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[Everything he's done since suggests he doesn't know how or why he ran. He just ran and ran, and good things happened.]

Pat Spillane must of written his 100th article on why the split season is wrong. Then again he must written for 20 years that the blanket defence was dung.

Long and the short of it is that Pat's a wee daftie.

He was mildly entertaining as a pundit, but never for insight.

The man - it seems - just happened to have a remarkable engine and never stopped running for his footballing career. At a time when nobody else could run like him.

Everything he's done since suggests he doesn't know how or why he ran. He just ran and ran, and good things happened.

Because there's as little as no evidence at all that he understands the game, or the association.

  excellent

So yer oul hurling isn't perfect after all!!

Lol, rent free

I've dipped in to this 3 times in 12 months😉

   we believe you

So yer oul hurling isn't perfect after all!!

Lol, rent free

Firmly believe that the source of this is twofold.

1. The illegal handpass and 2. the consistent allowing of 6-7 steps in possession

Because the ball carrier can now so easily offload the ball out of a tackle, or carry it through said tackle, the tackling player has very few legitimate means of dispossessing him.  The only way that offers any hope of success is to surround the player and hope that you can force him to overcarry the ball.  The consequence is that the game descends into these situations regularly.

Apply these rules properly and the possession game becomes more risky and teams will evolve into a more territorial approach.

Corbyn was taken out by a combination of Zionistsvand neoliberals.

In a nutshell.  Anyone with half a brain knew the antisemitism thing was nonsense.  Refusing to adopt the IHRA definition was the correct decision - and a decision proven to be correct now

Ironically, the landscape now means they'd have to go with another approach to take down a Corbyn-esque figure, as overuse of the antisemite label has rendered it totally meaningless

53k is ludicrously low, given the levels of shite and scrutiny

I still wouldn't do it for the 67

[face the consequences accordingly]

Kilkenny refused to play on a 4G pitch even after the referee deemed it fit to play on.

I really don't like 3/4G pitches especially for competitive games and can sympathise with Lyng and Kilkenny but the referees decision should be final.

 Westmeath won the toss so probably fair but the GAA needs to make a call on the use of these pitches

Its a hard enough pitch to play on but with the cold snap that 4G could have been worse? It's always a difficult call by the ref either way

But he made a call.

He did, and Kilkenny felt that the surface was unsafe. Are you saying they have to play? The ref puts in his report and that is it.. Down to CCC to decide what comes from that

I am absolutely saying they have to play. Unsafe my Swiss.

You were there?

They don't 'have' to play.  In the same way as I don't have to pay tax or obey a speed limit

But that's just a silly argument

The call as to whether the pitch is unsafe or not is not theirs to make.  It is entirely down to the ref

BB2 has it right here - the ref made his call, Kilkenny made theirs - and should face the consequences accordingly

And I said they don't have to play and ccc will deal with it!

Not sure what bollox else you are adding to what I said?

Ah FFS

You don't 'play' silly buggers - you just are one

Kilkenny refused to play on a 4G pitch even after the referee deemed it fit to play on.

I really don't like 3/4G pitches especially for competitive games and can sympathise with Lyng and Kilkenny but the referees decision should be final.

 Westmeath won the toss so probably fair but the GAA needs to make a call on the use of these pitches

Its a hard enough pitch to play on but with the cold snap that 4G could have been worse? It's always a difficult call by the ref either way

But he made a call.

He did, and Kilkenny felt that the surface was unsafe. Are you saying they have to play? The ref puts in his report and that is it.. Down to CCC to decide what comes from that

I am absolutely saying they have to play. Unsafe my Swiss.

You were there?

They don't 'have' to play.  In the same way as I don't have to pay tax or obey a speed limit

But that's just a silly argument

The call as to whether the pitch is unsafe or not is not theirs to make.  It is entirely down to the ref

BB2 has it right here - the ref made his call, Kilkenny made theirs - and should face the consequences accordingly

[He was arrested.]

"Captured"
He was ILLEGALLY ABDUCTED or KIDNAPPED.

This is a mental take.
He was arrested.
I don't like Trump as a person but it is ridiculous how people here are jumping though hoops to defend an actual dictator just because Trump was the one who got him.

Arrested?

On the authority of whom?

Nah , no chance.  It was essentially identical in those years to what it is now - except with a red Ladbrokes colour instead of a green Paddy Power one.

Bit of a change coming next year though.

Look back at the videos. I didn't see many people dressed as Mario and Luigi or Hulk Hogan or chickens back in the late 00s. Or booing of players for that matter.

I don't have to look back at videos.  I was there.

Nah , no chance.  It was essentially identical in those years to what it is now - except with a red Ladbrokes colour instead of a green Paddy Power one.

Bit of a change coming next year though.

[last 5-10 years]

Been pondering about the now deceased BDO world championship.

I'm wondering if the reason why it managed to hold on for so long - despite being such an inferior product in terms of abilities and presentation - was because Phil Taylor dominated the PDO tournament for so long that it was refreshing to watch a darts tournament with an unpredictable outcome.

Certainly I remember seriously enjoying the McDanger and Burnett and Hankey tournaments.

Not sure if Taylor winning every year had much to do with it. BDO was free to air and had a bagful more viewers than the PDC because of that. Take Taylor out of the PDC and the standard was very similar in the 90s and early 00s. A lot of the players that transferred over to the PDC done from the BDO competed very well. And it's only in the last 5-10 years that the All Pally/Sky Sports thing has become so prevalent. The recent WDF finals which has replaced the BDO was poor though. Not sure where they get the players from.

Think you've lost a decade there

The PDC has been inexistence for over 30 years and has been in the Ally Pally for almost 20??

The Taylor/Barney rivalry began in earnest in 2007

Or to put it a better way... the Ally Pally/Sky Sports thing has been in existence since before Luke Littler was born :-)

Yes, they're famously an inferior and less reliable source than the GAAboard.

Well you've certainly positioned yourself as a reliable source.  With your deep knowledge of Venezuelans

A bit mad that he never won an All-star?