 | Forum
Reply | International Break
at 22:19 24 Sep 2026
Another gutless display from the Irish management/board tonight.
Five centre-backs, two outnumbered defensive central midfielders, everyone else hoping that something nice might happen.
I felt sorry for them all. |
| Forum
Reply | International Break
at 20:37 24 Sep 2026
Thanks for that.
Didn't see or hear the build-up. |
| Forum
Reply | International Break
at 19:38 24 Sep 2026
Dunne hasn't made the matchday 23 for Ireland.
26 in the squad, Dunne one of the 3 left out tonight. |
| Forum
Reply | Leon Scarlett
at 18:43 24 Sep 2026
Ya, I thought that was noticeable, Connell.
Overall, Scarlett's performance was one of those where the stats seemed to be having an argument with the eye test.
Scarlett v Saito
(both played equal minutes)
Lost the ball
Scarlett - 6 times out of 24
Saito - 6 times out of 23
Passing
Scarlett - 15/16
Saito - 12/17
Passes in Oppo Half
Scarlett - 10/11
Saito - 9/14
Carrying
Scarlett - 104m (progressive 67m)
Saito - 107m (progressive 52m)
And yet, if you asked me after the game, I'd have said that Saito was far more effective, and scared the oppo far more. |
| Forum
Reply | Other kits you like
at 23:36 23 Sep 2026
Thoughts on other kits mentioned:
Arsenal - yep.
Blackburn - yep
Bradford - ok, don't get the love, but nice kit.
Ajax - unreal good.
Feyenoord away - nearly as good, but mostly because we used it.
Dulwich Hamlet - ok.
Newcastle - ya, it's a classic.
AC and Inter - agreed, but the again Genoa, Sampa, Bologna have all had much nicer kits. Italian kits from the dawn of time up until the 70's is a whole other fetish thing for me.
Fluminense - stripes too narrow. |
| Forum
Reply | New York Marathon
at 20:34 22 Sep 2026
Done.
Not sure about the whole cats thing, and I'm pretty sure they will be my bosses at some stage soon, but I took a chance anyway.
Best of luck Michelle, and agree completely about John's great book being an inspiration.
I've used it as positive fuel for myself and many friends down the years. [Post edited 22 Sep 20:42]
|
| Forum
Reply | Shirt sponsors
at 00:32 21 Sep 2026
While thinking about Irish painters, I found this. By Maria Dorothy Webb. 'Girl in an Orchard'.
I'm not huge on visual arts, and I wish I was, but I like this a lot, and may heist it if I can get a likely LFW crew together.
I'll need:
1) The Brains (arrogantly, I thought this was going to be me, but then I realised that I was posting the entire plan on the internet, so, ya, probably best we hand this over to Nix).
2) The Wheels (I can't drive well anymore)
3) The Hacker (I was never good at tech)
4) The Muscle (ok, that used to be me, but I'm old now, but, please, just look mean and wear the big shades and big suit, no violence ok)
5) The Banker (again, I haven't much money right now).
So, GREAT!, who's in? |
| Forum
Reply | Shirt sponsors
at 00:11 21 Sep 2026
100.00001%, Bosh.
The greatest painters of all time, be they Van Gogh, Monet or Behan (Brendan was a fine writer, but also a house painter and so classified himself as a 'painter') - couldn't have done better than that Dryworld kit. Inutterable beauty. |
| Forum
Reply | Shirt sponsors
at 22:54 20 Sep 2026
I can't get excited about shirt sponsors. I think the whole idea is horrible.
But, seeing as we're stuck with them, I agree with Spaceman and Westway that these two weren't as intrusive as others.
 |
| Forum
Reply | "New Deal for football"
at 22:03 20 Sep 2026
I thought it would be "Top hole, Blackadder, I thought it would be right up your alley". |
| Forum
Reply | Dunne
at 17:09 20 Sep 2026
Ya, I'm mad about him too QPunkR.
And I haven't watched the extended or the full ninety back, so I could be way off. |
| Forum
Reply | Dunne
at 16:06 20 Sep 2026
Dunne's mistake, to my eyes, was just a poor second of decision-making.
Option A -Boot it out.
Option B - If you're feeling really confident and want to play the ball, then you get your body between the oppo player and the ball.
Unfortunately, he did neither.
In the first minute of any game, when you're the last man back, I think he'd normally pick Option A every time.
Edit - sp.check. Also, just to add that I'm sure it's one of those things where Dunne fessed up at HT. I thought he recovered fine from the mistake. [Post edited 20 Sep 16:16]
|
| | BrianMcCarthy
|
Site Scores| Prediction League: | 0 | | TOTAL: | 0 |
|
By continuing to use the site, you agree to our use of cookies and to abide by our Terms and Conditions.
