World Cup - how many games will you watch?
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Topic: World Cup - how many games will you watch?
Posted By: Zinedine Kilbane 110
Subject: World Cup - how many games will you watch?
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 6:43am
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I reckon with work and some bad planning on some weekends i’ll get to see less than 50%. I’ll get to see all/most of the evening games. My retired Dad will do 100% no bother. I know the last group games are on the same time but he will watch the other game afterwards. ------------- |
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Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 6:58am
Similar I won't see the afternoon matches because I'm working and I won't be watching any England matches and will catch what I can.
Its never quite the same with Ireland not there. ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Zinedine Kilbane 110 wrote:Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 7:31am
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I'm on half days all next week and off the following few weeks so won't miss many, then head on holiday the day before the last 16 games are due to start! Working out great. |
Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 7:49am
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Always book time off during the WC but the added bonus of being able to work from home too, means I'll see pretty much every game which is shown live, as long as I become a hermit and don't leave the house. |
Posted By: bogball88
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 10:04am
| I'm still off work so hoping to take in the majority of games, especially the day time games |
Posted By: HuntysCousin
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 10:06am
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Apparently they're going to show some of the games in the office at work to stop people streaming them secretly. Sounds like a terrible idea but I won't complain |
Posted By: alihau41
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 10:21am
| got most of my bases covered. TF1 only showing 28 games, the rest on beIN sport which I don't have. but have http://www.tvaway.com" rel="nofollow - www.tvaway.com which gives me all UK and Irish channels, so will have my pick of channels. also, work PC is based off a UK server for some reason, so BBC iplayer works in the office. |
Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 10:25am
| As much as I'd like to catch them all it will be around the 50% mark as I have a festival booked and miss a couple with GAA as well. At the bar I work at it will be on and Ill stream it in the office when I'm down there |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 11:29am
| I'd like to get lots. But I suspect I wont, for plenty of reasons. I suspect three games over the weekend, and most evening games will be the best i can hope for. |
Posted By: Sono
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 12:25pm
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marriage gonna be seriously tested in this next month. |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 12:36pm
Not as many as I would like. I am very busy the next 3 weeks ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 1:05pm
| Next week off work so should be good for most of the group stage anyway. Probably just the night time games form then |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 1:11pm
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On week days - first half of 1pm ko's and second half of 4pm ko's in boozer beside pub - then home for the 7pms... Hopefully every game on weekends ------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 1:20pm
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Just realised I'll miss the second set of QF's as I'll be going to the Cure in Hyde Park...I'd imagine though if England are still involved that they'll prob show it on the screens |
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 1:26pm
Boozer beside the pub ?  ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 1:35pm
Subtle difference......... ------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 8:46am
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I'll be on honeymoon for two weeks right in the middle of the competition. Anyone know what time the games will be at in the west coast of America? |
Posted By: ConorMac77
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 8:51am
West Coast USA is 8 hours behind Ireland so you'll have games kicking off at 5am, 8am and 11am. Mrs RB is in for some honeymoon then. ------------- The nation holds it's breath...YES, WE'RE THERE!!! |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 8:53am
5 days in Hawaii too. That's 3 hours behind again isn't it?Will be setting plenty of early alarms
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Posted By: ConorMac77
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 9:06am
It is indeed, wouldn't even be any point in even going to bed. I'd love to see her face when you tell her, you could be heading for one of the quickest ever divorces at this rate! ------------- The nation holds it's breath...YES, WE'RE THERE!!! |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 9:12am
| What were ya thinking?! |
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 9:33am
Jesus RB poor planning  ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 9:35am
Safe to know who wears the trousers in that marriage  |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 9:40am
| Its a great time of day to be watching football. Sure what else would you be at at 8 and 11 in the morning? |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 10:13am
On your honeymoon? I thought it would be fairly obvious... drinking ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: coyne
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 10:17am
| RB don't forget to check what time Love Island is on in that timezone, you can't be missing that. |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 10:21am
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Posted By: Flanno7hi
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 10:25am
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Got married on the 15/7 last year and though I had it made, don't get married during the season or a WC/Euros. I forgot about our aniversary is the day of the WC final. ------------- Our City. Our Community. Our Club IG @flanno_7hi |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 10:50am
| Spent the 2010 World Cup in Vancouver, games at 8am and 11am. The 8am used to be great sessions, all over to a house with a bag of cans on a Saturday/Sunday morning for a fry and football. Lovely start to a day |
Posted By: darmack
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 12:07pm
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The boss is after getting a 43 inch tv for the office to use for 'security cameras' but really it's for me for the football. I think it's the time of year that he has to spend so much on the company that he won't have to pay tax or revenue. Anyway it works out well for me. ------------- The dark side.. And the light |
Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 1:04pm
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Finishing early today so I can watch the opening match. Probably the only game I'll do it for. Will just have the others games on the RTE player in work. ------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Posted By: ShamtheRam
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 1:15pm
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I STILL cant vote ------------- YBIG NPF founder and CEO |
Posted By: ConorMac77
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 2:20pm
Where do you work Darmack - can we get any temp jobs there (say, for about a month)? Security Cameras. Sounds like some fairly creative accounting going on there. I presume they've already prepared themselves for a sharp loss of productivity in the afternoons for the next few weeks. ------------- The nation holds it's breath...YES, WE'RE THERE!!! |
Posted By: GB 1HughJarse
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 3:32pm
| Robbie Williams looks like a youngish Morrissey |
Posted By: GB 1HughJarse
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 3:34pm
He wanted to make sure he was back here for the start of Big Brother |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 3:37pm
| When did Gary Neville join ITV? |
Posted By: GB 1HughJarse
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 3:39pm
How have you got ITV? My TV package is with Virgin/UPC, I’ve no ITV |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 3:40pm
I'm in work, watching on the ITV website, a quick registration process was all it took. If I was at home I'd be watching it on ITV, ch 103 on sky |
Posted By: Lostandfound
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 3:45pm
It's been rumoured in the past that Morrissey is his real father.
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Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 3:48pm
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On flexi time so out the door at 4pm every day, home about 4.25 then for those games. Will have a laptop or something in the office with 1pm games to see goals, will try get a half of most of them on lunch breaks.
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Posted By: djhegzy
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 3:50pm
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work bought a 43"for the break room specifically for the world cup all about that "work culture"
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Posted By: Zinedine Kilbane 110
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2018 at 10:14pm
Rte have said they would a highlights package every day at the end of the last game. ------------- |
Posted By: FREEWHEELER
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2018 at 10:11am
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It's great RTE have every game but then you risk having to listen to Ger Canning or f**king Adrian Eames if the game isn't on BBC. Eames has been particularly sh*te in the Swiss-Brazil game and the Croatia wan on Saturday. Stephen Alkin yesterday as well was as fooking patronizing towards Mexico bigging up that is was a massive shock to beat the Germans. It wasn't. Mexico are consistently strong, skillful and on their day can and have beaten anyone. While I'm glad I don't have to listen to Glenn Hoddle on ITV, the likes of Gah head Canning, the useless Eames and Alkin's Mexico performance, the commentators are really getting on my tits. ------------- 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..... |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2018 at 10:13am
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Just when you think the pundits can't get any worse on ITV, along comes Patrice Evra There's no real need for four pundits on for every game. They take two ad breaks at half time so each one probably only speaks for about 20 seconds |
Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2018 at 10:23am
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have had to watch a few on British tv due to dodgy weather affecting my RTÉ 2 signal ------------- 'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
Posted By: Zinedine Kilbane 110
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2018 at 10:33am
Yeah way too many pundits. I actually think Evra was trying to get the ride and hence the compliments. ------------- |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2018 at 10:46am
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This thing of referees being pundits has really, really gone too far. Everytime Clattenburg appears on ITV I switch stations. Between him, Evra, Wright and Tyldesley the whole thing is a sh*t show. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: coyne
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2018 at 10:57am
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Russia Today are using the same people in their studio, the host and Mourinho as the pundit. The annoying thing is that Sky have everyone in the mental health and body language field watching on as they're absolutely desperate for him to say something controversial so they can make a headline out of it. It became obvious when they made the headline for Saturday with "Mourinho blames De Gea for error" and all he said was he knows it's his fault
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Posted By: alihau41
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2018 at 11:42am
| voted for 50% of the games, but have watched everything so far. the main issue is getting around the fact that your missus doesn't want to watch every single match, but how to be polite and tell her that that's how it is for the month |
Posted By: FREEWHEELER
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2018 at 12:33pm
No need to be polite, it's once every four years. She needs to put up or shut up.  Thankfully Mrs FW is grand with my absence for the next few weeks. ------------- 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..... |
Posted By: bhob
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2018 at 12:53pm
| I just watch it on the laptop and let the missus have free reign of the tell. Win win cause I can put the headphones on and completely ignore her |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2018 at 12:54pm
| Done by 9pm seems an acceptable compromise in the Shedite household, Herself can have the TV then for Love Island |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2018 at 12:57pm
That's alright now and again, but its hard to beat watching it on a big screen totally live, and not a minute or so behind like most streams, websites or apps |
Posted By: bhob
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2018 at 1:17pm
Have a tv in the gaf but don't have it connected up to anything, just use Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Streams and downloads so I wouldn't be watching them on the telly anyway.
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Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2018 at 1:27pm
Lucky Souness isn't part of it so
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Posted By: Zinedine Kilbane 110
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2018 at 6:50am
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I can see a lot of goals in today’s matches but I’ll only see the evening match. Work is only showing the matches in the canteen but I only started in the company a few months ago so can’t take the piss. I’ve only seen a few matches so far. I’ll prob end up seeing about 25% of them. ------------- |
Posted By: Borussia
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2018 at 6:55am
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Timezones aren't great for me where I am now. So far the games have been 8pm, 11pm and 2am. Haven't seen any of the 2am ones.
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Posted By: FREEWHEELER
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2018 at 11:09am
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Yeah it's a bit of a pain in the hole. I can watch the 1st half of the 1pm games on the work laptop at lunchtime, usually might get half an hour of the 4pm game in work so the 7pm game is the only one I'll see in full bar the weekend. What's the Qatar timezone for the next wan? ------------- 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..... |
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2018 at 11:12am
Same as this wan 2 hours ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: FREEWHEELER
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2018 at 11:15am
Maybe I'll have been able to take early retirement by 2022............. ------------- 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..... |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2018 at 11:16am
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I've watched most of every game apart from Australia v France, Serbia v Costa Rica, and last night's Russia game. Can watch on the BBC/ITV websites in work |
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2018 at 11:18am
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It's going to be weird as f**k watching the next WC with Christmas decorations up and Christmas ad's on the telly ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2018 at 11:32am
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Why is Sepp Blatter at the World Cup? Apparently he is a guest of Putin surprise surprise. I thought he was banned from any football related activity. He's also giving interviews left, right and centre talking about awarding of the next world cup  ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2018 at 11:34am
You just answered your own question. FIFA can't bar him from attending in a private capacity ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2018 at 11:41am
Is he there in a private capacity though?? He is a guest of Putin who he awarded the world cup to in shady circumstances and will be sat up in the stand next to Infantino and the other cronies. And he shouldnt be giving interviews on FIFA business. ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2018 at 11:44am
Putin inviting him is a private capacity AFAIK Was clarified by FIFA last year ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2018 at 12:10pm
| Worst day of games so far today. Thrusday and Friday should be belters |
Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2018 at 8:39pm
| Yeah not a gread day. The 7pm kick-offs are slightly annoying. It's not even 9pm and all the matches are over, I do be thinking "I could fit another match in before bed time". does be a bit of a downer. 8pmwould have been more ideal! |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2018 at 8:41pm
Are you not watching Love Island?
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Posted By: Steve Amsterdam
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2018 at 8:45pm
Time difference making it 10 here when they finish. Slightly better  ------------- Molly Malone's pub- The home of YBIG in Amsterdam! |
Posted By: Zinedine Kilbane 110
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2018 at 9:48am
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After Sunday that will be 32 matches played - 50% complete.... You can’t beat knockout out football ------------- |
Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2018 at 7:17pm
Just as well you're not in Iceland so, where all the games are over by 8pm. Or America, where they're all done by 4 in the afternoon. I don't like the 7pms either, but it was the same as last year's Confed Cup. There can't be any more per day as most cities at the tournament are 2 hours ahead of us.
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Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2018 at 9:59pm
| This World Cup has been very good. Some great games the last couple of days |
Posted By: irishmufc
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2018 at 10:32pm
The group stages in the last one were surprisingly good too. Anyway its a pure relief we're not there as we'd be a disgrace/embarrassment according to the football purists on here who'd have travelled in numbers to Russia had we qualified. Anyone who thinks it's a 'good thing' that we don't qualify for tournaments because. (A) They don't like the manager & (B) They don't like our style if football can get ta fcuk. ------------- Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been. |
Posted By: Green Devil
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2018 at 10:37pm
Why because we've seen it coming for the past 20 months under O'Neill? We were found out big time in the last campaign to qualify for the World Cup, we played sh*te and got outplayed in 6 or 7 games in the group stages and Denmark absolutely battered us in the play offs. O'Neill's luck has ran out and he's been shown up, sooner the better he's gone. ------------- "He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland," Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan |
Posted By: irishmufc
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2018 at 10:46pm
GD we played the same sh*te in the campaign that we actually qualified from. Did you only see it coming when results didn't suit? Forget about luck. We have played consistently poor under O'Neill and Trap the last decade. I've lived through 6 Irish managers and its the same wash,rinse,repeat logi to get rid of the manager as the solution.. We can get rid of O'Neill but there's fcuk all we can do when it comes to our pool of talent. We are what we are and we've a few lean years ahead of us ------------- Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been. |
Posted By: Green Devil
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2018 at 11:02pm
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We finished 3rd in a group though mate, the first time ever teams who finish 3rd in a group got a chance to qualify for the Euro's. Northern Ireland and Iceland get talked about on here like no tomorrow but for good reason, O'Neill has no real plan, no back up plan, you can see he does no work on creating some unique set pieces etc. Michael O'Neill is light years ahead of Martin O'Neill in just about every aspect, I wouldn't mind if Northern Ireland had Pep Guardiola or Zidane in charge, they don't. ------------- "He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland," Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2018 at 10:53am
| Last 6 games (last 2 days), there's been 7 injury time goals. |