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Have to say the commentarys as entertaining as the match😂 Ben Dover and Mo Lester getting a shout out and all lol

I haven't read the article, just the headline. Sounds like pure rasicm and I'd say if he wanted a sausage supper they'd have give him it as it's Irish.

I've never tried but I think you'd have bother ordering a sausage supper in lidl

One win in 7 at Easter Road...wasn't aware their record in Edinburgh was so bad.

I couldn't believe that when I saw it, guess who scored in the last league match we won at Easter road?.....

.. Virgil Van Dyk

[GAA Hour host Parkinson issues apology to Eddie Brennan and Laois GAA]

GAA Hour host Parkinson issues apology to Eddie Brennan and Laois GAA

Colm Parkinson has issued an apology to Eddie Brennan and Laois GAA over the 'off the record conversation' that found its way onto the airwaves earlier this week.

Laois hurling manager Eddie Brennan had been a guest on the GAA Hour podcast on Joe.ie with host Colm Parkinson but an off the record chat accidentally found its way onto the podcast.

It was deleted in the aftermath but the conversation spread like wildfire on Whats App where Brennan was critical of the County Board.


Speaking on his podcast this evening, Parkinson, a former Laois and Portlaoise Gaelic footballer, added;

"I want to apologise publicly to Eddie Brennan.


"I have apologised to him many times in private since the show made that terrible mistake on Monday.

"I have done hundreds of interviews on the show over the last four and a half years and nothing like that has ever happened before.

"Managers and players know that when they come on the show they will be treated with respect and that didn't happen on Monday and we have to take responsibility for that.

"I also want to apologise to the Laois County Board. The idea that Laois GAA has been put in the spotlight all this week because of a mistake made on my show makes me sick to my stomach if I'm being honest.

"Eddie Brennan is a brilliant manager and he is clearly a player's manager and Laois GAA are very, very lucky to have him."


https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/sport/588553/gaa-hour-host-parkinson-issues-apology-to-eddie-brennan-and-laois-gaa.html

Looking for high spec Android box since I starting having to use VPN my speeds are shot. Itchy or any of guys in the know any suggestions?

I bought my last box of www.banggood.com takes a couple of weeks to arrive but they couldn't be beat for price, that was a couple of years ago so I'm not really up to speed on the latest greatest box.

As Itchy says the box probably won't make much difference to your speeds.

I doubt anyone would put pressure on anyone to wear a poppy, if it was the case we'd have plenty stories about it, other than the ones made up here by boarders saying he'll have pressured into wearing that'

Keane Lennon and O'Connell don't seem the type to bow to pressure.

Did O'Gara regret his attitude to the queen? Or did I read that wrong?

I genuinely don't get this. They weren't pressured into wearing it?
What actually happened was they went down to their local Spar and bought one and have been wearing it daily for the last 2 weeks?

No I reckon it was handed to them and they decided to wear it, they could have decided not too. That's their decision. I don't find it that difficult to understand.

Surely by now after all these years there would be some sort of 'poppy pressure' story coming out!

I don't think the head of the BBC are standing over presenters and forcefully pinning the poppy to their lapels. But I  Think it highly unlikely that many presenters buy their own poppy in the local shop . Therefore Its easy to assume that there is an unwritten policy of handing presenters poppies with the expectation that they wear one, presumably for presentation purposes. Many of these presenters/pundits probably think "anything for a quiet life" and thereby comply. The likes of McClean  then stands out for his principled stance. It's perhaps a microcosm of British/Irish history. Try to assimilate the Irish to British ways, many will comply, and those that don't are painted as unreasonable agitators. I respect British culture , but don't respect those that give it an elevated status .

"We have always found the Irish a bit odd. ... They refuse to be English"

I think it's pretty obvious and it will be especially so to Eddie today that you shouldn't put yourself in the position where you could be left red faced like this.

Eddie was naïve and I think woolys just every bit the snake he always seemed.

Could we say Lennon's position is no longer TENable 

I was in Corrigan Park yesterday doing umpire for the referee Sean Stack. I would like to thank the St Johns Club and Antrim County Board for the courteous way we as officials were treated before and after the game.Ye are great Gaels.Thanks again

Good to hear that you were well looked after Bannerman

Couple of videos from Saturday under no pressure pinging the ball woefully out of play. Perhaps he's been asked to  pick the pass or just fancies it cause its Scotland but he has to be told to stop. We bought him to take no shite from attackers and nut in the odd goal from set plays at the other end, do the job and playout the simple ball.

And for Ireland v Finland, Duffy was pinging crossfield passes landing chest high one after the other. On Saturday, was there any player who had a half decent game?  Maybe Ajer and the new LB?  Overall though, it looked to be a wholesale flat tyre performance.

i'll admit I don't watch internationals and I haven't watched a lot of him other than at celtic but from what I've saw that wasn't a strong part of his game, hopefully he proves me wrong of course

Couple of videos from Saturday under no pressure pinging the ball woefully out of play. Perhaps he's been asked to  pick the pass or just fancies it cause its Scotland but he has to be told to stop. We bought him to take no shite from attackers and nut in the odd goal from set plays at the other end, do the job and playout the simple ball.

Does anyone else think Lenny doesn't look like a well man these days? His complexion and even his weight starting to tell a story but what it is I'm not sure.

I see indoor and contact sports are to be banned for 6 weeks except for elite sports, surely Inter County Hurling and football is considered elite? Thats a question not a statement lol

Casement Park getting the green light eventually with work to commence this year.. That's the rumours anyway

Anyone any idea on the planning side of things is this it now settled? or is there room for the residents to appeal to another process?

As I understand it we are at the same point the residents took to court the last time

possibly only 5 first team squad out though

Loan ended: Fraser Forster, goalkeeper (Southampton); Moritz Bauer, defender (Stoke City).
Loan out: Boli Bolingoli, defender (Istanbul Basaksehir); Marian Shved, midfielder (Mechelen); Vakoun Issouf Bayo, forward (Toulouse)

Maybe Arzani too but he was injured that long I don't think he can be counted