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i still fancy us for the draw. lyon may have signed their own death sentence there as i bet they'll now have to defend for the rest of the match which is very fatiguing. we can do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by niallsparky
You need goalscorers first... Disgraceful team selection tbh. Without doubt their most defensive team of the season by far. At home to Barca they played Cousin, Beasley and Adam. Tonight Cousin was the only attack minded player to start. Whitaker is an attacking right back who Walter plays as a winger. McCullogh is a combative player for the other side. Hemdani is a really defensive holding midfielder. Thomson is a holding midfielder. Ferguson is a general box to box player and their most likely source of a goal, which says it all.Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
I've no respect for Walter Smith and those type of tactics at home.
christ put the bloody thing in the net!
0-3, dead and buried. better finishing and this could have ended differently, but man for man, lyon have been superior.
Darchville's shot clearly bounced a few inches too high on that terrible surface. If it wasn't for that it was 1-1 and Rangers 10 minutes from the last 16.
Would have been a travesty if Lyon were deprived of their due.
Lyon to win the Champions League anybody?:eek: Not a great performance but have some real quality and with a bit of luck they could do it.
Good game all the same. It was probably the one game left in the whole competition where there was something to play for.
Most Protestants are.Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
I think the fact he's living in Dublin is what required the clarification, rather than his religion :pQuote:
Originally Posted by stojkovic
The most popular religion in Latvia is Catholicism.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
99.9% of the cocaine comes from Colombia - a Catholic country.
I'd like to rename you just plain "stoic".Quote:
Originally Posted by stojkovic
What, a Protestant living in Dublin, I'm shocked !Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
No, I'm implying that he needed to clarify he was a decent guy because a lot of people living in dublin aren't.Quote:
Originally Posted by stojkovic
I'm worried that I could be talking to the borg or something.
:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
Well that's my question answered then.Quote:
Originally Posted by stojkovic
Thought Darchville ran into the ball he put over. He was unlucky but that's about all you can say he was unlucky with. Petulant piece of thuggery he got sent off for ...very silly carry on.
Rangers crossing, frees and corner-taking were consistently brutal and they'll have to work on it. Thought Lyon were okay but hardly champions in waiting. There's always a chance a team in the position Rangers found themselves in would slip up at the back when they need to commit forward.
Third goal was a peach though.
Enjoyed the coverage and novelty value of it all. Nice not to be saddled with watching the Mancs for a change.
In a statistical sense a pretty big city will inevitably have "a lot" of people who won't be decent. But is Dublin particularly bad to merit you making a point of it? If so, who, why, where?Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
Of the hundreds of people in Dublin I personally know and the hundreds that I've briefly encountered (say 700 total) I can only think of very few, at most 10, who came across as not being decent people. Also, of that sample I'd estimate about 70 would be of oft-derided D4 stock.
I fret that the problem may lie more at your end dearest Gavin.* :(
Alternatively of course it could be that I'm such a decent person that people raise their performance when they meet me. :p
Im afraid to say, it has. I dont like to harp on but its been all negative in my, admittedly limited, experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingdom hoop
Of course, my first act upon touching down in Dublin is to sing the "you are a jackeen" song, gestures and all. That may set the tone for the excursion. Fortunately noone in "The Dandelion" appears to know what a jackeen is.
Yeah the Dandelion would be a pretty upmarket spot alright.
You could well be right about Dublin. But of all the Dublin people I've actually met, not just looked at and judged, I must say I've no qualms in saying they are great people. Maybe it's the culchies coming to Dublin who get ahead of themselves and think they're brilliant for making it to Dublin that the problem lies with!
I think it's a broader societal thing though. Myself and your arch-nemesis have said it before, people just aren't friendly enough to each other. Particularly when you consider the minute chances of actually sharing the same time and place with that person. (I've been doing some deep thinking on foot of the 'life on other planets' thread. :))
I like my personal space-time.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingdom hoop
As do I. It reinvigorates me for the battle of going out and encountering dour, boring people like you when I go out on my daily chores, sapping the boundless energy and enthusiasm I daily exude.Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
(case in point here perhaps :()
Thank God RTE showed that game after all!! it was a joy to watch :D and all I could say after the 2nd goal was ...... NUUUUTS !!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone who knows Rangers could see there was a guaranteed red card on the way too, typical! anyone spot the Celts jersey in the Lyon stand? priceless!!! great home support too, really got behind their team :rolleyes: (booing at half time??)
FAO Pineapple_Stu: hard luck mate theres always the UEFA Cup
Went to the pub which showed both Arsenal and Rangers during the earlier reverse fixtures but last night they had Arsenal and United on.
I watched the last 20 mins of Rangers back at home and thought the Darcheville miss was a shocker, bobble or no bobble. Good technique would have taken the bounce out of the equation. I saw Rooney score a similar goal last year - he got his foot over the ball and hammered the ball into the ground and over the line - instinctive, simple but also a footballing mind at work.
The sending off was a nothing incident, no? A push that the Lyon guy made a meal of. A red card under the rules, but a yellow would have fit the crime better.
Daragh Maloney got it spot on immediatly, something about Ronnie Rozenthal being a more relieved man.
I was just transfixed for that danger here moment, while the ball made it´s way across the box, for that helpless space in time when an inevitable score is about to happen in slow motion, then Darcheville does the impossible. It was almost as good as Celtics last minute winners.
Dour?! :O thats the first time anyones called me thatQuote:
Originally Posted by kingdom hoop
i think i like it
Didn't think it was necessary to note that I was joking...Quote:
Originally Posted by EAFC_rdfl
[quote=geysir;837486]Is there another one?
The imbecilic website of the Dublin RSC hasn't been updated in 3 years :)
is that right Mr Knowall?
http://www.dublinloyal.com/
[QUOTE=OldKentRoad;838779]Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Quality site that, well run and easy to navigate, hats off to whoevers running it. Enjoyed all their stories of run ins with 'Septic fans' (ROFL) too!
yeah i often thought about doing that too for the craicQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
In my town there are a few hardcore loyalists and people dont seem to give a sh it and rightly so. I think it was good that RTe showed rangers, considering there was something to play for, etc.
I dont mind rangers actually. I like teams like that......."everybody hates us we dont care" attitude, tough team with tough supporters, not PC, etc........like Millwall, Feynoored, Schalke..........teams that give it up to you
Unlike Celtic who are just another (bad) version of Manure United, and there fans sicken me.
But when i heard "Rule Britannia" for about the fifth time it was nice to see Lyon hammer them
actually that programme had very good ratings at the start, likewise the one on Channel Four, and it did create an initial buzz, but eventually the viewer was worn donw by the negative tactis of italian football. Most of the games were boring, and you would be lucky to get a game with 3 goals or more, despite the excellent commentary of Brackley, Jordan, and that QPR fella who i cant remember at the moment!Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
But i would love to see a few more live games involving spanish teams
[QUOTE=jebus;838794]I'd say an 'informative' (if a little retentive) rather than quality site. It's very tidy and all that but would it break their hearts to just copy the navigation bar html from the home page into all of the other pages? ...Rather than having to go everywhere via the homepage?Quote:
Originally Posted by OldKentRoad
anyway ...my work is done here ..captain nitpicker up, up and away!
No, another channel just bid more for them. And the Italian league has the most goals per game of thee top leagues and has done for years.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
Ah come on now, for a site thats run by fans for the Dublin Rangers Supporters Club and nothin else that really is nitpicking! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
[I dont mind rangers actually. I like teams like that......."everybody hates us we dont care" attitude, tough team with tough supporters, not PC, etc........like Millwall, Feynoored, Schalke..........teams that give it up to you
Unlike Celtic who are just another (bad) version of Manure United, and there fans sicken me.
well said, a man after my own heart. I hate clubs whose fans are always telling us how great they are - the self acclaimed best fans in the world - pass the sick bag
Interesting site. Had seen an older version of it and a report in the ST some years back about the club. They also had a banner in the Linfield end at the 2005 Setanta Cup final in Tolka Park.
Sad really that a Rangers SC in Dublin have to keep the identity of the bar they are drinking in a secret.
10-15 years ago you would see the odd Rangers shirt on the street in the Republic but I haven't seen one for quite a few years now (well JJB in Tallaght had them for sale).
[quote=gspain;840254]Interesting site. Had seen an older version of it and a report in the ST some years back about the club. They also had a banner in the Linfield end at the 2005 Setanta Cup final in Tolka Park.
Sad really that a Rangers SC in Dublin have to keep the identity of the bar they are drinking in a secret.
I have no feelings towards rangers either way but I get the impression that the Dublin Loyal are quite happy to go about things in secret. I think it adds to the whole mystique about them. I am in the process of writing a book on football and have emailed them on numerous times in the past and haven't got a reply. So, I really think they're not interested. The best of luck to them though.
[QUOTE=OldKentRoad;840290]I assume they are keeping things quiet for their own safety. That's the sad part. Now having said that on my flight back from Cardiff last month one of a group of Irish fans was getting a slagging from some of his mates about Rangers and giving as good as he got. I actually know one of his crew quite well and indeed pretty sure I know the Rangers fan "to see". whatever about on a plane I don't think it would be safe to walk around Dublin in a Rangers jersey anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by gspain
Yes it is right or close enough, the imbecilic web siteQuote:
Originally Posted by OldKentRoad
http://members.lycos.co.uk/dublinrangers/
(the link given earlier in the thread) hasn't been updated in 3 years.
Why exactly would they be updating some dinky little thing on a lycos free account?Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir