Go jolly hockey sticks!!!!!

Ken.

Mod- For fück sake ye bunch of fücking muppets. Just enjoy Ireland doing well. No need for the digs at the ladies or to turn this in to a political debate.

KERSPLAT!

They should be very proud. Fantastic achievement

citytillidie

This is still great for Ireland if it it was a heavy defeat

Atlantic Dawn

Irish coach might score :pac:

zetalambda

Probably the only time Ireland will ever get to the final of a world cup

Mrcaramelchoc

Rte commentator " what a day to be alive " ah lads come on.seriously?

DONTMATTER

No shame in getting to a world cup final. It's pretty hard for amateur teams to be playing against a professional team. We see that in sports closer to home even.
I don't know if the finance is there but going professional would be nice to see.

Star Bingo

A formality, but no shame in it just more oranje crush

riffmongous

The Dutch were just ruthless today, their performance yesterday probably pushed them to play harder today. We had one of the best defences of the tournament up till today and the actual goalkeeper of the tournament and conceded 6

BionicRasher

Goalkeeper if the tournament. Amazing stuff.
So we probably now have the 2 best keepers in the world women's and men's (David Harte)

riffmongous

BionicRasher wrote: »

Goalkeeper if the tournament. Amazing stuff.
So we probably now have the 2 best keepers in the world women's and men's (David Harte)

Edit: sorry meant for the other thread

The_Kew_Tour

Italy, Spain, Germany, England, Australia, USA, Argentina, China, South Korea, Belgium, Japan, India.

That's the most of the Countries Ireland did better then in this World Cup.

It's not like it was Fiji or some small Islands they were up against

Strazdas

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Italy, Spain, Germany, England, Australia, USA, Argentina, China, South Korea, Belgium, Japan, India.

That's the most of the Countries Ireland did better then in this World Cup.

It's not like it was Fiji or some small Islands they were up against

England (aka Team GB) were the reigning Olympic champions from Rio 2016 and were hosting the tournament and failed to medal : that gives you an indication of what the Irish women achieved.

Hector Bellend

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Italy, Spain, Germany, England, Australia, USA, Argentina, China, South Korea, Belgium, Japan, India.

That's the most of the Countries Ireland did better then in this World Cup.

It's not like it was Fiji or some small Islands they were up against

Its the standard of the opposition youre playing against that counts not their nationality.

The netherlands is one of the smallest nations in europe and their team is the best in the business.

titan18

Strazdas wrote:

England (aka Team GB) were the reigning Olympic champions from Rio 2016 and were hosting the tournament and failed to medal : that gives you an indication of what the Irish women achieved.

We did lose to them though. Topping the group really set us up as the top 5 ranked teams all went into the other half of the draw.

Great achievement by them though. Wouldn't mind going to Coppers if they're heading there to celebrate either

Peatys

DONTMATTER wrote: »

it's pretty hard for amateur teams to be playing against a professional team. We see that in sports closer to home even.

Be sure to mention this post in your Dispute Resolution

The_Kew_Tour

Hector Bellend wrote: »

Its the standard of the opposition youre playing against that counts not their nationality.

The netherlands is one of the smallest nations in europe and their team is the best in the business.

They have a population of over 17 milion. That's still 3 times more then we have.

Not huge population but ain't that small.

namloc1980

Hector Bellend wrote: »

Its the standard of the opposition youre playing against that counts not their nationality.

The netherlands is one of the smallest nations in europe and their team is the best in the business.

It's the 11th most populous country in Europe.

Strazdas

namloc1980 wrote: »

It's the 11th most populous country in Europe.

And a powerhouse in international sport. Eight gold medals and 11th on the medals table in Rio (12th in London).

Doctors room ghost

Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »

Rte commentator " what a day to be alive " ah lads come on.seriously?

In fairness every day is a good day to be alive.sure beats being dead I'd say

Doctors room ghost

Fair play to the women for reaching the final but didn't fancy their chances today.i saw them during the anthem and said it to the missus they had it already lost.
Smiling and joking during the anthem and all friends with the opposition with handshake and winks.
No killer instinct in them today.they lacked the bite.theyd want to use more timber and give them the butt of the stick in the ribs off the ball and use every chance to get in their face.they did well in getting that far but that was it.

judeboy101

Strazdas wrote: »

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Italy, Spain, Germany, England, Australia, USA, Argentina, China, South Korea, Belgium, Japan, India.

That's the most of the Countries Ireland did better then in this World Cup.

It's not like it was Fiji or some small Islands they were up against

England (aka Team GB) were the reigning Olympic champions from Rio 2016 and were hosting the tournament and failed to medal : that gives you an indication of what the Irish women achieved.

Sure half of the 'irish' team are British citizens and proud of it.

citytillidie

awec wrote: »

What exactly is the rules about goalkeepers coming for the ball?


I played for our school team but I'm going to be honest and say I never completely wrapped my head around the rules. Given I was completely wiped out by keepers more than once it seems theses padded fcukers are exempt from all the rules around contact? :pac:

Basically keepers used to free rain, recently they have tried to stop keepers sliding out and taking players out unless they play the ball 1st

Marje

They're having a wee party in London, everyone is invited

https://twitter.com/IreWomenHockey/status/1026187491630620672

titan18

Marje wrote:

They're having a wee party in London, everyone is invited

Damn, wish I was in London

Marje

Homecoming arrangement

http://www.hockey.ie/news-detail/10042380/

https://twitter.com/irishhockey/status/1026200235243134977

Del.Monte

zetalambda wrote: »

Probably the only time Ireland will ever get to the final of a world cup

I should think that the Irish men's rugby team have a damn good chance next year, but there's an element of luck as to who takes who out on the way to the final.

Drifter50

Putinbot wrote: »

Mod- For fück sake ye bunch of fücking muppets. Just enjoy Ireland doing well. No need for the digs at the ladies or to turn this in to a political debate.

Yes, agreed, now you have the power, why don`t you issue a few cards like you were asked earlier.

This should be a celebration of all things good today, the girls who represented us today are all amateur athletes competing against professionals but you and the rest of the mods on here have allowed certain posters to turn this into a political / religous thread.

Now please, take some action

Keepaneye

Fair play to them they've done the country proud. I do however despise the usual social media crowd pretending they give a **** all of a sudden.

NinetyTwoTeam

Keepaneye wrote: »

Fair play to them they've done the country proud. I do however despise the usual social media crowd pretending they give a **** all of a sudden.

Yeah, really annoyed at people jumping on the bandwagon the last two days as well, when I've been following them since Thursday lunchtime.

fryup

Marje wrote: »

They're having a wee party in London, everyone is invited

free drink??

shane ross paying for a few rounds???

Star Bingo

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

In fairness every day is a good day to be alive.sure beats being dead I'd say

liam7831

Marje wrote:

They're having a wee party in London, everyone is invited

Is that the homecoming ?

Strabanimal

liam7831 wrote: »

Is that the homecoming ?

London is where the Mexicans love to emigrate to, that's an absolute fact. I know so many from working with clients there who love to talk about how ****e Ireland is and how great London is after they moved. My sister went to uni in London and hated it.

I know working class and middle class Unionists by the thousands here. I know plenty of southerners too. It's not even close who has the bigger obsession with England, specifically London.

riffmongous

fryup wrote: »

free drink??

shane ross paying for a few rounds???

The girls probably have to pay for their own drinks going on what you read about their funding

OldMrBrennan83

Strabanimal wrote: »

London is where the Mexicans love to emigrate to, that's an absolute fact. I know so many from working with clients there who love to talk about how ****e Ireland is and how great London is after they moved. My sister went to uni in London and hated it.

I know working class and middle class Unionists by the thousands here. I know plenty of southerners too. It's not even close who has the bigger obsession with England, specifically London.

South of what? Do you mean like around Newry or Cork? Or south of England?

Strabanimal

Patww79 wrote: »

South of what? Do you mean like around Newry or Cork? Or south of England?

Around the border you would believe in being from the pale, and the cached deleted post history you can easily view. South of those six counties mate (but include Donegal as you probably want a pedantic argument).

Mexican banter starter pack:
1. Constantly call a nordie british thinking you're jack the lad until you get a smack or they disagree and you then call them anti-craic and bitter
2. When a Nordie says southern, play stupid about where the South is

Rinse and repeat.

OldMrBrennan83

Strabanimal wrote: »

Around the border you would believe in being from the pale, and the cached deleted post history you can easily view. South of those six counties mate.

Mexican banter starter pack:
1. Constantly call a nordie british thinking you're jack the lad until you get a smack or they disagree and you then call them anti-craic and bitter
2. When a Nordie says southern, play stupid about where the South is

Rinse and repeat.

Ah, so Ireland then. Would have been quicker if you'd just said that.

pjohnson

Strabanimal wrote: »

Around the border you would believe in being from the pale, and the cached deleted post history you can easily view. South of those six counties mate (but include Donegal as you probably want a pedantic argument).

Mexican banter starter pack:
1. Constantly call a nordie british thinking you're jack the lad until you get a smack or they disagree and you then call them anti-craic and bitter
2. When a Nordie says southern, play stupid about where the South is

Rinse and repeat.

Ah thats not nice.


He mightn't be playing

Duckworth_Luas

Strabanimal wrote: »

London is where the Mexicans love to emigrate to, that's an absolute fact.

I live in the USA and, as an absolute fact, Mexicans prefer to emigrate here than any where else

I think you're mixing up Mexicans with Guatemalans, who are very fond of Kensington and Chelsea.

GingerLily

Strabanimal wrote: »

Around the border you would believe in being from the pale, and the cached deleted post history you can easily view. South of those six counties mate (but include Donegal as you probably want a pedantic argument).

Mexican banter starter pack:
1. Constantly call a nordie british thinking you're jack the lad until you get a smack or they disagree and you then call them anti-craic and bitter
2. When a Nordie says southern, play stupid about where the South is

Rinse and repeat.

I'm happy there's no border for the hockey team, it's nice that we all play together - don't you agree

gormdubhgorm

GingerLily wrote: »

I'm happy there's no border for the hockey team, it's nice that we all play together - don't you agree

Is it the same demographic as the Rugby teams upper middle class people from Dublin with a few from Ulster thrown in?

It should raise the profile of it anyway which is all good.

smelly sock

fryup wrote: »

free drink??

shane ross paying for a few rounds???

He certainly has the same accent as most of them.

Well done to the ladies though. Their funding was a disgrace by the sounds of it. Great for the tight knit hockey community.

GingerLily

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Is it the same demographic as the Rugby teams upper middle class people from Dublin with a few from Ulster thrown in?

It should raise the profile of it anyway which is all good.

That's probably to do with the GAA not allowing foreign sports, rather than hockey itself being exclusive.

Temptamperu

I had two friends who started posting hockey ****. Com on lads its ****e hurling.

OldMrBrennan83

GingerLily wrote: »

That's probably to do with the GAA not allowing foreign sports, rather than hockey itself being exclusive.

That's the biggest bandwagon of the past couple of weeks, even moreso than the hockey.

Strazdas

Strazdas wrote: »

England (aka Team GB) were the reigning Olympic champions from Rio 2016 and were hosting the tournament and failed to medal : that gives you an indication of what the Irish women achieved.

Mainly due to the small matter of facing the Dutch in the quarter finals.

Excellent achievement though. Really pleased for the team.

Lucy8080

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

I live in the USA and, as an absolute fact, Mexicans prefer to emigrate here than any where else

I think you're mixing up Mexicans with Guatemalans, who are very fond of Kensington and Chelsea.

As the song goes...." South of the border,down Mexico way...." it's one of the jokes that has arisen from partition.

Tom Mann Centuria

Aegir wrote: »

Mainly due to the small matter of facing the Dutch in the quarter finals.

England blew their chance when they didn't defeat the US, then subsequently didn't draw with Ireland. They'd have ended up on the Irish side of the draw and theoretically not met the Dutch so soon. No one was beating them anyway imo. It was just a matter of when the Dutch beat you, not if.

smelly sock

Patww79 wrote: »

That's the biggest bandwagon of the past couple of weeks, even moreso than the hockey.

Not as many double barrell names or d4 accents in Thurles today though 😉