Calling Kev

[mikehunt]

@HBV

i was watching the oirish soccer team against wales there last week and lord jaysus they have very very low skill levels, the most basic of soccer skills are beyond them. kicking the ball on the ground to a team mate 5 yards away is beyond them. it looked to me like they have spent tto much time practicising kicking it long distances and they are quite good at that.

so maybe duff could get them practicing kicking it 5 yards to a team mate and see where that goes for him

It never ceases to amaze me how shite they are at the basics like 1. A first touch, 2. pass and 3. move to receive. Anytime I saw Paul McShane attempt to play I wondered how he made it to the top level. He’s not the only one but Man Utd thought he was a good prospect.

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

not really mate, both played in water with goals and footballs

[HBV]

the irish are not genetically suited to play a sport like soccer, this is one of the reasons we are so good at the rubby. even look at the state of the eire lads who are our elite players, big footed thick ankled mullockers.
every cent pumped into that game in this country is an awful waste

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

Thankfully SRFC are changing that

[HBV]

their u15s are certainly adressing the problem

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

correct

[Ashman]

Maybe , but GAA is popular in rural Sligo although the town is still soccer .

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

hardy har har

[caoimhaoin]

McShane is a classic example of how once in system you are in.

See it even more in management. Getting into the system can buy you 25 years no matter how shit you are

[mikehunt]

@HBV

the irish are not genetically suited to play a sport like soccer, this is one of the reasons we are so good at the rubby. even look at the state of the eire lads who are our elite players, big footed thick ankled mullockers.

every cent pumped into that game in this country is an awful waste

I’ve always thought climate had a part to play as well. In hot climates lads don’t want to give it away cheaply cos they’d be knackered running around in the heat trying to get it back. The opposite is the case in Ireland where lads run around to keep warm.

[Nembo_Kid]

McShane’s problem was his size. He never developed physically enough to be a top class (or decent) defender.

[Mac]

@Nembo_Kid

McShane’s problem was his size. He never developed physically enough to be a top class (or decent) defender.

Yes, that was what held him back

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

always amuses me the likes of kev and mac thinking mcshane is a donkeyyet they idolise camogie players and bogballers

to be a top camogies player you have to be the best out of a couple of a thousand women
to play in the epl you have to be the best of a billion people

[TreatyStones]

@HBV

the irish are not genetically suited to play a sport like soccer, this is one of the reasons we are so good at the rubby.

We aren’t good at rugby. Only 10 teams take it seriously and we’ve never gotten past the last 8 of the world cup.

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

10?
Britain
France
New Zealand

who else?

White South Africa?

[caoimhaoin]

Jesus. You’d wonder how many of the lads here are actually autistic

[Juhniallio]

@mikehunt

@HBV

the irish are not genetically suited to play a sport like soccer, this is one of the reasons we are so good at the rubby. even look at the state of the eire lads who are our elite players, big footed thick ankled mullockers.

every cent pumped into that game in this country is an awful waste

I’ve always thought climate had a part to play as well. In hot climates lads don’t want to give it away cheaply cos they’d be knackered running around in the heat trying to get it back. The opposite is the case in Ireland where lads run around to keep warm.

What part of the Carribbean are you from yourself @mikehunt?

[Mac]

@Little_Lord_Fauntleroy

always amuses me the likes of kev and mac thinking mcshane is a donkeyyet they idolise camogie players and bogballers

to be a top camogies player you have to be the best out of a couple of a thousand women
to play in the epl you have to be the best of a billion people

Ali Dia is a perfect example of that final statement

[Nembo_Kid]

I’m an artisan illusionist.

[HBV]

this whole nobody takes rubby seriously is a misnomer. do eire take soccer seriously?
serious question. no facilities. shit coaching. best players have to sign on the dole half the year. nobody in eire can kick the ball to each other.
eire soccer is in a worse place than romanian or ukranian or namibian rubby. if you think otherwise you are fooling yourself.