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Spent my late teens through 20s working and going to university in Dublin. Pretty much all the Dublin lads I knew referred to it as "Gah", assuming they had any interest in the first place!

Never heard the term growing up in south Donegal. There it was simply "gaelic" while soccer was "football".

I have  only ever heard  Gaelic football called  'Gaelic' and soccer 'soccer'.

Always assumed 'Gah' was  a derogatory anti-GAA  thing.

Worked with a guy  years ago , who was so anti-anything Irish , it was scary (he was a northern Catholic from a very Republican area btw).  It was as if he was from middle England, reared and brainwashed by the BBC.

Remember having conversations with him about  this  and he kept insisting he never heard soccer  referred to as 'soccer' (outside of the US anyway). I says , it's constantly called that  in Ireland, and  even the likes of Dunphy/Giles  call it soccer often , as do  many Irish players. He was such  an Anglophile though , hated all things GAA, Irish language etc , that I think he was just trying to convince himself  more than me or anyone else.

Actor Michael Patrick, aged  only 35 from MND.

Hateful disease.

https://www.rte.ie/culture/2026/0408/1567269-death-announced-of-actor-michael-patrick/

Grew up  in the 80's but the cure weren't really  on my radar. But here goes:

Friday , I'm in love
Inbetween days
Just like heaven (although I prefer the version  by Katie Melua)

Obviously no more  for the Manics

Next up.....

The Cure

[Three men up and the two point arc have been a huge success in solving that problem]

Back and forth handpassing went on for years.
Yes, up to opposition to contest the ball
Yes. You're not meant to break the rules.

So you don't think the rules have any room for improvement?

There's always room for improvement.

Going back to the pre-FRC status quo is not it.

Personally, I don't really care about the hooter, as that was never the issue.

The issue was teams packing their 45 and back. Three men up and the two point arc have been a huge success in solving that problem and must be kept.

Using the 45 line to separate two pointers is a waste of time as teams will simply pack the middle given that very few scores are ever got from shots on the wing beyond the 45.

I'm also loving the midfield contests now that the short kick out set up has encouraged high pressing.

I don't think it  has. There's as much  handpassing and constant recycling around the  arc, maybe even more,  than  there was before.

Rules that actually  draws out the likes  of Clifford, the best forward in the game, from the opposition goal , is nothing to be celebrated. The arc and  3v3 rule  were apparently  designed to  give the likes of him more room  to do their thing inside, near the goal. It's done the  exact opposite.

In my opinion , the 2 pointer and  arc rules have  totally changed the game for the worse. It's a  massive  stain on  the game, and slowly  pushing me away from watching.

For all intents and purpoises JLP always been considered her debut album. Robin Sparkles.

Well , we'll just have to see what  Tonto says about that. He's the thread boss   

[Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morrissette.]

Flickin through the auld CD case here (moving to America 24 years ago was panic stations about what will I do with all my CDs).

Is this It  - The Strokes. Bequeathed to me by a fella named DeFaoite from Leitrim July 2002. Some debut
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morrissette.

Alanis had  two albums before JLP, released only in Canada

She started off  more pop, and it  was awful

I can't stand  the 2 pointer, but I would have compromised and  had it from a  sideline only.

Like they did in  hurling a few years ago.

Any more for the Manics?

Inspired by a very good busker today, does The Waterboys make the curated cut?

They've been mentioned before,  yes. I'll add them  to the list

Cranberries - Everybody else is doing it...

Every track, absolute  quality

Any  mention of  Ocean Colour Scene yet? 

More and more  people obviously seeing through these  stupid and needless new rules.

As EoinW says , was it the intention of the rules to drag Clifford out 60 yards from goal? Probably not , but that's  what teams have found to be  more advantageous . I'm sure Kerry fans are lapping it up, all these 2 pointers from Clifford.  I don't blame them I  suppose , as that's what will win Kerry games and that's all they're concerned with

I'm sure if a player  got 5 points for capturing the corner flag , their fans would lap that up too.

I've yet to meet a person in the real world who speaks ill of the new rules.

There's obviously a few disenchanted on here, plus there's the blue ticks wums on Twitter who will say anything to get a rise.

But in the real world, no.

Is there still confusion in the real world about the breach / 3 up rule? Yes. But they all know why we need it. Mostly people are just enjoying football. 

You need to speak  to more people then

I've spoke to many in "the real world"  who  can't abide many of the rules.

However, I haven't heard  any disliking the tap and go  . It's been a good success, most  see that.  But the others have been  very divisive in my experience

More and more  people obviously seeing through these  stupid and needless new rules.

As EoinW says , was it the intention of the rules to drag Clifford out 60 yards from goal? Probably not , but that's  what teams have found to be  more advantageous . I'm sure Kerry fans are lapping it up, all these 2 pointers from Clifford.  I don't blame them I  suppose , as that's what will win Kerry games and that's all they're concerned with

I'm sure if a player  got 5 points for capturing the corner flag , their fans would lap that up too.

Looking forward to  the Uzbekistan v Doctor Congo  match. Sure to be a sell  out

Apparently they are looking at a 64  team tournament for 2034.  Not sure if that will succeed , but  there's no going back to 32 or less , now we've got  a 48 team tournament .