QuoteLooks like I'll be going to train in Regina for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Stu. Just how small of a town is Regina? I've only been there once, and it was only for a weekend.
i wishOriginally Posted by Crosby87
(i think ive told people here this before but theres a reason i moved to a city called Regina in an area known as Windsor Park just off Prince Of Wales Drive.)
God, it doesnt get any less embarrassing to admit...
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Looks like I'll be going to train in Regina for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Stu. Just how small of a town is Regina? I've only been there once, and it was only for a weekend.
Ha! No way! It's about 210,000 big and has probably come a long way from when you were here. 2nd fastest growing city in Canada behind Saskatoon/ShelbyvilleIt's a good city. How long is your training for? Well have to meet up for pints when you get here. Don't forget that grand you owe me................
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
210k? Christ, that is small. Six months of training at their depot, no idea when I'll be sent there, probably later this year though, hopefully after the summer is over.
Do you play football there? Is the standard half decent?
What's this thread, a dating service?
James appears to have deleted his Twitter account again after a "brief but frank" meeting with Martin O'Neill: http://balls.ie/football/james-mccle....aNu5SXpy.dpuf
When James decided to return to the site whilst on international duty for the Poland game, O'Neill had the following to say:James McClean’s return to Twitter has been a short-lived one. After an innocent tweet about his favourite Wolfe Tones song inspired an angsty response from the DUP MP Gregory Campbell, Martin O’Neill met with McClean Monday, and by all accounts, told him to shut down the account.
Via the Daily Mail:
The move to delete his account is understood to have been made on club advice, and after a brief but frank meeting with manager Martin O’Neill on Monday.
It comes after the Republic of Ireland star professed his love for song The Broad Black Brimmer by The Wolfe Tones prior to Sunderland’s game against West Bromwich Albion at the weekend.
McClean had tweeted about Campbell’s comments by saying: “Accordin to gregory campbell i shouldnt be allowed to listen to wolftones ha.. someone give greg a tissue and a big hug from me”. McClean returned to Twitter in January after quitting in the wake of his tweet from Astana and the row over his decision not to wear a poppy, but to us, this seems like a ridiculous crackdown on personal expression. Is it really sectarian to state your favourite Wolfe Tones song is ‘Broad Black Brimmer’? Does this offend people in 2013? Or could it be that Campbell, also a Derry man, knew that McClean is lightning rod for controversy and picked up on a throwaway tweet to get himself more headlines and galvinise his constituency?
Is he maturing? No. He has gone back on Twitter, even against advice of the club. I have to say maybe he will look out for himself then.
i should be so lucky! swit swoo.What's this thread, a dating service?
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Done.
Sent this off to the Derry Journal/Irish News yesterday:
Somewhat inspired by NB's observation, in fact. I hope he doesn't mind.In light of Gregory Campbell's recent mock-outraged condemnation of James McClean's taste in Irish rebel music and his subsequent demand that McClean act as an example for our youth, I must ask: from where does this notion arise that footballers - private individuals performing their profession with no contractual duty or obligation to members of the public - ought to be examples for our society's young?
What of elected public representatives then? Of course, Campbell used to carry a gun himself and was a strong advocate of a shoot-to-kill policy back in the mid-1980s. Whether or not his views have softened somewhat since then, his contemporary dialogue is still tainted with a deep sense of bitterness and antagonism that only serves to further fuel local division.
It is telling that Campbell saw fit only to be "offended" by McClean's tweet about his favourite Wolfe Tones song. Fellow Irish internationals, David Meyler and Darren O'Dea, also tweeted about their admiration of the Wolfe Tones on the same day, but I suppose there is little mileage to be had for Campbell in attacking Cork or Dublin footballers of lesser "media notoriety".
There is also a rich irony in this episode; perhaps more fitting targets for Campbell's criticism this week would have been the fans of his beloved Glasgow Rangers who, once again, provoked negative headlines after engaging in the singing of pro-UVF chants during their club's game at Berwick Rangers broadcast live on television last Saturday. The only reason McClean was making headlines again was because of Campbell's needless cherry-picking.
This is a good read: http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/...ain-in-role-of
You should send it to the Bellylaugh as well.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
Ya, send where it does only get one-sided coverage. The Ballycroy Bugle too.
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
And the Mullarany Mail.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
Actually, they've been surprisingly 'even-handed' when it comes to comments on their articles and are now derided by most unionists/loyalists for being so...
That's a really annoying mistake to make, how did you possibly include that superfluous "a" there?
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
You got me thinking here. Having friends from Currane (and one of the denizens here has a mother from Ballycroy) I have always called it Mullranny.
But I've seen it written as Mallaranny and a quick look at Google Maps will show both.
Here's what the official word is on it...
http://www.logainm.ie/Viewer.aspx?te...ny&streets=yes
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
Done.
Done.
...Wait.
Remember Stu, the Mounties always get their man!
Beautiful part of the world, God's own country!
O' Neill supposedly getting tired of McClean's behaviour and has fined him two weeks wages. Interesting article as while it is probably a beat up, if O'Neill is getting upset by McClean's behaviour, IMO he should not be punished for the actions of some idiot politician. However, if he is not getting on with his team mates, that's another issue.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-29099880.html
Last edited by gastric; 28/02/2013 at 7:16 AM.
He's being punished for breaching the club's social networking site rules. He shouldn't be on Twitter at all, as far as Sunderland are concerned, irrespective what he's tweeting or who's feigning outrage.
More info on the following would be welcome, although it does sound like an unsubstantiated attempt to sensationalise his reticent personal nature:
It is understood that McClean has annoyed team-mates with his attitude in training and is in danger of becoming ostracised.
Coaching staff have noted his aloofness and O'Neill is wary of rifts growing. Unless there is a marked improvement between now and the end of the season, McClean is likely to be sold in the summer.
Granted he is being punished for breaking team rules, but if O'Neill is getting frustrated by McClean because of his relationship, or lack of, with his team mates then there is certainly room for concern.
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