2024 Nations League B - Gameweek 1 - Ireland v England & Greece

[Cheasty]

@Mac

Kevin Doyle

Kevin seems like a lovely fella but I highly doubt he’s an intellectual.

[Mac]

Fairly sure he did the leaving cert in Good Counsel anyway so @Gman may be able to confirm or deny.

[myboyblue]

@Massive_Attack

The cunts showing their true colours.

Just fuck off with this shite here you footix cunt

[StoneCold]

Does doing the Leaving Cert make you intellectual? A low bar

[Watchyourtoes]

Ive a feeling Ferguson is going to turn out to be another Connolly that’s how fucking low it feels right now.

[Cheasty]

Gaffer

[myboyblue]

Is there any way we can give England the walkover?

[Cheasty]

@myboyblue

Is there any way we can give England the walkover?

They might agree to a walkover if we give them back the Treaty ports.

[Mac]

Confirming his points total could confirm or deny if he’s an intellectual. He’d have done it in around 2002 or so as well when points actually meant something

[Aertel220]

We’ll definitely be better in that regard in 20 years time. You have a fluent Irish speaker like Liam Scales in the squad and Ryan Manning on the fringes who was due to study physiotherapy in UCD before he made it professionally. The likes of Kweev Kelleher would appear thoroughly well to do as well. The GAA split season will only heighten this shift!

[ChairmanDan]

Paddy is just not very good at soccer. No wonder they focus on very niche areas like the jumps horsey racing.

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

Tony is some cunt

[Arthur]

Damien Richardson

[Watchyourtoes]

Why is Stephen Kelly dressed up like Columbo?

[Arthur]

Very classist undercurrent to this discussion

[Massive_Attack]

Sorry there pal…it needs calling. Their treatment of Caoimhín has been wretched.

[Feech_La_Manna]

The lads on the Irish team these days are practically getting paid for doing nothing over in England. Compared to the talent we had in the '90s, these guys are joke shop.

Absolute shitzzz.

[Cheasty]

@Arthur

Damien Richardson

He would have been a great man to write the programme notes tonight.

As I wrote last year:

@Cheasty

The only exception to all this is the singular figure of Damien Richardson, who sounds like a working class lad from Dublin who was hothoused by Betty Ann Norton and then the Smurfit Business School before doing a certificate at DBS in The History Of Ancient Greece.

@fingal_raven

Quotes
As well as his talents as a player and manager Richardson is noted for his eloquence. Despite a certain cavalier attitude to the English language, whereby he coins words and phrases as he likes, there is a certain zen in his observations on soccer, and life in general:

“Whether one is blessed with a prodigious flair for articulacy or merely entrusted with a basic monosyllabic uttering of contentment, the relevance of this coming season will stimulate in every green and white heart at least a temporary escalation in embellished eloquence, so as to allow all an opportunity to express the most wondrous sense of anticipation and excitement that lies within.” Damien Richardson, Shamrock Rovers

“If the remnants of my classical education at the sometimes not-so tender hands of the Christian Brothers of Donore Avenue and Drimnagh Castle serve me correctly, it was that Greek playmaker of old, Epicurus, who stated that the misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.”

“There was a lack of interdepartmental choreography between midfield and attack.”

“I felt there was a lack of definable objectivity about both teams.”

“Whether one possesses the stoical stature of an empirical philosopher or a more mundane propensity for self-gratification, the cataclysmic effect of ones removal from pole-position in the most senior league in the country could be most injurious.”

“My first manager’s page for Shamrock Rovers, and my, shall I say, reasonably extensive vocabulary is still too confined to express how delighted I feel.” Damien Richardson, Shamrock Rovers v St.Johnstone, 14/7/99.

“There is inherent in every true football supporter a reservoir of natural optimism. This inner holding pond of hope springs eternal, and is the safety valve that regulates the emotional turbulence synonymous with professional football. It molifies the annual agitation and sooths the savage beast of frustration. Without this optimistic dimension the personality of the authentic fan is incomplete.” Damien Richardson, Shamrock Rovers v Finn Harps, 22/8/99.

“Astrology informs us that we are entering the Age of Aquarius, a sustained period of harmony and understanding” Damien Richardson, Shamrock Rovers v Cork City, 17/10/99.
“This is one of the most alluring weekends of the domestic season. The FAI Cup 1st Round has a magical dimension all of its own. Unlike proceeding rounds this particular juncture has an unspoiled, almost virginal quality. This air of innocence is induced by one of the most charismatic aspects of professional football, the spirit of adventure” Damien Richardson, Shamrock Rovers v Cork City, 9/1/00.
“It’s always the same sometimes” Damien Richardson, Shamrock Rovers v Waterford United, 27/2/00.
“Unfortunately I encountered a plethora of personal predictions in the early part of this week that required immediate and urgent action. As a result my football career was placed in a state of suspended animation while these pressing matters were attended to” Damien Richardson, Shamrock Rovers v Cork City, 9/4/00.
“Modern football is akin to a turbulent sea. Changes come fast and furious. One may be riding the crest of great waves before being engulfed in enormous crescendos of confusion. Sometimes is can be like surfboarding in the South Atlantic. You do the best you can to stay afloat while all the time fully understanding the fact that things can come crashing down around you. If you worry about the consequences you miss the thrill of the ride.” D. Richardson, City Edition Vol 22 Issue 1 p.7
“The fundamental inability to grasp the fact that real leadership is accepting that you are merely another cog in the wheel has derailed many careers and deranged many managers.” D. Richardson, City Edition Vol 22 Issue 3 p.5
“Football … is a ballet of wondrous beauty choreographed by highly skilled performers, dramatising the conflict between good and evil that takes place in every heart. And, at the same time it reflects the impatient immediacy of modern society in that success breeds immortality, while the procurement of second place begets anonymity.” D. Richardson, City Edition Vol 22 Issue 12 p.

[Jimmy_Mc_Nulty]

Joe Kinnear

Joe Kinnear - YOU'RE A C**T! Rant at press Conference

[Cheasty]

Another product of England and English football.