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Catman
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Posted: 13 Nov 2009 at 6:09am |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK3DA4yyt_U&feature=channel
PAUL CULLEN
MOVE OVER Bertie Ahern and give Eamon Dunphy the news: there’s a new sports pundit in town. Taoiseach Brian Cowen has joined the soccer commentariat with his very own preview of Saturday’s Ireland-France match on YouTube. Catchily entitled “An Taoiseach talks about the upcoming World Cup qualifier”, the clip features Mr Cowen’s analysis of Ireland’s chances in the big match. The Boys in Green will have to rely on “individual brilliance” in midfield and our forward line to “produce” on the day, he reckons, but overall he is “very hopeful” of a result. The Taoiseach is wearing his best dark suit and standing in a panelled office, like he has just stepped out after 90 minutes with Siptu’s Jack O’Connor. As you’d expect from a Cabinet Minister, he is pleased that the Irish team doesn’t “leak” many goals and is “good defensively”. He heaps praise on “Mr Trapattoni” for providing the team with a well-organised system that allowed us be so threatening in previous matches. Ultimately, though, he believes we’ll be depending on “flair players” such as Shay Given, Robbie Keane and Damien Duff to qualify. Fianna Fáil, it’s fair to say, have never been fans of men in blue shirts, so it’s no surprise that the Taoiseach damns Les Bleus with faint praise. “A good side, but . . .” Mr Cowen remarked, but whether the French had the same sense of teamwork, cohesion and consistency as the Irish remained to be seen. The Taoiseach is only the latest in a long line of European leaders to unveil his soccer-mad credentials. Silvio Berlusconi owns AC Milan, and Tony Blair, a lifelong Newcastle United fan, regularly kicked ball in the Downing Street garden. Gordon Brown sold match programmes for Raith Rovers as a boy. Of course there’s Bertie, who has been a Premiership pundit on TV and is now a sports columnist for a Sunday tabloid. Mr Cowen played Gaelic football for Clara and Co Offaly in his younger days. His love of soccer is less well-known but equally ardent, aides say. On the evidence to date, he shouldn’t give up the day job just yet. By yesterday evening, his two-minute promo had been watched just 244 times – and most viewers were probably political correspondents whose interest was piqued by a press release from the Fianna Fáil press office. There were no reviews because the comment feature had been disabled. Nevertheless, should Ireland triumph in the two-leg decider, Mr Cowen could yet become the first Taoiseach to taste sporting triumph in Paris since Stephen Roche was joined by Charles Haughey on the podium after he won the Tour de France in 1987. |
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The sequence now is, should he miss this, and Ireland's next penalty is scored, then the match and the progress are Ireland's....Timofte against Bonner.. |
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His enthusiasm was overpowering |
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The sequence now is, should he miss this, and Ireland's next penalty is scored, then the match and the progress are Ireland's....Timofte against Bonner.. |
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OHhhhhhhh, Brian's talking about football everybody! Suddenly I've forgotten that he's a fat, inept crook who looks like the bastard offspring of a catfish and a kerr pink.
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i hate thqt fat word removed
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Fookin nauseating, meaningless, rubbish. Chip off the Bertie block. f**k OFF AND CONCENTRATE ON SOMETHING YOU KNOW ABOUT.
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We'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the Green Flag flying high......Shamrock Rovers will never die, we'll keep the Green Flag Flying high. 19 Leagues and 25 Cups.....
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Not running the country then? |
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What happens on away trips, stays on away trips...except syphilis!
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Shay Given a "flair" player?Does he know that he's the keeper
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"Nevertheless, should Ireland triumph in the two-leg decider, Mr Cowen could yet become the first Taoiseach to taste sporting triumph in Paris since Stephen Roche was joined by Charles Haughey on the podium after he won the Tour de France in 1987." Hopefully he will be gone when we arrive in S.Africa with Toto.
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i never realised how good looking mr cowen is i would say ian dowie is sh*tting it that he is going to take his mr universe title
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Its very frustrating being a Slob
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Biffo is the man
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this week was going to help me forget all my troubles which deeply involves that gangster, so he'd have to go and talk about football just to remind me of his existence!
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The man is a sh*te leader but leave the personal abuse out (calling him fat ect), no need for it. He was always going to be asked about the given that he will be attending both legs
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"Sometimes, sh*t happens, someone's gotta deal with it, and who ya gonna call?"
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yeah and i'll pick up the bill for it!!!
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Bandwagoner. qualification for SA could quite possibly lead Ireland out of recession and save this fcuker and his partys jobs
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I'm still waiting for his post match analysis....
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What happens on away trips, stays on away trips...except syphilis!
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