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Jesus most of this thread is from cork it's great too see

GLaDOS

MrMac84 wrote: »

Jesus most of this thread is from cork it's great too see

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ScienceNerd wrote: »

After been in dalymount a few times the last Ye need is MORE scum!!

GLaDOS

We're all lovely really

Wilberto

ScienceNerd wrote: »

We're all lovely really

Well, ye're not Shams or Shels, so that's always a good start!!

Mourinho

MrMac84 wrote: »

Used too follow city home and away religiously back in 04/05/06, stopped going then for years but started back (just home games) then when Johnny C got the job.

Meant to catch the Limerick v Cork when we were at home in Thomond during the fine weather last year sickened I missed it!

Colemania

KP Boateng and Sidney Sam released from Schalke with immediate effect! Seems a bit drastic!

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Colemania wrote: »

KP Boateng and Sidney Sam released from Schalke with immediate effect! Seems a bit drastic!

For what?

Colemania

MrMac84 wrote: »

For what?

Don't know to be honest. Had to look it up and found this on the Daily Mail

Schalke have cancelled the contracts of Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sidney Sam 'with immediate effect' as a 'consequence' of their surprise defeat by Cologne in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
The Royal Blues were beaten 2-0 at the RheinEnergieStadion to leave their hopes of qualifying for Europe hanging by a thread, and general manager Horst Heldt had promised action would be taken.
Boateng and Sam have both been released from the club while Marco Hoger is suspended from training or playing with the first-team squad until after Saturday's game against Paderborn.

Germany winger Sam only joined Schalke last season and was understood to have three years left on his contract. Boateng had one year remaining on his current deal.
After their defeat on Sunday, Heldt said: 'I do not know if all players will have the next 14 days at the training ground. Some will feel the consequences.
'If a player is not willing to do what we ask, then he will not be at the next training session.'

GLaDOS

Seems very knee jerk

gerp99

Boateng has been muck for years. Bit harsh on Sam though. Has had a lot of injuries this year

Mourinho

As a real life Schalke fan I'm feckin delighted to see that clown Kevin Prince gone. He's been rubbish for ages and the big thing is he does what he wants not what the coach's ask. He's more interested in looking a like a hard man rapper than concentrating on the club. You should see the cut of him in his social media pics with all his wanna be gangster poses.

Sam I dunno what to make as he has been injured but I'd assume he was probably acting the maggot as a well.

To think we turned down both Shaqiri and Schurrle in favour of a crocked winger like Sam Jesus.

Although I'm surprised at Hoger he always gives his best maybe there has been strife with Roberto behind the scenes.

Wilberto

Mourinho wrote: »

To think we turned down both Shaqiri and Schurrle in favour of a crocked winger like Sam Jesus.

Who's Sam Jesus?



:P :pac:

GT_TDI_150

Wilberto wrote: »

Who's Sam Jesus?



:P :pac:

Nailed on for a rise i hear

Mourinho

Wilberto wrote: »

Who's Sam Jesus?



:P :pac:

:pac:

Just found out its only a suspension

Maldjd23

Mourinho wrote: »

As a real life Schalke fan I'm feckin delighted to see that clown Kevin Prince gone. He's been rubbish for ages and the big thing is he does what he wants not what the coach's ask. He's more interested in looking a like a hard man rapper than concentrating on the club. You should see the cut of him in his social media pics with all his wanna be gangster poses.

Sam I dunno what to make as he has been injured but I'd assume he was probably acting the maggot as a well.

To think we turned down both Shaqiri and Schurrle in favour of a crocked winger like Sam Jesus.

Although I'm surprised at Hoger he always gives his best maybe there has been strife with Roberto behind the scenes.

You will know better than me, whatever happened to Ralf Fahrmann? I bought him just as he started getting his game for Schalke and there was even talk of him making the German squad. Now he isn't even in the Schalke squad!!

gerp99

Maldjd23 wrote: »

You will know better than me, whatever happened to Ralf Fahrmann? I bought him just as he started getting his game for Schalke and there was even talk of him making the German squad. Now he isn't even in the Schalke squad!!

He got a bad injury. So did Fabian Giefer, so Timon Wellenreuther was number 1 for about 3-4 months.

Fahrmann is back now. Has been playing the last month or two

Mourinho

Maldjd23 wrote: »

You will know better than me, whatever happened to Ralf Fahrmann? I bought him just as he started getting his game for Schalke and there was even talk of him making the German squad. Now he isn't even in the Schalke squad!!

As Ger said Fahrmann is #1 but got injured for about 8 games! Geifer was sub and got thrown in only to get injured too then the young fella played until Ralf got fit and he's played the last while there

GT_TDI_150

People are reportedly bidding how much for Pogba? :eek:

I assume he plays a damn site better every other game?

GLaDOS

He's only back from injury in fairness, not fully match fit.

GT_TDI_150

"Ok, so I'll go win the English Premier League. Pep, you reckon you can win the Bundesliga? Enrique, La Liga should be a breeze "

GLaDOS

RIP Bill O'Herlihy

KERSPLAT!

Just heard, RIP

baza Rakus

Dunno where to post this question:

does anyone know how long a bid from external will hang before beint auto-withdrawn? Week? 2 weeks?

30 days I reckon but haven't bothered checking before ...

GT_TDI_150

baza Rakus wrote: »

Dunno where to post this question:

does anyone know how long a bid from external will hang before beint auto-withdrawn? Week? 2 weeks?

30 days I reckon but haven't bothered checking before ...

14days

Mourinho

Does anyone know why the FBI are the ones investigating FIFA? Were they asked?

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Mourinho wrote: »

Does anyone know why the FBI are the ones investigating FIFA? Were they asked?

I think it stretches back too the World Cup in 94

JamboMac

How did the Belgians manage to be ranked number 2 talk about corruption.

GT_TDI_150

JamboMac wrote: »

How did the Belgians manage to be ranked number 2 talk about corruption.

Sssshhhh! Here's $10,000 now walk away!

Hercule Poirot

Mourinho wrote: »

Does anyone know why the FBI are the ones investigating FIFA? Were they asked?

It was an American fifa rep they were investigating, he then turned states evidence and started rolling on others - at least that is how I picked it up

baza Rakus

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

It was an American fifa rep they were investigating, he then turned states evidence and started rolling on others - at least that is how I picked it up

They were in for WC 2022 I tink. Or 2018. They lost out, everyone cried "bribery!" and the yanks thought "nawwwwww, no way man"

Chuck Blazer (the fella who turned states) was the campaign manager for Jack Warner's first election to run CONCACAF. He set up an office in Florida back in the day when CONCACAF dint have much money goin thru it's books and set about drumming up interest in sponsorship. Cos lots of the BAD TINGS were done on yank soil and used yank banks the feds were able to go after it using their RICO lawses.

The rest is geography.

GT_TDI_150

Heard some of it explained on Matt Cooper today

Circa 1989
Blazer attended an Trinedad and Tobego Vs USA game as part of the official USA football federation.

He meets Warner here and convinces him to run for president of CONCACAF, with Blazer running the campaign.

Warner gets elected and appoints Blazer as his Vice-pres or Secretary or something like that

Blazer does deal with CONCACAF that he will handle all business tranactions through his company, taking 10% for the priveledge

CONCACAF TV right sold for $700,000,000 recently but at the start their transactions were in the 100,000s, not millions

Warner gets investigated and get booted from FIFA ( Blazer ratted on him)

Warner reports Blazer to US Tax Authorities in relation to all the money earned though his company in the US which went undeclared.

FBI an IRS picked up Blazer in 2011

Blazer squalled like a pig on any one and every one he knew about - assume simular to Riders in the Lance Armstrong investigation, when its Federal its truth or Prison ...

Colemania

Briefly heard something there on the news about John Delaney and the fai getting a pay off so as not to take action after Henry's handball. May have picked it up wrong though

GT_TDI_150

Colemania wrote: »

Briefly heard something there on the news about John Delaney and the fai getting a pay off so as not to take action after Henry's handball. May have picked it up wrong though

Got a 5m payoff to drop legal action agaisnt FIFA...


I assume this has Irish fans fuming, if they were willing to pay they must have been worried they might not win that case and Ireland could have gone to the WC

Mourinho

GT_TDI_150 wrote: »

Got a 5m payoff to drop legal action agaisnt FIFA...


I assume this has Irish fans fuming, if they were willing to pay they must have been worried they might not win that case and Ireland could have gone to the WC

I'd rather the payoff over a World Cup slot if that clown Delaney was sacked Jesus just looking at his big dopey open mouthed head makes my blood boil.

Hercule Poirot

GT_TDI_150 wrote: »

Got a 5m payoff to drop legal action agaisnt FIFA...


I assume this has Irish fans fuming, if they were willing to pay they must have been worried they might not win that case and Ireland could have gone to the WC

We would never have won that case, could you imagine if all referee mistakes went to court? It would have been a shambles, 5m was a decent result when we hadn't a leg to stand on (legally).

My concern would be where that money went.....

KERSPLAT!

Completely agree with Hercule, no way we would have won but fair play to Delaney for swinging the 5m, we just need to know what the swine did with the money or what it was spent on

baza Rakus

According to Sky News the €5m is on the books for the Aviva Stadium (this according to an FAI press release tonite)

GT_TDI_150

Apparently Keane was driving and O'Neill asked 'So Roy, what really happened in Saipan?' ... Roy stood on the brakes ...

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2015/0609/707041-ireland-management-team-involved-in-crash/

Lord TSC

Lads, could I ask two or three people to do me a quick favour via PM? I've got a little technical issue that I could do with some just checking the price of two or three specific items on Amazon, but I want to see what other people are seeing....

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Lord TSC wrote: »

Lads, could I ask two or three people to do me a quick favour via PM? I've got a little technical issue that I could do with some just checking the price of two or three specific items on Amazon, but I want to see what other people are seeing....

Shoot

KERSPLAT!

Fire away

Lord TSC

Thanks lads, PM sent. If I get the right answers back, it should be enough to have the two of ye. Just need to check something

ctrl-alt-delete

Anybody play Ultimate Team on the PS4?

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Used play pro evo years ago but kept bursting controllers hopping them off the ground

Hercule Poirot

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Anybody play Ultimate Team on the PS4?

I do

ctrl-alt-delete

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

I do

Too late now


Gave the code away on the Fifa forum.