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redderneck

He had the sense required to leave Cork. And the persistence to succeed in doing so despite the first attempt failing. And the power to manage the first failure so that it inconvenienced Leinster. I have a shrine built to the man in my garage, right beside that old dot matrix printer I rawked from t...

redderneck

Declan's my hero.

redderneck

For my sins, I sat through that. I'm sorry for any of the lads on here who love the game, but fcuk me. Abortionball. Seventy minutes of sleeveenism, the odd bit of skill, but for most of it you're waiting for some thug to sneak up behind some unsuspecting victim, whip out half a pool cue and kinghit...

redderneck

This Walsh lad has waded in like a drunk in a fight. Swinging at everything but hitting nothing. We need fresh Munster blood. The older lads like Fester, HR and Redder are decent, but they're aging now, and I think that pack needs fresh blood, meanwhile Grim's having a tough time after a promising ...

redderneck

I haven't read the whole thread, but the best sport, by far, for kids is wrestling or judo. It runs pretty much the whole year, it is great for balance, fitnes and discipline and it also boosts their confidence. No judo in our area sadly, so the young lad does Taekwondo. Not a fan of it myself - I'...

redderneck

My wife and I actually sat down last night and had a LONG conversation about how we are maybe guilty of neglecting (read not trying so bloody hard) with my young lad, when it comes to extracurricular stuff, compared with his older sister. She had ballet, horseriding, Irish dancing, swimming , camog...

redderneck

My wife and I actually sat down last night and had a LONG conversation about how we are maybe guilty of neglecting (read not trying so bloody hard) with my young lad, when it comes to extracurricular stuff, compared with his older sister. She had ballet, horseriding, Irish dancing, swimming , camogi...

redderneck

If it doesn't involve a Russian coach of indeterminate sex and stern aspect, forcing them into painful splits positions and beating them with a stick of celery shouting 'disgusting pig, you are too fat!', it's probably only going to consign them to a life of mediocre gymnastics ability I'm afraid. ...

redderneck

Could a player take a case rather than a province? Like if they decided for example Nacewa wasn't getting a new contract? He'd have to prove that he didn't get a contract because of the NIQ rule. Good luck with that. I don't know about that. I think an Isa Nacewa would be able to prove it relativel...

redderneck

So Fionn Carr basically without the good looks and cult status? Wouldn't have Carr's pace/power IMO. I was about to say he's twice the footballer though - but that doesn't quite cover it. A lot more than twice the footballer. Not the biggest physique and I'd not be certain he'd be very durable at t...

redderneck

It's the accumulation of small factors rather than any one major difference. I still fee there is a skills defecit central to it all though. That ability to execute the core skills when put under the severest of pressure and not have it go to hell in a handbasket, or at least be off by the fractions...

redderneck

Guy Sajer's The Forgotten Soldier: WWII account of a Frenchman serving in the Wehrmacht on the Ostfront. It's a good read but I've read subsequently that there are doubts as to the authenticity of writer and his experiences. It's certainly a book that had me wondering "WTF " a few times. Even allow...

redderneck

fudge sake. Need to get me a Kindle. A real snip at €109. I am loving mine. It annoyed me (hugely) at the time, but the nearly €50 I shelled out of the leather cover with the little built in reading light which flicks out and runs off the device power, is a bloody excellent accesssory. Stupid price...

redderneck

fudge sake. Need to get me a Kindle. A real snip at €109. I am loving mine. It annoyed me (hugely) at the time, but the nearly €50 I shelled out of the leather cover with the little built in reading light which flicks out and runs off the device power, is a bloody excellent accesssory. Stupid price...

redderneck

Never mind.

Armageddin it is kicking off.

redderneck

fudge sake. Need to get me a Kindle. A real snip at €109. I am loving mine. It annoyed me (hugely) at the time, but the nearly €50 I shelled out of the leather cover with the little built in reading light which flicks out and runs off the device power, is a bloody excellent accesssory. Stupid price...

redderneck

binge90 wrote:
Miguel Indurain wrote:
binge90 wrote: Holy Jesus. When the fudge did I say that!?
A couple of weeks back.
No I didn't, you senile old fool. Link or onto the proven liars list you go.

Oh God. I sense another roundabout looming.

redderneck

binge90 wrote:fudge sake. Need to get me a Kindle.

Get with the programme. You'll not regret it.

redderneck

Guy Sajer's The Forgotten Soldier: WWII account of a Frenchman serving in the Wehrmacht on the Ostfront. It's a good read but I've read subsequently that there are doubts as to the authenticity of writer and his experiences. It's certainly a book that had me wondering "WTF " a few times. Even allow...

redderneck

I read What Money Can't Buy by Michael J. Sandel who is a ferocious hippie. Also read the Beever WWII book which I found inferior to All Hell Let Loose as an holistic book on the War. Re-read Kafka's Metamorphosis and The Trial for the first time since Uni; terrific, wickedly funny novels. Liked th...

redderneck

The best book I read recently was "One Soldier's War in Chechnya," by Arkady Babchenko. An incredibly bleak book about a conscript whose main problems are not the savage Chechens but the bullies and incompetent officers of the Russian Army. The narrator spends more time dodging the fists of his dru...

redderneck

I think it runs a lot deeper than who heads up the national team's coaching - but for sure, I think that coaching ticket could undoubtedly be stronger. Re. Ireland & NIQs etc; is there an assumption that the 4 NIQ's p/province, will reduce by 1, year on year, or has this been mooted? (Perhaps better...

redderneck

Our little fisherman aside, I wouldn't really care how we did in the 6N if I felt we had a coach who was selecting well and trying to develop a coherent style of play. What will depress me beyond belief is if I see us trying nothing AND doing badly, that's really a lose-lose, and one we have seen m...

redderneck

CM11 wrote:
Couch wrote:How can the irish win the 6n with a new coach in a 12 month turnaround?

You guys are f**king idiots.
Do you remember 2008?

Idiot.

Now, now. Play nice.

redderneck

binge90 wrote:Just found this picture of Henderson :

That has a Paulie-esque quality to it.

redderneck

Awful news about SOB, hope he makes a full and speedy recovery. I'd like to see Ryan getting closer to important starts. I know I don't have much to base it on but I've always seen something there I liked. And I know it's an unpopular opinion but I don't think we would have had a prayer of beating ...

redderneck

Kidney is not a technical coach. He relies on his team to provide that. Right now, you'd question the value of their work, especially our toothless attacking/support play. He needs better help. But if he doesn't look for it; he's the problem. If he doesn't accept it when it's offered then he's the p...

redderneck

So. How soon before the first really big orchestrated rehab meds/oooooh, grey area/roids story breaks in top level rugby?

Seriously lads; bodies were not built to take the sort of punishment these lads are taking now.

redderneck

The single biggest individual loser from this tour has been Les Kiss IMHO. He has gone from a career-building situation where I suspect (strongly) he was the Irish HC-in waiting, to a scenario where he is highly likely to have his powers severely curtailed. I'd be gobsmacked if Ireland didn't look t...

redderneck

Interview with Wood on Off The Ball this evening. He said he didn't agree Kidinme should go unfortunately. He was fairly critical though, particularly of how we set up in defence. What does he know about coaches - he knifed Gatland in the back. And I'm aware that Gatland was being typically stubbor...

redderneck

Ireland's Call wrote:And we move up to 7th in the rankings

You couldn't make that up.

Hmmmm. Strangely you'd have thought with so much Vaseline spread about we'd have been more likely to fall foul of gravity.

redderneck

I'm just really glad the season is over, having to watch those shower of wit kant play again in the next weeks and few months would be unbearable. I'm really just sick of them at the moment. Agreed. Rugby'd out. Just as well the pre-season didn't start last week, eh? Bloody IRB fixtures heads need ...

redderneck

It would be foolish to expect the IRFU to behave any differently than they did during EOS debacle. So Kidney is here until after the 6 Nations. I expect 2 losses in the AIs and 2 wins (at best) in the 6 nations and hopefully Schmidt will commit to a few more years on this side of the globe with Ire...

redderneck

It would be foolish to expect the IRFU to behave any differently than they did during EOS debacle. So Kidney is here until after the 6 Nations. I expect 2 losses in the AIs and 2 wins (at best) in the 6 nations and hopefully Schmidt will commit to a few more years on this side of the globe with Ire...

redderneck

Many are missing points galore when comparing NZ and Ireland. The key point is that at junior level, we are a lot closer to them than at full test level. Why is that? We plainly have the young players who can compete at that level. Underage sides have gotten to world cup finals before, they have wo...

redderneck

I said during the U20 6N, Conan should go to Connacht if he is not in Leinsters academy. Still think that but he is in their academy now. The problem is that Leinster is still probably the best academy out there and it's worthwhile completing their course. However doing that really restricts how qu...

redderneck

Interesting blog on the city here That's all pollution btw... http://www.alltrains.ru/ljphoto/norilsk2009/norilsk2009_1_41.jpg Holy shitski, that's bleak. I feel suicidal just reading that. Those Russians must be hard bastards. Norilsk is a name which makes Russians shudder. Feck it. Norilsk is a n...

redderneck

There was, for sure, an argument for starting Ronan O’Gara at outhalf with Sexton at inside centre in a reprise of the combination which worked so effectively in the last half hour at Christchurch, but by keeping O’Gara on the bench Ireland have kept their ace-in-the-hole in reserve for the endgame...

redderneck

Poite really is the bloody wild card here. The Munster v NZ game in TP back in '08 was just a free-for-all. It had as much structure as Christchurch CBD. He hasn't improved since. Ignores midfield offside from set pieces. Ignores everything in the scrum, bar collapsing. Everything. Rucks may as wel...

redderneck

Poite really is the bloody wild card here. The Munster v NZ game in TP back in '08 was just a free-for-all. It had as much structure as Christchurch CBD. He hasn't improved since. Ignores midfield offside from set pieces. Ignores everything in the scrum, bar collapsing. Everything. Rucks may as well...

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