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"I know Iran are not our friends"

They are laying their lives down whilst dealing literal death blows to the greatest evil in our world today.

At minimum they deserve to be respected.

They are correct about fighting a Satanic force.

Lad you are deluded. Deluded. It's ok to not like Trump whilst also awknowledging the Iranian regime is a brutal theocracy. They are not mutually exclusive stances.

In terms of brutal theocracy Iran doesn't hold a candle to our "allies" Israel .

How mad was that presser from Melania yesterday?

Things are going so bad in the Middle East they want to distract people away from it, back to the Epstein files, the very thing everyone thought the attack on Iran was to deflect from initially.

Some shít show.

What was the jist of it?

She says she never knew Epstein and Maxwell in any real way and they only mingled in the same social circles in Palm Beach and NYC but weren't besties.

It's not what she said, it's why did she feel the need to say something now about something which she says is nothing.
What is she trying to get ahead of?

Is that another generation of Clarke goalie for Down u20s JC?

yes indeed, it is. Grahams son.

How mad was that presser from Melania yesterday?

Things are going so bad in the Middle East they want to distract people away from it, back to the Epstein files, the very thing everyone thought the attack on Iran was to deflect from initially.

Some shít show.

I will tell you how mush of a farce the all star trials are, a player who played outfield all year in the Mageean Cup for his school went to the trials as a goalie & may have got one. Haven't heard

He did and is a fantastic keeper.

Nicky Quaid plays outfield for his club as does Eoin Murphy.

In this case you aren't really comparing like for like, they play outfield at a different level & different competitions. 

What happened in the All Star trials is like Nicky Quaid playing outfield all year for Limerick and then getting a goalkeeping all star.

Why didn't his school just nominate him to go and try out as an outfield player ? Maybe they did. But he played outfield in the competition. It's a bit bizarre.

So, if you played fullback for your school, you shouldn't be considered for corner back at the trial, is that what you are saying?

Why make this solely about an outfield/goalkeeper difference, it's the same analogy, same transferrable skills.

I know the lad in question that Saffrongael is alluding to and guess where he was playing last night for Down U20's?

He is an out and out goalkeeper, who happened to play outfield as his school team wasn't that strong and he has played outfield for us at juvenile level as well for the very same reason and a younger lad will take less hurt in goals.

Also,
  They seem to be picking these College Allstars on the basis of the trial games, not the actual competitions themselves so why shouldn't a player selected to attend by his school decide which position best gives them a chance of selection?

SaffronGael. You are referring to my son. The current u20 Antrim goalkeeper. Who has done goals for Antrim from he was u14. Hiding behind a false name and slabbering about young lads on this platform. What a w**ker.

There must have been two lads who've played outfield for their schools and then trialled for the goalkeepers position as the Down U20 keeper got a Colleges All Star for 2025

I will tell you how mush of a farce the all star trials are, a player who played outfield all year in the Mageean Cup for his school went to the trials as a goalie & may have got one. Haven't heard

He did and is a fantastic keeper.

Nicky Quaid plays outfield for his club as does Eoin Murphy.

In this case you aren't really comparing like for like, they play outfield at a different level & different competitions. 

What happened in the All Star trials is like Nicky Quaid playing outfield all year for Limerick and then getting a goalkeeping all star.

Why didn't his school just nominate him to go and try out as an outfield player ? Maybe they did. But he played outfield in the competition. It's a bit bizarre.

So, if you played fullback for your school, you shouldn't be considered for corner back at the trial, is that what you are saying?

Why make this solely about an outfield/goalkeeper difference, it's the same analogy, same transferrable skills.

I know the lad in question that Saffrongael is alluding to and guess where he was playing last night for Down U20's?

He is an out and out goalkeeper, who happened to play outfield as his school team wasn't that strong and he has played outfield for us at juvenile level as well for the very same reason and a younger lad will take less hurt in goals.

Also,
  They seem to be picking these College Allstars on the basis of the trial games, not the actual competitions themselves so why shouldn't a player selected to attend by his school decide which position best gives them a chance of selection?

I will tell you how mush of a farce the all star trials are, a player who played outfield all year in the Mageean Cup for his school went to the trials as a goalie & may have got one. Haven't heard

He did and is a fantastic keeper.

Nicky Quaid plays outfield for his club as does Eoin Murphy.

[UN law]

That's pretty much illegal under UN law. Countries bordering a straight are not allowed to charge simply for passing through. They can only charge for specific services like piloting / towing. Easy got round i suppose.

Safe passage?

who follows that now anyway? Might is right.

The rules based international order, if it ever existed is well píshed up against the wall by the Trumpmeister.

Panama & Suez are both wholly within 1 jurisdiction, the straits of hormuz certainly aren't, dont see how that 'we have dominion' over the strait / ability to charge a toll is going to wash in the long run.

It's a Trump tariff and Iran have kindly decided to share it with the Omanians.

So much winning for Donny:




14M Chinese Yuan ($2M) per boat out of there is some deal.

No one has agreed to $2M per boat, that is just Iran's initial demands.

Well there's lots of countries already paying it as boats were passing before this deadline.

I think it is pretty simple, if Limerick play to their potential there isn't a team to touch them. If they have the hunger back which it appears they do, then I can't see anyone getting close.

Clare will be glad to be out of that division, the level difference in the two games was huge. Hoping that Tipp can bounce back and get the form back from late last season.

yes,
  they are a formidable outfit and Cork weren't great yet go to within 2 points of Limerick with 10 minutes to go.

Limerick saw them off well in the end, but their dominance wasn't reflected in the scoreboard in the second half.

They'll need to put teams away much more clinically come championship or they could get caught with a sucker punch.

The first game was very cagey and TBH Dublin do my head in with the way they approach these games.

In the Leinster RR v Kilkenny and again on Sunday they seemed to have this thing about playing defensively and "keeping in the game" for as long as possible and only put on a bit of a spurt late on only to come up short.

They tried something similar v Cork in the AI semi and were blown away.

How about going at it full bore from the get go rather than trying to chase down 8 and 9 point leads with 10 minutes to go?

They also have a great target man in Hetherington, yet against Cork and again on Sunday starved him of the ball down on top of him he thrives on. He's no Guillane to be running out to the wings for a low ball into space, it's not his game, so why feckin do it?

For me the Dubs should be coming out of Leinster well, but you can't be sure of them at all.

Clare will be disappointed with their performance in general no matter what Lohan says, some big players are still a bit off their best, David Fitzgerald and Duggan in particular. Both will be needing better games in the coming weeks to take the pressure of Kelly and O'Donnell. Meehan does seem to have stepped up though and that's a bonus.

Seems Daire O'Leary has a hamstring injury and may also miss the Tipp game as will O'Donoghue, so that's a major overhaul needed in there. Mellerick will be one to get at start, but the No.3. needs a bit more thought!

Tipp will know Joyce doesn't like standing under a high ball so close to his own goal and will target him.

I'd be inclined to put Eoin Downey back in there for all his limitations he's more comfortable there than Joyce and hope that Daire O'Leary makes it back for the business end of the season if Cork are still in with a shout.

So much winning for Donny:




14M Chinese Yuan ($2M) per boat out of there is some deal.

Joyce isn't a full back and if he remains there will be targeted.
O'Donoghue had yet another tough day on Guillane but Mellerick didn't fair any better and possibly worse only for a decent save from the keeper.

Limerick don't let Cork work out short puck outs and then cleaned them out under the long ball.
For all that Cork got it back to 2 points but Limerick were the ones that kicked on.

Limerick have installed themselves as the front runners again but got caught out in a knock out game.  It'll need to be the same this year for them not to go the whole way.

Tipp now wait for Cork in Thurles in 2 weeks time. 

Whoever loses that is in a bit of bother already.

The pilot rescue fable is catnip for Americans. The entire war is a soothing distraction for them as their domestic situation worsens.

This "seriously injured " pilot managed to travel 110 miles in 24 hours to a ridge where he was extracted.

John Rambo wouldn't get a look in.

Strange thing is that the area they bombed the shite out of and landed those big planes and copters is near where Iran is supposed to have stashed the enriched uranium.