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I like Tom Humphries, his writing on the 2002 World Cup was excellent, but I do believe that last sentence on Billy Bingham to be wrong. Humphries has admitted to having Republican sympathies, maybe it clouded his judgement slightly.

WTF are you on?

Well I had a fry this morning, and a cup of tea. But didn't get any lunch.

Maybe it clouded your judgement slightly

I was actually smiling when I was writing it to be fair. However, I still don't think that what he wrote is true. And he has said that he a romantic Republican.

I like Tom Humphries, his writing on the 2002 World Cup was excellent, but I do believe that last sentence on Billy Bingham to be wrong. Humphries has admitted to having Republican sympathies, maybe it clouded his judgement slightly.

WTF are you on?

Well I had a fry this morning, and a cup of tea. But didn't get any lunch.

He says when he was leaving Croker last Saturday he got a text message from a Mullaghbawn man as follows:

"What a week. Tyrone and the Brits both out!"

You can't beat Armagh humour

That man should be in stand up, I'm still on the floor laughing.......

And another thing, Trick or Treat chants were prolonged and quite clearly audible at Windsor Park from the North of Ireland support. Sammy you'll be telling us next that to-day is Sunday, and making yourself even sillier than you undoubtedly are

Tony

I know you have difficulty with a grasp on reality, at the best of times. So I'll try and explain this slowly, things that happen in a play are not real, unless it is a documentary. If the author clearly states that it is a work of fiction and that she wasn't even at the match, why do you contnue to suggest that it's true?

Tom Humphries in his book about Charlton

"To his shame Bingham stoked the menace of the crowd all week, driving the temperature on the night past which was tolerable by waving his arms in emcouragement as the crowd sang 'The Billy Boys' & 'The Sash'"

"Those who travelled to the game will remember the cold and the hostility. Andy Townsend wrote afterwords that he heard a fan distinctly yell before kick-off "' hey, Townsend, you fenian scum. I hope your mother dies of cancer". Other supporters shouted about sectarian atrocities: uff, the billy boys & 'trick or treat'. Billy Bingham in his last match for Northern Ireland, pointed to the Republic players as he called on the crowd to increase the volume of the 'Billy Boys' song."

I like Tom Humphries, his writing on the 2002 World Cup was excellent, but I do believe that last sentence on Billy Bingham to be wrong. Humphries has admitted to having Republican sympathies, maybe it clouded his judgement slightly.

I imagine Keano has looked at the signings he's been able to make and decided that it could be a long season. Therefore a top goalie could be required to stave off relegation.

Whether Gordon fits the bill of a top keeper I'm not sure, it's a lot of money, but a crucial position nonetheless.

['I was there. It did happen']

The point is that Anton Rogan was on the receiving end of shameful sectarian abuse whilst playing for N.Ireland at Windsor Park not the semantics of when and who he was playing against

It is discouraging though to find someone state in bold 'I was there. It did happen', only to find that it was impossible, and therefore he's talking blatant rubbish.

However, it is not pleasant to see that Rogan was booed at all for his Celtic connection, in the same manner that Lennon was.

FFA has no credibility among the people who matter, ie catholic/nationalists

Yay! That's the open minded, forward thinking way ahead for the integration of different cultures in the North and South.

3) a good shag from Orior to put a permanent smile on her face   

Yeah, despite the deserved slagging she gets for her actions and the way she looks - I'd nail her.

Amazingly, his profile is bigger than both Pele's and Best's, so he stands a better chance.

However, he won't simply because the U.S. public aren't that interested in football and hopefully never will be - Beckham's a novelty sideshow, and that'll soon wear off.

As for the IFA's FFA campaign and its alleged sucess, how many additional catholics now go to Windsor Park as a result?

Last time they flew the sectarian 'headcountometer' over the stadium at a match, I think they arrived at a figure of 403.5 - some bugger in a mixed marriage making the 0.5.

As far as the Telegraph becoming more appealing to catholic/ nationalists you're having a laugh. GAA to my knowledge has featured once on the back page and the paper has no cutting edge nationalist commentator etc and its viewpoint is invariably unionist, it never criticised the DUP the way it did Sinn Fein, nor the Orange Order and always brushed sectarianism in local soccer under the carpet.

Why do you read it?

I would describe myself as a regular Telegraph reader but if you care to read what I posted you will see I referred to the pandering towards its Unionist readership, the clear inference being that this was done at the expense of its nationalist readership.

Why do you think it has a nationalist readership if it has a serious credibility problem with that populace as you inferred in the initial post?

My own thought is that the Tele has been quite smart in bringing more moderate nationalist content and input into the paper in the last while, without alienating its long time Unionist core followers.

I am a terrible sleeper, and usually need to listen to music to fall asleep.

The other solution is slighty desperate but also works - have a child, and anytime you have the chance to lie down, you'll nod off when your head hits the pillow.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/opinion/article2831612.ece

This opinion column panders deeply to the prejudices of the Belfast Telegraph's Unionist readership as the Belfast Telegraph invariably does on all issues( on one alleged incident of sectarian abuse) links us all in with paramilitaries, and laughingly infers that soccer has eradicated sectarianism and that the NI team enjoys increased cross community support. It also ignores the fact that the GAA community from the President downwards has already rallied round the victim.

The Belfast Telegraph also has a serious credibility with the nationalist population given that it was cited in recent times by the Fair Employment Commission for an imbalanced workforce (ie very few taigs) and of course it never features GAA sport as the main story on the back page

Isn't it time all O'Reilly's rags were banned from the press boxes of GAA grounds?

I know one Catholic who works for the Tele and I mentioned the readership demographics - he said that it is split 55% Protestant and 45% Catholic, which surprised me slightly. Going by this and your Unionist readership talk, it would infer there are a lot of Catholic unionists.

I haven't actually saw Mayweather fight yet, but if the many reports I have read are true then he should be too quick for Hatton and it could be quite one sided. I'd go for Mayweather inside the distance, though I'd love Hatton to shut his mouth.

cant see it being totally one sided. it'll be a good contrast though with hatton working the body and Mayweather quick combinations to the head.

There are lots of clips of Mayweather on youtube Yer Ma.... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LciIie3a_bQ&mode=related&search= here's one.

although its not the same as seeing a full fight you can see glimpses of his quick hands and how well he goes forward. Hatton will need to avoid cuts big time...

If he's half nifty on his feet then Hatton's big challenge will be cutting off the ring to get close. It's a really tall order for Hatton in that he'll have to keep on top of the guy all night given that he's not a concussive puncher and like you say he cuts easy too. Hatton has also slowed badly in a couple of fights that went the distance recently.