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According to the news this morning after being twice refused for asylum he then converted to Christianity

You would think the home office has serious questions to answer

so far so good. No coke or lucozade and down a couple kilos. Heading into Feb I want to look at the rest of my snacking and concentrate on the crisps and chocolate. Hopefully drop another couple of kilos. Gym goals are on the way to being achieved though it is a marathon, not a sprint there

Obviously Lucozade does you no favours with the sugar content but Coke Zero or Diet Coke every now and again no harm surely ?

The football pod back today. 1 free show and 1 behind the paywall every week. I enjoy listening to the lads but it's a bit Dublin/Kerry centric. Shown today by the fact they spent more time talking about Dean rocks retirement than they did talking about the all Ireland club final.

I see The Irish Examiner hurling podcast with Anthony Daly is behind a paywall now, was free last year until the championship. It can be decent, mind you they go out of their way at times to show how much "craic" they are having 

I had the opposite experience in a Belfast A&E a few weeks ago, hardly any "locals". 70% time wasters across the board, regardless of colour

Henderson being bought by a Saudi club ,  always seemed  like one big  statement  to me.

I think the saudi's  thought let's show the world  how much money we have, and  who we can lure  here with  megabucks.  And they proved that they can even    lure someone  with  strong  views  on LGBT rights. And they proved  anyone  has a price , regardless of  their morals/beliefs

He evidently didn't have strong views on LGBT rights.

Yeah like most of them they are just creating an image that is attractive to sponsors, playing a part almost.

MLA pay has been reduced by about 30% for quite a while now, but I'm sure they all find a way of topping it up with expenses

Wont be too many of them young lads this year bar maybe smyth and mcferran. McGarrell possibly a squad member. Most of the rest arent even club seniors

Yeah it was very experimental last night, not sure Gleeson is too bothered with the McGurk Cup with Walsh Cup this weekend too

By the looks of Armagh's McKenna Cup panel we're not taking it very seriously. Lot of the U20 panel

No county should be taking it very seriously, what you see in January will bear little to no resemblance to what you see in the late spring/summer

I wish everyone who is working through health issues (for them or family) all the very best. And I wish solace for all those who have lost loved ones.

Otherwise life is for living. Economy / job is still going gangbusters, so have to make the most of it. Two holidays booked already, got to enjoy life while you can as things can turn very quickly and without warning. I had a big Covid related health scare, but pretty much clear now,  but wakes you up to this is our one chance. Kids are in Uni, working their asses off, but have so much opportunity out there for them. Mental health challenges to work through though.

Resolution is to eat healthier. Said to myself I am giving up crisps from today, so we'll see how long I can last.

Happy 2024 everyone

Good man, Hound. I plan to lose a bit of weight myself, try to eat healthier. The days are gone when I could eat any old sh1te I liked and burn it all off. Our little ones are 2 and 4, so we're going to be in the thick of it for the next few years and it's hard at my age, but we're just about managing.

For my own mental health I've had to tune out the news. No point in worrying about a Trump re-election, there's not a big pile I can do about it. And the news coming out of that Gaza strip is too upsetting to watch, especially to those of us with children of our own.

On the plus side I'm concentrating on my career this year, and as side project I've got big plans for our hurling club and a good board working with me. We'll be hosting the USGAA finals too and I'm involved in the marketing side of that. I'm also trying to get another book published, so it'd be nice to see some progress on that this year. Some lads on here have been helping me out with my research for that, which is much appreciated. More on that later.

losing weight and eating healthier is my resolution too. I drink too much coke/lucozade. Ive been sober for 8.5 years and have always given myself the out of "at least its not booze". That stops this year tho. I go to te gym a lot but the old saying "you cant out train a bad diet" is definitely true. Best of luck wit it hound and eamonn

Yeah I drink too much of that shite too, never drank it for years but nearly at the stage I would crave it in the last 4/5 years, that and crisps my big downfall.

Nunez just misses too many chances and it's going to hurt Liverpool in tighter games, I wouldn't be surprised if he is moved on in the summer. Like did anyone expect him to score that one on one ? I didn't.

Absolutely vile penalty decision that will signal an upsurge in diving across the PL.

Best team won and should have won by double that score line. But what a dreadful decision.

"Vile" ? Steady on 

£25 for friendlies 

Rice is very good at what he does, it's not the media that makes him a certain starter for a very good England team.

I had to switch over when I heard Paddy introducing three "influencers" 

Arsenal after 20 games last season had 50 points. With €235m spent in the summer to improve their team/squad further it's certainly a surprise to see them 10 points worse off this season.

Who did they buy other than Rice ?