Feb 08 2007

Minnows V muppets

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Or so one of the papers put it. All I can say is OMFG! 2-1. Two-one!? First of all, we only managed to score two goals! and second of all we let San Marino score. San Ma-fucking-rino? There aren’t enough exclamation marks in the world to convey my shock.

I mean, we all expected at least 5 goals, didn’t we?

And yet, there was something horribly predictable about last night’s match, and although we had a few goal chances we never really looked out of sight of San Marino[1] Wales must be laughing at the thought of their visit to Croke Park.

Linknotes:
  1. that is San Marino, with a pop. of 30 thous people and a football team of part-timers ↩
Tags: Euro qualifiers, Euro2008, football, Ireland, Ireland V San Marino, wtf!

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Oct 08 2006

In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey

Published by Fence under Sport, Weekly memes

I’m talking sports. And I’m talking losing. Soy un perdedor well, not me personally, but the teams I support.

Went to the Munster match. Had a great time. But we lost. Bloody Leinster ;) Not too upset though, I mean, it is only a Magners League match. But still.

No, the definite monkeys of the weekend were the soccer team. Final score Cyprus 5 - Republic of Monkeys 2.

Oh yes, we lost to Cyprus. We made Cyprus seem good.

Can it get any worse? Well, we are playing the Czech Republic on Weds. and they are actually a good side. What’ll the score be 6, 7 nil? I dread to think. I’m also dreading having to watch the coverage on TV3 as well. It was shockingly bad. And their graphics? Almost as crap as out defenders. Maybe I’ll go along to Lansdowne and watch it live instead of on the telly…

Anyways, it is Sunday, which means it is Luna Nina time, and she says

  1. Opinion ::
  2. Tardy ::
  3. Peer pressure ::
  4. Grownup ::
  5. ! ::
  6. Beer ::
  7. Sit ::
  8. Shower ::
  9. Consumate ::
  10. Wasting ::

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Tags: CL06, Cyprus V Ireland, Euro qualifiers, football, Ireland, Leinster, Luna Nina, moan mode, Munster, Munster V Leinster, muppets, rugby

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Sep 03 2006

Week 187

Published by Fence under Books, Family, Sport, Weekly memes

As I mentioned, I headed up to Sligo on Friday. And then on Sat. took a quick trip off to Galway[1] to watch Brother #5 play rugby. Connacht v Ulster, U-20’s. We spotted the Ulster team first, and the first words out of de mudder’s mouth was, “they’re huge” and she was hoping that the brother wouldn’t be playing from the start. He’s only 17, and a small 17 as well.

He didn’t start, but got playing around 20 minutes from the end. But the game was over by then, Connacht lost. The final score was Connacht 6 - Ulster 27. They scored 5 tries, converted 2 and then got the luckiest drop goal ever. Yer man kicked the ball, it was half blocked by a Connacht player, and then bounced off the bar and over. I know I’m biased, but I don’t think the score was a fair reflection of the way Connacht played. Although Ulster did deserve their win. They had good quick hands, and their #14 was constantly waiting for the ball to put him through for a try. The big difference was probably the tackle. Connacht just weren’t putting in the hits.

After the match we headed into Galway city itself for a bit of wandering and shopping. Have to say I’m not all that impressed with the square. How much money was spent doing up Eyre Square?

We did, however, make it home in time for the football. Ireland v Germany. And another loss for Stan’s team. And he even managed to get himself sent off. Bit unfair really, not as if he kicked the ball at anyone. Germany deserved the win, we just don’t seem to have enough good players at the moment, but they were lucky in manner of that goal. I’d say that Shay would’ve had it covered had it not been for that deflection.

Today, the first Sunday in September saw the All-Ireland Hurling[2] final. We did have it on on the telly, but didn’t watch much of it as Brother #1 brought the gasur over and we were entertained by him as insisted on walking all over the shop. As he is only 8 months he, of course, isn’t walking, so instead he’ll grab your fingers for support and then wander.

And, as it is Sunday it is

    Luna Nina time:
  1. Wiggle ::
  2. Face ::
  3. Adjustable ::
  4. Room ::
  5. Easy ::
  6. Store ::
  7. Maid ::
  8. 9 pm ::
  9. Challenge ::
  10. Debt ::

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Linknotes:
  1. just over 2 hours drive ↩
  2. I was half cheering for Cork, but Kilkenny won ↩
Tags: 2006shc, All-Ireland final, B#5, Connacht V Ulster, Euro qualifiers, GAA, Galway, hurling, Ireland v Germany, rugby, U20s

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