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Conor Meyler. Career badly hampered by injury so was fleeting. But was excellent in 2021 and perhaps should have got player of the year.

Conor was the only Tyrone player that I liked watching. Such a shame with the injuries.

I'd be happy if we avoid Poland but on the other hand we can beat any of those teams.

Charlie Murphy RIP

Slack defending  there. Just stood off him

cant see Ireland  getting two goals now

Ach Austin. Believe!!!!!!!!!

AI is very useful if you know how to use it. That is the key. Don't let it be the default,  have had several cases in work where claimants and clients have used AI to draft stuff and there have been laws and cases that don't even exist in their work. It is very good at assisting in drafting letters, defences etc but only as an aid not as the main option.

Always sense check, always double opinion. No matter what the old joiner phrase 'measure twice, cut once' will always apply.

That's exactly what an AI bot would sa.....   oh never mind.

Artificial intelligence is impossible. Like "smart kettles" it's a marketing term that grew from scifi concepts.

It does a good job at mimicking intelligence and saves huge amounts of time.

In theory it should replace most of managerial flab and bureaucratic parasites.

That's exactly what an AI bot would say.

What do you think of Artificial Intelligence ?

Embrace it, but don't rely on it.

So the BBC were caught editing a tape prior to Biden's inaguration.

Wow! So Trump is actually a saint. Who knew. I guess the saintly thing to do is to sue the BBC for $1 billion.

I was at the self build event yesterday at Eikon Centre and there weren't many on show. Any that were displayed were the little badge type. I didn't see any  exhibitors wearing them

You walked around a self-build show clocking who was wearing a poppy and what size they were?

It was just an observation

It's an inbuilt tribal  thing.  It's about survival really, I suppose. Spotting your tribe.

 In the north , it was (still is)  important to  be tuned in to  what you  hear, emblems, school uniforms, sports  gear, first names etc.  It's the sad reality of a divided society, even  in  the relative peace we  live in now. 

I remember while at school, you spot a catholic school  uniform,  they're one of us.  Sean and  Liam, one of us. Jeffrey and  William,  more than likely one of them.  GAA crest,  I'm in good/safe  company.  Poppy, Ulster rugby,  they're one of them. .Tread carefully here. Bellaghy, catholic. Bell-ack-y, protestant.

Maybe someone not from the north  might think  it weird , but  ultimately it was a safety  thing .

Not sure how  I got here 

Anyway.....

When I was at school (which to be fair wasn't yesterday) there was no such think as casual wear GAA tops. Playgrounds were locked up on a Sunday, GSTQ was played at the end of the film in the cinema and at university graduation. Orangemen marched where they wanted and when they wanted. Gerrymandering was the order of the day. Equality was completely unheard of.

Now I wear my GAA top not to wind up loyalists but because I'm proud of my local team and county.

Too many simpletons have easy access to the pitch.
I didn't notice any stewards.

Sunglasses idiot should be done for physical assault and permanently banned from every GAA pitch.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1107/1542806-man-stole-bus/

Reminds me of the time that a man from Larne stole a fire engine
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/larne-man-admits-15m-fire-engine-rampage/35571928.html

People being outraged over this is bonkers, don't give it oxygen and move on

Couldn't give a shit about people wearing a poppy. It's the whole nonsense ( poppy fascism to quote Mr Snow) around it that's irritating.

By the way, nobody is making you read the thread

I read this thread for the same reason that I sometimes listen to GB News or Talk Radio, lol.

On the last few matches on TV was Neil Lennon trying to position himself as a replacement for Brendan Rodgers?

Alexa, so me a picture that is the personification of smugness....

The serious dip in form of McAllister and Gravenberch can not be understated.

They aren't driving forward with the same purpose they did last season so Salah is having to do more to create chances for himself and it's just not working for him.

This whole right back interchanging with Szoboszlai/Bradley and to a lesser extent Frimpong cannot be good for any of them.
Liverpool are a better team with Szoboszlai in midfield, so unless Bradley or Frimpong are getting skinned why make the change?

I didn't think Bradley was doing to badly yesterday as it was the left of the Liverpool defence that were all at sea.

I thought Gravenberch was doing very well, always keen to get the ball and looking for the next pass. McAlister is good but not as comanding as last year. What they're missing is the killer pass from Trent Alexander. Van Dijk and Konate just cannot kick defence opening passes for Salah, Gakpo or Isak.