Sunday Indo are Cunts Thread

myboyblue · October 14, 2013, 11:49am

A perfect TFK storm, has it been posted here yet? SINDO, Niamh, McIlcunt and Teri.

Rory McIlroy tells ‘devastated’ Caroline the relationship is over

A COUPLE NO MORE: NIAMH HORAN – 13 OCTOBER 2013

RORY McIlroy has finally ended his relationship with his long-term girlfriend, tennis star Caroline Wozniacki.

The world-class tennis player is said to be “absolutely devastated” by the Irish golfer’s decision, having recently made her intentions clear that she wanted to give the relationship another go.

After the story originally appeared in the Sunday Independent, McIlroydenied the split in an attempt to placate his girlfriend and get the relationship back on track.

But although he tried his best, friends say, the golfer has finally mind his made up.

“Yes they are over. It’s a difficult time for them both but it is for the best in the long run,” a source told the Sunday Independent.

Friends say a photograph posted by Caroline on Twitter, which showed her boyfriend in a deep sleep, was one of the final straws for the number-one golfer.

One source said: “Rory was very upset by it and even Serena Williamspointed out – albeit in a joking way – it was a pretty mean thing to do.”

The relationship ended days after the picture had been posted to millions of fans online. But friends say Caroline is still struggling to accept that the pair have split up.

“There were a lot of tears. She still has her profile picture on her social-networking site set as the two of them in happier times, but I can tell you the pair are no longer an item,” a source told this newspaper.

“Rory has a lot of respect for Caroline and their time together was good, but he feels it’s time to move on now. And he wishes her nothing but the best.”

While Rory spent the week in Ireland having dinner with former American president Bill Clinton before playing a round of golf in Portmarnock with the one-time world leader, flanked by six secret service men, Caroline spent time lying low in Monaco as she tried to come to terms with the split.

In recent days, the tennis ace has tweeted some eyebrow-raising comments, including one in which she said she was trying to get “some aggression out” Rocky Balboa-style. The post appeared alongside a photograph of Caroline in a pair of boxing gloves. But fans still haven’t cottoned on to the trouble bubbling in her personal life.

The tennis star also enjoyed a girls’ night out in Copenhagen with a group of friends as she tried to get her mind off her relationship blues. In another posting, she cryptically tweeted: “Life is like Twitter. I just have to post what I feel, retweet the good memories, delete the drama and follow my dreams.”

Meanwhile, the 24-year-old golfer has stayed clear of the social-networking site for two weeks, despite typically being an avid user of the forum. When contacted by the Sunday Independent, his new PR team said: “The Communications Clinic does not comment on Rory’s private life.” But they confirmed he is about to jet off to Asia this week, where he will spend up to two months. When reports originally surfaced that the pair had ended their relationship, McIlroy took to Twitter, saying informed sources were “wrong 99.9 per cent of the time”.

However, he did not deny the split. After McIlroy’s comment, Wozniacki responded to his tweet saying: “Ha ha. That’s not a very good percentage. Lol (laugh out loud).”

The pair, who have been at the centre of media speculation about the state of their relationship since then, also put on a very public display of affection as they shopped in Manhattan late last month, holding hands and getting touchy feely with each other.

Twice that week, the couple wore the same matching pink sports shirts, as they hit stores like Burberry and Reiss.

In recent weeks, Wozniacki has not been shy about her love for the golfer. She recently gushed to her half-a-million-strong following that One Direction heart-throb Harry Styles and McIlroy could swap jobs.

“Went to see the One Direction movie with Rory McIlroy!” she wrote online.

“They have won me over! Harry Styles and Rory should swap jobs sometimes!”

Wozniacki added the hashtag ‘lookalike’ to her tweet.

Sidney · October 14, 2013, 11:51am

There’s a dedicated Wozzilpube RIP thread.

http://www.thefreekick.com/board/index.php?threads/wozzilpube-rip.17949/

myboyblue · October 14, 2013, 11:52am

[quote=“Sidney, post: 845978, member: 183”]There’s a dedicated Wozzilpube RIP thread.

http://www.thefreekick.com/board/index.php?threads/wozzilpube-rip.17949/[/quote]
I am aware of that, however this is more suited to the cuntishness of Niamh and all involved. Unsurprisingly this subject matter suits her down to the ground.

TreatyStones · October 14, 2013, 11:53am

Good article.

Horsebox · October 14, 2013, 2:25pm

Finally, I know what LOL stands for.

thedancingbaby · October 14, 2013, 2:47pm

What did Tommy Conlon write about Kilkenny last week ?

Big_Dan_Campbell · October 14, 2013, 2:50pm

The truth

theLockes · October 14, 2013, 7:49pm

You need to go and fuck yourself Pukey

count_of_monte_crist · October 14, 2013, 7:58pm

If only Kilkenny hurlers were capable of such outpourings of passion…

Bandage · October 14, 2013, 8:04pm

If @theLockes[/USER] saw @[USER=1137]chewy louie holding a pint of Beck’s or Heineken in the pub then he’d do a Kilkenny hurler on him:

Pin his free arm and attack/tackle him around the head/neck area with a stick.

#StandBesideTommyConlon

Piles_Hussain · October 14, 2013, 8:50pm

Big_Dan_Campbell · October 14, 2013, 8:52pm

What part of the article did you take exception to or felt was not true?

TreatyStones · October 14, 2013, 8:52pm

http://img.pandawhale.com/42924-haters-gonna-hate-fat-kid-gif-VHex.gif

Horsebox · October 14, 2013, 9:07pm

Can someone answer tdb’s question or else post a link to the article please?

Big_Dan_Campbell · October 14, 2013, 9:08pm

Quick-draw artists help to restore national treasure

TOMMY CONLON – 06 OCTOBER 2013

It can’t always be taken for granted that newly-crowned All-Ireland champions are automatically designated the unofficial title of national champions too.

Especially in hurling where the traditional three-way cartel has often left the championship looking more like a private members’ club from which everybody else is excluded.

When Kilkenny were wrapping up title after title over the last 15 years, it was always about them and nobody else. An introverted team would take the cup back to an introverted county and everyone else would get on with their lives. Kilkenny were the Kilkenny champions. They weren’t necessarily national champions.

When Loughnane’s Clare team of the mid-to-late 1990s kicked the doorsdown, everyone else piled in behind them. No invitations were necessary. Everyone was welcome to the party. We were suddenly all guests of the nation. We could all share in the success and the joy. That mighty Clare team were true national champions. Yes, to use the hackneyed phrase, they were the people’s champions.

That feeling came back in a flood last weekend when Davy Fitzgerald’s new model army took the cup back to the Banner county once more. We didn’t know how much we’d missed it until it had been restored. That happy sense of inclusion was reborn.

Kilkenny’s Cody era might never be matched for greatness. But Clare’s victory last Saturday was a reminder of how oppressive this greatness was. It was a grim, joyless annual procession based on macho principles of power and ruthlessness. Teams didn’t merely have to be beaten, they had to be humiliated where possible. There wasn’t much evident aspiration to winning with style; it was more about winning with steel. They were mechanically, morbidly relentless.

The two games served up by Cork and Clare this September had the effect of letting the light back in. Sports fans were palpably buoyed by the contrast in spirit. Kilkenny’s heavy-handed physical attrition was replaced by an attitude of openness and innocence. It was almost as if the game itself was allowed breathe again.

Both sides were obviously desperate to win. But even in the stress and tension of an All-Ireland final, players did things that weren’t just in the service of winning but were almost expressions of hurling for hurling’s sake. There was a sense about them that they weren’t just serving their own purposes, but serving their sport too. A tremendous contest for honours, played out over 140 minutes, became a showcase for the game.

Instead of trying to establish physical supremacy first, and letting their hurling ability take over afterwards, it was as if they’d decided to dispense with the bodily smash-and-crash that had been integral, for example, to the epic Tipp-Kilkenny collisions of preceding years.

The draw and replay were like fencing duels, a prolonged joust that would be decided by quicksilver stick skills. Hurleys would be blades rather than bludgeons, both parties freely consenting to the rules of engagement. When the handkerchief dropped, they went to it, thrusting and parrying, lunging and recoiling, scoring freely with rapid-fire nicks, incisions and glancing strokes.

Played on these terms and in this spirit, the diptych duly rained with points and goals. After the first game one side or the other might have decided on a different strategy, given the shellacking they’d suffered as well as inflicted. Enough of the spills and thrills: let’s pour some cold water on the entertainment and apply some realpolitik to the business of winning an All-Ireland.

But three weeks after the draw they resumed as if it had only been a momentary break in play; as if they’d no choice in the matter; as if they were entwined in a rotating spiral that kept gravitating higher and higher. When it was over, it was Cork who fell to earth. Clare had overturned 100 years of established custom in this particular relationship.

The Loughnane interregnum had been built on athletic power, formidable personalities and overwhelming force of will. The new generation is almost the polar opposite. They beat Cork because they were basically quicker on the draw. A recurring image from both games is clumps of players stooped over ruck ball on the floor – and then someone in yellow

emerging from the thicket, ball in hand, and scampering into open space. Clare were quicker on their feet, with their hands and in their heads. They hustled Cork players with manic speed; their wits were sharper, their reflexes too.

Cork got into their heads several times and rattled old ghosts in the hope of unnerving Clare, as many a Cork team had done before. But they were dealing with a different model: Clare coped with every setback like they knew deep down they were the better team. No matter what, they were better. Inconceivably, Clare were the more confident team too.

If the Cork management occasionally looked baffled on the sideline, it was perhaps because they were witnessing something that confounded everything a lifetime of tradition had taught them to expect. They weren’t the only ones. This Clare team has shattered a lot of preconceptions; they have arrived with a bang – the shock of the new.

The post-match shenanigans were a bit more familiar: the colour and charisma, the music and joy, the unbridled spirit of the county in full bloom. It’s the feelgood sports story of the year. And once again, everyone is welcome to the Banner’s house of fun.

thecouch@independent.ie

glasagusban · October 14, 2013, 9:10pm

An absolute load of cock.

Bandage · October 14, 2013, 9:11pm

The only other time Tommy Conlon appeared on my radar was a number of years back when he destroyed Brian Carthy in a piece. Is he any use? It was funny back then with the likes of DJ Carey and all sorts being wheeled out to defend Brian the following week.

farmerinthecity · October 14, 2013, 9:27pm

As far as I know he is a brother of ex Leitrim footballer and Breen/Dugdale defender Liam Conlon - i.e. he is from Leitrim.

twiceasnice97 · October 15, 2013, 12:27am

[quote=“myboyblue, post: 845976, member: 180”]A perfect TFK storm, has it been posted here yet? SINDO, Niamh, McIlcunt and Teri.