New Posts For Thread: Probably came up before, but why do Munster sing....https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30175249/probably-came-up-before-but-why-do-munster-sing... Fields of AthenryWatching match in Gloucester...Its just daft (and a bit embarrassing), I assume it followed the Celtic - Galway - Irish Soccer - Irish Rugby line....don't they have good Cork and Limerick songs which are far better, and well, morIrish teams have a fraction of the budgets that the French clubs have (on average €5/6M v €20+M) so a "club" like Toulon (with 3 starting native French players v Cardiff) can obviously buy success if their owner really wants to. Same thing canthttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30175249/probably-came-up-before-but-why-do-munster-sing?post_id=537406865#537406865Irish teams have a fraction of the budgets that the French clubs have (on average €5/6M v €20+M) so a "club" like Toulon (with 3 starting native French players v Cardiff) can obviously buy success if their owner really wants to. Same thing cantMon, 13 Jan 2014 15:53:05 -0600Bath and Northampton and the likes are clubs.....unlike Munster they have their own identities.....and more importantly their own ground......These English and French clubs play at the top level in club competition in their own countries.....Munsterhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30175249/probably-came-up-before-but-why-do-munster-sing?post_id=537403943#537403943Bath and Northampton and the likes are clubs.....unlike Munster they have their own identities.....and more importantly their own ground......These English and French clubs play at the top level in club competition in their own countries.....MunsterMon, 13 Jan 2014 13:13:08 -0600Bath and Northampton and the likes are clubs.....unlike Munster they have their own identities.....and more importantly their own ground......These English and French clubs play at the top level in club competition in their own countries.....Munsterhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30175249/probably-came-up-before-but-why-do-munster-sing?post_id=537403941#537403941Bath and Northampton and the likes are clubs.....unlike Munster they have their own identities.....and more importantly their own ground......These English and French clubs play at the top level in club competition in their own countries.....MunsterMon, 13 Jan 2014 13:13:07 -0600Paulie!It's NOT A CLUB COMPETITION. That's my whole point. Bath or Northampton or whoever are not CLUB sides.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30175249/probably-came-up-before-but-why-do-munster-sing?post_id=537403203#537403203Paulie!It's NOT A CLUB COMPETITION. That's my whole point. Bath or Northampton or whoever are not CLUB sides.Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:32:30 -0600paulie did u go to school at all..the population of greater manchester is bigger than the whole of ireland..just something to think about re playing numbers etc.im not really a rugby man(gaa and racing)and agree with you totally re the soccer grannyhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30175249/probably-came-up-before-but-why-do-munster-sing?post_id=537403181#537403181paulie did u go to school at all..the population of greater manchester is bigger than the whole of ireland..just something to think about re playing numbers etc.im not really a rugby man(gaa and racing)and agree with you totally re the soccer grannyMon, 13 Jan 2014 12:31:30 -0600Ozy....I know what you are saying....but if irish clubs couldn't compete in a club competition then tough tomatoes I say.....why the need to move the goalposts to fit in paddy....I don't care what anybody says....I don't see how a team like Northampthttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30175249/probably-came-up-before-but-why-do-munster-sing?post_id=537403033#537403033Ozy....I know what you are saying....but if irish clubs couldn't compete in a club competition then tough tomatoes I say.....why the need to move the goalposts to fit in paddy....I don't care what anybody says....I don't see how a team like NorthamptMon, 13 Jan 2014 12:23:09 -0600Paulie, You cannot equate a player going from from Croom to Garryowen with a player going from a feeder club to Bath. The correct comparison is a player going from Garryowen to Munster. That is the level Engish 'club' sides were and are at, i.e Prhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30175249/probably-came-up-before-but-why-do-munster-sing?post_id=537402859#537402859Paulie, You cannot equate a player going from from Croom to Garryowen with a player going from a feeder club to Bath. The correct comparison is a player going from Garryowen to Munster. That is the level Engish 'club' sides were and are at, i.e PrMon, 13 Jan 2014 12:09:51 -0600Ozy......that is not a valid likeness in all fairness.....the big clubs in Ireland 20 years ago would be the likes of Garryowen....Cork Con....Young Munster to name but a few.....those teams would have had players of smaller clubs from outside the cihttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30175249/probably-came-up-before-but-why-do-munster-sing?post_id=537402425#537402425Ozy......that is not a valid likeness in all fairness.....the big clubs in Ireland 20 years ago would be the likes of Garryowen....Cork Con....Young Munster to name but a few.....those teams would have had players of smaller clubs from outside the ciMon, 13 Jan 2014 11:44:39 -0600You are quite mistaken, Paulie.Several if not all of the defacto English/Welsh traditional 'club' sides are to all intents and purposes effectively provincial set-ups, with unofficial catchment areas and local feeder clubs/schools.Take say the greathttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30175249/probably-came-up-before-but-why-do-munster-sing?post_id=537402225#537402225You are quite mistaken, Paulie.Several if not all of the defacto English/Welsh traditional 'club' sides are to all intents and purposes effectively provincial set-ups, with unofficial catchment areas and local feeder clubs/schools.Take say the greatMon, 13 Jan 2014 11:31:23 -0600the jolly.....what are ya on about.....irish provinces were identified as the correct size.....identified by who....the poxxy paddies.....that's who.....id say the people in clubs like Bath Saracens Leicester and Northampton hardly thought that.....Thttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30175249/probably-came-up-before-but-why-do-munster-sing?post_id=537401951#537401951the jolly.....what are ya on about.....irish provinces were identified as the correct size.....identified by who....the poxxy paddies.....that's who.....id say the people in clubs like Bath Saracens Leicester and Northampton hardly thought that.....TMon, 13 Jan 2014 11:13:46 -0600