Some journey

10 years ago

A lot of Mayo fans are going to miss the game this weekend

10 years ago

Well what do you want to know? Paul Pogba is on a plane and that could mean anything. Retard de l'avion✈ Je veux courir joue au foot dribble tout sa👊🏿 flight delay, thinking of football #footballislife pic.twitter.com/IBQ1OuiBPr — Paul Pogba (@paulpogba) August 1, 2016 No-one knows where the plane is going but he is thinking about football […]

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If anyone knows, Paul Galvin probably knows better. The Kerry legend has seen it all. He’s felt it all and he’s heard it all and he knows when a team can back up their talk. And when they can’t. The iconic number 10 was guest on SportsJOE’s GAA Hour football podcast on Monday and he […]

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“The players need to trust each other and enjoy each other’s company. They’re not going to fight on their backs for each other if they don’t have that.” Liam Kearns has studied sport science. He knows the craic about recovery and he’s aware of the treacheries of drink. He’s also more aware of the importance […]

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Sheyi Ojo doesn’t miss from two yards. The 19-year-old Englishman has already risen Anfield to its feet and filled enough inches of Liverpool forums to cover over the Raheem Sterling loss and then some. But, now, he can add goalscoring to his game. The winger made eight appearances last season during the Premier League after […]

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Speaking from experience

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Real winners

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Pure magic

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These things only come around every 81 years or so. New Zealand can wait another month. Not since 1935 have Tipperary’s footballers scaled these heights. It doesn’t happen very often to the lovers of the big ball in the Premier County and Jimmy Feehan isn’t going to allow himself to miss any of it. Tipp’s […]

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Sour grapes or do they have a point? Manchester United are spending big again. They’ve gone big on their manager and they’re looking like they’re about to break the world record transfer fee for Paul Pogba. Even if no-one really knows. Sky Sports say Paul Pogba "prepares to fly to England" but no-one is really […]

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There’s a reason they call him The King. Robbie Keane is well-liked in Los Angeles. Heck, he’s idolised. He didn’t go over there in 2011 for a handy pay check. He went over to make a difference and, three MLS Cups later, it’s easy to see why the 36-year-old goalscoring machine is held in such […]

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You know it’s happening. And we know it’s happening. And you know that we know that they know that we all know it’s happening. Wayne Rooney knows it’s happening. It just hasn’t happened yet. En route 66 👊🏿 route 66 #holidays #route66 pic.twitter.com/VwB5WzEedR — Paul Pogba (@paulpogba) July 27, 2016 People are getting annoyed at […]

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Cheeky fecker

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Liam Kearns chooses to stand during his press conference. He bounces in, looks reporters in the eye and greets them as they plant their recording devices on the table in front of him. He walks up to three empty chairs prepared for when some counties bring along a captain and a media manager. The Tipperary […]

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A county rises off its knees

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August 28 and Kerry don’t have one clue where they’re at. They’re heading into an All-Ireland semi-final against either of the two fiercest championship teams in Donegal and Dublin and they will go in having played three games in 10 weeks against two teams. How is that acceptable? Who cares about tradition or history or […]

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Legend

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Feckin’ home-grown sports

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Next week is going to be huge. The All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals begin on Sunday (the last day of July) but there’s a feeling that the championship won’t really explode into life until August 6. After Mayo and Donegal respectively booked their places in the last eight with wins in Croker over Westmeath and Cork, the […]

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There’s 70 minutes on the clock but six more have been added by the referee. Donegal are hanging on, three points to the good, they think they’ve done enough. Cork smell that complacency and they’re pushing further forward, tackles being broken, lines being crossed and they’re looking like they can get inside the opposition rearguard […]

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“Hoolahan is Messi in disguise”

10 years ago

Ad hominem abuse (also called personal abuse or personal attacks) usually involves insulting or belittling one’s opponent to invalidate his or her argument, but can also involve pointing out factual but ostensible character flaws or actions which are irrelevant to the opponent’s argument. Getting personal. It seems you can’t mention someone’s name now without “getting personal”. Over the last few weeks, […]

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Has it ever happened to you?

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And we thought we knew them all. GAA managers are no strangers to an excuse being fired in their direction every so often. Full numbers at training is a rarity that only occurs before things like the first league match, during a good championship run or for something less strenuous like yoga or a crisis […]

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Ludicrous amount of money

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Hilarious stuff

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If the lime wasn’t eye-catching enough, here’s Daniel Sturridge dancing in the new Liverpool kit. 🎥 @DanielSturridge taking centre stage… pic.twitter.com/gAdMi0mAN8 — Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 29, 2016 The new Manchester United jersey was always going to take some beating. Liverpool’s third kit counterpart didn’t even try to compete with it though as New Balance […]

10 years ago

Welcome to silly season, everyone. The transfer rumour mill is spinning rapidly so let’s dive right in. SportsJOE are reporting that The Telegraph are reporting that the Essex Chronicle are reporting that Liverpool are facing stiff competition from West Ham United in the chase for Andre Ayew. The Ghanaian who hit 12 goals in his first Premier League season is a […]

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We’re not ones to get carried away but this could be the best jersey of all time. Okay, maybe we’re getting carried away a little but Manchester United’s new kit is glorious. Absolutely glorious. Described as “clean” and “classic”, adidas haven’t lied and their latest release is a gem. The new homepage of manutd.com looks a […]

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It’s been coming and yet no-one was ready for it. It’s always hard to say goodbye especially to one of your first loves. Especially when you never got a proper run at it together. Andy Reid and Irish fans could’ve been a love story for the ages. It nearly was. But it was blighted. By […]

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Time waits on no man. Not even the best of them. It’s a cruel world sometimes and when a starlet like Andy Reid is forced to retire on his 34th birthday, you wake up with a heavy heart. After 16 years in professional football, 29 international caps, and no end of plaudits and worshipers, Andy […]

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Just put it down to a bad summer and let’s move on. Raheem Sterling must be the least recharged man in football right now. He was running around France for three weeks with England, taking abuse for it all the while. Before he knew it, he was back with his club in a new regime […]

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It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3 (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) for Arsenal. It’s still July so, if ever there was a time to talk up the Gunners as league contenders, go right ahead right now. Arsene Wenger watched his side stave off the MLS All-Stars in a friendly on […]

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Worrying insight

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“Lads are afraid to speak their minds”

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Absolutely taking the piss out of poor Suarez in training

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Every sports coach could learn something from this

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RIP football

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Has anyone checked if he’s still in Alcatraz? It’s been a whirlwind few months for Mamadou Sakho. First off, he was suspended pending a drugs investigation. Then he was reprieved, given a total clearance of the charges. Then he was on camera joking with his manager who ribbed him about being late. Okay, maybe it […]

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For all those who thought Dublin couldn’t be stopped, think again – and then believe it 10 times more. James McCarthy is back in training, testament to his iron-like character. The Ballymun man was reported to be out until at least the All-Ireland final after rumours that he had damaged his medial ligament but it […]

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Another Liverpool player sent to hospital

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Day number 957 of Paul Pogba to Manchester United and reports are saying that it’s a done deal. But just one thing: the deal is not done yet. The Frenchman’s return to Old Trafford is looking more and more likely by the second and, after United have reportedly had a £122m bid accepted for the […]

10 years ago

Managers don’t often say anything. A lot of them talk in fluent nothing – experts at concealing everything but filling the silence and giving reporters a few lines, without actually saying anything. Ask them about their team or their players and you’re having a laugh. But Roscommon joint manager Kevin McStay spoke with honesty and […]

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The current format is unfair and unacceptable

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What a joke

10 years ago

Where did she… when did she… how did she? Kim Connors, remember that name. Wicklow ladies marched on in the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship with a 4-13 to 3-9 victory over Roscommon on Saturday but they had their goalkeeper to thank for a moment of pure inspiration. After a slick move, the Roscommon women cut the […]

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Gary Brennan is only 27 years of age. 27. It feels like he’s been one of the best players in Ireland for the last 15 years. It feels like he’s been toiling along, never getting the recognition his talent fully deserved, and that this special run in 2016 might be one of his last chances […]

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“We are here because we want to leave Mama here”

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What is his problem? Louis van Gaal is gone and Paul Scholes is still whinging. The Manchester United legend, adored throughout his playing career not just because he was so good but because he kept his head down and got on with it, is taking pops again. Retirement is the worst thing that could’ve happened to […]

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