Bad Beat/Moaning/Venting - pray for Lazare

[shrapnel]

?? He said twice it should have been a red card and that the TMO "shirked" it.

That wasn't Horgan, that was Brennan the commentator? (not sure) . Horgan in the studio said one had a reasonable chance to believe he could get to the ball (today), whereas Stander had no chance and therefore has a duty of care to not clatter the kicker

[6starpool]

Ireland making a lot of basic handling errors, making it very difficult for themselves.

[LuckyLloyd]

Jackson the real positive from this series. We have a future at 10.

[careca]

Sport is all the same. Take your chance when it presents itself or pay the price. Ireland in rugby last week prime example.

[Strewelpeter]

FFS

So close

[V for Vendetta]

Schmidt played the bench 10 minutes too late. We had real power to come on and he left it until 70 to play his hand.

[LuckyLloyd]

Sport is all the same. Take your chance when it presents itself or pay the price. Ireland in rugby last week prime example.

Schmidt's reign will ultimately be remembered by what we nearly did. Nearly beat New Zealand. Nearly won a test series down south. Nearly had a cut at a World Cup. Fuck it anyway.

It was lost in the final 15 last week. Great effort from the players today.

[V for Vendetta]

So many positives and yet I'm gutted right now

[Solskjaer]

Patience, Patience , Lacking when it mattered

[V for Vendetta]

Schmidt's reign will ultimately be remembered by what we nearly did. Nearly beat New Zealand. Nearly won a test series down south. Nearly had a cut at a World Cup. Fuck it anyway.

It was lost in the final 15 last week. Great effort from the players today.

He's had to learn at this level. It's not a straight step up from club rugby. There's so much more to it. He's going to be around at this level for a very long time. I just hope we get the benefit of his experience in time.

What a great series in fairness. Best end of season in years.

[V for Vendetta]

Jackson the real positive from this series. We have a future at 10.

Agree 100%. Just shows that 10 is a position you have to mature into. His defence is much better then we have a right to expect also.

[shrapnel]

[6starpool]

I prefer this one Shrap from your lads.

[shrapnel]

I prefer this one Shrap from your lads.

That's class. He actually got stuck on the line when doing that.

I'm sure someone will do one with him knocking that little kid over when playing rugby, with a tag something like "fuck off Europe!"

[Guest]

Chateau Lagrange is about the only way I've ever drank €50 in an hour. Now to the Teeling's. If I drink €50 of that in an hour I'm in trouble.

[MrsFlushdraw]

Don't want to pry in to the reasons etc but I would imagine if same is impossible a Court order or some declaration in the absence of the signature must be an option.

As hitch pointed out, I could from Ireland. My son did have an Irish passport as we did the naturalisation process I think it was when I moved in 2002 which was 2 weeks after he was born using the grandparent rule. But when I split with my ex he kept the children's passports and refused to sign for a new one. I knew I didn't need a signature for a British passport so that was what I did.

Ah that's a balls.

Just thinking out loud but any options of citizenship for the kids due to their time living here , or perhaps you scoop your passport and then the kids can piggyback from their mum the Irish citizen?

I was living and working in Ireland for 13½ years and married to an Irishman for almost 4. I left my passport the way it was due to the reciprocal agreement that Britain had with Malta and the benefits there. When we planned this move Brexit wasn't an issue.

As far as I have heard there should be no problems as half of Malta is British and it is one Country that will get an agreement in with Britain anyway.

I really think there should be either another vote or get it stopped as the percentages were too close and 2 Countries voted to remain, seems a bit harsh and would rather see that than another referendum in Scotland for independence!

I don't think it will go ahead but who knows.

[Strewelpeter]

I seem to remember a few bluebloods on here suggesting we grab onto the apron strings of the UK a few years back. Who woulda thunk it eh .

Could end up being an option yet if EU collapses

China must be licking their lips. They were winning anyway, but the implosion of their key anglo-saxon geopolitical opponents is that oft-whispered-but-never-seen unicorn dim sum to savour.

Amazing to see that HiSense TV brand being advertised all the time at the soccer being marketed as 'Made in China'. For most of my life that phrase was a synonym for cheap shit.

[Guest]

Amazing to see that HiSense TV brand being advertised all the time at the soccer being marketed as 'Made in China'. For most of my life that phrase was a synonym for cheap shit.

It still is. They're just delusional.

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[DeadParrot]

Chateau Lagrange is about the only way I've ever drank €50 in an hour. Now to the Teeling's. If I drink €50 of that in an hour I'm in trouble.

you know, there is something about teelings. I've simply avoided drinking it and I'm not sure why.
I've a growing collection of Irish whiskey in the gaff (hardly touched since the babóg arrived) but never felt the need to add teelings to the mix.

[Guest]

you know, there is something about teelings. I've simply avoided drinking it and I'm not sure why.
I've a growing collection of Irish whiskey in the gaff (hardly touched since the babóg arrived) but never felt the need to add teelings to the mix.

Ah it's decent. The single grain in particular is very nice. Theyve done a fantastic job of marketing themselves and the tour is very good. Went to school with one of the nephews who did himself in after he was convicted of having some untoward stuff on his computer.

[6starpool]

Pretty boring Euros so far anyway. Lots of teams just cancelling each other out and not willing to take risks.

[rounders123]

Bit of controversy about their ex-rum barrels from Nicaragua.

[DeadParrot]

Ah it's decent. The single grain in particular is very nice. Theyve done a fantastic job of marketing themselves and the tour is very good. Went to school with one of the nephews who did himself in after he was convicted of having some untoward stuff on his computer.

what a weird unrelated anecdote.

[Guest]

Bit of controversy about their ex-rum barrels from Nicaragua.

What's the controversy?

[rounders123]

What's the controversy?

Circus protest type argument by the sounds

SPOILER

Since I'm writing about Teeling, it might be worth bringing up a slightly touchy subject and my own opinion on it. It was brought to my attention on Facebook a few weeks ago that there's some controversy with the barrels that Teeling use. They are ex-rum barrels from Nicaragua, specifically from the producers of Flor de Caña rum, or so I was told. Apparently, the company that owns that brand owns the sugar cane fields used to produce that rum and a number of other sugar based products.

It would seem that at least 20,000 people have died of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Central America in the past two decades. A number of those would have worked in fields used to produce the sugar used in said rum. The disease is said to be caused by overwork, lack of shade, lack of water etc although no scientific study has proven that. If you want to know more, here's an article in The Guardian.

The Facebook post was pretty heated with people calling for Teeling Whiskey to be boycotted until they stop using those barrels. Someone said the barrels needed to be ditched. I stepped in with what I hope was some voice of reason.

If I can take a step back and look at this dispassionately.
All Teelings did was buy old barrels from a rum producer or perhaps a 3rd party. Would that be accurate? Or are they in some sort of ongoing deal with Flor de caña?

Can they really be blamed in any way? They are essentially recycling the barrels. Should they be expected to destroy them and buy different ones because of harsh working conditions among sugar farmers?
Can Teelings really be blamed? Even indirectly?
I'm not familiar enough with Teelings or how they produce their whiskey to be outraged by this yet.

This got some interesting comments, one of which was that no one suggested destroying the barrels. That's true, no one did but by default it amounts to the same thing. I replied:

it's just someone else suggested they need to ditch the barrels and to suggest that means they would need to ethically destroy them. To pass them on or sell them would be hypocritical if they are ditching them on ethical reasons.
I won't mention where any of these comments came from but my point was that Teeling shouldn't be held responsible for the treatment of workers in sugar cane fields just because some second hand barrels they use can be linked indirectly to their plight.

It's all very well for us to sit behind our expensive computer screens in one of the richest countries in the world and be up in arms over the plight of the those in less well off countries. The problem is, if you look hard enough, you will find many everyday products have some sort of link to some sort of injustice. The computer, phone or tablet you are reading this article on was likely manufactured or has many components manufactured in a country with questionable labour conditions. You might as well boycott everything mass-produced and just produce everything yourself while living off the grid. You would probably have to build your own tools while you're at it, just to be safe and of course spin your own fibres to produce clothes after you have built your own loom because the manufactured ones probably contain materials of questionable origin.

This has turned into a bit of a rant on the proliferation of PC craziness that has been sweeping across richer countries in recent years.

I'm a realist myself so will not be put off by this and I certainly won't be boycotting Galway Bay because their 200 Fathoms was also aged rum barrels. Can we apply a little common sense to this PC crap please?

Rant over.

[Hatedajacks]

Any streams for the boxing ? The ones on reddit all involve setting up accounts which I would rather avoid.

[DeadParrot]

Any streams for the boxing ? The ones on reddit all involve setting up accounts which I would rather avoid.

literally the first post in the thread

https://www.reddit.com/r/BoxingStreams/comments/4pmo3r/anthony_joshua_v_dominic_breazeale_700pm/d4nnsh6

[Jibzzzz]

literally the first post in the thread
https://www.reddit.com/r/BoxingStrea..._700pm/d4nnsh6

What time is the AJ fight ?

[Hatedajacks]

literally the first post in the thread
https://www.reddit.com/r/BoxingStrea..._700pm/d4nnsh6

Yeah I saw that buts that's asking me to set up an account

[eamonhonda]

Is it box office? if not use mamahd

[Hatedajacks]

Is it box office? if not use mamahd

Yeah box office

[LuckyLloyd]

https://www.facebook.com/william.frazer.58/videos/1215910401761382/

[DeadParrot]

Yeah I saw that buts that's asking me to set up an account

using acestream?

how are you doing it?

download here

http://acestream.org/

click media--> open acestream content id
paste this:
feb3ac144dc71044a47500b01ee710a16fcf4793

[eamonhonda]

Yeah box office

http://streamendous.com/channel11.php

[Hatedajacks]

http://streamendous.com/channel11.php

Perfect tks

[Raoul Duke III]

Oh there's Ronaldo. Tossing a coin.

His most significant action of the evening thus far.

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[Wesley Harms]

Oh there's Ronaldo. Tossing a coin.

His most significant action of the evening thus far.

Do you just pop up when he has a bad game? Never hear from you when he's going well which is 98% of the time.

You are now worse than Droolpeter

[Raoul Duke III]

Do you just pop up when he has a bad game? Never hear from you when he's going well which is 98% of the time.

You are now worse than Droolpeter

Go ahead. Tell me how great he's been in these Euros.

Joke of a player now. The crushed ice thing clinches it.

[shano1888]

Sanches is some animal. 18 years of age. Raw but still.

[Solskjaer]

Go ahead. Tell me how great he's been in these Euros.

Joke of a player now. The crushed ice thing clinches it.

[Raoul Duke III]

I'd say the 10 players on the Portugese team who are actually trying are dying for the coach to take the selfish prick off.

[eamonhonda]

Do you just pop up when he has a bad game? Never hear from you when he's going well which is 98% of the time.

You are now worse than Droolpeter

RDIII only watches the big games, Ronaldo never performs on the big stage.

[darwinatemyhamster]

Pretty boring Euros so far anyway. Lots of teams just cancelling each other out and not willing to take risks.

After the two day break I was really looking forward to today's games,took a bit of maneuvering but booked myself the couch and TV for the day.

It's been utter shit.

[Raoul Duke III]

RDIII only watches the big games, Ronaldo never performs on the big stage.

He didn't do a tap in the CL final and he hasn't done anything here.

No doubt when he knocks in his penalty in the shootout, he'll have plenty of energy left for his celebrations.

[ComradeCollie]

He didn't do a tap in the CL final and he hasn't done anything here.

No doubt when he knocks in his penalty in the shootout, he'll have plenty of energy left for his celebrations.

Must be difficult to play in that turquoise kit. It's like something that would have been cool for your jax in the 1980s.

[Iago]

RDIII only watches the big games, Ronaldo never performs on the big stage.

Better than a goal a game for Real Madrid over a sample size of 350+ games

Goals in 2 champions league finals (3 if you count the winning penalty this year)

11 goals in World Cup & European Championships

first player to score in 4 European Championships

2nd overall in all time European Championship scorers

1st or 2nd in World Player of the year every year between 2008 - 2016

Yeah, definitely not a big game player

[Solskjaer]

He didn't do a tap in the CL final and he hasn't done anything here.

No doubt when he knocks in his penalty in the shootout, he'll have plenty of energy left for his celebrations.

Bale was shit today against Northern Ireland. Ronaldo just one goal off leading scorer in the tourney Plus a great assist for nani. Hard for anyone to perform in games like this. Football has gone negative and he's a positive player. He may be a cry baby but still his class is evident to the 'honest' haters. Rakitic and Modric under par today also.

tough after a long season to hit the high spots

[eamonhonda]

He did get 2 fairly crucial goals the last day.

[eamonhonda]

Better than a goal a game for Real Madrid over a sample size of 350+ games

Goals in 2 champions league finals (3 if you count the winning penalty this year)

11 goals in World Cup & European Championships

first player to score in 4 European Championships

2nd overall in all time European Championship scorers

1st or 2nd in World Player of the year every year between 2008 - 2016

Yeah, definitely not a big game player

I didnt do a great job of portraying sarcasm.

[Raoul Duke III]

Bale was shit today against Northern Ireland. Ronaldo just one goal off leading scorer in the tourney Plus a great assist for nani. Hard for anyone to perform in games like this. Football has gone negative and he's a positive player. He may be a cry baby but still his class is evident to the 'honest' haters. Rakitic and Modric under par today also.

tough after a long season to hit the high spots

If he's the best player in the world (as he obviously thinks himself to be), he should be dominating these games and dragging his team to victory.

Zidane did it, Maradona did it, Messi did it.

CR7 is more concerned with how he looks in his underpants.

Note he just missed that sitter too.

[Iago]

Better than a goal a game for Real Madrid over a sample size of 350+ games

Goals in 2 champions league finals (3 if you count the winning penalty this year)

11 goals in World Cup & European Championships

first player to score in 4 European Championships

2nd overall in all time European Championship scorers

1st or 2nd in World Player of the year every year between 2008 - 2016

Yeah, definitely not a big game player

Oh look at that assist, should have scored but still can't complain a bout a good save by the keeper.

[Raoul Duke III]

Better than a goal a game for Real Madrid over a sample size of 350+ games

Goals in 2 champions league finals (3 if you count the winning penalty this year)

11 goals in World Cup & European Championships

first player to score in 4 European Championships

2nd overall in all time European Championship scorers

1st or 2nd in World Player of the year every year between 2008 - 2016

Yeah, definitely not a big game player

33 efforts at goal in this tournament.

2 goals.

Wow.

[Iago]

I didnt do a great job of portraying sarcasm.

My response was more aimed at the egg-chasing types who are confused about what makes a good player

[Raoul Duke III]

My response was more aimed at the egg-chasing types who are confused about what makes a good player

Ah it's more about his narcissistic bullshit.

It's a team game. CR7 doesn't seem to get that.

[Iago]

33 efforts at goal in this tournament.

2 goals.

Wow.

15 seasons, 673 appearances & 487 goals at the top end of the game

Wow

[Iago]

Ah it's more about his narcissistic bullshit.

It's a team game. CR7 doesn't seem to get that.

The best at anything are a little narcissistic, they have to be to be there. He just doesn't bother hiding it.

[Solskjaer]

If he's the best player in the world (as he obviously thinks himself to be), he should be dominating these games and dragging his team to victory.

Zidane did it, Maradona did it, Messi did it.

CR7 is more concerned with how he looks in his underpants.

Note he just missed that sitter too.

Sitter was saved (semantics)

Best player in the world is a different debate. Your point is he is doing nothing in big games. Not correct.

pray for Doughie.