We should have our own 40+ section on this forum, with people who remember when Bagatelle competed with Brendan Shine, the Rats and Red Hurley for no. 1, and when Declan Burns was a World Superstar. Though wasn't it Tommy who said earlier this week he was 44?
I've always liked this quote: "Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows."Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
'Tis a heck of a drug. :pill:Quote:
Originally Posted by elroy
It reminds me of the Paul Green experiment (quality band name there btw). 'Found' by TPTB, given a few friendly opportunities (in which he was relatively impressive) and then pitched into a crucial away qualifier. I hope Simon has more of an impact on his competitive debut though, given Paul had a bit of a shocker in Armenia.Quote:
Originally Posted by elroy
Any word from the assembled hacks and the Twitter grapevine?
Frickin' hell. I've an exam in 90 minutes and all I can think of is injury or team updates. I wish there was a hibernation pill I could take in international match week. Real life is insignificant and rubbish.
That reminds me of when I was sitting an AS maths exam just when Ireland were playing Germany in WC 2002. Ended up with a 'U'. I'm sure you'll fare better though Stutts, I'm dreadful at maths.
I was merely using Harte as one of a myriad of examples of Trap's inept knowledge of the Irish set up over the years. (if there is evidence that Trap knew who he was then I apologise probably lost in translation again, yawn!). His man managment skills have been appalling at times I don't think anyone can argue with that. I certainly haven't fallen for any anti-Trap propaganda. I have formed my own opinion on him over the years (quickly it has to be be said) and it is a very low one. Afterall, this is a forum which I hope users are still able to express their own views unless a degree of censorship has been imposed unbeknownst to me. (if this is the case I profusely apologise and retract all my comments)Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
I will be supporting Ireland wholeheartedly tomorrow night as I always do. All I want for my country is that the best available 11 goes out and with Cox in the team no one in the right mindframe can attempt to convince me that this is the case. Still though I hope for an Irish victory and Irish qualification to the Euros. Cox is a reasonable player and should do a job for us regardless, not as effective a job as Long would do, but hey its the gaffers decision.
Perhaps you are right, oh great one, the ability to discern bullsh*t from truth only comes with old age. But I'm afraid a large volume of the country's top geriatricians would beg to differ. Look forward to reading anything you have supporting this interesting hypothesis
Just don't think of the phrase Robbie is Keane on Long Cox Hunt and you should be fine. Always remember as you walk through the door into an exam hall that you know an awful lot more than you think you do right at that moment. Get in there and enjoy it. Soak up the atmosphere and revel in it! That's what life is all about! Knock 'em dead big goy!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Was in the same boat. Junior Cert English Paper II robbed me of one of the greatest Irish moments in football. Sitting in the exam hall I thought we had won due to all the car horns that had been beeping the whole time during the exam and kids outside singing "We're all part if Jackies army". Was quite disappointed actually when I came out to hear we had only drawn the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton
At least I posted it in the Trapattoni appointed Ireland coach thread - last pageQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Tardelli
"Ian Harte is a good player, he's got good quality, but we have young players with the same qualities. We look for the future."
I do like that quote too, but maybe youth brings out a bit more 'passionate intensity', while experience brings perspective. I've long been an optimist when it comes to this team, and at 27, I'm just as idealistic as ever... but when I was younger I would rage and moan about the fact that Mick McCarthy was leaving out 'great young Premiership players' like McPhail, Gavin and Alan Quinn for 'journeymen' like Holland, Breen and Kilbane. When I was 15-16, I thought McCarthy was a short-sighted buffoon whose stubbornness and loyalty to certain players made him inadequate for the job. Being proved completely wrong has made me a lot more mellow! :) I'm not going to call for Italian heads on pikes just because he isn't picking a possibly knackered and dispirited Long.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
It must be said that Long's partnership with Keane simply didn't work against Slovakia or when he came on against Macedonia. It reminds me of the Connolly-Keane partnership, when Morrison - though technically an inferior footballer and finisher to Connolly - was a better fit beside Keane because of his style of play and the positions they both took up.
I was doing a GCSE exam during the Saudi Arabia game and was similarly focused on the horns outside. I can't remember what subject it was right now, but I do recall a total of 137 beeps.Quote:
Originally Posted by French Toasht
Any update on Robbie today then? Surely the team will have already been going through their paces in Skopje?
I got absolutely bladdered after that game, god-damned midday kick-offs! good times though, good timesQuote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
they prob wont train till late in the evening shade?? i dont see any word yet....Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
I was only gone 18 so hasn't discovered the sauce yet. What a tournament in the end.
Still to this day I can remember the joy of duffers celebration or the impossibility of robbies goal against Germany.
Here's to 2012.
amen, i went bananas when robbie scores in 2002, so did everyone around me..BANANAS!Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
The wife had just put in a new carpet and the lads were all in the front room drinking in front of the tv. When Robbie scored at least 3 pints went over the new carpet! She still allows them back.
I prefer the youth accumulate their opinions at an age when their understanding is at its weakest.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Was watching the Germany game in my sitting room with the family. My dad was off work on lunch, but was meant to go back about fifteen minutes from the end. He sticks around til the 90th minute and says "I have to go, I can't wait, we're not going to score" and then heads out the door. As he opens the front door to go out, he hears shouts coming from all the houses in the estate, so comes back in to see the replay.
Same as, Leaving Cert English paper 2 I recall. I missed Robbie's equaliser, what was Hamlet done for me since I ask??Quote:
Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton
Ten minutes ago from Dan McDonnell on twitter:
"Robbie still a doubt, has to prove he is ok at training this evening"