There was Fr Purcell as well. ("What's your favourite humming noise?")
Considering he's dead he'd be interestingOriginally Posted by Diggs246
Its really not that complicated!!!
Maybe he's just been at the floor cleaner!
Bring Back Belfast Celtic F.C.
The sound of a fridge humming.
The Robbie debate is fun. Loved him as a player but think he's made some pretty questionable decisions since. Comparing his financial moves to us mere mortals taking jobs in superpower countries or a wage from an employer full stop isn't really useful. We have mortgages to pay and families to feed. The lines become a bit more blurry for us out of necessity. Robbie is a multi millionaire. He doesn't need to chase the money. It's a simple moral decision for him. In fact, turning down the FAI or Tel Aviv money might have had positive knock-on effects for him such is the nature of celebrity and fame. Not sure he's always thinking things through to be honest but Robbie looks after Robbie. Served him well in his career but I wouldn't be a huge fan of the non-playing version.
Still interested to see if he can carry the managerial form through to another league. I'd be surprised if he does but ultimately, he's an Irish legend and a flawed human like all the other ones. There's a story to follow.
21 leagues and 25 cups.
David O'Leary or Dreary O'Leary as became his nickname when people got fed up listening to him in England !
I think rich people are more inclined the chase money bizarrely - look at how many jumped to play in the Saudi league for example.
There's always a bigger yacht
Its really not that complicated!!!
A few of them are probably sociopaths to begin with?
There's been a fair few footballers who have rejected the Saudis. Not necessarily on moral grounds I suppose but it has happened.
Maybe we could also look at the golfers who said no to Liv? I didn't follow that too much though so maybe there were other layers.
21 leagues and 25 cups.
Probably so, yeah. I suspect more than a few footballers who rejected a Saudi offer did so on the basis of the league being crap, and concern about what it could do for their longer career.
I'm reading Michael Palin's Diaries at the moment; he has a bit in it where he met Bob Geldof in 1987 and quotes Geldof as saying to him "My morality is absolutely clear. I just want to make lots and lots of money"
Geldof in 87 - a year or two after the Rats broke up - probably wouldn't have been particularly wealthy; certainly not as well off as Keane today. But I think they could empathise with each other.
An interesting gamble by the FAI, for sure, but would definitely get a bit boring after a while.
Pre-match press conferences with a medium would be a twist on Trap's Manuela Spinelli years.
Mind you, is there anybody there? could be asked of our midfield far too often lately.
Hello, hello? What's going on? What's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here!
- E Tattsyrup.
"Following the creditable performances in our recent 3-0 defeat to Belgium and, in particular, our excellent 2-0 defeat to Switzerland, a decision has been taken to reward interim manager John O'Shea with a new four year contract as Ireland Head Coach."
Keane O'Shea Given Best Smallbone
This was on BBC Breakfast this morning (context - the bloke in the picture was a 65 y/o surfer waiting for a huge river wave (or bore) to arrive later this morning in Gloucester. I saw it in real time and thought it was gas!
https://x.com/jonkay01/status/1767453312356327696?s=20
I guess the mystery man was Rafa all along!
Keane O'Shea Given Best Smallbone
Unless they had inside info on when he was gonna be sacked it's not Rafa. Would make a lot of Irish Liverpool fans happy though
Its really not that complicated!!!
Not a hope it's Rafa unfortunately, there's a few million reasons why, would have been an interesting one though!
Keane O'Shea Given Best Smallbone
It's going to be Louis Van Gaal. I'm sure of it!
Folding my way into the big money!!!
If it is I'm giving up football forever
Its really not that complicated!!!
money, money, MONEY
The nonplaying version of Robbie has really impressed me. What he has done with Maccabi Tel Aviv is pretty impressive. The football they played against Olyampiakos was breath taking at times. If Robbie has influenced them to do this then I'd have him as Irish boss tomorrow. But for some reason I don't think our lads have the technical ability to play that brand of football. And one other thing about his moral decisions - I don't remember anyone questioning his decision to go to Israel at the time.
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