Thank goodness for RTE and Roy Keane

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This evening I was having dinner when on came the six o’clock news and a hyperventilating RTE reporter announces that today Roy Keane had " ADDRESSED THE NATION "
And there I was under the impression that what actually happened was that the assistant manager of the Irish soccer team had spoken to some journalists in a Malahide hotel
How wrong can you be eh! :rolleyes:
 
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There won't be a single day that we wont see at least a few pages with Roy Keane's name all over it, and just when I thought it was safe to go back into the water:(

On the udder hand if things hot up it just might be entertaining, personality wise rather than sport wise, for me at least, as I'm not really a soccer/24/7 fan thank you very much, as there is much more to life thank god.
 
Purple said:
Did he give a blessing?
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It’s just that had I known such a momentous event was taking place I would have gathered the family around the TV, drawn the blinds and given the occasion the deference or indeed reverence it deserved. Has anyone got the text? Id love to take some time out to study it in peace and quiet.
Actually I was in the middle of reading the Gettysburg address but that can wait. ;)
 
Seagull said:
I know I've heard comments about donkeys in relation to some of the Irish players, but I didn't think the FAI would take the joke that far.
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Sorry, I've fixed the spelling. Who did they replace the Italian with, cannot spell his name either. Maybe it's easier to spell the new guys name, why isn't Roy the manager?
 
C'mon people, are ye misery junkies or what??, this is a fascinating story for a good chunk of the population. Poor auld Roy, the lad done good, then bad, now he's going for a shot at rehabilitation as a less volatile, constructive solid kind of lad.

A great story for our times - a microcosm for the nation ....(steady on, lets not over egg it!!) :D
 
We've two people from this island running the National team but neither of them are from this country (one from Northern Ireland, one from PR Cork).
Should be not have gone for an Irish management team? ;) :D
 
W200 said:
It’s just that had I known such a momentous event was taking place I would have gathered the family around the TV, drawn the blinds and given the occasion the deference or indeed reverence it deserved. Has anyone got the text? Id love to take some time out to study it in peace and quiet.
Actually I was in the middle of reading the Gettysburg address but that can wait. ;)
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I hope that you at least bowed your head. :D
 
Well, it's working. Very good performance and a good win.
Could'nt have seen us put in the same show with Trap in charge tonight
 
Delboy said:
Well, it's working. Very good performance and a good win.
Could'nt have seen us put in the same show with Trap in charge tonight
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And remind me again, which major world power we took on in a highly competitive encounter :confused:
 
W200 said:
And remind me again, which major world power we took on in a highly competitive encounter :confused:
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As the old sporting adage goes, you can only beat what's put in front of you, and they did so very convincingly last night, playing a much more attractive and positive brand of football than Trap would have allowed - players who the Italian wouldn't give a sniff of a game to, were allowed a chance to impress and they took it with both hands.

Under Trapattoni we really struggled to look convincing against equally poor opposition on lots of occasions.

Why so negative? :confused: :rolleyes:
 
Perhaps W200 is'nt a football fan?

Perhaps tonight's 'game' was more his thing!!!
 
Sue Ellen said:
Deffo, but wasn't it a relief that the hotel was ok and there were no potholes on the pitch :rolleyes:
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It sure was, seeing as substandard accommodation and/or training facilities could impact on the team's performance, or result in costly injuries to highly paid professional athletes...
 
Delboy said:
Perhaps W200 is'nt a football fan?

Perhaps tonight's 'game' was more his thing!!!
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Actually w200 is a fan and avid watcher of most sports played fairly and honestly.:)
What he is definitely NOT a fan of is hype.
Two examples of this hype are 1/ O’Neill / Keane are saviours of Irish soccer. And 2/ Irish rugby team are up there with the best in the world.
Not alone is the jury still out on the O’Neill / Keane issue but in fact the jury hasn’t been selected yet.
And as far as our rugby heroes are concerned most of them are spending more time on the front pages of newspapers than they are in the opposition half :D
There is nothing I would like more than to be eventually proved wrong on both issues.
 
mandelbrot said:
It sure was, seeing as substandard accommodation and/or training facilities could impact on the team's performance, or result in costly injuries to highly paid professional athletes...
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Ever consider going for a sense of humour transplant?
 
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