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JoeyFantastic

Murray goes deep on Munster: Still, any influx of cash would help if Frisch departs. It’s understood that Munster are not in a particularly strong financial position and that the IRFU has directed them to reduce their budget in terms of player salaries. Last season, the IRFU converted more than €4 ...

JoeyFantastic

I'm not really sure that we have the balance right with imports. I look at Ulster and Munster and think that we'd be better off with 4 or 5 Jeff Toomaga-Allen level imports than 1/2 Kitshoff/Snymans. Guys that will plug holes in thin squads but will be surpassed quickly enough if a talented youngst...

JoeyFantastic

Right, let's get into this, why are Munster the way they are? From 4 to 15 our team is pretty good, when fit - but yesterday we were hampered severely by injuries and illness which is just one of those things. In a broader sense, if you take out the utterly bereft situation of our front row and cen...

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“Literally “. Yep, literally - let me guess, the salary cap prevents English clubs from hiring necromancers and other assorted shamans? When are the funerals ? Looks like I get to teach you a word, what a thrill - necromancer - "a person who uses witchcraft or sorcery, especially to reanimate dead ...

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If it didn't make any difference, why are ye dribbling on about it? Guys were literally dying in the dressing room, the Munster necromancer was unreal busy trying to re-animate bodies and you think it didn't make any difference? “Literally “. Yep, literally - let me guess, the salary cap prevents E...

JoeyFantastic

They were so "low energy" that they dominated territory and possession in the first half. Ye lads. :lol: https://www.the42.ie/rowntree-munster-northampton-2-6347953-Apr2024/ What are you actually questioning here? That there was a bug in the camp at all, or that the bug made any difference? Fwiw, I...

JoeyFantastic

A player vomited on the pitch. That's it confirmed then, is it? :lol: If there's a vomiting bug in camp, there's no way that Munster go out there and dominate that first half. Have a word with yourself. Tbf, I pointed out they were low energy in the first half even before the bug was confirmed. It'...

JoeyFantastic

Bit disappointed in Munster. Beirne and POM were superb in the forwards, thought Coombes did a great job as well. Ahern and Hodnett were good but probably outmuscled by their opposition. Thought hte backs were a disappointment. Zebo aside, where was the invention? Didn't think Nankivell or Frisch g...

JoeyFantastic

What a load of bollocks. :lol: Munster were all energy and completely dominated possession and territory in the first half. No team with "a virus" is playing like that. Casey vomited on the pitch. Did you see how they fell away in the last quarter. A player vomited on the pitch. That's it confirmed...

JoeyFantastic

The outcome of this game is almost incidental Munster will never win this tournament unless we can find a decent front three Not winning it with Scannell and Archer starting Been a crazy blindspot of the set-up for the last decade. Playing converted backrows in the front row for schools? Not close ...

JoeyFantastic

fishooks15 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 1:49 pm The outcome of this game is almost incidental

Munster will never win this tournament unless we can find a decent front three

Not winning it with Scannell and Archer starting

Been a crazy blindspot of the set-up for the last decade.

JoeyFantastic

Just caught up. Excellent game. But Munster will almost definitely lose. They can't keep this up and Saints are finding it far easier to score. Munster should have been at least a full score clear, if not two. Murray Kinsella reported that Casey got sick on the pitch - we are absolutely f**ked. The...

JoeyFantastic

Just caught up. Excellent game. But Munster will almost definitely lose. They can't keep this up and Saints are finding it far easier to score. Munster should have been at least a full score clear, if not two. Murray Kinsella reported that Casey got sick on the pitch - we are absolutely f**ked. The...

JoeyFantastic

Munster-fogs wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:46 pm About time. All Munster so far.

All Munster but we look unbelievably low on energy imo

JoeyFantastic

No power. No pace. No win. Geriatric Keey and Conway would hardly add pace! No, but losing Nash and Daly is the equivalent, and we've managed to do just that. We're miles off where we need to be. Forced into playing loose to keep the ball from tightening up where we'd get mullered, but without the ...

JoeyFantastic

The weather could turn the game into a lottery. It would be shit if we miss out on hosting a foreign club at Croke Park for the first time because it was too windy to beat Leicester. It won't - there is a less than 5% chance Leicester winning this, imo. Keeping it to within 30 points is probably un...

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Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:49 pm Bman formerly of this parish isn't exactly signing his praises, said he's seen him turned inside out a few times in the AIL.

A Cork prop who can't scrummage, seems about right we'd have another one coming into squads alright.

JoeyFantastic

Hate Sunday lunchtime kick offs Don't mind them when we're away as the home crowd is oiled up enough, despise them at home, for the same reason. +1 Ryan's appeal upheld, academy prop Mark Donnelly onto the bench. Has he played any professional rugby before? Don't think he's played for us yet? Came ...

JoeyFantastic

John Ryan appeal failed. Mark Donnelly on bench. Well it'll be a litmus test for the poor guy anyway Everyone has to start somewhere - an Academy/AIL prop for Ulster (Wilson?) took Munster apart at the start of the season so who knows this could be the magic Mighty Ducks Flying V moment we've been ...

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Galatians 6:7 Yep, Iran will get what's coming for sponsoring this shit-show. so, the party responsible for killing 30k civilians and creating a famine in Gaza is going to get whats coming to them ? dont see it tbh - one hell of a game of chicken Bibi is playing ; i'd have thought Iran may just let...

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Strong rumours of an imminent attack from Iran on Israel. They might but why would they? They've nothing to gain from it. It's a long time back and I'm not expert but I read a detailed analysis of Iran's approach to the US invasion of Iraq - basically they were happy to outwait the US and move slow...

JoeyFantastic

Was there any context to that? Unhappy can mean all manner of things. It's also a claim that can't be disproved because in any group of 70 (?) or so players and staff there will always be some discontent. It could range from the coffee machine being broken to the coaches having different factions c...

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Senior players unhappy with the coaching setup. It's been brewing for a while. Lot of our senior players are serial losers in the Munster jersey, last year being a welcome aberration, not sure they've much to complain about. For example, over on mf.com I read that Archer is unhappy at not being off...

JoeyFantastic

Was there any context to that? Unhappy can mean all manner of things. It's also a claim that can't be disproved because in any group of 70 (?) or so players and staff there will always be some discontent. It could range from the coffee machine being broken to the coaches having different factions c...

JoeyFantastic

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/02/politics/biden-white-house-world-central-kitchen/index.html Biden furious over deaths of World Central Kitchen workers, but White House has no plans to change Israel policy one of these days Biden is going to be so outraged that he'll start sending F-15s etc via F...

JoeyFantastic

Jackman is saying the Munster camp is not a happy camp. Said it twice on the rte podcast today. He didn't go into any detail. I wonder if some senior players are unhappy about not being offered a contract. Was there any context to that? Unhappy can mean all manner of things. It's also a claim that ...

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https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/02/politics/biden-white-house-world-central-kitchen/index.html Biden furious over deaths of World Central Kitchen workers, but White House has no plans to change Israel policy one of these days Biden is going to be so outraged that he'll start sending F-15s etc via F...

JoeyFantastic

Worth a URC title? In the final Beirne and Kleyn were the starting locks, Snyman was a replacement. basically John Hodnett was picked ahead of him....and scored the winning try ! I'm pretty sure we don't win the final without Snyman in that last maul. Guy is a great player - genuine shame he's not ...

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DragonKhan wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:18 pm Cider. Orchard Thieves to be more precise

Sounds like your immune system had a perfectly normal response tbh.

JoeyFantastic

Snyman not available for the weekend? :lol: He might be, it's not decided yet but you have to think his heart just isn't in playing for Munster. I know he's had more than his fair share of injuries and wish him well (within reason) with Leinster but don't think we're losing too much in losing him, ...

JoeyFantastic

Snyman not available for the weekend? :lol: He might be, it's not decided yet but you have to think his heart just isn't in playing for Munster. I know he's had more than his fair share of injuries and wish him well (within reason) with Leinster but don't think we're losing too much in losing him, ...

JoeyFantastic

You can't compare the French Resistance and Hamas. The French Resistance did not target babies. Hamas are a bunch of cynical monsters. Israel has also deliberately targeted children in this conflict... That has nothing to do with what are discussing. He compared Hamas to the French Resistance. I'm ...

JoeyFantastic

My point is that Message, and others using the same rethoric, are tying the life of innocent civilians to the behavior of a terrorist group. You'll continue to die until these terrorists lay down their arms.... I can only assume none of your family was in the French Resistance? I'm not in any way j...

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I am afraid - but the almost 200 aid workers killed alone since this disaster started out it is a clear statement about how the military machine is not able to discriminate targets at all, when striking, regardless of what officials say. Therefore This has to stop asap For the sake of argument - I ...

JoeyFantastic

Red - no question, imo - does the URC have the red card bunker thing?

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feckwanker wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:05 pm He should just off himself and spare the rest of us the bother. Scum.

Not to make light of it but it was time he retired to his office with a bottle of brandy and revolver alright.

That said, no vindication for the victims is he did that, let it all come out in Court.

JoeyFantastic

Big French club be interested? The Jaguars? They'd even fill it against the Maori or England A. Don't see a French club needing a fixture at that point of the season tbh. Do England A still play games? It can on really be a Super Rugby side probably but are they a draw? I know there's random Barbar...

JoeyFantastic

Don't get me wrong - Cork is a fine city to go out in, and the trek to/from the stadium no huge deal for anyone mobile - albeit more shuttles would help (especially on bad weather days). My gripe was less around the game, and more around the clusterfcuk which was trying to get cabs in/around the ci...

JoeyFantastic

Nice stadium in a hole of a place to get to. Probably more than double the walk from thomond to city centre pubs etc. Bar the marina market there’s fudge all down there. Couldn’t agree more about the hassle just interesting the amount of cash it generates. In a weekend where nothing else is really ...

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https://www.theguardian.com/business/li ... ve-updates

25 years seems light enough considering America's usually punitive jail sentences.

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