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Second Captains Part II

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    #7832
    EltonJohn69
    Registered Users Posts: 4,272 ✭✭✭EltonJohn69


    I

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122204330#Comment_122204330

    I am extremely hungover (once in a life time levels), I do love you all, and I’m not claiming credit for creating Brit pop, but…. It’s all good……is Ten Hag Jesus Christ ? Lord and savior ? I would say yes, almost certainly. I will soon be sending individual emails with directions to a hidden prize.



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    #7833
    EltonJohn69
    Registered Users Posts: 4,272 ✭✭✭EltonJohn69


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122204727#Comment_122204727

    city are a pack of rats.



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    #7834
    Liam O
    Registered Users Posts: 19,177 ✭✭✭✭Liam O


    You're making the drunk posts while hungover there Elton 😜



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    #7835
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Good to hear that Todd Terje song on RTE's Euro 2024 ad, wasn't it the song that started the synth week chat.



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    #7836
    padd b1975
    Registered Users Posts: 10,745 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    A long long weekend for the lads.



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    #7837
    al87987
    Registered Users Posts: 695 ✭✭✭al87987


    Wouldn't have minded some French Open chat this week considering there's little else going on. 14 time champ Nadal going out in the 1st round (in probably his last FO) vs tournament fave Zvervev (whose court case for domestic battery started in Germany this week). Seemed like enough there for a Caitlyn Thompson segment.



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    #7838
    cheese sandwich
    Registered Users Posts: 594 ✭✭✭cheese sandwich


    That US basketball guy sounds like a dude but I didn’t need to hear half an hour about him



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    #7839
    Dont Be at It
    Registered Users Posts: 409 ✭✭Dont Be at It


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122204727#Comment_122204727

    Arsenal, utd and real Madrid all got results against them by sitting deep and countering this season. Given how bad they've been the last few years, Utd actually have a pretty decent record against city from playing like this.

    Obviously they'll pick off weaker teams regardless because there's too big of a gulf in class.



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    #7840
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Never listened to the Grateful Dead, always thought they were a punk band, at least they should be with a name like that.



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    #7841
    Ol' Donie
    Registered Users Posts: 19,622 ✭✭✭✭Ol' Donie


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122209001#Comment_122209001

    I actually bought a record of theirs (honestly because I listened to Paulie Mac's podcast for years and he mentioned them every week/five minutes).

    Tried hard to like it, didn't quite work for me.



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    #7842
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    No doubt Ken is enjoying Lenny Kravitz playing at the start of the Champions League final.



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    #7843
    Smell the glove
    Registered Users Posts: 1,784 ✭✭✭Smell the glove


    I recommend The Festival Express for anyone. The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band amongst others on a train travelling around holding festivals. Good watch.



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    #7844
    sheroman01
    Registered Users Posts: 4,668 ✭✭✭sheroman01


    My god this Don Diego Torres is a tough listen. Berating Jude Bellingham for about 10 minutes now - a double winner, with 34 goals and assists, all at 20 years old. Of course he's a Balon D'or candidate. And then he goes on to say Courtois is the best GK in history, and won the CL for them. lol.



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    #7845
    siblers
    Registered Users Posts: 12,509 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122216112#Comment_122216112

    I would agree with him on Bellingham not doing it in the big games though. Be interesting to see how he does in the Euros. Some of those La Liga teams would probably struggle in the Championship



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    #7846
    Dante
    Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭Dante


    I always feel Torres goes hard on the contrarian angle for the sake of being controversial.



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    #7847
    Tucker.Tim
    Registered Users Posts: 358 ✭✭Tucker.Tim


    I mean he pretty clearly truly believes what he’s saying. It’s very interesting to see a take so close to the machine that is Real that cuts against the popular perception.



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    #7848
    I see sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭I see sheep


    I've watched Bellingham's last 7 CL games and he's been rubbish.

    I'm not saying he's rubbish because I've seen him play class before but he's nowhere near Balon D'or imo.

    City have at least 4 players that are better than him.



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    #7849
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,692 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    An incredible amount of sanctimonious bullshit about Rheinmetall yesterday, ffs. We don't live in a world of unicorns and rainbows.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #7850
    bren2001
    Registered Users Posts: 6,569 ✭✭✭bren2001


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122218477#Comment_122218477

    We also don't live in a world where the German government should be pressuring a football club to accept a sponsorship deal from anyone let alone a weapons manufacturer. Nor do we live in a world where weapons manufacturers should be sponsoring football teams.

    Personally, I like to keep my football and genocide separate.



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    #7851
    MyPeopleDrankTheSoup
    Registered Users Posts: 2,733 ✭✭✭MyPeopleDrankTheSoup


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122218477#Comment_122218477

    i agree with you but we definitely seem to be in the minority going by patreon comments. obviously people have their views on israel/gaza and ukraine/russia and I won't get into that, but I don't understand being against any and all weapons manufacturers. actually, i suppose it does make sense if the whole world agrees not to make any weapons, but that's not going to happen. are people OK with no western countries making weapons but russia/china pumping them out?



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    #7852
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,692 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122218552#Comment_122218552

    What is asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #7853
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,692 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    are people OK with no western countries making weapons but russia/china pumping them out?

    Apparently so. The hypocrisy is nauseating, the naivete laughable.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #7854
    bren2001
    Registered Users Posts: 6,569 ✭✭✭bren2001


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122218621#Comment_122218621

    I've asserted nothing without evidence. I've repeated what the podcast said.

    I don't want weapons manufacturers anywhere near football. The same way I don't want petrochemical states sponsoring football teams. As I said, I like to keep genocide and football separate. Clearly, you don't have an issue with it.



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    #7855
    Did you smash it
    Registered Users Posts: 4,092 ✭✭✭Did you smash it


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122218651#Comment_122218651

    The podcast presented no evidence that Germany pressured rheinmentall. It was a theory of Ken’s which is fine but that’s all it is: a theory.

    In terms of genocide, well the actual last few recorded official instances of genocide in the world happened because the west didn’t bring force to bear on the perpetrators before it was too late.



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    #7856
    AdamD
    Registered Users Posts: 12,586 ✭✭✭✭AdamD


    That Spanish lad was painful. Utter refusal to give Vini any credit was frankly bizarre



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    #7857
    bren2001
    Registered Users Posts: 6,569 ✭✭✭bren2001


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122218751#Comment_122218751

    As I said, I repeated what the podcast said.



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    #7858
    Did you smash it
    Registered Users Posts: 4,092 ✭✭✭Did you smash it


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122218878#Comment_122218878

    no one is saying you didn’t.



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    #7859
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,692 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122218878#Comment_122218878

    Yes, you repeated the BS they came out with…

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #7860
    dog_pig
    Registered Users Posts: 667 ✭✭✭dog_pig


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122218878#Comment_122218878

    I think it’s safe to assume most people here will have already heard what was said on the podcast.



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    #7861
    bren2001
    Registered Users Posts: 6,569 ✭✭✭bren2001


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122219064#Comment_122219064

    One aspect of what I said was a repeat of that and which you decided to focus on.

    The other part which is that I prefer my football separate to a weapons manufacturer is one you choose to ignore. Theres no BS there. Its simply an opinion. Weapons manufacturers have no place in football the exact same way petrochemical states who have committed mass genocide have no place in football. Of course, that's my opinion. There was nothing sanctimonious about it. Its Germany committing sportswashing and it should be called out just like Man City and the like.

    As I said, I'd like to keep football and genocide separate.



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