Jack Byrne

He's gonna be another Wes isn't he, gets his breakthrough at 31 and we're gonna wonder why he was wasted for the past 10 years.

He heard that Slatterys had a half time 2 for 1 special on fosters and couldnt get it out of his head. Hence, the fade.

i saw it different. though he was excellent in the first half. everything went through him, he was always looking to get the ball. and another thing i noticed was the rest of the players were generally looking to give him the ball. not sure he faded that much, can't be brilliant all game. i thought he should have kept him on but there ya go. i do agree that he looks a little slight, could possibly work on that a bit. overall i must say until he went off i thought he was our standout player.

rolo wrote: doherty wrote: the whole jack likes a drink line is getting a little tiresome i must say. Yeah and as pointed out elsewhere, very hypocritical. There was one poster yesterday who wrote "I love friendlies, they give me an excuse to drink". No one batted an eyelid at this. The fact is, there are a group of maybe 300 or 400 or more (I have no clue, dont go to away games anymore) Irish people, who are mostly on this forum too, who use all their annual leave to travel to such exotic places as Moldova and Switzerland and Wales, often never venturing beyond the capital city, or beyond a square in the capital city, or beyond a pub off the square in the capital city, to spend 2 and 3 days at a time drinking copious amounts of booze. (Its fun, I enjoyed it, but its nowhere near as much fun as properly seeing the world out there). We would have a much smaller amount of travelling fans if these trips were alcohol free. And yet Jack Byrne is getting grief every day on this forum for enjoying a drink!! Maybe best to look at yourselves first.  But keep having digs at him, while you nervously wait for clarification on when you can book your 3-day bender in glamorous Bratislava in March.

Edited by pre Madonna - 15 Nov 2019 at 11:34am

Devrozex wrote: I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain the posters making quips about Byrne drinking are taking the piss out of that poster Kearney rather than Byrne himself. Yer man Kearney randomly declared one day that Byrne's career had stalled due to a fondness of the gargle - his only evidence seemingly being a picture or two on social media.

Possibly. I may overestimate people. 

horsebox wrote: Devrozex wrote: I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain the posters making quips about Byrne drinking are taking the piss out of that poster Kearney rather than Byrne himself. Yer man Kearney randomly declared one day that Byrne's career had stalled due to a fondness of the gargle - his only evidence seemingly being a picture or two on social media. Yes this is it. I spoke to a Rovers fan who was out with the team after the cup win and it was confirmed that Jack Byrne loves the drink - like most others do.

rolo wrote: doherty wrote: the whole jack likes a drink line is getting a little tiresome i must say. Yeah and as pointed out elsewhere, very hypocritical. There was one poster yesterday who wrote "I love friendlies, they give me an excuse to drink". No one batted an eyelid at this. The fact is, there are a group of maybe 300 or 400 or more (I have no clue, dont go to away games anymore) Irish people, who are mostly on this forum too, who use all their annual leave to travel to such exotic places as Moldova and Switzerland and Wales, often never venturing beyond the capital city, or beyond a square in the capital city, or beyond a pub off the square in the capital city, to spend 2 and 3 days at a time drinking copious amounts of booze. (Its fun, I enjoyed it, but its nowhere near as much fun as properly seeing the world out there). We would have a much smaller amount of travelling fans if these trips were alcohol free. And yet Jack Byrne is getting grief every day on this forum for enjoying a drink!! Maybe best to look at yourselves first.  But keep having digs at him, while you nervously wait for clarification on when you can book your 3-day bender in glamorous Bratislava in March.