Fran youâre talking through your hole to say thay Munster shirts outnumbered Leinster shirts on Saturday.
As for lads wearing Munster shirts, I guess thats their choice, cant say I agree or disagree with it to be honest.
But to say Munster jerseys outnumbered Leinster ones is embarrassing.
He said Leicester.
Donât worry i made the same mistake before the final about something.
Shite, my mistake.
Iâd say he was right on that one though! Actually surprised at how few Tiger jerseys could be seen there.
Quite a few Toulouse jerseys in the crowd actually.
MBB, thatâs a shocking slip up. I hope youâre hanging your head in shame because thereâs nothing more shameful than getting something wrong on the internet, as someone like Kev would well know.
I know bandage, if only I was idiotic enough to ban myself for 24 hoursâŚ
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Belated congrats to Leinster. Galways inclusion in their provincial has demonstrably given the whole region a mighty lift. Great set up they have over there. Munster = bottlers.
[quote=âmyboyblueâ]I know bandage, if only I was idiotic enough to ban myself for 24 hoursâŚ
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At least you owned up to it straight away and said that Fran was probably right actually and didnât try saving face.
Still pretty idiotic.
The last few pages of this thread are gayer than artfoleyâs gay porn exploits. And thatâs mighty gay.
Youâre gutted Leinster won it. We get it and we donât mind or care.
Once more, congratulations to the legends from Leinster.
Leinster - ms que un club.
WTB is seething
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Ah here - you are on here calling them funboys after they gave Munster a hiding and went on to win the Heineken Cup.
Youâll not get much support for that.
[quote=âfarmerinthecityâ]At least you owned up to it straight away and said that Fran was probably right actually and didnât try saving face.
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Its only tâinternet farmer. I own my mistakes, they do not own me.
[quote=âfarmerinthecityâ]Ah here - you are on here calling them funboys after they gave Munster a hiding and went on to win the Heineken Cup.
Youâll not get much support for that.[/QUOTE]
Heâs seething Farmer. If TFK acts as a vehicle for him to let it all out then that can only be good. Better that anyway than lashing out violently at some poor unsuspecting eastern seaboard dweller on a public thoroughfare.
[quote=âfarmerinthecityâ]Ah here - you are on here calling them funboys after they gave Munster a hiding and went on to win the Heineken Cup.
Youâll not get much support for that.[/QUOTE]
They and their rich kid fanbase will always be funboys. All credit to them for their win on saturday -fully deserved, but lets face it, all they did was imitate a previously derided style of game that has munster stamped all over it. Munster are in transition under new management to a completely higher level. Leinster will remain a good five years behind.
Leinster can now bask in glorious season
writes GERRY THORNLEY
Not that they will be allowed rest on their laurels. The insatiable ambition of Michael Cheika and their team leaders will ensure that. It always seems a little churlish to move agendas on in the immediate aftermath of a momentous triumph not least one that took 14 years but then this is nothing compared to the Lions management who decreed that Leinsters four Lions were bound for London at 8.50am on Sunday morning. Ye Gods, have they no heart? Would there not have been an argument for giving them a 48-hour respite, if only to recharge their brains and emotions as much as their bodies?
Short of the utopian wish that Leinster and Munster invade Paris next May and contest next seasons Heineken Cup final, as expressed by one blue-clad supporter on the homeward journey, or Ireland winning the World Cup (and in both cases were probably getting a little greedy here), then the reality is that this season will never be bettered.
As generations go, a golden one was coming to the end of its cycle and opportunities such as those that have been grasped since Munster first won the Heineken Cup in 2006 have given tangible reward to many brilliant careers.
Its being asked again whether Munster will bounce back? Of course they will. They always have, and Leinsters triumph while warmly welcomed by the vast majority of their players and supporters will only stiffen resolve in the south-west to regain the crown.
Informed sources say the conveyor belt in the Leinster Academy is better oiled than Munsters, though time will tell. One of the many boons of their expanded homes, increased support and successes is that Munster and Leinster can now afford to compete in the market place with the privately owned French and English heavyweights, ie for the like of Rocky Elsom and Doug Howlett.
Theres little doubt the English and French would love to emulate Irelands system, and the provincial/Irish game management of the frontliners and various fitness staffs have been a huge contributory factor to the recent wave of success.
Similarly, Gordon DArcys recent case history is the latest example albeit a flawed and delayed one that the recoveries from serious injuries amongst players here probably makes the IRFUs medical back-up system as good as any in the world.
Even so, two of Munsters eight selected Lions the cruelly unfortunate Jerry Flannery and Toms OLeary will already be in recuperation from injury at the start of next season, and it will be a test even of Irelands well-managed resources to ensure the other five Munstermen and four Leinstermen recover for next season.
And sooner or later, while there are gems such as Keith Earls, Luke Fitzgerald, Cian Healy, Sen OBrien and Jonathan Sexton who will be around for some time, some rebuilding will have to be done. The stock of their coaching staff has risen too, and not alone will Michael Cheika be more of a wanted man now than ever before in his native land and beyond, but so too Kurt McQuilkins reputation must be soaring given the outstanding work he has done on Leinsters defence.
When their attack misfired after Christmas in the latter pool stages and quarter-finals, it was Leinsters defence and guts which helped them through their moments of crisis. All of Leinsters players clearly retain a certain anger towards critics of themselves and coach Michael Cheika this season, and Malcolm OKelly went so far as to admit the desire to shove some words down certain throats was a source of inspiration for them.
In his understandable bitterness concerning some of the more extreme criticism which came Leinsters way ironically probably more so this season than any other Brian ODriscoll perhaps went a little overboard in not extending a hearty welcome to their newer fans. Because thats the nature of sport and success. Even the Red Army was scarcely a red battalion before 2000.
Who knows, if Leinster had made their breakthrough into a final earlier then the Blue Army would have been born sooner, but its not as if they have been lacking support over the years. They provided the majority of that estimated 30,000 crowd who attended the inaugural Celtic League final of December 2001, filled the old Lansdowne Road on its last day for a league game at home to Ulster and have had such a strong core of support in recent times that they were the leagues best-supported side last season.
Besides, as ODriscoll and his team-mates also readily conceded, all that blue in the final was a huge source of inspiration for them, and presumably they cant all have been regular attendees at home games.
Credit here, too, has to go to the Leinster marketing department Keira Kennedy, Ian Murray and Mark Quinn and their team of volunteers for painstakingly placing all those blue flags under Leinster seats at Murrayfield. Leinster have clearly learned from the 2006 semi-final at Lansdowne Road and are intent on never being outnumbered so visibly again.
Now that they are European champions, presumably last seasons tally of 9,800 season ticket sales might be bettered. Although the perception is that they have been selling somewhat slowly understandably in point of fact there are more sold at this juncture (8,000) than a year ago.
The one blemish in all of this is that none of the heightened interest in most things Leinster extends to the club game in the province, and you wonder how many of the estimated 40,000 who supported them in Murrayfield have ever seen the sky over a club ground?
The clubs remains the best outlet for any potential growth in terms of playing the game which the last year and a half may have prompted, yet there remains a real disconnection between province and clubs. The Leinster Branch point out that all Leinsters clubs between them only took up 200 tickets in total for each of the three home pool games.
Be that as it may, clearly branch and clubs have to start working together better. Otherwise, this will be an opportunity lost on both sides.
His anger is making him delusional
ââMunster are in transition under new management to a completely higher levelââ
Sad to see
Munster stamped all over it yeah?
What happened in the semi then?
Oh yes - there are a good few funboys then in Munster if that is the case.
This is IOTM material right here.
Wow.
Informed sources.
Case closed I would say.
Iâll give the nod to Gerry Tâs informed sources over your WTB.
Either way, the future and present is focking fantastic for Irish rogbee.