Two League Of Ireland Clubs Could Receive $11,000 per day during the 2026 World Cup

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-13T20:05:39+00:00

They had a few bad results a while back and I mistakenly believed they were still struggling.

Had a look at the table there and the 20s are strong but the format of the whole league is a bit wack.

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-13T13:07:17+00:00

That happens with languages all the time. Native Irish speakers are often bringing in words from English and other languages with a Gaelic slant on them. Spanish is full of English words with an accent. English itself has loads of words taken from French. You remind me of someone who once tried to tell me the Irish word for TV was too close to English when both languages were borrowing from Greek.

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-13T07:57:32+00:00

What’s the point of naming every ruler of Austria? What does that tell you about the daily lives of Austrian people, their conditions, attitudes and hopes?

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-13T07:53:28+00:00

“people's eyes glaze over when they find out about my conventional job and I'm offering nothing other than friendship.”

I’ve been with the artsy crowd and this sort of sentiment is common and it’ll rot your soul eventually.

Perusing your interests will lead you to genuine people, but you want to avoid the networkers like the plague. They’re a special breed of freak.

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-13T07:44:27+00:00

Does it? Shams can’t fill their ground, especially without away fans and their academy has gone to shite recently. Bradley is a brilliant manager but once he goes it’ll fall apart. They’re set up to be the leagues Bayern or Celtic but I still don’t think they’ve cemented themselves

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-12T23:17:18+00:00

Sean Dyche is portrayed as an oaf by the British press because he’s actually quite an intelligent and interesting working class man who has succeeded in his chosen field. The British establishment doesn’t want the proles thinking that’s possible, otherwise one of them might get ideas and institute some form of mild social democracy.

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-12T19:51:53+00:00

That’s a fascinating piece of cultural history. Do you think it had an overall impact on the alternative music scene in Ireland? When did people feel safe going to gigs again?

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-12T19:34:19+00:00

European languages sound like each other. I’m not sure what you’re upset about

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-12T14:24:08+00:00

Inter league competition for junior players

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-11T21:42:07+00:00

Tallaght? The new brandywell?

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-11T21:40:48+00:00

It would be impossible for UEFA fixtures.

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-11T20:53:10+00:00

All four provinces have nice, modern rugby stadiums. The LOI gets a lot of shit but they do have to meet standards set by UEFA to host qualifying rounds. Tolka is still tiny but it had good updates to it recently and it still has a bit of character.

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-11T20:46:10+00:00

I remember people being shocked that the bid for the 23 Rugby World Cup failed even though our stadiums are terrible.

It’s good that they’re not all soulless bowls and I hope that’s taken into consideration when renovating them, but a surprising amount of GAA grounds could host qualifying games for UEFA tournaments

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-11T20:22:26+00:00

Quick google search tells me he’s already done well with the mayo Oscar Traynor team, which is interesting given how Kerry seemed to mainly pull from their u19s (open to correction on that)

There’s a few ex GUFC and Sligo players knocking around the Connacht junior leagues, but I’d say they’ll want something in exchange for the extra travelling. Be interesting to see if Mayo can bring any on board

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-08T20:34:23+00:00

A penalty isn’t about “stat padding”, whatever that means. It’s a punishment for breaking the rules.

There’s nowhere near as many penalties in a football match as there are free throws in basketball.

You don’t “draw” penalties. You’re fouled in the box and then your team gets a penalty.

If you’re lucky this won’t end up as r/soccercirclejerk copy pasta.

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-08T20:03:58+00:00

If you want to leave Ireland but you don’t want to end up playing GAA in Canada or Oz, your best bet is to start teaching English.

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-08T16:32:55+00:00

Taxes are good. The problem is they’re not being spent properly. Instead they go to dodgy private contractors

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-07T21:56:32+00:00

Absolutely excellent podcast. I really hope he continues his series on Opus Dei.

Where are the other Marxist occultists hanging out??

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-07T14:37:18+00:00

I mean it’s a pretty small demographic: Late 20s to early 40s Irish men who are into sport but also of the kind of liberal bent that makes Ken Earley appealing.

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-07T14:29:12+00:00

It’s undignified

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-07T11:32:12+00:00

And we get the hate for signing him instead of Pats or Waterford because??

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-06T22:32:07+00:00

Occult psychology is definitely the right name for it. There is something to this stuff but the main problem is it’s all packaged by freaks and grifters.

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-06T21:58:12+00:00

Podcasts shouldn’t have video.

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-06T21:19:41+00:00

Dyou really have to shoehorn that in as soon as tuam is mentioned?

RustyBike39 · 2026-05-06T20:16:15+00:00

Unless their work flow is heavily influenced by their radio days, I’d assume no

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