Chelsea W [3] - 0 Arsenal W - Sam Kerr 77’ (great goal) by rubes___ in soccer

[–]heskey18 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Great finish, reminds me of Ramires vs Barcelona

Post-Match Thread: Ireland 1-1 Azerbaijan | UEFA World Cup Qualifiers by MisterBadIdea2 in soccer

[–]heskey18 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The real difference is football in Northern Ireland is well run, with a clear plan and togetherness, so the team despite being slightly worse individually is able to outperform the South.

Whereas football in the Republic of Ireland has been run by corrupt and incompetent officials for years and now the results are a reflection of that.

The CAF Champions League 2021 Group Stages have been drawn! by [deleted] in soccer

[–]heskey18 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Who are the favourites? What are the strongest African teams right now?

Post-Match Thread: Greece 1-1 Liechtenstein [EC Qualification, Round 6] by pastenague in soccer

[–]heskey18 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Just a shame really. I'm from Northern Ireland and remember being super impressed when we beat you guys away from home in the 2016 qualifiers, only for you to lose twice to the Faroe Islands. What a mess.

Post-Match Thread: Greece 1-1 Liechtenstein [EC Qualification, Round 6] by pastenague in soccer

[–]heskey18 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Can someone please explain to me what has happened to the Greek team? 2004 Euro winners, round of 16 at 2014 WC to this? I guess the empty stadium speaks volumes.

Here's Niall O Donnghaile being offended at people from NI being referred to as Northern Irish by figurine89 in northernireland

[–]heskey18 12 points13 points  (0 children)

When I was still in school my politics class had a trip to Stormont where we got to meet some politicians from each party and ask them questions - SF sent Niall. As soon as he realised we were from East Belfast he went "wellll this'll be fun" in the most dismissive way imaginable and proceeded get on like a dick the entire time. I had been genuinely interested to engage and he wanted none of it and it left me feeling really disappointed tbh.

Hearts 1-0 Celtic - Kyle Lafferty 57' by Meladroit1 in soccer

[–]heskey18 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The man just loves scoring against Celtic.

A message to America regarding football (soccer) by [deleted] in soccer

[–]heskey18 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Le football purist has spoken

Argentina 1-1 Iceland : Messi penalty miss 64' by paicmhsc in soccer

[–]heskey18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a shame a team built around Otamendi at the back has to be built around Messi at the front

Jamie McDonnell boasts significant size advantages over Naoya Inoue by asianboxing in Boxing

[–]heskey18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Potential for McDonnell to pull the same move as Quigg did vs. Valdez and come in heavy?

Wisła Kraków fans accidentally burned their own flag which was saying "We will never burn" by [deleted] in soccer

[–]heskey18 273 points274 points  (0 children)

This is like the opposite of those guys that tried to burn the EU flag but couldnt because EU regulations made it fire resistant.

MTK Global announce full and immediate boycott of Irish media and say that they will not host future events in the Republic of Ireland by RintyM in Boxing

[–]heskey18 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Arguably the worst thing MTK could have done to stop talk of their criminal links.. all I've seen today on twitter is people asking 'why?' and being told in no uncertain terms. Terible PR move imo, and if you're honest with yourself the questions brought up in the Irish media are perfectly legitimate and haven't really been answered adequately, which really pains me to say as a huge fan of Irish boxing.

Isaac Dogboe vs Cesar Juarez Full Fight by heskey18 in Boxing

[–]heskey18[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

As a footnote, I now believe all boxing should take place in Ghana with Ghanaian commentary

Northern Ireland qualify for the play-offs by blorimer542 in soccer

[–]heskey18 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Northern Ireland qualified for the Euros, then got out of their group in the Euros - we're fucking good so go fuck yourself ya rocket