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Was thinking 1/4 was a great price for the Germans.
However, Schuurle, Ozil, Reus and Schweinsteiger are out for the Germans. Lahm, Mertesacker and Klose have all retired.
They still should beat us comfortably, but can MON and I, Keano, sprinkle some fairy dust and get something. Can we dare to dream?
However, Schuurle, Ozil, Reus and Schweinsteiger are out for the Germans. Lahm, Mertesacker and Klose have all retired.
They still should beat us comfortably, but can MON and I, Keano, sprinkle some fairy dust and get something. Can we dare to dream?
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draw is a possiblity, lets hope moneytree lumps on germany
I hope we can get a win or at least a draw. Ozymandius and Rocketfingers will be very upset if the team do well.
What are you talking about Gant ya backward GAA yoke?
Just because your sport doesn't have an international stage, try and get behind one who does.
Just because your sport doesn't have an international stage, try and get behind one who does.
All Irish people get behind the national teams. Keep your bigoted views out of sport.
Must be a sickner for you when young lads see the lure of wearing Green and representing their country.
Not at all. It's a pity they have to go abroad to ply their trade.
Bigot? Do you understand the meaning of the word bigot gant, Ozy is no bigot, you don't like him because he loves rugby which is a sport that is the enemy of gaelic basketball. Go and watch a real game of football tonight !!
Rocket, why do you always make out one sport is an enemy of another. You may have a bad experience in Sligo but people will always find a sport they love to play/follow.
The big popular sports are not always the enemy.
The big popular sports are not always the enemy.
I mentioned in passing today that GAA was a parochial sport, must have got his goat, Rock, for him to call me out like that. He is so pitifully defensive about the whole thing.
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It's awful, Rock. Not to mention the appalling language on the sidelines. And the over enthusiastic coaching staff, usually 4 to a team, strutting and screaming at the kids when they should just shut up and allow the kids to develop their own decision-making abilities etc.
Whenever I watch an underage game live, I can't help but laugh/cry.
It's good to know you attend underage matches in the UK.
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It's awful, Rock. Not to mention the appalling language on the sidelines. And the over enthusiastic coaching staff, usually 4 to a team, strutting and screaming at the kids when they should just shut up and allow the kids to develop their own decision-making abilities etc.
Whenever I watch an underage game live, I can't help but laugh/cry.
It's good to know you attend underage matches in the UK.
Enjoy the match lads. Don't come back on here later calling the fans barstoolers/bigots/ole ole brigade/ event junkies. Bury the hatchet lads and get behind the National Team.
Ozy just say hurling abu, that drives him crazy, he hates all the better sports 
Ozy just say hurling abu, that drives him crazy, he hates all the better sports
You will note, no response to my acute observations.
Just heard Dunphy a few minutes ago talking up the performance against Gibralter as if that was a pointer to what was going to happen tonite
Anyway back to the soccer,can't see us getting anything out of the game,even with all the German changes from the summer. Could be a repeat of our last game against them,3-0.
If anyone wants a laugh,have a look on odds checker at Spoils prices for 1st goalscorer,unbelievable. And I know we shouldn't consider them as real bookies but you have to laugh.
If anyone wants a laugh,have a look on odds checker at Spoils prices for 1st goalscorer,unbelievable. And I know we shouldn't consider them as real bookies but you have to laugh.
Can't see them getting anything out of this either, hope i'm wrong. Unbelievable them Boyle prices.
Pure park the bus but we are doin better than Brazil.
have backed the germans, looks like only a matter of time
Shocking stuff by Ireland. Hoofing it up in the air and McGeady looks lost. Not closing down quick enough ,inept.
Think they are doing alright The Gotchee,plenty behind the ball,the World Champions finding it hard to get a clear chance at the mo, get to 1/2 time now lads.
35 minutes and there has been one shot at goal , and that from 40 yuards out . Poor fare .
It's hard to watch pa but I think they are warming to the task.
Last few years it was always a kinda "anti soccer"game with Ireland,near unwatchable at times,not pretty tonight but they are up against the World Champions, twould be some result.
I think Pat Jennings and George Best are playing for Northern Ireland,after beating the Magyars away they are now going to beat them Bubble and Squeaks away.
And people criticised Donegal . To be fair , Germany dont seem to have much of a clue about dribbling past defenders --they are still allowed to do that , aren't they ? Beating a man is a lost art , not confined to our own shores .
It is too hard to score in soccer . Diminishes the game , especially for the spectators . Little to cheer about for either side in the first half .
It is too hard to score in soccer . Diminishes the game , especially for the spectators . Little to cheer about for either side in the first half .
Martin O'Neill whatever happens has done his homework here,never doubted he was the best available. Hot toddy for the 2nd half.
This is bad to be fair but if we get a draw il be happy
Northern Ireland have scored again in Greece,think Derek Dougan scored it.
Quinn backing off and then basically jumping out of the way. Useless.
Maybe we are watching the wrong match . 2-0 for NI . Mind you I couldn't name one NI player , manager yes .
Was Hendrick not supposed to be man marking Kroos also?,management will be furious as surely pinpointed him as the danger from just outside the box.
Glued to the match even if it's a poor spectacle for neutrals,wouldn't have been one bit concerned about performance if we had grinded out the result.
You have to remember the performances we're coming from in the European Championships and the organisation/discipline of the team is much improved from that.Yes we parked the bus but you have to be realistic it's away to the world champions.
Glued to the match even if it's a poor spectacle for neutrals,wouldn't have been one bit concerned about performance if we had grinded out the result.
You have to remember the performances we're coming from in the European Championships and the organisation/discipline of the team is much improved from that.Yes we parked the bus but you have to be realistic it's away to the world champions.
GTFI ya daisies,woundn't fookin doubt ye, fair play to the lot of ye.
Hard luck Ozymandius........Hope you hadn't too much on @2/9.
Some you are delighted to lose, Gant. That's the kind of patriot I am 
RTE Panel gutted,they all have their own agendas:Brady initially involved with the Trap regime etc
U little beauty,great result,goal came at nearly the same time as back in Japan,delighted for em.
Panel non plussed . Not sure what to say . Germany were not that good though , so called world champions , hollow title based on what I saw tonight .
Great result dispite Martin o neill strange starting team.
hollow title based on what I saw tonight .
how does he come up with this sh1t?
how does he come up with this sh1t?
Nothing wrong with that OZ,the Germans were poor overall and the world champions tag was a misnomer this evening.
Hollow title They beat Brazil 7-1 over there on the way to it.
They beat Brazil 7-1 over there on the way to it.
They were mising an entire team . See Opening Post.
And to try and detract from their merits as title holders is daft. They played 3 group games in horrific climatic conditions in a Group of Death (portugal, ghana, USa), and then went on to beat Brazil and Argentina to win the Cup on South American soil.
Epic achievement. Or a hollow title? You decide.
And to try and detract from their merits as title holders is daft. They played 3 group games in horrific climatic conditions in a Group of Death (portugal, ghana, USa), and then went on to beat Brazil and Argentina to win the Cup on South American soil.
Epic achievement. Or a hollow title? You decide.
Great result an all that but give me the GAA bigball anytime,it was tough goin at times.
You follow Oz in with dat bet?
You follow Oz in with dat bet?
lucky you had no dough left to lose after 'Lucky Dip' at Wolves, Pa.
Aye, but he wasnt exactly beaten on the line was he (last kick of the match)?
No,a troubled run but doubtful he was good enough(2nd) but it wasn,t following on either from a very short shambolic bumper horse. Keep backing the shorties,you will get one right soon.
Soccer is the number 1 sport in Germany and the Bundesliga is a fairly strong league.
How many of our starting 11 would get into that German team?. Probably none.
A right good result, great heart.
How many of our starting 11 would get into that German team?. Probably none.
A right good result, great heart.
Your the one who can still get bets on on the sportsbook, Pa, says it all really.
great result.unbelievable negativity from the panel tho
Germany were excellent in the World Cup . Any resemblance to their performance in South America and tonight does not compute --hollow performance . Unless maybe the Irish performance completely negatived them . But it took Ireland 85 minutes to get a corner .
Thinking of tonights match in Dublin -Donegal terms ( semi) . Germany's pockets picked late on , sucker punch , well taken / worked goal . Happens sometimes . Rejoice in the result , might help later on in the series .
Thinking of tonights match in Dublin -Donegal terms ( semi) . Germany's pockets picked late on , sucker punch , well taken / worked goal . Happens sometimes . Rejoice in the result , might help later on in the series .
note 'hollow title'...corrected to ...'hollow perfomance'
Ist time i looked at that in about a year,previously they took nothing,7E this time if you want to make a big deal about it. You are scrounging for morsels on this forum.
Lads what are the panel saying? I don't have RTE 
To listen to you, Pa, anyone would think you had a winning bet on the match.
Rocket........They said all the LOI diehards will be jumping back on the ole ole bus.
Give over Gant, keep sucking that lemon me auld flower.
The ole ole boys won't accept you bandwagon boys back.
The term "hollow title" referred to the panels ( and posters) repeated assertion that Germany are the world champions . Even the panel admitted that the term world champions did not apply to the German team we saw tonight . Cant see what the problem is , I made no comment on the German performance in South America , it was excellent and entertaining , my comments were only about them tonight . Of course if you want to pick holes in posts , you just misinterpret them as you see fit . Nothing new in that , track records there for all who care to see .
Go back and support Norn Iron another man tucking into his lemon after O'Shea scored for us Irish.
'Hollow title' denigrates their achievement. Which is ridiculous for reasons outlined above. It was a great title.
If you want to say they are decimated by injuies and retirements and that their performance tonight was not at the level that saw them win the WC, fine, agreed, say that. Very different to claiming it was a 'hollow title'.
If you want to say they are decimated by injuies and retirements and that their performance tonight was not at the level that saw them win the WC, fine, agreed, say that. Very different to claiming it was a 'hollow title'.
rock, its probably escaped you that our manager and a few players are from Norn Iron.
The nonsense that 26 and 6 counties dont dump past history and field one team remains an anomaly . Aware that main problem exists with the 6 , historically and numpty wise in the past . Derek Dougan ( with George in agreement) attempted to get a bit of rationalisation on board in the eighties . Know he had a tentative arrangement with one of the greyhound tracks re venue assuming "Windsor" was not available for a combined team . Came to nothing , attracted the usual grafitti writers in the homelands .
In 1958 only 2 southern soccer players would have got on the NI team / squad . In the nineties only 2 northern soccer players would have got on the ROI World Cup squad . Swings and roundabouts . But if a "united" team existed at international level , perhaps the gulf between north and south domestic would lessen . Bonkers to throw the idea out of court , eventually an All-Ireland league might breathe life back into both dometic leagues which are both in a parlous state playing and financial wise . Both NI and ROI are completely dependent on UK ( and odd EU neighbour) based players , and long lost grannies etc .
We have produced decent managers for the present , Roy Keane pulling his weight I suspect , for which he deserves credit . Just think it would be better long term for all to be wearing a same green shirt . Maybe a pipe dream , but who knows . The golfers and the rugby lads have been lighting the path for years . And they haven't done badly .
In 1958 only 2 southern soccer players would have got on the NI team / squad . In the nineties only 2 northern soccer players would have got on the ROI World Cup squad . Swings and roundabouts . But if a "united" team existed at international level , perhaps the gulf between north and south domestic would lessen . Bonkers to throw the idea out of court , eventually an All-Ireland league might breathe life back into both dometic leagues which are both in a parlous state playing and financial wise . Both NI and ROI are completely dependent on UK ( and odd EU neighbour) based players , and long lost grannies etc .
We have produced decent managers for the present , Roy Keane pulling his weight I suspect , for which he deserves credit . Just think it would be better long term for all to be wearing a same green shirt . Maybe a pipe dream , but who knows . The golfers and the rugby lads have been lighting the path for years . And they haven't done badly .
Dont forget our boxers kelly, our most Successful sport in the Olympic Games .
Boxers have done us proud over the years , frank . But I am not sure everyone pulls in the same direction there organisation wise .
Rugby and golf can play as a 32 county team because they are followed by the (dastardly) Liberal Elite who can be relied upon to behave themselves. They are less concerned with trivial sectarian matters, more concerned with worrying about whether they can afford to send their son to Clongowes etc.
This does not apply across all sports.
This does not apply across all sports.
They even gave some of the Northern Rugby lads their own anthem........wise move.
The new stand at Ravenhill is named The Aquinas Stand . There was a report recently to the effect that they once upon a time played Gaelic football at Ravenhill , way back . Cant say I was aware of that. Wonder will they ever play rugby at Casement when the zillions have been spent there ( just conceivable the bean counters will realise that 35,000 paying customers is better than 18,000 ) .
good evening kellser!step aside.this geezer ozy doesn't know who he is.anything anti irish and he's in,why is that?thats what defines him.pretty sad dont u think ?
tbf ,he was a usefull tool to me but tbh,i always found him to be abit of a little lick arse to the rock and yours truely!
never trust a convert,too much to prove.
tbf ,he was a usefull tool to me but tbh,i always found him to be abit of a little lick arse to the rock and yours truely!
never trust a convert,too much to prove.
Can Ozymandius get nothing right.
Does he seriously believe that Rugby aficionados are Liberal,they are not its there one saving grace.
The same would apply to a lesser extent to the golfers.
Does he seriously believe that Rugby aficionados are Liberal,they are not its there one saving grace.
The same would apply to a lesser extent to the golfers.
Tbh i would not want to go to a football match and stand for GSTQ and pretty sure the loyalist would nto want to stand for our diddly either.
We had a great crowd at our Meath Hurling final last Sunday. The winners might get a good run in the Leinster club competition.
Of course, it is far better game than gaelic basketball, i have been shouting about that for years to you.
Maybe some day your league will become popular again......sure we all try hard.
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