Non-Gaa Forum - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Galway9801: "Okay well that seems to be a total contradiction.
You justify banks unreasonable policies by saying that their purpose is to make money. It is their mantra etc. Not customer satisfaction or loyalty.
Yet landlords could say the exact same thing about rental properties. Their purpose is to make money, not customer satisfaction or loyalty.
Yet you apply two completely different outlooks on both entities." They are different though.
Banking is unfortunately a necessary evil.
Landlords are not. Not all, but many are white collar criminals rubbing their hands while everyone becomes more and more hopelessly miserable.
That sarcastic post is over the top but honestly the lack of empathy you've shown has shocked me.
I don't know you. You might be a lovely fella, but I cannot wrap my head around how anyone could try to justify the state of our housing market.
There's no rationale. It's the darkest period in modern history and we're destroying our society.
By and large we're a really charitable people, but we're turning into greedy monsters.
What our own elites are doing to people now is a thousand times worse than 800 years of oppression we suffered.
Doylerwex (National) - 27/03/2024 19:51:58
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Leitrimforliam: "Most lads are away during the week in dublin/galway etc (2 hours away) and finish work at 5-6. Expecting them to come home midweek for a 7 o'clock kick off is unfair. As you said these games only serve as challenge games. It would be madness putting that pressure on lads to come home midweek for a "challenge game". Leave the games for Sunday if it doesn't suit club's can concede." "kick off" tut tut...... That's the foreign game.
Throw in is the language of the GAA.
eoinog (National) - 27/03/2024 20:30:34
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Doylerwex: "They are different though.
Banking is unfortunately a necessary evil.
Landlords are not. Not all, but many are white collar criminals rubbing their hands while everyone becomes more and more hopelessly miserable.
That sarcastic post is over the top but honestly the lack of empathy you've shown has shocked me.
I don't know you. You might be a lovely fella, but I cannot wrap my head around how anyone could try to justify the state of our housing market.
There's no rationale. It's the darkest period in modern history and we're destroying our society.
By and large we're a really charitable people, but we're turning into greedy monsters.
What our own elites are doing to people now is a thousand times worse than 800 years of oppression we suffered." I'm sorry but that last line of yours is absolutely ludicrous!
Seriously. Just think about it.
cavanman47 (National) - 28/03/2024 09:59:37
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Galway9801: "Sorry everyone was away for a few days.
I can't speak for anyone else on this forum but that sarcastic post above is a complete, and deliberate, misrepresentation of what I've been saying, not a first for you Breff." That's route 1.
Take your example of someone who applied themselves, rolled up their sleeves, and now finds themselves doing well for themselves. And ridicule and make all sorts of excuses as to how you simply must have been given your deposit from your parents, won the lotto, met lady luck in a champagne bar in Saint Tropez. .etc.
There's simply no way that you can be telling us the truth. You MUST have been given an advantage not available to everyone else!
He's also tried route 2.
I presented a snapshot in time the other day of what was available for a working person who was single, earning minimum wage (above the social housing threshold), working in or around Dublin and needing to live close by, etc.
And the attitude was: why would you want to live in "relative squalor"?.
Why can't I stay in the job I currently work, where I feel I'm not paid enough, and still get that 3 bed townhouse in Monkstown overlooking the coast within 30 seconds of the DART?
For those worrying about our country changing too much, fear not! Irish begrudgery is alive and well!
cavanman47 (National) - 28/03/2024 10:14:35
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The Limerick 5 In A Row, Will They Do It? - 2 Like(s)
Replying To baire: "This thread, in case you have forgotten, is about the 5 in a row, not LimericK winning Munster championships or a Limerick club winning an All Ireland in 1897 or the belittling of other counties." Like I posted already, in the 1st 5 or so posts on the thread, they are going to win the 5 in a row. I've been drawn into posting more stuff about history because there have been posts posted that just aren't right. I don't think they are going to win because they won their 1st in 1897. I think they are going to win because their 3 main challengers, including yourselves, aren't as good at modern hurling and have weaknesses they will exploit.
Viking66 (National) - 28/03/2024 10:26:34
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The Limerick 5 In A Row, Will They Do It? - 2 Like(s)
Replying To foreveryoung: "Perhaps a cup of Barry's tea or a pint of Murphy's! Nothing else brewing down in the Deep South!" Typical obtuse and inane remark from the resident moron! Deep South? Thinks he's in the good ole USA !
Ryanteam (National) - 28/03/2024 10:52:45
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To cavanman47: "That's route 1.
Take your example of someone who applied themselves, rolled up their sleeves, and now finds themselves doing well for themselves. And ridicule and make all sorts of excuses as to how you simply must have been given your deposit from your parents, won the lotto, met lady luck in a champagne bar in Saint Tropez. .etc.
There's simply no way that you can be telling us the truth. You MUST have been given an advantage not available to everyone else!
He's also tried route 2.
I presented a snapshot in time the other day of what was available for a working person who was single, earning minimum wage (above the social housing threshold), working in or around Dublin and needing to live close by, etc.
And the attitude was: why would you want to live in "relative squalor"?.
Why can't I stay in the job I currently work, where I feel I'm not paid enough, and still get that 3 bed townhouse in Monkstown overlooking the coast within 30 seconds of the DART?
For those worrying about our country changing too much, fear not! Irish begrudgery is alive and well!" What are you on about Monkstown?. Try to see the big picture and stop trying focus on yourself or individuals. Not one thing I've said is directly related to my own circumstances. It's a noted trend that people who crow about being self-made are far from it. I could say I donate houses to the poor and insist you believe me. Anecdotal evidence seems irrelevant until its your own anecdotes about working harder than others and your idiot, wasteful friends.
I actually had 3 jobs pre-covid. 2 are gone now, but you've both jumped to wild conclusions about me to suit yourselves so spare me the righteousness.
Lads look up the snapshot on daft referenced to see the ****holes cavanman47 thinks minimum wage workers deserve to live in on the maximum mortgage available to them
Breffni40 (National) - 28/03/2024 14:42:51
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Another hard earned and deserved draw for our U20s as the scoreline suggests defences was on top. Best patch in the match was when we outscored Sligo 6-0 to lead 8-6. Clearly last week's effort showed then against a Sligo team that was rested.
The_analyser (National) - 27/03/2024 19:50:29
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
try and consolidate the existing clubs first (especcially the smaller ones) id say and make them stronger and gaurantee their future before thinking of new ones.
preddan (National) - 27/03/2024 21:11:33
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Quinns Pub Drumcondra - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Ulsterchamps72: "Kennedy's was my favourite, but Gills, Hoganstand, Big Tree and Hill16 were all super spots. I was like a few players once upon a time and missed the bus home after a big game that may have been a draw. Sin sceal eile!!" The old Big Tree was the jaaab
LohansRedHelmet (National) - 27/03/2024 21:52:30
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Midlandsman: "Anyone at the minor game tis eve, front the score updates seems like they fell away towards the end the fagitue from being down to 14 might've caught upto them also." Brilliant for 45 mins before red card. They were streets ahead of a poor Louth team. Inside forward line of McHugh, Lough and Scahill very impressive. Adam Smyth of Maryland/Tang was also very impressive however he picked up a red in injury time and he will miss next game.
Silly red card after 45 mins changed the game and Louth pinned Westmeath into there own half for the rest of the game and came from 5 points behind with the help of a strong wind. Thought the ref was poor overall for both teams but he got the 1st red card right. Ref never let the game flow and was pulling players for over carrying and fouling the ball on the ground way too much! 2nd red card was very harsh and the Louth player tricked the referee with a jump to the ground. Hopefully Westmeath appeal it.
Thought in after 45 mins it was one of the best minor performances over the last 10 years unfortunately things seem to collapse after that. They will have to go back to the drawing board now and need a win against either Meath or Kildare to get out of the group
Temple56 (National) - 27/03/2024 22:03:28
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
According to reports we finished with 13 players
Claretandblue (National) - 27/03/2024 22:03:35
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Ended up with 13. Beat themselves.
Jack_Sparrow (National) - 27/03/2024 22:23:55
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Doylerwex: "They are different though.
Banking is unfortunately a necessary evil.
Landlords are not. Not all, but many are white collar criminals rubbing their hands while everyone becomes more and more hopelessly miserable.
That sarcastic post is over the top but honestly the lack of empathy you've shown has shocked me.
I don't know you. You might be a lovely fella, but I cannot wrap my head around how anyone could try to justify the state of our housing market.
There's no rationale. It's the darkest period in modern history and we're destroying our society.
By and large we're a really charitable people, but we're turning into greedy monsters.
What our own elites are doing to people now is a thousand times worse than 800 years of oppression we suffered." We are going down the same path that the UK went down during the 80s in the reign of Margaret Thatcher. And we aren't jogging down it, we are running.
Viking66 (National) - 28/03/2024 08:13:57
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The Limerick 5 In A Row, Will They Do It? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: ""On paper yes. But to say Limerick have been winning All-Irelands for a long time isn't true."
But is true. Since they won their 1st in 1897. Every other AI winning county outside the big 3, or big 2 plus Tipp, have had, or are currently having in the case of Waterford, Dublin and also Kerry and Laois, longer AI droughts than Limerick ever had." This thread, in case you have forgotten, is about the 5 in a row, not LimericK winning Munster championships or a Limerick club winning an All Ireland in 1897 or the belittling of other counties.
baire (National) - 28/03/2024 09:29:11
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Wexford Hurling thread 2024 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "I think if we get lucky with injuries we won't be too far off the top counties in either. Hopefully the u20s have a clean bill of health before the knockouts start.
Do you think there might be an advantage to not finishing top of the group at u20? And getting an extra game at QF or even prelim QF level? Especially bearing in mind our u20s have had less time together with management than the other counties?" No!!! Stop trying to be too smart and cute in Wexford. Stop trying to be too clever, go out and win every game, finish top of the group and puff the chest out for whoever the next opponent is. "We finished top of the group, where did you finish". I can already hear the "Sure we didn't need to beat Kilkenny anyway" rhetoric at the weekend.
If our U20's have been training since before Christmas, how long do you need to get ready for a match? No other sport has a 4 month pre-season.
Our Aussie Rules team has just started back practice in the last month, and games in the next week or so. We had been doing some pre-season work before and we got an individual S&C schedule for 6 weeks before the practice started.
I think the GAA has completely lost the run of itself when it comes to the length of the season and the amount of training that is done relative to the benefit gained from that training. It suits the manager who is being paid per night, but is there science to back up the need for 4 months of training before a competitive match? I had a look back at my Strava logs, bleep tests, etc and I'm fitter now than I ever was when I was playing hurling and football with a reduced but better planned training load.
I heard an S&C person say as much as well, but if they too are on the GAA gravy train maybe they tow the line?
StoreysTash (National) - 28/03/2024 09:33:39
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To togoutlads: "Yes agreed on your point re marketing of our games in Galway. It's poor and quite amateurish. A problem in marketing Galway's county teams and thus building up the crowds and a larger fan base is this - we're not winning! We don't do momentum or consistency. We don't build up 'Big Mo' - large scale momentum, a phenomenon that's been talked about in US sports marketing since the 1960s, where winning brings crowds, crowds brings money to feed further development, ongoing development brings longer term success. Big Mo doesn't just apply to professional sport, it applies to amateur sport too.
I'll focus on football for a min. We never build solid momentum year on year, like the Dubs, Kerry, Mayo. Under Joyce's tenure you've all seen what we're capable of when it's all coming together but what is allowed to happen is that we're peaking and troughing and in any code that loses the people. The troughs endure far longer than the peaks and nobody here really wants to go out of their way to watch their beloved maroon and white lose. Parents won't bring the young kids and the massive numbers of more peripheral supporters (as opposed to the small number of regularly attending diehards) just won't venture out to see us beaten and play incoherent, back-peddling football. The regular punter, the thousands of families and kids involved in our games in the county, want to see us having a cut, taking down the noisy neighbours, beating a Dublin or a Kerry, but it just doesn't happen. It's damaging our prospects and it's hard to see how it's going to change any time soon." Very true - Galway GAA teams don't do long term momentum or consistency too well. The last football team to do that was the 60's 3 in a row team (one could also argue the late 90's / early 00's team had a decent level of consistency) and the last hurling team to do it was the late 80's team where there was no provincial championship to play.
tommy k (National) - 28/03/2024 10:47:57
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Marooned: "U20 result
Mayo 0-16 Galway 2-6
Galway actually got 2 goals in the first 15 minutes but 6 points is a paltry return overall. Only 2 points scored in the 2nd half. 2 early points after half time but then didn't score at all for the last 30 minutes of the game.
Feels like we are slipping at bit at underage again after a good last decade. No Connacht title since 2018 at minor. Even though they won the AI through the back door in 22. No Connacht U20 title since 2020." how many counties have won both the minor and under 20 football All-Irelands in the past 4 or 5 years?
Would Galway be the only one?
maroondiesel (National) - 28/03/2024 11:23:55
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The Limerick 5 In A Row, Will They Do It? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Like I posted already, in the 1st 5 or so posts on the thread, they are going to win the 5 in a row. I've been drawn into posting more stuff about history because there have been posts posted that just aren't right. I don't think they are going to win because they won their 1st in 1897. I think they are going to win because their 3 main challengers, including yourselves, aren't as good at modern hurling and have weaknesses they will exploit." Or maybe you're just a professional poster with over 11,000 posts, and are addicted to this site. Limerick certainly unlike Wexford, have given you something to post about over the last while! I have to laugh when I see all these new Limerick supporters from other counties since 2018! It will be a good Munster championship and every game will be a war! Limerick vs Clare in Ennis is only a few weeks away , and Kilkenny and Galway are again looking strong in the Leinster competition.Respect to all these counties and players for the effort they put in!
Ryanteam (National) - 28/03/2024 11:34:14
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To maroondiesel: "how many counties have won both the minor and under 20 football All-Irelands in the past 4 or 5 years?
Would Galway be the only one?" Since grade changed in 2018, only Cork and Galway
anotheralias (National) - 28/03/2024 12:11:15
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