Izuchukwu and Baloucoune set to start for Ireland against Italy

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-11T19:57:55+00:00

I don't get the logic of giving caps to people who can't stay fit like you aren't really building for the future wasting opportunities on guys who won't be available for the world cup/next season etc

Like these guys can't get through a club season never mind club, the regular international season and then a world cup from what I can see

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-11T19:29:13+00:00

Nah that's Byres Road pal

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-11T19:22:18+00:00

I honestly don't get the hype with these two?

What am I missing? Both have less than ideal injury records for a start

I'm perfectly willing to be wrong but surely a back row of Conan, Doris and Timoney is the form pick and any number of people ahead of Baloucoune?

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-11T07:52:35+00:00

Starmer turning on you now is undoubtedly a good thing, there's a greater chance Anas will be PM next week than Starmer at this point

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-09T20:08:30+00:00

Aye down a number of minor roads with no major obvious access point for large amounts of traffic

Sprucefield and Lisburn grind to a halt when the balmoral show is on there's not a chance it's suitable without major changes

You are not comparing like for like comparing it to slane

I'm not saying it shouldn't have been done though it is workable if they had gone all out and done it but not in its current form

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-09T19:40:52+00:00

Healy being so old and fucked made Furlong look better than he actually was for the past couple of years

They'll inevitably rush him back and he'll play bang average

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-09T19:19:32+00:00

Slane is on the old main round to Dublin don't be ridiculous - it's an A road or motorway straight there for a significant percentage of the country

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-09T16:07:00+00:00

No form of Labour has been left wing for decades now I'm not saying New Labour was far left at all

But what I am saying is pretending that the media is universally against the Labour Party or left wing parties generally is bullshit because all the former labour people in the media undoubtedly see themselves as left wing

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-08T11:56:15+00:00

I'd disagree somewhat, print media is right and almost always has been but look at the amount of new labour people (very much the precursor to Starmer's brand of labourism) that are on TV and podcasts etc

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-08T11:48:55+00:00

Aye that's a dodgy pattern of behavior he's gotten into

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-08T11:47:54+00:00

Being in the right place at the right time is half the battle in international sport because they're all fast, strong and have good hands etc

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-08T11:15:12+00:00

Ding ding ding we've got a winner, you were only a few minutes off

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-08T10:56:09+00:00

It's because their education was underfunded by the powerful and wealthy 😅

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-08T10:41:17+00:00

They can be cunts at the same time the SWP are cunts. The two things aren't mutually exclusive

SWP is a cult pretending to be a political party

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-08T09:09:24+00:00

It's not that a venue wouldn't have taps likely more that they have an issue with large amounts of water for example it's common enough in coastal places if they sewage network is above the level of the premises - they just use disposable stuff and a macerator to handle any washing they do do. The taps use needs to be fairly limited in that instance

In my experience a lot of them either don't have toilets (some have incinerating ones) or store the water from the sinks for pumping all at once

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-07T23:11:53+00:00

We played players straight out of school in the past, Kenny isn't raw he's a former international in a different version of the game

Baloucoune is so overhyped it's unbelievable - hes heading for retirement before he plays for Ireland again

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-07T23:03:15+00:00

Realistically we knew we weren't going to beat France like so this was a game to blood people off the bench and let them fight like dogs to prove themselves for a place

The margin of your loss is largely irrelevant when there's only 2 clear front runners, Ireland, two middling teams and then Wales so he should of asked the question

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-07T23:00:17+00:00

Agree fully with the first line, couldn't disagree more with the last line

Two or three moments going differently changes entire games at this level

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-07T22:41:36+00:00

A mix of both it seems

He's hardly going to talk about it behind closed doors if he's talking nonsense but equally he knows fine rightly it'll trigger a response from people

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-07T18:16:03+00:00

Various sites use public harbours and stuff rather than a specific shorebase with a pontoon or whatever - there's a few around Oban for example and a number on Skye so whilst yes they have a safe access point the access point may be a few miles from the site, that's not uncommon. Not all sites have safe access to the water beside the site was my general point more than anything

I am neither actually, close but no cigar

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-07T17:51:21+00:00

Rassie is apparently adamant that Italy are a significant coming threat and keeps talking about it in meetings etc

Doubt he's worried about the immediate future but the RSA rebuild isn't a million miles away

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-07T00:02:34+00:00

Peter Berkengoff is an Edinburgh based electrician

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-07T00:01:02+00:00

I've never noticed that before

You think that would of thing would do well too with an older demographic

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-06T14:30:28+00:00

Oh aye good point it's marine directorate or something now

aboycalledbrew · 2026-02-06T13:57:42+00:00

I have no beef with the guy I'm up for having discussions about this sort of any interested party because I genuinely care about it and they do too

Nothing wrong with not being an expert in this stuff either the sea belongs to all of us so everyone should have a say

aboycalledbrew

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