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camroc1

A +84 point differential is pretty special (next best +6!). With some more distance from the last couple weeks people will appreciate it more. The change we need is young guys supplanting the bench options at loosehead, and half-back, expect that'll define the next 18 months. Beyond that the starti...

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:lol: Reading the UK Sunday Times and it is very much England are back and Ireland are a fading star lucky to have crawled their way to the title. Definite whiff of bitterness. The BBC Sports page updated their 6 Nations table at 10:44am, the morning after the the tournament finished, to show next y...

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I'm not convinced by Crowley. Buckle up. He kicks away attacking possession far too easily (in fairness he does it for Munster as well), but is the man in possession and I assume the coaches will be giving him work-ons. It's up to somebody else to take the shirt off him now, and no one is putting u...

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I think a lot of the doom and gloom is a result of Carley's interpretations. First half was putrid shite with both teams box kicking as Carley was favouring defending team at the breakdown. Ireland adjusted by going more direct in the pack in second half. Dominated territory but couldn't get the sc...

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I don't necessarily think it's a freshness of coaching issue, or even other sides figuring us out. The pack just didn't provide the go forward we're used to from them, to be honest in any of the games after France. Definitely a bit of world cup hangover and tiredness there. That coupled with us los...

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15, 9, 10 and 1 Not worried about 15. Frawley was 4th choice (and nowhere near as bad as suggested) and Larmour 5th choice (again nowhere near as bad as suggested). When you're comparing Keenan to Frawley, of course it's stark. No different to any best in their position in the world compared to mos...

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You’re comparing their best with our worst . We deserved to win the championship, nothing fortunate about our wins The points difference speaks volumes Winning is what counts. And we won when and as needed to get the trophy. I do think England and France have a lot to be optimistic about. England w...

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We need to talk about Crowley kicking away possession twice when we were in the Scottish 22. It's downright stupid. The problem is the utter lack of pace outside him and the fact that our pack are playing like a golden oldies mixum-matchem going through the motions, saving themselves for the real a...

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What's Crowley at kicking away possession, stupidly, when we're in the Scottish 22 ?

Awful stuff.

camroc1

We need to talk about Crowley kicking away possession twice when we were in the Scottish 22.

It's downright stupid.

camroc1

Blackrock Bullet wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:22 pm Quite amusing to see some of the “I won’t darken the door of the new Clerys types”.

We have quite a few simpletons living here. Thankfully it seems to be doing great.

They didn't darken the door of the old Clerys either, which is why it closed down.

camroc1

Keenan out, Larmour in.

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Keenan out with a hip injury, Larmour starting.

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CM11 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:30 pm Lads, you seem to think I'm Duff. I mean I can play the part of the disgruntled loser but I've congratulated you, said you were fair winners and said the future is looking good for the six nations and all you can manage to do is be negative?

They're English - always graceful winners.

camroc1

Cheers both for the answers. Looking at the stadium layout again (very slow Friday for me) its the perfect advert for the need for Chinese style planning laws. Landsdowne Rd (the road itself) should have been closed fully. Traffic should have been diverted down Serpentine Ave instead and the level ...

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Bogbunny wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:28 pm
camroc1 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:20 pm
Monk Zombie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:17 pm Imo test matches should be played in daylight
I agree.

But as I said earlier this is the decision of the broadcaster, not the IRFU and not the AB's.

He who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Who is covering the AIs, is it Amazon ?

TNT Sports, I think.

camroc1

Monk Zombie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:17 pm Imo test matches should be played in daylight

I agree.

But as I said earlier this is the decision of the broadcaster, not the IRFU and not the AB's.

He who pays the piper, calls the tune.

camroc1

I imagine you're both right. Probably technically correct to reject based on law but as cam said, the previous common sense approach was to accept assurances of services. That has now been thrown out. CM, the judge, off his own bat, brought in a new requirement that wasn't previously there, that ch...

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Think they have them all now. It'll be objections from the rest of the homeowners that needs to be overcome next. When does the lease/cooperation arrangement with the FAI end? You'd imagine they might prefer to do the next phase alone if possible. Or was it the SPV that has been buying the houses r...

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Have they banned those without Dublin addresses from going? Harsh but fair. How many people want to take time off work to attend a home game? Hopefully Humph will start sorting this sort of shit out. I suspect who plays who when is decided by the TV companies, not the IRFU, nor the touring countrie...

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Tbh O'Neill isn't stupid, the patchwork of laws that leads to O'Neill is stupid, albeit even that isn't the problem. Ultimately the issue is a simple one, you are required to only allow building where there is sufficient public transport. The providers will not increase provision of public transpor...

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Holland J is a tough enough cookie. Very much a legal purist. He's not pro-applicant at all, he just strictly applies the law. My actual experience, over many years of being involved in preparing planning applications, is that when you write to Dublin Bus/CIE with regard to providing a bus service ...

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Another pisstake with an amenable judge High Court overturns permission for 227 homes in Goatstown on public transport ground https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/03/12/high-court-overturns-permission-for-227-homes-in-goatstown-on-public-transport-ground/ Holland J is a tough enough cookie. Ver...

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Midweek games coming to munster due to 1. Southern hemisphere recognition. 2. Guaranteed sell out 3. Munster tend to respect the match. This years crusaders was the strongest we could manage given injuries but otherwise we’ll give it a decent shot. There’s 27k rugby supporters in limk or 40k in cor...

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There is some hope. Our u18s beat their Irish 💉 counterparts! Looking at 5+ years of misery first but something to hold onto. Dominated by Scarlets players :smug: Well this doesn’t add up. Did the Irish have a few sent off? The Irish provincial schools cups finals are on this week, which meant that...

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What's the deal with all the Metro-sceptic articles in the IT? Frank McDonald, and his idiotic idea that a LUAS connection to the airport is all that's needed. Ah yeah a Luas that would cross all of the traffic junctions from the airport to st Stephen’s Green - what could possibly go wrong. There's...

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Nolanator wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:53 pm What's the deal with all the Metro-sceptic articles in the IT?

Frank McDonald, and his idiotic idea that a LUAS connection to the airport is all that's needed.

camroc1

I agree... I find the call a bit weird, and it seems to me more like depriving Ireland options at centre (not sure whether you have a lot of depth in that position, so may be speaking out of my arss there). Plus the lad is 27 yo, not really in his prime... but who knows. Could you enlighten me rega...

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France in calling up Frenchman to national squad shocker.........

(I doubt he'll get next or near a cap, so will still be IQed so far as Munster are concerned. )

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Anyone else think Beirne looked shattered come the last 20 mins? He looked so slow chasing a box kick at one point. I think we maybe subbed the wrong lock. Leinster fanboys won't take kindly to it being pointed out that Joe McCarthy will, as the euphemism goes, have had plenty of learnings to take ...

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A cynic might surmise re those agitating for more support for carers, that those agitating for more support are actually more concerned about more support for those agitating about more support for carers. The 'Carers' wanted a constitutional guarantee of financial support for anyone who called the...

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How much did this farce cost to run? How many houses could have been built with the funding? That’s what I want to know. 45,932 and a 1/2 All of them before next week, at least according to Eoin O'Broin (so long as they're not in his constituency) As for the cost - that's where the 50% of your sala...

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Baloucoune doesn't do what Farrell wants at wing, I thought he went alright in the AIs in 2022 but dropped like a stone after missing the last match injured. If the answer is Nash and Larmour then Farrell is confused. It's not, it's Hansen. And for the first time we really missed the go-forward we ...

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Rugbynut2 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:59 pm How much did this farce cost to run? How many houses could have been built with the funding?

That’s what I want to know.

The cost associated with the democratic process is cheap at the price.

camroc1

What was most disappointing about that, was the kicking of possession away with a couple of minutes left. We played very poorly indeed, yet were still winning by two points at that stage. That's down to individual players. We never really got on the right side of the ref, but there were two incident...

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Derwyn wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:40 pm
camroc1 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:36 pm I'll take that.

Was there ever another look at the clear out on Furlong ?

Surprised it wasn't looked at further.

camroc1

I'll take that.

Was there ever another look at the clear out on Furlong ?

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Some of them are such utter dickheads - you know they’ll still be sniping away when Finn’s the Lions starting 10. Bandwaggoners are a pain in any sport - embarrassing for the many decent Irish lads. Put down the bottle. Just had my first G&T of the day as it happens. If you seriously don’t understa...

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They looked like they'd spent too much time in the gym, and not enough playing rugby and doing skills work.

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Probably a fair(ish) result in the end. But I would comment that it is easier to put kilos on the young Irish lads, than teach the young English skills and nous. Kilos won't help them scrummage. My point still stands. We get just one decent prop a year, is all we need. England are sending out u/a t...

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