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JoeyFantastic

Then that f**king clown refusing to answer if he had confidence in the CEO or not. The whole thing was a shit-show. The spirit of John Delaney very much lives on. The FAI is inherently corrupt and/or endemically poorly run. You can change the Board as many times as you like, the constituent parts a...

JoeyFantastic

There's a bit of a catch 22. Ideally mistakes (outside obviously malicious negligence) can be investigated without pressure of consequences but the pressure of consequences means mistakes are more likely to be covered up or ignored and without the pressure of consequences there's less impetus to in...

JoeyFantastic

Eh that’s not murdering you eejit No, it's not (presumably), but do you think the cluster of unexpected deaths merits public attention? Obviously but not from a bunch of ambulance chasers This is worth a read, imo - it seems often hospitals are only compelled to really investigate errors due to the...

JoeyFantastic

https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2024/02/12/parents-of-babies-who-died-in-hospital-to-petition-taoiseach-for-commission-of-investigation/ Eh that’s not murdering you eejit No, it's not (presumably), but do you think the cluster of unexpected deaths merits public attention? Maybe I'm way off on thi...

JoeyFantastic

How are ye still discussing schools in the middle of a six nations when there's still a potential Grand Slam on the line?

Anyhow, Jacques Nienabar to Ulster, you heard it here first.

JoeyFantastic

Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:46 am What the fudge is going on with all of the road deaths this year - 31 already, lots of young people

Too many cars, too many bad drivers and too many bad habits normalised.

JoeyFantastic

Anyway lads, sorry for the mess. I do feel quite strongly about player abuse and fans treating them as objects rather than people but I guess I made that point early enough and should have stopped. I'll try to be good going forward. Fwiw, I agree - we've normalised an obscene amount of personal abu...

JoeyFantastic

Just saw the Flannery intercept on Against the Head - was it really that bad? Ulster should have scrambled better, imo.

JoeyFantastic

I'm sure you have a point that cover is now provided for the "Oh well, we tried" position but no one can say that Bibi has shown any sense of diplomatic tact regarding the administration's proposal. Netanyahu's role here is to be the obstinate, implacable ally that Biden, try as he desperately migh...

JoeyFantastic

Not to drag up old ground but we might as well bring Paddy back now All the hangers on are going to disappear now we are shite All the influencers are going to ignore us as they don’t want to be associated with rubbish People with the best intentions of the team will be all that’s left Why? Is sign...

JoeyFantastic

Biden pissed....he has been dismissed on this issue. Ah here, you aren't giving any credence to the "Oh Biden is upset" theatre? If Biden wanted to end this all he has to do is stop bypassing Congress to re-arm Israel. Virtually all we can glean from what's actually happening in the White House is ...

JoeyFantastic

Biden pissed ....he has been dismissed on this issue. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government unanimously approved a measure declaring that the country "outright rejects" any attempts by foreign powers to create a Palestinian state. Netanyahu announced the move at the start of a cabi...

JoeyFantastic

Just a reminder we’re here to chat rugby and have the craic. CM11 you never used to get involved in idiotic shit fights. Maybe take a break? Really? :lol: But seriously, I don't think it's idiotic to call people out on calling players who've tried but failed a disgrace. Certainly not a player start...

JoeyFantastic

He was They all were Hard to think of any one of them who performed acceptably He doesn’t need you acting like his mummy and telling everyone he tried hard He needs cold facts, they all do Nice in theory but no one is going to scare or shame this Ulster squad into playing well, imo. That sort of co...

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He was They all were Hard to think of any one of them who performed acceptably He doesn’t need you acting like his mummy and telling everyone he tried hard He needs cold facts, they all do Nice in theory but no one is going to scare or shame this Ulster squad into playing well, imo. That sort of co...

JoeyFantastic

How are Ulster broke?

Surely Rory McIlroy could be lined up to sort things?

JoeyFantastic

Erudite and nuanced, yes. Informed? A man asking the question (I assume they're a man) "Are Kepler, Copernicus et al "better" books than say Normal People, or Prophet Song, and who decides, bar the paying public." It all comes down to money. And who can extract it from others. Questions of art? Les...

JoeyFantastic

Do you believe that the IDF is also a murderous death cult? If not then why is your opinion of them higher? No, any other country would have acted in exactly the same way. If the Dutch had sailed over to the UK and killed 10,000 British citizens including 300 children and taken 1,000 hostages back ...

JoeyFantastic

What in the actual fcuk is going on? Are we witnessing a mental breakdown of a man for all to see on a dying forum for an obscure sport? I think we are. What a time to be alive. I think the emotional toll of the current reality is taking a toll on all of us - even me. Not to sound a note of caution...

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I think this is a 5 pointer even if Munster play like shite. This. I’ll be surprised if the scarlets keep it to within 30. They are wank. Knock me over with a feather. Let’s just give up. Absolutely focking useless. At home. Thought they defended well for 60 minutes, ref didn't seem to suit them an...

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:09 pm why arent munster doing the socks thing?

No idea - too far to drive up the M7 for most of them?

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Luckycharmer wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:04 pm Why are the Scarlets players wearing different socks, like a babas team?

Something called origin weekend - it's their original club iirc.

JoeyFantastic

Munster were way, way too casual in the last 10 minutes - they'll lose this if they start to think it's a training match.

JoeyFantastic

Glad to see a rugby forum is talking about the one thing foundational to rugby, what school you went to. My wife finds it incredible how up here the school you went to defines you in the eyes of others not even in a religious way but as a person I.e. he went to Wallace/methody must be a decent lad ...

JoeyFantastic

Ah Joey there’s no equivalence there. As shitty as the Palestine situation is, horrific shit like that has been taking place somewhere in the world every hour of every day your head would be melted if you took it all onboard. That's true in fairness but there's something so egregious about this par...

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https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/rtes-bakhurst-pulled-tv-licence-fee-ads-as-they-would-have-been-inappropriate-1588692.html Nice little €450k giveaway Rory Coveney got a golden handshake too but they won’t say how much Wheels about to come off at Montrose this is outrageous stuff In the words of...

JoeyFantastic

That really does seem like an oversight in the UN charter alright. I mean, yeah, the UN is and has always been largely useless. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/14/ireland-and-spain-demand-eu-reviews-israel-trade-deal-over-rights-obligations So, what is the legal situation if Israel are i...

JoeyFantastic

And that's half the problem, Ireland is not Britain. Until the end of the 1970's, Irish people had a very favourable view of Israel and vice-versa. So warm were relations that Israel, in the mid-sixties, dedicated a newly planted forest near Nazareth to DeValera. And there was no real anti-semitism...

JoeyFantastic

Sometimes. :lol: The reality is that both Israel and Palestine are militarised cultures that are now so far apart as to be totally opposed to each other. There's no realistic solution to the problem. Meanwhile, in the west there's huge paranoia about Jewish people in the conspiratorial right, and t...

JoeyFantastic

Sometimes. :lol: The reality is that both Israel and Palestine are militarised cultures that are now so far apart as to be totally opposed to each other. There's no realistic solution to the problem. Meanwhile, in the west there's huge paranoia about Jewish people in the conspiratorial right, and t...

JoeyFantastic

Maybe, I've never really engaged with the hard left or hard right in Ireland - I don't see it's relevance to what we're discussing though? Do you filter your political positions depending on who they might leave you agreeing with or something? Sometimes. :lol: The reality is that both Israel and Pa...

JoeyFantastic

I've long made that point. There's latent anti-semitism out the wazoo. There's also the fact that other conflicts aren't covered. How many Irish people know about Syria, let alone Sudan or Ethiopa? How many know what a Houthi is? How many people have ever even thought of the rivalry between Persian...

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Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:15 pm
It’s also a lightning rod for all of the anti-Jewish, anti-American commie fools that make up a part of our population

So? Ignore them and focus on the issues in play today, imo.

JoeyFantastic

It's more than just rocket attacks though, albeit that's the most common measure, but yeah, suicide bombings, etc, too. Conceptually I have some sympathy for Israel, albeit they're generally such cúnts it becomes difficult. (See the Israeli spokesman just on Prime TIme on RTÉ 1.) Most people don't ...

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agree and Rabin tried that - Netanyahu decided otherwise ; he's going to drag this on as long as it takes to stay in power and keep out of jail.....or until Trump gets re-elected - there's been a few Israeli PMs that have tried for a lasting peace ; Ehud Barak being one stand out - however Bibi rem...

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exactly - the iron dome pretty much ensures that Hamas rocket attacks on Israel are about as effective as spud guns - between 2004 and 204 less than 150 Israeli's were killed in Hamas rocket attacks - you were more likely to die in a car accident in Israel than get killed by a Hamas rocket. i've bo...

JoeyFantastic

Yeah, I'd agree with that. Mass murder isn't really good. It's odd - even the Bush administration put Saddam Hussein on trial whereas Obama just had Seal Team 6 shoot Bin Laden straight up... that we've declined from that point to the open bombing of refugee camps on the suspicion they might be hid...

JoeyFantastic

Horrible horrible situation. Hamas have to be totally eradicated and Hezbollah and Iran dissuaded from backing any attacks on Israel. Israel must use every effort to minimise civilian casualties, but they will use what ever force to achieve their objectives and minimise IDF casualties. How to bring...

JoeyFantastic

Well no. It’s more akin to someone who has their sworn life mission to murder you and all of your family, breaking into your house and kidnapping your child. I don't agree with your analogy but even if someone did that I don't think anyone here would say I was in the right if I then killed dozens o...

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It's not that they aren't very good at it, it's that Israel has one of the highest tech, expensive (and undoubtedly the best used) rocket defence systems on the planet. Around 12,000 rockets were fired into Israel between October the 7th and 31st December ffs. It's not a normal place, how would you...

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