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MEH I hate sunday games.. It's very good news for us! Should we beat Glasgow, the team will be happy with the additional day to recover after the HEC final. Yeap, my first reaction was "Sunday? this isn't the Gaa y'know." But on reflection, reckoned the extra day will be welcomed by the p...

Joe Duffy et al will be screaming "but how are we going to pay for the Gardaí/teachers/nurses." The fact is they will still get paid (albeit probably less), but maybe, just maybe, it will force the reform of the greater 'public' service in terms of numbers, cost and productivity. I have a...

We are Leeds. Its no fun but a life vocation So much for Johng's hypothesis on age and who you support, on May 8th - Page 21- You can tell a man's age from what English soccer team he supports.With some exceptions. (big brothers who support teams from previous era etc) Mid 50s Man U. Early 50s Chel...

I know no one gives a boll1x at this point. (Maybe on Monday they might) But this game is not televised. I'm half thinking of going if the unthinkable happens tomorrow. Embra v Treviso is the only other game not televised. I know it is a nothing game, but Setanta would have covered it. Humpf. I mea...

Hickie, did Luke McGrath get a run out? And if so, how did he look?

Sounds a bit like that tosser who paid his household charge cause Boyd Barrett said not to. If Sinn Féin were anti homosexuality, would you shag Brian Kennedy? What if the choice was Brian Kennedy or Mary Lou? :shock: Mary Lou may be many things but at least she's a woman. I'm a bit worried about y...

johng wrote:

TerenureJim wrote:Sinn Féin says vote No I think they've just made my mind up for a Yes.

Sounds a bit like that tosser who paid his household charge cause Boyd Barrett said not to.

If Sinn Féin were anti homosexuality, would you shag Brian Kennedy?

What if the choice was Brian Kennedy or Mary Lou?

I think Barnes is a bit of a homer, so it's not going to help, plus he made a bad call that cost Ulster over there. Would have liked Poite if he was allowed, just for this game though, as he is an awful, awful referee, but not a homer. Absolutely hated the sight of Poite for about a year after he m...

Indeed it's an apt comparison, and I feel extremely privileged to be a supporter of both teams. It's just a pity that Munster's Pride&Honesty ® marketing campaign seems to have been effective in pinching some of their fanbase from around Leinster's fringes where people might tend to see it as a...

johng wrote:I think I'll pass on that actually Xantie. I don't fancy having to thump you for what you might have subjected me to.

Any radio station that considers celebrity chyte news, would get switched off after about 1.48 nannoseconds

Pirate (esque) radio stations in general.

"Kilkennyesque" is very high praise indeed.

In coaching terms, Umaga simply doesn’t figure on the New Zealand radar; they are far too preoccupied with the Auckland Blues coach Pat Lam and their second-from-bottom position on the Super Rugby table. For them the question is who will replace Lam? For them the answer may lie in Rob Penney or ind...

A lad I work with plays for Bective and claims he gets paid by the club. He won't tell me how much. Should I believe him? If he's playing AIL for them, it's probably true that he gets a match fee. Would generally be in the region of 100 to 500 euro. An average would be about 200 I'd with some of th...

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More or less what we've been saying.

johng wrote:Might be a good idea to lose to Ulster next week. Otherwise they will be out of the playoffs and able to rest the week before a potential HC final. (which they are a lot more likely than us to make)

Have to admit, the same thought crossed my mind.

Ah ffs, I never noticed that.
Good one.

It's not the same as the examples you've given. "horgan asaulting a bouncer" - The Bouncer clearly deserved it "jamie kneeing a player in the head" - Totally accidental "the bull standing on healy" - Totally accidental "afoa doing the very same thing as umanga"...

You missed "C'est trés bien pour mon coeur et mes yeux" : It's very good for my heart and eyes....whatever that means... I know I couldn't figure that out. I knew it was "it is very good" and something to do with "eyes", "Heart" was beyond me however. :D Ther...

From the Clermont Forum: "Celtic League : Leinster 54-13 Edinburgh :? :shock: " which was then followed with a post of: "Ils sont en forme ca va etre chaud", (they are in form and are hot) which was then followed by: "La match ce soir, Il etait trés fou. Il était Leinster 2...

I agree with all the plaudits to Joe and think he fully deserves them. But at the risk of being accused of putting my head in the sand, can we just not enjoy the ride we are on and not be planning where Joe Schmidt will be off to after Leinster. I mean Guy Novès has been with Toulouse for 75 years o...