Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner.
D'ya hear me? That is one class act of a jersey.
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Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner. Bonner.
D'ya hear me? That is one class act of a jersey.
With all the fuss over the orange away kit, and people making the point about our flag being 1/3 orange, this seems so obvious now.
Of course our goalie should wear orange!
Well that was a predictable waste of time. 12-1 (assuming EG's vote is for Bonner, which I think it is, but it's not entirely clear) and Bonner walks into the final while I go to work out what kit in the Salmdolph bracket could have put up a better fight.
In the meantime, we have a very similar line-up in the other semi, and I wonder will the result be the same? Probably; it's the margin that's most in question here I feel. It's blue Randolph v Bonner.
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Paths to the semis
Blue Randolph
First round - beat Purple Randolph 6-3
Second round - beat Centenary Kelleher 5-4
Third round - beat USA 94 away Bonner 6-3
Quarter-finals - beat USA 94 home Bonner 5-4
Treble-chasing Bonner
First round - beat Reprieved Colgan 8-1
Second round - beat Given 8-0 in the Euro kit derby
Third round - beat Purple Randolph 9-1
Quarter-final - beat Cyan Bazunu 8-1
bonner thanks
Bonner!
Bonner.
I'm looking forward to seeing Bonner vs Bonner in the final. I hear Dustin Hoffman is great in it.
I do like the blue Randolph but it can’t beat Bonner. Even the Mikasa style gloves add to the appeal!
It can’t be worse than the garbage kit we have now, Adidas nostalgia rip-offQuote:
Originally Posted by backstothewall
Bonner all day.
This kit is a boring snoozefest, and you're all mental. It's just a yellow adidas jumper.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Also, points off from pinapple stu for not using the pic of Packie doing that weird teethy grimace thing �� before booting it up the field for Niall Quinn to score against Holland in Italia '90. ��
Edit: There it is.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CFka9brW8AAp_EE.jpg
backstothewall banned from the subforum. backstothewall, and his children, and his children's children. For 3 days.Quote:
Originally Posted by backstothewall
Ah, you're probably right, but it's a kit with the strongest associations with good times. I would probably hate the Opel branding on the outfield shirts of the time only for the same set of associations. Nostalgia is a huge factor.
I think the crest, the three stripes, and the black shorts lift it above any of the modern uni-colour kits for me (such as blue or salmon Randolph).
I would have had a lot of the mad 90s kits ahead of it though.
Surely the goalie kit that has the greatest association with the good times is the grey version he wore when the nation held it's breath in the Romania game (that got dumped out in the first round). I remember the yellow one as being the the kit he was wearing when he made an almighty ******** of that shot from Donadoni in the Olympic Stadium and ended up sitting on his hole watching Schilacci knock it into an open goal.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
I'm not knocking nostalgia. I've been throwing votes at the red/orange/black one from 94 for the same reason, even if Big Paul played so well against Italy that the closest an Italian got to Packie was probably a lad sitting in the stand behind his goal.
That was for Kevin Sheedy's goal against England but, yeah, one of those eternal Bonner moments.Quote:
Originally Posted by backstothewall
Bonner by the way.
Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
bonner for me and a kudos for the above reference
Randolph.
I'm having a Boner in the 2nd semi, by a short head.
I'm such a stupid child.
50 secondsQuote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
8-2 for Bonner there.
Blue Randolph is straight back in action though for the third/fourth place play-off. It started with a derby against Purple Randolph, and it ends with a derby against Salmon Randolph. Which one will get that coveted third place spot?
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Paths to the playoff
Blue Randolph
First round - beat Purple Randolph 6-3
Second round - beat Centenary Kelleher 5-4
Third round - beat USA 94 away Bonner 6-3
Quarter-finals - beat USA 94 home Bonner 5-4
Semi-final - lost to Treble-chasing Bonner 2-8
Salmon Randolph
First round - bye
Second round - beat Shay Given in Paris 5-3
Third round - beat the 1981 mannequin 5-3
Quarters - beat Fish-net Colgan 6-5
Semi-final - lost to Black and Orange Bonner 1-12
Going to go with salmon randolph
Blue Randolph for me
Difficult one. I'll go for the salmon one.
Salmon here
This fixture reminds me of the 3rd place playoff in 1994. Real carnival atmosphere as both have gone much further in the tournament than anyone expected.
It's very close, but I'll go blue, as much to keep it interesting as anything else.
blue for me. although not a massive fan of either really
I'm blue.
(Go on Bart, say the line...)
Blue Randy
Ill go Salmon
I'm in Camp Salmon too.
That makes it 5-5 by my count - might be an opportunity for Pineapple Stu to get his boots on and make a rare appearance on the pitch!
Blue Randolph.
I'll be going blue Randolph for what it's worth.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
I've said before that I don't like these monotone kits (and also monotone outfield kits while I think of it - green shirt and shorts is just wrong), but it's a nice deep blue colour and it's the better of two mundane offerings at this level of play.
Blue Randolph
Totally agree. Not a fan of all green Irish kits
Blue. The salmon's a bit bland.
My influence felt there as we broke away from level scores to end 8-5 for blue Randolph after I'd said it was the better one :p
But it's time for the final now. The 80s derby. The treble-chasing kit against the favourite. Bonner against Bonner. I'd still have had one of the madder 90s kits here, but all told I think it's not a bad final. But only one can win...
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Paths to the final
Black and orange Bonner
First round - beat inverse blue/yellow Given 9-0
Second round - beat stealth-black Bazunu 10-3
Third round - beat black arms/pin-stripes McDonagh 10-0
Quarters - beat inverse yellow/blue Kelly 12-0
Semis - beat Samdolph 12-1
Treble-chasing Bonner
First round - beat Reprieved Colgan 8-1
Second round - beat Given 8-0 in the Euro kit derby
Third round - beat Purple Randolph 9-1
Quarter-final - beat Cyan Bazunu 8-1
Semi-final - beat Blue Randolph 8-2
Orange & black over the AA jumper please
I do love the orange so that gets my vote.
Reminds me of the time my father, a non-drinker, who usually sipped a glass of orange while playing, noticed his opponent in a darts match doing the same while warming up. My father very innocently remarked " I see you're an orange man like myself" much to the consternation of the very obviously tattooed northern Irish nationalist he was playing. My Da being socially awkward at the best of times, came fairly close to just forfeiting the match and going home on the spot.
I'm voting for Bonner's orange top. It's been my favourite since round one.
I'm also voting by proxy for a mate: the Man from Del Monte says yes. And he's an orange man too.
I'll go Orange as well but it's a close one for me.