I'm not having a go at Malonel one of the best writers on soccer in the country, but at the IT for the coverage it gives the league compared to the coverage it gives that boil on the ars.e of Irish soccer, SundIRELand, as they are branding themselves
"Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins."
"Homer Simpson, smiling politely."
Maybe, but it's not a charity sunderland promotional sheet either.
I doubt that the Sunderland column adds anything to the IT circulation numbers and interest manifests itself in a number of ways. I'm interested in Sunderland in that I can hardly wait for it to blow up in their mockya Oirish faces, I hope they're in the Blue Square League within five years with Niall Quinn and Roy Keane participating in 'I'm a celebrity...get me out of here'. After getting a nation to swallow his theory that Sunderland is a home from home for Irish people, he'd have the neccessary skills to swallow kangaroo testicles I'd say.
I'd say it is, everyone knows that Geraldine Kennedy had her heart broken by Roddy Collins back in the 80's, Kevin Myers only got the boot when he came out of the closet as a UCD fan.
I just don't see anybody, regardless of how much they've bought into Quinn's spiel going out and specifically buying the Irish Times just to read a column on Sunderland. The sad thing is that a huge number of newspapers give a disproportionate amount of coverage to the mackems, I feel sorry for their "fans" who will be starved of news after Keane leaves.
Last edited by tiktok; 26/11/2008 at 2:05 PM.
In the 'new' civil war in 2002 I was in the Keane camp. I hope he lands on his hole and brings Sunderland with him. I never said the IT was a promo sheet for the LOI, but maybe if the media gave more exposure to our own league than one inhabited by petulant millionaires who nearly crash their carsover 'only' being offered €40k a week, then more people here would be interested in a league which has give the world the likes of Paul McGrath, Ronnie Whelan, Keane and, more recently, Kevin Doyle, to list just four examples
"Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins."
"Homer Simpson, smiling politely."
[QUOTE=tiktok;1065987]I'd say it is, everyone knows that Geraldine Kennedy had her heart broken by Roddy Collins back in the 80's, Kevin Myers only got QUOTE]
im not familiar with this story.. can you elaborate further about Geraldline Kennedy and Roddy Collins???![]()
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