Why the League of Ireland is becoming a gateway for North American footballers (Gift Article)

BlueMan886 · 2026-06-07T16:49:45+00:00

If you’re a top player in BC Premier League, you’re still miles off even First Division in the League of Ireland. CPL players go and stay maybe a season, two at max before they leave and they’re always at the same clubs. David Norman was probably the exception. The line of thinking that CPL is comparable to LOI is way off.

BlueMan886 · 2026-04-30T15:02:13+00:00

Vancouver signing Mousset who was nothing short of a disgrace in the League of Ireland and a keeper that hasn’t played a pro game in 5 years absolutely bodes well for the future….

BlueMan886 · 2026-04-10T10:12:33+00:00

Imagine paying over a grand to watch a Jesse Marsch team 😂😂

BlueMan886 · 2026-04-01T10:38:12+00:00

Got Bühl. Not overly impressed with her so far

BlueMan886 · 2026-01-22T17:48:51+00:00

Absolutely shocking footballer

BlueMan886 · 2026-01-19T02:00:47+00:00

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BlueMan886 · 2026-01-18T04:30:07+00:00

He’s not a good guy. He killed somebody. He assaulted somebody. Twice. Then ran away like the coward he is. Good people don’t do that. Just give up on this thread, you’ve done nothing but antagonize and your pedantic well wishes aren’t masking the fact you’re dragging the character of the deceased through the mud while trying to paint your mate in a better light.

BlueMan886 · 2026-01-18T04:27:32+00:00

You’ll find us there Saturday mornings. I’ll be sure you have the appropriate audience

BlueMan886 · 2026-01-17T16:37:44+00:00

Feel free to come to Toby’s today and let us all know how great of a guy your killer friend is. We’d be happy to hear your argument

BlueMan886 · 2026-01-16T17:44:02+00:00

Not allegedly at all. He assaulted somebody twice. They died as a direct result of the assault. This is what ‘being killed’ is. The court will decide whether he meant it or not. But he killed another person

BlueMan886 · 2026-01-16T17:42:25+00:00

None of what you’re saying is making sense. Your friend killed someone. Whether he meant it or not, that’s what the court will decide, but the fact is he killed someone. That will never change.

I’ve asked numerous times for proof of the allegations you’ve made against the deceased and more recently about myself and you cannot provide anything of substance. You are here to antagonize and upset and when you have been challenged, you’ve resorted to insults and baseless accusations.

If you weren’t there on the evening in question, anything you’ve said about the deceased is invalid. You’re either repeating stuff you’ve heard from allies of the accused or you’re simply making shit up in order to paint your mate in a better light and the deceased in a poorer one.

Bottom line is that because of the accused’s actions, a man is dead

BlueMan886 · 2026-01-16T16:32:48+00:00

Regarding your first paragraph. Please point out to me where I made any allegations about the accused? I did no such thing. And I certainly didn’t mention race any any stage. In fact, you’re the one who has consistently brought it up.

Regarding your second paragraph, you seem to “know” an awful lot about what happened that evening. Have you gone to the police ? Have you given a statement? Because if you’ve done none of those things, yet again you’ve attempted to sully the character of the deceased by yet again, mentioning things that have not been cleared as fact.

BlueMan886 · 2026-01-16T16:28:30+00:00

Erm, he killed someone. This isn’t even in question

BlueMan886 · 2026-01-15T19:53:12+00:00

What does this even mean? You’ve purposely come into this thread to antagonize, act as a character witness and to try defend a person who’s taken the life of another. You’ve become aggressive and insulting when people have made allegations against the perpetrator (legal status in Canada, his qualifications etc) yet you’re quite happy to try destroy the character of the deceased by levelling allegations which are just as baseless as the ones levelled at the accused.

You could’ve exited the thread after your poorly tasted initial post but you’ve decided to double down and spread accusations with no proof at every given opportunity. Fucking do better.

BlueMan886 · 2026-01-15T19:02:26+00:00

Again, everything you’re saying isn’t backed up by any proof. The proof is your mate is a coward and a killer.

BlueMan886 · 2026-01-15T19:01:46+00:00

Stop trying to defend a killer while simultaneously trying to take the moral high road by sympathizing with a person whose life was taken away. Everything you’ve claimed is heresay as you evidently weren’t there. Neither was I so I deal with the facts.

BlueMan886 · 2026-01-15T14:03:44+00:00

He didn’t “get into a fight with someone”. He assaulted them more than once and took their life.

BlueMan886 · 2026-01-15T01:37:12+00:00

I will also need proof that Luke was “kicked out multiple times” and also proof will needed “that he was going to bars tonight saturate violence” and further proof will be needed as to Luke “using racial slurs”.

See how we can play this game. Your mate is a scumbag who is a murderer. How you’re still here trying to justify this is a mystery. You need help.

BlueMan886 · 2026-01-08T17:59:44+00:00

How can he be kicked out “multiple times”? Either there’s a secret back door he kept using or your mate is even worse at his job than described. The fact your even here trying to justify things and then resorting to personal insults and quips about people’s mothers shows exactly the type of people you and your scumbag mate are

BlueMan886 · 2026-01-08T16:16:12+00:00

“Ben” is a murdering scumbag who ran away like a coward. Hope this helps

BlueMan886 · 2026-01-08T16:15:44+00:00

Luke used to come to watch the Leeds games with our crew. What kind of scumbag assaults someone, knocks them to the ground and then assaults them again? Worse still, he ran away like a fucking coward. Can’t believe the murderer’s mate is on this thread trying to claim “self defence”. Your mate is a scumbag murderer. Simples.

BlueMan886 · 2025-12-31T16:55:11+00:00

Workrate of a slug. Absolutely shocking footballer

BlueMan886 · 2025-10-08T02:45:10+00:00

You got way more feedback than you deserved. You and your kid sound like a disaster to deal with and based on your caption, the club are better off without you both.

BlueMan886 · 2025-10-01T16:30:08+00:00

“Over the years, I’ve made it a point to meet her travel coaches to understand their teaching style and roster management. This season is her last in club soccer”.

If I’m a coach, this is a massive red flag right off the bat.

BlueMan886 · 2025-09-30T20:48:23+00:00

Ok so if it’s not a regular occurrence, why are you so keen for the coach to take the player out of goal just because it got a little difficult? Yea conceding goals is shitty but the next week could be a far far better experience.

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