cheek, they are anything but in our place
Totally divorced from reality and they seem to think the entire world spins on company policy and their narrow minded view on what a job in our game actually involves

One interesting thing I read recently to do with resignations in our field in Australia was that for any staff member leaving ( engineer, foreman, supervisor, construction manager, QS, PM) that had more than 3 years in that role , the cost of that departure was about $170k in lost productivity etc & costs incurred to onboard a new person and get them up to speed
Look at any outfit that sees 400 plus people a year here leave ( normal here with big contractors) and it's easy to see why they are suddenly starting to get interested in staff retention
The thing is tho I'm not sure they can do it !

There's a bit of that all right but I think it's more

There is some lazy cnuts about - no doubt
There's also some ,who for them , any type of effort is just too much , accepting responsibility is off the reservation material
There's some who are fully focussed on what they "get" and don't have any understanding that they need to give to uphold their end of the deal

Longer term tho , there's - to my eyes anyway - a definite shift away from the construction industry it seems - next 5 -10 years will be interesting

Interesting thread lads & lassies
I'm based in Sydney and regularly interview people for roles within the company I work for
I'm not in HR or recruitment, I'm in a project manager / project leadership role in the civil / infrastructure end of things
Very busy at the min and TBH seems to be getting g busier

For the last year approx I've found the dynamic in interviews has shifted- not subtly but massively and quickly
An interview now is a sales pitch where u try to pimp your role as much as you can and hope for a bite
I've had lads interview for an engineering role and get the gig , start , then 2 weeks later Jack and say the role is not what was described ( when it clearly was !)
There seems to be a definite shortage of people who know how to and want to "do" - there seems to be no shortage of people who want to "not do" but sit on the sideline and critique those who "do"

This is a problem as with the shortage of "do-ers" the hard work is falling on a rapidly diminishing pool of people as the people left doing resent fully the non doers , if that makes sense

I know our HR grown ups are looking at attrition rates , new hire rates and retention rates and they are nervous for long term